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Evening star., 1936-05-07
Baron Moncheur's
Daughter Engaged
To MIR. MedlicOtt

INFORMATION was received here
today of the engagement of Mile.
Marie Theodore Moncheur to Mr..
Ronald Medlicott of England. Mile.
Moncheur is the daughter of Baron
and Baroness Moncheur, who are well
known in Washington, as Baron Mon
cheur was one-time Belgian Minister
here.
Mr.. Medlicott's father, a retired
English Army officer, is now the di-
rector of the Anglo Iranese Oil Co.
The wedding will take place on
August at Chateau de Nameche,
which is near Brussels, Belgium.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Stimson
Hosts at WOodley

Former Secretary of State and Mrs.
Henry L. Stimson will give a garden
party this afternoon at Woodley, their
charming residence on Cathedral ave-
nue., for the members of the Amer
lean Bar Association meeting in Wash
mgton this week.
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Residential Washington Notes
Former Senator Pepper in Capital for
American Law Institute Sessions.

Mrs. Loesch and Mrs Pound are with
their husbands.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wellwood
Murray of Montclair, N. j. are stopping
at the Mayflower until Saturday. Mr..
Murray is a well-known lawyer from
New York and member of the
American Bar Association.
Mrs. George H. Earle of Philadel-
phia, mother of the Governor of
Pennsylvania. Is leaving Washington
today following a two-day visit at
the Mayfower and is motoring from
here to Lewisburg, Pa, to attend a
board meeting of the Laurelton State
School for Girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur r. Ramsay.
founders of Fairmont Seminary, who
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Dinner and Lecture
AtArtsClub TOni9ht

Col Charles j. Ferris and Mr.. Will
liam H. Dunn will be hosts at the
dinner this evening at the Arts Club,
which will be followed by an address
by Mr.. Otto Torney Simon 'The
Singer, his Tradition, Art and Techni-
que" which will include interesting
technical observations and personal
anecdotes.
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"ORMER SENATOR and Mrs.
l. George Wharton Pepper Of
| Philadelphia are staying at the
L Mayflower while the former is
here attending sessions of the Ameri-
can Law Institute.
Former Senator Atlee Pomerene Of
Cleveland also is here for the institute
meetings and with Mrs. Pomerene
will be at the Mayf1ower for the re-
mainder of the week.
Other well-known out Of town visi-
tors who have at some time lived in
the Capital and are now here for the
meetings and staying at the hotel
are Mr.. Frank j. Loesch of Chicago
and Dean Roscoe Pound of the Har-
ward Law School. They were both
members of the National Commission
on Law Observance and Enforcement.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter I. Booth have
as their guest this week in their Chevy
Chase home the formers sister, Mrs.
Charles F. Dutton of Rocky River,
Ohio. She motored to Washington
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Miles and Mr..
and Mrs. D. H. Deibel. all Of Cleveland,
for the MEETINGS Of the Law AsSocia-
tions this week.
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Mrs Lillian NJ. Crouch has returned
to Washington from Louisville where
she went to witness the Derby.
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Miss Marion Shouse, daughter Of
Mrs. D. Lawrence Groner, will be
hostess at dinner this evening.
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"Turn Trash
Into Cash.
For Charity
Miss Letter Junior
Committee Head for
Thrift Shop Frolics.

SSv Y yE TURN your trash into
M cash." Mrs. John r.
w Williams own slogan
for tho Thrift Cboyo nf
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Mrs. Loesch and Mrs. Pound are with
their husbands.
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spent few days at the Shoreham at
the end of last week. have gone on to
their home at Southern Pines, N. C..
They spent the latter part of the Win
ter in Southern California, visiting
the San Diego Exposition and making
a leisurely trip across the country after
visiting in Los Angeles.
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TIME President Mrs Roosevelt hosts at dinner last
evening farewell to the Presidents naval aide Capt
Brown and Mrs Brown The other guests were the
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Functions
ArePlanned
FOrVisitOrs
Annual Meeting Will
Open Tomorrow at
Cathedral.

