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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
By ALAN J. GOULD
Associated Press sports Editor)

Associated Press sports Editor)
 NEW YORK, May Starring some unforeseen developments be- tween now and the first week of August, the fleetest array of mid dle distance runners in track his tory will toe the marks for the final of the Olympic S00meter race at Amsterdam.
 Picture the prospective struggle of speed, courage and resourceful- ness with these five stars alone in the final:
 Douglas Lowe, long striding British stylist and present Olym- pie champion.
 Dr. Otto Peltzer, lanky German who holds the worlds record for both the half mile and 800 me- ters, at 1:51 3-5.
 Lloyd Hahn, American ace who holds the worlds indoor half-mile record of 1:51 2-5.
 Phil Edwards, great negro star, American trained but an Olympic representative of Canada.
 Seraphin Martin, French sensa- tion, conqueror of Pehzer and credited with the fastest S00-meter time of the past season, 1:52 4-5.
 Here are five runners all capa. ble of doing the 1900" in 1:52 or better, mark that has been beat. en only once in all Olympic his tory. There may be other con tenders, including Ray Conger and Ray Watson of the American bri gade, but the spotlight will be or the Big Five.
 Certainly this is the greatest as sembly of half-milers for any race since the 1912 Olympics, but the competition may be no more thrilling than it was in the epit 1900" final at Stockholm 16 years ago.
 That was the last time America captured this feature of the Olym pic program, but the Yankee; made field day of it by putting six out of eight men in the fina and finishing 1-23 as Ted Mere dith, the 1S-year-old schoolboy beat Mel Sheppard and broke the worlds record
 Swedish athletic sagas arc written around that spectacular struggle which ended with foul Americans and the German star Braun, separated by only seven tenths of second in dime-nove finish.
 "As soon as the pistol wal fired" runs the official story Sheppard at once threw himsel forward and led at an unheard-o pace, with Meredith and Braun al his nearest men. Sheppard's tim' for the 400 meters was 52 2-5 sec
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
HALF HOUR PARKING Notice to Car Owners.

On the city streets listed below half-hour parking will be effect i've starting Thursday, May 10, 1928: Second Street, Franklin to Main; Seward street, Third to Front; Front street from Cable Office to and including City Dock, from 8 a. m. to ' D. m. daily except Sunday. Further notice is hereby given that here after all cars not obeying traffic regulations will be subject to ar rest and fine.
 (Signed) GEO. A. GETCHELL.
 Chief of Police.
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Have look at perhaps the greatest hfmis the world All land
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
American League
FIVE AMERICAN
 GOLFERS READY | FOR TOURNAMENT

SANDWICH, England, May s The All-American professionals, except Harry Nabholts and Bob Supple, have qualified for the British Open Golf Championship The qualifiers include Hagen, Barnes, Sarazen, Melhorn and Armour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
NEW SCHEDULE APPROVED FOR
 CITY LEACU
New 36- Game Schedeule for Baseball Season Is
 Adopted Last Night

An entirely new schedule for the 1928 season of the City Base. ball League was adopted last night at meeting of the Governing Board, presided over by President c. F. Naghel. The opening dato was fixed for next Sunday .with two games scheduled,
 There are S5 games on the schedule, IS in each half. The opening half ends on June 24. The second half opens on June 26 and closes on August '.
 First Half
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
NEW SCHEDULE
 COAST LEAGUE

No gamas were played in the Pacific Coast League yesterday as the clubs were taveling to open this afternoon on the fol- lowing schedule for this week:
 Seattle at Hollywood.
 Los Angeles at Sacramento.
 Portland at Mission
 San Francisco at Oakland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
GAMES MONDAY National Leapue

Philadelphia 4; Chicago '. New York 5: Cincinnati 1. Boston 1; Pittsburgh 9. Brooklyn ,; St. Louis 6.
 American League Detroit O; Philadelphia 10. Chicago 5; New York S.. St. Louis 15; Washington 3. Cleveland 4; Boston 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-08
FOR QUICK SERVICE CALL 137 HENRY c. GORHAM
1On lI dCtOI or by the hour.

