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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
Missing Monuments.
Manchester, Eng, Guardian.

Manchester, Eng. Guardan)
 It cannot be said that we have hitherto received no warning about the intended removal of our cherished national possessions to America The usual procedure includes the announcement, the outcry, the appeal for subscriptions, and, occasionally, the national purchase of the threatened relic. This process must have become not only familiar but frequently successful, for it is asserted that efforts are made to hasten the removal of old plied it is even said that an old house near Bury St. Edmunds twas pulled down in a few hours and packed orries" and that it not until the lorries their way to London Docks that the building missed and recovered by an organization interested in its preservation There is something slightly alarming about this method of snappng up unconsidered trifles in the way of an Elzabethan cottage for recreation in Massa- chusetts. If few lorries carry off cottage a fleet of them might manage moated grange; it would be sad thing if the lads of the village rose up morning and missed" the house, finding only rubbe and level ruins where one of the stately houses of England had stood the night before. Could regard any of our cient monuments, however gravely scheduled safely rooted? With enough lorries and little organization we might miss" even Westminster Abbey and York Minister these, too, might vanish between dusk and daybreak and be their way to Southampton before the alarm raised. AS for remote and unfrequented exhibit like Hadrians Wall, it might be months before it's disappearance was noticed; intending smuggers would be we'll advised to concentrate such distant attractions rather than the Tower of London or Hampton Court. However, appetite comes with eating and though Rome was not built in day it may yet prove possible to the Colosseum in the course of weekend And the Egyptian Gov ment feel quite that it will remain in per- manent possession of the Pyramids2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
BETTER TONE TO COMMODITY
 MARKETS.

Glimmerings of a recovery in commodity prices are beginning to appear Wheat has rallied five cents from it's low, copper has not only sold in huge volume but has strengthened in price, wool has firmed up substantially the world over.
 How far how rapid the recovery may pro- ceed is another matter The longer production is held down the more certain it is that consumption will reach the point of making an impression upon the price structure when it becomes urgent for cheap money precludes the necessity of sacrificing goods.
 Of course, business is nothing to brag about yet Steel production is dragging automobile out put is we'll below normal railroad car-loadings quite disappointing. Nonetheless building tracts and Government projects being announced with comforting regularity and in due course certain to exercise powerful influence toward vival.
 By summer the business reaction will really have been under way for a year, decline in trade having preceded the stock market smash according to most authorities by six months That is long enough period to effect wholesome rection of overconsumption and to permit of healthy revival getting under way in the fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
CO-EDs WANT SMOKE BAN REMOVED.

Co-eds of the University of Washington have asked that the ban against girls smoking on the campus be lifted. petition with that object in mind has been approved by the Womens Standards Committee, composed of representatives of campus organizations, which remarks that the order is being continually violated
 Women in this country generally have attained an equality with men in freedom of personal action. The element of astonishment in this instance is not that the University of Washington's women students violate the ban against campus smoking but that the institution continues to impose such an order in this day and age The cigarette habit" has long been accepted by women all the country. The woman who doesn't use cigarettes is more of rarity than the one who does The University authorities could very gracefully yield to the coed petition particularly since it is ad- mitted that it is characterized more for violation than for observance
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
DIR. YOUNG SHOULD BE RETURNED.

It is to be hoped that the district conference of the Methodist Church having jurisdiction over Alaskan congregations will decide to return Rev. Henry Young to the local pastorate. He has proved himself eminently qualified to fill the position, and has done with credit to himself and his church, and to the benefit of the local congregation and the community When he came here two years ago, the charge admittedly in a serious condition
 It had lost in membership and in prestige. There question of it's future that not settled in a day, even in a week In stopping the decline, putting it it's feet and rebuilding its membership and restoring confidence in its place in the com munity Dr. Young performed no small task, and in a manner that received merited commendaton.
 He has taken active part in interests out side of the purely religious and denominational field His work was broader than that It included interest in the Chamber of Commerce and its civic program, in fraternal organizations and in other movements for civic betterment. He has given freely of his time and talents not only for his church and congregation and other religious organi- zations, but to every activity that aimed at a better town. On the basis of achievement his con- ference could the church effectively than to return him to this field for another term.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.

