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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
OTHER SIDE IS
 BEING TOLD IN
 CONTEMPT CASE
Witness Says Sinclair Was Shadowed and Also
 Received Threats

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-Testi flying freely. Henry Mason Day confidential associate of Sinclair declared he hired Burns detec tives. to shadow the members of the Fall-Sinclair oil jury on order of Sinclair that the latter might get square deal and his enemies be prevented from approaching members of the jury panel.
 Taking the witness stand in the criminal contempt proceedings against Sinclair, Burns and oth- CTS, Day said employment of de tectives was merely to learn who approached the jurors.
 Days counsel said the witness and Sinclair had been shadowed constantly before the oil trial and would so testify if permitted to answer but the Government ob- jected and prevented
 Day said Sinclair's mail had been opened and that for two weeks prior to the oil trial, the wealthy oil operator received threatening letters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
FIVE VESSELS
 IN HARD LUCK
Blows Up With !. Loss of IS Men-Other
 Marine Mishaps

NEW YORK, Feb. IS. The death toll from an unlucky Fri day at sea in which ships figured seemed to have been confined to l5 men after 26 hours on the open sea.
 Twenty-one members of the crew of the American tank steam CT Chuky were landed by fisher men on the Japanese coast. Their captain and IA others perished when the tanker blew up.
 The Leviathan, entering South ampton, struck on sand bank but was later doeked apparently undamaged, four hours late.
 The British tank steamer Var and grounded near Liverpool. The captain and crew of 40 men were rescued but the ship re- mains . Ire hazard.
 Thirty-eight members of the crew of the British freighter Shonga were rescued after cling ing throushout the night to the fore part of the ship which broke in two near Ymudien, Holland.
 After . series of mishaps in which three mem bers of the crew were injured, the British tanker Lucigen made Glasgow in tow.
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INTIMIDATION CHARGED NOW
Senator Reed Criticises De- cision, Lake Cargo
 Coal Rate Case

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S--In. limitation of certain members of the Interstate Commerce Com mission in the Lake Cargo Rate Case by political influence from Pennsylvania are reaching the White House itself, it was charged in the Senate by Sen ator Reed. He said the Com
 mission reversed itself in favor of the operators of Pennsylva1A
 over those in West vfrginfns Kentucky, Tennessee and Hir- ginia. ss' ..ss, 4 !.
 Senator Reed declared the Commission rendered decisi0n mot only revolutionary and un- just, but probably one of the most arbitrary yet handed down by Federal board or tribunal''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
GOVT. SCHOOL HOUSE
 SCENE OF IMPAIRMENT

A combination Lincoln, Wash ington and Valentine frolic was held in the government school last evening. Until 9 D. m. the little folks were given preference, the popcorn man, valentine box and pinning the tail on the don key. affording much fun. After the little folks went home the older pupils engaged in a series of contests for which prizes were given. Anna Stevens won the girls prize and Albert Wilson car ried off the prize for the boys.
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By WILLIAM F. BROOKS Associated Press Feature EditoD WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S--Salty yarns of the sea, which used tD predominate around the Army and Navy hang-outs in Washington; are giving way before excitigas tales of the daring of America's airmen.
 One of the latest although un. verified-tales has to do with | navy flying instructor and a stu dent flier It seems the student was brilliant in all phases of fly ing except landing probably the most important. Hc could make g plane do anything as long as it was in tho air. but the minute he started earthward his nerves got jumpy and almost invariably the instructor had to take over the dual controls to prevent a crack up.
 The instructor was disgusted. He tried everything he could think of to break the. student of his fear of landing. Finally, at mess. the instructor discussed the student with other fliers and de clared he was going to flivver mp to about G,000 feet. take out his control stick, and throw it over board, leaving tho student alonc with the remaining controls.
 In some way the instructors in tentions got back to the student. He decided to be prepared. They went up. The instructor flew to the proper altitude and then un. screwed his stick. He showed It to the student and tossed 1t ovsE board. Tho student hesitated a moment and then did the sans, throwing his own control over the side. The instructor franticaI- ly tried to protest, but the en- zine drowned him out. He wasted no time, told the student to jump, and went over the side with his parachute, landing in the chilly waters of the Potomac. The stu dent took spare stick he had se- creted beneath his seat, connected 1t and brought the plane down 10 beautiful landing.
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Iisekrv SUNDAY

