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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
Fit or Faithful?
(NeW York Times ]

There is exquisite irony in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the enactment of the Federal Civil Service Law on the eve of one of the greatest political overturns in American history. Here is Chairman Farley, chief lader of the soup girding up his Joins for the day when he must make patry hundred thousand jobs satisfy the hunger of twenty two million desrving Democrats. There come the faithful now swarming into Washington, childike in their confidence that if they but touch the hem of the garments of some of the lesser spoon men already the spot, kindly word will be spoken, all in good season, in the of the Great Dipper himself. And yet at that very moment, when a million mouths watering, and two million eyes are waiting to catch glimpse of the walters with their steamng trays, somebody has to recall that it was fifty years ago tomorrow that President Arthur that old backslider, signed the Pendleton bill des tined to deprive generations of worthy Republicans, and equally worthy Democrats, of at least share of the spells to which they deemed themselves entitled
 Yet, if the shades of Curtis and Eaton and Schurz and Wheeler haunt the feast March 4, the shades of Jackson and Marcy will be there too. For the spells system not completely overthrown by the introduction of civil service form Merit prevails today in most of the Federal bureaus and offices but there are many strongholds which it has not yet been able to capture. First, second and third class postmaSters are merit in forms, spells in fact. Collectors of internal have reverted to their ancient status Veteran pref erence mas been getting In It's corrosive work Not lso long 257 applicants for the job of postoffice clerk at Washington proved by examination that they were better qualified for the job than the highest ranking yeteran-but he got it. Exemp- tions and exceptions still numerous that MT. Farley has many places at his disposal today as his predecessor did in the days when Eaton was taking up his unfamiliar duties at the capital and Fouke-no shade yet bless his stout Hoosier heartl- Fouke-no shade yet, bles his stout Hooser heartl- trying to presuade his Indiana friends to apply Ito Government, State as well National the great organic law of the survival of the fittest
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

s2 2l indicating surplus of $354 over expenditures Property and special taxes brought income of APP per cent; business and non-business licenses, 431
 These figures make the Territorial costs seem
 nfinteslnal Based average expenditure each year of s10o0o00 for governmental operation in the Territory the per capita cost to Alaskans is about $167 per year The greater part of the income is license taxes levied manufacturers and business men The Territory has neither real personal property taxes and it's system of administration is primitive compared to that of New York but probably the purposes of this pioneer coun- try better than would more complicated and in volved system such as is needed to meet the problems of a highly industralized and densely populated State such New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
Buying Barbara
by Julia Ceft.Addanns Aunor sj -rou esgr mAasy.

SYNOPSIS: Barbara Quen- tins fiance, the gifted and cruel Mark Lodely, does not know that Barbara has bar gained with Farrell Armitage that Farrell shall have a year in which to m ake her love him. Mark has already ar- ranged to go to Armitage's house in London the day he and Barbara were to be mar ried. Farrell has agreed to try to cure Marks lameress, and to launch him as an artist. FerreIl's ally is Leila Cane, the girl he would have mar ried had he not fallen in love with Barbara at sight. Barbara as gone to see Mark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
MT. Roosevelt and the Congress.
CNew York Herald Tribune0

In refraining from further attempts to impose leadership upon his party in the present session of Congress, President-Elect Roosevelt would be but yielding to situation which seems out of control. If reported, he has decided that special session cannot be avoided, nothing can be gained for him or for the country by efforts the passage of hastily considered legislation.
 After March he will be in full command, with a considerable Democratic majority in both the Senate and the House It might be much better to use the few weeks intervening in quietly reaching Ian agreement, with the partys Congressional lead CTS a program which they can carry out or think they carry out. Then when the special session meets, they might put through their program with out undue delay, adjourn and go home.
 We scarcely hope the situation will be so simple, but that is the ideal The the country knows what the Democrats are going to do by way of fulfilling their platform pledges and meeting the ideas of the new President the better it will be for business the better for everybody The country may or may not like it, but the uncertainty of pro- more to hold up business recovery and lengthen the depression.
 James J. Farley, National Chairman spoke brave fly and truly at Cincinnati when he sad The fact that have won is not as important what may do with our vc- tory. Existing emergencies call for degree of cooperation such have never exerted before. There must be
 end to sectional jealousy, to purely selfish
 demands for national aid and to anything
 which does not contribute to the national
 welfare.
 We wish every Democratic member of Congress every member of Congress, indeed-woud take those words to heart and act accordingly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
NEW YoRK's COST OF GOVERNMENT