HREE events will add colorful
interest for out-of-town Spon-
sors and chairmen coming T.
Il Washington to atLeno TIE an
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09
Reuie,v of J. 4. HeIIenthal's
 ssThe AIaskan MelOdrdmd''

also with ice to keep them cool, and coal to keep them warm. This brought the business men of San Francisco in contact with the Gov ernors of Russian America. Some of these businessmen. like Shelikof were far-sighted. They saw that the fur industry could be made to pay if properly managed, and it was these business men, not Seward, ac- cording to the author, who were re- sponsible for the negotiations that resulted in the acquisition of Alas ka by the United States.
 The United States took Alaska over but it didn't attempt to gov- ern Alaska-the country, according to the author, was treated as con- quered territory and placed under military rule. Those men had look ed for better things as the result of the transfer and were disappoint- ed Many of the Americans who had come to the country also returned home, but those who remained or ganized a government at Sitka for their own protection. This gov- ernment functioned in defiance of the military authorities. Congress enacted no laws for Alaska except two One of those provided against the possession and use of intoxi- eating liquor, and the other against the use and possession of firearms.
 What followed was best described by the author in the following lan- guage: Crime was not forbidden, and civil rights were not conferred. Contracts could not be enforced; debts could not be collected; those who were single could not be mar ried those who were married could not be divorced; no title to prop erty could be acquired; those who were out of jail didn't know when they would be thrown in; those who were in jail didn't know when they would be kicked out. A single ship brought in four thousand eight hundred gallons of molasses for the use of the home -distillers No one knows how much other ships brought in. Liquor seized under the Dry Law was afterwards sold at auction on the public street-of course, something had to be done with it."
 A little later the troops were with drawn and the Territory left with7 out any government at all except for the government supplied by the local organizations which were or ganized without warrant of law. Then when gold was discovered at Juneau the finders organized min ing district, adopted rules and laws under which mining claims and wa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09

the book, in so far as the American occupation is concerned, is that it points out what the people of AL aska have done in the way of self government, by organizing local governments, which, while they ex- isted without authority of law, pro- tected lives and property far better than any other government, Russia or America, ever did in Alaska. The way these local governments were managed proves one thing conclusively, the author says, and that is that the people of Alaska are capable of governing themselves. This being so, there can be no rea- son why the Americans residing in this Territory should not be per- mitted to govern themselves, just as Americans are permitted to do elsewhere in the Nation, he con- cludes.
 The book is written in a crisp, intimate, and rapidly moving style. It takes the reader along as com panion with the author through his travels and descriptions of the great Territory and into the many his- toric incidents as a bystander to the exciting events, which the book reveals.
 Many Alaskans have already read the book and enjoyed it. Every AL askan will find innumerable incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09

ter-rights could be held, and oth-. erwise provided for their own gov- ernment until 1884 when the laws of Oregon were extended to the Territory. This was the first time that the Territory had had code of laws.
 In 1900 a code of laws designed for Alaska was adopted by Con- gress and additional judicial dis tricts were created In the mean time, the Juneau miners had swarmed all over the Territory. Gold was discovered at Circle City and various points along the Yu- kon, and wherever the miners went they organized their own local gov- ernments and demonstrated their capacity for self-government.
 One of the Juneau miners dis covered the Klondike, and the story of the stampede that followed is told with great many interesting side-lights such as the story of "Soapy" Smith. Then, after the miners left the Klondike and spread all over Alaska, the Territory ex- perienced an era of intense develop ment which was brought to a sud- den halt by the adoption of the con- servation policy and the withdraw al of the resources from appropria- tion and use.
 The author dwells at some length upon the events. that followed the adoption of this policy. The author states that the effect of this policy, as employed in Alaska, is merely to keep the products of Alaska from entering the market in competition with the products of existing mon- opolies, and that the effect is mere ly too protect the monopolies with out conserving anything for any, one. From what the author says, it is clear that the title conserva- ton, as it exists in Alaska, is something very different from con- servation as it exists in the States. As generally understood, the policy of conservation as applied in the States is employed for the purpose of putting the natural resources to the best possible use without waste, while in Alaska, he says it is employed for the purpose of pre-, venting the use of natural resourc- es in order that existing producers may be able to control the market for themselves. In other words, the author contends that the policy as applied in the States is designed to give the people a better use of the natural resources, while the policy as applied in Alaska is de- signed to keep the people from us- ing these resources in any way whatsoever, in the interest of big business, and is simply, he says, a propaganda scheme of big business carried forward to protect existing monopolies.
 The one outstanding thing about
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09
Candidate Lists Expenses, Even
 to Shoestrings

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. g. = J. S Shettlesworth goes into detail in re- porting campaign expenses-down to the last shoe string.
 Here's the way the defeated leg islative candidate reported the $142.45 cost of his campaign:
 Entrance fee, $125; cards, $l5; eight street car tickets, $.60 seven weiners, (entertainment) $.35; sev- en bowls of soup (entertainment) $70; exchange on entrance for check which comeback marked in sufficient funds" SIS; shoestrings to replace pair broken while cam paigning, $.05; half soles worn out campaigning, $50
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09
IT'S COMING

