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perhaps, $3.75. But the 1900 dollar II
worth its face value. The remarkable
thing Is that it is worth its face value
not only at its home Treasury but
everywhere in the world.
In spite of this extraordinary situa-
ton, large numbers Of Americans have
begun boarding money, especially what
gold they could obtain. and at some
European capitals there have been
whisperings OF an impending American
collapse. Every one who reads news
pepers at all knows that America Is not
popular in Europe. This unpopularity
springs from envy of our firm solidity.
1t seems to the European nations whose
currencleS have gone aWry too wonder
full to be true that the United States
dollar could Withstand every attack and
held firm through the vicissitudes Of
war and depression as it has.
Nations never willingly go off the
gold standard. They are forced off
when their central banks are unable
to meet demands for gold. If Ameri-
cans need any assurance as to the sta
bllity OF the American currency system,
they may understand that today the
United States is in a position 20 let
go OF the colossal sum of more than
50 100000, 900 in gold coin or bullion
and still hold the gold standard high
and unimpaired.
Nearly $4,000 900 900 in gold is held
in the United States, and most Of it Is
| in the Treasury and the Federal Re
serve banks. This gold is largely used
as a reserve against Federal Reserve
notes, one Of the forms Of circulating
currency and against other forms not
specifically secured by gold. Under the
law these Federal Reserve notes must
at all times have not less than 40 per
hani ~ a.
dition to the commercial paper back
ing which gives them complete cover
1 age.
Richest Major Currency.
Even at 40 per cent the Federal Re-
serve currency remains the richest
major currency in the world. Other
currencies have but 80 or 35 per cent
gold behind them even when on their
firmest basis. Leaving this full 40 per
cent behind these notes, the United
States could export S2,000,000,000 OF
| gold on demand.
Further, there Is another tremendous
resource Of gold. Approximately $1,700,-
600 900 of gold certificates are in cir
culation. Each one certifles that there
Is on deposit in the Treasury Of the
United States gold dollars or 20
! gold dollars, or whatever the denomi-
nation calls for. These certificates tell
the truth. The gold is there and may
not be touched for any other purpose
than the redemption Of these gold GER
! tificates. In case of need the Treasury
could quietly retire hundreds of millions
Of these from circulation. There still
would be the large volume of other
| kinds OF sound currency, but for every
gold certificate retired the amount Of
actual gold which was held against it
he
manded.
So here We find So 700, 900 900 Of po-
tentially eXpcrtable gold in American
hands which could be parted with and
still leave us a gold standard nation.
We still would have more than England.
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A Plea for Harmony.

Regardless Of the merits Of the con-
troversy between the District and Fed
eral Bicentennial Commissions or be-
tween individual members of these
bodies, harmony should be quickly re-
stored, so that the task Of staging a
hitting celebration on the two-hun-
dredth anniversary of the birth OF
George Washington, first President of
the United States, can proceed along
lines which will stimulate patriotism in
every American. It Is particularly I'M
fortunate that friction has arisen.
Little enough time now remains to work
out, with thorough cooperation, the
plans for making the year 1882 long
remembered in history as q tribute to
the Father Of His Country, and in this
short period there is no time for per-
sonal controversy and none should oc-
cur in any form or degree.
Washington the city, named after
Washington the President, has unique
interest in the Bicentennial. Congress
has recognized this fact by the appro-
priation Of one hundred thousand dol
lars to enable the National Capital
properly to take its part in the elab-
crate ceremonies. For this reason the
District Bicentennial Commission has
a useful and important work to per-
form not only to enhance the pride Of
WaShingtonianS in their city and their
country. but TO make this, the Capital
Of the Nation, the mecca for visitors
from all parts Of the country who come
to worship at the shrine Of the first
President Of the United States.
BY the same token, the National
Commission, with Its far-fiung respon-
sibilities in co-ordinating the activities
Of the forty-eight States and Of the
District Of Columbia which will par
ticipate in the Bicentennial. has powers
and obligations Of supreme importance
to make the event the Nation wide
celebration that 1t Is intended to be.
Friction Of any sort should not be
permitted to interfere with the COM
pletion Of q task that requires the best
EFFORTS Of the most able men and women
to make 1t q success. Certainly there is
work for both the Federal and District
Commissions to do. both separately and
together, and all Is to be gained or
everything Ia to be lost according to the
way in which 1t Is done.
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Grand Jury Reports.

