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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

battalions of Crusaders from all over
the country giving the ages Of their
commanders and other important off,
GERS, and giving also at the same time
the ascertained ages of the leaders oil
the dry forces in their vicinities. The
result shows that soon we shall have
nobody to fight. 1t is disheartenine
our fighting spirit instead Of simply
leaving it all to the passage of time"
Vets Held Younger.
Mr.. Lusk paused in perturbed con-
temptation Of this problem. Say on,
said the reporters.
WELL" said Mr.. Luck, heres q
typical report. It's from Chicago. Look
it over. The three top commanders OF
the Crusaders there are, as you see
respectively 81 and 40 and 40 years old
most eminent protagonists of the dry
cause in Chicago are respectively So
and 80 and SIS and so years old. Note
the DISPARITY It is very striking. II
Is extremely significant"
"Of course" continued Mr.. Lusk.
we have many venerable men on our
side. We are not without the wise
counsel OF advanced age Note here
that at Charlottesville, Va, our chief
commander Is SIS years old. Note, also,
that among our other elected represent
tatives there In the management of our
cause We have a gentleman Sc years
old, and We even have one who is 81
years old. We are by no means desti-
tute OF the stability that comes from
protracted residence upon this globe.
My point is simply that while we vets
and our dry opponents are both equip
ped with the sage ballast Of men Of
long experience in human affairs, it
is we that are acquiring the young
STRINGS Of life In the tree and they
have to be content with the leaves
which so soon must fall"
Average Difference 20 Years.
Recovering from the obsequies Of the
leaves, Mr.. Lusk proceeded.
Glance here he said, "at the ages
Of the officers of our Philadelphia bat
talon: 30, ~, 26, 20, 81, IS, ~, 20. rs,
40, %. 80, 80, 80. SO, q, q, IS, 26, 20.
Glance now at the chief propagandists
of, and the chief contributors to, the
dry effort in Philadelphia. Hardly a
one Of them Is under SIS or COL Too
bad-for them"
And. naturally" Mr.. Lusk went on,
Il have combined the findings of these
reports into tabuiations and compre-
nenSaVe cOnctuSlOnS. here they aret'
Accordingly, here they are:
The average age Of the Crusader wet
leader, according to Mr.. Lusk, is SO.
The average age Of the dry leaders
against whom the Crusaders In their
various localities contend Is SO.
Eighty-nine per cent of the Crusader
wet leaders are under So Eighty-four
per cent of the opposing dry leaders are
over so.
Twenty-Five per cent of the Crusader
wet leaders are under 80. In this under
leaders at all.
do you maintain that your young
sters are wiser than that great dry
supporter. Mr.. John D. Rockefeller, ST.,
who is 92?" Mr.. Lusk was asked.
II maintain" replied Mr.. Lusk, that
they will last longer"
Word of Mr.. Lusk's statistical ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
farm AID FUND
NEARS NEW PEAK
U. S. Board win Have About
$500, 900, 600 Available
After July l.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
When the new crop year opens July
l the Farm Board will have approx
mately 5000, 100000 available to assist
farmers through co-operatives to mar
ket their products.
On April Is 1t had more than $780,
600, ZOO. Of which slightly less than
$50, 000, 900 was uncommitted.
The final inStallment,, 500, 0o0. 600.
Of the boards $500, 100000 revolving
fund becomes available July /. Re-
payment of loans by co-operatiyes Is
expected to Offset expenditures in the
interim.
The American Cotton Cooperative
Association, national selling agency for
cotton co-operatives, fixed the middle
Of April as the flnad date for making
loans on the present seasons crop.
Prior to August / conferences will be
held to determine the basis for next
seasons financing.
Co-operatives handled $500 900 bales
OF cotton this season, about twice as
much as last. Primary financing was
done through commercial and inter-
mediate credit banks up to about IS
per cent Of market value. The boards
supplemental loans totaled $40 ,000. 600.
All loans made by the board, includ-
ing sterilization activities, since or
ganization in July. 1929, total s47s.-
repaid, plus $4,000, 900 interest
The largest items outstanding In.
volve sterilization purchases. How
much loss, If any. the board will sus-
tain remains to be reckoned when its
wheat stocks, estimated now at 200
100000 bushels, and its 1900, 900 bales
Of cotton are sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
c. OF c. CONGRESS
TO Be HERE MAY 4.
International Body Will Seek
Remedies for Trade Ills
and Hear Hoover.