Operation of the machinery of government of New York State cost the residents of that great commonwealth s17.67 per capita during the year 1s31 revealed by statistics compiled by the Fed eral Census Bureau Maintenance and operation of the regular departments of the State Government in that year cost s22443o664, which on the basis of an estimated population of 12,698000 gave the per capita cost of s1767. In 13 years it had more than trebled the 1918 figure having baen s5l51.
 As high as the 1881 expenditure per person was, the receipts for each resident were even higher
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

slowly and beautifully. . I mean that when big monied brute like that thinks he'll patronize art with a capital A the rest is easy. Oh, I know a bit of these rich louts get sick of their proteges and drop them, but if you look into it you'll find that the protege asked for it, all right. When I get to Brandish Place shall ask nothing for my own sake, but everything for the sake of Art.
 50 that is all settled" he yawned. And we shall have a honeymoon after all, Barbara, but under the millionaire's roof
 No"
 When do we marry, then, if at all?"
 Not for at least a year"
 He only smiled.
 Copyright, 1882, Julia Cleft AddamS) Into the tangle, tomorrow, comes the electric Patsy Raoul.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
CHAPTER 19. MARKS PLAN
Mark" exclaimed Barbara.

Mark, who usually at this hour permitted himself dressing gown vas is dress-clothes, tie the per lection of exactitude, delicately pleated shirt and pearl links Only the crutch was the crutch of common everyday, and even that managed to enhance his good looks and give appeal to the halt ing progress.
 w h at in heavens name has got got you?"
 thought I'd have a dress-up- parade" said Mark. "A chap like Armitage gets himself up like this every night, you know. Has to, or his friends might forget what perfect little gentlemen he is. Only, his clothes, of course, fit him most excellently well and this whole things wrong. I was a fool not to see it at once" He made his way to Barbara's chair and sunk into it. Barbara camk swiftly across the room and caught the crutch as he let it sway to- wards her. He still had not met her eyes.
 "Armitage, of course, will expec, the sort of get-up they wear in La Boheme'-velvet coat and soft shirt open at the throat and dove grey trousers, strapped under the instep. Godl Don't I look fooll But, after all, he'll be paying for it."
 Mrs Lodely, not knowing wheth- CT to take this seriously or not. found refuge in irrelevant sur mise.
 Well, I don't knowI always did think you looked nice in fancy dress. D'you remember that time Leila Cane took you to an Albert Hall Carnival or somethin' up to London and you were an old man with a barrel-organ and she was a gypsy-dancer in green chiffon, chained to your wrist? You ought to have had a prize, I thought; goin' all that way. And I re- member afterwards I asked her if she enjoyed herself and she said no, she hadn't particularly.
 "Strange!" unused Mark faintly smiling. T remember that I en- joyed myself, quite"
 Barbara, still holding the crutch, still looking at him, began hur- riedly to tremble. She knew that when the trembling passed into her hand the crutch would begin to rattle on the floor and Mark would turn his faint, dreadful smile upon her.
 She saw his smile as through an emerald mist; sensed, for a mo- ment, how lightly the jewel had lain upon flesh that was smooth and bare. |. The crutch was tap tapping an irritating, intrusive rhyme.
 "Oh, thank you," said Mark po- litely. He took the crutch from her shaking hands, slowly and painfully lifted it across his knees and propped it up next to him, against the mantlepiece. Thank you, I oughtn't to have troubled you to hold it."
 Mrs. Lodely had returned to the fire.
 If We do go up to stay with MT. Armitage, s'pose both of us1l need a bit of smartenin'."
 Wait till we're at Brandage Place and I'll get clothes from Armitage."
 My dear boy, he's not goin' to keep us in clothes and pocket money just because he's asked us to come and spend a few days with him. And besides. you can't take money from a stranger-it's thunderin' bad form"
 Oh, but I'm expected to be- have badly, my Judy. Really, he'll be chagrined if I don't. Besides l shall just have got married to Barbara. Large hearted he-man
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

