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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
AN ITEM OF DEMoCRACY's COST.

Not since the days when the Senate and House leaders were engaged almost exclusively in trying destroy the public confidence in Presi- dent Wilson has politics been so nearly the whole thing at Washington it is at the present time. Tax reduction, Mississippi River flood control, the navy program, immigration, Muscle Shoals, Boulder Dam, aviation control, farm relief and nearly everything else that occupies the atten- tion of Congress is being discussed from the gen era election agle.
 It is unfortunately the rule in democracy that once every so often--every four years, at least, in the United States--most of those in charge forget the business element in the conduct of great country and think only in terms of politics. However. there is apparently no way to avoid it. It is one of the items of cost of popular government. The cost is high, but, after all, il is better than the old system where the powers of government the prerogative of divine ly" chosen few
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Judge Munley Didn't Die.
(Valdez Miner.)

A short time ago The Miner published a rumor to the effect that Judge William A. Nun ley had gone to his reward Our old friend, Alvah Eames writes us that the Judge is in good health "and laughed when l showed him your notice of his untimely death.' When we wrote the Judges obituary we believe we said something nice about him, and while not prepared to recall anything we said, we must confess to the belief that he would have been more deserving had he kept his maly friends in Valdez better posted to his whereabouts and condition of health However, mighty glad to know the Judge is still with us
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Alice Arm Prospects.
(Prinee Rupert News. )

There to be good prospects of a busy time at Alice Arm this year A number. of the mines will be working and the new company organized here will undertake the installation of water and light and power facilities It is understood that the Dolly Warden mine may possibly be worked, arrangement with the complicated ownership having been brought to a point where it may possibly result in the mine operating again. The camp will share with Stewart and other points the prosperity following the loosening up of money for mining enterprises.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

behalf of his religion or church The Constitu- ton of the United States throws the same pro- tection about the religions of those whom Chris lions call heathens it does about those who have accepted the religion of the Holy Bible.
 If they have nothing else Tukoji Rao and sancy Ann by all means let them come to Am erica If they should be shut out for the req
 ms urged. precedent would be set that might
 to plague many an American missionary
 eiety
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

The New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Confer age recently went on record favoring Gov A.ffod E Smiths plan to have an expert com HIasion to sentence those convicted of crime k7Htlo ureh assemblies and conferences are sup
 to be better experts church matters .lan judicial procedure 1t Is possible that 64ese Eastern Methodists wanted to do something show that they did not entertain prejudees against New York's Governor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL

Huh, Since boosting is his line folks like This fellow, Billy ]. MacTock. They call him opportunity Because few ever hear him
 knock
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Them Were the Modest--lf Not
 Happy--Days

A Chillicothe reader wants to know what has become of the wo- man who carried home a long, narrow box, advertising the fact that she would be wearing a new straight-jacket on Sunday.
 She has daughter who could carry home all she wears in the box and have room to spare-but there would be nothing like a cor set in it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

From obscurity Senator Robinson of Indiana has now risen to the fame of another man Al Smith has run over.-- Dallas News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
More or Less True

The onelpiece dress is as easy to slip on as cake of soap in the bathtub. and if they ever in vent a complexion that goes on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Dad Just Needs a Little Patience

What did that coat cost?" de- handed her dad, angrily.
 'Oh, I didn't bother to ask" replied his daughter. but you'll find out when the bill comes in"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

taxieab driver in New York has sued for damages because patron shot him in the collar bone. Before you shoot taxcab driver always ask him where he perfers to be shot-( Port Angeles News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Observations of Oldest lnhabitant
 What has become of that old. oft used statement.
 They've had another increase n their family?" >I
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

The editor of the Saturday Evening Post ehdes the newspapers for giving the public what it wants. Of course the 5000 000 circula- tion of the Post proves it is something the public does not want Port Angeles gNews)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
such'a Lannwiae

What did your wife say when you told her she WAS dull?"
 oh, l got sharp reto-t.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Reports have it that new film shows great similarity between the brains of frog and 3 man Of course, it isn't the first movie to Illustrate the fact Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