or by the hour. Such as carpenter, masonry. shingling, plumbing, kalsomin- ing or painting, in fact anything in new or repair work. adv. PHONE 137
 Leon Permanent Wave. $12.50. Fern Beauty Parlor. adv.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
WOODpECKER CLUB REVERSES
GEN. LORDS LESSON ON THRIFT
Bird Has Saving Instinct,
Oakland Organization Tells
Budget Head
Instead OF Being Shot, 1t
Should Be Mascot, 0irec-
tor Informed.

new wrinkle in thrift has come to
that great apostle of economy. Director
II. NJ, Lord of the Bureau of the Budget
from one Of his prize organizations
.s'The Woodpecker Club OF Oakland
| Calf
But the club has put kind OF reverse
twist to the example OF the wooope.A.n
set up by Gen. Lord, and mas SEM a.oi.e y.
a nicture of the bird and his work 10
prove 1t. ,s.,...."
was founded by Gen. Lord on the night
NJ .Iune 10. 1927, when in high Serlous-
ness he presented to the business heads
of the Government assembled IN Memo
rial Continental Hall the idea OF making
a great crusade for small savings py
the new club. He told this story:
"A speaker was lecturing on forestry.
7 don't suppose said he. that single
person here has ever done anything to
conserve our valuable timber A moment
of silence. and then meek-looking
little man in the rear of the hall arose
and said: I once shot a woodpecker.
Woodpecker Order Started.
With this for start the Budget
of Woodpeckers" in the interest of
those who may have no opportunity
TO do big things. but who, like the man
who killed the woodpecker. are desirous
of making some sort OF showing. of
making some sort Of a contribution to
the cause"
Following up the generals suggestion.
the Oakland. Calf, post Office was the
second place. in the whole country to
set up Woodpecker Club. 1t elected
whole set of officers, and was officially
commended by Gen. Lord at the Janu-
ary meeting of the business organiza-
ton OF the Government.
But--the Oakland Club instead of
emulating the man who shot the wood
pecker, has taken that bird as a great
example. Postmaster John F.. Connors
has written to Director Lord all about
1t, and sent a picture. which shows
what wonderful bird the woodpecker
Evening star., 1928-04-01
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. March 3i.-New and sem
sational developments in telegraphic
communication are looked for by Will
liam Marconi Though researches he is
now making. r. q. Kellaway, manF e
ing director of the Marconi 1nterna-
tional Marine Communication Co, made
this announcement at the annual meet
ing yesterday.
"Marconi," said Mr. Kellaway. "is
now on his yacht. and though he is
supposed to be resting. he is In fact
working on line OF research, which,
II his anticipations are realized, prom
ises to be as sensational In its effect
on telegraphic communication over dis
tances of from 1000 to 1000 miles as
was the work he did In the development
of telegraphic communication over the
greatest distances"
Another notable feature OF Mr.. Kella-
ways address was his statement that
In the past year proposition had been
put forward by powerful American In
terests to operate all the United King
doms telegraphic and telephone sys-
TENS.
Urging that It was time the British
empire took steps similar to the de-
Evening star., 1928-04-01
World Tr y in Submarine.

A Dutch scholar has just completed q
submarine trip around the world. At
some places he was able to detect with
comparative ease one of the phenomena
known tol scientists for some time, the
difference In weight of the same objects
at various points on the globe. This
was done with instruments so delicate
that they could not function accurately
on board an above-water vessel, due to
the motion. The difference In weight
is believed to be caused by variations
In the density of strata composing the
crust of the earth
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Marconi Foresees Sensational Squirt
In Lone-Distance Telegraphic Lines

velopment In the field of communica-
tions by American business men, Mr..
Kellaway said:
"How bold some OF the American in
terests are is shown by the fact. which
/ learn from the highest authority. that
within the past year a proposition was
put forward seriously that they should
operate. through company to be
formed In this country, the whole in
ternal and external telegraph and tele-
phone services in the United King
DOM
Evening star., 1928-04-01
"BEAT" LIGHT METERS.
1000 Parisians Usually In Court on
Tampering Charges.
espondencs of the Associated prs..

