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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
A Judgment for Yachtsman.
(New York Herald Tribune)

About the time that the Canadian rum runner I'm Alone shelled and sunk, with loss of life by Ia Coast Guard cutter some 200 miles from shore customs men in search of liquor held up and board ed the private yacht of Stuyvesant Fish. This was two years ago. in the halcyon days of prohibition enforcement when anything, including the shooting of innocent motorists being officially justified in behalf of the sacred law. It appears now, from
 decision of Judge Knox in the United States Dis
 trct Court, that the minor outrage perpetrated on MT Fish illegal Tempora mutantur, nos ct mutamur in ils which for the benefit of Yale mem is translated: Times changed, and we are changed in them.
 Judge Knox's dictum will be welcome to all Americans who cherish their rights citizens and especially to yachtsmen the eve of another sea- son within the waters patrolled by rum chasers. Apparently Seymour bowman is wrong and their
 boats are subject to an overhauling the whim lof any Treasury agent who suspects them of bear ling contraband. Not that they have had for some
 time any real cause to fear the treatment accorded MT. Fish's party It will be recalled that this occasion the customs patrol boat stopped the Fish yacht after firing upon it, that inspector boarded the vessel and placed a revolver against MT. Fshs lchest in the presence of Mrs Fish and their guests land that when MT Fish protested and ordered the man to put down his gun another customs official in the patrol boat shouted: Why the hell didn't you stop? It's damn good thing we didn't turn the machine gun you. Such tactics are no long Ter countenanced in the enforcement service thanks ito the popular revolt against prohibition thuggery lStin, it is excellent thing to know that the the reform.
 The suit for damages brought by MT. Fish was defended by the government the ground that a national statute of 1879 permitted a customs man to stop and examine any boat lat any place in the United States within four leagues of the coast of
 the United States" Judge Knox contends that this law applies only to vessels with cargoes from for egn ports and not to non-cargo pleasure craft.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
NOT QUITE FAIR.

Charley Chaplin suggests that if there
 is ever another war, the old statesmen of
 Europe should be sent to the front And he
 means it-seriously There is element of
 truth in his point of view. The statecraft
 of Europe had its gory consumation in the
 most appalling tragedy in the history of the
 world. The diplomats play the game and
 millions of pawns do the suffering Why
 should this be?-C CPrince Rupert Empire)
 The intimation is not quite fair. There were very few if any of middle age or more that would not have been glad to go into the army or navy during the war if they could have got there And there was much enthusiasm among the younger people for the war as there among those who too old for the service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
North America's Drink Bill.
Seattle Times)


 Three interesting news bulletins come to hand on the same day. They deal with the amount oi money that Americans and Canadians are supposed to spend annually for intoxicating beverages. The association Against the Prohibition Amendment an- inounces that the people of the United States are spending $2,8480 000O00 a year. The Board of Tenn perance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Meth odst Episcopal Church says that the A. A. P. A. doesn't know what it's talking about The American Business Mems Prohibition Foundation, headquar- ters Chicago, sponsors an alleged dispatch" from Toronto wherein the Canadian annual drink bill is said to have reached "the enormous sum of S192,- 589 568'
 Editorial discussion would be much expedited if these organizations had shorter names-but let that pass It will be noted that while the alleged American drink total off loosely in group of ciphers, the comparatively modest Canadian outlay is figured to the last dollar. The Canadian system least makes it possible to know what liquor sales amount to- while no computation for this country pretend to be accurate. Here we have no system that under which the multitude of bootleggers large and small carry on their more less furtive operations
 The bulletins in hand naturally draw prejudice6 conclusions from their figures. On the basis of the Canadian total the dry bulletin finds that the annual American drink bill under similar system, would be more than $250OOooooo That would still be $348000,000 less than the total that the vet bulletin says is being spent in defiance of law. The wet bulletin also assumes to show an astounding per capita increase in liquor drinking. with cheerful disregard for conditions that obvious ly make it impossible to learn the truth.
 The purpose of the dry bulletin of course, is to depict a dreadful situation in Canada with warning against what might happen here. In this it fails. The total of lawful expenditures for liquor in Can ada is not surprisingly large, even if it were as sumed that Canadians drank it all And when account is taken of the huge amount consumed by American visitors and bought by runners, the Canadians themselves must be rated as an ab- stemious people. So far as this country is con- cerned, meanwhile, such reports fail to prove any thing in particular.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
PATTERSON LED REINSTATEMENT IN
 REFUSING OFFICE.

