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Evening star., 1936-12-27

Election of Wilson Was Prelude to Period of Great
Turmoil-Figures in Sport and Theater Realm,
and Writers of Popular Boo Ks.

$685." and ''The Bird Of Paradise" with
such famed thespians as Laurette Tay-
lor, Lewis Stone and Guy Bates Post.
Billie Burke also was to do show that
year, and George M. Cohan and his
father and mother, Jerry j. and Helen,
would appear in Broadway Jones"
It wasn't a great season, that Of
1912, but it struck a good, pleasant
average. There were not many prob
lem plays; people were not greatly in
teresting in sociology, at any rate not
on the stage. It was day Of melo-
dramas, farces and burlesques. and of
great, brightly lighted restaurants
such as Rector's and Churchill's and
Shanley'@where vast quantities OF
excellent food were consumed at the
late supper hour.
This was the year Lucrezia Bori was
to make her debut at the Metropolitan
Opera House in Puccini's "Manon
Lescsut," and in the cast with her
would be such luminarieS as Caruso,
Scotti and Andre de Segurola.
The opera season was far more bril-
liant than that Of the drama, and
casts were sprinkled with great figures
who made musical history. The names
one finds in delving back into the files
of the opera season of IS years ago
are Fremstad, Destinn, Slezak, Plan
con, Sembrich, Gadski, Schumann-
Heink, Dippel. Homer, Case, Goritz.
witherspoon, Calve and many, many
more. And In 1912 one was younger
and stood entranced for four hours
standing room was so cents-listening
to the music and trying hard not to be
impressed by the glitter and the
glamour Of the Golden Horseshoe.
Then as now, tastes were catholic,
and the opera and the Vanderbilt Cup
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Evening star., 1936-12-27

and believe every one connected
with the worlds news would bear me
out in this. that there has been an
unprecedented, personal absorption in
the things which transpired in 1886,
on the part of the public"
Two other news services, when
questioned, named these three events
as outstanding and in the same order.
Let us look briefly at each in turn.
At l1:55 o'clock on Monday night,
January 20, 1886, bare-headed youth
rode down q darkened driveway from
Sandringham House on bicycle.
Without dismounting, he handed an
old brown leather cas-, to the gate
keeper. who drew from it a bulletin,
and in the light Of two great lanterns
posted that piece of paper on the
Jubilee Gate. It announced to Eng
land and the world that King George
v had passed peacefully away.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
By Lucy Salamanca.

