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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
ALI SMITH, NOMINEE.

About practical politics there are great many experts who will rise to remark that there is no romance The nomination of Gov Ailreu E. Smith by the Democratic Party furnlshes complete refutaton of this assertion. mere IS no more romantic story anywhere than that con nected with his rise from a Fulton Street hsh market to the Goyernorship of the greatest state in the United States and, four years from the lime when large majority of political observers proclaimed 1t was not possible became the nom inee of great political party for the Presidency of the country.
 Maybe AT Smith will not become Presi- aant All the forces of bigotry of religious ln- tolerance of narrow -mindedness, will be arrayed against him in the coming campaign. The lnhu- ence of the Anti-Saloon League, and kindred or ganizaticns, of the Ku Klux Klan, or eertalh church organizations like the Beard of Temper ance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Metho- dist Church, will be used in an effort to encohi- pass his defeat Possibly they will be successful.
 But the outcome can never take away rom his nomination the romance that always accom- panies the victory of a brave, wholesome hght against seemingly unsurmountable odds. AT Smith had the bumbest of humble beginnings His was a boyhood not different from thousands of others on the East Side" of New York. The story of his rise from minor offices iii the city or New York to the Legislative Assembly, to the Cover norship which he has held with notable distlnc ton more times than any other individual, reads like story in fiction.
 Four years ago the chance of his nomina ton set the Democratic Party by the ears Aftel it was concluded, there many well-nformet political leaders and writers political suDJect who did not hesitate to declare that as ma tonal factor in the Democratic Party he hat reached the zenith of his He has con founded these experts. Waging cleancut cam paign in an open field asking no favors othe than the traditional American square deal, he s captivated the imagination of the rank and Ill of his party that it required but single ballo to nominate him as its candidate for the great est office in the world-Presidents of the Unite States
 Again this takes out of the realm of ever day actualities and into that of fiction Tn romance that it is embued with colors all Jude ment of his capacity But when the history his rise in the political arena is studied care fully and without bias, who is it that will vel ture to predict that those qualities that hay enabled him to rise to the very top of the ladd' in party leadership will not also carry him
 the highest office in the gift of the America people?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
CARE IS URGED.

warning against forest fires, issued by Commissioner Charles H. Flory of the Depart ment of Agriculture, is timely. This is the season of the year that forest confagrations are most likely to take place. The dry, warm weather not only produces condition favorable to the starting of fires, but it increases the chances for them, since the number of people taking outings is greater than at more inclement periods MT Flory urges those who spend these delightful days in the open in adjacent to the forests. to be especially careful of fires. A neglected campfire, even though it be small, can be the source of a disastrous confagration costing much in money and material, and trans form bower of natural beauty into a scene of desolation and ruin.
 Coastal Alaskas forest fire loss in past years has been abnormally light With the advent of and motor roads, unless extreme is exercised there will be increases. We sure that the people generally will heed MT Flory's warning and guard against such an increase.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
An IntOlerable Espionage.
(New York World.)

The opinion of Chief Justice Taft in the wire-tapping case carries a hint, and almost recommendation, designed for the attention or Congress The Chief Justice argued in this opinion that evidence obtained by wire-tapping is legal for the strictly technical reason that the tapping is done outside of the suspect s house and therefore does not violate the sane tity of his person house, papers and effects guaranteed by the Constitution The Chief Jus tiee says, however
 Congress may of course protect the
 secrecy of telephone messages by making
 them, when intercepted inadmissibe In
 evidence in Federal criminal trials, by
 direct legislation, and thus depart from
 the common law of evidence.
 Since the Supreme Court has chosen to inter- bret the law to legalze wre-tapping, Congress has no alternative save to follow this suggestion unless it is willing to see intoerable espionage established in this country. The courts decision means that unless legislation is enacted any Federal official may tap any private telephone wire as he pleases and eavesdrop on the private affairs of private citizens. It means that Fed eral agents may legally employ these methods in Prohibition cases in involving "radi- cals," in cases involving business methods in cases of all types in which the Governments agents find themselves hard pressed for evidence It means the establishment of a governmental spy system using particularly despicable type o espionage It means blaekmal, terrorizatior and precisely what Justice Holmes declares it tC mean: dirty business
 l Since the Supreme Court does not choose tt stand as a bulwark between this tyranny ant the rights of the private citizen, the public ha no relief except Congressional action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Fashions in Fidgets.
Manchester, Eng, Guardian )

