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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20
A rRI0 on PRoFIT

Since the close of the Great War
the COW, the hog and the hen have
proved the salvation Of Eastern and
Southern farmers. More and more
the production of standardized grain
crops is being left to wide stretches
of the western plains, while the
farmers of the East turn to special
lied farm industries. Many OF the
farmers troubles have resulted from
his innate conservatism and resis-
lance to change in methods to meet
new conditions. Some who have
sensed the profits to be made In poul-
try and egg production and large
scale dairying, where they have
ready access to a city market, nave
made large and increasing profits at
a time when western congressman
were making the rafters ring with
the narrowing story of the economic
conditions of their farmer consti-
tuents.
Shrinkage in the average size OF
farms points to a decreased produc-
ton of beef and corresponding in
crease in the market for poultry,
eggs and milk. In part this has
been due to the great increase In
arrival of immigrants from southern
Europe who were not beef eaters.
With competent management it has
been demonstrated again and again
that poultry can be made to yield
good profits even upon small and ag
riculturally unproductive landhold
tngs.-Every Evening, Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1928
HEALING WAR WOUNDS
By D. G.. A. Lowe.


Olympic Champion, 500 metres 1924
(Mr. Lowe has run on the Oxford
Cambridge two-mile relay team at
the Penn Relays in Philadelphia
When the Achilles Club was
founded in 1920, one of its objects
was declared to be the organization
of international matches in track
and field athletics. There existed a
strong feeling among the Oxford
and Cambridge Blues who composed
the original membership that the in
standardization of sport might be
of very considerable assistance in the
cause of peace; and this sentiment
has been strengthened by the results
of the Club policy. Teams have
visited France, Italy, Greece, Cen
trail Europe and Scandinavia, and
have invariably been received with
marks of great hospitality and
friendliness and younger members OF
the Club, while still students at the
universities, have exchanged visits
with the athletes OF the. American
universities.
Naturally, the Temperance OF
Germany in international competi
ton widened the field OF action Of
the Achilles Club. In pursuance of
it's well-tried policy tour was ar
ranged for 1927; and with the ac-
ceptance of an invitation to compete
in triangular meet in Berlin at the
end of August, the Club undertook
perhaps the most important mission
|of it's career Not only had no Eng
lish athletic club visited Germany
since the war; not only was it INF
portant to present the best aspect OF
English athletics, in order to form
a foundation for the appreciation
and cultivation of the higher ideals
of sport in it's relation to peace and
friendship; but also the imminence
of the Olympic games made desir-
able the antecedent introduction OF
the leading athletes of both coun-
tries.
The International Meeting in Mag
deburg, on the evening OF Septem-
Der 1, proved great local attrac-
ton, and the Club was SUCCESSFUL IN
six out of the eight open events.
The sole disaster-if it can be called
So was the 400 metres, which
Buchner, the German champion, won
by some five yards from the writer,
Keeling of 4S Is, and breaking
Hans Braun's is year-old German
record.
On September S the team return
ed home with very happy recollec-
Ition of one of the most interesting
tours undertaken by the Club. The
sportsmanship and friendliness OF
spectators and competitors made
each meeting joy; the excursions
and social attentions, both to indi-
viduals and the team as body, re-
main delightful memory. Every
one came away with the desire to re-
new his acquaintanceships and eager
to measure his strength again in the
Olympic games at Amsterdam.
There may be subtle danger OF
exaggerating the Importance OF the
Games; but when one meets Ameri-
cans, and Frenchmen, Germans and
Swedes, Italians and Greeks greeting
each other and oneself as comrades
and parting with, ''See you at Am
sterdam" upon their lips, it is i'm
possible not to feel that such q quad
rennial reunion has a real value T.
the cultivation and maintenance o.
international amity and peace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20
CONVENTION CITY SELECTED

