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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09
WATERING THE ELEPHANTS
 By Mary Graham Bonner


 The elephants were reaching out and gathering drinks of water from the tiny clouds. And now some little boys were hoIGng out buckets as the planes passed through sev- eral larger clouds.
 They're going to be let in free this afternoon for helping with the elephants" the Little Black Clock said.
 "Is there going to be circus performance in the air?" John n asked.
 Certainly. Want to see it?" To we? Oh, Little Black Clock II should say we dol" John ex- claimed
 T thought you might. I have it all arranged But we want to see the rest of the parade first"
 So John and Peggy sat in their plane, which stayed perfectly still up in the air, and they watched the first air circus parade pass by.
 The circus parade was splendid The planes which carried the per formers, the animals and the band were painted bright red, and pic lures of wild creatures were painted upon the wings. Some of the planes were so large and so open that they could see the beautiful circus ladies as they bowed and waved their hands. AS the parade flew along the people who were watching from other planes clapped and shouted with delight.
 At the very end of the parade was a plane in which there was something that sounded exactly like a calliope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09
OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN AND GOOD FRIEND OF ALASKA GONE.

The death of Lieut.-Com. Albert T. Patterson, Chief Engineer of the U. s. Coast Guard Cutter Haida, is shock to the many Alaska friends of that fine officer and gentleman and good friend of Alaska. Lieut.-Com Patterson Chief on the Unalga when she first assigned to Juneau under command of Capt. Boedecker. He had been her under Capt. Brockway serving two periods of duty the vessel
 Pat" never wholly happy unless he was serving in Alaska, and after he was succeeded on the Unalga by Lieut.-Com. Kerr and sent to Norfolk Virginia, he almost immediately began trying to get back to a cutter that was in service here. He was assigned to the Haida short time ago Letters received from him by Alaska friends within the last two weeks informed them that he would prob- ably be at Seattle all winter, and asked that they get in touch with him if in that City He began service in Alaska about thirty years ago and had been on the Rush Bear and other vessels. He was the Rush when that craft stationed at Juneau a quarter century more ago.
 Pat" was native of Massachusetts and entered the Coast Guard service from that State Being of good Republican stock he vouched for by the late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge In 1924, he was stationed at Norfolk, Va, and got leave of absence to visit delegates from Alaska at the Madi- son Square Convention. He was given seats and often sat with the Alaska delegates and, Repub-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

The activity of those Philadelphia bank mes senger robbers indicates that they must have drifted in from other City-Pittsburgh, pos sbly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09
The Toll of the Sea.
(Prince Rupert Empire)

In less than week, two fishermen, each known in Prince Rupert have been claimed by the angry waters of the North Pacific. Each was swept from the deck of the vessel which he was em- ployed There is a hazard about deep fishing that only those who engage in it can properly understand. People in Prince Rupert growl about weather-sometimes too windy and wet But there is at all times safety. Compare this security with the chances of those aboard small craft, ex- posed to the fury of the ocean, where it's not a question of keeping dry but matter of life and death And all too often, the latter wins
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09
MT. HOOver's Leadership.
(New York World.)


