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Evening star., 1928-12-01
Ezra Meeker Improving.

Ezra Meeker Improving.
SEATTLE, December l P.-Im-
provement in the condition of Ezra
Meeker was reported yesterday by his
physicians. The 97-year-old pioneer was
said to have made as great a gain over
his condition Of yesterday as he had
shown any time since his illness and
hopes were held out by his doctors that
he may recover. DR.. c. L. Tenpleton.
his son-in-law, was especially optimis-
tic over the rally shown by Mr.. Meeker,
and declared that there was possi-
bility his father-in-law might soon be
up and around again"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
HUGHES FOR HOOVER FOR
 PRESIDENCY
Makes First Speech on Campaign-Contrasts
 Between Nominees

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Oct. 21 Dis cussing candidates rather than party issues, Charles Evan lIu shes in his first speech of the present campaign, urged the election of Herbert c. Hoover on the ground he was better qualified t. holl the Presidency that Gov. Alfred E. Smith.
 Judge Hughes declared that party differences were few this year and the paramount issue be- fore the voters was the choice of men.
 Contrasting the records and ac- complshments of the two men Judge Hughes said that when il came to a decision who to choose as the better, he decidedly pre- ferred Hoover"
 Judge Hughes, who was Cover nor of New York when Smith was 9 member of the Legislature, gave Smith full praise for his knowl- edge of the government of the State of New York" but as to na- tional and international affairs, he declared that if Smith was elected it would take him years to learn what Hoover knows now.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Senator Robinson M a k es Direct Appeal-Gives
 His Reasons
PAYS RESPECT TO
 HOOVER AND CURTIS
Discusses Powerful Lobby that Is Disrupting
 Departments

SIOUX CITY. Iowa. Oct. 2i.- Senator Joseph T. Robinson last night called upon the adhesenss of the Progressive Party to vote she Democratic National Ticker be- cause, he said ultraconservaiisln and reactionary influences dolni- nate the Republican Party
 Senator Robinson arraigned Her bert c. Hoover as an obstruction to progress. and Senator Charles Curtis as the King of the Stand patters,' adding that the nominees of the Republican Party are both reactionaries and that neither have done or said anything to justify belief that a corrupt lobby will he combatted-re inflnenc- es which have proved So powerful in 'corrupting various Executive Departments and thwart'ng the efforts of the best members )f nbgh parties in the Senate and House.
 Senator Robinson concluded by saying that no measures of reform in which the Progressives are in- terested can be hoped for under Hoover as he merely intends to .caFry opt the Coolidge p1lie~s.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
SENATOR GLASS
 TAXES SWAT AT
 SENATOR BORAY

RICHMOND, Va. Oct. 24.-Jnit- cd States Senator Carter Glass in a speech here, took Senator Will liam F. Borah to task for what he charges was an attempt on G,e part of the Idaho Senator to ex- culpate Herbert c. Hoover from blame of wartime price fixing of wheat and attempting ,o sniff the blame on President Wilson and Glass, who was then Secretary nf the Treasury, in the Wilson eabi- net
 Senator Glass declared that as "Borah's warm personal friend, refuse to disparage the intellectual integrity of Borah by supposins fe honestly accepts his own hypoihe- sis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
ATLANTIC CITY
 REGISTRATION
 IS BIG JOKE.
On arges that Names of Boats, Parrots, Dogs,
 Children on List

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 24.- The charge that names of boats. parrots, dogs and children are on the registration lists in Atlantic City has been made by Prosecut- ing Attorney Repettohe. He an- nounees that he will move that 1000 names be stricken from the books as fraudulent registration.
 Pro utor Repettohe said Stables, garages and vacant lots are shown as permanent resi- denees Of dozens of men and women voters. The registration of allegedly qualified voters in the city lists 41,7S0 voters while the census figures this year give the city population of only 54,699."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
TARIFF AGAIN
 STRESSED BY
 SEN. CURTIS
Says There Is Difference Between Protective,
 Competitive

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Oct. 24.-- Benefits of Protective Tariff were extolled by Senator Charles Cur tis in an address here at a Repub- lican rally last night. The Sena. tor said that the Democrats, after 50 years, were now trying to make the American people think they are for it but unfortunately the Democrats use the word cOmpeti tive in outlining the tariff scheme in the party platform.
 Competitive tariff never helped anyone. American producers must be given advantage over foreign producers and American labor must be protected from foreign competition"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Gaetno Cardinal Delai
 Passes Away in Rome

