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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
They Laugh At It.
(New York Herald Tribune )

-fsr ss. (New York Herald -Trbune)
 The blow to the cause of temperance that was delivered by the adoption of the Eighteenth Amend ment is well illustrated in the remarks of F B. Ebbert to the Southern convention of the Anti Saloon League. MT. Ebbert warned his audience that the future policy of the country with respect to liquor lies in the hands of it's school boys and girls, who tomorrow will be it's voters. You would be astounded he said ito hear the school students laugh at Prohibition He does not think that many of them drink; he attributes their attitude to an ignorance of the conditions that existed when saloons flourished and to the wet propaganda which is being deliberately feds to them. He urges a nightly dry campaign of education to counteract the latter
 May suggest that conscious propaganda is responsible for this juvenile contempt? There is nothing deliberate in it's development. School masters and schoolma ans not teaching their young charges that the Eighteenth Amendment is joke Quite the contrary But these pupils whom they would hold to the faith of the Anti Saloon League come from homes where violation of the Volstead law is of constant Pro hibition has driven drinking into the home. Mother as well father now indulges in the forbidden beverage Cellars once devoted to preserves are stocked with home brew. The flowing bowl has become regular adjunct of social gatherings. The children observe and form their own conclusions
 which are and will remain impervious to dry
 protestations.
 Our Prohibition friend should realize that noth- ing is transparent and hateful to the child as hypocrisy He pierces it's pretensions with an un-
 erring instinct and it's manifestations with
 that lack of calculation of which only child is capable. Tt is up to us, thunders MT Ebbert 'tC
 get the true facts to these children" The trouble is that they know them already
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
An American Tragedy.
(New York Times.)


 When a Founding Father of American tera ture smites not once but twice the face of ol its most egregious sons, just back to with gar lands on his brow and the tribute of foreign ad- miration in his pocket consternation, horror and sorrow stalk" from Main Street to Hobohenlia. A wind of desolation blows from Gopher Prairie. Black is the color of great city There is a sound like the clanking of chains. From sa gallery of women come tempest of sobs and a tide of tears The hand of the potter has buffeted the cheek of an- other heaven-b born creative artist. And all these celestial wranglings said to spring from that thinnest old preext of quarrel-casual literary semblance.
 In this age of enlightenment who would have thought to see the shadow of Sir Fretful Plagiary? There is one thing about this grievous strife, SC reminiscent of Elizabethan fiery genius that may quiet a little. The Founding Father swatted the Comparative Son. The woe would have been in- curable had the Comparative Son swatted the Founding Father. At least the fatal Thou too my son. is not added to all this art-breaking Friends of peace, societies of peace, should strive to reconcile the estranged highly gifted two. They are elemental, temperamental powers. For the sake of American letters they should breathe harmony and not slaughter against each other The time they are wasting in common wrath should have been saved It should have been devoted to the millions of Philstines who still cumber these United States.
 These moments of despair are not impenetrabe to hope These after dinner battles sometimes bubble up from pleasant causes or concomtantS and need not be carried to enduring ferocous lengths. The spectators at this jar of giants were more less of a literary imaginative type and the greatness of the men may have enlarged the incl dent. It may well turn out that, the old lawyers put it, the Founding Father molliter manus mposuit laid his hands but lightly on the Comparative Son. benediction, caress, may have been misnter- preted. Just as Apollo treats Tityrus in the Eclogue, the Founding Father may have given an admontory but affectionate twig the to the Comparative Son-who is also the Incomparable Son of Minnesota
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
Invitation for Bids