 The leadership which MT. Hoover is offering to business is in rather striking contrast with his fail to lead his party in Congress In the indus trial situation his initiative has been prompt, vincing and effective. He knew clearly what he wanted to do, how he wanted to do it. and where to lay his hands upon the men who could do it. But in dealing with Congress the tariff he has been slow, unconvncing and ineffective. He did not seem to know what he wanted how to pro- ceed. He seemed to have convictions no pro- gram, resourcefulness. He allowed his party to write bill in the House which had it become law would have constituted brazen betrayal of pagn pledges and might very easily have become disastrous turnng-point in the history of his Ad- ministration. When the bill went to the Senate he let matters drift apparently unable to make up his mind whether to cast his lot with the supporters or the opponents of the bill
 What explanation is there for the fact that in one instance he sure-footed leader of men and in the other bewildered spectator?
 The real explanation of MT Hoovers failure with Congres lay we venture to believe in the fact that he is not really interested in the tariff MT Hoo- yer is not sound Republican protectionist either by training or conviction No could have had his contact with the problems of international trade and actually believe in the Republican tariff dogma. MT. Coolidge, being parochialy minded really believed in the dogma. MT. Hoover embraced l It because he was the Republican candidate and with the exception of his remarks on prohibition there was nothing in Mr. Hoover's campaign speeches which sounded more like a man saving what he had to say than his remarks on the won oers of the tariff. The biographer of Mr. Hoover when ne comes to explain the tariff speeches, will i've believe, set them down as an example of cal culated conformity to political necessity
 MT Hoover has no real appetite for the tariff and it is our guess that he approached if w;th ra iuctance As for the special session. his reluctance was notorious He was forced to stand for # ot the very end Of the campaign only because MT Borah who was then regarded as indispensable in- sis'eo. MT Hoover was unwillngly convinced and he has acted ever since in the half-hearted man @ ner ol man who is going through the motions "i'iou' oeleVlng that any good come of it all.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

Those Chinamen seemingly just have to fight. If they cannot fight Russians they fight each other
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

Great year for volcanoes-with Mont Pelee Vesu- yius, Kilauea and Senator Brookhart going all at once.-(Boston Transcript)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

At last the Ware has been decided After three years since protest made in the Senate it has been decided that he cannot have the seat to which he elected He spent too much money in the primary-between $700,oOo and s8oo00O That was about $1OOOOOO less than Senator Pepper spent and only slightly than Clifford Pinchot put into the campaign his opponents
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

No matter how many people go broke in Wall Street there always will be others going like lambs to the saughter-(Des Moines Register)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

senator Moses called some of his colleagues wild jackasses" and ever since they've done their best to prove that he's right Cincinnati Enquirer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-12-09

lican though he was, he cheered for Gov. Smith and Senator Underwood who getting the Alaska votes. He served in the navy in European waters throughout the World War.
 There lot of people to whom the world without Pat" will not quite the same. He was good companion and true friend
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15

measure; but they neglected to cast their votes in
sufficient numbers At least los house members were
known definitely to have favored the plan; seven of
them were absent when the vote was registered.
After that there was an exodus of legislators for their
homes. When it was decided to bring the measure
up again Monday, there were frantic efforts to bring
the solons back to Austin. But the second defeat oc-
Cured Monday, the bond issue failing by three votes
to obtain the necessary 100.
The situation. insofar as road prospects are con-
cerned, is not encouraging. The people Of Texas, II
public opinion has been sounded correctly. wanted to
see the bond issue program inaugurated, knowing
that it would give the state the highway system that
it needs so greatly. They expected much OF the legiS-
lature: and the legislature has disappointed them, to
been defeated by a decisive vote, merely defeated
through apathy or dilatoriness.
The house, inconsistency enough, has voted to cut
the registration fee in half and, through a modifica-
ton in methods Of a~11otting fees, further reduced the
revenue which is available for the highways. The
gasoline tax, a raise in which would be complement
ary to the reduction in registration fees, remains at
2 cents per gallons. What, then, will become of the
highway department.? Unless there is immediate
action. highway activities in Texas must come to a
virtual standstill; even proper maintenance will be
difficult.
It seems inconceivable that Texas, with all It's re-
sources and all its need Of more highways and con-
nected highways. should settle down for another two
wears and wait for another legislature to do some
thing to save the situation. Two years OF delay will
cripple highway progress. And highway progress
should be-must be-fostered rather than Grip
if the state is to keep up with its neighbors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
The World and All
Rp ChRrlpa z. Drilcou
EINSTEIN is
By Charles P. Driscon

