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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-09

RHODA MAY CLARK-Foot coI
 rectionist. 517 Goldstein Bldg. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-09

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-09

Try ar Empire aG.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-09

Lode and placer location notices Tor sale at The Empire office,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-11-09

Totals ............489 534 489-1512 Average; did not bowl.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
COMPROMISE SEEN.
IN BLACK TOM SUIT
Settlement of U. S. Claims
Believed Negotiated
at Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FresS.
A compromise of American claims
that German secret agents set OH the
Black Tom and Kingsland munitions
explosions along the New jersey water
front in 1916 and 1917, while this
country was a neutral, has been re-
ported at a meeting of Nazi repre-
sentatives and Robert w. Bonynge,
an American attorney.
Bonynge. just returned from Ger
many, declined to comment until his
report has been made to the German
American Mixed Claims Commission.
The Lehigh Valley Railroads ter
rninal at Black Tom, N. j.. was de-
stroyed by an explosion July 29, 1917.
and the KingSland, N. j., ammunition
plant of the Canadian Car g. Foundry
Co. was blown up January II. 1916.
Four lives were lost and millions OF
property damage done in New York
City and Northern New Jersey.
Claims Rejected in 1882.
In 1882 claims court at the Hague
found the United States had not
proved the explosions were the work
The United States was granted q
rehearing in 1898, when Theodore
Wozniak. at whose bench in the Kings
land plant it was alleged the disas-
trous fire started, was found after
12-year search.
Justice Owen j. Roberts of the
Supreme Court, umpire for the claims
commission, found there was no evi-
dence Wozniak was German agent
or that the fire started at his work
bench.
In May of this year, on the basis
of new and sensational evidence, the
prolonged suit was reopened. Fea-
tured in the new testimony before the
commission was a magazine, on the
inside pages of which a secret code
\ message appeared when heated. The
United States claimed this message
I linked German agents to the Black
I Tom and Kingsland explosions.
i An affidavit was presented, signed
I by James Larkin, radical Irish labor
I leader, that he was offered a Job to
help fire the Black Tom terminal.
I Secret Records Presented.
Secret records of the Austrian gov
ernment we're presented, purportedly
1 connecting prominent Germans in
7 this country to the explosions.
The hearing brought out a long
! story of sabotage. Evidence was pre-
1 sented to show that German agent,
then in South America, received the
! Iron Cross for poisoning mules shipped
I to the allies; that stevedores in Balti-
more we're bribed to innoculate live
Z stock with anthrax germs; that inno-
Z cent-looking pencils and perfume bot
ties contained chemicals which started
fires, and that a germ laboratory
3 was maintained just outside Washing
ton.
The Mixed Claims Commission
found. this time, in favor Of the
United States.
Bonynge left soon after for Ger
many. repeatedly to seek compromise
settlement of the claims and avoid
further litigation. In some quarters
the compromise settlement was re-
ported to be for $40, 100000.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

peals, will conduct the course begin
ming with the opening of the Fall
term September %. There will be two
class periods each week DR.. Sebree
has devoted two years to a study Of
administrative law at Johns Hopkins
University. He is the author of a
number of legal publications.
The course will deal particularly
with separation of powers, the extent
OF proper delegation of legislative
power and the finality Of admins
trative decisions 1t also will include
consideration of judicial control of
administrative action in the fields OF
utility regulation, taxation, control Of
aliens, Federal trade regulation. work.
mems compensation laws, postal mat
ters, veterans laws and police regu-
lations. Special attention will be de-
voted to agencies established within
recent years.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
WARDEN LAWES Halls
P. w. A. HOUSING WORK
Nv the Associated Press.

