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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

1t is the privilege Of poets to refer
constantly to Natures beauty and
benef1cence. An effort toward service
to humanity may seek to induce a
lyrical forgetfulness Of earthquakes,
tornadoes and persistent drought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Gambling is said to be encouraged
without restraint at Reno, New, on the
theory, perhaps, that 1t will assist in
assuaging sorrow that attends recollec-
tons of broken homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Egg rolling on Easter Monday may be
discontinued and give place to folk
dances. Neither form Of diversion will
be entirely agreeable If, as now seems
possible, umbrellas and raincoats have
to figure in the pastime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Even If there were any conceivable
pleasure in devastation, there would be
no need of warfare, with the forces Of
nature so often ready to destroy life
and property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Nothing New.

Does moonlight make you senti-
mental?"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. IT
have heard about all the different kinds
of sentimental speech. There is moth
ing new under the sun and the same
thing applies to the moon"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Banzai!

From the New York Sun.
Newly discovered territory in the
Antarctic has been named Banzare
Land by the British and may be claimed
by Japan on a typographical error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

In order to keep up with all the
changes In parking rules good police
man must be not only vigilant oh1cial,
but hard student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

There will be much speculation as to
political prospects during the coming
Summer. 1t will at least be cheaper
than speculation in the stock market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Changing the map Of Europe Is one
of the enterprises constantly under
taken, yet never as yet in manner
that gives universal satisfaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Weaklings.

From the Fort Worth Record-Telesram.
The lowest-down trick that destiny
plays Is its cute little habit of selecting
for pets those people who promptly
blow up under the pressure Of q little
prosperity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Much has changed in New York, but
Tammany rule has been Just about the
same for q remarkable number of years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
The Rush to Reno.

From the Albany Evening News.
Maybe with divorce quicker than ever
Nevada VIII have q gold-diggers' rush
that win beat the California gold rush
to Q frazzle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
m-Defined Discontent.

M-DtHHtu UlScOhLtnIs
"A group OF Communists Is waiting to
see you," said the secretary.
Exactly what do they desire2" ask
ed Senator Sorghum.
I'm not sure. That appears to be
what they are hoping you will help
them to find out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Reorganization is the topic OF pre-
vailing interest, not only in business,
but in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Home Censorship.

Dear daughter hides her book away.
To do so there is need.
The works not proper, daughters say,
For mother dear to read.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

Jud Tunkins says he has several
friends who say they lost all they had
in the market when it was only In an
evenings pinochle game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
At the Race Track.

I know 1t ought to make me fret.
And yet
I can't regret
The wealth get
When good luck at last have met,
And stand In line to cash a bet!
IT was so glad to see q real rain, /"
said Uncle Eben, dat I jes' natchelly
reached fob a hoe instead Of an UNI
brella."
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The only recourse of the producers,
declares the San Antonio Express:~''is to
help themselves by keeping the supply
within probable demand. The Federal
Farm Boards principal business Is to
aid producers In maintaining such q
balance through cooperative action.
Now the Spring wheat groves have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
Inevitable Capture.

Inevitable Capture.
Your guilt may linger all obscure
II you commit some real crime;
But the police will get you, sure,
If you try parking overtime.
ut is so easy to make promises" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, that
many attempt to gain a livelihood by
doing nothing else"
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@. Is honey a healthful food?-E. B.
A. It is wholesome. It contains both
vitamins and mineral substances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02

THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
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WARRINGTON, D. c.
THURSDAY. April 2, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02


