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Evening star., 1928-10-28
Capital Sidelights

Senator Kenneth ID. McKellar of Ten
nessee, who is taking a prominent part
in the campaign this year as an out
standing dry" but ardently supporting
the Democratic nominee, is not a prac-
tical joker He was cured of that early
in life. In the village in which he was
reared there were about IS boys. There
were also two stores and q saloon. Five
miles away there was a river landing
called Elm Bluff and the man in charge
of the landing was named Watts.
Watts had a wife and nine children,
and every Saturday afternoon about S
o'clock he would ride his old gray horse
into the village, hitching him to a
swinging limb in Mrs. Ladd'S graveyard.
go up to the saloon several hundred
yards away and drink whisky until he
got thoroughly drunk. About 8 o'clock
he would Stagger down to the grave
yard with much difficulty, get on his
horse and ride home. It was said that
he never went home in this condition
that he did not whip his wife and nine
children. McKellar got his crowd Of
boys together and concluded that they
would take action. So he had every
one borrow sheet from bed at home,
a couple of broons and a couple of pill
lowcases, and the whole crowd of boys
got to the graveyard one Saturday
night just before they knew old Watts
was coming down. They got on the in
side oi the graveyard and waited.
It was not long before Watts came
staggering down the road, taking up
most of the road as he came. When
he got to his horse he had great
difficulty untying the bride from the
swinging limb. and while he was en-
gagged in trying to unhitch the horse
this young cayalcade, wrapped In white
sheets and Haunting pnlowcaseS. with
their brooms. came forward and sur
rounded him. He did not see them
until they had gotten practically around
him. He yelled "Murder!" Ghosts"
and ran down the road miles to
his home. The boys waited for him
to return, but, not returning. they tied
the bride reins to the pommel of his
saddle and sent his horse home. The
next morning, as the boys were return
ing from Sunday school, DR.. Kyser
came by, saying he had been out at
Watts house, that Watts had run every
step Of the way home falling in a
dead faint on his doorstep, and up to
that time he had not been able to
revive him. Dr. Kyser told the boys
that he felt sure the grand jury at
Selma would indict them. None of
them slept wink that night. The
second morning, however. DR.. Kyser
reported that Watts had come to.
Watts never returned to the village
again and it was said that he lived a
sober life thereafter. But McKellar was
so afraid that he had killed him. or
had been the cause of his death, that
he never thereafter undertook to play
a practical joke.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
An Extra Session.

Mr.. HeoVer's announcement that II
elected President he will summon Con-
gress in extra session for the purpose
of solving the farm relief problem, un-
less satisfactory action is had meanwhile
at the closing session of the Seyentieth
Congress, is calculated to allay some ap-
prehension on the part of the farmers.
It is probable that similar statement
will be made by Gov. Smith Indeed it
is to be expected that the Democratic
candidate will follow suit. He could not
afford to allow Mr. Hoover to gain any
possible advantage on the score of CIV
ing the farm question priority over all
others.
There is so little likelihood Of action
during the short session on this COM
plex and difficult question that 1t may
be taken for granted that Mr.. Hoover,
if elected next week, will call Congress
in extra session, probably in April, 1929.
And ~ the same token an extra session
may be assumed as certainty inas-
much as Gov. Smith Is likely to make
the same promise.
But is does not follow that If an ex-
ira session is called it will be devoted
solely to the question of farm relief.
Once Congress is summoned it makes
its own program of proceedings and it
may sit as long as it desires, there be-
ing only one peremptory date Of adj
journment, March in odd-numbered
years, when the terms Of all the men,
bers of the House of Representatives
and of one-third of the Senate expire.
Memory is revived of the experience
of 1898 when President Cleveland call
ed Congress in extra session for the
purpose it was generally expected OF
putting through tariff bill. Before the
session began IN September, however, a
! financial situation had arisen which
called for drastic remedy and when the
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Rum and Radiators.