A cure for the ills that beset business
Throughout the world will be sought at
the sixth general congress Of the Inter-
national Chamber of Commerce which
will open here q week from tomorrow.
The congress will bring together
representatives from the commercial
aid industrial fields of about Is coun-
tries. It Is the hope and belief that
agreement will be reached on definite
principles OF action to be applied in
ternatlonally by Government co-opera-
ton to hasten recovery and promote
stability of business.
In their deliberations here. the dele
gates, who will number in their ranks
the leaders in their respective lines, will
hta- the findings of a two-year study
by committee on international eco
nornic relations. Thus they hope to get
down to concrete facts and not deal in
generalities.
Hoover TO Open Congress.
An address by President Hoover will
open the congress at 1890 am. May 4.
He will be followed by Georges Theunis,
former prime minister of Belgium and
president Of the International Chamber,
who will give a review Of world business
conditions
That afternoon there will be a
plenary session at which a survey of
world trade will be presented from the
viewpoint of Europe, Latin America, the
Far East and the United States.
International economic relations will
lie the subject before plenary sessions
on three succeeding days; commercial
policies will be brought up at the fifth
plenary session, and a final plenary
session on May will end the gathering.
In going into commercial policies. the
congress will take up the important
questions of tariff and commercial
treaties. Economic relations will bring
of transportation, including the ques-
ton Of co-ordinating rail and motor
service, which is as pressing matter
abroad as in this country at present.
VIII Study Problems.
Production, agriculture, employment,
wages, communications, protection Of
trade marks, patents, designs and
models, commercial arbitration and
double taxation will be other items for
study at the plenary sessions and for
group conferences which also will be
held throughout the congress for more
intimate discussion of problems.
This will be the first general congress
that has been held in this country
since the chamber was formed 10 years
ago to improve business between ma
tons. Five countries then held charter
membership; now there are as repre-
sented in its councils. Approximately
1000 delegates are expected here, with
about half that number being American
business men. Silas H. Strawn of
Chicago, who Is vice president of the
International Chamber for the United
States, heads the American Committee
which directs the participation of this
country's interests in the chamber.
The first session OF the congress will
be held in Constitution Hall; thereafter
the gatherings will be in the Chamber
o. Commerce of the United States
Building, Connecticut avenue and H
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

Perry Herring McFaddin, Beaumont;
State vice regent, Mrs. N. P. Sanderson,
Texarkana
Utah-State regent, Mrs. George Ru-
dolph Whitmeyer, Ogden; State vice
regent. Mrs. Stephen A, Cobb, Salt
Lake City.
Washington - State regent, Mrs.
Frank L. Cooper, Everett; State vice
regent, Mrs. Charles x. Larrabee, Bel
, lingham.
West Virginia-State regent, Mrs.
Paul O. Reymann, Wheeling; State vice
regent, Mrs. Cory Hogg, Lewisburg.
Wisconsin-State regent, Mrs. Joseph
Ackroyd Branson, De Pere; State vice
regent. Mrs. William H. Cudworth, Mil
waukee.
Wyoming-state regent, holdover;
State vice regent, Mrs John Corbett,
Laramie.
Relics Given ID. A. r. Museum.
Relics Of early American periods were
presented to the D. A. r. museum yes
terday. Mrs. Samuel Jackson Kramer
curator general of the society. accepted
the gifts for the society and thanked the
donors.
Maryland presented a horn drinking
cup used during the Revolution by
Sergt. Maj. John Morrison of Lancas-
ter County, Pa. The gift was presented
by descendants OF Sergt. Maj. Morrison
Mrs. Letitia P. Wilson. Mrs. Lucy VIII
son Debert Williams and Mrs. Dorothy
Wilson Debert Conrodt of the Brax-
ton Chapter. Maryland.
A green silk folding fan of the Revo-
lutionary period was given by the Dis
trict Of Columbia. The gift was pre-
sent by Miss Sarah z. Cushing Of the
Army and Navy Chapter in memory OF
! her aunt, Miss Anna Cook Cushing OF
Horde Island. The District Of Column
bia also presented the D. A. r. library
copy of Ancestors in Silhouette, y
compiled and autographed by the donor
Mrs. r. Neville Jackson OF London
England. The book contains a collec-
ton Of silhouettes of the ancestors Of
many Americans cut by August Edouart
the brilliant silhouettist Of the nine
tenth century. and brief history OF
the silhouettes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