Nv the Associated Press.
Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing
Sing Penitentiary yesterday praised
efforts of the P. w. A. Housing DiU-
sion to replace what he called breed
Ing spots of crime and delinquency"
with decent homes.
The Publicity Division Of P. w. A.
made public letter Lawes wrote to
Howard A. Gray, new P. w. A. hous-
Ing director, saying in part:
Studies Of case histories Of admis-
sion to Sing Sing Prison amply bear
me out when say that much of the
Juvenile delinquencies and subsequent
major offenses, are directly attributa-
bic to the misery, discomfort and the
impairment of morals that are In.
evitable to life under such conditions"
Evening star., 1936-08-02

6eSIeIUdy
This W a S the
subject consid-
cred by the spe-
cial American Bar
Association Com
mittee whose re-
cent report advo-
eating a Federal
A d m i n istrative
Court attracted
widespread atten-
ton.
DR.. James E.
Sebree, member
of the staff of the
United S t a t e S
Poard of Tow An
Evening star., 1936-08-02
LAW SCHOOL ADDS
COURSE FOR &c.
Administrative Subject in Ma.
tional U. Curriculum Recently
Widely Discussed.

National University Law School has
added course in administrative law
to its curriculum for the year 1867.
DR.. Charles Pergler, dean, announced
Evening star., 1936-08-02

@ Julius Lansbugh Furniture Cpan August Sale recognized
marked
savings discriminating buyers
Budget
Terms arranged.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

A beautiful secretary in
the modern trend that
offers every convenience
you desire. my
compartments above a
spacious writing area.
The two doors below
open to a large 3-Shelf
cupboard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
TYPES OF SHIPS

The recent decision to reclas-
sify first-claSs ships and make
them cabin vessels, so far as the
designation on the steamship
contract and on labels is con-
cerned, has been rather confus'
ing to many prospective travellers.
The regular cabin" ships en-
tailed some little confusion, too,
so now things are worse. There
fore, there are about 100 ships
ferrying travellers across the At
lantic it might be a good idea
to discuss the various types of
accommodations they offer and
the difference between them.
Really, though, it isn't so diff
cult when we realize that,
broadly speaking, there are three
classes of transatlantic paSSen-
ger ships.
The five-day boats head the
list, and these vessels usually
have three types of accommoda-
ton. There is the first-class,
now designated cabin" class,
tourist class which corresponds
to the old second class" and
third class. Then comes the
group originally designated as
cabin liners. These. while being
palatial in many instances, are
not quite as speedy as the de-
luxerS or express liners. Some Of
these have two types of accom-
modations while others have three
ONE.CLASS BOATS
Contrasted with these ships are
those in the third classification,
namely the one-claSS boats. These
are by no means tramp steamers,
but regular transatlantic paSSen-
ger ships where simple comfort
rules in place Of gilded luxury.
Of course, there are always
tramp steamers on which a few
passengers are berthed and where
they dine in the officers mess.
This offers such an inexpensive
way for any man to cross the
herring pond that such accom-
modations are always sold out long
in advance.
Heading the procession across
the Atlantic will be the new Queen
Mary and the Normandie, and the
race for speed supremacy between
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TOday's BOOndOggle

Convinced that the of Las Anmas county somehow
will manage to weather droughs and floods without any
ernmenal ad the WPA working ndusrousy to improve
the fair grounds Trinidad the triumphant agrlculturas
may oregaher there congena surroundings and display the
fruit of their labors.
Moreover the WPA will do the job with thoroughness
characteristic New Deal 1t will improve the fair grounds
once cost of improve them again cost of 1885,
improve them for third and last time at cost OF SOO
according to the announcements of its press bureau
The improvements call for the painting OF buildings and
grandstans the construction of barn. and the erection
of 900 linear feet wall presumably for no better pu
pose than to keep out the local One-Eyed ConneIys
. by York sun)
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Three-Minute Journeys