Houston, Texas, has been selected
as the city in which to hold the Ma
tional convention of the Democratic
narty for the selection Of candidates
for President and Vice-President, to
be voted for at the election in No
vember. The date for holding the
convention is June rs, fifteen days
after the Republican party conven-
ton, which will be held in Kansas
City.
Five ballots were required for the
selection of the Southern city, and on
the fifth the vote stood 81 for HUI
ston, As for San Francisco and ! for
Detroit, 81 votes being necessary to
a choice. The issue being settled,
the vote was made unanimous.
Houston's iberality was the deter
mining factor in the selection.
In the beginning San Francisco
made the most attractive financial OF,
fer. The coast city submitted a bid
of $250,00O with the free use OF the
hall nsed by the 1920 convention.
6uston offered 100000, handed
lie ra certified check for that
amount and described convention
hall, which, it was asserted, would
he adequate for the occasion. The
other cities followed-Detroite with
AS125,00O, Chicago with $4,000,
fiami with 100000 and Cleveland,
h a last-minute telegram from its
Chamber of Commerce, offered not
exceed $150,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20

The world is much the best uni
versity. One does not begin to
learn until tfe gates Of the college
have been closed behind one for
good, and the problems of life are
met in actual experience.-Lord
Aberconway.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20

No matter how hard the lob &
you can finish it if you start and
keep plugging at it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20

Some books are good for klndling
fires and that's about an. Some of
them are hot enough to burn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-01-20

You never can tell. All the mood
les are not in the soup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

why he did not force the men to return to work at the point of a gun if necessary, said he had no ammunition for his pistol.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
R. |. DOUGLASS, WAR VETERAN,
 PASSES AWAY
Former British Soldier, Veteran of Four Wars,
 Dies from Apoplexy

Robert L. Douglass, 57, native of Noyia Scotia, died at his home here at noon today following a stroke of apoplexy. Interment will be made in Evergreen ceme- tery next Tuesday following fu- neral ceremonies at the c. W. Car ter Mortuary.
 MT. Douglass has been a resi- dent of Juneau for the past five years. He was an optometrist by profession and, after working for various local firms, followed that trade in offices in the Valentine Building during the past three years. He is survived by a sis- ter somewhere in Canada and a brother in Seattle.
 MT. Douglass had 9 remarkable career, being . veteran of four wars, according to D. Valentine with whom he was intimately as- sociated here. As a boy of 15 Mr Valentine said Douglas joined he Canadian forces as a soldier 1ugler and served through what is xnow as the "Reil Rebellion" He 'eceived a silver medal fer these iervices.
 Shortly after this campaign, he s said to have entered the famous
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
 BOATS MISSING
 WITH F ABOARD
Unalga Leaves Today to Search for Schooners
 Bruvol, Imperial

With two halibut schooners. car rying 12 men, overdue and missing from the fishing grounds. the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga, Commander D. s. Addison, left port at am today to make a search for the boats. It will visit various sbel- ter coyes and bays and keen a lookout along the shores through Icy Straits and Cross Sound call at Dixon Harbor and farther west if necessary.
 The missing vessels are the Brunvol, 42 tons gross, owned by c. Blomquist, and the Imperial owned by J. c. Rohem, both of ketchikan. Each vessel carried a crew of six men.
 When last seen by any of the fleet they were in the vii cinity of Yakutat. 1t has been nine days since the close of the halibut fishing season, but neither boat has reported at any port since
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
MOVING
 ON MICHAILOFF

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 24- While troops are marching today on Petrich, the stronghold of Ivan Michailoff, leader of the powerful faction of the Macedon- ian Revolutionary Party, it is learned that a vendetta between the various Macedonian factions was struck few days ago in the heart of Sofia itself and will spread.
 During a meeting of the Bull garian Army officers several days ago, the men were divided into two factions, one favoring Mi chialoff and the other opposing him. Two men opposed to Mi chailoff were killed after they left the meeting and a third man was wounded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