There are today more than two billion human beings struggling for existence upon the earth. This is the estimate made by the International Sta tstical Institute at The Hague. and while it is merely an estimate it is made by an agency that IS well qualified to hazard guess in such matters Former estimates of the world popuace contain a still greater element of uncertainty, since made by those whose facilities for guessing compare with those of the International Institute It is naturally impossible rate accurately the increase in world numbers or the number of years or ages to elapse before the earths surface will be filled to it's utmost capacity.
 There is enough accuracy in the figures how ever, to indicate that the population of the world is growing with startling rapdity and that the old Mathus geometrica progression of human numbers contain disturbing element of truth Man. one of the animals whose procreative rate was suffi- cently high to keep ahead of the death rate has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
The New South.
Cincinnati Enouirer. )


 Since the beginning of the century the indus trialization of the South has been of the most significant economic and social movements in the country Preliminary reports of the 1930 census show to what extent this movement has developed. The building of cities at the expense of villages and rural sections began much later in the South than elsewhere, but the process is in full flood.
 All of the towns below the line" have grown greatly in the last decade The five leading cities of New Orleans, Atlanta, Dallas, Birmingham and Memphis combined have grown nearly 50 per cent or half million since 1920 It is estimated that the l2 cities of over 100000, which 10 years ago had combined population of about 2000 O00 now stand at 3000000, and that several cities have been added to the 100000 class
 This exceptional growth is due partly to cen- tralization of the population already in the South but also to a general industrial influx from other sections of the country It heralds industrial empire in the South, one which is already well on its way to greatness Cincinnati profitably can devote a great deal of attention to strengthening its commercial ties with these thriving cities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
Morse Members of the Pantheon.
(New York Times.)


 With Fridtjof Nansen there passes the last of the elder male generation of Scandinavian world figures Among women there is still Selma Lager loef. It has been, of course, matter of common recognition how many notabities the three Morse countries, with joint population of, roughly ten millions, brought forth in the later nineteenth century Nansen is countryman of the most towering figure of them all Henrik Ibsen.
 Especially heavy has been the toll of the last three years, beginning with the death of Georg Brandes Within not much than a year we have had the loss of Amundsen and of Karl Granting Socialist Prime Minister of Sweden and like Nansen, great worker for international peace
 The Morse race still bulks large in the Noble prize-w winning lists, in science as well in lit- erature. In the latter field the of Hein- enstamm and Hamsun and Undset stand in not unworthy succession to Bjoernson, Ibsen, Brandes But it is doubtful whether even Hamsun, the best known writer of the North has impressed himself upon his generation did the great nineteenth century triad just mentioned
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

Great Britain may be able to hornswoggle our diplomats into agreeing to sink few battleshps in the interests of Anglo o-American amity, but British golfers are having harder time sinking one Bobby Jones'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

succeeded by various means, such as improved medi- cal science establishment of civil order, curbing of wars, etc, in controlling in large measure the death rate. But, except in a small minority, he has not at the time controlled the birth rate which remains very largely natural basis. There is, however, coming to be realized that the birth rate must also be controlled to correspond with the death rate. In some countries the move ment to that end has received government en- couragement. The United States is not one of these. In many States it is still illegal to dis seminate knowledge of the method of birth control
 Of course, in this country the population limit it not in sight, the time when it will arrive be even approximately calculated. There is, there fore, no pressing need that account for taking the second step But there are other reasons why it is desirable, reasons having to do with better ment of race improvement of standards arising from individual conditions and circumstances which however, have no relation to the problem of over population from standpoint of numbers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02
FIRE ALARM CALLS