n 70 playwright, no inspired
nj scenario writer, no weaver OF
fantastic detective tales ever
4 wove more suspense into their
dramas than the suspense that char
acterized the outstanding news events
Of 1886.
In a year marked by dramatic and
unexpected turns of events, the abdi-
cation Of King Edward, the execution
Of Bruno Hauptmann, the reelection
OF President Roosevelt, Schmeling's
sensational knockout Of Joe Louis,
stand out as typical examples of this
suspense and surprise element that,
like an exciting tremor, has run
through the news columns Of the year
Just now coming to a close.
In fact, those events which we must
in the light of the ones mentioned
term as minor, would in other years
have stood out in major importance.
The year 1886 has been exceptional
in the quality, the quantity and the
absorbing vitality of its news. Foreign
affairs gripped our attention, while we
waited in unprecedented eagerness to
learn the fate of the League of Ma
tions, as Mussolini's troops tramped
through Ethiopia and Hitler's armed
forces reoccupied the Rhine.
At home events trod upon one an
others heels in breathless succession.
These events were not alone of a
political nature, although two big con-
ventions and the musical comedy con-
clave of Townsendites contributed
their measure from a political angle.
They included, as well, enormous
strides in the fields of science, as di-
versified, for example. as commercial
sea transportation when the China
Clipper set out from California tc
cross the Pacific and the development
of a hyper r-immune serum against in
aiuenza that foreshadowed conquest
Of the plague.
It Is to be expected that we have
emerged a bit breathless and a little
awry in a year that offered us several
wars, q Kings death, a Kings aScen-
sion to the throne and Kings abdi-
cation; an international romance more
impelling in its modern vigorous SUBJ
stance than the shadowy wraiths OF
Romeo and Juliet or Abelard and
Heloise; the final chapter of justice
dealing punishment in what may well
be termed the most tragic crime of ali
times-the killing of the Lindbergh
baby, and the most tremendous per-
sonal success ever accorded public
figure in a national election.
T TITLE things happened, too, ir
- 1886, and despite the fact they
never made the headlines they will
have an effect upon the Nation OF
upon the world. For example, in Tren.
ton, N. j., early in January, 1886, q
wrinkled man with a shock Of white
hair walked a mile In drenching rain
to pay $3.50 and take out his first citi-
Eenship papers. He was DR.. Albert
Einstein, late Of Berlin. About a
month later 200 National Socialist
propaganda directors, meeting in Ger
many. were told by Propaganda Min
lister DR.. Joseph Goebbels that the ban
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Shortly thereafter, the following
pronouncement was solemnly made
throughout England: I'VE, therefore,
the lords, spiritual and temporal. of
this realm, being here assisted with
these of His Late Majesty's Privy
Council, with numbers of other princi-
pal gentlemen of quality, with the
Lord Mayor, aldermen and citizens OF
London, do now hereby, with one
voice and consent of tongue and heart,
publish and proclaim that the High
and Mighty Prince Edward Albert
Christian George Andrew Patrick
David is now, by the death Of our late
sovereign of happy memory, become
our only lawful, rightful Iiege-lord,
Edward VIII, by the Grace of God OF
Great Britain, Ireland, and of the
British Dominion beyond the Seas,
King, Defender of the Faith. Emperor
of India. To whom we do acknowledge
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Approach to War in Europe Produced No Tremors in
This Country, Which Felt Little Interest in Foreign
Affairs or Royalty.

looked as Charles Dana Gibson had
been drawing them for years.
But none could foresee that night
that in April more than 1,500 men,
women and children were to lose
their lives in the cold waters Of the
North Atlantic when the Titanic
struck an iceberg. It was the Titanic's
maiden voyage and she was the finest
vessel ever built by man up to that
time.
The year 1912 was to bring forth
one of the most celebrated criminal
cases in the Nations annals; manly,
the Becker case. It was on the night
Of July 16, 1912, that Herman Rosen-
thai. gambler, was murdered In New
York City. Until Dillinger came on
the scene recently, the names Of
"Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie" I"
Whitley Louis" and "Dago Frank"
occupied the front rank In crimes
dubious hall Of fame. All were exc
cuted, including Police Lieut.. Charles
Becker. allegedly the brains Of the
gang.
pLENTY Of election bets were being
placed IS years ago today. But
who could know that President VIII
liam Howard Taft would win only
Vermont and Utah-stanch, ever
stanch Vermonti-that Teddy Roose-
welt would split the Republican party
wide open and that Woodrow Wilson
would become the first Democratic
President since Grover Cleveland? ?
How tremendously important that
election Of 1912 was to be in shap-
ing the course Of world events!
But as We have said most Americans
weren't interested in world events Is
years ago.
They were more interested. for ex-
Evening star., 1936-12-27

King Edward. The public has fol-
lowed every phase of this romance
with an intense. and very personal
interest. We have never had story
like it."
This same editor went on to say:
'Next from point of view OF reader
interest I would certainly place the
Hauptmann execution. The crime of
the kidnapping and killing of the Lind
bergh baby was one which touched
this whole Nation until the punish
ment of the criminal responsible be-
came a matter almost personal in its
implications. There has never been
Evening star., 1936-12-27

ample, in the new self starters with
which motor cars were being equipped,
and they were to be astounded at the
close of the year to learn that more
than 250, 900 cars had been produced
in our factories.
They were to have q thrilling world
series in that year, too, with the Bos-
ton Red Sox beating the New York
Giants, four games to three, with one
game an thinning tie at s to 8.
That's Just IS years ago. How
many present-day fans recall those
names, taken from the Red Sox line
up: Hooper, Yerks, Speaker, Lewis,
Evening star., 1936-12-27