Notwithstanding that it is only within recent years that Southern editors discarded the notion that holding a public office added to their stand ing and that of their pubcations-an idea that once prevailed throughout the country North and South-i twas an old-time Southern editor that first set a good example in the premises It was grand old "Marse" Henry Watterson who "in a moment Of weakness was coaxed into accepting a nomination for Congressman which resulted in election, that declared that newspaper making was jealous profession and demanded all of ones time and ability the price of success He said after term in Congress, that he failed to vision a wreath of glory in holding public office. He could see only badge of servitude in it. and, he said, editor must be free. President Cleveland it is said offered Col watterson a place in his Cabinet or a foreign mission. The offer was promptly and decisively refused
 The craving for high office by editors at one time was general It is admitted that Horace H. Seward because they would not slate him for office He went to Congress for one short term and was refused, another nomination. He finally took Democratic nomination for the Presidency after belaboring the Democrats for lifetime He was defeated and died almost immediately after the election a sad and broken man. Harvey Scott wanted to be United States Senator but was kept at home where he rounded out of the greatest of American editorial careers Whitelaw Reid al ways wanted high office and finally got it. He was defeated for Vice. President but he was Am bassador to Great Britain when he died Many other great editors have wanted office but have been unable to take them when opportunity came Among these was the first James Gordon Bennett President Lincoln finally offered to make him Min ister to France, notwithstanding that he
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
16 HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATES TO
 STUDY FURTHER
More than Half of 193I Class Decides on What
 to Do Next Fall

Sixteen of the 23 members O the 1881 graduating class of tht Juneau high school have already decided either to continue theil education in universities or to takt up work that will fit them fol their chosen life occupations.
 Dorothy Bakke and Verna Hurley will attend the University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley.
 zalmain Gross is considering the University of California at Los Angeles, and if he does he will major in it's drama and motion picture course with view of equip ing himself for the exhibiting branch of the theatre business.
 Miss Jarman To Arizona
 Miss Muriel F. Jarman will at tend the University of Arizona.
 Edward L. Laurie will probably go to an engineering school in San Francisco William E. Powers is likely to take a course at a trade school, probably in Seattle.
 Mary Edna Riendeau will train at a hospital in Portland, Ore, to become a professional nurse.
 John S. Hellenthal, R. E. Robert son and Loren B. Sisson expect to enter the University of Washington in Seattle.
 Alice G. Merritt will probably go to the Oregon State College at Cor wallis.
 Mary c. Rogers will go to the Washington State Normal school at Bellingham.
 To Marylhurst College
 Mary A. Simpkins and Mary Van derLeest will probably enter Maryl- hurst College at Oswego, Oregon.
 Jeanette Stewart will take post graduate work at the Juneau High School
 John E. Stewart, No. in the class winner in competition against 12 students from other high schools in the Territory of the $50 schol- arship at the Alaska College Of Agriculture and School of Mines near Fairbanks, will take advantage of the scholarship and attend that institution.
 Of the remaining 12 graduates this year of the Juneau high school there are several that contemplate entering on university work next fall, but they have not yet defin- itely made up their minds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
SITKA SEAL HUNTER FINED
 FOR PELAGIC HUNTING