ROME. Oct. 24.-Gaetno Car dinal Delai, Secretary of the Con sistorial congregation since 1908. died here today at the age of 75 years. He had been in poor health for the past year. His death leaves no Italian Cardinals in the Sacred College majority and this is an unusual circum- stance in the history of the Ro- man Catholic Church,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Died as Hero iOr Committed Suicide

PORT ANGELES, Wash, Oct 24-Whether Frank Crimbell jump ed overheard from the ferry Quil- layute yesterday morning to save another or committed suicide, re- mains mystery.
 Passengers aboard the ferry de. clared he was swimming strongly when he first went overheard but he was found dead when p,cked up 15 minutes later.
 Several passengers said they heard splash before Crimbel went overheard, hinting rescue | attempt. If he died in his at tempt to save life there is pcs sibility that the seconl c.im's name will remain unknown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
HURLS CHARGE
 AT SEN. BORAH

CHARIOT P, N. C., Oct 2l~- Josephus Daniels fired broadside at Senator William r. Borah last night charging tho Idahoan with spectacular inconsistency
 Daniels charged that Senator Borah refused to join the party for the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill in Congress and was deuolneed by high proteetionists ot his own party and nov The is stumping the south endorsing the principles of that very bill"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
ThankS giuing Proclamation Is Issued
sInternational Illustrated News,

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.- President Coolidge today is- sued the annual Thanksgiv- ing proclamation calling upon the people to offer thanks on November 29 for prosperity in agriculture, in dustry and commerce and for peace which has existed in the last year.
 The proclamation says the country, as a whole, has been protected against pes tilcnce and disaster and has been directed in a way for national prosperity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Priest Robbed, Then
 Kidnapped, Murdered

MEXICO CITY, Oct. Felipe de Ochoa, aged 70, priest Of the Schismatie Mexican catholic Church, was slain by three masked men last night They forced their way into the church, stole all val uables and kidnapped him to the outskirts of the city where he was then murdered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
SEN. NORRIS FOR SMITH,;
 HELPS DILL

SEATTLE, Ocr. 24. - Senator George w. Norris, Progressive leader. declared here last night that the stand Herbert C. Hoover has taken on water power twill l think, drive me- to support Gov Alfred E. Smith.
 Senator Norris made the state ment in discussion of national issues in support of Senator c. c. Dill, Democrat He further lsa i'd. 'I consider power the greatest issue in American pol itics today"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
HOOVER PLANS TWO SPEECHES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Her- bert c. Hoover will leave Wash ington on his last campaign swing week from tomorrow He will speak in St. Louis on the night of November 2.
 The nominee will reach his home at Palo Alto on November 3 and from his study there will make his last address of the cam paign in a radio appeal to the voters of the nation to support the Republican ticket.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Mystery m Shooting
 Of Man in Pmked Auto
 With Woman Companion

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Oct. 24. Without speaking a word. two men slipped up to parked auto mobile last night in which Ralph Trump and Miss Marjorie Elmen were sitting. While one man covered the girl with his re- volyer, his companion placed a revolver against Trump's chest and discharged 1t, she told the po- lice. Trump died and his assail- ants escaped. The police believe Trump might have been mistaken for another person.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24