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
PARIS.-Beating the electric light
meter Is so popular that oficials say
rates could be reduced 30 per cent in
Paris IL all men were honest.
There are nearly 1000 prosecutions
pending In court most of the time, and
jail sentences and fines seem to have
little effect on the economical persons
who like light bills to be light.
In new installations the light COM
panies require wires to be incIosed in
steel tubes up TO the meter to thvart
the method OF getting a free supply by
connecting the circuits back Of tbs
meter. Other tricks have been discov-
cred for getting free current, but they
are not revealed because the companies
are devising tricks Of their own to stop
them
Evening star., 1928-04-01

may be seen working on o single pole,
filling the holes with acorns. They are
very systematic In their work. complete
ing one pole before proceeding to the
next
Exposed to the weather the acorns
decay. worms are attracted, the birds
eat the worms, not the acor1s.
"The best specimens of their work
are obtained from poles that have been
standing 20 years or more"
Evening star., 1928-04-01
NOW IDOL AT CONCERTS.
Igor Stravinsky, Once Hooted, Is
Applauded In Paris.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS.--Igor Stravinsky Is the idol
Of the hour with the Paris concert fans.
A fckle public. which only two years
ago howled down his "Sacre du Prin-
temps" now troops to hear and ap-
plaud anything he likes to offer.
This result he owes In no small meas
ure to the muniflcence of Nine. Gamma
Walska Mccormick, whose subsidies to
the select Straram Orchestra make pos
sible numerous rehearsals for his COM
positions. This organization Is now
giving series Of gala concerts of Stra-
vinsky's works, new and old, under the
baton OF the composer.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Saving Instinct Of Bird.

is as an example to the apostles OF
thrift.
Saving Instinct OF Bird.
Saving" said Postmaster Connors,
in a placard alongside the picture of
the woodpecker on an old telephone
pole. lis an instinct of the woodpecker.
If saving is not an instinct with you,
cultivate the habit. 1t pays"
But the most interesting part OF the
exhibit was the old tree filled with holes
and acorns. and the explanation of why
the bird who uses his head" Is great
mascot for thrift club.
There are AZ different kinds OF
woodpeckers.'' explained Postmaster
Connors This one is known as the
California woodpecker and was called
by the early Spanish inhabitants 'El
Carpentero' (the carpenter). He Is
native of California and southern
Oregon.
"On bright, sunnN days you will And
these birds boring holes in trees, tele-
graph poles and even fence posts.
I'm the Fall when acorns are plenti-
ful, many of these industrious birds
Evening star., 1928-04-01
PRUSSIAN OFFICIALS
HONOR CENTENARIANS
Premier Sends Letter of Congratu-
lation and Gift to All Pass
inr 10Oth Year.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
BERLIN.-Prussian officialdom Is on
the still hunt for centenarians.
The Prussian ministry has asked the
authorities throughout the state to
make It their special business to keep
informed on approaching htIndredth
birthday anniversary, and to advise the
ministry In time.
The reason for this Is that the Prus-
sian premier always sends a special let
ter OF congratulations TO men and
women passing the hundredth mile
stone. With the letter goes a gift Of
honor" In the shape Of a cup and saucer
from the Prussian state porcelain fac
tory
Often In the past tn= government did
not learn Of the event In time TO send
the congratulations and gift o. the
actual birthday.
How hardy a stock the German race
Is. may be judged from the fact that
during 1927 alone 25 cups were dis
tributed to centenarians.
Evening star., 1928-04-01
GET WHIPPING INSURANCE
Students Organize Company TO
Provide Benefits.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
CARDIFF. Wales Students in the
Penarth County School have organized
an insurance company which offers
monetary balm TO pupils who get
whipped
For few pennies premium any
student can get the company 10 in
sure him against getting a beating,
ard In case he gets called up for cor
ooTai punishment he can 90 straight
from the principals ONCE TO the head
quarters of the insurance company and
collect his benefit payment"
Jne benefits also extend 70 acci-
sents on the sports field The scheme
ass proved 4 great success so far and
he students have eagerly "queued up"
. turn over their pennies and become
policy holders"
Evening star., 1928-04-01
CAFE MUSIC BANNED.