Justice Proctor's decision to expunge
from the court records the recent
grand jury report In the so-called
Staples case is presumably backed by
a weight of legal opinion and 1t is GER
tainly backed by sound, common sense.
As he says. the grand jury's business
is to indict. provided there is evidence
to support an indictment. For indict-
meAf 's followed by trial and trial af-
fords the opportunity, denied by other
procedure, of defense In open court
against accusers who must appear in
open court The grand jury has no
business making reports, especially
when such reports ridicule the funda-
mental safeguards Of our legal system
by such phrases as denote a finding Of
guilt on the part of individuals there
after left without means or machinery
to defend themselves.
There are two noted cases Of special
grand jury reports in Washington. One
is the memorable Mcpherson case,
when q grand jury found certain police
officers guilty Of acts of omission and
commission in the investigation of a
notorious affair. They were later ex-
onerated by . special board Of investi-
CATION. The other is the case in point
where the grand jury found officers
guilty by name of criminal acts for
which they could not be indicted.
Neither report had place in the rec
ords of any court of justice.
Justice Proctor suggests that the Gus
tom Of making reports be stopped by
the grand juries. as they should not fall
into the attitude Of regarding them
selves as the general regulators of the
public welfare" That Is probably the
most direct method Of preventing repe-
titions of fragrant miscarriages Of jus
tice resulting from past grand jury re-
ports. For while it has becme accepted,
in this jurisdiction at least. as proper
for q grand jury to investigate ana re-
port on certain conditions, with sug-
gestions for remedy, the latest paper
emanating from this body indicates the
extremes to which such extra-legal &C.
tivities may be carried. There are
other agencies better equipped than are
grand juries for the investigation Of
conditions. And the grand jury has
enough work as II Is in the field that
Is reserved for its special cultivation.
Expunging the grand jury report In
the Staples case and removing any
legal legs that it may heretofore have
depended upon for its support should
in nowise affect the Investigation of
that case now going forward by the
Commissioners through their select
committee of lawyers. In fairness to
the accused, as well as to the public. 1t
is necessary to know the facts In full
As far as the accused are concerned
the fat Is in the fire and the harm has
been done. In the truth lies their
remedy and the truth should be made
known.
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dress Wednesday night, he may have
gained in strength in the New York
organization. After all, 1t was through
the New York City organization that
the former Governor got his start in
politics. And the New York City Or
ganization is still strong, notwithstand-
ing the pounding it has had at the
hands of the Legislative Committee and
the press. II Mr.. Smith Is to be can
didate for the presidential nomination
next year, he must have the backing
of the organization, although at the
same time such backing may cost him
votes elsewhere. The situation is para
doxical.
OF scarcely less interest is the fact
that Mr.. Smith in his address at Tam
many Hall attacked vigorously q
proposed reforestation constitutional
amendment which has been backed by
Gov. Roosevelt. The former Governor
did not mince words in talking about
this amendment, and If reports are
true, friends of Gov. Roosevelt are dis
gruntled, to say the least. The OPP
ponents Of Roosevelt. who for one rea-
son or another are anxious to prevent
his nomination for President next year,
on the other hand, are wondering II
the hoped-for and much-predicted
breach between Smith and Roosevelt
has at last arrived in the open. The
supporters Of other candidates for the
Democratic nomination for President
believe that Smith, II he wished. can
stop the nomination Of Gov. Roosevelt.
They are anxious that Smith should
develop this wish.
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Tert: "The spirit OF lite from God
entered into them and they stood
upon their feet. authorizations, ELL.
1.-THE spirit Of life" has been the
worlds unending search.
"Life whereof our souls are scant,
More life and fuller that we want"
Well did the Great Preacher say of
the abundant life, THE life full Of
completion haunts us all" I'VE feel
the thing we ought to be beating be-
meath the thing we are" All through
the ministry of Jesus he lay great
stress upon life in all It's fullness and
richness. Repeatedly he told men that
His supreme purpose was to give to lie
finer, truer, nobler purpose. While
He, Himself, had not where to lay
His head, and while He suffered at
the hands of those to whom He came
to minister, He again and again af-
f1rmed His passion to restore life to
fullneSs of service and to invest 1t with
Joy and satisfaction.
In the mysterious and fascinating
Revelation of st. John the Divine the
writer speaks of the restoration OF life
to those who had been long dead. In
his lofty vision the seer seems to wit
ness the revival of those who had felt
the paralyzing and destroying touch
of death. 1t is a majestic and thrill
ing picture that he presents. Mystic
rious as his vision is, it lays its appeal
upon the human heart.
The dignity and the beauty Of life
in all It's fullness, in its realization Of
its highest ideals, is the desire Of men
the world over No loftier view Of
mans possibilities has been given than
that which proceeded from the Great
Teacher and Master of men. He pre-
sents a standard Of living that finds
no parallel the world over. In the
confusion and turmoil of the present
world situation we are losing sight Of
lifes real end and purpose. The
standards by which we appraise life
are low and mean. We are thinking
too much in terms of efficiency, re-
garding man too much as q mere SOUL
less cog in some vast mechanism. Ma
terial things bulk SO large in our
vision that we appraise life by what
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called, then 60 to the nearest hospital
with full assurance that you will re-
ceive the best care that any human
agency can guarantee"
That is the sort Of answer that one
expects from Washington's hospitals,
and that is the sort Of answer that The
Star takes pride in here recording.
That guarantee, given and accepted
In good faith, Is all that is necessary.
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Love Of discipline evidently fingers in
the HohenEollern family when a grand
son Of the former Kaiser says he en-
joys punching a time clock in an Ameri-
can motor shop. In studying automobiles,
Louis Ferdinand has already learned
the value Of obedience to an extent
which will serve him we'll in case OF
encounter with trafic officer. Amer
lea is a long way from Germany, but
effacement of autocratie habits of
thought Is worth the trip.
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1t Is evidently difficult for Bishop
Cannon to see why there should be 80
much agitation about q campaign con-
tribution which, so far as practical
availability Is concerned, has passed
into ancient history.
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Economy arranges to dispense with
the Navy Band, which has won high
place in popular regard. 1t will be
missed. No estimates have. ventured to
suggest that the country is suffering
from an overproduetien of good music
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There Is no lingering pique to pre-
vent descendants Of Lord CORVALLIS
from joining in the chorus when the
Yorktown musicians strike up Should
Aud Acquaintance Be Forgot?"
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The League Of Nations Is courteously
disinclined to avoid any risk Of Uncle
Sans feeling sighted and on special
occasions desires him at least TO be
mentioned as among those present.
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WHY Not Sidetrack?

