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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Twas This Way
By LYLE SPENCER
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Man Who Made Rubber
@ Western Newspaper Union.

II AVE you ever thought how diff
l. 1 ferent our world would be if
rubber did not exist? How could
we possibly. get along without rub
Der tires, eraser5, garters, golf balls
or any other of thousand neces-
sites made of rubber we use every
day? Yet only a hundred years
ago, not one of these things existed
in modern form because no one
k ew how to vulcanize rubber.
Charles Goodyear, one of the most
known, was the inventor of the rub
Der INFLAMMATION process. He had
a one-track mind, nina that spent
its whole life tracking down
process for vulcanizing rubber. 1t
is to his undying credit that he
finally found the thing he was after,
and gave the world one of it's most
important industrial processes.
Goodyear's discovery came &C.
cidentally. one day when he dropped
a piece of raw rubber smeared
with sulphur on a hot stove. From
this lucky experiment he soon de-
veloped his famous process. Almost
overnight he was catapulted to
worldwide fame, and for time it
even seemed as if he might make
some money.
But Goodyear was no business
man. He was tricked out of every
thing he owned, and when he 6ied,
he left over 5000, 900 in debts. The
final irony of Goodyear's highly
ironic career was that although he
took out patents on almost every
conceivable use of rubber, he left
out the one which in later years
became by all odds most important
the automobile tire!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Cinderella's Glass Slipper
CINDERELLA lost one of her til

UMBRELLA lost one of her tiny
~ glass slippers at a costume ball
and so found her Prince Charming.
Her story is one of the most de-
lightful fairF tales in the world S
literature, ard it seems shame to
spoil it. But Cinderella did not go
to the ball W caring glass slippers.
The whole thing came about
through mistake in translation.
Cinderella's story was originally
translated into English from the
French. In the French version,
Cinderella went to the ball wearing
pantoufles de vair. The word vair
means gray OF white fur, like err
mine or miniver. But the transla-
tor mistook it for verre, meaning
glass. It isn't nearly so romantic
the other way, but when you come
to think about it, can you imagine
anyone being able to dance in glass
slippers?
Many other mistakes have crept
into our literature in the same man.
ner. One of our most charming
Christmas carols contains the Bib
lical quotation, peace on earth,
good will to men," The line con-
tains a sentiment very appropriate
to the Christmas spirit.
Yet Biblical scholars say il is a
mistranslation from the Greek, and
that in the original version it read,
"Peace on earth to men of good
will" At first sight, this does not
appear to be nearly as .haritable
a statement as the one we are
accustomed to hearing. But when
one studies it for a little while, it
really does seem to make more
sense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Elephants and Donkeys

IT HE Republican and Democratic
L parties existed long before they
had elephants and donkeys for party
symbols. Although the Democratic
party was formed in 1882, the .irst
Democratic cartoon in which the
emblem of the party was repre-
scented as a donkey did not appear
until 1870.
1t was drawing by Thomas Mast
in Harper's Weekly entitled "a Live
Jackass Kicking Dead Llon." The
donkey was tagged "Copperhead
Papers," and the dead lion repre-
scented Stanton, Lincoln'S secretary
Of war. Stanton. who died the year
before, had been embroiied in par
tisan politics, and Mast did not think
that Democratic newspapers had
the right to attack a man after he
was dead. Nast's vitriolic cartoon
made a big impression and the
donkey has symbolized the DEM
ocratic party ever since.
Mast also drew the first picture
of Republican elephant. His
cartoon, appearing in Harper's dur
ing the fall of 1874, was titled ''The
Third-Telm Panic" and referred to
the possibility of Ulysses S. Grant
seeking a third term for president.
A biblical inscription was used in
conjunction, San ass, having put
on the lions skin, roamed about
in the forest, and amused himself by
frightening all the foolish animals
he met within his wanderings." One
of the animals was an elephant
This cartoon also attracted wide
attention, and served to give the
Republican party a permanent en-
blem, which political cartoonists
have never replaced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Uncle Ma6
Says: ~
ChaH or Flint