yortexpon6enss ~ the Asssasted press
ETEMEODL. Turkey. --- Music shall
20 ionReT gzft from the cafes in the
mere boisterOllE quarters ~ StzngbouI
The projects prohibitIYe order has
Jeen ISSUED as a result o! the frequent
md sometimes sanguinary Scuff1es in
ne cafes between the paTtigang u
Western 3szz and the uph0Iderg Of the
10 Turkish airs played on plaiBtiye
aa1jye instruments
TFlf attempts of the two camps %
1s@%1 each other out, the clash Of
sosgnos often leading W the clash Of
1fsdies, have caused 80 much hIbbub
n me usually guleI streets Of Stamboul
hat hsl1eefoYtb both jszz and Ana
0ilsn walls D3ll De tatJo
Evening star., 1928-04-01
Fireman, Spare Ny Truck !,

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Robert T..
Cuniff struggled with fremen to keep
them from chopping up the floor boards
OF his truck He said the fire was out
when they arrived. He was charged
with "willfully obstructing firemen," but
grand jury wouldn't indict him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22

part of the American public would solve the immigra-
tion problem in a manner which would reflect credit
upon the United States and add to her prestige
throughout the western hemisphere.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22
Timely Views
NICARAGUAN POLICY AssAuED

By BURTON K. WHEELER, Senator from Montana.
Burton K. Wheeler was born at Hudson, Mass,
in 1882. He was graduated from the University Of
Michigan in 1905. Wheeler was admitted to the
Montana bar in 1906 and p~racticed law at Butte,
Montana. He served as a member of the Montana
house of representatives from 1911 to 1918. and
as a U. S. attorney. district of Montana. by ap-
p~ointment of the late President Wilson from 1918
to 1918. Wheeler was elected to the u. S. senate
for the term 1923 to 1929. He was progressive
party candidate for vice president in 1920.
If the United States has a right to send marines
into Nicaragua. why hasn't Mussolini an equally good
right to send troops to Chicago to stamp out banditry
and prevent staying Of Italian citizens With machine
guns?
Why not send troops to Germany. France and italy
to collect debts, with equal right? | imagine that dur
ing the American Revolution Great Britain would have
been delighted to have had France send in troops to
chase the men she thought Of as bandits, and King
George would have been glad to have had American
troops to chase rebels" in Ireland.
The Monroe Doctrine hasn't the slightest bearing
on the Nicaraguan situation, as everyone who has an
|alyzed it knows We are fighting a private war, with
out authority OF congress-; our boys are being sent to
die there to protect investments and concessions OF
Wall Street bankers fraudulently obtainedl
! wouldn't trade the life blood of one American for
all the citizens of Nicaragua. But once a precedent Is
set. it is followed. Are we going to do the same thing
in China, in Italy, in Russia? If we are to send an
army to protect loans and act as . collection agency.
where are we drifting?
hear people say. you should not critic the gov
Let me say there is n sharp distinction be-
tween the government and the administration. The
administration is quite a different thing from the gov
eminent. IL is not a pleasant duty for me, as a sena-
tor, to have TO do this. But I am doing IL. not from the
standpoint Of what the Nicaraguans think, but from
the standpoint Of where it is leading US.
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Other Papers
GOLD D%ETHRoNED
(Manehester Guardian).

(Manchester GUARDIAN.
We had profoundly imagined that we were on a
gold standard. In fact, we made considerable sacrifices
three years ago in order that we might be. And now
Mr.. McKenna comes along and tells US that it is all a
myth, that gold is nowhere the standard of value, but
is itself determine in value by the dollar, whose value
in turn Is determined BY the central banking authori-
ties Of the United States. Whereas gold used to regu-
late prices, prices now regulate the value Of gold. In
hitching ourselves to gold, therefore, we hitched our
selves to the American price level, which, Mr.. McKenna
says, is independent Of gold. The facts are neither so
new nor so alarming as they seem. Those who con-
slider our return to gold ~ill-advised in 1925 were at
pains to point out that, since American policy deter
mined the value of gold. we were committing ourselves
to follow the vagarics not Of gold, but of American
policy. As a matter of fact, the level of prices has
been a good deal more stable than it would have been
had gold been allowed free play. For that we owe
thanks to America, who has managed" her currency
with conspicuous success and at considerable cost 70
herself. To manage the price level by managing the
world supplies of gold is the most expensive method
Of credit control imaginable. Mr.. McKenna seems 10
think that America can and will 90 on doing it indefi-
nitely. That is perhaps open to doubt But in the
meantime we have some reason to be thankful that
when we thought we were linking ourselves to gold we
were linking ourselves to the dollar-tkat is, to a cur
rency whose value has been deliberately prevented from
following the chance movements of gold.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22