When Albert EinStein has something to say, the
scientific world listens. The rest OF us walt about
for the more popular of the scientists to come 0
from the mountain top and tell US what's been said.
Einstein is probably the greatest deliver in pure
science of all time. He uses his brain for something
besides ballast for his hat-Stand.
When Einstein talks, history just coagulates
around his words. When Einstein goes out for a walk
he takes a few old laws, like the Law Of Gravity and
the Law of Libel, along and losses them into a neigh
boring ash can or ocean. The Amalgamated Con-
crosses of Learned Pundits adjourns until Dr.. Elm
stein can return from his stroll and fix up a set of
laws for use in the emergency.
A long time ago Einstein said that space and time
are both curved, whereas all the colleges had been
calling them straight up and down, or a dark buff
green.
1t took the scientific lecturers five years to decide
what might happen as a result of curved time ana
space. Everybody in the French academy sat up all
night for a week, looking for time to curl up like a
kodak film, but nothing happened. We're getting
used to curved time now, and hardly notice the diff
ference, except along about the first Of the month,
when the curves get pretty sharp and the bankers
begin to get nervous about their interest.
As to curved space, it serves as well as any other
kind. and is much more sanitary, since it doesn't give
the germs a chance to hide away from the broom.
49,
I don't know exactly what Einstein said recently,
but you ought to see how the professors jumped
when he said it.
IN dirty old thing!" exclaimed a professor OF
physics at Columbia university. Nov I've got TO
go and learn everything all over again!"
AS near as I can get to it, Einstein says that grav-
ity is electricity and Thursday is a holiday if you
think so. The sun is an illusion, he says, except
in Kansas in August. The stars are abolished, and
all comets and shooting stars are ruled off the track
for Judging.
He's radical, and I don't imply slightly.
Some professor has it figured out that under Elm
STEMS new rules the force Of gravity doesn't apply.
Gravity is electricity, so you just dress yourself up IN
a rubber suit and step right up in the air, avoiding
cross traffic and ignoring the red light.
It would be easy to walk to the moon now, with
gravity repealed, but it isn't worth while, since the
moon is only an illusion. Please bring a pitcher OF
cracked ice; no, no ginger ale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15

This bill to establish uniform requirements for
government contracts, which was not acted upon by
the Seventeen congress, will be revised and reintro-
duced in the next regular session of congress.
I intend to re-introduce the revised form at the
December session of the new congress, and to press
it for enactment by congress. Meantime probably the
interdepartmental board in the bureau of the budget,
which formulated the bill, will give it further study
and make such changes as may seem necessary.
The government does a business of $4,000, 1000 a
year, which necessitates an almost countless number
of contracts. The drafting of these contracts, the
safeguarding Of tn erights of individuals under them,
the construction of the terms Of these contracts by the
comptroller general of the United States, all are
much more involved than they should be because the
special laws as to the making Of contracts in one ex-
ecutive department of the government are different
from the law requirements as to contracts in other
departments, and sometimes differ as between bu-
reaus of the same department.
For the same special purpose there may be vary
ing laws in the different branches Of the government
service.
The purpose of my bill is to secure uniformity as
to all departments of the government establishments
of the government establishment in the making OF
contracts. That would ensure a more definite safe
guarding Of the interests of the government by using
the common, well-known standards. 1t would make
it much easier for individuals to do business, because
they will become more familiar with the government
requirements. 1t would simplify the work of the
comptroller general in constituting contracts
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
Ideals and Aspirations Of
America

Embedded ideals and aspirations Of America, as
outlined by the president in his inaugural address,
are "the touch stones upon which the day today ad-
ministration and legislative acts of government must
be tested. More than this the government must, In
so far as lies within its proper powers, give leadership
to the realization of these ideals and to the fruition
of these aspirations. No one can adequately reduce
these things Of the spirit to phrases or to a catalog
of definitions"
Regardless of the foregoing declaration, the pres
ident gave the Hoover definition as follows: 1--WE do
know what the attainn1ents of these ideals should be.
The preservation Of self-government and its full
foundations in local government; the perfection OF
Justice. whether in economic or social fields; the
maintenance of ordered liberty; the denial OF dom
ination by any group or class; the building up and
preservation of equality of opportunity; the stimlla-
ton Of initiative and Individuality; absolute integrity
in public affairs; the choice of officials for fitness to
office: the direction of economic progress toward
prosperity and the further lessening of poverty; the
freedom of public opinion; the sustaining OF educa-
ton and of the advancement of knowledge; the
growth of religious spirit and the tolerance of all
faiths: the Strengthening of the home; the advance
ment of peace"
These, according to the president, are the Ideals
and aspirations Of America. They are ideals and as
nirations and that's all in the minds Of thousands
who classify themselves as high per cent and high
grade Americans. Good luck to the viewpoint or in
~terpreter of the ideals and aspirations and may peace
and prosperity remain with America While ne holdS
the reinS of government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
washington
DaYbOOk