United States Department of Ag- rieulture, Bureau of Public Roads, Juneau, Alaska, April 1, 1881. Seal- ed Bids, subject to the conditions contained here, will be received un- til o'clock A. M. May T, 1881, and then publicly opened, for furnish ing all labor and materials and per-
 forming all work for constructing and improving the Yakutat High
 way, Yakutat- -Cannery Section, Ma tional Forest Road Project, located adjacent to the Tongass National Forest, First Judicial Division, Ter ritory of Alaska. The length of the project to be constructed is ap- proximately 1534 miles and the principal items of work are ap- proximately as follows: Clearing so Acres; Grubbing 80 Acres; Unclas- sified Excavation 10000 Gu. Yds;
 Structure Excavation 50 c. Yds; Overhaul POO Sta. Yds; Fine Grad ing 1884 Miles; Gravel, Top 1900 Gu. Yds; Corrugated Metal Pipe 4l6 Lin. Ft. The contract form and the plans, specifications, special provis- ions and estimate of quantities may be examined and the Standard Questionnaire and Financial State ment for bidders secured by the prospective bidders at the following addresses: U. s. Bureau of Public Roads, Federal & Territorial Build ing, Juneau, Alaska; U. $. Forest Service, Commercial Building, Ket- chikan, Alaska; Associated General Contractors, Multnomah Hotel, Port I land, Oregon; Associated General Contractors, Arcade Building, Seat tie, Washington; Associated Gen eral Contractors, Spokane Hotel
 Spokane, Washington. Each bidder must submit with his bid or prev iously, an attested statement of his business and technical organization (of the bidder) on forms to be sup piled by the District Engineer, which l is available for the contemplated work, including his financial re- sources and his highway construc- tion experience, and other construc- tion experience, compared with the project bid upon The United States expressly reserves the right to re- Ject any bid in which the facts as to business and technical organi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
SILVER CONFERENCE GAINS
 SUPPORT.

Support for the proposed silver conference with representatives of all leading nations of the world participating seems to be accruing Recently Senator Borah quoted saying: If could get an international agreement of exchange with silver standard countries problem would be solved l believe silver conference agenda could be limited so as to prevent any international complications"
 is generally believed the fear of international complications has caused President Hoover to hesitate about taking the initiative for such a gathering. For instance, any effort to discuss the change from silver to the gold standard in India which threw much silver the world market at a deprecated value, might be considered an affront by Great Britain. If assurance could be had that dangerous topics that might lead to embarrassing situations could be barred it is said the President would promptly take the lead in calling silver conference
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

zation, financial resources, or con- struction experience, compared with the project bid upon, justifies such Rejection. Where copies of plans are requested. deposit of 5000 will be required to insure their re- turn. If within fifteen (15) days after opening of bids, plans are not returned, the deposit will be forfeited to the Government. Guar antee will be required with each bid at follows: Five (596) per cent of the amount of the bid. Per formance bond will be required as follows: In amount of 100% of the total contract price. Perform ance will begin within ten (0) calendar days after date of receipt of notice to proceed and will be completed within one hundred fifty (150 calendar days from that date. Liquidated damages for delay will be the amount stated in the Special Provisions for each calendar day of delay until the work is complet- ed or accepted. Partial payments will be made as the work progress es on work and material delivered if such work and material meet the approval of the contracting of ficer. Article on patents will be made part of the contract. Bids must be submitted upon the Stan dard Government Form of Bid and the successful bidder will be re- quired to execute the Standard Government Form of Contract for Construction. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Government may require, to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids received, and to accept or re- ject any items of any bid, unless such bid is qualified by specific limitation. Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, and addressed as follows: Bid for Roao Improvement. Yakutat Highway, Yakutat- -Cannery Section to be op- ened May ', 1881 at o'clock AM, Federal & Territorial Building, Ju- neau, Alaska. M. D. Williams, Dis trict Engineer, U. s. Bureau of Public Roads.
 SCHOMBEL' ELECTRIC SHOP
 adv. TELEPHONE 45O2
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
REC RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO
 THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