English military school at Alder
 shot, England. from which he grad uated. Following this he joined British forces and served with them through the "Punjab War" in India. While in England later, the Boer War broke out and he was again found in the British forces in South Africa, serving through the period of hostilities.
 After this he returned to Cana da, studied optometry and became a first class man in that line, MT. Valentine said. He established himself in business at Nelson. B. C., and waxed prosperous.
 He was married and had two children at the outbreak of the World War. Commissioned captain in the British army, he left Canada with the first contingent and was a member of the Eigh- -eenth Battalion in France. He .ook part in the great battles on he Somme, and around Ypres lntil badly wounded by shrapnel. He lay on the field for "A hours lntil the Canadians drove back he Germans and rescued him and others. After 10 months in a hos ,ital, he recovered and returned to he front where he remained to he end of the war. He was deco- ate1 four or five times for gal l antry in action, MT. Valentine aid.
 While MT. Douglass was in | rance his wife and children died. | Ie came back to Canada and later [ anne to this country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
AT. ST. ANN's HOSPITAL

Demetr~ Leutzando who was seriously injured by an explosion while working in the A. J. mine Thursday afternoon is doing we'll at St. Ann's Hospital. Attend ants express no fears as to the mans recovery. He is not in- jured internally.
 E. O. Goebel, who received painful burns about the face and arms in the fire three weeks ago that destroyed the building at Fourth and Franklin Streets, is doing well at St. Anns Hospital. The mans left arm was burned quite badly and is still being treated.
 John and Linda Furness, 8 and II years old, of Thane. were received at the hospital yesterday Tor the removal of their tonsils.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
TURKEY

In order to SECU RE that Thanksgiving Turkey better ORDER now. adv. D. B. Femmer, Phone IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
NEW THEORY IN DISASTER
 TO vESTRIS
Believed Correction of Fat al List Sent Big
 Ship to Bottom

N7W YORK, Nov. 24. The theory that every effort taken by officers of the Vestris to correct the vessels fatal list. in reality contributed to her foundering. is advanced by Walter Brown, As sistant Secretary of Commerce. Brown, who is aiding in one of two Federal investigations into the recent disaster on the Allan tic Ocean, has a theory that pumping out of the starboard water ballast tanks. in the low est part of the vessel, while the coal bunkers were above remain ed filled or partilly filled with water, raised the center of gray fly of the vessel and aceentuated the list.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

that time. Owing to the fact that stormy weather has prevailed on the Gulf of Alaska almost continu- ally since the fishing season end ed, fears were expressed for the safety of the two ships. It was believed possible. however, that they had been able to make Dixon Harbor, north of Cape Spencer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
THOMAS F. RYAN, AGED FINANCIER, DIES N. '. H0ME E
Man Who Organized Large Corporations. Pass
 es Away

fContinm-n rrorS -ase one.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

Old papers Tor sale at the Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
SHIPPERS ATTENTION

The Coastwise Transportation Company will not accept ship ments for Killisnoo. Angoon Hood Bay or Kootznahoo after December 1st unless all FREIGHT ARE PREPAID at point of origin. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

A big stock of general mer- chandise marked for QUICK dis posal. A great variety of items including Clothing for men, wom- en and children. Also many ar- ticles suitable for Christmas gifts. Small stock of groceries will be closed out at greatly reduced prices - first come, first served. AT RODEN'S. Case Building, Front and Main Streets. adv. Old papers Tor sale at the Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24