summer when he was in Alaska. have an eG.uDfial ill one of tht Alaska papers about it. He acted like a peevish boy there when any men differed wiiisshiaa ae ta giving exclusive rights. and he treated them as though they were intrud- CTS. He would not talk to the natives. There is 6 splendid edi. to1ial which l have placed in the record.
 MT. Davis What is his idea in going up there?
 MT Sutherland. To back ur this graft Those men out there in San Francisco and the west backed up his political ambition He was associated with them in wartime when they were here ob. taining an excessive price for fish a price greater than the Navy paid by approximately $3,000,O0O MT. Hoover was there to intro duce the agents to the food pur- chase, bureau"
 of he did not thus charge Hoo- yer with grating, he charged him with backing it up, with fixing it, and l have a greater respect for the gambler than for his boost ers," declared MT. Grigsby. He read other parts of the same state ment, charging Hoover was a close personal friend of 'the principal lobbyist for the canners." and was associated with him in the food division. And turning to page S9 of the same record, continuing on the subject of the reservations. he read from Sutherland's statement as follows:
 Judge Wickersham said this was steal. l regard it in the same light-a steal of public rights and a suspension of the laws in the belief that Congress would not act, and now they ask Congress to confirm their work by the passage of this bill, asking you to go ahead and confirm the steal that MT Hoover put up'
 T repeat" declared Mr. Grigs- by, that Sutherland called Hoover a fixer, grafter and thief"
 Insult To Hoover
 He asserted that unlike MT Sutherland, he did not believe Hoover would be elected, an as- sertion that drew hearty round of applause. And he added if Hoover were elected, however, it would be an insult to him for Alas kans to elect Sutherland to repre- sent them in Congress.
 If Sutherland has the facts to back up these charges, Grigsby as- serted, it was his duty to his adopted country" to produce those facts and prevent such man from occupying the presidency. "I do not believe he has them." he added.
 He scored the Delegate for his attacks on members of the Alaska Legislature who had differed with him on various occasions, and his accusations of bribery by a Cover nor of Territorial Senator He asserted. Sutherland gave no man credit for having an honest diff ference in opinion, but that he questioned the. motives and hon. esty of those who would not agree with him. Not only has he at tackled individual Alaskans. but he has attacked them by the whole
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Former Cumd at
 Insane Hospital
 On TriaI, Murder

MOUNT VERNON, Wash, Oct. 24.-A jury of six men and six women have been chosen to try K. K. Kyler, former guard at the Northern State Hospital for the Insane at Sedro- Woolley on first degree murder charge. Kyler is accused of beating to death John Hesford, Bellingham patient.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
GOV. SMITH IS
 OFF TO MAKE
 BOSTON SPEECH
Leaves Albany on Special Train for Final Cam
 paign Drive

ALBANY, N. Y. Oct. 24.- Gov. Alfred E. Smith left Albany this morning on his special train for Boston. He will stop at Springfield and Worcester cn the way
 Gov. Smith will make a speech at Boston tonight, then visit other Atlantic seaboard eenters in the final campaign drive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24
Assails Bureaucracy

MT. Grigsby brought his heaviest artillery 10 bear on the bureau cratic system. He said he had nc criticism to offer of any man or his motives. He was not against the individual but the system He quoted President Coolidge and the late Franklin K. Lane, then Sec. retary of the Interior. on the evils of bureau government.
 It is an age-old argument that an absolute despotism is the best kind of<goyernment, If you can get the right despot," he said Sutherland argues that the system that gives one man the power tc make laws and enforce them is all right but that the wrong man is performing these duties. q don't believe in the system be. cause l don't believe that any man should have that power" MT Grigsby declared.
 He asserted that the present Delegate had been given an op. portunity to get local control over
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24

sale, calling the Territory a cess pool of vice, he added
 The Controller Bill
 In brief seLtence the speaker degiped the fak l'Eated Controller Bill which has received good deal of attention in the Delegates cam paign addresses. He pointed out that it was strictly d matter to be dealt with by the Alaska Legisla- ture and could not properly be said to be an issue in the Delegate race. The Controller Bill, he add ed, hasn't anything on earth to do with Home Rule. and any one who claimed to the contrary was either mentally deficient or will fully undertaking to mislead the voters. Home Rule, he empha- sized. could come only from Con gross, and the Legislature could no more bestow it upon Alaska than he, himself, could lift himself by his bootstraps. He said the bill was merely a device to change the method of performing certain duties, or exercising certain pow4 CTS that the Territory already has.
 Personally, he said, he was con- vinced the time had come when Alaskans could do without the aid of Federal officials, but the Con- troller Bill was not the only means of accomplishing that end. He cited the proposed subsidized steamship line between Juneau and Prince Rupert, which was to have been administered by the Control Board, as an instance of misdirect- ed effort possible under it. He quoted an article from the Review of Reviews on the Philippine Board of Control as Illustrative of the evils that could come from such an organization.
 Neither MT. Sutherland nor my self. whichever is elected, can have anything to do with passing any bill of that kind, because it is a matter for the local Legislature" he declared. Yet the Delegate has made it one of his principal top ics. He charged Sutherland had not said one word about what he expected to do in Congress if he were reelected.
 Assails Bureaucracy
 MT. Grigsby brought his heaviest artillerv to hear m inc hurpau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-24