Vagrant winds blow the chaff,
but the flint is undisturbed. Which
are we?
More that boys are expected to
be perfect, the more descending
there will be.
If one must sheer, let him not in
dulge in cheap ones. They're SO
trying among people of intel
ligence.
You don't blame a dumb man
for his dumbness unless he takes
on airs.
Leave Their Welcome
Those who cultivate the art of
knowing when to go home, fire.
quently run away when their
friends want them to stay longer.
A great deal of energy is re-
quired to say nothing.
If one could only learn not to be
afraid he would escape rs per cent
of his worry.
Outstanding trait of the great
common people is their humanity.
But even when the worm turns
he's just a worm pointing the
other way.
Barnum's Omission
Barnum said that the people like
to be fooled, but he omitted the inn
portant proviso-only in case they
don't find it out.
Greatest hardship on earth Is
not to be interested.
When strong drink and weak
men get together, it fosters bone
dry sentiment among their neigh
bors tremendously.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Largest Oyster Ever Found
WNU Service.

A giant oyster that was hauled out
OF the South Pacific off the coast of
Thursday Island few years ago by
a sheH-fishing boat is believed to be
the largest ever found. The shell was
10 inches in diameter and and one
half inches in maximum thickness,
while the meat was sufficient to
furnish a full meal for the crew of
nine men.-Collier's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
The Berlin Decree

The Berlin decree was a decree
issued by Napoleon at Berlin N Nov
ember, 1906, forbidding any of the
nations of Europe to trade with
Great Britain, proclaiming her to
be in state of blockade, declaring
all English property forfeit, and all
Englishmen on French soil prison
erS of war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19

'Dut WHY 0Al liS thAos
up now?
AS for those who
voted the opposition
ticket-well, Ameri-
cans may be greedy
to win, but they're
sporty losers. Be
sides, it'll soon b e
hard to find anybody
who was against
you. Among t h e
multitude, the patri-
OF who actually OPP
pOSed Won except
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
sS5,'l&5,!(|s||s5es
- about:
Saluting the President

CANTA MONICA, CALF
- Top of the morning to you,
Mr.. President Elect! Many hap
py returns! But you've already
seen the happy returns, haven't
you?
We've been behind you right
along. At times, some of us may
have been so far behind you we
couldn't seem to see you, at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
First Equestrian statue

Clark Mills designed and, in 1852,
cast in an experimental foundry the
statue of Gen. Jackson for Lafayette
Square, Washington, D. c. This was
the first equestrian statue in the
history of American sculpture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Pos
tum Company in another part of
this paper. They will send a full
weeks supply of health giving
Postum free to anyone who writes
for it.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Carried Them on Her BACK

The wolf spioer, Lycosa Scutu-
Iata, carried her children about en-
her back until they are old enough
to shift for themselves, according
to Nature Magazine Her brood may
be as many as $50 spiderlings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Reverence and Equality

Esteem incites friendship, but
not love; the former is the twin
brother of Reverence; the latter
is the child OF Equality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Stage and Stock Market

IT'S curious that two of the most
! fascinating and envied professions
-fnanciering and acting-do not
necessarily call for int diligence.
Not that there aren't brilliant per-
sons a-plenty engaged in both lines.
But the mimetic quality, the
knack of rendering other peoples
lines, perhaps without ever under
standing them, may be but sub
limated emotional instinct, just as
sometimes the ability to make great
gobs of money has nothing to do
with brains, or rather brains have
nothing to do with it. A certain
man can smell out hidden dollar
exactly as a rat terrier shifts be-
hind the wainscoting the rat which
another dog would pass unnoticed.
There are young ladies capably
interpreting classic roles who prob
ably think Salome is the name of
an Italian sausage.
IRWIN S. COBB.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Urged Smelling Reform

Benjamin Franklin was a SPELL
ing reform advocate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19
Cobb's Pet AnnOyances

g OMEBODY writes in, demand
y ing to know what my pet loath-
ings are. Well, let's see:
Is it the fellow who, having heard
every blamed word you said, waits
until you're all through and then
says, "What?"
Or the barber who, having fin
ished the job, grabs up towel and
dabbles you with ninety hundred and
seventy-four separate and distinct
dabs?
Or the clerk who, when you go
in for pair of socks, tries to sell
you everything in the store, includ-
ing some PAL m that you
wouldn't be caught dead in?
Or the orator who says zone last
word" and buries that last word
under about five thousand other
words?
Or the solicitor who begins by
asking for just minute and hangs
on until you begin to figure the
present Christian era must be ap-
preaching its close?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19