"The Splendid Crime" which comes to the Liberty tomorrow night offers the rare combination of an unusually interesting story and popular star.
 1t was written as well as pro. duced by william de Mile, the noted Paramount director. who turned author again after lapse of several years. and serves as a starring vehicle for Bebe Daniels. AS the title suggests. the plot has . crook theme. but Mir de Mille is said to have treated 1t from . sefi0-comic angle, so that the picture is . fIfty-fifty affair. h which action and comedy vfe with drnn1e and s1spense. N
 Miss Daniels' role is that of a quaint. self-fsliant girl, who has been brought ID In an environ ment of poverty and crime. An unpIeasaHt eneounter with the DO
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sAYSRE|D|||pEPPER rS1Op$ PAIN IN FEM MINUTES

Rhetlht tism, lumDago, heu- ritis. back1ohe, stff neck, sore mdsclts. ,Stfains, apfains. aching joints, When you. arc sulIsrins Sd you c9n hardly get around. just try 4sd repbef RuS:
 Nothing las such concentrated, penstrdt tiflt heat :aS red peppsrs, and vhsk heat penstratss right down into pain and congestion. reiisf coihte at o3ce.
 Jpst aAslfoh ~ you apply Red Peppef Hdt you fsel tho tingiinS nest. m thtss plfnutes the sors s1ot isS 43fmed through. and tlr6udf apd tho torture ii gone.
 HoNioe e1 Pepper Rub. made frbm M peppere, costs little It any dn6 a6t0ro. 0et q jar ct ohce. be sute to eet the genuine. with the hAme Row1ss on every
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| Every bit as strange and thrill ing are the personal stories of the 63 living members of the Cater pillar club. but they are all true beyond doubt.
 Any flier who uses his para chute to save himself from death in disabled aircraft in flight automatically is elected to the or
 ganization.
 The information division in the
 office of the chief of the air corps
 recently has undertaken the task
 of obtaining complete details of parachute jumps by Caterpillar
 club members. The resulting re- cord is a series of short fact stories in which the heroes save themselves from the master an. agonist-death.
 The 63 fliers made 75 life-sav- ing emergency jumps up to and including November 9. 1927. Capt.
 Frank O'D. Hunter and Lieut..
 Eugene II. Barksdale (deceased)
 jumped twice and Col. Charles A.
 Lindbergh used the chute on no less than four occasions.
 Only one woman appears in the llsts-Mrs. Irene Mcfarland, q civilian. She was passenger in a plane flying over Grisard Field, Cincinnati. and was to make all exhibition jump. She left the plane at 2,O00 feet. but the cx. hibition chute fouled in the land ing gear and failed to open. Had she remained with tho exhibition chute she would have been killed when the plane landed. She pull ed the rip cord of the U. s, Army chute an army officer had re- duested her to wear and descend ed safely to earth.
 The accounts tell of wings be. ing torn off, planes locking lo- gether. gasoline tanks leaking dry over impossible landing places, and of almost everything else that could happen to an airplane.
 All of the club members agree upon one thing that instruction in the use of parachutes isn't
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lice leads her to reflect on the advantages of honesty, and she announces her intention to go straight. However, her two com panions, her foster father and his crook accomplice, persuade her to help them pull off just one more job fin a house on Park Avenue. This starts the plot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

Note-Observations at Dutch Harbor Kodiak. Juneau, Primo Rupert Edmonton Seatte Portland made at a. m. and p. m. Juneau time
 barometric high this morning Nome southward California; the being Yukon Valley, with reading of 3o66 exception of local during 24 California dtorbanceof considerable of St. Paul Island accompanied by Bristol Bay region.
 much colder this Alaska having fallen Upper Yukon Valley Fair weather will during the colder al
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
D. P. D. 4hRlED MEN
 ' TSTPLAY BASKETBALL