An owl is credited with pulling the air brakes and stopping train in Russia but it was prob ably Trotzky in disguise.- (Hastings, Neb., Tri- bune.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
The Ananins Clnln

The wind Is blowing 90 hard 1 just dread going out on the street." declared the flapper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Just as True

Too many cooks spoil the broth, old saying.
 And too few enable the eanners Io live in luxury
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Trouble is the biggest loan shark of all And yet the Democrats will go borrowing Dallas News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Not Much Use to Them, Either

In reply to recent question in this column as to what is left that can still be advertised For Men Only,' C. K, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, suggests tho mustache cup. But in this smooth-faeed ] age there isn't much use of even advertising that for the males.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Most Americans may be democratic but they vote Republican-(W Street Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
What Most of Us Need More

HOW TO SPEAK TWENTY. FOUR LANGUAGES, ,'-headllne
 It probably would help more to learn how to enjoy listening in one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Ask us Another One

GOULD YOU USE EXTRA MONEY RIGHT NOW?'-From a Magazine Ad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
ATTENTION

If you need good carDenter phone 43S Hardy Andy's Shop A. r. LAGERGGEN. Prop adv,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
FIRE ALARM CALLS

tlRE ALARM CALLS 1-3 Third an1 Franklin. i-4 Front and Franklin. 1-5 Front, near Ferry Way. l.6 Front. opp. Film Exchange IT Front, opp. City Wharf. Is Front, near Saw Mill.
 2.1 Wiiloughby at Totem Gro. 2-3 Willoughby. opp. Cole Barn. 2-4 Front and Seward 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Secoud and Main. 2-7 Fifth an1 Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall.
 3-2 Gastineau and lawn Way.
 3-4 Second and Gold.
 3-5 Fourth and Harris
 3.6 Fifth and Sold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-8 Seventh and Gold.
 5-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth, back of power house f-2 Calhoun. opp. Juneau Apts. 4-3 Distin Ave, and Indian St. i-5 Ninth and Calhoun i-6 Seventh and Main. i-7 Twelfth. at Northern L'dry. AS Twelfth and Willoughby. | 4-9 Home Grocery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Perhaps Senator Reed is conducting that cam paign for the Presidential nomination a method Of attack on the Republicans more than with any hope of winning the Presidency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

Strom- broken wires have cut off news from the N ssouri River States. That ought not to disturb the Hoove9-for- President Clubs because they have not been expecting much good news from that region II will not affect the politicians who are cut of for they rarely listen to what is going ? elsewhere give tinker's hoot
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10

JingIe Written on Street Car Entitled "lt Couldn't Be Done She saw l.o look,
 And with a frown, She tried again
 To pull il down.
 This Column. She may have seen you look, But that should not rouse her ire; For when she tried to pull them down, They always go a little higher.
 Billie Wood.
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Old papers for sale at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-04-10
Our Five Senses

Potatoes have eyes ba 9kes see not, Corn has ears, but il hea.s not, Banks have cents, but they smell not, Clocks have hanas bt they feel not, Coolidge has sta. ha h choose not
 E. NJ. R. Franklin, Ono
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zs..b-itsa every evening except sunday by tn. NTfNta ~9Mp NY Seroud and Ma
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
Attractions At Theatres
TOM MIX IS AT
 COLISEUM TONIGHT

The mountains began5 to dc a Charleston while Tom Mix had his company in the desert making scenes for "No Mans Gold" Fox Films version of J. Allan Dunn s widely read novel, which will be seent for a two days run at the Coliseum Theatre commencing tonight.
 The outfit had just sat down to luncheon. The tables were in Cathedral Canyon, in the shade of an overhanging ledge of rock some 200 feet above. The chuck wagon had just started to give out it's savory feast and the crew of fifty-three with Mix was hun gry.
 There was a rumbling of the earth, the tables heaved like a ship in storm and the mountains started to do Charleston.
 The men cast wild look around and when the overhang- ing ledge of rock was spied there was scramble toward the des- ert. Mix, Eva Novak, Frank Campeau and Harry Gripp re- mained seated and watched the exodus with amusement.
 After the quake ended and no rocks crashed down on the tables, Mix mounted Tony and rounded up the scattered crew. When he got them together he said:
 Eve experienced quite a num- Der of earthquakes since I made my first trip to the desert, but I have never yet seen any one get injured. So take it calmly and remember this is only one of Natures entertainments staged for your amusement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