be as lonesome as an honest bone
in the average beauty-contest pro-
moter's body.
Synthetic Napoleon Brandy
7 WILL now tell about Napoleon
L brandy. Napoleon brandy is any
brandy more than four years old,
if poured from a dark bottle with
an "N'' on it and decorated with
cobwebs applied by an expert cob
web twiner before being served;
price $1.50 to So per slug at your
favorite robbers cave.
More genuine guaranteed Napo-
leon brandy is sold every month in
New York night clubs alone than
all of the regular Napoleons, num-
bered, respectively, I, II and III,
ever saw.
What brought these interesting
statistics to mind was running into
a collector of Napoleon brandies.
Why, some of his specimens must
date back as far as 1914.
But my aim is to collect the pis-
tolls carried by Jesse James and
the handouts worn by Billy the
Kid. It's a great ambition, but may
run into money because it will take
a large hall to contain all the Jesse
James six-shooters and all the Billy
the Kid handouts I've seen.
Hurrying to Get Nowhere
nv HEN I see a motormaniac
w burning up the road and feel
confident that, ninety-nine times out
of a hundred, there's no earthly
need for his hurry, think of a
japanese gentleman who visited
a typical New York go-getter.
They started downtown. The guide
hurried his guest aboard subway
local, yanked him off at Times
Square, jammed him on packed
express, pulled him out Of the ex-
press further down and violently
inserted him into another overflow
ing local. When they emerged at
a way-station, the japanese was
badly bruised, rumpled and tram
pied.
He linped to his hosts office,
where they sat down with practi-
cally nothing to do except relax.
So he asked why they'd changed
cars so often when the original train
would have brought them along.
"Oh," said the New Yorker, "do-
ing that, we save six minutes"
The oriental sucked in his breath
politely and did some bordering.
"And what" he murmured then,
-''what were you going to do with
the six minuteS?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-11-19

maybe in whimsical spirit = will
be as lonesome as an honest bone
in the average beauty-contest pro-
moter'S body.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
FOOD COMMIT Tee
IN ENGLAND is
WAR SAFEGUARD
Parliament Mem bers in
Spain Ask Neutral
Powers to Act

LONDON, Nov. 28.-Great Britain
prepared for possible war with the
appointment today of food COM
mittee to guard her supplies. The
committee was ordered by the Cab
met to "alert duty"
For emergency sessions over the
weekend, the Government kept
clear of official statements regard
ing the newest Spanish crisis, but
from six members Of Parliament
now in Spain came an appeal fol
immediate large scale action Of
neutral powers through internation-
al organization to mitigate unspeak-
able horrors of the Civil War
The New Food Defense Plans
Departments designated to work
with the Board of Trade.
H. L. French is named director
of the new food committee.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
BREAK MADE IN
SEAMEN STRIKE
EASTERN COAST
Working Agreement Sign
ed with Two Compan-
les on West Basis

NEW YORK. Nov. 28-Striking
seamen signed a working agreement
with two affiliated steamship COM
panies operating three large freight
ers last night, Joseph Curran. in
surgent strike leader said
The Prudential Steamship Com
pany. operating the freighters East
ern Guide and Diamond Cement.
Of San Francisco. and the Trans
oceanic Steamship Company. OPP
Grating the Santa Tecla of New
Orleans, have settled on the basis
of the full west coast demands"
said Curran.
The pact is hailed at insurgents
strike headquarters as the first
break in the fight on the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts.
The headquarters of the Ameri-
can Steamship Owners Association
stated the affiliated companies do
not belong to the Association,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
ExtOrtion Plot
Endangers Life
Of Young Star
Fred die Bartholomew Is
Object of Demand for
$4,000 Says Aunt

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. %
Freddie Bartholomew, twelve-year-
old film star who is earning $1,000
a week, is believed to be the target
of a $4,000 kidnap extortion plot
The young stars aunt, Miss Mil
licent Bartholomew, disclosed today
that he had been threatened in a
letter received this week.
At first, Miss Bartholomew said
she thought the letter was the
work of crank and turned it over
to studio authorities for investi-
CATION
Il understand that G Men are
tracing the sender, who is believed
to be known to Them said Fred
dies aunt.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
FOREST BLAzES
THREATENING IN
WESTERN AREAS
Three Counties in Oregon,
Three in Washing
ton, Are Hit