From the Charlotte IN. CO. News,
From the way railroad stocks are
shooting up and pluneing back it's .
good thing that most OF them are
double tracked NJ
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His sinister picturesqueness vanishes
when Capone prepares an elaborate pro-
test against paying taxes The demon
stration lacks any element of originality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18

Spain insists on expelling so many
persons that progressive communities
are likely to be disappointed when the
census taker makes his next report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18

Japan Is apparently ready for large
problems and Is willing to meet them
simultaneously, both military or diplo-
matte
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UnweIcOme Thought.

Don't you sometimes grow weary"
asked the sympathetic constituent, land
dream of retiring to private life?"
Did you say 'dream'?" said Senator
Sorghum.
yes. Don't you dream of the old
home and nothing to do but enjoy the
sunshine and listen to the birds?"
THAT sort Of an idea isn't dream.
It's o nightmare"
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niscretion Dernanded.

A boy, across his parents knee,
A proper spanking undergees.
Why introduce the third degree
And hit him with o rubber hose?
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Jud Tunkins says he never yet found a
weather prophet who knew how long it
would be comfortable to wear q straw
hat,
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Modern C0nveniences.

MOucfu CUHVeHbHCDas
$50 you put the jail on top of the
City Hail."
"Yes," answered Cactus Joe. "It'n
be more economical
will you put in an elevator"
mot now. Crimson Gulch hasn't
progressed enough to expect any of
them multi millionaire prisoners who
might object to climbin few stairs"
"Cententment," said Hi Ho the sage
of Chinatown, lis blessing, but some
thing for which Incidence may be too
easily mistaken"
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Climate Dirge.

We have complained all Summer long.
We still complain just as of old.
BY way Of varying the song,
Instead Of "het'' we will say cold"
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GOOD men is never sho'-nu6 scarce"
said Uncle Eben. But when gunner
turns leese permiscous, you can't blame
de innocent an righteous feh bein' kind
o. hard to ind"
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The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15

in our minds as to the judicial logic of Judge SaWtelle and the game officials of Alaska. One or the other is WrOng-and certain ly it is not the United States Court of Appeals.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15

The Maid O Mexico Mine in Beecher's Pass near Petersburg is milling every day on excep- tionally high grade ore. Another shipment of gold will be made about December 1st.
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15
Legality Legality of Search Without Warrants

aid or the Biological Survey during the last session of Con- gIesc secured enactment of & law legalizing search of boats. cabins, scCWs, tents, camps or homes without formality of se- curing a search warrant. In the past years these officials bull- dozed their way into camps, etc., and made search by throwing fear into minds of Alaskan citi- zens. When the protests against this illegal procedure began to gain considerable headway, they went before Congress (. d secur-. ed passage of the law ltgalizing their illegal actions.
 Just recently Judge w. H. Saw telle, of the San Francisco Ap- pellate Court wrote a decision covering just such case-an even better case in fact. Prohibi- tion agents with the consent Of owner, searched a farm in the Spok zane, Wn., country, leased to Henry Kiel and o. P. Fleener. nIN convicted the distillers, and an appeal was made on which Judge SaWtelle stated for the court:
 "Such Information does not justify entry into a private dwell ling at ten o'clock at night with out a warrant An illegal search cannot life itself by the boot straps of an illegal arrest. Both arrest and search were in viola tion of the appellants constiti- tional rights.''
 Ii 1t is illegal for the prOhlbi- tion agents to search with the consent of owner, a residence occupied by distilling lessees, how can it be legal for game wardens to search residence of Alaska citizens without their consent. There is a diametric
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15
Tariff On Copper