'these two giants will afford an
extra thrill for passengers.
Also in the group OF express
cabin ships are such liners as the
popular Aquitania and Berengaria,
running mates of the Queen Mary;
Bremen and Europa Of the North
German Lloyd; the French lie de
France and the reconditloned
Paris, and the Rex and Conte de
Savoie, pride Of Italy's passenger
fleet. The Canadian Pacific liner,
the Empress Of Britain, is also IN
this group.
FARES VARY
Fares vary according to the
various ships as well as accommo-
dations. BY that we mean that
although these ships are all IN one
classification, the same type OF
accommodation will vary accord
ing to the ship. Thus a room
and bath on A deck will cost
more on the Normandie than on
the Paris. The same thing goes
for cabin ships of which our own
washington and Manhattan are
at the top Of the. list.
While taking a day or so longer
to make the crossing, the newer
and finer cabin liners offer
marvellous high grade OF service
at a substantial saving when con"
trasted with the same thing OF"
fered by the crack deluxe liners.
LuxuriouSly fitted> and magnltl-
Gently furnished stateroomS and
baths, gymnasiumS, palm courts,
cafes, magnificent swimming
pools, sumptuous public rooms
these will be found on cabin
liners. OF course, some OF the
older vessels in this classification
do not offer such luxuries but
they are still supremacy comfort"
able. Then, too, their prices are
a little lower than the crack
cabin ships.
In the one-class classification,
there is a grand group Of Amer
lean ships of the American Mer-
chant line plying between New
York and London. Although these
are primarily express cargo boats,
they offer pleasant staterooms,
public rooms and deck space.
Then there are other one-class
fleets that cater only to the pas
senger trade, such as the Bern
stein boats that have Antwerp as
their European terminus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
The Human Side of the News = By Edwin C. Hill

a professor Of mathematics up to
the time that he stood at the bust
ness end of a machine gun in the
Easter rebellion Of 1915.
He always has reminded me Of
Woodrow Wilson. can't tell ex'
actly why. Perhaps it is the abso-
lutte certainty Of their own posi-
ton and judgment, peculiar to
both, and the finality which
marked their opinions.
Wilson wasn't satisfied with a
practical peace at Versailles. He
insisted on an idealistic one. The
canny politicians gave him the
shadow and. made off with the
substance.
De Valera wasn't satisfied with
the practical peace of London. He
insisted on the idealistic one. Ire
land had a civil war and has had
Is years Of intermittent turmoil
ever since.
The extreme wing of the Irish
Republicans which was with De
Valera against Collins is now
against De Valera, holding him up
as tyrant who will take his place
with the English deSpotS.
HAS UPPER HAND
It is a question of force against
force between De Valera and the
Irish Republican Army. Political
murders are taking place again
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and De Valera has set up military
tribunals, special police and has
put a ban on the I. r. A.
While our political conventions
were on, ireland had its biggest
political sensation in years, name
" the arrest and imprisonment Of
Maurice Twomey, commander Of
the I. r. A.
Twomey was taken as he was
leaving church and after q per-
emptory trial under the Public
Safety Act before a military court
was sentenced to three years in
prison. Perhaps as many as one
hundred more of the Republicans
have suffered a like fate in the
past few months.
The opinion in Ireland and Eng
land is that De Valera has the up
per hand and will be able to take
care of the extremists. The trouble
is that it may involve bloodshed,
perhaps plenty of it. The guns are
being run into ireland for the I.
r. A., and an IriShman with a
political wrong. real or fancied, in
his heart is plenty quick on the
trigger.
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
NOW IT'S:
KnOck, Knock"