Can you imagine getting three full-size tubes of Rexall Milk of Magnesia Tooth Paste for only 26c? It's only one of the many bargains at the Rexall ORIGINAL One Cent Sale, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October IA, 15, 16, and F, at Butler -MaurO Drug Co.,, The Rexall Drug Store. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09
SHE KNEW HIM

XENIA, O., October 9.-A small girl, a pupil in Mckinley school, stood gazing at picture of William Mckinley in a collection of old pho- tographs in a bank window. A pas serby asked her if she knew whose picture it was. Why, yes," she responded promptly, that's the man who owns the school where I go."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09

dents of interest in it and many thought-provoking theories advanc- by the author.
 The Alaskan Melodrama' rates place at the head of any Alaskan's winter reading list.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-09

RHODA MAY CLARK-Foot cor rectionist. 517 Goldstein Bldg. adv.
Evening star., 1936-08-22

which have struck the. popular fancy
are really upright grands. Not only
are they intriguing In appearance. but
their reduced size fits them into the
smaller modern living rooms which have
taken the place Of the capacious high
ceilinged parlor or sitting room of old.
The very depth Of musical expression,
many will believe, is sounded by the
piano. Out of its singularly clear, sweet
notes, both the amateur and the expert
musician gather the tradition and scope
Of all music, for here is the one instru-
ment above all. with prejudice to none,
which allows the soul Of music to come
forth.
Hence it is happy thing, and en-
couraging for the future, that the tenn
porary eclipse of this noble instrument
is ended. For music. good music, is al
ways rare. 1t is not too much to say
that the very standards of a civilization
increase with the number of pianos it
has in tune.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
Mans Life is According
To His Spiritual State

10 the Eoltor OF ne star.
The letter in The Star signed W. E.
Allen, wherein he advocates vigilance
committees, has been read by me several
times and I feel urged to write the
following to show the inefectiveness
of such committees.
A persons life is according to his
quality. and his quality is his regenerate
or degenerate spiritual state, which is
not changed from the outside but from
the invisible inside.
There is an inscription on the north
west facade of the Department of Justice
Building that bears on this: Justice in
the life and conduct of the state is
possible only as first 1t resides in the
hearts and souls of the citizens"
But people in general stand confused
as to these things and have practically
no clear guidance of their lives, and from
teaching of long standing and from text
books and papers they get the ide- that
Nature is the great provider and that
man can master Nature and force it
to do his bidding.
This sentiment is so prevalent among
the people that it has been cut into
stone for people to gaze at and to be
uIlCOAoSlOuoly UCCclFcu ny.
On the facade of our Union Station is
inscribed: Fire, greatest of discoveries,
enabling man to live in various climates.
use many foods and compel the forces Of
Nature to do his work" Electricity,
carrier of light and power, devourer of
time and space, bearer of human
speech over land and sea, greatest
servant of man, itself unknown. Thou
hast put all things under his feet
On the northeast facade of the De-
partment of Justice Building is inscribed:
Justice is founded in the right be-
slowed by Nature upon man. Liberty IS
maintained in security of justice"
This all looks and sounds good until
we look deeper into our social and
economic troubles and their causes. It
might be of interest to state what Ma
ture is according to Swedenborg: "Na-
ture is theater representative of the
Lords celestial kingdom" Then all the
good things we enjoy are bestowed on us
by the Lord through the instrumentality
of Nature.
We don't need any vigilance commit
tees, or to force our will on any one,
but only to do quietly that which is
our daily work in the light Of truth and
the warmth Of good and give the best
we have to our country and our city
and be content in so doing.
We cannot use the steam shovel
method when it comes to spiritual i'm
provement of man, for it is accomplished
slowly in quiet channels, but it can be
hastened by letting our light shine
before men in charity and faith, show
ing the way by our sincerity and purity
Of our lives.
JOHN HANMERSTROM.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