Manchester, Eng Guardian)
 The American exporters of chewing-gum an- nounce a tenfold multiplication of their wares since the war and the English said to be eager recipients of this most durable of inedible mouthfuls Whether this more concerns the zealots of safeguarding the students of social traditions is a nice point. The latter will cer- tainly have to consider the desperate efforts of modern humanity to find satisfactory forms of idgeting Fidgeting is a natural nervous re- action to an unnatural nervous strain, and since it seems to be the inevitable function of civil- zation to increase the unnatural strains we are likely to elaborate the technique of idgeting as the world grows older Some must be lifting their elbow while others bite their nails; one keeps lighting cigarettes and another maintains the indestuctibe pellet for them to work upon. It does not fatter mankind that should have continually to invent and trivial escapes from the worry and restessness into which we plunge ourselves. Chewing, though not a hand some engaging habit, hardly be regarded as vice, and it is a little difficult to imagine dangerous excesses of jejune pleasure. In these days almost every form of amusement is worked hard that it becomes social prob lem. Either it has to been encouraged by tht provision of more facilities, else it has tC
 be stopped because somebody views it with alarm
 But the mastication of tough and tastees
 material which is neither drug sweetmea
 is surely weakness far from social censur
 as it is from aesthetic appreciation. Thus tt achieve private peace in public places may b. doubtful manners, but for in these dis tracted times the moralist need not shake hi s head. Chewing may be dismissed puppyisl or puerile, hut it is scarcely pernicous.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

called boss of Philadelphia Senator-eleet from Pennsylvania whose credentials are yet to De recognized by the Senate Ware it was who' first of the Penn State political leaders, publicly declared Pennsylvania was for Hoover. After the big delegation reached Kansas City, while MT. Mellon was meditating in the seelusion or ms hotel suite, Mr. Ware telling the newspaper men of the change of heart in his delegatloh' Hours later NIr Mellon issued his now famous 1O7-word statement to the Pennsylvanlas sus- gestng the desirability of casting their votes for Mir Hoover on the first ballot This, together with the fact that the National Committee seateu W. w. Atterbury, Ware supporter ihseeau oi Senator David | Reed Mellon man, as Ma tional Committeeman, inclined experienced oD-
 servers to the opinion that Ware was the man
 at the wheel in the Keystone State and not
 the efficient Secretary of the Treasury
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
WHO PUT HOOVER OVER?

In Kansas City just before the Republican convention two weeks ago, ikenesses of Hoover were paced in advantageous positions over the city Underneath them the words: "Who But Hocver?" After the nomination of the Sec retary of Commerce had been made, some wag altered one of these captions to read "Who Put Hoover Over?"
 Directly, of course the answer was the Penn sylvania delegation. Then the query s'Who led that delegation into the Hoover camp?' And political wise-acres, strange it may seem did not make the seemingly obvious reply Why Secretary Mellon, of course" And equally strangely perhaps, most of them seemed to confe that honor upon William Ware, sometime
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Your Town and You.
Petersburg Press. ]

Your town boosts you. Why not do well by the town it does by you? No citizen is so powerful none so humble, but what the town is aid to him in way other.
 The food that he eats the clothes he wears, the recreation and amusement that he enjoys, all originate in the town, because the money with which they procured is made there.
 When fellow boosts his own town he does not stop there. He is performing act that improves his own condition, for every good word and every good deed has it's elevating influence.
 few people always home town boosters. They accomplish much in the way of community betterment, and this improves the condition of not only themselves, but also of those who do no boosting at all.
 If every citizen would constitute himself a home town booster the result collectively would be many times great, and opportunities for self improvement would be more numerous. Think it over in your odd moments. Then get into the boost wagon and hit the pace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
More or Less True

More or Less True
 When a man wants a handker- chief he reaches around to his pocket and gets it. but when woman wants one, she knows II is somewhere below the neckline but only a careful search with her hand will reveal where.
 If after the train has pulled out of the tunnel her complexion shows no sign of being messed up they are not a bride and groom on their honeymoon.
 Another thing a woman learns after she has been married a yea or two is that candy bought by husbands comes in little bags anc not in boxes with an expensive name embossed on them.
 It takes more than a reputation for being dependable to make a1 alarm clock popular and it takes more than having a reputation for being a good fellow to make a man a good husband.
 The dishmop has it's good points, doubtless, but as far as we can see dish washing ism any more popular than it was back when they used to tear un an old shirt to make dish rags.
 The people who don't like you because you haven't a lot oi money are people you wouldn't wipe your feet on if you have 1t. Neck is what the young people do-and where they'll get it when the bill for the piper comes in.
 When a man who can quote poetry and all the highbrow au l thors meets the man who can quote anything but stocks ant l prices on carload lots, the onll thing they have in common Il their opinion of each other.
 Although a lot of knees are total loss as something worth giv ing so much pitiless publicity , they probably are just as goot for getting down on as any-i their owners have any occasion for using 'em that way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
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By SAM HILL.