The prohibition department has enter
ed the motorist field Not perhaps, 81
would be expected, in the light of coun-
selor as to the evil effect of attempting
to mix Demon Rum and gasoline on
the highways and byways. but in On
effort to save thousands of motor CAT
owners a wry face during the coming
Winter. 1t appears that certain dealers
in anti-freeze mixtures for automobile
radiators have the rascally habit OF
diluting these mixtures to point where
they belle their name. In other words,
they do not anti at all. but merely
assist to play havoc with the delicate
interior of an automobile radiator when
cold weather sets in. It is to warn
motorists to be sure that the liquids
they buy come to them intact in sealed
cans and dealers that 1t Is against the
law to dilute denatured alcohol, which
is the basis of the mixtures, that the
warning has been issued.
1t is inconceivable, of course, that boot
leggers have sunk to such low estate
that alcohol used in anti-freeze liquids
could be utilized in the trade, but other
wise what interest could the Prohibition
Department have in the freezing of au-
tomobile radiators? There is no sug-
gestion of this in the announcement,
but even the hint should be enough to
assure many quiet thought on the
part of those who still indulge in for
hidden beverages.
Regardless of this possibility, however,
a reminder to motorists of the danger
of cold weather to radiators and water
pumps is timely, whether 1t springs
from the Prohibition Department or
from the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Days and nights are coming now when
the old car needs attention and the les
sons of yesteryear should not be for
gotten.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

either de facto or de jure, for the pro-
lection of such governments against
revolution or foreign attack or for the
supervision of its internal affairs, when
such agreements have not been advised
and consented 10 by the Senate, as pro-
vided in the Constitution of the United
States.
Since the adoption of that platform
Coy. Smith has stated that Il person.
ally declare what the platform de-
clares: Interference in the purely inter-
nal affairs of Latin American countries
must cease and l specifically pledge
myself to follow this declaration with
regard to Mexico, as we'll as the other
Latin American countries"
The Republican platform declares:
In the case of Nicaragua, we are en-
gagged in cooperating with the govern
ment of that country upon the task of
assisting to restore and maintain peace,
order and stability ard in no way to
infringe upon her sovereign rights. The
Marines now in Nicaragua are there to
protect American lives and property
and to aid in carrying out an agreement
whereby we have undertaken to do what
we can to restore and maintain order
and to insure fair and free election
Our policy absolutely repudiates any
idea of conquest or exploitation, Gnd is
actuated solely by an earnest and sim
core desire to assist friendly and
neighboring state which has appealed
for aid in great emergency.
So it appears, therefore. that the ques-
ton upon which the parties are split is
not so much over the fact that we are
now in Nicaragua, supervising this COM
ing election, but upon how we got into
Nicaragua. The Democratic party warts
supervision or intervention by and with
the consent of the Senate. The view
heretofore prevailing has been that such
supervision or intervention comes within
the Presidents constitutional duty Of
conducting foreign affairs.
But the most interesting question now
is what will happen in Nicaragua If
Gov Smith is elected In the face of
requests from both parties that the
American supervision continue after the
election, he would either have to with
draw all American forces there after he
took office next March, or else go to the
Senate and ask that they be allowed to
stay there. Obtaining this permission, the
situation in Nicaragua would remain in
status quo. Failing to receive it, his
party platform DEGREES that he passively
allow Nicaragua and Nicaraguans to go
to the devil or to find their salvation
either course to be free from interference
on the part of the United States.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. LANES E. FREEMAN D. D. IL. D.
Bishop Of Washington