Is. Freedom to discover and publish
veriflable truth.
26. Enjoyment Of the happiness of
others.
So far as can be seen at present. Dr.
Thorndyke holds, the attainment of
these goals for every one is about as far
as realiSt, considering human nature
as 1t is. can 60 toward an eventual
earthly Utopia-in the light of pres
ent knowledge.
Other men might draw up more salts
factory programs, he says, but claims
for his own the merit of being more
impartial and more definite. of fitting
human nature better, and of being more
easily attained and maintained than the
general run of such recommendations.
DIR. Thorndyke excludes from his list
of desirable goals some of those most
frequently set up by Utopia preaching
reformers-such as wealth, luxury, lib
erty and equality. He has, on the other
hand. included what he believes to be
the desirable elements of these human
yearnings. Some of his objectives seem
self-evident, but, DR.. Thorndyke points
out, there are enormous barriers to be
overcome before any of them can be
realized by each member of society.
Such. for example, is the first-the
maintenance and increase of the inner
causes Of Joy of living. 1t may be the
most important of all, the handspring OF
human happiness. But when analyzed
1t borders on the unknown and even
the mystical. This goal, DR.. Thorndyke
believes, must be approached primarily
through biological research before gov
ernment, education or philanthropy can
do anything about 1t. Without it every
thing else would be dust and ashes and
with it life might be happy for all men
even If few Of the other objectives were
attained.
ITO some persons in some conditions"
DR.. Thorndyke says in the Educational
Record, the official publication of the
American Council, breathing, walking,
the routines Of productive labor, personal
care and social intercourse. and all save
the distinctly unpleasant events of life,
are the stimuli to genuine happiness.
If some baleful miracle reduced its level
in the general population by substan-
tial amount we would be a grouchy coll
lection of blase, neuraSthenic, puritan
ical, weepy grouchers, with suicides an
every udy IL oClcllCS COulQ
give all as much as the most favored l
per cent now have, shaving oneself,
washing dishes, tipping letters, tending
machines, milking cows and teaching
school would be nearly or quite as
much enjoyed as our recreations are
now. This tendency seems to be deter
mined in part by the genes. The colored
races, for example. seem to have more
Of it than the North Europeans. It is
deep-seated, being strong in youth and
weakening in old age. 1t is as yet rather
mysterious, having extreme ups and
downs in the same person, often without
any obvious cause"
DR.. Thorndyke considered future in
which everybody would have the maxi
mum degree of security without inter-
fering with desirable individual initia-
tive and at the same time without dull
ing the sharp edge Of mans ancient
yearning for adventure.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
Impracticable Mediation.

In his reply to Uruguay's tentative
feeler on some sort of concerted action
among the American republics toward
mediation of the Spanish civil war Will
liam Phillips, Acting Secretary of State,
makes plain the fact that wherever
practicable" this Government wishes to
support the principle of conciliation.
But this country is committed to the
principle of non-interference in the in
ternal affairs of another country"
Does this latter principle of non-in-
tervention clash with the principle of
conciliation? Not at all. But one of the
first requirements of successful media
ton is that such step should be taken
only on the invitation of the conflicting
parties. Otherwise. especially in the case
of internal strife, attempted mediation
becomes meddling. Intervention, as a
matter of fact, might under some cir
cumStances be disguised as mediation.
In the case of Spain, It is possible
that after both sides have been worn
down to the point of desperation and
peace is more inviting prospect than
victory, efforts from both sides might
be begun to obtain the good offices OF
some third party in the interest Of peace.
But the nature of the conflict in Spain
makes such efforts improbable. And the
nations Of Europe, so vitality concerned
In the outcome, would be apt to take the
position that they, rather than the
American republics, are more fitted for
Evening star., 1936-08-22
America in a Picture.

The Chicago Tribune recently printed
picture which all Americans should
Sea color photograph of the scene at
Topeka when Gov. ALI Landon accepted
the Republican nomination for the presi-
dency. Thousands of citizens are shown
seated or standing on the lawn around
the entrance to the capitol. Over them
is the starry sky of Summer evening
In the background rises the tower of the
State legislative hall. The facade of the
building is draped with flags. A glare
OF yellow light illumes the platform from
which the nominee is speaking.
But Mr.. Landon himself is lost in the
crowd. An arrow points to the spot upon
which he stands, yet the camera could
not catch his figure. Nor was it impera-
lively necessary. The world knows that
he was there; the world has heard his
voice and read his words and can imag-
inc how he appeared on that night when
fame came to him as it comes to few
individuals. What is important in the
picture is its power to symbolic Amer
lea. The neighbors assembled to honor
the Republican candidate are of the
classes which Shakespeare and Walt
Whitman delighted to call the COM
monalty-"the general body or mass" as
the dictionaries say. In imagination a
spectator on the outer edge Of the throng
might vision the audience enlarged illim-
itably-men, women and children lis
tening in Maine and Oregon, in Mich
igan and Alabama. And also the mind
might conjure up another picture dim
with the mist of accumulated ages-the
scene on the Acropolis when the Athe-
nian democracy met in Judgment of its
captains and its chiefs, its orators and
it's statesmen.
So, it might be suggested that history,
a living tide, flows out of the past, into
the present, on to the future, and Gov.
Landon is bracketed with Pericles over
the years-different characters in diff
ferent epochs, they are alike in their ele-
vation to high position by the multitude.
And the philosopher conceives in the cir
cumstances a principle at work. The
people choose one Of themselves for their
leader, and the more nearly akin to
them, Intellectually and spiritually, he is,
the better they love him.