Senator Dickinson took a rap at tie
Progressives, particularly Senator Nor
ris Of Nebraska, for urging that the
electoral college be abolished so that it
would be easier to break away from
political party ties. The Iowa Senator
declared that the country has always
thrived under a two-party system and
that it, along with the electoral coll
lege, should be maintained. The chant
of the ProgreSsives, however, Is that
neither the @. o. P. nor the party Of
Thomas jefferson has advanced any
real constructive programs of legisla-
ton to meet conditions as they exist,
and that the ProgresSiveS alone are put
ting forward such a program. At the
same time, the ProgreSsiveS say there
is no chance Of the organization OF q
new liberal party today. It looks, there
fore, as though the fight next year will
be confined to the two old parties, with
the Progressives probably divided in
their allegiance as they have been in
the past.
The senatorial election in Vermont on
Tuesday probably is not particularly
significant one way or the ether. How
ever, the Democrats made no gains to
speak of in that contest and the
Austin. won over his Democratic oppo-
nent, Stephen Driscoll, by the usual
two-to-one vote. The weather was
responsible for a comparatively small
vote in the election-much smaller than
that cast in the Republican senatorial
primary q few weeks ago. The Demo-
crat ran as wet, out and out. Senator
Austin said he would stand by the
eighteenth amendment, although the
Anti-Saloon League did not favor him,
but his Republican opponent In the pr1-
mary, former Senator Partridge. Austin
was believed by the league TO have wet
tendencies. There had been some talk
about the danger" of q remarkable
Democratic gain in the senatorial cleo
ton Whether this was put forward by
Republicans either as a mat on which
to fall in case the Democrats did make
gains or to make 1t possible to say after
the election that the Democrats had
failed to make gains Is mere guess.
The truth of the matter, however, is
that despite conditions Of depression
Vermont Is still strongly Republican and
likely to stay so. It has never elected
q Democrat, since the formation Of the
Republican party, either as Governor or
to Congress or as presidential elector.
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@. What is the Governments pay
roll In the District of Columbia 2-W. w.
A. Its yearly pay roll within the
District is estimated at 100000, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-26

Centers woven in smart designs
borders of plain weave rayon satin;
rufled edges; choice of FIVE pastel
shades.
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sented from nearly all the resi-
 dents of the Tanana section asking.
 in view of the existing depression
 and hard times in the Interior of
 Alaska and particularly among the
 natives, that the season be opened
 on marten and beaver and not
 specify the catch of trappers to any
 certain number, and to allow trap
 pers to shoot beaver with rifle. The
 Commission opened the season on
 both beaver and marten and each
 trapper is allowed to trap Is bea- yer and 10 marten. But now con- plaint comes to the Delegate that the trapping of beaver through the ice is impossible during the months of January, February and March. although the natives know how to trap on land and are good shots with rifle. The petitioners claim that the Commission makes such regulations that hardly any one can follow without breaking. The manners of sealing game is also ob- jected to and the request is made that the Biological Survey have seals issued direct to the trappers as we'll as to the game wardens. The matter is being taken up with the
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ALASKA ITEMS IF
 INTEREST AT HE
 NATIONAL CAPITOL

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19. tBy WA.S.)-The head of the For est Service of the Department of Agriculture has notified the Dele gate that there is due the Territory 0f Alaska, as it's share of receipts from National Forests for the fis- cal year 1881, the sum of s12.- 931,37. This sum is derived from the TongaSs Reserve in Southeast ern Alaska, amounting to S1O,161 .O8 with it's forest area acres of 16.- 45,1o6; and $2,770.29 from the Chugach Reserve with it's 4,799, ,361 acres. The sums indicated are 25 per cent of the total amounts re- ceived.
 * * *
 At the recent meeting at Fair banks of the Alaska Game Com mission, lengthy petition was pre-
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necessity for lower freight rates on coal and for adequate coal load ing facilities at Seward and later addressed a letter to Secretary Wilbur on the subject. A reply re- ceived November IT indicates that the matter is being given serious consideration and will be further discussed after the arrival in Wash ington of Colonel Ohlson, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, who is due here early in December.
 # *
 Alaska's fame and importance continues to advance in Washing ton. In the window of shop just opened near the stately Treasury building, Is an attractive sign con- taining these words: Alaska Snow Flake-Largest Specie of Pop Corn'.' An inquiry directed to the lady at- tendant elicited the information that Alaska grows the largest and sweetest grain pop corn to be found in the world" Of course, there was no argument.
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proper officials.

The Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the action of the Terri torial Legislature in repeating the existing law limiting placer mining locations in Alaska, and requests the Delegate to use his best efforts to have Congress give it's approval to the action of the Legislature.
 < x * *
 Frank Speljack, merchant of Ophir, is very anxious to have his 22-year-old nephew, Erwin Dolonz. come over from Austria to get an English education and then to help his uncle in his business affairs. He was under the impression that unless a special permit were se- cured the young man could not enter this country inside of 10 years. He wrote to the Delegate for assistance, which was gladly rendered, and 1t is reported that the young man will be starting from Vienna within a few months.
 4 * <
 The Delegate had taken LID with the Interior Department the
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DEVASTATED EXPENDITJrRFS

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8. LP) The State Department informed the League of Nations that it over- stated United States expenditures for armaments for 1880 by $26,515,- ooo when it made it's original re- port last June.
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Now is the time to iooK over old packs and have new bottoms put on for winter.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
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Practice yourself, for Heavens sake, in little things; and thence proceed to the greater.-Epictetus.
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Why not Christmas Cards of your favorite snapshot? ALASKA SHOP
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Don't miss the "Ta1xiesl"
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AMERICAN TO COMPLETE
2,OOO-YEAR-OLD CANAL
Three Tons of Apparatus Sent to Quaint
Chinese Section in Interest of
Trade Development.