they have to compare ages of rroru
leadership and consult mortality tables
TO bolster up their faith In q distant
success. However. while doing that.
1t may not encourage, but 1t will GER
tainly enlighten them to know that
ahstainers from beverage alcohol beat
the expectancy tables and live appreci-
aoiy longer than high-ball drinkers and
cocktan-Shakers. Further, the families
OF the middle-class Americans who
have benefited by prohibition are not
given TO race suicide in the same de.
gree as the families Of some of the
multi-milltonaires who chiefly sponsor
the var1egated wet programs of TODAY.
Within the next Jews weeks It will be
apparent, even to the youthful cru
saders,' that American youth is not all
wet and that not all of the elder
statesmen. OF the reform called pro-
nioition, nave become passe or have
beaten retreat"
Drive on Youth Forecast.
Thus DR.. Dinwiddie forecast a re-
vealment which it is believed win soon
happen Of big drive by the drys 10
show that they, too, are existing multi
tudinous recruits among the young
bloods Of the new generation.
Mr.. Lusk. nevertheless, refused Ia he
moved. He said:
Since prohibition came into force
the number Of American boys and girls
who have reached the age Of 81 l.. I
find, 1S,943,021. Twenty-Five per cent
Of our wet crusader leaders have
emerged out Of that group. It Is the
group that presently will be politically
dominant. Where is the dry leader
that has arisen out Of It? So far as
our inquiries show. he does not exist"
The reporters left Mr.. Lusk with his
eyes firmly fixed upon the idea that
soon some new, sympathetic James
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
KILLER FOUND INSANE
Decision May Save Los Angeles
Man From Death Sentence. -

SAN RAFAEL, Calf, April Is P.-
Frank d. Keaton, Los Angeles real es-
tate man, sentenced to hang for the
murder of Motley H. Flint, Los Angeles
banker, has been found insane by a
board of physicians who examined him,
DR.. Leo L. Stanley. San Quentin prison
physician, disclosed today.
A formal complaint charging Keaton
with insanity viii be filed Monday in
Superior Court, where Keaton will have
a hearing. If he is found legally as
well as medically insane, the elderly
real estate man will be spared a death
sentence.
Keaton shot and killed Flint while
the banker was testifying in a civil suit
in Los Angeles. Keaton accused Flint
OF dissipating Keaton's savings In the
Julian petroleum frauds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

League. manager
In the Congress
for the fight which
produced the eigh-
tenth amendment
and then the Vol
stead law, mem
Der now of viz
tually all central
organizing com
m lite s for the
national perpetua-
ton OF dryness,
a n d q good =
humored. laugh
ing, quick quar-
refer. He instantly
said:
The opponents
Of prohibition are
hARA r1sfx,n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
Canada's Jobs->Increase.

OTTAWA, Ontario, April rs P1.-
Canadian manufactures noted employ
ment increases on April !, but heavy
seasonal losses were reported in log
ging camps, the bureau Of statistics
announced today.
Advances were also reported in build
ing construction, transportation and
trade. Curtailment was indicated in
highway and railway construction and
coal mining, the report said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK
Miss Willis to Address Banquet at
Petworth Church.

Miss Katherine Willis, missionary
representing the Womens Foreign Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church in China, will speak Fri
day night at a Young Peoples Society
thank offering banquet at the Petworth
Methodist Church. Miss Willis is a
teacher in Wha Nan College, Foochow,
China. The banquet will start at 1880
o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

"a Y 49, 80
eny behind. They
are q vanishing
race. Mr.. Lusk
learned this by q
system OF age
studies.
Having learned
it, and sitting in
sadness over the
approaching disap-
pearance of his
foes from the face
of the earth, Mr..
Lusk consented to
be interviewed by
the press.
II have here, /"
said Mr.. Luck, "a
high pile of reports
frA~ 1n1YV1aorOtte
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

Over 100000 families read The
Star ever day. The great ma
jority have the paper delivered
regularly every evening and Sum
day morning at a cost Of III
cents daily and 5 cents Sunday.
II you are not taking advan-
tage of this regular service as
this low rate, telephone National
5000 now and service will start
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
BY WILLIAM HARD.

"A KR. RUFUS r. LUSK, publicity
NH engineer extraordinary for
V those youthful foes Of pro-
4 4 hibition called THE Cru
saders," has now discovered
absolutely statistically, of course-that
prohibitionists will presently be just Ike
Ichthyosauri. There won't be any OF
them. They will be extinct. They are
passing on; and, more and more, they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
GIVEN DEATH PENALTY
16-Year-old Youth Must Pay IAfs
for Jail Staying.

