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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
Mir. ROOsevelt's Letter.
(NeN York TimeSl

President Roosevelt has sent particularly inter- eSting letter to the railway managers and the rail- way labor leaders The two groups have been trying for some time to find formula under which large economies in the merging of railway facilities be achieved without undue loss of employment The President thinks that the time is ripe for such omies and advances the sound argument that the poyes will surely gain" in the long from maxi mum efficiency in operation. He especially urges both sides to settle the matter between themselves rather than take the dispute to Congress For while he believes that legislation has its place, and is often necessary for the welfare of both capital and labor "it edy to be taken with great caution it may prove worse than the disease" Particularly in the present the President fears harm to the railroad indus try" if Legislation is sought the only solution D
 Both sides will take extreme positions The
 effect of such legislation may be to discourage
 and prevent progress Litigation will ensue The courts may strike down what is attempted that the battle-ground will again shift to
 Congress The relations between the manage
 ments and the will be embittered with un-
 fortunate results in many different ways. This is certainly an interesting and significant statement considering how often in the past the Roosevelt Administration has relied Congressional legislation a solution of labor probems-witness the Wagner Labor Relations Act, the Guffey Coal Bill and the ambitions attempt to make the Federal Government responsible. under NFA, for the settle ment of labor questions in literally thousands of in- dustries The President could draw heavily on some of these experiments for proof that legislation in such matters has frequently been followed by litigation by embttered feelings and by the taking of extreme positions both sides It is reassurng to find him Tn the present case advising against resort to legis- atve panacea and urging instead direct negotiations undertaken in spirit of reasonableness and modera tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
A Misleading Index.
Cincinnati Enquirer)

tClnclnnau Enqulrer)
 The security markets enjoyed a very substantial rise result of the Presidents tax message proposing new levy on undivided corporate profits But this should not lead unsuspecting persons imag inc that the proposed tax is therefore an un- aduterated blessing for business The general feeling Tn business circles quite the contrary But the stock markets as often happen give indication quite of line with prevailing business sentiment The proposed tax corporate surpluses would cause the immediate distribution of great sums of money to stockholders preferable to paying the on those sums surplus earnings. This would benefit holders of the stocks. Naturally shares tend to rise considerably taking account of the ke- hood of unusually large dividends.
 The long-run effect of the proposed tax however would be very different It would discourage corpora tlons from renvesting earnings and thereby keeping their plants in best condition. It might ultimately re- duce the revenues of stockholders materially and certainly it would nure the longrun interests of very large lncome-receivers, even though small investors might be permanently benefited.
 | The exact influence of such a tax cannot be predicted accurately especially since it depends on the rate of tax and the various surplus accounts made exempt from the tax. But in any event. the upward surge of equity shares should lead anyone to con- clude that the tax would be great benefit to business in the long run.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
Daily Lessons in English
ty w. l.. Gordon

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: De- cided means determined. Decisive means conclusive, or final. "A de- cided opinion" does not mean the same as a decisive opinion"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Or dinary. Pronounce the a as in ate unstressed, not as in care.
 OFTEN MISSPELLED Tableau pronounced tab-lo, as in no.
 SYNONYMS: Exorbitant, ex- travagant, expcn .fe, excessive, ex- treme, dear
 WORD STUDY: Use word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day Today's word :: PROPRIETY; conformity to estab- lished rules or custom. The prop rieties of etiquette forbid"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

of the executive board of the Progressive Education Association read in part follows
 It is commonly reported in this great gath
 ering of many groups of American educators
 that you have helped balance your budget in
 Kansas by reducing funds for education and
 human relief
 Official reports show that many Kansas
 schools have been closed for many months;
 that thousands of Kansas teachers and ad-
 ministrators receiving notoriously low sal
 aries and that school terms and educational
 facilities for other thousands of Kansas chil-
 dren restricted.
 If elected President of the United States,
 would you approve balancing the budget by
 similarly restricting education for American
 children and relief funds for American fam
 flies in need? I will report your response
 to this telegram to the American Federation
 of Labor with which the American Federation
 of Teachers is affiliated.
 On the floor of the convention Dr. Givens and various other speakers showed that according to off cial records large numbers of teachers in Kansas receiving saaries of less than $350 year. They pointed out that under Kansas law local communi- ties cannot borrow funds for school purposes and the county township and school district authorities have had no support from the State government Gov Landon indicated by his silence that he was contest to rest the letter written to Dr. GvenS by Frank L. Pnet, secretary of the Kansas Teachers Association which prominent American educators promptly characterized "an insipid evasion Pinet merely said he lis informed that 444 rural schools in Kansas found it practical to close and send children to nearby or adjoining dis tricts' and deeply deplored that educational mat ters are being tainted with politics"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
TEACHERS QUERY LANDON.

