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The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT OUT
 LAWRY BREAKING GROUND.

MT. Doran at the head of Prohibition en- forcement in the United States has taken steps to put end to promscuous shooting by en- forcement agents. He said there must be no more shooting by the agents even though they know that is attempting to escape. To emphasize the force of the new order, enforce ment agent in West Virginia was dismissed from the service for shooting at man who refused to obey his order to stop.
 The Prohibition Enforcement agency is break ing ground under the terrific fire from indignant public opinion Heretofore that branch of the Government service has been regardless of the law. It has been as bad were the Molly Ma guires, Ku Klux Klan and other bands of out laws The order frequently given to shoot first and argue afterward."
 Notwithstanding this tardy recognition of the law, this belated attempt to stamp lawessness out of supposedly law-enforcement service, the feeling that it is reluctant recognition of the law of the land for the sole purpose of relieving Prohibition of of it's unpopularity will not down. People will not forget that the reforma- tion of the criminal procedure of the Prohibition enforcement outfit has come after years of brutal disregard of the legal and moral rights of anyone years of wilful outlawry. The people will con tinue to contend for a modification at least. of the Volstead Act and the ultra dry interpreta- tion of the Eighteenth Amendment
 If 1t is an outrage today for Prohibition agents to shoot al automobiles their drivers and others who refuse to halt when ordered to do so, it was an outrage yesterday and all the years before when Federal officials were throw ing the full weight of their authority behind murderers and would-be murderers and the 'sneaking, snooping, meddlesome stool pigeons and others who have attempted, at least, to make themselves super-government in the United States.
 MT Doran's recent order is a direct and ful acknowledgement that the newspapers and other who have resented the lawessness of the Pro hibition enforcement agency have been standin, squarely sound and lawful ground. They hay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
SELECTING A JUDGE.

In picking Judge for Alaska not only should the President select of character and uh- swervng honesty, but he should choose one who is well grounded in the law with years of active practice behind him. In the First Division the Judge should be one who is physically able to withstand the pressure of hard work for there is lot of it for him to do.
 The Judge should also be who has lived and practiced law in Alaska, familiar with the character of litigation and issues that rise for adiudication in this Territory The most successful Judges we have had in Alaska are those who have been selected from the Alaska bar
 Litigation in Alaska courts covers a wide range We have in addition to criminal cor poration, commercial and other branches of the law that occupy the attention of the courts in agricultural, commercial and industrial com munites lot to do with mining, admiralty and other branches that apply to the activities of this country. Judge should be selected with local conditions in mind.
 The First Division of Alaska has been, gen. erally speaking, fortunate in the character and qualifications of the Judges have had in the last third of a century. Since the Klondike stampede that brought people north by the thousands have had, beginning with Judge Arthur K. Delaney and terminating with Judge T. M Reed, competent lawyers, and, usually we'll balanced, understanding and merciful men on the bench. Nearly all of them have been men who had long years of active and successful practice before their selection. Following Judge Delaney, man of exceptional ability and legal attainments, and years of Alaska experience at the bar, we have had Judge Charles S. Johnson, likewise qualified, Judge Melville c. Brown, outsider but an able and actively practicing lawyer for several decades. Judge Royal s. Gun nison, young in years and outsider, but clean and able, Judge Thomas c. Lyons and Judge Robert W. Jennings, both having all the desire able qualifications, and Judge Thomas M. Reed likewise a lawyer of many years of Alaska law practice and previous judicial experience.
 Let hope that the fine record that has been made in selecting Judges for the First Division may continue unbroken.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Nature does things better. The complexions she furnished never looked all streaked up after they had been caught in a shower.
 People want money, not tc make them better, but to give them that glorious feeling of be ing better than others.
 If a man tries to discourage his friends from getting married il may be because he is too broke to buy wedding presents and not because he has grown cynical about marriage.
 Blue blood is all right in its way. but it's the fellows with green backs who get their pick of the girls these days.
 It's funny world. A few years back if girl appeared on the street with as few clothes as that her father would have been reported to the s. P. c. A. for failure to provide his daughter  with decent apparel
 Another thing that would de crease the divorce rate would be for them to have money that could be used over and over again like the words they have.
 Middle age is that time when old married couples have faint recollection of a word called gay that could be used to describe the kind of times they had.
 Women spend about two bil lions a year for cosmetics, and the reason there are not more happier marriages is because cos metics are meant to improve the face and not the disposition.
 A girl who has parents SD cruel they make her wear skirts way below the knees know how the little boys used to suffer when their mothers made them wear long curls when all the other boys were getting hair cuts with the clippers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Discovering German-Iexan Poets.
(New York Times.)