Surgeon General H. s. Cumming of the Public Health Service has recently issued a report which emphasizes the fact that the prevention of disease and promotion of the public health are of great importance to the nation Certain recommendations made to the of protecting the public health in the most economical and efficient man ner. It is not only necessary to recommend add- tona measures relating to the prevention of the introduction and spread of diseases, but also to conduct investigations to the cause mode of spread and methods of prevention of diseases of public health importance. Each year the study of public health problems becomes increasingly complex.
 Legislation enacted during the past year created the National Institute of Health using the Hygienc Laboratory nucleus The present organization of the National Institute of Health furnishes a sound basis for it's expansion. At least two new divisions are required in the Institute in the duct of the fundamental research work relative to diseases of man and in the underlying basis sciences Facilities are also needed for the organization of number of special research units for the invesga- tions of specific public health problems.
 Still further extension of the work is needed
 Among other important studies which it is de- sired to take up the following: Investigation of heart disease of the major of premature death ventilation studies, studies of mental hygiene from the standpoint of biochemistry and endocrinology and further studies of the epi- deniology and prevention of undulant fever.
 The development of efficient whole-time local health organizations through which all necessary public health activities may be conducted in proper sequence and in proper relation one to the other is a program which should be enlarged and extended As has been indicated by the President in a mes sage to Congress this should be based on local and States responsibility, but the Federal Government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
CONNECTS MUST
 MEET JUDGE IN
 HIS COURTROOM
Plea for Death Sentences Must Be Made in
 Open Court

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April G. Criminal Court Judge c. J. Ran dall refused last Saturday after neon to confer with two Ohio Pen itentiary convicts who confessed they fired the prison a year ago, causing deaths to 320 convicts.
 The prisoner convicts, Hugh Gib- son and Clinton Crate, announced they would plead guilty when ar Iaigned before Judge Randall pro- viding he would guarantee death sentences instead of life imprison- ment.
 Judge Randall said he could not
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
AERIAL SERVICE INAUGURATED.

With the arrival last week of the first Alaska Washington Airways plane from Seattle, aerial nav- gaton for the season inaugurated for Southeast Alaska and the Panhandle linked more closely to the States. This service in past years has dem- onstrated beyond all doubt its value to the Terri tory. It has earned the confidence and support of the public. It is with real pleasure that we welcome Pilot Ellis and his companions back to Juneau and wish for them and their company prosperous and successful business
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
PLEAD NOT GUILTY

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April G. Hugh Gibson and Clinton Crate who confessed responsibility for the fire which took 320 lives in the Ohio Penitentiary, both con- victs, pleaded not guilty to the indictments charging them with first degree murder.
 Four attorneys were appointed by Judge Randall to defend them when both announced they were without funds and had no attor- neys.
 Both announced, following their confession, they would plead guilty if promised immediate death in the electric chair. The court re- fused to interview them until they appeared in open court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06
TOR THOSE WHO CARE"

A marvellous Oriental wrinkle re- moVer.-"WonS Sue Fun" (return of youth perfect skin cleanser, rejuv- enator powder base. No other cream required. SI.0O and S3.50. Dr. Decker,
 HelIenthal Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Dr. Crile of Cleveland, says the greatest think CTS of the day are the most likely among our cti- to contract illness. How foolish have been the fears of Senator Copeland for his good com rades in Congress-Detroit News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

The Government announces that income tax returns for March low. So was our income for March and for the Il months just preced- ing it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Still Talk for Third Party" says headline. We'll that's what need lot more of in politics still talk-(Bost Herald)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Now that dry agents have taken to the use of airplanes for spotting moonshiners, we suppose they call the game High Spy"-(Ohio State Jour nal)~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Prohibition, understand it, has progressed from gallon and a section of copper pipe to a milon-dollar Buffalo Courier Ex- presS)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

America has had four Presidents since the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment and not one of them has done anything to aid its enforce ment-( Florida Times-Union)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

A modern statesman is a S25 week politician who gets sl0,000 year for going to Washington and squanderng millions Indianapolis Star)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Insurance companies have about decided not to write men" foolish enough to play bridge.-(Atch- son, Kan, Globe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