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New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
PASSIVE READING
 WARNING SOUNDED
Lecture Habit Also Should Be
 Avoided

Cambridge, Mass. July II Pl- Women should beware of easily formed habits which produce intel- lectual sluggishness rather than the mental development they expect them to produce, says Mrs. Cor nelia James Cannon, author and member of the governing board of Radcliffe College.
 Mrs. Cannon, author of Red Rust" and mother Of five children, who occasionally delivers ad- dresses herself. warns:
 Beware of the lecture habit. It gets 10 be a terrible habit just to sit and have ideas poured over you like water and to let them roll off about as fast. Of course lectures in moderation which are really ab- sorbed are different.
 Beware of the habit of passive reading Mrs. Cannon further eau tions. This habit of constantly taking in other peoples ideas with out giving your mind a chance to digest them is worse than too little reading.
 have always thought that l understood Gladstone's failure 10 achieve real greatness when learn ed about his reading habit He used to carry a book with him every where. and whenever he had few minutes out it came He never gave himself d chance to mediate or his mind the opportunity to ripen. Pas sive reading gets to be deadening habit, for it gives the intelligence no freedom to work independently"
 One way to avoid such pitfalls Mrs. Cannon says. is to concentrate ones interest in a definite field for a period. Reading and talks on the same general group of ideas form d natural network of correlated ma terlal, she says, making the subject more vivid and therefore more easily retained
 We are much more likely to do independent thinking with such a background of knowledge in a sin gle field and this stimulates men, tai growth" she says.
 Avocations are the real need of Americans today. thinks Mrs. Can non.
 We are sad people at best, tearing through life from birth to death in breathless hurry" she says.
 Painting is Mrs. Cannon's hobby at present. although she finds time to run a household and parent teacher association and write books. She concludes that one does not have to be a painter to take joy in painting.
 She has word. too, for those who appreciate their work,
 Don't be overawed by others achievements-don't be too modest
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
Spanish Actors Seek
 Retreat for Old Age

Madrid. July IT P-An effort L being made in Spain to furnish a place of retreat for retired actors.
 Three brothers, property owners of Ciudad lineal. near Madrid have placed at the disposal of the Actors Syndicate three plots o1 land for the retreat, and the archi- tect Teodoro de Anasagasti has of. fered his services in designing the buildings.
 A subscription has been opened to defray the cost of construction and equipment of the home.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
MIDDLE M7S.
 FINALLY PAC|F|ED
France Subdues Region Held by Fierce MOOrS

Washington, D. C., July 11-Mor- scco. which in it's mountain fast aesses is probably the most primi- live region within easy reach of Europe, has been carried a long past few weeks. The French have Finally succeeded in taking possess sion of the Middle Atlas Mountains hnd plan to use the waters which low from its peaks to produce cleo -ric power for the cities of north central Morocco and their industries.
 Has Alpine Mountains
 The French occupation of Nor bcco, since the establishment of the Protectorate in 1912. has been con- ined chiefly to the lowlands and hon-mountains plateaus. Morocco has mountains that are truly AL pine in height and character. the High Atlas range that extends dia- konally across the northwestern cor her of Africa from a point on the Atlantic 500 miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar to the edge of AieNiAa' LII tl1S Ilol dlOIS tHc Mediterranean coast, is the Riff, a Fange of high rugged hills. Between. lmost tying the High Atlas to the Riff uplands. is the Middle Atlas range.
 The region between these three mountain systems and the Atlantic an area of plains and plateaus, crossed by streams that flow some Pf them intermittently-f the mountains to the sea It was in this req, open to the Atlantic, that the lolG. They occupied Casablanca. trench first obtained secure foot 9o1 after the massacre of a num- per of Europeans. In 1911 the Sul- an, hemmed in at Fez by rebel lous natives, called on the French or assistance. After his throne had been saved the Sultan signed a treaty creating the Protectorate
 llch has been in existence since.
 Territory Held During War
 In the period preceding the World War France, under Marshal -yautey. extended her control over most of the region between the mountains and the sea- then cstab- lshed highway and railway trough the valley between the Riff nd the Middle Atlas, thus connect With her colony of Algeria. In spite pf continuous German intrigue, hese regions were held during the World War. But always the high ands were in the hands of un conquered or unseCurely pacified bands of natives.
 After the World War, France ex- lends her influence in Morocco by Degrees in all directions. in large part peacefully. Fighting was nec- essary in the north, however. and
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
in cooperation with the Spanish who