the sad and tragic story of her effort to
free herself from what had really be-
come curse to her. She related the
fact that, at the present time, she was
on her way to her home In one of the
Southern States, seeking once again its
asylum in the vain hope that it might
break the habit of long practice. IT
cannot get home" she said to the doc
tor, unless you give me sufficient drugs
to enable me to do so. I faithfully
promise you that If you will give just
enough to tide me over this present
crisis I will make every endeavor to
break the habit when once / reach my
home" The situation was critical. AS
he related the incident he said, II
did not know for q while what should
be done with her case, when presently,
glancing at my receiving set, said to
her (knoxing that Q religious service
was on the air), While I am thinking
about your case and deciding what to
do, you may listen-in'" The text of
the afternoon was, IF any man will
come after Me, let him deny himself,
take up his cross daily and follow Me- -
The exhausted girl laid her head on the
table and for 80 minutes gave herself
without interruption to the message
over the air. At the conclusion of the
sermon she removed the earpieceS and,
with her eyes frightened, turned to the
doctor and said: You needn't write a
prescription I have learned of another
way. I think can get home without
further aid"
Another aspect of radio condolences is
the disclosure of the growing spirit of
fellowship among Christian people of
every name. The air is no respecter
of persons: the messages enter homes
of every type and kind Senators, Rep
resentatives, justices of the court, peo-
pie in every walk of life, are the COM
mon recipients of common service
Jewish rabbis Roman Catholic priests.
Protestant ministers of every name, for
get their party passwords and Shib-
boleths as they give expression to those
aspirations and hopes that are COM
mon to men Of every class and kind.
Old prejudices and narrownesseS yield
and give place, as the spoken and sim
cere word borne on the sensitive ether
invades the sacred precincts Of the
home. There is something intensely
spiritual about 1t all The element of
mystery enters into it. The very silence
of the room, broken only by the utter
ance borne on the air, produces an
effect utterly unique and compelling.
The practice of the man in public life
is a good one: the quiet hour" the
period of silence and reflection, the
reverent consideration of spiritual
needs-alI these contribute nightly to
the enrichment of life. physical and
spiritual BE still and know that I
am God"
Evening star., 1928-10-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
ChiIdhOOd's Ha

ChiIdhoOd's Happy Hours.
We hear of childhood's happy hours
Among the butterflies and fiow'rs-
Yet happiness men must forego
If they intelligence would show.
A moron, scientists explain,
Will still retain an infant brain.
We long for juvanescent glee-
And yet, who would q moron be?
Evening star., 1928-10-28

A cargo of eggs from South America
to Holland puts the cold storage prin-
cipIe to good use. There are parts of
the world where even cold storage egg
is a luxury.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

AS another evidence of the advance
OF aeronautics. the Graf Zeppelin has
been able to make a record breaking
advance in the rates for transatlantic
passenger travel.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Experts in financial matters refer to
present prosperity with a prospect of
more. The Thanksgiving proclamation
is one public announcement that is
never misleading.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

All a new President will have to do
in order to give satisfaction will be to
render service whose value is in pro-
portion to the money it cost to elect
him.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Much talk is expected during the
coming week despite q very general inn
preston that there cannot be much left
to need saying on either side of any
question.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

may be dropped. On the cars Wii.r'
there Is no conductor iG couin pe piAcet
in front where the driver can deliver j
to a person whose duty 1t shall be T
receive the full box at the Post Offic'
and give an empty one in its stead
These cars can be designated in thc
red light. This plan has been in prac-
ttcal use in Chicago for several year
ana has proved to be less expensive ana
more speedy than the one-man power
Of shoulder sack and weary limb.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Campaigning with brass bands and
street parades comes as near as any
thing could to realizing the boyhood
wish that every day could be circus
day.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Airport plans require immense areas
for taking off and landing. Like many
actual birds. the airplane is graceful
in flight but clumsy on the earth
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Social Arithmetic.

From the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Algebra to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, plus fours never made anything out
of minus quantity.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
The Happy Singer.

The HAPPY singer.
How happy is the singers fate
The world extends in homage great
AS words to melody he'll link,
And never really have to think!
The poets with persistent rhyme
Assist musicians of all time,
Whose voices are their stock in trade
The thought is always ready made.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

On the night of November weary
public will be ready for some genuine
ld-fashioned, little bedtime stories.
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Installments Still Due.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
The world Is so full of number OF
things. very few Of which are yet
paid for,
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Jud Tunkins says the best advice he
ever had came from wise party who
advised him never to try to give advice
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Quotation Corrected.