Harold Bailey, sealer at Sitka, forsook his spear and used fire arm to take a few seals in the an nual hunt off Baranof Island and found it didn't pay He was ap- prehended and taken before United States Commissioner R. w. DeAr- mond, who imposed a fine of $20o and costs on the hunter, according to advices received by United States Marshal Albert White.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Democrat and he wanted it but could not get away from his Herald to accept it.
 One great publisher of the present has striven for office William R. Hearst has gone out for the New York Mayoraity, New York Governorship the Presidency, but his ambition has been denied full fillment up to now.
 Joseph Pulitzer at onetme in his career had political ambitions but he early was resigned the conviction that a man with newspaper had his hands too full to bother about other things.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Paris has decided to extend her boundaries and become big city with 5,5ooooo population It has been many decades since London and New York did that and became much larger cities than the French metropolis expects to be- Yet they say Paris is fast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
ELLIS IS SELECTED
 MANAGER OF LEGION,
 REPLACING SHEPARD

Appointment of w c. Ellis, as manager of the American club in the City League was announced today by J. T. Petrich, Post Com mander of the post here. He suc- ceeds Royal Shepard, who has been acting temporarily pending the election of a permanent head. Mir Shepard, who declined tha permanent managership, recom- mended Ellis for the position. The latter is an experienced ball play CT. He will take over the man. agement at once.
 
 Old papers fer sale at The Ey,, yaira
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06
FIRE ALARM CALLS

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 csry.
 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 Harris 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 Sts. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. AT Twelfth, B. P. R. garage. 4-8 Home Grocery. 5-1 Scatter Tract.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

This name "Booksneaf' which the publishers have decided to call persons who do not return books, is something quite different from what the lenders call them.-(Dayton Ohio News).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Now they making leather out of wool. What day it will be for automobile owners and Dixie land when they make rubber out of cotton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

The Atlanta Constitution says that Governor Pnchot is accused of a Presidential ambition "Ac- cused?" He confessed it years ago. Detroit Free Press).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

The American spirit of millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute' has not died out. In Chicago the Cleaners and Dyers Institute voted to defy threats of racketeers.-(Buffalo Courier -Ex- press).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

The new Spanish Government is issuing "pledg es" to the people. Those Dons surely got onto democratic politics in a h hu'rry !-(Cincnnati En- quirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Atlantic rum runners sending messages to shore by of carrier pigeons. Giving prohibi- ton agents the bird, as it were.-tCincinnat En- quirer)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Whenever Capt Hawks gets in his plane the uni versal question is what records will be broken be- fore he gets out?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-06

Old papers fer sale at The Empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Washington Pianisks Club Advancement

and Chopin, with previous study Of compost
lions by MendelsSohn and Schubert.
Meetings are held on alternate Saturday
afternoons, November to May /, 3 to O'Clock,
at which active members play two or more
numbers from their artist programs.
'The Washington Pianists' Club has a two
fold object in view, the mutual improvement
and inspiration of its membership and the in
crease of public interest in higher musical edu-
cation by means of annual festivals of piano
forte music In which its active membership IS
presented in individual programs. Teachers
desiring to enter advanced pupils for the annual
try OUT next October are invited to commune
cate with the director Mrs. Martin A. Morrison,
at 30l7 Thirteenth street northwest"
Katherine Fowler, concert organist Of this
city will give an organ recital in the McIntire
Anpitheater of the University of Virginia next
Thursday evening at 7:30 pm. Her program
will include the Finale to the Second SYM
phony" of Verne, Dubois "Cantilina Nuptial,"
s'Will-o -the-W isp," by Nevin; Liebestraum,"
by List; vintage" by Jacobs, and the Men,
delssohn "War March" This is Miss Fowler's
third concert engagement at the university.
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Blue Danube Alas, how wish had written
that work. Soloists will be featured at these
popular concerts as well as at the symphonic
concerts.
"The childrens concerts will be instructive
as well as entertaining. An attempt viii be
made to make the children feel friendly toward
music. In each Of the concerts-two series OF
four concerts each-a short explanation Of the
works to be played will take place, the instru-
ments Of the orchestra will be demonstrated
and the best music only tbut understandable
music at thatD will be played.
"a specimen program is given herewith: Air
and Gavotte,' Bach; Peer Gynt Suit Grieg:
'Traumerei' Schumann The Flight Of the
Bumble-Bee,' RimskyKorsakoh demonstrating
flute and clarineD; everybody sing; Oberon
Overture Weber.
with everybody sing the children will be
asked to sing with the orchestra a beautiful.
well known melody such as America Silent
Night, Holy Night Kentucky Home'-lovely.
real tunes which will be presented to them in
the best way possible-tunes which are often
taken with scorn, with condescenson at best.
but which are treasures any people can be proud
of and which, If well presented at an early age,
will remain with them always"
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Band Concerts.