At the Injecting of the Fire De, pertinent Thursday evening 1t was decided .fe organize a married mems team of basket-shooters to take up ths challenge of the bald headed Eagles for q game in the near future. The proceeds from Such game wili 90 toward the upkeep of the fire truck.
 A committee was, also appoint cd at the meeting to, get data necessary for the giving of the Annual ball which is held in the Spring of each year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
DOUGLAS NEVIS
II. NIEMELA BE BURIED
 ON MONDAY AFTERNOON

Arrangements for the funeral of Herman Niemela, who passed away one week ago this morning in Bellingham, Wash, have been 90 made that pending the arrival of the Admiral Watson, which is brinking the body north, it will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, in the Odd Fellows hall, the deceased being member of the Juneau Lodge I. o. o. F. The Douglas Encampment Lodge and Fratetnal Order of Eagles, to which he also belonged, will join in the last rites for the departed brother.
 Rev. Harry Allen will have charge q ttlA services. Represen- thtives Hgptn teach Of 7 the three lodges xlts ssft as p4ll-bearers.
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necessary. Virtually all of them iiistinctively- made use of their lifesaving device without giving the drop a thought.
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Congreeational Community

} L. D. HAMMOCK, Lay Pastor
 Sunday School 10:30 to 11:SO h. m. { } Regular Sunday services 11:s0 !. m. to 1s:30 p. m.
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cAHiLts ] EMBARK

The cakills apdsMrs. E. Aikens, who have. been waiting since Tuesday to get away, left this morning on Inc Alaska for their trip to California. During Mir. Cahilrs absence, E. F. Cashell will oversee operations at the Treadwell foundry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
Donglas
 Church.
 Services

Notices for this church column must be received by The Empire not later than 10 o'clock Satur- day morning to guarantee change pf sermon topics. etc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

evening for Seldovia and vicinity to look over that section of the country with the view of locating in some part there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

l.. Mex. Reid. of the Alaska Game Commission, arrived on the Alaska to attend the sessions be- ing held in Juneau. a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

w. w. Batcheller, broker, with headquarters in Juneau. returned from the westward on the Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

Wilma Mccormick arrived on the Alaska from the westward where she had been located re- gently.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
VISITING MRS. OLSON

Mrs. M. Cottrell, who returned from the south on one of the last boats, is a house guest of Mrs. August Olson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18

JACR OF ALL TRADES Let me uo your odd 1obss Phone 473. John Holler. Prop. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-18
 MOVE 

Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lang have removed from one of the Kilburn Houses to the cottage which he formerly owned, on St. Ann's Ave nhe. @lt
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Douglas Presbyterian Native
 Mission

Sunday Scnoos-z:3O p. m. Sermon at 3:15 D. m.
 FOO D. m. = Thursday-Mid- week prayer service.
 All are cordially welcome tc these services.
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We make mems suits for s6k F. WOLLAN3. --adv
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DR. kihsy LEAVING

pr. W. P. Kirby will leave on the Admiral Watson tomorrow
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Douglas Catholic Church

Catholic services In the tenn porary chapel in the new resi- dence adjoining the old bank
 500 a. ih.-Low Mass and Ser mon. Holy Communion for all.
 1:00 p. m.-Sunday School.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Evening rrayer and Sermon :3O o'clock.
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Weather Conditions A Recorded by the U. s. ti Weather Bureau

forecast for and vicinity beginning today:
 Fair tonight Sunday colder tonight; north
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
The Worlds Hope.

"Once this war Is over, the world car
never be the same" This was the OBJ
servation made by an outstanding
American citizen toward the closing
days of the great World War. We
wonder?
Ten years have passed since the guns
were Silenced-ten years marked by
probably the greatest advance in the
enrichment of our material prosperity
that we have ever known, Along with
this growth of material things We have
witnessed the breaking down of old
conventions and customs together with
the Inauguration OF practices and
habits that were hitherto foreign to us
an indulgence in luXuries such as we
have not heretofore known. and an in
ment and the freest indulgence Of our
every whim and caprice, All wars
have been characterized by postwar
periods that were marked by excuses
and the casting aside Of old restraints
One sometimes wonders as to the dura-
ton of such periods of extreme relaxa-
ton and when the turn to soberer
things may be expected. One reason
ably wonders when jazz shall once
again give way to the concord OF
sweet sound" and when the nervous
tension shall give place to greater Sc
renity and repose of mind. A too pro-
tracted period of nervous excitement
and high-keyed activity must inevitably
affect the new age that lies ahead and
leave an enduring mark upon the form
of it's civilization.
When Armistice day came in 1918
the world, in its every part, had set its
will to peace. Never before in human
history had there been so universal a
determination to guarantee and secure
the worlds order and peace as on that
first Armistice day. Despite all the in
6ications to- the contrary, despite all
that the cynic may say about our moral
degeneracy, we still believe that the
will to peace holds the serious thought
of men the world over The part that
our America may play in effecting this
desire Of the nations is still to be de-
fined and determined Unquestionably
the most notable effort that has been
put forth by our Government in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day,