Imagination Now in the Breadine There is no need for guessing,
 now That skirts are something less
 than brief, For when ye modern lass sits
 down She shows you what's worn un-
 derneath.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Give 1t Credit For That

What" shouted the wet orator, "has prohibition done?"
 Brought the word 'analyze' in to more general use,' piped a voice from the gallery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

The real tragedy of the farms" seems to be the inability of farmers to keep up with the pace set by the new styles of automobiles being shown by the motor car manufacturers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

Musings of an Unmusical Man at
 Musicale
 A wife who would drag her lesser half from the golf course to a place like this ought to be re- ported to the s. P. c. A.
 Wonder why pretty face and decent figure can't go with a good voice.
 Huh! That high-note stuff may be music, but it listens to me like the old dame was telling her hub where to head in.
 That contralto ought to be standing behind curtain. Hers make the pianos legs look skinny. Wonder what luck the boys are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

Blinks. q used to think vil- lage band made the worst racket in the world"
 Jinks: "It may have been aw- ful. but it would have sounded like real music long side mod ern jazz orchestra"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

q believe in he'll hanging and calomel," said former Attorney General Gregory and are with him in favor of all three for the oil smeared. equivocating and skuduggerous Repub- licans- Houston Post -Dspatch)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

The big question to be settled now is who will pitch the next four opening balls of the American League season at Washington
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

The mark of statesmanshp in these piping times is the ability to make a one-sentence state ment that can be read about 40 different ways. - Macon, Ga, Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

Prohibition will have become effective when fellow can go into politics and forget about 1t. -t Dallas News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Makes a Difference

"Jimpson takes an optimistic view of the rising generation
 '1 might too if l didn't have two members of it to worry over.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Not a Beauty Hint

The best thing for skins" is 10 years in the pen at hard labor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
The Ananias Club

"I insist on the obey being left in the marriage ceremony" said the bride-to-be.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Nauuhty! Nauqhtyl

The only scolding now
 Dear daughter ever gets, Is when the hussie steals Her mama's cigarettes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
Observations of Oldest Inhabitan

Among other things for which there is no sale these days are the old-fashioned Home, Sweet Home" notices.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
THE WHITEHORSE
 INN

The New Palatial Modern
 Hotel at Whitehorse The Whitehorse Inn has just been built in keeping with the latest in hotel construc- tion. All rooms with hot and cold running water of which no other hotel in the Yukon can boast, private connecting and public baths, maid and bellboy service. Write or wire for reserva- tions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

having with their scores this af- ternoon.
 Anybody who can enjoy this classical sereeching can adore static over the radio.
 Anyway, I'll enjoy hearing the lady boss announce: This con cludes our program for the after noon.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
lnterestina Information

A. Kitchen runs a barber shor in Jones County, Tex, town. Little Lesson in English Never use the word "Yes" when you
 should use f.
 "No."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

Old papers for sale at The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29

Especially When It's Sunburned Though I like to be patted there, His face I always want to smack, When a smart aleck comes along And slaps me on the back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-29
solation

Consolation A life of ease I did decide upon, Because of money l, at last, had stacks; But when the dern alarm went ofl I found One worry still not mine was income tax.
 f, Modernized Proverbs A word to the stuck finisheth the cross word puzzle.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-09-28
loo p M.


Leading livestock authorities will direct the demon
STATIONS at the train and assist with the discussions
at the feed crops meeting. Extension specialists who
will be on the program include, L. D.. Kurtz, agron-
county agent leader; and C. E. Potter, state All club
leader. M. E. Stebbins, secretary of the Montana
Wool Growers Association will assist with the sheep
and wool program at the train.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-09-28
1000 A.. M.
Noon

Lunch will be served at Tourist Park kitchen.
Music will be furnished by School Band
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-09-28
The Program
Come Early

The special train is operating on a close schedule, the
program must be started and finished on time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24

7 ORENZO is young; he viii rule
Il Florence for twenty-one years,
and yet he will be but forty -four
when, in the year of the discovery
of America, he will yield up pre-
maturely a life lived not wisely
but too well. He is a good ad-
ministrator, and rules the city cap
ably to the contentment of the
people; IF Florence was to have a
tyrant,' Guicciardini says, she
could never have found a better
one
He is handsome and strong, and
apparently knows everything from
poetry to murder. Like his grand
father, and like most great men, he
can be whatever kind of a man he
likes; he turns with ease from
finance to philosophy. from diplo-
macy to literature, from Greek
grammar to italian venery, from
pagan songs of love to religious
poems written to appeaSC his
mother.
The people like him, for he in
dulges them with pageantry and
games, and joins them in
their widest frolics. he does not
disdain 70 lead their festivals, to
sing in the streets his own European
song:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
A Square Deal