 In the fifth number of the new Texas nigga zine Bunker's Monthly, appears translation of an article published last year in Die Literatur of Stuttgart Germany The author, who had made a collection of German-Texan poetry, was seeking interviews with two writers, Walter Gray and Gertrud Hoff. The editor of an Austin paper had given him vague directions throNgh which he had come to farm lands whose owners had heard of the writers but who could not point out their homes.
 Finally woman who blowing dropped her work and invited the visitor to come in, promising to produce MT. Gray. Her ten-year- old-son, speaking sometimes in English and some times in German asked intelligent questions about Germany while she changed her rough clothes for more conventional attire. When she reap peared she announced that the stories of the To- cality appearing under the name of Gray were her work.
 In the discussion that followed she quoted from memory number of Gertud Hoff's lyrics. The poet, she said, had been cut off by the laristocratic German immigrants who made up her family and friends because of her marriage to a Mexican. She herself, it appeared, had also mar ried Mexican Then she confessed that she was Gertrud Hof
 Having discovered this much indirectly of it's versatile countrywoman, Bunker's Monthly might do little Investigating itself. Perhaps it will print contributions by Walter Gray and Gertrud Hof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Arctic Land Myth.
{ Seattle Times.l


 Captain Wilkins brief statement: We saw no sign of islands, all but extingushes the hope of finding land in the Arctic Ocean, His observation confirms that of Amundsen in the flight of the Norge two years ago. Although a considerable of the polar remains un- explored, there is little evidence that nature has provided island outposts amid the wilderness of ice. It is certain that large land mass exists.
 Explorers long have held to the belief that land would be found in the Beaufort Sea, to the north of Alaska. This theory based upon the action of the ice pack and upon the flight of birds It thought unlikely that these crea- lures would strike out across the ocean with no nearer objective than the coast of Siberia or Spitzbergen Observers surmsed that somewhere in the frozen there land of wide tent. Imagination gave it properties which would appeal to mans taste a place of resi- dence Some thought that it might hold rich treasures in minerals.
 The absence of suitable landing places will prevent polar flights from becoming common for long time. The short route to Europe across the top of the world will remain possibility, but it will be a long time before ordinary mortals will attempt it. There may be remote chance that the Mobile expedition will find land far to the westward of the route taken by the Wilkins Eelson plane or by the Amundsen- Els worthwhile dirgble. Just at present most persons are convinced that land in the Arctic is an interesting myth
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
The Indians Again.
(Port Angeles News. )

There was time when white landing on American shores met trouble at the hands of the Indians
 That long time ago.
 The feat of Perry Pulen, Roy Black and Hal George, La Push Indians, in risking their lives to make from James Island, is only one of the long list of rescues made by the Indians on the shores of Clallam County.
 The Indians have uncanny knowledge of the sea, gained from fighting it for years in the search for fur seal They couple that knowledge with stout hearts The combination has saved many and woman in the time of ship wreck.
 The News congratuates the Indian trium- virate on courage
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Gov. Lowden has either reformed or he does not think as much of the Presidency he thought in 1920 when he spent nearly mil lion dollars in his unsuccessful campaign for delegates Thus far this year his campaign has cost a mere $6O,00O
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

been right, and their persistence in right doing is bearing fruit.
 However, MT. Doran's order must not be con- strued as a license to shoot Prohibition enforce ment agents. Neither that order any sense of justice will deny the Prohibition officers of the right to the second shot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Amt Progress Marvellous!

Aint FrO9reSS MdrVeiOuS!i
 This is great age for break ing records, and just note some they are smashing
 The length of time a man can sit atop of flag pole
 How many clothes a girl can leave off
 How much paint she can get on her face
 How many of the million laws of the country man can break How short a time a couple can stay married
 How many flapjacks, hard-boil ed eggs and oysters man can eat-and-
 How wet dry country ,an be made!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Navigation parts of the Yukon waterway has made beginning. Within a few days the boats will be running the full length of the river below Lake Labarge. And the ice should go out of the lake within two weeks, permitting direct connection between Whitehorse and Daw- son. Then the Yukon working season will be in full swing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
More or Less True

You hardly could expect a gen. eration that gets so much kick out of jazz to care much for clas- sical music or go into ecstasies over the voice of conscience.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Much to Her chaqrin

William" said the teacher, "give a sentence using the word 'chagrin'."
 Why don't cha'grin more and scowl less? said the boy to his teacher" was Williams effort.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Saved Us That Job

Swat the early fly!" says Ed Points of the Boston Globe.
 The early fly this spring caught pneumonia and didn't wait to be swatted, Ed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

The hard part of it is that potential campaign contributors will figure that liberal donations will confer only the distinction of appearing before Senatorial committee later.-(Seattle Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Add forty-two more to the Smith Houston convention delegates. He gets 28 in New Jersey six in Wyoming and eight in Montana.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Children should be taught the mysteries of life" says solemn lecturer. That ought to give the kids good laugh.-( Springfield, Ohio, Sum-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