If Mrs. Gam we're matrimonial
" unattached and the mistress of
her brothers domestic establish
ment, Washington society might
answer this query affirmatively.
But she has a husbands WASH
ington lawyer with no official rat
ing whatever. 1t will not be easy
to treat Mrs. Gam as of social
consequence next after the first
lady" as Mr.. Gam as nobody. Yet
MI. Gam can't "precede" every
body in Washington except the
president. 1t would provoke an in
%surrection.
Besides, his sister has not been
mistress of Vice President Curtis
household. He has had none. In
stead, he has lived with the Cams
boarded with them, to put it pro-
saically.
Yet Mrs. Gam seems inclined to
claim the social ranking of "vice
presidential lady"
The row started with her taAdi-
dacy to succeed Mrs. Cha G.
Dawes as president Of tr mate
Ladies club, an honor su Es6sed to
go to the vice presidents wife. The
club turned her down in favor Of
Mrs. George H. Moses, wife Of the
president pro TEN Of the senate.
Bitter was the feeling. 1t PROM
ises to become a lot bitterer.
Washington's last historic fight
over precedence" ragged through
out Chief Justice Fuller's long in
cumcency on the federal bench.
He claimed the right to "precede"
ambassadors, who, in turn, insisted
on preceding him, because, as they
said. they represented their re-
spective sovereign countries, while
he simply was head of one branch
Of the government. They never
settled it.
The ambassadors bow to Chief
Justice Taft, as an ex-president,
but who knows?-it may start all
over again when he retires-unless
e~x-President Coolidge Is appointed
to succeed him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
WASHINGTON Is RATHER
TOUCHY REGARDING
SOCIAL PRECEDENCE
~1.
n az sen
VpsD1
Bv CHARLES P. w

WASHINGTON, March 15.-Pre-
cedence is no joke IN Washington.
Every official has his place in the
social scheme of things. Some are
no very particular about it. 9th
ers raise hob unless they get just
their rights seats at table, or II
somebody gets through a doorway at
a party, ahead Of somebody else
who thinks he ought to have gone
first.
Each officials wife has a place
among the women, in the order OF
precedence, corresponding to her
husbands place among the men.
Unfortunately, disputes arise and
occasionally one of them causes
terrible and prolonged trouble.
Regular rules exist in all Euro
e capitals. They cover every
imaginable contingency, and there
is no getting around them. Here a
few broad general principles are
tacit1y recognized, but details have
to be guessed at.
IL ID AAlpOooAOAS ~
settle any difference Of opinion au-
thoritatively, especially if it in
wolves a highly-complicated tech
nicality.
For instance, the president OBJ
viously is the nations first citizen.
AS his official heir apparent, the
vice president is No. 2. There Is
no room for argument about it.
The presidents wife Just as clear
ly is the "first lady" Naturally,
the vice presidents wife is second
on the list.
1t SO happens. however. that Vice
President Curtis l. a widower.
The question arises-is his sister.
Mrs. Edward E. Gam, in whose
home he has lived in Washington
entitled to the same social recogni-
ton that would be accorded to his
wife, if he had one?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
o COMPLICATED

Mother was trying to teach lit
tie Sophia the meaning Of frac-
tions.
Suppose" she asked, Il cut an
apple into halves, how many pieces
would I have?"
That was easy for Sophia. Two
she answered.
Nov, if 1 cut the app!s isto
quarters, how many pieces would I
have?"
Sophia thought a minute, care
fully counting on her fingers. and
gave the correct answer.
"Very good" said mother. That's
| what fractions are"
Sophia was not satisfied. how
ever. After a few moments she
came back.
IF you cut an apple into tiny
SHIPS" she wanted to know, "how
many pieces would there be?"
Mother therefore decided to leave
the lesson in fractions to teacher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
Passed Up? : Il: ;':j ; | ::; ~: s;
@ By ROE o,eae bo nh. Press Association Inc
@tS2o by Central Press Association. Inc.