THE overture "Naiades," by Sir William Ben
] nett, will open a program to be played at
the Capital Monday evening by the U. S. Navy
Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader. Scenes
from I'll Trovatore." by Verdi and selections
from the musical play Hold Everything" are
included in this program. Soloists will be
Birley Gardner. cornet. and Louis Goucher.
xylophone.
Tuesday night the band win play at Sylvan
Theater. Some of the numbers on this program
selections from THE Pearl Fishers" by Bizet,
and Mascagnis DANA Esetica."
Wednesday night at the Navy Yard the band
will present selections from Victor HerbertS
Mile. Modiste" and Red Mill" the overture
to Rossinis "Tancred." and excerpts from
Romberg's Desert Song"
other concerts by the Navy Band this week
will be Thursday $50 pm, at Walter Reed
Hospital, and Friday, pm, at Naval Hospital.
THE following is a list of concerts scheduled
for the Army Band during the week Of
July 20:
Monday, July Reservation 322-B, Mich
igan avenue at Twelfth street northeast, 7:30
pm.
Tuesday, July 21-Army Medical Center,
Walter Reed General Hospital, $50 pm.
Wednesday, July 22-Sylvan Theater Monu-
ment Grounds, 7:30 pm.
Thursday, July 23-Tuberculosis Hospital,
Fourteenth and Upshur streets northwest, pm.
Friday July 24-St. Elizabeth's Hospital
PM U. S. Capitol 7:30 pm.
THE schedule of the concerts by the United
! States Marine Band during the coming week
will be as follows:
Monday July 90 at pm Marine Barracks.
Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 PM, u. S.
Capitol.
Thursday, July %, at 7:30 pm, Sylvan
Theater.
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Church of the TRANSPORTATION for the past three
years and assumed her new duties at st. Mar
garet'S in June.
Estelle Wentworth presented the second Of
her grand opera tabloids over WMAL last
Wednesday evening at 1918 PM. The opera
was Verdi's ''Rigoletto," and those taking part
were HaSseltine Dunn as Gilda, Mildred Sher-
man as Maddalena, Jesse Veitch as the Duke,
and Ira Meyer as Rigoletto. Miss Wentworth
was the accompanist as well as the director
Winifred MacGregor Michaelson former
Washington GIRL and member of the Washing
ton Pianists' Club, at whose May festival she
appeared this season as guest pianist, has re-
Gently been appointed director Of the Com
munity Music School of Wilmington, Del Miss
Michaelson has just completed a successful
year as director of the South Orange Com
munity Music School, at South Orange, N. j.
Warren F. johnson will give organ re-
cital at the Church of the Pilgrims at 7:30
O'Clock this evening. He will play prelude
and Fugue in Major" Bach; Evening
Prayer" Calver and "Ronde Francaise," by
Boellmann.
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, concert pianist,
will be heard over Station WMAL on Tuesday
afternoon at 4:45. Her program will include
Chopin's Fantasia Impromptu," Music Box"
by Emil Sauer; The Fountain of the Acqua
Paola" by Critics, and the waltz from Delibes
ballet, Malta" arranged by Dohnanyi.
Emily Harold Withers, soprano has been
guest soloist the past two Sundays at Luther
Place Memorial Church. Mrs. Withers is at
present at Waynesville. N. c., where she viii
be guest soloist at the First Presbyterian Church
today and will also give a recital on Wednesday
evening.
Mary Garrett Lewis will present her class Of
juvenile piano pupils in Recital to be given
at the Lyons studio, 1925 G street, through
the courtesy Of Gertrude Lyons, on Wednesday
evening at o'clock. Those taking part will In
clude Millie Lou Linton. Ethel Mcdonald, Betty
Rawdon, Richard Henry Rawdon, Caroline
Schaller and Vercfe Thompson.
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RON the town of Senlis, in France, where
he IS spending the Summer, Hans
Kinder, conductor Of the proposed
National Symphony Orchestra, has an
nounced further plans for the orches-
trail, popular and children's concerts to
be given here by the orchestra next season.
THE Sunday concerts" says Mr.. Kindler's
latest communication, ARE not pops in the
common use Of the word. So often the COM
plant has been heard in Washington that one
has nowhere to go on Sunday; also the fact
that most concerts take place at 4:30 pm has
prevented many Of the Washington public from
going to concerts, hence the idea Of eight
Sunday concerts at pm. The programs viii
be at once high class and popular in the best
sense.
IAN effort will be made to include in every
program some of the more popular classics,
such as 'Leonore,' Schubert's Unfinished Sym
phony'; Mendelssohn's Midsummer Nights
Dream music, Debussys Afternoon of Faun,'
etc. Occasionally one of the lovely and not
enough heard Strauss waltzes will end the
program-'The Beautiful Blue Danube Artists
Life' etc-works which have aroused the en-
thusiasm Of the multitude as well as Of the
cognoscenti. Brahms said Of the Beautiful
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music held by the Washington
Pianists' Club during National Music week has
aroused the usual interest and led to the usual
inquiry. How may one become member of
this club?'
THE clubs active membership of 10 is
selected each october by the director from
applicants under % years of age who are
recommended by superior teachers of the
pianoforte as outstanding pupils in their re-
Spective classes able to meet the entrance
requirements Of the club and to complete for
public performance by the following May As
minute program selected by the applicants
teacher.
"At the examination in October the applicant
is requested to play from memory the following:
% Prelude and Fugue from the Well
Tempered Clavichord' Bach (previous study
of all three-part inventions and six three-pa1t);
(2) Sonata Beethoven (previous study of
Haydn and Mozart), and 90 Two compositions
il contrasting tempo (slow and fast, Schumann
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