JOPLIN, No, April IS R-A Jury
Albert McCann, 10, convicted of the
first degree murder Of o. Z. Bray.
Carthage, Mo, TALLER, during an at
tempted jail delivery.
Mccain, accompanied by his wife,
entered the jail and shot Bray with q
revolver wrested from the jailer.
The defense alleged insanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26

Fenimore Cooper would have 10 write,
on behalf of DR.. Dinwiddie, or some
other prohibition leader, new sad
Last of the Mohicans."
tCopyrisht, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
Figure 1t Out Yourself
If the Wet Crusaders Are Younger Than the Drys,
But the Drys Live Longer Than the Vets,
Which Race VIII Survive?

plorations was conveyed TO DR.. Edwin
C.. Dinwiddie, FIRST national legislative
| superintendent OF the Anti-Saloon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
LOST ARD FOUND

FOUND-Bunch of keys at Smok- CT. Owner call at H. R. Shepard & Son office and pay for ad
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
R. R. DANCE

You'll have the time of your life Saturday, November 2l, at Elks' Hall. Nothing like it. Save the date.
 --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
Marine News
Steamer Movements
NORTHBOUND

Alameda in port and scheduled to sail westward at g o'clock tonight. ) Norco scheduled to arrive at { ) a. m. tomorrow. ) Princess Norah scheduled to ) arrive Sunday afternoon or ) evening. SCHEDULED SAIIINGS Northland scheduled to sail from Seattle Nov. 16 at g p. m. ) Northwestern scheduled to sail from Seattle Nov. IT, at g a. m.
 SOUTHBOUNT sAILNGS , Admiral Evans scheduled south about Nov. IT.
 LOCAL SAILNGS Estebcth leaves every Saturday
 night at 6 pm. for Sitka and
 wayports. Pacific leaves every Satur-
 day at 10 am. for Peters,
 burg. Fake and way ports.
 . . . . 0 .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
INQUIRY RECEIVED
 FOR K. C. HOWARD

Information as to the where abouts of Kenneth C.. Howard is wanted by the Juneau postmaster, who has an inquiry concerning him.
 Kenneth G. Towards father is supposed to have been connected some years ago with the police force of Juneau or of some other Southeast Alaska citiy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
ALAMEDA BRINGS. BIG CARGO AN D. B PASSE NCERS
Vessel Viii Depart for Lynn Canal and Vest
 ward at 9 Tonight

With a .arge cargo and B pas sengers for Juneau, the steamship Alameda, Capt Charles A. Glssscock and Purser Joseph L. Large, ar lived here early this afternoon from Seattle. She is scheduled to sail at o'clock tonight by way of Haines and Skagway for Seward
 Out of Seattle, the vessel booked A persons and between the Puget Sound metropolis and this city, she lid a good way-port passenger busi- ness. She carries heavy freight for places to the Westward.
 Cargo for Juneau consisted of general merchandise for stores and equipment for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company.
 Passengers for Juneau
 Persons who disembarked here were:
 From Seattle-Mr. and Mrs. Will lis E. Novel;, Mrs. Glenn Oakes, Eunice Anderson, Grace L. Pink ston, Edith Young, John w. Troy, w. R. Bayers, G. w. Folta, Frank Peterson, Mathew Reese, Benjamin Takane, J. c. Thomas, Albert Vile, s. zynda, and two steerage.
 From Southeast Alaska ports Emmett -Connor, Mrs. E. Connor, Mrs. James Truitt, Mrs s. J. Kel- ly, Mrs. S. 0. Gazaloff, Jessie F. Joseph, D. M. Bothwell, T. F. Bren- nan, F. Hauger, J. w. Gucker, M. L. Freeman, J. Clifford, Gil Rich, B. Mulonich, Dr. H. K. Mikklesen, J. o. Manning. F
 Passengers from Seattle for Lynn
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

LOST-Bunch of keys in leather case. Finder please notify Mc- Caul's Garage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

Canal and Westward ports are:
 For Haines-William H. Grubbe, Murray L. Harvey, M. J. Siep, E. Wilhelm, H. J. McPherson.
 For Skagway-Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Foster, Jeanne Foster.
 For Cordova-Mrs. J. D. Lyons, Francis Weldes.
 For Seward-Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Renberger, MT. and Mrs. F. Rose, Mrs. A. s. Brown. Virginia Brown, Mrs. Luther Dunbar, Mrs. M. R Munger, Mrs. Richard Orcrk, Mrs F. Sterling, Joseph Sterling, Mrs. Ralph Strom, Vivian Harvey, Min nie M. Reid, P. A. Cook, Zeus Hellso, w, w. Johnson, Kern Shar- key, and one steerage.
 