IA Front and Franklin. Is Front, near Ferry Way. l-6 Front, opp. Gross Apts 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. l-8 Front, near Saw Mill. l-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Willoughby at Totem Gro. 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash Coles
 Barn.
 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall. 3-2 Gastineau and Rawn Way. 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Harpis. 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-8 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth, back of power house. AZ Calhoun, opp. Seaview Apts. 4-3 Distin Ave, and Indian 6ts. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. AT Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. 4-8 Twelfth and Willoughby. Az Home Grocery. 5-1 Scatter Tract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

It seems that poets laureate accustomed to be paid in wine which commonly took the form of tierce or 52 gallons of the best Canary. At bootleggers' prices that would ransom many king Louisville Herald PostD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

When Federal agents persuade belhop against his wishes to buy them some liquor so they can arrest him. we should think the Goddess of Justice and Liberty would start shrieking for an aspirin tabet.-(Ohio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

Juneau baseball fans must be seeing real big league baseball these days when 23-3 is chalked up in the City League.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-02

Trade between the United States and Canada is of immense proportions, even if lot of it is not recorded at the custom houses-(Milwaukee JournalD
Evening star., 1930-12-14

ing and building up the provinces as they were
forced one by one under the banner Of France.
This early page of the legions history is full of
such accounts as that of the heroic defense of
the Marabout of -Mohammed, where ~
legfonnaires and their lieutenant struggled
against 900 Arabs.
The siege Of Milianah was another exploit
typical OF the legion. Shut up in the town, $50
legionnaires opposed an entire army of Arabs
and held them back for four months until relief
arrived When the siege was finally raised 208
men, all of them sick or wounded, greeted the
reScuers.
After the northern provinces of Algeria were
subdued and peaceful the legion formed the
advance guard for French penetration south
ward. Everywhere after the work of conquest
was complete the legionnaires laid down their
arms and turned pioneers. They worked even
harder In the colonization than in the conquest,
building roads and cities almost as If by magic.
They were by turns farmers, engineers, archi-
tects, whatever the occasion demanded that
they be. Their work in Algeria may justly be
compared with that Of Caesars LegionS
Evening star., 1930-12-14