In conjunction with the vaude- vile show which opens at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

WASHINGTON, May 15-As- signed by the war department to act as technical advisor to the Federal Radio commission, Capt. Guy Hill, of the Signal Corps, brings to his new work 22 years experience as radio engineer.
 After graduation from Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, Captain Hill worked under the di- rection of Prof. R. A. Fessenden, noted radio engineer and inventor, from 1906 to 1911. Tn 1907, he had charge of the Fessenden re- ceiving station at Jamaica. Long Island, when wireless telephone messages were received from Brant Rock, Mass, 200 miles away "a remarkable achievement then
 From 1912 to 1918, Captain Hill was in the radio service of the Navy, having charge of radio in stallations on ships. In 1918, he was commissioned a captain in the Signal Corps and saw service in France. After the war, he supervised the design and develop ment of field radio sets for four years. During the last three years he has been in charge of the Sig nal Corps laboratory at the Bur eau of Standards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

Advertising always pays. TIst the columns of The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

cafes patronized by Americans gre sought by the walters.
 Before the war, according to one waiter in a large cafe near the Opera, walters paid fixed sum for "the apron" It was a dollar and was admittedly a charge for the privilege of ex- tracing tips from the customers.
 Now" the waiter said, "our employers >haye become more re- fined. The charge ranges from one dollar to a dollar and half day, but it is now set down as laundry.
 Walters average from $2.50 to Si a day in tips, according to the restaurant in which they work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
GEORGE RICE AND SAM SlMONARSON
 KILL BLACK BEAR

George B. Rice related a taie of bear facts today when he add. ed a sequel to the story of the nearly successful bear hunt last Saturday night at Sam Simonar
 sons pig ranch in the Scatter Tract. Last night Mr. Simenar- son and Mir. Rice waited near the pig pens on the ranch for the brown bear that had visited the ranch Saturday night Both had their bear guns loaded and i'm patiently looking for target in the shape ofs the big brown bear. Instead, a big black bear appear ed out of the woods about s:39 o'clock, and while he was looking about for refreshments in the hog pens, both MT Rice and MT. Si- monarson took careful aim and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

Palace tonight will be the movie feature Into Her Kingdom"
 If you want to know where the leaders of the Czar's Imperial Russian armies disappeared to after the revolution which killed many of them and put most Of the remaining faithfuls to flight, you can see some of them acting in Corinne Griffith's feature.
 Into Her Kingdom" is de- scribed as Miss Grifflth's most pretentious cinematic effort from every angle, pictorially, nistrioni- cally and historically speaking.
 Prominent among the members of the supporting cast are four former major generals of the Czar Nicholas army. Major General Michael Pleschlsoff, son of the commanderlin chief of the Russian armies, acted as technical advisor to Director Syend Gade and has played the role of the Lord Cham berlain in all court functions. Pleschkoff escaped from a Bolshe. vik prison at Vladivostok. through Manchuria and came to Hollywood three years ago. Elinor Glyn, who had met him in Europe, found him in a film laboratory and introduced him to producers of pictures.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
VAUDEVILLE OPENS
 AT PALACE TONIGHT

A real vaudeville show by real artists, that is what Manager Spickett promises tonight at the Palace and he says he will guar antee this attraction for every performance during the engage ment in Juneau.
 The company is the Van and Gilbert trio of entertainers from the big circuits of the east They have brand new acts, their own stage settings and are giving a varied program, music, dancing and sketches.
 The vaudeville show will run 50 minutes, twice each night with the movie feature. The high spots on the opening bill tonight is one skit finding Gilbert Van Alst as a hard boiled letter car rier and Marie Gilbert as the clever foil. "Play Ball" is the title of another skit. "Oh Sole Mic" is done in buresque style and this is said to be a sketch that will bring out the laughs from everybody. Marie Gilbert is also a noted whistler and dancer. Lee Parry is the piano accordion and banjo player and his selec- tionss range from classical to semi-classical, and the red hot jazz.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
Tips Are Sole Wages
 Of Many French Walters