 Quartz csd placer location no-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

LOST-Lady's Elgin wrist watch. Reward for return to Empire. Phone 365.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
JUNEAU WOMEN'S CLUB
 TO MEET AFTERNOONS

Juneau Woman's Club will meet in the Council Chambers next Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. Time of meeting has been changed from evenings to afternoons at the request of a majority of the mem 'berS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

Quartz c1d placer location mo- tices at The Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13
TIDES TOMORROW

flight tide, 4:08 a. m., 14.3 feet
 Low tide, 9:43 a. m., 5.1 feet High tide, 3::36 p. m., 15.7 feet Low tide, 10:30 D. m., CA feet
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-13

FONT GET SIDETRACKED Don't miss the Elks' Railroad Dance November 21 - better than ever. Everybody's going! adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

BY OLIVE ROBERTS BAhION.
HCONNIE, where on earth have you
been? I want you to mind the
baby"
IT was kept in"
That's the second time this week
Ill have to speak to your teacher. WHAT
was the matter?"
"oh, 1 didn't have my nightworli
done"
well, why didn't you?' But Mrs.
Letter did not pursue the subject She
had a dim recollection of Comics night
work. The baby hadn't slept all eve
ming" as she had predicted the night
before, when she and Mack went for
movie. Then she had sent Connie to
bed when they got home.
Connie wheeled the baby up and
down. On the sixth lap passing the
house, the door opened Her mother l1
came out on the porch and opened her
purse. I'VE need bread. Go over to
the Old Maids and get some"
Away over there! It's clear across
the park"
do what I tell you and stop fussing.
It's just nice walk"
Connie got the bread and put it under
the robes at the foot of the carriage.
Dickie would see it and cry for it if she
paper off
Halfway across the park again. There
was that dog she was so afraid OF,
cruising around the fountain. She hur-
riedly turned the heavy cart into by
path that wound in the opposite direc-
ton and came out at the intersection OF
two busy streets.
To get across that corner was the next
problem. There was no policeman to
ha1y hn
turning traffic menaced every time she
attempted to move. Dickie started to
cry. She decided to go back by the
fountain The dog could only nurt her,
but he would not touch the baby.
But the dog was gone, to her enor-
nous relief.
At last she reached home Where
on earth have you been?" was her greet
ing again. Aunt Angela callsd up and
wants her library book so she can ex-
change it on her way home"
Il wish I'd known it before" painted
Connie. Il just went past her place
I'm tired"
Tired You tired! At your age you
oughtn't to get tired. You'd better take
Dickie along. I have to get supper"
Connie got the book, stuffed it under
the robe again and started off to her
aunts Office. Angela lived with them.
She parked the carriage in the hall
of the Office building and climbed the
stairs.
Here, Connie, wait minute. I'm
going to be late, so you'd better take my
book back to the library for me. Here's
the list"
IT'S a good piece, Aunt Angela. I'm
tired"
We'll, you are the most disobliging
child know And all do for you, too :"
"Where'S the book? III 90, but Ill
have to hurry. Dickie's downstairs"
why didn't you bring him up? 1t
isn't safe to leave him there. Hustle
then"
Outside Connie looked at the bank
clock. The library would close in 10
minutes and not open till half-past
z. It meant another trip if she was
late. But she got there just in time.
A man helped her up the steps with the
cart. and another helped her down.
When she arrived home Angela was
fhera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-03
Kicking a Child Around

1T decided not to stay and work, !"
"That's the ticket you're q good
child" she added when she found the
book was the right one. Connie knew
she wouldn't have said that had the
book been wrong.
After supper the little girl got out
her books You'll have to do the dishes,
dear" said her mother, Il must put
Dickie to bsd, and I'm so tired I'll have
to lie down while"
First go down to the drugstore and
get me some cigarettes" ordered her
father. And hurry up"
At 8 o'clock Connie got at her prob
lens. But the answers wouldn't come
right someway. Besides, every little
while she was interrupted and sent up
stairs for something.
! The next day her marks were bad and
she was kept in again.
| There Is no moral But If the shoe
| pinches any unthinking parent who is Of
| the opinion that youth can stand any
thing heartily recommend that 1t be
removed.
Children do get tired. They also get
worried, harried, and unhappy. And
| they wear out the same as we do. Some
are laZybones, it is true, but most chill
dren serve willingly and cheerfully-too
willingly and too cheerfully, I sometimes
! think.
| We could use our heads little more
methinks, and save their steps. But a
child who goes to school has tired nerves
| by 4. and to wear her out physically
does not seem fair.
! A good many Of our errands are
thoughtless and unnecessary at best
We are too quick to impose and declare
| that it doesn't matter because they are
| Just children