The news from Illinois, Iowa and other States indicates that in the case of Gov Al Smith "him that hath gets"-delegates- Seattle Timeso
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

When Mussoini doesn't like the constitution he just ignores it." says the Springfield Sun. Rats Mussoln is the constitution.-(P (Phadel- phia Inquirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the entire political situation in this grave crisis is Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler managing to stay Republican, (Ohio State Jeurnal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
. You've Met Father

Ma" said Willie, "how much does the world weigh?"
 Ask your father, son." replied his mother sarcastically; The thinks he has it on his shoulders"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Illinois is to have the biggest steam shovel. but it is to be made in Ohio.- Cincinnati En- qurer.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Oh, Man!

wanna go If travelling ever does get to be cheap, Each morning l decide, that after all The incest place to go is back to sleep.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Prominent Prohibitionist Says Four Out of Five Congressmen Are Dry."-Headline Dry My Eye!-( Macon, Ga., Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

The mum of industry wholly drowns the murmur of unemployment.--(B (Boston Herald ]
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

No Jury to Disagree There Where's that loafer, Jones ? growled the chief clerk.
 ''In the boss's office where he is on trial for killing time," grin ned the stenog.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
Interestinu Information

B. Cotton, of Houston, Texas. is suing her husband, A. Cotton, for divorce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 Ry SAM HIT.y
By SAM HILL.

As Poetry This Is All Wet l like to hear rain batter on the
 roof, l listen and contentedly I sigh. Darn thankful that the roof is
 there to stop The rain and keep me nice and
 dry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Certainly Less Being Used A headline in the paper says Less cloth is being made; And if you doubt this state
 ment, look
 At any passing maid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Observations of Oldest Inhabitant
 Another thing you don't hear anymore is: Its perfectly safe for a lady to drive"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16

Modernized Proverbs The speeder saith in his heart, there is no speed cop lurking in a side road to nab me.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-16
A Bia One

A Big One Blinks: What is your great est ambition?" Jinks: "To get daughter to do something we tell her to do."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-15