The armistice between Germany, on
the one hand, and the allied govern
ments and the United States, on the
other, was signed this morning and war
ceased at IL o'clock, Paris time.
The Nation rejoices at the wars end
and all America, with pealing bells and
endless parades, celebrates GermanyS
defeat Schools are closed, courts ad-
journed, while everybody gives way 70
heartfelt rejoicing which lasts for "a
hours. Truce electrifies Congress
and President Wilson is wildly cheered
when he tells the assembled Senators
and Representatives that the war IS
ended and then prorounces the drastic
conditions which Germany has accept
ed at the hands of the allies. Pres
ident issues brief proclamation to the
Nation as follows: my fellow country
men: The armistice was signed TINS
morning. Everything for which America
fought has been accomplished. IL VIII
now be our fortunate duty to assist by
example, by sober friendly counsel and
by material aid in the establishment Of
Just democracy throughout the world. "
Scenes of the widest enthusiasm
were enacted in the French Chamber OF
Deputies when Premier Clemenceau
read the conditions of the arnistice.
The American Army had reached
total strength of 3,764,677 men when
hostilities ceased today, according to
official War Department figures. OF
this number 100000 had already gone
overseas. e" One thousand and
eighty-one names on casualty list given
out today-351 killed in action, 268
dead from wounds and disease, 300
wounded and 160 missing and prisoners.
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E.. FREEMAN. d. D., ILL., D.,
Bishop of Washington

interests of world peace is the action
undertaken by our State Department,
ably supported by. M. BRAND, to
secure a better understanding among
the nations through the multilateral
treaties, that have as their supreme end
the outlaWry of war. While these treaties
may not contain as precise and COM
plete statement Of ideals as we could
desire. while they may lack certain
elements that would bind the Nation
to fulfill to the letter the agreements
contained therein, nevertheless they
have a moral value that cannot be
overestimated and they affirm q prin-
ciple not hitherto recognized by sover-
eign states and powers. We believe they
mark the beginning of a new era, the
dawn of better day and the assurance
of better things yet to come. What,
under God, this America of ours may
achieve in ushering In world peace, the
boldeSt prophet cannot foresee or fore
cast. One thing Is becoming increas-
ingly clear, namely, that we cannot as
Nation live in proud isolation" We
hold strategic position. we occupy a
place of peculiar advantage, we have
no alliances that forbid our taking
leadership In enforcing the claims of
world order and peace. We dare not,
II we would, absolve ourselves from our
responsibility in maintaining and set
ting forward the high claims and
ideals Of a universal brotherhood.
The very great distinction we achiev-
ed as world power but serves to deep
en- our sense of obligation. It may not
be the churchs province to determine
methods for guaranteeing world order
and peace; 1t Is its solemn responsibility
TO create a public sentiment that shall
prepare the minds of men for this SUI
preme end. The tenth anniversary of
Armistice day finds us at peace with the
world in general. There is no call
to arms; there is an insistent call. that
will not be denied, to strengthen the
ties that bind the nations together in
brotherly love and concord. Have we
the will and the courage and the high
conservation to hear and heed this call?
We have an obligation. to use the Ian
guage of our War President, ito those
dear ghosts who still deploy upon the
fields Of France"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