According to Associated Press dispatches from Topeka, Gov. Alfred M. Landon continued in his refusal to reply to- or comment upon telegram addressed to him by officials of several national scholastic organizations in annual convention in St. Louis, asking his position education If elected President of the U. S."
 The telegram signed by George A. Davis. secretary treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers dorsed by Willard E. Givens, secretary of the Ma tiona Education Association, and Clyde R. Miller
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
FRIDAY MARCH 27, 1886

FRIDAY MARCH 27, 1886
 Stimulating and inspiring plan etary influences are active today, according to astrology. It is time for big business affairs to assume heavy national responsibilities, the seers l forecast.
 Good feeling regarding financial affairs will prevail, it is predicted, and enterprise will engage the ener- | gies of American merchants and manufacturers.
 Preparation for great events and exacting conditions is to be en- couraged subtly by those to whom Neptune imparts the true vision of the future.
 Many gatherings of leading men will discuss international affairs, it is prognosticated. Diplomacy will be imperative. American ambassa- dors and ministers will win fame
 Women should keep in the back ground while this configuration pre- vails, for the stars encourage them to concentrate on domestic interests. In this way many will serve the country.
 AstrologerS who read the stars that are believed to presage war find in this spring quarter certain menacing signs Japan, Australia, Turkey, Arabia, Poland and Ruman- ia are all under evil portents.
 Again a political assassination in Europe is propnesied. Fires and ex- plosions also are prognosticated Crime is to become even more dar- ing and better organized than it has been
 Failure of bank or other large financial institution may cause much distress in a certain part of the country. The wise will be care ful in making investments and will heed warnings against speculation.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pleasures of many sorts. Money affairs should be satisfactory
 Children born on this day prob ably will be quick -witted, resource ful and tempermental Subjects of this sign have great and varied pos abilities.
 General A. W. Greedy, Arctic ex- plorer, was born on this day 1844. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Genevieve Ward, actress, 1853; Henry Smith Carhart, physicist, 1844, -(copyright, 1936).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
Look ard Lear
 By A. C. Gordon

1. What do the natives of Green land use instead of chewing gum? ?. In what Shakespearean play is Cassius a character? 3. Who were the Forty -niners?" 4. What is the abbreviation for merchandise?
 g. What is the area of Monaco?
 ANSWERS l. Whale skin.
 2. Julius Caesar 3. Gold seekers who went to Cal ifornia after the gold strike of 1848. 4. mdse.
 5. Eight square miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Ice

Q. Should man light his own cigarette first, and then hold the match for his friend?
 A. No; the American custom is to light the other persons cigarette first.
 @. When a woman is expecting to be invited to several afternoon affairs, what should she wear?
 A. If expecting to attend several afternoon affairs, one should have an afternoon gown.
 Q. What does petit pois mean?
 A. Small peas"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
HAPPY
 BIRTHDAY

The Empire ertends concrGtula- lions and best ,0ishes tod0y. thei, c:rthday anniversdry. . the }ouo;0- ing:
 MARCH 26
 J. s. MacKinnon
 Joseph M. Smith
 Earl Bennett
 Mrs. c. Isaak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Just what Borahs candidacy is going to mean begins to assume about the same aspect guessing what will happen when the monkey wrench hits the machnery.-Lexington Ky, Herald
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Thomaston, Ga, Times, trying to make the best of things is consoed with the thought that this try has been in debt Columbus borrowed to discover it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
From The Empire 20 YEARS AGO
MARCH 26, 1916

MT. and Mrs. John F. Mullen be- came the parents of a baby son weighing 10 pounds, born at St Ann's Hospital. The baby was named Bertran Behrends Mullen.
 Later in the day ten-pound baby son was born to MT. and Mrs. Lloyd M Ritter.
 Possibility that the United States would break off relations with Ger many again was discussed as Presi- dent Wilson probed the sinking of British merchant vessels on which American citizens were passengers
 Wild rumors flew about Juneau that the steamer Alaska had hit an ice berg on the way to Cordova and had gene down with a fright ful loss of life. The Empire quickly dispatched all fears by ascertain ing that the Alaska had reached OOA0Ofo bIlC Qdy dU IMO o'clock and was still in the harbor
 Francisco Villa. pursued by 50,- 900 U. s. troops, is reported to have sent this message to all Carranza commanders: Come with us; no more bullets for our countrymen; they are all for the gringoes."
 The Treadwell basketball team re- turned on the Prince of Wales from its trip to Skagway
 Miss Alma Sowerby, recently op- erated on for appendicitis, contin- ued to improve.
 The Arctic Brotherhood announc- ed it was planning an April Fool Ball to be held in the new A. B. Hall.
 Weather: maximum, 43; mini mum, 33; cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Athens offer to pay little something on the debt should be snapped up without demur. This time to beware of Greeks bearing gfts-Detroit News
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Grantland Rice after long study of betting, can't find anybody who can retire on his winnings. Bang goes another hopel-Boston Globe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