There is but ore course open to those Re
pubicans, either citizens or candidates, who
want square deal in their primaries in this
county.
That is to induce State Chairman Fay Kit
selman to remove George V. Coffin as party
chairman and take over the election machinery
The history of Republican primaries under
Coffin is not at all reassuring to those who do
not wish their ballots nullfcd by stub pencils
in the early dawn.
The peculiar results in six of the wards are
only explanable on one basis, and that basis
should be sufficient ground for demanding d
new man at the helm.
Of course there are powerful influences
which seek to retain Coffin.
Without him, Senator Arthur Robinson
would be a half orphan in politics and forced
to rely only upon the Endorsement of Dr. Shu-
maker, for whom he acts as telephone girl on
occasions when the doctor wishes to sneak into
the back door of the Supreme Court
Without Coffin in charge of those six wards
some of the county candidates would have hard
sledding
Without Coffin this year, under the deal to
deliver the State to Robinson, it would be
rather difficult for Senator Watson to obtain
very many votes in Marion County.
If there is to be cleanup and clean
out" this year in Republican politics, it should
begin at once and with Coffin.
Coffin now has plenty of time to give to
politics. lie is out Of the shadow Of the indict-
ment which charged that he conspired with Ed
jackson to bride Warren 7. McCray. The
reason for dismissal is that it was impossible
to prove that Coffin concealed his crime fox
the two years under which the statute of limi-
tations ran. Perhaps some one else concealed
it until The Times exposed the facts and proved
them.
Will any candidate for Office who depends
solely upon the confidence of the voters and
who has no secret deals feel safe to go into the
primaries trusting to Coffin for a fair count?
A concerted demand for change might
get results Chairman Kitsclman, properly
impressed with the necessities of the hour,
might wish to take his brief administration
memorable
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Elections Crowded Out

If the American people are to
show propore interest in the COM
ing campaign, something ought to
be done to postpone Polar and
transatlantic flights until after the
November election.
1t is very difficult to get inter-
ested in what the politicians are
saying because of what the ayia-
tors are doing
Important as it may be- presi-
dental election seems awfully tame
compared to these excursions into
the unknown.
After reading Captain wilkins ac-
count of his trip over regions that
have been a mystery since the dawn
of time, it is quite impossible to get
excited over even such preposterous
assertions as those of "Tom-Tom'
Hedin, not to mention the more Sc
date remarks of gentlemen who re-
fuse to let their gift for CAB run
away with their regard for common
sense.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
All Aboard for the North Pole!

The famed and tabled "frozen north" is losing
some of it's terrors. Soon the North Pole is likely
to become one of the busiest crossroads of a time
saving world
This, more than anything else, is the lesson OF
the 21OO-mie airplane hop of Captain wilkins and
Lieutenant Eelson from Alaska to Spitzbergen over
the top Of the world
Theirs the first plane to make the journey
across that frosty region. And it was a magnificent
adventure, worthy of the best and boldest tradi-
tons of the race But it added little either to the
science of aviation or to the worlds knowledge of
geography for three times before the pole itself has
been reached twice by aircraft in the last two years
Nevertheless the exploit was we'll worth while. 1t
added to the evidence that all we need to make
the north polar spaces useful a short cut between
points in the eastern and western hemispheres is
dependable vehicle to carry
It took Captain Wilkins and Lieutenant EeSlSon
only twenty hours to travel from Alaska to Spitzber-
gen via the polar route. 1t would have taken then
a month by ship and train.
1t is something like 10000 miles from New York
to Picking, the way people normally travel. And
three weeks is about the minimum time required by
the fastest trains and ocean lines to go from the
one place to the other.
BY way of the north pole the distance is only
$500 miles, or just a fraction than two days
by air. Get our your Atlas and figure how much
time you could by travelling in a straight line
across the top of the world instead of following the
circles around as we do now.
Nor is there anything to hinder us crossing the
pole Already they are building great air liners capa-
BILE of accommodating 100 passengers in we-heated,
comfortable cabins with dining Salons dance halls,
music radio and everything else required for tourist
trade So it's short step from the present day to
tomorrow of trans Arctic travel.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-24
Military Display

Washington is seeing good many more military
maneuvers than it used to. Throughout the warm
months soldiers from nearby army posts hold eXhibi-
ton drills on grounds near the White House.
This, it is said is partly because some Government
officials visited England and we're impressed by the
way British troops went through their PAGES around
the royal palace Feeling that military spectacles al
ways delight the onlookers. these officials, it is said,
decided to institute something of the kind in the
United States
It's perfectly all right with us; only we do hope
that Washington's bgwigs won't decide to emulate
the British still further and have detail of cavalry
accompany the President wherever he goes. Our
traditions are all the other way. democratic coun-
try isn't supposed to lean quite so heavily on military
displays as monarchy.