Her jaw set grimly. The dancing
gil. with whom he had played
around so carelessly had gone for
ever. She was now a woman; trying
to make a living. If he chose to for
get he had ever known her as a
butterfly she would make him re-
cognize her as an ant! She would
do her work and leave recognition to
him.
A glance into the top drawer of
the filing cabinet showed her the
simple system of filing. She put
away the letters and returned to her
chair.
She was now calm and deter
mined. She would wait him out, and
see what he would do. Then the
buzzer on her desk sounded again,
startling her out Of her revery.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
Answers to Foregoing Question:
NOT QUALIFIED

Mike, the thug, was convicted
Of robbing an apartment. The
Judge, ready to sentence him, said:
Mike, is there anything you wish
to say for YOURSELF"
Eyes, there Is" answered Mike,
in deep thought. Il object to be-
ing recognized by a man who kept
him head under the overs all the
time I was in his room"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
Dinner
Stories
REAL TEMPERAMENT

The best Richard Mansfield story
we ever heard originated in
Youngstown, at the old Grand
Opera House. knowing the great
actors reputation for temperament,
the stage hands resolved to meet
him more than half way. All of
them bought "Sneaks," which they
wore to make their footsteps noise
less, and each n was Instructed
to be as silent as possible.
Standing in an entrance, the To-
cal stage manager said to the &C
tor: Listen, Mr.. Mansfield, you
can hear that clock ticking way
over there on the other side OF
the stage"
Eyes" replied the actor, tersely;
"have it stopped"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15

tial visit to California was ~fascinat-
ed by the numerous airplanes
which were packed with alcoholic
dayers bound for Aqui Caliente.
What's all that up there, any
way?" he queried.
Those are Americans going to
Mexico to celebrate their indie
pendence," was the retort.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
Other Papers
A SORRY
~ CI1..ie&i Gallery

Two years hence the Texas legislature will take up
again the state highway bond issue proposal. Propo-
nents if the program, it is reported, have decided 70
give up any further attempt to win house approval
although twice within the last week they have seen
it fail by only a few votes.
The method of its failure is none too heartening.
Tn the first instance there were more than enough
legislators who favored the bond issue to pass the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
STAR LORE

CBy Arthur Dew. Carpenter)
Build a cabin on the north poles
and the stars would never pass
! over it. They would circle around
it from left to right. From it cir
cum-polar stars would be visible
as far south as the equator, go
degrees. Looking northward from
| the equator one sees no circum-
| polar stars; they all set except the
North Star CPolaris), which is
seen grazing the northern horizon.
Leaving the equator going north
ward, one Immediately begins to
see beyond the north pole under
Polaris. All stars seen between
PolariS and the northen horizon, as
viewed from that latitude, r CIR
circumpolar stars. They eve set.
Answers to Foregoing Question: /
/. Jeanne Eagles; actress;
ward Harris Coy, former Yale -
ball star.
2. A suspension Of fighting be-
tween Lent and Advent. from
Thursday to Monday of each week,
advocated by the church in the 18th
and 18th centuries.
8. "but IS for me, give me lib
erty. or give me death!"-Patrick
Henry.
4. Deuteronomy, xii, 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-15
TIMELY Views
UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERAL
CONTRACTS URGED
BY LOUIS c.. CRAMTON
Congressman From Michigan.

Houis G. Cramton was born in Lapeer county,
Michigan, Dec. 2, 1875. He attended the Univer-
sity of Michigan and received an L. L. B. degree.
From 1899 to 1905 he ~practiced law at Lapeer,
then published the Lapeer County Clarion until
1923. He was law clerk Of the Michigan state
senate for three sessions. He was elected to con-
gress in 1913 from the seventh Michigan district
and has been reelected each term SINCE.