Christmas was over month ago for the young sters, but their elders will keep up the liquidation process this month and probably next before they too begin to look forward with equanimity to the next peace and good will season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

While several State Legislatures considering for enactment measures declaring moratorium mortgaged real estate, embattled farmers of the Middle West are enforcing moratoriums of their own without the sanction of law. And usually they are successful
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

Sharp criticism is leveled at the report of the Presidents committee social trends. It seems it tells whence quite clearly, without dwelling enough on whther.-Detroit News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

part of the greatness of Calvin Coolidge lay in the fact that he never needed a commission or a conference to make up his mnd.-(Dal News0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

The statesmen who suggested immediate beer appear to think that immediate means year after next and that beer means anything you could drink a water bucketful of without staggering. .- Macon Telegraph)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

While New Workers shouting for protection of the Alaska bear take pleasure in countering: They might do something to protect their Wall Street bus-(Seward Gateway)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

Officially the Chinese leaning toward the idea of passive resistance against the Japanese but even this will be pretty annoying to the latter (Boston Globe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

The largest shipment of shelf hardware ever sent to Alaska was received by the c. w. Young Con- pany. It amounted to 125 tons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31
20 YEARS AGO
From The Empire

January 31, 1913. Election returns had not been Icanvassed as they had not all been received, the entire Second Di- vision was still out, according to statements issued by Collector of Customs Willis, Surveyor General Distin and Governor Clark who made up the Canvassing Board
 The Juneau High School Band Benefit Concert was given at the Orpheum Theatre to raise money fer the purchase of new instru- ments. Lew Schell was leader and instructor.
 Chairman Valentine of the Bull Moosers" announced that he would file a protest in behalf of the "Progressive Party" contesting the seat of Arthur G. Shoup of the lower house of Alaska's First Leg islature. MT. Shoup's nearest op- ponent was John Beck. The state ment did not meet with sympathy
 The jury in the Irene Taylor manslaughter case returned yer Gict of not guilty. It was out only half an hour.
 Mrs. Charles Goldstein and daughter, Miss Marie Goldstein left for San Francisco to spend cou- pie of months.
 Word was brought by Alfred Lundstrom, who arrived from Sit- ka on the steamer Georgia, that oiphtheria was prevalent there
 Dr. H. c. DeVighne, of Douglas, planned to leave on an early steamer for a visit to the States t obe absent for several months taking post graduate work at one of the leading medical colleges.
 The largest shipment of shelf hardware ever sent to Alaska was received by the c. w. Young Con- pany. It amounted to 125 tons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

Mrs. Charles Goldstein and daughter, Miss Marie Goldstein left for San Francisco to spend cou- pie of months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

Word was brought by Alfred Lundstrom, who arrived from Sit- ka on the steamer Georgia, that oiphtheria was prevalent there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-01-31

The jury in the Irene Taylor manslaughter case returned yer Gict of not guilty. It was out only half an hour.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
F|NGERPR|NTS
AWAIT CREDIT
FOR COUNTY
If Prince Georges Officials
Equip Experts, Time to
Pay Is Necessary

Prince Georges county's finger
print experts will have a COM
plete outfit with which to pursue
their work if they can find q
company which will sell them the
equipment and wait 10 months
for payment.
So much was ordered by the
board of county commissioners
yesterday when Chief of Police j.
j. Crowley importuned the board
for the fifth time on the need of
fingerprint apparatus, in order to
take advantage of the finger
print education given two county
policemen at Baltimore police
headquarters during the summer.
The outfit which, it was es-
timated, would cost about $40O,
will be paid out of next years
levy, becoming due in July, 1884,
the commissioners ruled. The set
could not be purchased outright,
said President Walter Grimes, be-
cause the county is becoming
short of funds.
Chief Crowley has signified his
intention of transferring one Of
the fingerprint experts to Upper
Marlboro from Hyattsville, so that
both stations would be equipped
with this means of solving crimes.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
Dental Clinic Head
Named in ArLinqtOn

DR.. Thomas w. Humphrey, for
merly of the State Dental Clinic,
has been appointed dental clinician
for Arlington county public
schools, Fletcher Kemp, superin-
tendent of schools, announced.
DR.. Pumphrey will be on duty
six days weekly to care for teeth
of children in the various schools.
Under a new arrangement the
new dentist will work under direc-
ton of DR.. Tally Ballou, State
clinician, and portion of his sal
ary will be paid by the State.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
P,-T.A. TOSTUDY
3-PO|NT PLAN