Quotation Corrected.
"All the worlds stage" said the
readymade philosopher.
Not just at present" answered SEN
ator Sorghum. "All the world is a po-
litical platform"
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Rate by MaiI-PayabIe I'M Advance.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all ews dis
PATCHES credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper. and also the local news
Special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

"Mebbe we'd gather mo- righteous
ness" said Uncle Ehen, IF we went to
church six times a week an took Sun
day off,"
Evening star., 1928-10-28
Easy Enforcement Method.

EaBy EhIUFCenEHC UH6EHUus
"Are you a prohibitionist?"
IT am," answered Uncle Bill Bottle
top.
Can you keep anybody from drink
ing?"
"Yes. / can shut out the demon rum
myself. And prohibition is bound to
be a success, If everybody does the
same"
when the populace insists on ac-
claiming a hero" said HI Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, fame becomes not only
a matter Of merit, but of physical en-
durance."
Evening star., 1928-10-28

Donovans central contention is that
we are confronted with two equally
reprehensible misuses of religion. One
is the attempt to hurt Smith because of
his Catholicism. The other is the
attempt to help Smith because of his
Evening star., 1928-10-28
The Good Listener.

The Good Listener.
Mothers talking politics;
She exposes plots and tricks.
Father still has influence
He's the patient audience.
Evening star., 1928-10-28

According to a decision rendered so
years ago by a court in New York
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-28
The Value of Disinterested
 Technical Opinion.
Engineering and Mining Journal.)

Engineering and Mining Journal)
 In the 1927 annual report of the mining in- dustry of Idaho, MT. Stewart Campbell, State In- spector of Mines, says that merchant cannot join community and establish paying business merely by advertisement: he must make his nections by the offering of reliable merchandise and continual demonstration of responsibility and capablity. An attorney cannot gain clen- tele without a thorough knowledge of the law and ability to win doctor sur geon must gradually build a reputation by demon strating skill and success. An engineer-me- chanica civil, electrical, trades-must prove his competency before he can procure the first pittance which leads to an eventual decent live lihood.
 But not with mining. To the public, it is an industry shrouded in mystery and governed by luck MT Campbell continues. Blinded by these false ideas, confidence is reposed in those who grossly ignorant of the fundamental principles of geology and mining. Someone talk ing little mining language and calling him. sell mining engineer geologist goes forth into a strange community, either personally through his agents, by of advertise ments seeking money to finance mining or oil venture And the usually sane business the same man who would investigate the standing of an attorney doctor, stenographer, or an engineer before employing him-permits himself to be blinded by the lure of easily gained wealth: With the belief that luck instead of efficiency governs mining, he stakes his hundreds perhaps thousands, with negligible inquiry as to the abil- i''' iecoiu, UT HoHeSly or those to whom he trusts his money. Investments under such cir cumstances have usually resulted and will con- tinue to result in bitter disappointment
 MT Campbell concludes that There is no way to warn against all the schemes of the fakers. Fraud constantly uses methods and the styles change rapidly Mine development means risk, of course, but the chances are that the mine will actually get the money if the men managing the company honest and efficient ihese facts can generally be aseertained with out much trouble, and, as mining investments should receive the same consideration as other business ventures, it is good rule for the in- Vestor 10 investigate before investing"
 The foregoing touches upon an inherent weak ness In the mining industry. The competency oi an individual promoting operating a min ing enterprise IS an important factor, as it is in other industries. 1f MT Campbell suggests intending investors would investigate beforehand history would record fewer unsuccessful projects aahy apie engineers are availble to pass upon ,he merits Of proposed mining operation and the small capitalist, in particular contempatinp investment in such venture should make ade quate inquiry beforehand from those who arc III position to express a disinterested oninion
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-28
COMPROMISE SEEMS NECESSARY.