French empire in the New World. If the
United States had not been so torn and dis
ruptec itself during the early sixties, such
names as Cajacca, Santa Ysabel and Camerone
might not ring so unfamiliarly in American
ears
Camerone especially deserves to be rescued
from oblivion. For unhagging courage in q
desperate struggle against overwhelming odds,
this fight should stand in the front ranks in
annals Of American warfare, alongside such bat
ties as the Alamo and Clusters Last Stand.
Sixty-two Legionnaires with three officers en-
route to meet two conveys coming from Vera
Cruz were surprised in open plain by a troop
of Mexicans over 1000 in number at dawn
April 80, 1868. Forming a square, the Legion
naires fought their way through the asSailing
hordes to an isolated adobe house near the
village of Camerone and barricaded themselves
in one of its two rooms the other being occu-
pied by the enemy.
That the Mexicans might be delayed long
possible from marching on the unsuspecting
conveys, the Legionnaires took deliberate oath
to defend themselves unto DEATH and actually
allowed themselves to be killed one by one,
taking large toll of Mexicans for each legi0n-
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naire who fell. The enemy loath to kill such
brave men, several times called on them to
surrender but each time the proposal was
refused.
The outbuildings around the courtyard of the
house were set afre late in the afternoon and
the flames and smoke drove the few surviving
defenders out into the open. All of them fell
during bitter bayonet charge; 19 were picked
up badly wounded, and the following day q
regiment of French soldiers arrived and buried
the dead. The name of Canlsrone was carved
in letters of gold on the walls of the Hotel des
1nvalideS, in Paris, and inscribed on the flag of
the Legion. To this day, the anniversary of the
struggle is observed appropriately in the Legion
The Legion'S first service on the soil of France
was during the Franco-Prussian War of 1901,
when it received into its ranks hundreds of
foreign volunteers, among them an American,
Pierre Chouteau of st. Louis, Mo-, whose nephew,
Charles Chouteau johnson, also of st. Louis,
was to enlist in the Legion in 1915, and become
of the early members of the Escadrille
Lafayette. The Legion did brilliant work first
with the Army of the Loire, then with the Army
of the East, and finally was used to wrest Paris
from the Commune, in 1871.
Sent back to Frances foreign possessions the
Legion fought with its traditional courage and
brilliancy in the Sudan, Tonkin Dahomey,
Madagascar and French ndo-Chna.
: A FTER finishing its subduing and constructive
work in Madagascar, the Legion had been
sent back to Northern Africa in 1895 when in.
1896 the situation in Madagascar again became
critical The French government asked Gen.
Galieni, commander of the island, what as
sistance he needed to assure French dominion.
He replied that the troops already with him
seemed sufficient to him, but that he would like
to have 900 men of the Foreign Legion to
show the others in the last extremity how to
die decently."
When the conquest of Morocco began in 1907
the Foreign Legion in the front ranks
among the occupation troops. It led the van
guard in the ceaselesS campaigns against the
Moors and wild Berber tribes of what Marshal
Lyautey has termed Frances Wild West"
How many thousands of Legionnaires died In
the ceaseless warfare that finally won Morocco
for France has not been told, but the Legion
was stronger than ever in August, 1914 when
the war clouds broke Europe Some 10000
men were serving in its ranks, most of them In
Morocco but goodly number of battalions
scattered about Algeria and in Tonkin Under
the regulations which had been in force since
1881, these Legionnaires were enlisted for five
years drawing pay of cent day, and were
divided into two regiments. f.ss ..t. sfl.
War had not even been declared between
Evening star., 1930-12-14
By Capt. Paul A. Rockwell,
Aufhor Of "14merican Fighters in the Foreign Legion

Paris was swarming at the time with Polish
refugees who had fled their native land after
revolutionary activities there, and it was pri-
marily to provide an outlet for their restless
energies and keep them from stirring up trouble
in France, just recovering from the upheaval
that had placed Louis-Philippe on the throne,
that the king formed the new corps.
Algiers had just been occupied and the con-
quest of Algeria was beginning, so it was de-
creed that the Foreign Legion should be used
only for service outside France.
Companies of the legion took part in all
the campaigns in Algeria, conquering coloniz-
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n fighting corps whose very name con-
H jures up pictures of exotic adventure,
A romantic danger and heart-breaking
hardship wherever it is heard or read
the world over, is preparing to celebrate its
Tooth birthday March 8, 1881.
Much has been written and told about the
Foreign Legion, most of it exaggerated or false
deserters tales, wildly colored in attempt to
account for quitting the corps dishonorably, or
the vivid maginings of fiction writer's, for whom
the legion has long served background for
impossible happenings The real story of the
Foreign Legion is fascinating enough in its
plain truth.
France has had foreign soldiers in its service
since it first began to be nation. History
records the Scotch, Irish and Polish Guards the
Lansquenets, the Swiss Guards who nobly
defended the kings of France, and who made
their last stand attempting to save Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette from the revolutionary
mobS, the various foreign regiments formed by
Napoleon the Great, the Hohenlohe Regiment
among others which have served France with a
devotion and loyalty far above ordinary mer-
cenary troops.
Looking over some old records recently read
that up to 1880, soc, 900 Irishmen alone had
fallen wearing the uniform of France.
q it exists today, however, the Foreign Legion
was organized by law of March g. 1881,
followed by royal ordinance Of King Louis
Philippe on March 10,
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Photo by Paul A. Rockwell.