Something was necessary to insure the
District taxpayers against deliberate
gouging But in the light of expert
ence with the law In actual practice,
Congress should be able to suggest a
better method than arbitrarily limiting
as now is done, the price to be paid.
1t may be taken for granted, in the
first place, that every citizen with prop
erty to sell is going TO sell it for as
much as he can get for It. That is
natural. 1t may also be taken for
granted that the citizen in every case
will add twenty-five per cent. at least.
to the assessed valuation, in the knowl-
edge that he can get that much. no
matter what the land may be actually
worth. Circumstances SO alter cases
that Congress would do well to drop its
l25-limit theory and return to the
practice Of depending upon the intelli-
gence and discernment of the officials
whom it charges with spending the
money appropriated. The threat of
condemnation proceedings will often
force an owner to reason. If he refuses
to lower his price in the face of such
a threat. no 125 per cent limitation is
going to do a particle of good He is
assured of getting more than that at
the hands Of jury or he would not
haggle over the 1875 per cent.
This matter, already a live topic for
discussions in the neighborhood asso-
Citations, should be thoroughly looked
into at the coming session of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11

guided by the law of chances. They
love the region, which Is their native
soil, and, furthermore, there Is a pc
culiar fertility about the volcanic ele-
ments that enter into that soil as a
result Of the occasional emissions from
the great vent. There is a tradition
that grapes grown on the slopes Of Etna
are finer than any others in Sicily be-
cause of these peculiar qualities.
1t is related in the news dispatches
that Ill feeling has developed in the
area of the eruption against the farm
ers and landed proprietors whose areas
have been spared and who, knowing
that many of the victims Of the erup-
ton who have lost all their property
have no means of future sustenance,
are offering work in the fields and in
their homes at very low wages. This
exploitation OF the victims is causing
irritation but cannot be checked. The
government can do nothing in regard
to it, 1t is, however moving vigorously
to relieve the sufferingS of the people,
having announced that it will erect
homes for all of those who have been
evicted by the eruption.
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An Ideal Selection.

Appointment of Ralph Given as Judge
of the Police Court has the entire and
hearty approval of Washingtonians, who
have rated highly as they have merited,
his services for many years as Assistant
United States Attorney in that court.
Indeed no more appropriate selection to
fill the judgeship could have been made.
Mr.. Given, during his quarter of a
century of work at the Police Court as
prosecutor, has become perhaps more
intimately familiar with the work of
that court than any one who has ever
been named to the bench. Not only
has he come to know in detail every
rule of practice, but he has developed a
judicial disposition in the handling of
cases in their preliminary stages. He
will therefore qualify as a member of
the bench Immediately without the
necessity of any period of preparation.
1t is particularly gratifying that this
selection was without solicitation by Mr..
Given but was made in recognition of
merit
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The 1875 Per Cent Limitation.

Elsewhere. in The Star today there
appears a discussion Of the law limit
ing the purchase price of property
bought by the District for school sites
to 1875 per cent of the assessed value of
the land. This article indicates that
Mai. Atkins, under whose jurisdiction
the purchase of this property comes,
has been handicapped rather than
helped by law that was passed in an
honest effort to protect the District
taxpayers from gouging on the part of
those with land for sale. 1t indicates
that the five-year school building pro-
gram has been retarded and that in
some instances, when the land was con-
demned after failure to reach an UNI
Outstanding on the purchase price, the
District paid more money than 1t
would have had to pay if the law had
not tied the hands of the purchasing
officer in his bargaining" for the par
eel at stake.
But more than anything else, the
article shows that the law is not work
ing efflcieptly. 1t causes long drawn
out delays. First, If the price is in ex-
cess of 1875 per cent of assessed value,
the deal Is handed over to a condemna-
ton jury. But before the jury's award
can be accepted by the District the
whole matter must be put up to Con-
gress and specific permission obtained
before the District authorities can pay
the price fixed by the jury. This delay
prevents the expenditure of money &C.
tually appropriated for the purchase Of
school sites. It brings to an absolute
stop, in many cases, the processes
whereby school sites are bought and
the building of new schools is started
The question is whether the law is moi
doing the District more harm thar
good.
One readily sympathizes with the
careful thought which preceded thu
adoption Of this rather drastic limit
Congress was concerned over the fac
that the District, in cases readily point
ed out, was paying more for land thar
the land. in the due course of events
might have brought in private sale