PARIS, Eay 15-Waiters in many of the large cafes of France pay for the privilege of working, instead of being paid by the proprietors of the houses which supposedly employ them.
 Their earnings come from tips. Americans are supposed to be generous tippers, and posts in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15

brought him down. He weighed about 300 pounds, MT Rice said.
 This, however, is not the end of the bear hunt. In addition to the black bear which was killed last night, a big brown bear and cub and another black bear with a cub have been disturbing the pigs and appropriating their food.
 We hope to get the others without delay" declared MT. Rice
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'Id papers for sale at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
Fatal Hemlock Plant ;"
 Is Found in Wyoming

CHEYENNE. wyo.. May 15- Hemlock, administered more than 2.000 years ago to Socrates of Athens. has claimed it's first vic tim in Wyoming, and disclosed It's existence in this State.
 Unemployed and hungry, a Cheyenne man pulled the hem lock from the ground and ate 1t. believing it to be a wild pars- nip. He became i'll in few minutes and was rushed to Cheyenne hospital where he died.
 An analysis of the plant was made by Orton K. Stark, Assist ant Professor Of Botany at the University of Wyoming. He re- ported that the weed is scien- tiflcally known as "corium macu- latum," and that it's existence in Wyoming had not been known.
 He described the weed as ex- actly resembling a parsnip. with a somewhat longer root. Later in it's development, such confusion with parsnip is not likely. The plant was described as very viru- lent poison, causing death in from two to three hours. It grows along the banks of streams.
 The girl who used to have lips like the red. red rose now has a daughter whose lips make the red red rose look like gaastly pink
 Advertising always pays. Tse
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-15
WHERE TWINS GROW

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho-The Hayden Lake public school, with 106 pupils enrolled, has eight twins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15

to the scheme. It is useless to pre-
tend that Birkenhead represents only
the die-hard tories in the British cab
inet--Birkenhead, Churchill and Joyn-
SON Hicks. In this exploit, he repre-
sents the British government, which
sees her interests direfully threatened
in China and India.
War Is No Idle Dream.
Does this mean war? The Com
munist International and the Soviet
government this year have pointed
out that war is not alphabetically in
the ART is being plotted with all
energy. The Soviet Union remains
cool, but prepares for defense. The
workers must not be deluded. All
talk. of community of interests" Of
peace" and of disarmament is to
blind the workers and to lull them to
sleep. The workers must be on guard
War is stalking, and if the working
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lent deaf ear-but Herr Rechberg
is convinced that Sin Europe and Asia
these interests, like Great Britain's,
can be endangered only by Bolshe-
vism, SO we shall have to stand
shoulder to shoulder with the British
sooner or later (meaning the Ger
mans.) don't know what the atti-
tude of the German government to-
ward this question is today. But
know that ultimately Germany must
turn westward, away from Moscow"
British Imperialists Lead Plot.
When will that be? England is do
ing everything in her power to con-
summate this triple alliance against
the Soviet Union. Sir Austen Cham
berlain pretends that he knows moth
ing about Birkenhead's "golfing"
party. But it is clear from the fact
that he does not disayow Birkenhead
and his actions, he is a silent partner
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15
Corporations Control Power