fContinn-n TOE -ase One)
 Mr Ryan was personally interest
 ed in the reorganization of various railways in the South, street rail-
 ways in Ohio and the development of coal properties inOhio and West Virginia
 He also had diamond mine and rubber interests in the Congo Free State where King Leopold of Bel gium granted him important con- sessions.
 In Tobacco Fight
 MT. Ryan's reputation as a dip lomatic financier was greatly en- hanced in 1902 when he went to London to take charge of the fight which the American Tobacco Com pany was then making against the Imperial Tobacco Company for a division of world territory for the tobacco trade. He won the fight completely in few weeks and be- fore leaving England had estab- lished harmonious relations with the British corporation, adding greatly to the American company's foreign output by his tact.
 In 1906, following the Armstrong legislative investigation of life in surance companies in New York State, the revelations of extrava- gance and scandal and the passage of remedial legislation reorganiz- ing and remodeling the life insur- ance companies of New York, MT. | Ryan was one of the leaders in a ! movement to protect the interests | of policyholders.
 In Insurance Company
 The inquiry showed, among other things, that 5,O0O,0OO policy holders were paying $5OO,O0O,0O a year in premiums and that only about one-third of that amount was ever paid out in any one year. The vast capital stock" had been used by the managers for their own aggrandizement. At this time MT. Ryan obtained control of the Equitable Life Assurance Society Il by purchasing for $2,000,000 the 502 shares held by James Hagen Hyde, son of the company's former President. He called upon Grow CT Cleveland, former President of the United States, Morgan ]. O. Brien and George Westinghouse to act as trustees and straighten out it's affairs.
 MT. Cleveland drew up a new charter while MT. Ryan, mean while, quietly obtained control of three trust companies and other subsidiary financial concerns domi- mated by the old managers of the life assurance society. MT. Ryan then transferred his stock to the policy holders. Suits for the re- storation of more than $1O,0O0,OO were later brought against some of the old insurance officials.
 MT. Ryan was twice married the : first time to Miss Ida M. Barry, ]: of Baltimore, whom Pope Plus l: made a Countess of the Holy Ro- man Empire in 1907. Mrs. Ryan died in 1914. Five sons were born to them. MT. Ryans second wife was Mrs. Cornelius c. (NieolD |: Cuyler of New York City, whom : he married in 1917. For years Mir. Ryan had maintained a home, named Oak Ridge on the site of his birthplace in Virginia, : where he maintained his legal resi- dence, country place at Suffern . N. Y., and a winter home at S5S . Fifth Ave, New York City. After : his second marriage, MT. Ryan es tablished residence in Washing ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
Mutiny Is Revealed

Brown made his observations after appearance on the stand Of the Chief Engineer of the Yes tris, James Adams, who testified his firemen mutinied on him and their refusal to fire the boilers probably contributed to the sink ing of the vessel. This was di- rect contradiction of the testi- mony of members of the crew that the firemen stuck to their posts until the last.
 Adams. when questioned as to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
ATTENTION MAsONS

There Will be a stated com munlcation of Mt Juneau Lodge NO. 147, F. & A. M, in Odd fellows' Hall, Monday evening at l:3O o'clock. Work in the w. M. Degree. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. By order of w. M. CHAS NAGuEI
 duV, Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-11-24
HAVE BOY BABY

A boy baby weighing "A pounds. was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Stansfield. of Haines on November 6. The youngster has been named Richard Cornelius Stansfield.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-30
Campaign Money

Both the republican and democratic national com
mittses will this year have the largest war chests"
ever collected for a national campaign, and several
million dollars will be expended BY the two major
parties IN the effort 70 elect their respective national
tickets. The total permitted under TIE law u $4,000
900, and while the collections will fall far short Of that
amount, they are expected 10 greatly exceed those OF
any previous campaign.
The fact that large sums will be collected and dis
burfed should not be taken IS an indication that the
campaign will degenerate into one az vote buying"
Both parties have place men " unquestioned integrity
at the head az their respective financial departments.
and the money viii be expended in a legal manner and
for purpose that viii give no offense TO the most SEN
sitive electors.
The effect ~ large "var chests" il % increase the
vote. and a heavy vote should be the objective Of ev-
cry individual who believes In representative govern
ment. II is interesting To note that while large cam
paign expenditures have this effect, the vote does not
always follow the largest "war chest American po-
litical history reveals that victory has often perched
upon the banner q the party that was poorly financed.
The major part q the money collected by political
parties for campaign purposes is spent On workers"
men and women who devote their time 70 interesting
voters in the issues and getting them to the polls.
Statistics reveal that approximately 50 Per cent Of
the American voters 81 70 the polls in the national
elections, and il is the object Of both major parties 70
secure the frozen vote-the vote that heretofore has
failed 70 register in the national elections. There
al nc H. Rt71A1-r t%4-Nt+'A u expenditures TOT this
purpose. In fact, the efforts Of workers" while their
purpose is partisan, tends 70 improve the political
morale Of the nation.
Statistics prove that only in states which NAV Be
classified = doubtful" does more than 70 Der cent 81
the voters 90 to the polls. The smallest per centares
are in the solid south" where the primaries are the
elections, and the general elections merely rstinca-
tons Of the primaries. But this year the situation a.
the south Will be radically different. Both parties
are putting workers in the field, and the general
election vote is expected to show m increase from the
usual 30 per cent Of the voting strength to nearly 20
per cent.
Indiana, which in 1924 polled TAT per cent Of its
voting strength, holds the record in general elections
and Illinois with 7f3 per cent ranks second. Few OF
the southern states polled ever As per cent, a eondi-
tios'n conducive to good government.
The public has nothing to fear from the fact that
both democrats and republicans are endesvoring to
amass large amounts for the national campaign.
Practically every dollar collected viii be expended in
interesting the voters in the national issues, and ed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-30
World and All
TRADITIONS
BY Charles Z. Driscoll