PEIPING.--About 1000 years ago a
Chinese Emperor In the Han dynasty
ordered the construction of a canal in
what Is now faraway Shensi Province.
in China's great northwest. Today 0. j.
Todd, American. chief engineer for
the China International Famine Relief
Commission, Is completing the Job,
which Is 81 ,000, 900 project.
When the Han Emperor first tackled
the work, about the time Christ was
born, thousands of barebacked coolies
Sweated from dawn TO dusk to chip
away small amount of rock by hand.
Their method was initiated in canal re-
construction programs at the same
place during the Tang, Ming and Man
chu dynaSties, and part of the work is
being done similarly now.
But the most difficult portion is be-
ing accomplished by American machin-
cry, the first time large Western me-
chanical apparatus has been used so far
In the interior. The shipment of the
apparatus, Weighing more than three
tons, constitutes an epic in interior
travel in this country, for the railway
ended several hundred miles from the
job and the intervening area Is inter-
rupted by dangerous mountain passes.
A special road had to be built to handle
the machine and take 1t down a lofty
hill to the side Of the river. Road re-
pair gangs had to precede the machine
TO enable 1t to get to the site.
The ancient canal system, which
in its entirety extends forty-e eight
miles, in its main portion Is mar
row enough for deer to leap across,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
A. F. OIL. LACKS POWER
TO CALL PAY CUT STRIKE
Green, in Wage Slash Warming, Repeats
an Old Battle Cry That Proved
Effective.

BY balance" Mr.. Green means some
thing like parity between consuming
power and producing power. Whether
an effort will be made to interest the
administration in such a gathering is
at this time a matter of doubt, but
1t has been under consideration.
Wage reduction reports reveal a sit
uation that has alarmed organized la
Dor. And 1t can be said with entire
accuracy that organized labor is not so
much alarmed for the sake of indi-
vidual wage earners as it is because
Of the feared cumulative effect Of re-
duced buying power on the recupera-
tive powers Of the Nation. As Mr..
Green and his associates see it, every
dollar cut of in wages is that much
shortening Of the buying lever that
labor looks to for prying the country
up out Of the trough.
The American Federation of Labor
Is probably as well equipped statistical
ly today as any organization, a fact
that has not always been apparent.
But today it knows what Is going on in
wages and buying power and employ
ment. What 1T has seen on its charts
and curves has moved it to go as far
as 1t can 60 toward demanding gen.
eral battle against further cutting of
of buying power. The American Fed
Grafton of Labor cannot call a strike.
When 1t demands that all workers
resist to the utmost 1t has given the
cue and laid down the issue. Having
no power beyond moral suasion, il
has put its counsel clearly before the
country.
(Copyright. 1917
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like q good many peoples notion Of a
Socialist. He Is anti-democratic in
the sense that he believes ruling to be
a specialist and not q normal function;
but so were Lenin and Trotsky He
Is not anti-democratic in the vague
sense OF supporting capital against
labor, or being especially distrustful Of
the working classes. His rule was not,
OF course, dictatorship of the
proletariat. but 1t really Is on some
points dictatorship for the proletariat.
1t was not so with the Spanish die
tatorship. 1t had many great merits; it
gained the support Of many good men,
1T called the bluff Of professional poll
tics pretty corrupt everywhere. But 1t
was really reactionary. in the sense of
being old-fashioned, military and aristo-
cratic. 1t was, as we say in England,
Tory movement. MuSsolini may be
tyrant: but he is certainly not Tory.
And from this arose what /, for one
suspect OF being the real blunder and
ruin of the regime. I mean the fact
that the Spanish Tories were what we
In England called Unionists: and mis-
understood the problem Of Catalonia
very much as we misunderstood the
problem Of Ireland. For unionjsm
makes sort Of mistake which Toryism
does not necessarily maze. Toryisln
may unduly Cypress new and revolution
airy elements in its own people. Union
ism Is always tempted to Cypress old
and conservative elements In another
people. It is true that there were new
and rebelliouS elements IN Catalan ma
tionalism; that they were mixed up with
French radicalism and anti-clericalism.
But the Spanish reactioaaries did not
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and convinced peasants. hurting back
the ancient taunt in a shout as ringing
as a trumpet: "Mananal Tomorrow"
It will be well not to exaggerate
either way the disturbance OF the re-
cent revolution in any such funda-
mental development. Nobody knows
very much about the real meaning of
the revolution as yet, but there are at
least certain fashionable fallacies that
can be avoided. Some of them con-
Germ that original revolution to which
this Is in some ways a reaction or a
counter-revolution. When a dictator
ship was declared in Spain. following
on the dramatic achievement of a die
tatorship in Italy, 1t was too easily as
stunned that the two were exactly alike.
But there are relationships and dicta-
torships: Just as there are democracies
and democracies. The mere name Of
a republic tells US little about whether
commonwealth is as aristocratic as the
old Republic Of Venice or as turbulent
as the old Republic of Haiti, as social
ist as the Republic Of Russia, or as anti
socialist as the Republic of America
And one reason, think. why the per-
Sonal rule Of Primo de Rivera did not
last like the personal rule Of Mlssolini
Is that it was really a very different
sort OF rule, by . very different sort
Of person.
The average American, or for that
matter the average Englishman, would
find MuSSolini too revolutionary in one
way and too reactionary in another.
He Is man Of the people; and he Is
not the son Of an old Communist black
smith for nothing. He is even by his
own account Syndicalist he is very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
Rome Renews Campaign Against Flies,
Using Sprays on ALI By-Ways in City