February %, now generally observed over the
United States as a legal holiday in c-ommemorstion of
the birth Of George Washington who laid the founds-
tion for American liberties. contains much of signifi-
canoe to the patriotic American. Every precept Of
true Americanism. every American institution and ideal
founded upon the liberties for which Washington
strove from the days Of boyhood to the grave. grow
stronger and are more widely disseminated as the
years pass, and each year becomes a greater monu-
ment to the one who was virtually their founder.
Washington taught the world an unforgetable les
son in political liberty. He placed before the peoples
Of all nations a new ideal, a new existence; and
through his generalship and patriotism there was
founded on the shores of the western hemisphere a
nation destined to surpass the greatest within the
realm Of human knowledge. II was largely his in
domitable courage, perseverance, surmounted by a
great patriotism and unending affection for the land
Of his nativity and humankind, which persuaded him
TO accept the leadership and carry on the struggle
which eventually brought into being the United States
Of America. There was no thought Of self aggrandize-
ment, no selfish motive. He saw and accepted his
duty to his fellow countrymen; he accepted their call
to leadership. and America today stands as the fruit
Of his efforts.
The memory Of George Washington will always be
revered. not only under the Stars and Stripes but
throughout the world wherever men struggle for
human liberty. He will ever stand foremost among the
men Of all nations as one who served, as one who was
willing to accept leadership in a cause apparently lost
and wrench victory from apparent defeat Wherever
lii rty il known there is the memory of George
Washington revered; and wherever justice prevails
there is the name of the great American soldier and
statesman accorded first place among those who have
waged the battle for human liberty, happiness and
progress.
A century and q half has passed since George
Washington secured for the thirteen colonies the
right Of self government, and in that comparatively
brief time the greatest nation the world has known has
been ererfed unor fha foundation he buiidad Truly
. greater monument has been erected for no man. A
hundred million people are today the direct benefit
Charles Of his courage and patriotism. and to them
February p is a day replete with significance.
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Peters Adventures

the boy. 81 shouldn't think OF TAX
ing any sap from an elm tree. even
if | knew how to get it. In the
first place / don't think I'd like it.
| am sure that it would taste very
bitter. Not at all like maple SYRUP"
"kee-yerl" screamed Woodpecker.
What do you know about maple
syrup? As sure as / am the SER
geant Of the Birdland police, my
suspicious were right! You have
stolen sap in the springi"
Il tell you ] have noIl" declared
in our yard belong to my father. II
the early spring-time father taps it
and when he has gotten some Of
the syrup he fills up the hole he
made with wax and it doesn't hurt
the tree at all. How can anybody
steal what is their own"
Stuff and ~nonsense!" exclaimed
Woodpecker. "A tree is a free thing
and you cannot own its blood. and
that is what the sap is. you know.
You are not safe to be trusted.
Wick! Wick! What a lot OF worries
a policeman does have! Soon Sap
sucker will make his appearance and
| suppose he and ! shall have the
usual yearly scrap before he will
settle down to business. He Is a
good officer. but he will insist up
on going upon a spree every spring
season. He is the only member of
our family that drinks. and it is
a shame, for he has given US all a
bad name"
"May / ask you who Sapsucker
isl" questioned the boy.
"You may ask but / don't have
to answer you," replied Woodpecker
rudely.
Now Sergeant. that il not fair Of
you" said Nuthatch quickly. "You
must be all tired out from over
work or you WOULD never have an
swered a guest like that
"Sapsucker is Sergeant W~oodpeck-
er's first cousin, Two-Legs, and looks
a great deal like him only he hasn't
the white spot on his tail nor the
yellow wing Innings that my superior
officer has. Really the two are firm
friends, only Sergeant. mere. doesn't
approve of his cousins fondness for
sap. But as ~Sapsucker only drinks
in the spring and all the rest Of
the year lives upon berries, many or
them so wild and poisonous no other
bird would touch them, and destroys
many evil insects as the rest Of
his family, I think that he may be
forgiven for his spring spree"
Next-How the Sun Unlocked the
Latch of Ice.