DURING the struggles in Spain from 1885 to
1889 between Queen Isabella II and the
Carlsts the legion was loaned to the queen by
a treaty of January %, 1885, between France.
England, Portugal and Spain, and rendered
valiant service to her cause.
The outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854
again called the legion from its cradle, Algeria,
and its reputation was stip further glorified.
At Sebastopol and at Inkermann the legion
gave such distinguished service that by way OF
a general recognition the Emperor Napoleon III
issued a naturalization en- masse to all its ofh-
GERS and men who served in the battles.
In Italy in 1859 at the battles of Magenta
and Solferino the legion won decorations and
promotions galore.
The next campaign of the Legion is of more
interest to Americans than those first enumer.
ated for it took place in Mexico during tho
Inflated attempt Of Maximilian to establish .
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TTHE Foreign Legion, Frances polyglot
E fighting corps whose very name con-
II jures up pictures of exotic adventure,
N romantic danger and heart-breaking
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-04
Lon Clancy Has Returned to Dust

Lon Clancy is no more. lie was AZ, he was born
under western skies, he was self-educated. He never
permitted the world to peer into his inner life. he
kept his own counsels and made his own friends.
He was the greatest character actor that the silver
screen has ever known. He was without a peer IN
the roles which made him not only famous but
wealthy. he was a genius outstanding at all times
when fame came to him IN the world Of movies.
lie had q wife who is now widowed. They lived in
harmony % years. When sickness came to him she
was at his bedside. She never deserted her proper
place until death closed the eyes Of the man she
loved. They were pals as well as partners. They
were together in poverty and they were together
when wealth came. There were no scandals in the
lives Of either. They were hard students. They
were hard workers. They were simple livers. They
scorned ~vulgarty in living and ~vulgarity off or on the
stage.
A genius and an eccentric genius was Lon CLANCY
this idol Of the movie world and the millions who
ratronized 1t. He was O ~slapstick artist In his earlier
years. This before fame or fortune came. In the
roles which made him great he has never had q
rival In the screen world or the speaking stage.
His summons came in August. He had just fin
ished work on his initial talking picture, The Unholy
Three" He passed out in August and 1t Is safe TO
predict that The Unholy Three" in box office re-
ceipts will swell the Golfers Of the producers and in
crease the value Of the estate Of the wonderful genius
who created 1t.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-04

The selection was made at the end OF six raceless
days during which weather conditions made further
trial races impossible. This leads to the conclusion
the Enterprise was selected because she parked better
than the others.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-04

Question Mark, piloted by Coste
ana Bellonte. landed in New York
after a nonstop transatlantic flight.
And now we add the second ques-
ton mark y. will the Hearst chain
Of newspapers play up" the story
Of the Frenchman's achievement?
AnSwer-yes.
Fashion Note
The Associated Press reports as
follows:
Some men are giving attention
10 shaping the eyebrows. while
some types give a heavy busting of
powder to the sideburns to simulate
the distinction Of hair turning
slightly gray at the temples"
We might go a step farther and
offer additional advice 10 these
same men.
We suggest they try arsenic.
Rollo the Rodent
hello
a friend Of mine informed me
that / could find a succulent
cheese on the back porch of a
house on washington street
! asked him the number OF the
house
to aid me in finding II ne said II
was
number 1896 with this information
under
my belt I started out but try as 1
might
could find no number 1895 fin
ally |
asked a brother rodent where it
was
he laughed and pointed across
the street
to a house that had two numbers
one on the
door and q second on the porch
you must be
wrong i said one number is 1890
and the other
is 1902 where do you get 1896 out
OF that
well he answered you will find
houses numbered
very queerly in brownsville and
that one is just
a sample you take both numbers
anc add them
then you divide by two and you
have ii |
tried it out and sure enough II
worked 1890.
plus 1902 equals 1892 and this d.
vided by two
IS 1895 / found my cheese on the
back porch
but | contend that this Is a heck
Of q way to
number houses In any town.
rolln