PORTLAND, Oregon, Nov %
Fires today ate into the brush and
timber lands in Western Oregon
and Southwestern Washington but
ice formed on lakes in the Cascade
mountains. Snow is falling at Pen
dleton, Oregon.
The driest fall in years turned the
forests into finder boxes. Low
humidity is fairly general west OF
the Cascades although the coastal
sections are blanketed in heavy wet
fog that brought some relief to the
fires.
The most menacing fire in Ore
gon is on Saddle Mountain in Clat-
sop County.
Coast fires are also reported in
Coos, Curry and Tillamook Coun-
ties.
In Washington, fires are reported
in Skamania, Clark and Cowlitz
Counties.
Two farms are reported to have
been destroyed and the water sup
ply of the town of Camas is threat
ened.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
aimee IS SUED
FOR LARGE SUM
Former Angel Of Broad
way Claims Damages
for Alleged SANDER, Etc.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 28.-
The long smouldering hostility be-
tween Aimee Semple Mcpherson,
Evangelist, and Rheba Crawford,
once called the Angel of Broad
way" recently her assistant, hos
flared in court.
Miss Crawford has filed suit fer
81 100000 damages and alleged
SANDER.
Miss Crawford was recently noti-
fled by Angelus Temple that her
5000 monthly contract as associate
pastor, was ended. She alleges in
her suit that Aimee referred to her
as the mistress of high state
official, a thief and a conspirator
Mrs. Mcpherson had no COM
ment to make.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
EXP ANSION OF
WALSH-HEALY
ACT is SOUGHT
Labor Standards, Wages
Working Conditions
to Be Bothered

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-Offic-
ials are considering asking Con-
gress to expand the scope OF the
Walsh-Healy Act to obtain wide
spread observance of labor stand
ards similar to MIRA.
1t is certain that firms doing
business with the Government must
pay the prevailing wages and OBJ
serve the 40-hour week and provide
healthful working conditions, also
ban child labor.
This Act applies to all contracts
over $4,000 but leaves 81 percent
of the contracts outside of the law.
Officials want the law to apply to
all contracts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
RECORD BUDGET
ALLOTMENTSB BY
JAPAN CABINET
Appropriations for Coming
Year Will Entail New
National Loan

TOKYO, Nov. 28.-According tc
statement by Japanese Finance
Minister Eiischi Daba, new ma
tional loan for Japan will be nee
essary as a result of the record
breaking 1878 budget, more thar
half Of the allotments of which are
devoted to the army and navy.
The new Japanese budget calls
for three billion, forty-one million
yen, or about eight hundred seven
ty million dollars. This is an in
crease of nineteen million, five hun
dred sixty-four thousand dollars
over the current budget.
Appointments to both the army
and navy are, however, reduced
from those in the present budget
The Imperial Cabinet has approved
the money bill, which now goes tc
the Diet, for ratification.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
LIONS REPEAT
10 WIN OVER
CARD GR|DDERS
Columbia Scores on Open.
ing Kickoff, Then Slaves
Off Stanford Attacks

NEW YORK, Nov. %. - With
George Forey, George Linn, half
back, running back the opening
kickoff seventy-nine yards for the
only touchdown of the game, Col
umbia University duplicated its
Rose Bowl victory of two years ago,
over the Stanford University Car
dinals here this afternoon.
The Cardinals, wearing basket
ball shoes, to secure footing on the
frozen turf, kept pounding the Col
umbia goal line throughout the
game, but were unable to even the
count.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
BIG SERVICE
GAME GIVES
navy ARMY 0
Midshipmen and Cadets AL
most Have Tie Game
Late Rally Saves Navy

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 3D.
After being held on the defensive
for most of the game, the Navy raj
lied to parade 10 yards to touch
down in the closing minutes of the
game this afternoon and beat the
Army to 0.
! The game was witnessed by 1922
600 spectators.
Sneed Schmidt plunged three
times from the three yard mark
after a pass and interference gave
the Navy the ball at that point.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
Fourth Cousin
Of Roosevelt
Dies, Aged q
Vests Oldest Automobile
Driver Passes Away
in Washington