Electric Power & Light, American
Power G. Light, National Power G.
Light, American Gas & Electric and
Southeastern Power & Light. These
corporations, owning a score of other
utilities, control Is per cent of the
national output.
insult group, controlling Common
wealth Edison of Chicago, Northern
Illinois Public Service, Central In
diana, Central Illinois, Wisconsin
Power & Light and a dozen other util-
tiles, has II per cent of the national
output.
Northeastern affiliates, including
the gigantic Niagara company, the
Decentralization system and New
England Power, control 9 per cent.
Other big interests are North Amer
lean, Standard Gas & Electric, Allied
Light & Power, Stone & Webster and
companies dominant in California.
New Jersey, Philadelphia, the Caro-
lima Piedmont and elsewhere.
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class is not awake, war will be upon
us-with the destruction of the Soviet
Union as the immediate aim, and the
crushing of the entire working class
as the ultimate goal.
The imperialists are not too prone
to embark on this war. They know
the temper of the workers raised to
RIGHTEOUSNESS by economic and politi-
cal oppression. The movement and
the vote for the Communists in Po-
land; the Communist vote in France;
the growth of the minority movement
in England; the rehabilitation of the
workers in Czechoslovakia and Ger
many; the unrest in India and Egypt;
the growing power of the Communist
movement in China; yes even the
growing strike movement in the
United States-the miners and textile
workers-the unemployment and the
rising bitterness of the workers
these are factors that the imperial
lists recognize as challenging a sue
cessful attack on the Union of Social
list Soviet Republics. And yet they
appear, in the person Of Lord Birken-
head, to be willing to risk it.
This is the challenge of the imperi-
alist powers. Is war coming? 1t is
and now is the time to unmask the
imperiaists and to prepare not only
to resist their plans, but to prepare to
overthrow their power. In Europe
they are inviting civil war; in Asia
they are provoking nationalist revo-
lutions. In the United States-with
South and Central America beginning
to defy American hegemony-they
are iRstigating bloody resistance.
BE PREPARED is the watchword.
War is coming.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15
By l. AMTER.

Despite the antagonisms of the i'm
perialist powers, which remain in the
face of the seeming combines ant
political alliances, which become more
pronounced in spite of the peace talk
and palaver, there is one enemy whom
they face with united front of steel
gas and fire. That is the Soviet
Union.
The bourgeois press has ridiculed
the Communist International and the
Soviet government when these have
stated that the imperialists are pre-
pairing war against the Union of So
sialist Soviet Republics and that they
are doing everything possible to pro
woke the Soviet government into war.
The raid on the embassy of the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics in Pek-
ing and on the ARGOS office in Lon
don, were presented to the naive world
as justified. "Soviet Vaccinations"
"Soviet intrigues" and what not were
concocted in order to expose malign
Russian influence and plots against
an "honest" imperialist world.
Plots Against Soviet Union.
But now the lie is out: Lord Biz
kenhead, British secretary for India
member of the British cabinet, went
"golfing" in Berlin a few weeks ago.
He had splendid plans in which Herr
Rechberg, initiator Of the Franco
German economic rapprochement,
General Hoffman, who engineered the
Brest-Litovsk treaty, and General
Ludendorff were to play leading
parts.
Lord Birkenhead approached Herr
Stresemann with the idea OF British
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lmperialist Powers Prepare for War on the u S. S. R

German-French offensive against the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics,
which was not to be of a peaceful
character, but in the form of an
armed invasion. This unity of the
leading imperialists of Europe
Britain, German and Francis for
the purpose of destroying the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics and re-
turning it to capitalist slavery.
The British government has already
started the offensive: On the basis
of alleged charges of Irish revolution
lists having in their possession British
banknotes, which are supposed to
have come "from some Russian insti-
tuition" the British government is
threatening to break off trade rela-
tions with the Union of Socialist Sow
let Republics. Another "Zinoviev"
letter!
Stresemann is reported to have
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-15

Five dominant utilities corpora
lions swept on in 1927 toward control
Of Americas power and light through
1928 changes in ownership of individ-
ual utility corporations. H. S. Raush-
enbush, secretary Of the national COM
n.iitee on coal and giant power, is
authority for the statement that
these five corporations now control
half the entire power output Of the
country, while Is groups control 80
per cent.
Raushenbush, co-author of Power
Control, emphasizes the need Of keep
ing few key power resources, such
as Muscle Shoals, Boulder Dam and
the st. Lawrence, in public hands to
measure private rapacity. Utilities
interests are concentrating all their
fire on these proposals. Dominant
interests in the electrical field, says
Raushenbush, are:
Electric Bond & Share, controlling