Gardner, Stahl, Wagner, Cady, Bedi-
ent, Carrigan, Wood. Collins, Hall,
O'Brien, Engle, Ball and Henricksen.
Or Of those Giant players: Devore,
Doyle, Snodgrass, Murray. Merkle,
Herzog, Fletcher, Meyers, Mathewson.
Becker, Crandall, Mccormick, Wilson,
shafer, Tesreau, Marquard and Anes.
Not forgetting q squat, pugnacious
gentleman named McGraw. Umpires
were Evans, OTaughlin, Klein and
I7igler.
It was q great series, and no one
over here was disturbed by the sword
rafting Of Queen Victor1a's cratic
Evening star., 1936-12-27

m President Roosevelt listens the election returns
which reelected him by the greatest landslide in history
(2) general view of the Democratic National Gonven-
ton in Philadelphia Chairman James A. Farley ad,
delivering radio address his subjects prior to his
abdcaton ~ Bruno Richard Hauptmann smiles on his
Cipper takes off on history making flight the
Pacific (6) Max Schmelins jumps with JOY Joe Louis
counted out in the fight Yankee Stadium, New 1ork
on June 19.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

a crime in history where justice was
so universally and insistently de-
manded and was carried through de-
spite every obstacle that mans selfish
interest or nefarious ingenuity could
place in its way"
COMMENTING upon the third great
~ news event of 1886. the editor
continued: Certainly high up on the
list should come the sweeping re-
election of President Roosevelt. Like
the two other news events, this was
characterized by the personal nature
Of the Nations interest. might say
Evening star., 1936-12-27

(COntinued on SlXth Page.l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH
 By w. l.. Gor6On

Words Often Misused: Do not say Have you ever known a more lovely girl?" Say, Have you ever known a lovelier girl?" "ts
 Often Mispronounced; Chamelon. Pronounce ka-me-le-un, a and u unstressed, both e'S as in me (second e unstressed), accent second sylla- ble.
 Often Misspelled: Turquoise. Ob- serve the five vowels.
 Synonyms Gift, present, dona- tion, bequest, gratuity.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in crease our vocabulary by master ing one word each day. Today's word: Appraisal; act of estimat- ing the worth of. His appraisal of the boy was one of approval"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
ANYTHING FOR A VOTE

It is probably merely coincidence that the drought in the middle west is than the 1884 drought and the salmon pack in Alaska will be greater than the 1884 peak the previous big year But 1t is significant that both being dragged into the political pot v M
 G. o. P. Chairman John Hamilton was the first to drag human misery into partisan politics in the 1886 drought situation. Speaking in North Dakota when the heat at its worst the Republican generalissmo shouted: Today the political hench- men of the Roosevelt Administration whispering that the Dakotas and the drought areas are in the bag In the bag if you please, because the govern ment has done its bounden duty"
 It is typical example of the extent to which the Republican high command feels it must go in an effort to try and get few votes.
 The President answered rather ably few days later when in discussing the drought, he said; Tt very great disservee to the proper administration of any government to link up human misery with partisan politics."
 It was a mild expression on tho part of Presi- dent Roosevelt, but it revealed again that the man in the White House is thinking about helping the people in the stricken than about number of votes they represent He would have been per- fectly justified in replying sharply but the fact that he did not reveals the broad mental caliber of the man as against those who want only to get into office to the special interests which they rep resent
 Here in the north where we have a year of plenty, the opponents from the same camp as MT Hamilton, searching around for an issue are taking personal saps at the head of the Bureau of Fisheries Frank T. Bell They attempting to twist what is the best year in the history of Alaska fishing into some sort of campaign fodder poor fodder to say the least but it shows the extremes to which men will go to discredit even happy condition when election is in the offing. There is need to come to the defense of MT Bell. His record and manage ment of fishing in Alaska speaks its own success. Adjusting the regulations that the fishermen could get the best catches and at the time looking to the future and permitting adequate escapement to maintain the supply in future years sufficient in itself to show that the man knows his business and Alaskans profting thereby.
 Poverty or plenty 1t is sorry spectacle to see partisan politics sink to such depth that attempt is being made to cruelty humanity in an effort to get into office
 It is no compliment to the leaders of the Re- publican campaign that they engage ins or allow such tactics. a+a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
Money In The Banks
(NeW York TimeS)