ator Norris to allow his name to he bal
loted for In the presidential preferen-
tial primary last Spring.
If Senator Norris should take the
stump or declare openly for the election
of Gov. Smith. it is felt that he might
jeopardize to some extent the chances
Of these men who are running on the
Republican State ticket. That may be
one reason, it is said. he will say Moth
ing about presidential candidates.
The Democrats are relying upon the
"diSgruntled" farmer Attention is
called to the fact that since the Re-
publican national convention, the price
of wheat has dropped considerably.
which has not helped to put the farmer
in pleasant frame of mind. The stock
farmers on the other hand have been
getting coed prices for cattle and swine
and are not inclined to crouch against
the Government. Gov. Smiths failure
to come out flat-footedly for the equal
ization fee of the McNary- Haugen bill
has left some Of the supporters of that
measure cool toward him.
The situation in Nebraska admittedly
is AS mixed as it is in other doubtful
States this year. Both sides are hope
full and both working hard.
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they can win for Smith in Nebraska,
though they are worried over defec-
tons among the dry Protestant Demo-
Gratis out in the state as well as here
in Omaha.
Dry Issue Prominent.
The prohibition issue is given more
prominence in this State than any
other at this time. The drys and the
vets are both making much of 1t. You
find many German Americans who talk
avidly about modification of the dry
laws. so that they may have their beer
again. On the other hand. the Prot
estant ministers and the w. c.. T. U.
and the Anti-Saloon League are all
hard at it. attacking Gov. Smith on his
stand against the eighteenth amend
ment Nebraska was dry before Ma
tion-wide prohibition went into eff
feet. by State legislative enactment.
Many of the Democrats do not forget
that Nebraska itself had a Democratic
presidential candidate who was one of
the most ardent drys the country ever
produced. the late William Jennings
Bryan.
Charles w. Bryan, Brother Charlie,
is running on the Democratic ticket
been elected in the past Like Col.
Bryan Charles Bryan is dry, though
more liberal than his brother. He is
campaigning for Gov Smith, but max
ing it clear that he does not stand
with the Democratic presidential cam
didate on the liquor issue. In this re-
spect he is like many other candidates
on State and congressional Democratic
tickets this year For example, Charles
M Hay. MisSouris ardent dry candl-
date for the United States Senate,
and Senator Swanson of Virginia.
Mr. Bryan was the candidate for Vice
President on the ticket with John w.
Davis four years ago. AT that time 1t
was thought he might help to swing
the State into line for the Democrats.
The entry of Senator La Toilette into
the presidential contest. however. made
It impossible for the Democrats to
run even a close race with the Cool
idge ticket in 1924.
Hoover or booze" is the slogan Of
the Republican drys in this campaign.
The Democrats come right back with
slogan of their own: Smith or
bigotry."
It is quite clear here that the Demo-
Gratis have campaigned adroitly to win
votes for their candidate for PreSi-
dent on the issue OF intolerance. They
are seeking to cause this intolerance
issue to obscure the prohibition issue
in dry territory On the other hand,
the Republicans and anti-Smith Demo-
Gratis are cloaking in GONE States the
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religious issue with parade of pro-
hibition sentiment.
Nebraska was regarded, along with
| Iowa and Minnesota. as the head and
i forefront of the farmers rebellion
against the Coolidge administration
and Hoover candidacy for the Repub
lcan presidential nomination along
about the time of the Republican ma
tional convention in Kansas City. Gov.
McMullen. Republican, Of this State,
was one OF the leaders of the rebellion,
and took a prominent part in the DEM
onstration which was staged by anfi-
administration and anti-Hoover far
mers; or to put it the other way, by
the pro- McNary- Haugen farm bill at
Kansas City.
The Democrats have been awaiting
anxiolsly for Gov. McMullen to come
out for Smith and against Mr.. Hoover,
lust as they have waited for some
such declaration by Senator Norris.
But they have waited in vain Gov.
McMullen entertained Gov. Smith at
the Capitol in Lincoln whom the New
York Governor was swinging through
the West few weeks ago. But it was
made clear that it was the courtesy
of one governor to another. And now.
from sources close to the governor.
it appears that in the end he is likely
to make some speeches for the Republi-
can national ticket perhaps launch
ing his campaign in Illinois or Missouri
or some other Middle Western State.
and then coming into Nebraska for the
wind-up. 1t is noticeable too. that
some of the prominent Republicans who
we're supporting Lowden and Dawes
for the President nomination are be-
coming more pronounced in their sup
port of Mr.. Hoover as the campaign
moves on to a close. So the farm
issue is not expected to carry many
Republican voters into the Democratic
ranks on election day in this State.
Four years ago. Senator George Nor
riS was running for reelection to the
Senate on the Republican ticket His
Svmpathies were with the La Toilette
Wheeler presidential ticket. but he
made no public declaration for that
ticket He remained q Republican. al
though he did not say word. either
for the Coolidge-Dawes ticket He is
not candidate this year for his pres
ent term has four more years to run.
But he is campaigning for Democratic
and Republican Progressive Senators
seeking reelection, in his usual non
partisan manner
Like the late Senator La Toilette
Senator Norris voted against the reso-
lltion declaring this country in a state
of war with Germany. He has a CRATE
full following among the GcrmsnAmer-
leans here and in other States. There
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American vote here was Democratic:
not all. but very large part. But in
1920 the German Americans swung
heavily away from the Democratic
party and lined up for Harding.
Reports are conflicting as to how the
religious issue is affecting the German
American vote here. About half of the
voters of German descent are Catholic
and half Lutheran. In some quarters
1t is asserted that the old antogonism
of the LutheranS for the Catholics will
line up the Lutherans Solidly against
Gov. Smith. In a recent convention of
Lutheran ministers. many of them from
Nebraska. canvass showed that out of
IS only 3 we're for Smith and the rest
were for Hoover
Discount Religious Issue.
However others contend that the re-
11gious issue will not cut so deeply
here. particularly among the German
Americans, because of the fight in
which all the foreign churches Joined
against the State law which prohibited
teaching anything hut the English Ian
guage in the schc1ls, up to the high
schools. This law applied 10 the pub
lie schools. parochial schools and pri-
vate schools alike
man Catholics we're both engaged in
the fight against the law, which was
finally turned down in the courts. Fur
thermore, l was told that two of the
most prominent Lutheran ministers in
the State were working actively for
Smith, although their names are not
being used publicly. The organized"
German Americans - those who are
membexa of various Kinds of beneficial
social OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES said to be for
Smith, and, indeed. representatives of
these organize ions have Endorsed him.
The "unorganiZed" Germans are re-
ported to be inclined to support Hoover
A whispering campaign against Mr.
Hoover has been carried on assiduously
among the German Americans in an
effort to make it appear that Mr..
Hoover is pro- British and was anti
German before the United States went
into the World War and cruel to the
Germans after the war And 1t is to
this campaign more even than to the
wetness of Gov. Smith that the Ger
man American defections from the Re-
publican ticket may be attributed. it is
said. Efforts are being made by the
Republicans to counterfeit this cam
paign against Hoover, just as in st.
Louis where the same kind of tactics
have been employed to beat the Re-
publican nominee.
Democratic leaders are confident that
the German American vote which left
them in great numbers after the World
War, is coming back to the Democratic
fold this year. 1t was this German
American vote. it is claimed, that was
largely responsible for the defeat Of
former Senator Hitchcock. Democratic
chairman Of the Senate foreign rela-
tons committee at the time the YER
Sailles peace treaty was before the SEN
ate. If they, the Democrats, win back
this Germsn-A American vote they feel