Congressman l.. w. Douglas, Of Arizona, has been instrumental in securing a hearing before the Federal Tariff Commission, on October 20th, Wiyh respect to a tariff on copper. He has asked Delegate Wickersllam to attend the hearing in Washington and to render whatever assistance may be possible. AS the Terri tory of Alaska is particularly in. tere5ted in securing 9 reasonable price for copper metal, in order to stimulate it's production and give a larger number of miners employment in the North, the Delegate is anxious to do every thing possible to stabilize the copper industry When the price Of the metal was up to IS and IS cents per pound, the Kennec0tt Copper Cooperation shipped out nearly s1,000,000 worth Of cop- per per month over it's 196 miles of railroad to CordOva, for steam CT shipment to the Tocoma snelt Int o iy1 half, the production has been curtailed and the monthly ship ment nets less than $200,0O0, with one of the auxiliary mines at Latouche closed down entire ly.
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The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15
MAKING INDIANS SELF SUPPORTING AIM
 OF LA VATTA

Abolition of the Indian re- servatiOns in the United States as a "dole and ration' system is the aim of George P. LaVatta, cverseer of Indian employment under Charles J. Rhoades. Unit cd States Commissioner of h. dian affairs. LaVatta spoke re- gently at the Bremerton Kiwanis club meeting.
 Himself a full-blooded Indian, educated at Carlisle, and who later worked 12 years on the Union Pacific system, LaVatta believes the deterioration Of his race is traceable to the present system and will be remedied by changes contemplated by the Department of the Interior to make the Indian self-supporting
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-11-15

Hero worship in America is worship of All Capone, "Legs'' Diamond and their tribe of racketeers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-28
NEWEST ELEMENT
 HUNTING JOB IN
 RADIO INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON, D. O., Dee. 28.- Hafnium, the latest job-hunter among the chemical elements, is on the waiting list of the radio in- dustry and probably will land a po- sition, says the U. s. Bureau of Mines.
 The newly discovered sub stance has two qualifications that are expected to make it useful. It does not melt easily, and gives off electrons freely.
 These properties, scientists be- lieve, will make hafnium valuable in manufacturing radio tubes, in- cadsscent lamp filaments, and for cathode surfaces of such devices as X-ray tubes and rectifiers.
 Hafnium is rare. So far it has been found only as a minor con- stituent of zinconium minerals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-28
WAR DEBTS TO BE DISCUSSED
 WITH THE U. s.
Great Britain and France May Make Approach
 on Revision
TWO PREMIERS ARE
 TO HOLD CONFERENCE J
Coordination of Policies of Two Powers to Be
 Outlined

PARIS, Dec. 28.-The usually well informed newspaper Excelsior said today that it was not impossible that the British and French Gov ernments may approach Washing ton jointly on the subject of re- vision of war debts and repara- tions.
 The Excelsior's announcement fol- lowed the usual observation after a semi-official announcement made last night.
 Premier Macdonald has invited Premier Laval to talk over the French and British reparations policies with him before a larger conference of nations meets, prob ably on January 18
 The object of this conference, political observers heard, would be coordination of the policies of the two powers.
 It is the general belief that Premier Laval will accept the invi- tation of Premier Macdonald and talk the separations issue over as a preparatory move before general negotiations have been started be- tween French and British treasury officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-28

ate bar that can be pulled out with twist of the wrist to dis play a shelf, cocktail shaker, glasses and bottles of ginger ale.
 Another car presents itself with a beauty shelf containing sufficient room for most of the accessories from milady's dressing table.
 Still another car shows a jewel box, and one French sports job provides spaces for suit cases in compartments under the front fen ders.
 A long four-passenger sports model has one very wide door on either side. Each door has two handles, one toward the front of the car, the other toward the rear. The door may be opened with either handle so it will swing to- ward the front or rear whichever is desired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-28
WAVE OF YEAR END SALES IS
 RAISING HAVOC
Stocks Drop Today to New Lows for Bear Cycle
 Some Recover

NEW. YORK, Dec. 28.-Stocks re- treated today to a point close to a new low of the bear cycle wave of year end selling but rallied in final transactions.
 Net losses were from one to three points for many of the more active issues.
 The closing tone of the market was somewhat heavy. The market appeared suffering largely from last-minute transactions in estab- fishing losses on 1881 incomes. News of the day, on the whole, did not influence prices either way.
 Prominent issues generally re- covered from fractions to a point in final dealings.
 American Telephone and Tele- graph and American Can, after sagging three points to new lows for the bear cycle, recovered a point.
 United States Steel dropped IA points to 36 then regained about half of its loss.
 International Match, preferred dropped more than six points to new low.