do not know what Mobile may have to say when
he gets around to saying it, and Of course l do not
know what circumstances and emotions may do 70
starving men in Arctic wastes.
But this ! do know: No American or British com
mander Of a ship that flies or floats would for a mo-
ment consent to being rescued first. Further, no
American or British commander would in any circum-
stance consent to being rescued before the last man
under his command had been taken care Of.
Traditions differ among the races Of men. / am
speaking now Of one Of the Oldest OF the traditions of
the sea, which has been carried into the air. The
American tradition derives from the British in naval
and maritime matters. And the American captain who
would come flying home TO safety and omfort while
his men, or even one Of them. remained stranded and
starving, would be forever disgraced. Well. its sim
ply impossible. It couldn't happen.
Do you remember when the Titanic went down after
striking an iceberg? The captain, of course, went
down with his ship. He could have saved himself. but
he saved a. many Of his passengers a possible. in
stead. That wasn't mock-heroics. II was his plain
duty. and OF course he did il.
There was a man by the name OF Bruce Ismav. II /
remember correctly, on the Titanic, and he was saved.
Il turned out that he was one Of the owners of the
ship, or an officer Of the company that owned it. |
cannot exactly place his identity. But | know tina,
The orld resounded with denunciation OF this man
no dared to let himself be saved while hundreds q
passengers went to death on a ship that was partly his
property or his responsibility. I don't know what
ever happened TO Bruce Ismay. but he had better have
gone down with the ship than to have lived TO hear the
things that we're said about him BY an outraged world.
Mobile may have much Of interest to say, when his
story Is ready TO tell. But nothing can change the
fact that no American or British commander would
have permitted anyone TO rescue him first.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-30

The two most important questions at both national
conventions this year were farm relief and prohibit
tion. As q class, farmers also are prohibitionists.
Reduced to a sentence, the republican farm plank
declares agriculture must be placed on equality with
other business and that the American protective svs-
TEN must be made as effective for agriculture A. 4
Is for manufacturing.
That j. putting It straight and strong. The farm
plank adopted by the Houston convention speaks in no
more convincing language.
The outlook for agriculture's future as an indps.rv
waws never SO hopeful as now, for il has never before
been so fully recognized as a national interest entitIs5
70 national attention There j. no perfunctory sound
this year to the farm planks Of either party.
The long fight for farm relief virtually is
Agriculture won a notable victory in the republi.
can national convention. Now the convention IL ov.r
this Is being realized and conceded. I am NOT slo,s
in this opinion. In the words Of Senator McNary. o..
author Of the McNary-Haugen bill. "the agricultural
plank in the republican platform commits the party 70
the enactment Of legislation that will place sgricuI-
ture on a basis Of economic quality with industry
The question Of how this may best be ACCOMPLISHED
now gives way to the assurance that something affs-.
tive will be done and that a long step will be taken
toward meeting the economic needs OF Agriculture
Such legislation will now be promptly enacted. and
further strengthened and perfected as experience gain
ed under the operation Of the law may indicate. This
Is the history Of all important legislation.
For prompt and effective action I had rather the
carrying out Of these farm-relief plans Be left "a the
party and to the leaders who have since 1920 enacted
twenty-four pieces Of constructive legislation cover
ing nearly every phase of the farm problem. These
measures in the long run will prove to be "ths most
important program Of farm rehabilitation even pre-
sented 70 eny nation At any time"