It's pretty tough legislators to ask them to vote taxes with which to the expenditures they have approved-Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Maybe that wealthy East Indian who claims he hasn't been able to sleep for two years would find his trouble ended if he embraced monogamy.-Ohio State Journal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

As read the political news for Europe We begin to doubt that poker invented in America.-De- troit Free Press.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
ATTENTION TROLLERS

Trollers' Special Meeting at the Miners Union Hall Friday night, March 27, at 800 pm. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

In view of the Federal law plan the breathing spel for industry threatens to become ashmatic-Buffalt Courier Express.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26
FULL HOUSE

You can get a FULL HOUSE for dollar or less and It's a Winner! Ask your liquor dealer"
 adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-26

Weather: maximum, 43; mini mum, 33; cloudy.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
Public Enemy
Continued From First Page.)

went to the penitentiary the No.
rank went automatically to Murray
Humphries, who took over manage
ment of Capone's illegal enterprises.
Humphries abdicated, however when
internal revenue agents began check
ing up on his income, and he went
into hiding in Mexico. He came back
and surrendered when he saw that
Uncle Sam meant business in his war
on crime ard he is paying the penalty
in prison.
The 100000 kidnapping of Charles
F. Urschel, Oklahoma millionaire, and
the Kansas City Union Station mas
sacre-both in the Summer of 1888
brought to the fore several competitors
for the No title
Harvey j. Bailey, sought for both
crimes; George Machine Gun" Kelly,
his accomplice in the Urschel kidnap-
ing, and Charles Pretty Boy" Floyd,
wanted for the station slayings of four
peace officers and their prisoner, Frank
Nash. were variously referred to in
the press as Public Enemy No. l. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation does
not rate gangsters by title. The bu-
reau wanted all three men badly, how
ever.
With Bailey's capture by the G-men
and his conviction and sentence to
life imprisonment in Alcatraz Peni-
tentiary on october 7, 1888, the con-
sensuS was that Kelly was entitled to
the rating.
But Kelly did not hold the title
long. He followed Bailey to Alcatraz
few weeks later, leaving Pretty
Boy Floyd in possession of the du-
bious distinction.
Had Rival in Dillinger.
Floyd found he had rival for the
title, however, with the rise to no
toriety of John Dillinger and his gang.
As Dillinger began to monopolize the
front page crime news, Floyd dropped
out of the picture for the time being.
Dillinger's name was erased from
the top of the list on July %, 1884,
when special agents of the F. B. I.
caught up with him in front Of q
Chicago theater.
After Dillinger's Staying, Floyd
emerged from hiding, with his side
kick, Adam Richetti, and hit the front
pages again as rival of Baby Face"
Nelson, Oman slayer and Dillinger
gangster, for top rating.
Floyd fell, mortally wounded, in an
Ohio cornfleld on october 20, 1884,
when he drew gun and refused to
surrender to a pursuing squad of F.
B. I. agents.
That placed Nelson undisputably at
the top Of the list of enemies
November %, 1884, when Nelson died
in fatal gun battle with Inspector
Samuel P. Cowley and Agent Herman
E. Hollis, who also were fatally
wounded. Cowley had been in charge
of the capture of Dillinger and Floyd
and Hollis had fired one of the bullets
into Dillinger's body.
In the meantime the kidnapings in
st. Paul of William Hamm, jr, in 1893,
and of Edward G. Bremen, in 1884,
brought into prominence the Karpis-
Barker gang, headed by Alvin Karpis
and the Barker brothers, Fred and
Arthur.
Karpis fell heir to the crime title by
reason of the desperate battles his gang
Evening star., 1936-05-12