(New York Times)
 The report that deposits in mutual savings banks in this country have passed the $1000000OO mark and approached the highest point on record is another certain indication of the progress of It is particularly reassuring note that the number of new accounts increased rapidly during the first half of 1886 that high record has been set in the total number of individual depositors Thrift is evidently not forgotten virtue and more people are plainly in position to practice it.
 It is probably true that there has been some switching of accounts from commercial banks to sav- ngs banks for the purpose of obtaining interest," but the record shows that the banking system as whole has achieved very large net increase in deposits and that good deal of the ground lost during the worst phase of the depression has now been reganed In midsummer of 1929 when the pre-depression boom was at its height total deposits in all banks in the United States amounted to $54 1000 OOO They re- mained near that figure until the second half of l93 when they began to decline at a rapidly increasing pace. The decline continued ultimately to a point at which in midsummer of 1933 total bank deposits had fallen to $38000000000-an enormous deflation of $l6000000000 compared with 1929 At that point the turn came. Since 1923 bank deposits have been increasing. They now stand at $49 900 100000 only about 10 per cent below the predepreSson level The great increase since 1883 has had profound effect on business. For the real money of the United States the money with which nine tenths of our business affairs settled is "bank money"-hat is deposits on which checks can be drawn to pay for goods and services
 It is unmistakable sign of the present strength of the banking situation that bank failures are now at the lowest level reached in many years Not single member bank of the Federal Reserve System was forced to suspend operations during the first half of 1856, and failures of non-member banks numbered only tWenty-six. How greatly the situation has changed for the better in this respect may be seen if that figure is compared with the 365 failures of member and non-member banks which occurred even during so prosperous period the first half of 1929
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
Horoscope ''The stars incline
 but do not cOmpel'
FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 1886

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2l, 1886
 According to astrology benefic as- poets rule this day. The morning hours are especially fortunate for the activities of women. se:
 Girls today will prosper through their efforts It is a promising date for those who venture into new avenues of industry. Scientists will profit. ,s .as s
 Employers may be difficult to please while this configuration con tintes. Men and women who draw salaries or wages must more than earn what they receive in certain business and industrial enterprises.
 This is a fortunate sway for managers of their fellow men. In directing the destinies of workers they may run into clashes and ser ious disputes. but today appears to favor those who wield power.
 This planetary government affects political leaders, manufacturers and business men who are subject to in fluences making for force and ag- gressiveness.
 Although there is a sign believed to encourage logical points of view regarding human affairs the au- tum is to develop serious strikes and labor difficulties.
 Because the stars encourage in- ternal conflicts in organizations of every sort, factional fights may be expected Individualism will be prevalent and egotism may cause troubles.
 The evening should bring good news to certain candidates, but the seers foretell the retaining of many offices in government Present tenures will be extended, it is indi- cated.
 Persons whose birthdate 1t is have the augury of a year of joy through friends new and old. Wo- man may look forward to many so- cial pleasures.
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be kindly in nature and diplomatic. Subjects of this sign usually succeed through unusual ap- plication of wits and talents.
 Frank A. Munsey, publisher, was born on this day 1854. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include John M. Thurston, states man, 1847; Oliver H. Perry, naval officer, 17s5; John Baptisto Grouze, French painter, 1725.
 Copyright, 1936)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
SIMMONS MAKES
 FLIGHT TO SITKA