While the walkout of the king salmon trollers does not seriously affect this community directly, naturally the cessation of activity in this as well as any other line of endeavor does have it's effect upon the entire business community of Southeastern Alaska. To call it a strike, how ever, is to be guilty of misnomer As that term is generally used, it does not apply to the situation that has developed in the trolling wat CTS around Cape ommaney and Port Alexander Usually strike. if successful ties up the in- vested capital of the employee class, at least that is what is sought 10 be accomplished In the present instance, the main loser is the troller himself He is the employer we'll the employee It is his boat, his gear and himself that become idle The loss caused by productiveness is mainly his The buyer and mild-curer secondary losers.
 Undoubtedly they lose money if they cannot purchase raw materials with which to operate not a necessity to them. If none are to be had they can and do. turn their attention to some thing else invest their money in other form of endeavor But the troler has his capital tied up in boat and gear He is trolling pri- marily because of that fact and because he knows the game If he is idle, all that he has is like wise idle. Just year ago, similar situation in the trolling industry. It cost the buyers thousands of dollars but the losses suffered by the fishermen themselves were larger. And in the end the concessions they gained probably failed to recoup them for the time they were unemployed
 It is natural for the fisherman to charge all that the traffic will bear" Criticism cannot justly be levied against them if they seek to do On the other hand, the buyers cannot pay more than the market for their wares justify When the prices demanded exceed that point then the charges than traffic will bear" In such case, readjustment by com promise is necessary. And if is forth coming, then it is time for the buyers to close up shop and the fishermen to seek livelihood in new lines of activity. Neither element can operate long at loss. Both must make a modicum of profit. To continue business on any other basis would not only be unsound policy for both parties but it would be an unwise economic policy for the whole business com munity.
 Perhaps the trolers in the right in de- manding continuation of the prices that pre- vailed early last Spring We have no disposition to sit in judgment. But the buyers, in showing a willingness to compromise have at least ex- hibited spirit of give and take which so far has not characterized the actions of the walkout leaders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-28

with the task of enthusing the delegates to the convention with spirit of confidence, of filling them with desire to win and conviction that victory was not impossible of achievement, did not go to the length of suggesting an endorse ment of the notorious equalization fee principle demanded by the farmers from the Republican National Convention.
 As properly becomes Democrat he hit the high protective tariff Ordinarily any tariff dis eussion is dry matter. But the keynoter injected new interest into it by undertaking to show that adequate farm relief could be obtained through adjustment of. from the Democratic viewpoint,
 nequites in the present rates.
 Possibly the Democratic campaign may develop sufficiently along this line to appeal to the embattled farmers. Possibly the party may get the farm bloc to substitute downward tariff re- vision for al equalization fee. It is not impos- sible that it may slide over Prohibition with a promise of general law enforcement. But it can not hope to win an election by making party corruption a partisan issue Corruption cannot be charged against any party as a peculiar vice. nor can any party lay claim to be the sole pos sessor of political virtue. Graft and political misfeasanee may and do occur in the national government But whatever the party in power is and punishment follows dis coyery, late sometimes, but always eventually.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-28
A Blow to Romance.
tDaily Olympian.)

TO those wno ever dream of going down to the sea Tn ships or joining the yacht race to Alaska this is dsheartenng news which comes to us rom London Representatives of fourteen nations at the International Shipping conference nave unanimously recommended that "port' and starpoard be deleted from the nautical dic- tlohary in favor of left and right"
 When we first went to sea this matter of port and starboard" troubled us not a little. rsychoiogists teach that the association of some- thlhg to be remembered with second object VIII ald In the memory process. We learned that port lights are red and that port" wine is req and that port meaning left has the same number of letters in it as left
 oo' With this association were able to re- member that left" port when at sea we recommended this to landlubbers who will try to win sea legs on the trip to Alaska next week That is unless they decide to abide bv the recommendation of the Shipping conference
 II they do half the fun of the trip will he gone. How can they return home and boast to their girl friends of the saltiness of their experiences if they persist in calling left ..leftr ana not port" No. it won't work, the finn of the race Is tarnished if they do We favor port and 'starboard" and romance on our sea trips W