ORTING, Wash, Nov. 28.-Daniel
Delano, aged "a, fourth cousin OF
President Roosevelt, is dead at his
home here.
Delano claimed to be the Vests
oldest automobile driver. He was a
former travelling salesman and a
life long Republican but changed
at the last election.
Unable to go to the polls him
self, he sent his wife and instructed
her to vote to keep things in the
family"
The couple observed their seven
tieth we d di g anniversary last
April IA.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
PLURALITY OF
ROOSEVELT IS
CLIMBING UP

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's plurality over Lam
don has climbed to about the ten
and a half million mark according
to the latest compilations. Not half
of the states have yet announced
their complete official count.
Totals today give Roosevelt IT,
100, 428, Landon 1885, 45l, Lemke
1883 and others scattering.
The total is 44,523,579 49,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
MRS. MATTSON,
vANALI FOUND
DEAD IN RUINS
Slide Death List Reaches
Tragic Total of II Men,
Women, Children
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE
ALLARE NOW REMOVED
General Evacuation Of Hill
side Home Area as
Rain Continues

Swelling the total list of dead in
the avalanche of last Sunday on
Lower Front Street to IA, the bodies
of Mrs. Fred Mattson and Joe Van
ali (Giovenale) were taken from
the ruins between 2 and 3 O'Clock
this morning. Both apparently had
been killed almost instantly when
the slide struck the buildings on the
hillside.
Officials believe that bodies of all
victims have now been recovered
from the debris. There is remote
possibility that there may be others,
but careful check by authorities has
failed to list anyone else missing
they reported.
% In Slide
Awesome figures today revealed
that a total Of % persons were
caught in the mighty cascade of dirt
which roared down the sidehill
on Gastineau Avenue last Sunday
evening around 7::3O o'clock, 1eav-
ing death and destruction in its
wake--15 killed and nine injured.
The total and believed complete
death list includes:
Mrs. Fred Mattson.
Joe Vanali (Giovenale.)
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Peterson.
Mrs. Lena Peterson.
Mrs. Gust Erickson.
Mr.. and Mrs James Hoag.
Forrest Beaudin.
Lorraine Vanali (Giovenale)
Mrs. Joe Vanali (Giovenale).
Pete Battello.
Mrs. George Lee.
Oscar Laito.
The injured, all of whom are ex-
pected to recover, some having al
ready left the hospital, include:
August Maxi.
Alfred Bates.
Gust Erickson
Albert Person.
Mrs. Albert Person.
Jdll ana Alien FerSSOn.
Mrs. Hazel Justin.
Mrs. William Lott.
Claiming Possessions
Possessions Of the victims and of
others who had goods in the path
OF the slide continued to be found
today as clearing of the debris was
carried on by city crews. U. S. Com
missioner Felix Gray said that rela-
tives, friends and some of those who
escaped the actual disaster, were re-
porting at Isl Franklin Street,
where the articles are being kept
in custody. and identifying various
things. 1t has been definitely de-
termined. he reported, that the $3.50
found in a woman's purse was the
property of Mrs. Hugo Peterson, one
OF the victims. Mrs. Lena Peterson
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
; KILLED IN
SCAR CRASH

LONGvIEW, Wash, Nov. a.
Rodger- Woodruff. aged 8, of Ia
coma, died in a hospital here,
bringing to three dead In a three
car collision north Of here last
Wednesday night.
A brother of Bruce, aged years,
and his father, H. G. Woodruff,
electrical engineer, died several
hours after the crash.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
OLDTIMER DIES

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Nov. %
r. F. Tillman, aged 10, an old-timer,
died in local hospital here as the
result Of heart trouble. No rela-
tiyes are known.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
IS
URGING PEACE
IN new WORLD
Addresses Joint Session Of
Brazilian Congress at
Rio de Janerio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil. Nov.
28-Addressing g joint session of
Brazil's Congress, President Frank
lin d. Roosevelt of the Omitted
States said there is no American
conflict that cannot be settled by
orderly peaceful means"
The American President declar-
ed the Inter- American Peace Con-
ference, opening next week in
Buenos Aires, provides opportunity
to Danish war from the New
World and dedicate it to peace. It
is unthinkable to me that in the
time of world wide apprehension we
should fail to seize this opportun-
ity to meet what is a heavy respon-
sibility"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-28
Holman RECEIVERS

George r. Homan, of the U. s
Signal Corps stationed in Juneau
is recovering from case of asthma
and was able to leave st. AIMS
Hospital today.