The Alaska Air Transport Bellan- ca Totem, Pilot Sheldon Simmons, left here this morning at l0:45 on flight to Chichagof and Sitka with Mrs. Lee Atkinson and her two small children. and D. E. McMur- phy as passengers, and Fred Cra- mer and Carl Edson for Sitka. At Chichagof, Simmons picked up G. L. Mack and J. I. Laaksonen flor Sitka. One passenger form Sitka and four from Chichagof came to Juneau on the return flight.
 On his return here Simmons was to make four hour charter flight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
Lemke In The Campaign
Newark NeWs)

No third party Presidential candidate ever won an election in this country Nobody with a scintilla of cal-mindedness expects Mir Lernke to do it. His power to injure the chances, however of either of the major party candidates is something to which the leaders giving careful thought Republicans and Democrats each affect to believe Lemke will pull more votes from the other side The truth is they do not know.
 MT Lemke's ability to harm, whatever 1t may be- Will De registered far more by his popular voe the vote he takes away from Roosevelt and Landon in respective States than by any electoral vote he may manage to pick up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR General Land Office

General Land Office
 U. s. Land Office
 Anchorage, Alaska
 July 12, 1886
 Notice is hereby given that R. F. Lewis of Juneau, Alaska, has made application for a Soldiers Addi- tional Homestead, Serial 08l60, for tract of land containing 9.48 acres situated northwest of, and adjoin- in the toWnSite of Juneau, Terri tory of Alaska. U. s. L. M. No. 3 bers s. 67o 51' 40" w. 41.2l chains distant from Cor No. 1, this survey 22l9. Latitude 58' 18' l8" N., Longi- tude 1340, 24' 45" w.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims or protests within the period of publication or 30 days thereafter, in the U. s. Land Office, Anchor age, Alaska, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes, and final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. First publication, Aug. 6, 1886. Last publication, Oct. l, 1936.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
CONTRADICTIONS

No single utterance of Gov. Ali M Landon in his acceptance speech was so prominently displayed in the ultra press of the nation as his near bold assertion thst President Roosevelt has been "fumbling with recovery" Editorialy they proclaimed 1t classic.
 Then, almost immediately they were confronted with contra seasonal" report from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. And they put it inside, not always next to pure reading matter. In some of the great journals of reaction the piece was whittled down to few paltry paragraphs Some left it out entirely thus uphoding the freedom of the press.
 But the report was interesting especially when laid alongside the prime uterance of the Republican nominee. It said: -s 7r4 T ya q -s
 "The course of events carried employment in manufacturing establishments in June, 1886 to point higher than at any time since October l930
 "If the second half of the present year has usual relations to the first half employment in manufac- turing will be back to the eyei of the Spring of 93O
 Manufacturing has not been alone in going for ward. In the first six months of 1886 construction would seem to have aggregated in value as least 76 per cent more for the country as a whole, than in the corresponding part of 1885 The figures published by the building trades unions show that more of their members now employed than in the Spring of l93O
 "rhe course of 1886 may show this as the best year in physical volume of business since 1929"
 The only figure mentioned the "at least 76 per cent improvement in construction the first six months of 1885 According to the Chambers prev figures that makes the gain in construction tracts actually carried out since l933 total PAP per cent The Roosevelt recovery it will be noted for example the gain of l297 per cent in net earnings industrial corporations in three years is cumulative
 Now while Governor Landon's speech warned that President Roosevelt is infringing upon the freedom of citizens his more loquacious running mate worked himselt into frezy tlns point As the publisher Df 1neWs 4pers u ehieA alld New England and per
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-08-20
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

l. Why does Labor Day always come on the first Monday in Sep tember?
 2. Who was Emanuel Sweden borg?
 3. How long is a term in the U. s. Senate?
 4. What metal expands less by heat than any other? 5. What is the most celebrated volcano in the world?
 ANSWERS 1. This date was fixed by Act of Congress. 2. Swedish theologian and mys- tic (1688-1772)
 3. Six years.
 4. Platinum.
 5. Mt. Vesuvius.