Ramsey Macdonald hasn't any more resignation about him than Andy Meon.-fAtanta Consttu- tion)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-06

converse with the convicts except in open court.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
TIGER HEART

ing you are out making love
to other girls and they making
love to you. If my standing in
life was different and had
money, darling. I know these
other girls wouldn't have a
chance. 1 want to tell you that
I have got a hundred times
more love in my heart for you
than anyone else has and there
won't be any trouble about mon
ey either. AS 1 said, I'd die for
you or do anything else and l
have done something else Tor
your sake darling. l know you
haven't got as much money as
the people you run with, but
don't worry. Why should they
have everything and you have
practically nothin? What did
they ever do to earn what they
got? They got more than
they'll ever be able to Spend,
and a little less or more won't
hurt them. Jim, I know you
think I'm a bad girl and awful
but 1 love you so terribly much,
so terrible much. Sometimes II
seems like my brains will come
out from thinking about you so
much. Jim, for Gods sake,
leave the other girls alone ana
get in touch with me.
For His Welfare
"It will be for your good and
for mine. I've got enough now
lin. l can get you set up IN
a business of your own so you
won't have to worry ana take
orders from other people. ala
it because 1 love you so mucH
that no sacrifice is too great
for me. I'd be willing to ole
or 90 to Jail or ANYTHING 1or
your sake, JIM don't even
ask you to marry me II you VIII
inst love me a little and let
me see you sometimes where
there won't be anyone around
to bother.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10

angle to accept a better no
sltiun with Pathe, in New
York. And before he had been
there a month. I received an
offer from them. through DR..
Goodman. to go to New York
to play in "a picture of my
own"
I was tickled silly. I danced
and pranced around the house
that evening until I almost
drove my parents to distrac-
tion. MY father vas i'll in bed,
a little worse than usual. but
we didn't realize how danger
ously i'll he was.
Both father and mother were
anxious to have me get every
possible advantage, but. OF
course. were reluctant to have
me travel such long distance
from home. I convinced them,
however. that it was necessary,
and telegraphed DR.. Good
man my acceptance.
Ill at Ease
Then began the hectic cere-
mony of shopping in orepara-
ton for the five-day trip. I
spent almost the entire day be-
fore was scheduled to leave
town, making most of my prr,
chases in the 5-and-10-cent
stores. This was necessary, be-
cause of my limited capital.
DR.. Goodman had sent me my
railroad ticket, but nothing
more, and I was afraid to wire
for an advance for fear they
would cancel their offer.
AS I neared home was sud-
denly struck with a Fremont
ton that something was
wrong. I don't know how to
describe the feeling. out my
nerves tingled. my heart be-
gan to palpitate and I became
faint.
I arrived just in time to meet
our family doctor coming out,
I knew he must have been to
see my father and I dreaded
the worst.
How is he?" I gasped.
"Oh, he'll get along all
right" reassured the doctor.
"He just had an extra bad pain.
It is not dangerous. So don't
look so worried"
Her Dying Father
I knew that he must be wrong.
I dashed up the steps to fathers
room. The moment that I saw
him, the thought struck me that
he was dying. His face was pal
lid. His eyes seemed dimmed.
Perspiration stood in little beads
The Washington times., 1931-02-10

learned to depend on, comforts child like
nothing else. 1t has an important place in
five million modern homes where mothers
keep it always on hand, SO they will be ready
to render first aid when child is ailing.
Watch your child's tongue; when it is
coated, or whenever the breath is tainted,
let this pure vegetable preparation come to
the aid of thatsour stomach or clogged bowels.
The beauty of Castoria is that it can be
given as often as needed. 1t contains no harm
full ingredients. The recipe on the wrapper
tells you how mild and bland it is. 1t is a
children's remedy, made especially for the
children. Ideal for infants-yet effective in
larger doses for child in his teens.
Genuine Fletcher's Castoria always bears
the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher.
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
CHAPTER So