RS. MARTIN A. MORRISON,
founder and director Of the Wash
ington Pianists' Club, has made
the following announcement: 1.-THE
ninth annual festival of pianoforte
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Mnsigraphs

HARLOTTE KLEIN has been APP
pointed organist and choir director
Of st. Margaret's Episcopal Church,
succeeding Donald 8. Macleod, who
resigned recently. Miss Klein has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-09
FIREMENS PARADE
PLANS UNDER WAY
1,4OO Volunteer Groups in
States Nearby Urged
to Attend Event.

: The Board of Trade, which last week
assumed full responsibility ror arrange
inents for the annual f1remen's parade
next Labor day, moved today to assure
a record-breaking crowd of out-of-town
visitors for the event.
: Invitations were issued this morning
TO 1,400 volunteer fire departments in
acities and towns throughout all nearby
Estates, and similar invitations will be
extended to firemen attending their
State conventions in New York, new
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, VIZ
.rinia. MARYLAND and West Virginia by
Sergt. A. j. Bargagni, the Washington
department director for the parade.
: Sergt. Bargagni today moved his
HEADQUARTERS into offices of the Board
of Trade in The Star Building so as to
Gentralize activities.
:. George Pitt, president of the trade
body, today received a letter from DR.
Luther H. Reichelderfer, president OF
the Board of District Commissioners
thanking the trade organization for
sponsoring the parade and pointing out
that the Commissioners are deeply IN
ferested in the financial support for the
event which the business organization
Assumed at the invitation of Fire De-
partment officials
The following committee has been
appointed by the Board of Trade to
handle the parade preparation: Jose A.
Burkart. chairman; E. j. Murphy, Wal
lace Robinson. G. J. Waters, Odeu
Smith, John T. Bardroff, George Offutt,
Robert j. Cottrell, DR.. Frank E. Gibson,
Harry Dean. George Pitt, Harry ALI
Inoond, Charles w. Morris, Edward F.
Colladay and A. G. Case.