VI nave you uedLUs
First it was handles. Washing
ton almost went coo-coo over that.
They were playing it around the
Capitol before it seeped downtown
and some of the best minds were
constantly afflicted with it.
So far this knock knock" bust
ness seems to confine itself to
Government departments an d
Capitol Guards and the few lone
secretaries on the Hill haven't
caught the fever.
Two examples Of this craze
came verbatim from a New Deal
agency. Two people meet. One of
them carries on the game, the
other acts as stooge like this:
KNOCK, Knock"
"WhOse there?"
"Gladys."
"GladyS who?"
"Glad it's cooler"
All, now don't go away yet.
Here's one that is even worse:
knock, knock"
"WhO'S there?"
"JeSS."
"Jess whO?"
Gust a Song at Twilight"
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tainly seems Regular. And talks
the part. Cowardice, to hear him
tell it, is Just about the most
despicable crime on the calendar.
CUTTERS and slackers, 'fraid cats
and cry-babies. he'd boil 'em all
in oil if he had his way. Nix
on anyone with q yellow streak!
Yet he, himself, is as complete
and contemplate a coDGrd as
you'd find in a long days march!
Strangest thing iS-he doesn't
know it! Nor do most of his
friends. He sincerely believes that
he's as brave as they come-and
his friends agree with him. He'd
be furious If you told him he was
white-livered. deny it Indignantly
E. demand proofs.
And you'd be hard put to find
them, for, unfortunately, there
are many forms of cowardice
which the average citizen doesn't
recognize as such. forms which
actually seem to be virtues rather
OL1d1A N1CCO OO CI1dU VIC 4I4Ool
craven GUTTER often, honestly,
kids himself and his public into
believing he's a Caesar.
DOESN'T KNOW 1T
Exhibit A, for example. He's a
coward, but he doesn't know it.
And why should he be charged
with it? towards are afraid Of
things. Things like guns, snakes,
epidemics, fires, holdups, Tough
Eggs. He isn't afraid Of these
things. He isn't afraid of any
thing. Northing could ever make
him run away. Why, then. should
anyone call him a coward?
Such is Exhibit AS indignation
on being charged with cowardice.
And he believes his indignant an
swer to be an honest one. But it
isn't. For he Is afraid Of something
and he does run away from some
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peace, so he says in effect.
A lot of Irishmen in Dublin and
on this side Of the big pond re-
ceive this statement of the dour,
determined President of Ireland
with mixed emotions. A certain
Michael Collins thought that the
time for peace had come is years
ago. The same Collins, with others,
like Dick Mulcahy, fought the
British military to a Standstill in
the guerrilla warfare after the
World War.
For 300 years the Irish had been
in rebellion. The straightforward
George v decided to put an end
to it, to pluck the thorn from the
side Of England. AS he said him.
self, he was sick of the bloodshed.
ParliamentS and statesmen had
failed to solve the Irish question.
King George didn't bother about
parliamentS or statesmen. He
asked Collins, Arthur Griffith and
De Valera to come to England.
COMES INTO POWER
He offered them peace, liberty
and a full measure Of Self-govern-
ment. Ulster was not included.
Collins and Griffiths accepted,
But with De Valera it was the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
PROPHETIC?

Congress must pay better atten-
ton to what goes on in the Gov
eminent.
The Walsh-Healey bill dealing
with Government contracts passed
the last session. 1t directs the
Secretary of Labor to do certain
things and it refers to the Secre-
tary as "he" all the way through.
What will Madame Perkins have
To Sdy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27

few of the jumpers and started
to motor back to Washington.
Mrs. Leche expressed a desire to
do some sightseeing when they
got back to the city and the Gov
ernor thought it would be a good
idea. While they were discussing
with their friends where they
would go and what they wanted
to see, Mrs. Leche kept insisting
that they go to the White House.
Finally one of her friends asked
her why she was so anxious to see
the White House. She replied:
"Dick has told me that we
might be living there some day
and / just wanted to see what
1t looked like"
That ought to be a good enough
reason for any woman.
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conditions, and
do all t h e
spunky things
B ra We Guys
are supposed
to do-"SaSS a
p o Ii ceman or
bite a bulldog"
face a fir
ing S q u a d.
dive after the
d r o W n ing
r e S c u e the
burning. save
the h e ! pie S S
from kidnapping
gangs.
w. L. -AS.
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whole hog or nothing. He wasn't
satisfied with the Spirit-he in
sisted on the letter.
The Irish Free State was set up.
De Valera broke with Collins and
Griffith. Collins died by an as
sassin's bullet and Griffith died a
disappointed man.
De Valera, the champion of
complete independence, came into
power. He abolished the office of
encouragement, which was I'M
important. He engaged in a tariff
war with England.
He spoke loudly and often in
the chambers Of the League Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
Political Gesture