Consideration Of means where
by the three-point plan drafted
by the executive board may be put
into operation will be the princi-
pal business confronting the Eock-
vile Parent Teacher Association
at it's first meeting, october 10.
The plan calls for concentrated
effort on three major projects.
They are building of an elemen-
tary school, improvement of the
school grounds, and becoming
better acquainted with modern
educational trends. Each of the
items has been before the organi-
zation for some time.
The executive board has an
nounced the appointment of the
following committee chairmen:
Membership, Mrs. Raymond
Karge; publicity, Elberta Rice;
program, Mrs. j. S. Dawson:
finance, Mrs. George Wilson; hos
pitality, Mrs. Thomas Barnsley;
grounds, Abel Norris, and room
mothers, Olive Edmonds.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
GRANT REV|vES
AG|TAT|ONFO FOR
PARK DRIVE
Colonel Tells Planning Group
Baltimore Washington
Link Nearer Certainty

BALTIMORE, Oct. 11.-Lieut.
Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, former
executive officer Of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, yesterday revived agita-
ton for the plan to build park
drive between washington and
Baltimore, as he spoke here at a
dinner of the Conference on Plan
ming and National Recovery.
Asserting that Maryland Of
ficials and members of the Wash
ington Planning Commission have
conferred relative to the project
recently, Colonel Grant said that
within few months route will
be agreed upon by these groups.
In Circle To Baltimore
In general, the route, regarded
as the one which most likely will
be accepted, would follow the Ana
costa Park system, pass close to
the University Of Maryland at
College Park, continue towards
Fort George G.. Meade, turn west
and cross the present boulevard,
and then to Baltimore between
the boulevard and the Columbia
pike, through the State forests.
The drive would circle Balti-
more on the southwest and west
and enter the city at the north
western corner, joining the city's
park system.
Park Mile Wide
The parkway through which
the drive would run would be 800
feet wide at the narrownst places
and a mile wide in some sections.
At intervals along the drive, rec
reational grounds would be To-
Gated. The route probably would
be closed to heavy traffic.
The late A. s. Goldsborough,
former secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association,
with others, first proposed such a
drive in 1923. but John N. Mack
all, then chairman Of the State
Roads Commission, opposed the
project.
Since then, the project has
been suggested several times.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
WORKS OFFICE
AIDS NEEDY

President Roosevelt's public
works act is already having its
effect upon needy persons in
Prince Georges county.
Employment and welfare Off
cials in the county predict a
winter Of much less suffering on
the part Of needy persons this
year than last.
Through the efforts Of the
Hyattsville office of the National
Unemployment Service, more than
200 men have been put to work
at the Government farms in
Beltsville.
A work program, which in
cludes the clearing of wooded
land and construction of build
ings on the farms, will provide
jobs all winter. officials said.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
STATE WELFARE
FUND To PAY
WORKERS
Board Keeps Projects Secret;
All Recommended by Off
GERS of Respective Towns

Keeping their decisions secret,
members of the Prince Georges
County Welfare Board late yester-
day approved an initial program
Of seven public works projects on
which the county unemployed will
provide the labor to be paid for
from State welfare grant.
The projects are said to include
one each at the University Of
Maryland, Fort Washington, River
dale, Bladensburg, Hyattsville,
Cheverly and Rosaryville, and
were selected from recommends
tions made by respective town
officers.
A second meeting will be held
next Monday night at which time
q final program can be mapped
out.
By next week, the campaign to
enroll ali county unemployed will
be completed and workers lined
up for each project. The wage
fund is already in the hands Of
the welfare board.
Plans to handle transient youth
In concentration camps and the
distribution Of the fund to those
who do not receive enough from
relief agencies were discussed by
Miss Charlotte Wilcox, county re-
lief administrator.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
LICENSED TO WE'D