III cooperation With the spanish who have protectorate along the Med
 iterranean coast, Athe Riff was paci- | fled in 1926. There was even peace-
 ful penetration for distance into
 the High Atlas in the south: but
 certain tribes in the fastnesses of
 the Middle Atlas remained intract- able. The French Army has now taken this central mountainous te- zion over. although no fighting
 was necessary.
 The Central Atlas Mountains send considerable quantities of water
 down to !he north and west into and across some of the best agri-
 cultural lands of Morocco. These
 Meknes, one of the most thickly populated sections of the Protec-
 torate. By controlling the sources and upper reaches of the Middle At las streams France can greatly
 further prosperity in the heart of
 Morocco. It is planned to make the precious waters create power before they pass lower down. there to be conserved by system of reservoirs and canals. To the already exten-
 sive system of highways that she has
 created, France will soon add 10 the Moroccan landscape dams, power houses and electric distribution | lines.
 Adaptable to French Ways The dominant racial element in
 Morocco is the Berber, and it is to the presence of this strain rather than to the fewer Arabs and much fewer Jews and negroes that Frances success in pacfying and
 modernizing Morocco is due. The Berbers are of white stock and when a,tired in European clothes, pass easily for Europeans. In contrast to the Arab and the negro, they have
 the Europeans outlook on life. and
 even his sense of humor They Are an exceedingly adaptable in the French army. Frenchmen and Berbers are mixed indiscriminately
 ill the territorial regiments. and the soldiers of the two groups have be- come fast friends.
 1 In the high Atlas Mountains of southern and southeastern Morocco fcudaism exists much as it existed
 in Europe thousand years ago. Large areas are the ttfs of great
 dukes" called Caids. who are all most independent but nominally rec Oenize the Sultan as the ir overlord Under the Caids are "barons" called Caliphas and under them sheiks
 who rule villages and groups of com mon people, Heavy taxes are ex- acted from the people Cor the benefit of the hierarchy of rulers above them. In the open agricultural country outside the Atlas, and in the towns and cities. a more democratic form of government is in force. The outward machinery of Moroccan government has not been much al tered by the French. but they fur rish the brains and power which op- crate it, and insure it's justice,
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17

in what you do. know . young woman who models quite well, but says. It isn't as good as Michael angelo's.' and destroys it. Of course it isn't a good as the supreme masters work, but what of that :? It's good for her and that is the real point
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
CONRAD COMES HIGH

London. July r tUP)-A first edition copy of Joseph Conrad's novel "Chance" was sold here re- gently for s2.1OO.
 When 50 copies of this edition had been printed in 1913 there was strike of the binders and the re- mainder were dated 1914. Twcnty-one presentation Conrad volumes realized $5,65O at the same sale.
New Britain herald., 1928-07-17
NEVER TOO OLD

Seattle. July 17-After weather ing the storms on the sea of matri- mony for 5G years, Mrs. Angelinc Williams recently sued her husband. George Williams. for divorce. on the grounds of assertion. They .,-erc married in Michigan in 1872"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-05-04
SOCIAL EVENTS

The general meeting of the
Wolf Point Woman's club will be
held at the home of Mrs. II. A.
Schoening Tuesday evening. The
assisting h~ostesses are Mesdames
A. O. Johnson, John Appelgren
and |. L. Jensen.
Business to be taken care of
will be the reading of yearly re-
ports of the different officers and
planning a city cleanup campaign.
After the business meeting the
evening will be in charge of an
entertainment committee compos-
ed of Mrs. J.. r. Burgess, Mrs.
Schenkenberger and Miss Jean
Watson.
All members are especially urg-
ed to attend this last meeting of
the club year.