The executive order of President Roosevelt bringing
future appointments Of first second and third class post
masters under the merit system is OBVIOUSLY A PO-
LITICAL MOVE
the Nation OUer the disruption of the Civil Service
by his Administration and is meant to stem the tide
IDtich has been running against "FGrLeyISm both
in the Post office and in other departments of the
Government.
1t will take more than an order such as this to over
the taste which Farley and his cohorts have left
in the American mouth.
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN SUCH AN ORDER
TO CONVINCE AMERICANS THAT MR. RO0sE-
WELT SINCERELY EXPECTS TO PUT INTO PRAC-
TICE THE FAIR WORDS WHICH HE HAS FROM
TIME TO TIME BESTOWED UPON THE MERIT
SYSTEM AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Back in 1885, shortly after he took office Mr. Roose-
vel with considerable fanfare announced that he had
directed his Postmaster General to prepare legislation
to bring the postmasterships under the Civil Service
Poor Mr.. FarLey however, IUGs so busy in his
multiple and somewhat mixed up jobs, that it WGs
years before he got around to tin fact not
until Mr. Farley had loaded the pOstmGSterships and
every other job that uUas available could be
Gted Nth deserving Democrats
And then when the legislation was introduced in Con-
gress it was not passed
A letter from Senator Joseph g. 0'Mahoney of
Wyoming to the President, made public with the execu
tive order attempts to show that the legislation de-
feated by the Republicans in the House.
If the Republicans with their handful Of votes were
able to block this Administration proposal" miracles
are still happening.
Mr. Roosevelt able to get about everything else
that he really wanted through Congress
Regardless of the record, however, now have the
executive order order that can be changed at any
time the within Of the President or the wishes of the
political wizards of the Administration call for the
change.
It will require than this order, affecting mere
$4,000 jobs to wipe out the sins which the Roosevelt
administration has committed against the Civil Service
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27

On a recent
visit to Wash
ington he &C
companied sew
eral Of his
friends in the
Nations Capital
to Warrenton,
Va. Here in the
neck Of woods
where they pay
more attention
to good horse
flesh than to
politics the Gov
ernor spent sew
eral hours. He
1ANlynI Auap
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1T WORKED

Of paper and pass them around.
IT WORKED
Washington friends Of Norman
Gregg, a writer, are telling the
story that he is the only man
who ever got Comptroller Gen
eral John r. McCarl to lay off
a person he thought owed the
Government money.
According to the story, Mr..
Gregg was in the army in charge
of some stores when a fire de-
stroyed them. Although he had
nothing to do with the fire, he
was in some way held respon-
sible for the loss.
He got out of the army and a
long time afterward he got a
letter from McCarl's office say
ing, pay up.
Mr.. Gregg, it seems, was
darned tired Of this thing by
then so he went to the American
Legion attorney and asked him
about it. The attorney in Chi
cago told Mr.. Gregg that he
thought the claim could be beat
en-, but that Mr.. Gregg would
have to go to Washington to
fight it and in the long run It
would cost him just as much
to fight it as it would to pay y.
Mr.. Gregg began to pay off. He
sent something on account regu.
larly. Then he missed couple OF
times. Mr.. McCarl Immediately
sent him another letter. This
made Mr.. Gregg boil.
He sat down and wrote that he
had been paying on this claim
when there wasn't any justice in
it and he was through. Further
more, that he was a writer and
that if he got any more dunning
letters, he was going to write the
whole case up and spread it all
over the country. He didn't re-
ceive another letter.
Maybe the typewriter is might
Ter than the pen.
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the S W e dish
Norwegian act
as between the
Irish Free State
and the King
dom of Eng
land. He thinks
the time is ripe
for John to put
down his walk.
ing stick and
for Pat to lay
aside his Shil.
lalah. The bat
tie is over, let
us sit down like
the Scandinavia
ans ond live in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-27
AN OLD CUSTOM

D. j. Ward, assistant to A. B.
Thatcher, business manager of the
Resettlement Administration, is a
former Marine. Associates say
that when anyone tries to drive a
hard bargain with this branch of
the Government they find them
selves up against some old Marine
technique and usually they say
Uncle"