Garson's arm felt the re-
straing pressure of Comics
hand.
"It's a little tricky to take it,
but we don't have to read it,
if it's really from Kitty" she
said. "It's like telling a white
lie. Wait"
She moved swiftly, silently
and in an instant she had in
her hand the white, folded
sheet of paper. Unhesitatingly,
she opened it and glanced at
the bottom for the signature.
Carson watching her, saw her
face change and she looked at
him steadily and nodded.
IN. Smith," she whispered.
Folding the paper, she pressed
it in her hand; no need, now,
for them to prolong this hushed
scene in the hall. We'll read
it downstairs"
Characteristically, Connie
herself did not look again at
the letter until she was fully
dressed and in the library with
Carson, where she put it into
his hands.
The Letter Is Read
"Sit here" he said, moving
over on a leather divan. She
sat beside him; they were so
close together that her head
was almost on his shoulder.
Together they read the letter
written with pencil on ruled
paper. It's primness of hand
writing was in sharp contrast
to what was written:
"My dear one-I've tried all
day to get word with you alone,
but impossible. Have been al
most crazy ever since that other
woman moved in the house.
You can't imagine the hell I've
gone through, dear. Jim watch
ing her steal you away and
vamping you out of your senses.
You know I love you like no
other woman on earth ever
loved you, dear. I've stayed
awake a hundred nights dream
ing of you and yearning to be
in your arms, even if you never
cared for me that deep.
know I haven't got the educa-
tion or the money that these
other girls have got, but they
couldn't make you happy like
I could. I'd be a dog for you
or a slave. I'd go to hell for
you and be glad of the chance
to burn up, because I know
what it is to love so hard that
there couldn't be any limit to
what I'd go through for your
sake, Jim.
At the Gate
do you remember that one
night when you ran across me
out on the lawn and we walked
down to the gate? You put
your arms around me and
kissed me and since then I've
not been the same girl. You're
the only man I ever loved and,
God knows, I'm willing to die
for you or throw myself down
under your feet and let you
walk on me.
Sometimes I almost go crazy
shut up in my room and know
The Washington times., 1931-02-10
ALMA RUBENS' OWN TRAGIC STORY OF HER LIFE
By r. T. Shannon

II want to be with you and
let you know what is in my
heart. I'm sure you will not
regret it and you will make me
happy, the happiest girl on
earth. Maybe you think I'm
crazy, crazy in love with you;
but you know that. I've told
you so once before when had
a chance. You were so sweet
to me then. You're the only
love I ever had in my life and .
1 realize that you are far above
me. None of these other people
are your equal either, so 1 don't
feel SO badly about that part of
it. Don't, for God sake, look
right through me and treat me
like dirt. Give me a chance to
tell you what 1 have on my
mind. It's all for you, darling
boy, and you will find that l
will be a true and loving friend
to you till the breath goes out
of my body. Meet me tomor-
row night, anytime after mid
night, down under the elm tree
at the gate on the left-hand
side, because I will be waiting
there. Please be there, Jim,
please; as 1 have something for
you and it's for your advantage
to be there. I'm not lying, on
my word of honor. Goodnight,
my wonderful sweetheart. It's
been a relief to me just to
write these things, because thev
have been bottled up in m,
heart until I've been almost
crazy.
Always, Your Sweetheart,
m. SMITH"
A Pathetic Note
Carson slowly folded the
closely written miSsive, his face
serious. A moisture glistened
on Comics lids.
Il think it is pitiful, too
pathetic" she said, softly.
He nodded.
II don't think, however,
Tracy ought to see this" he
said, slowly. Il can't under
stand what it is about a man
like him that fascinates women
even without loving him. You
once intepded to marry him.
Kitty adores him and even this
poor half-demented creature
has fallen under his Spell-yet
he is no wonderful person. He
is mildly good looking and he
has a sort of social gift, but
his destiny seems to menace
the lives of women"
women are so foolish" Con-
ME admitted. Poor Mary
Smith-now we know what be-
came of mothers pearls"
We'll get the pearls back all
right" Carson assured her,
"but it may be a little difficult
to convince Kitty about this"
There was one thing, never
theless, that was not difficult.
EMBODIED in Duke Garson's
arms. Connie lost all interest
in the affairs of others.
Continued Tomorrow