RoME.-A campaign started last year
against fiies In Rome and the Cam
pagna, with very satisfactory results as
a mere experiment has been resumed
this year with systematic efforts on a
large scale.
The Romans have seen for some days
an extraordinary kind of light, two
wheeled carts, driven by small motors,
scurrying through the city and scatter
ing q mysterious spray along<the houses
and in the cutters, against the trees and
lanu posts and all rubbish heaps.
THE little carts look like old-fashioned
fire engines, painted red and with red
tank and short hose and two men to
handle it. Lined up in a depot In the
outskirts they look like collection Of
light artillery.
around with them, and every morning
several hundred Of these new engines
start out on their mission OF ny destruc-
tion The flies are being hunted down
in whatever state Of evolution they may
be-as eggs, larvae or winged pcsts-as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

Rome and the Campagna from time i'm
memorial have been infested with them.
Tourists who visit the Alban hills find
them In nyriads even in the highest
villages, and they have been q pest to
horses, mules and donkeys ever since
the Roman Campagna was inhabited.
In some places 1t Is impossible in the
Summer season for open-air restaurants
TO exist, as the flies gather in such
swarns as to cover the walls, trees and
shrubs.
A marked diminution Of the pest was
noticed last year wherever the spraying
system was tried. which encourages the
hope that the flies win be thoroughly
eradicated in time.
The tanks on the engines contain a
sugary liquid prepared for the flies,
which they seek with eagerness and
which kills them almost instantly. It
also destroys the larvae and the eggs.
A warning has been posted everywhere
and an exhortation to the inhabitants
to allow the "antifiy squads" to enter
gardens, courtyards and any private
places where flies are prevalent
tCopyright, 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

the difhcult Arabic script Sometimes
only one or two men in an entire
nation were literate. The scholars
studied with them, then rewrote the
language in Latin. It was their con-
tention that the Arabic script actually
encouraged illiteracy: that It was diff
ficult for the children to learn to read
and write and that, rather than make
the EFFORT, whole generations grew up
lliterate.
In Strange Languages.
The Central Publishing Committee
has printed books and pamphlets in
languages that only a few people can
read, as, for instance, AdygheY, DiRore
Ingush, Kabardin, Chechen, OSSetin
BaShkir, Kalmuk, Chukot, Tungues, etc
Many Of the nationalitieS had no lit
erature. Their only culture were songs
and sagaS of bloody battles. These
have been captured by the organiza-
TONS scholars and written down fol
posterity.
How the work Of this organization
has grown Is seen from the following
figures: In 1923 1t published 97,30C
books, In 81 titles. In 1880 this was
increased to 17.500,000 books, in l,74S
titles.
The committee specializes in social
and political pamphlets. since the win
ming Of these peoples TO the doctrines
Of Marx and Lenin Is of utmost i'm.
portance to the government. About
one-third Of the committees entire
production in books and pamphlets L
| in this group. Others are Lenin lit
erature. al per cent; primers, ISL pei
cent; popular science, ga per cent
| agriculture, 1873 per cent and fiction
| 1873 per cent.