Marriage licenses were issued in
Rockville yesterday to Harold
William Topham, 25, Washington,
and Thelma Fern Plantz, 81,
Huntington, w. Va; Robert Alex
ander Bowman, "a, and Dorothy
Lillian Jones, 10. both of Wash
ington; David F. Willard, 40, and
Mildred Louise Mooney, 18. both
of Washington; William Kenneth
Horney, IS, Grasonville, Md, and
Mary Elizabeth Taltamus, 25, Ia
koma Park. Md: Thomas Mervyn
White, "a, and Mary Louise
Catherine Mundy, 20, both of
Leesburg, Va; Beverly Adams
Ludlow, 81, and Mary Virginia
Arnold. 10, both of Alexandria,
and Allan F. Vogt. 25, Rockville.
and Margaretta r. Moore, "a,
Somerset. Md
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
ASK
RELIEF FUND

Conference study of recently
authorized use of Federal relief
funds to pay qualified needy per-
sons to teach unemployed adults,
will bring together in Washing
ton today group Of figures in
educational, relief and employ
ment work throughout the nation.
Under the leadership Of DR..
George F. Zook, United States
Commissioner Of Education, the
group open sessions today in the
Federal Office of Education con-
ference room in the Hurley
Wright Building.
Washingtonians who have been
invited to attend include DR.. A.
B. Hall, of the Brookings Insti-
tuition; Father George Johnson,
of the National Catholic Welfare
Conference; C. B. Smith, of the
Department of Agriculture; Col.
Robert Fechner, director of the
emergency conservation program,
and w. Frank Persons, director
of the United States Employment
Service.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY APPROVES SEVEN NEW PROJECTS
Diuorcee Quits
Fiance for
Children

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE
two-year legal battle between
the divorced Alfred A. Kohl
berg, wealthy and socially
prominent importer and aviator,
and his wife, Charlotte, was
brought to a close by Justice
William F.. Bleakley in White
Plains Supreme Court when he
ruled each should have custody
of their four children for six
months each year.
In arriving at an agreement
Mrs. Kohlberg, attractive and
socially prominent former leader
in Bronxvil1e society, pledged
herself to give up her fiance,
Joy Clark, wealthy man-about-
town, and to remove from New
York city apartment to Bronx
vile, so that her children'S
schooling would not be affected
by the change in custody.
Mrs. Kohlberg divorced her
husband in Reno two years ago.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
Both Vets and Drys Rap
Rockefeller Rum Plan

A similar attitude was taken by
Mrs. Hiram Wadleigh, president
of the Women'S Christian Tenn
perance Union. Canon William
Sheafe Chase, superintendent of
the international Reform League,
who proposes to fight to outlaw
liquor entirely, also expressed the
same opinion.
CelIGr Scores Plan
The Rockefeller plan also drew
the fire Of Representative Eman-
uel Celler of New York, who said
yesterday:
"Tha recommendation for o
State liquor. control monopoly
and the opening Of State
liquor stores is to be thoroughly
condemned. It is the best
method / know to revive and
strengthen bOotlegging and IL
licit traffic. Mr.. Rockefeller
and his associates have closed
their eyes to our own sad ex-
perience with State liquor
ownership"
The Washington times., 1933-10-11
SEEN AID.
. To YORKTOWN

Yorktown, Va, may have suf-
fered heavy property losses along
its waterfront during the storm
of August %, but the town will
benefit in the long run in the
opinion Of Arno B. Csmmerer, di-
rector of National Parks, Build
ings and Reservations.
At the suggestion of park Off
cials the waterfront will be re-
built in a manner suggestive of
the towns historic past. Build
ings will be small and conform
in general to Colonial designs of
the late eighteenth century.
The parks office has appointed
a commission of planners to offer
advice to residents planning to
rebuild along the now demolished
waterfront.
The Washington times., 1933-10-11

While officials are preparing to
speed their formulation Of the
District liquor control plan, with
many suggesting study and pos
sible adoption of the Rockefeller
control plan, both wet and dry
forces of the District have opened
cross-fire opposition to the Estate
Alcohol Control Authority" as
proposed by Rockefeller.
The principal opposition to the
plan from the two quarters was
that it makes no provision for
on-premises sale of alcoholic bev-
erages by the glass, and that this
is inadequate and unsuited to
conditions in the United States.
Drys Give Comments
Andrew Wilson, president of the
Anti-Saloon League. dismissed the
Rockefeller survey with the state
ment:
'T think it is q mistake to
have alcohol used for beverage
purposes under any circum-
stances"