william Mahan, Weyerhaeuser kid
naper, as competitors for the top
notch gangster post.
Gives Up Title to Mahan.
Campbell gave up the title to Ma
han when Federal agents arrested him
in Toledo last week, and Mahan had
scarcely learned of his accession when
the F. B. !. men nabbed him In San
Francisco, several hours after Camp
bells apprehension.
Newspaper men had been in a
quandry as to where to place the No.
! Public Enemy title. after Campbells
elimination. Robinson, homehow, did
not qualify. vss
Hoover points out that the cleanup
Of kidnapers and other desperate fugi-
tives does not leave the F. B. I. devoid
of work. The bureau Is many thou
sands Of cases in arrears on routine
cases and Is faced with Nation wide
drives on bond, jewel and other inter-
state crime rackets. In addition, II
has acquired, by recent acts of Con-
gress, jurisdiction in national bank
robberies and in flights by State fu-
gitives across State lines-flelds which
open up wider activities and RESPONSE
bilities for the Federal Government.
Evening star., 1936-05-12

he wasn't much in the picture. but he
pointed out that II he hadn't found
the baby's body on Mount Rose Hill.
miles from the Lindbergh home,
Bruno Richard Hauptmann could not
have been executed.
Allen was given q job at Q State
institution soon after his discovery.
but later lost it and obtained work
with the Relief Administration. Now
he is back at his old job and happy to
get it.
His chances to get portion Of the
reward will be decided by New Jerseys
Chancery Court, which was asked to
settle the reward claims after con-
ference of New York and New Jersey
police. Others claiming 1t are William
r. Strong. New York bank teller: WAL
ter v. Lyle, New York gas station man
ager, and John Lyons. Lyle's assistant.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
KUHN TO ADDRESS
STUDENT WRITERS
Stats of Maryland U. Publ.
cations to Have Banquet
MAY %.
By a Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan correspondent OF Inc Stdr.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, May "a
Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor
of The Washington Evening Star,
will be the principal speaker at the
annual banquet of the staffs of The
Diamordback and Old Line and
The Terrapin, student publications
of the University of Maryland. and
Pi Delta Epsilon, national Journalistic
fraternity it was announced today.
Kuhn will be introduced by William
H. Hillegist, director of admission,
of the university, who will act as
POSTMASTER.
The banquet, considered one of the
outstanding social events of the school
year, will be held at the Mayflower
Hotel, May %.
A feature of the event will be q
series of skitS presented by members
of the Footlight Club, including i'm
presentations of prominent campus
personalities.
New members of the journalistic
fraternity will be pledged at the BAN
quet. and awards to outstanding men,
bers of the three stats will be made,
In addition to the announcing Of
the 1867 stats.
A dance will follow the banquet.
Evening star., 1936-05-12

staged with F. B. I. agents, coupled
with his brazen threats of death to j.
Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation.
Arthur Barker was captured in Chi
cago by an F. B. I. squad and sent to
Alcatraz. Shortly thereafter Fred
Barker and his gun-toting mother.
Kate Ma" Barker, were slain when
they opened fire on agents who sur
rounded their improvised fortress in
Florida.
Karpis had fled from the Florida
hideout few hours before, with his
fellow kidnaper, Harry Campbell, and
the pair several days later shot their
Evening star., 1936-05-12
LOSES 5000 SAVINGS

Julia Valentine. colored, 649 Second
street, wished heartily today that she
had left her $500 life savings in Fed
eral guardianship.
She had Just withdrawn the money
from her postal savings account and
was talking to q friend at Ninth and
H streets northeast yesterday when
colored man snatched her purse and
vanished into q crowd.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
MRS. GRANT SPEAKS

Tells of New Service Conducted
by tuberculosis Body.
The work of the tuberculosis As
sociation's new rehabilitation service
in preparing convalescents at the
tuberculosis Hospital for a return to
normal living conditions with suitable
Jobs was described to q group of
Americanization School teachers and
students today by Mrs. Ernest r.
Grant. managing director of the
association. --+-'s.-...
Joseph McGroary, head of the new
service, also spoke.
Evening star., 1936-05-12
LlNDBERGH KIDNAP
REWARD IS SOUGHT
Man Who Discovered Baby's Body
Claims Part of $25, 900
Offer.
by the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., May 12.-Wil-
liam Allen, who four years ago today
discovered the body of Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr., is actively seeking at
least portion of the $25,000 reward
offered by New Jersey.
Allen, colored, said he had retained
a lawyer 20 watch his interests in the
reward and a few weeks ago had an
interview with Gov. Hoffman.
The Governor told him, he said, that
Evening star., 1936-05-12

way out of police trap at Atlantic
City.
The capture of Karpis in New Or
leans 10 days ago left Campbell and
Evening star., 1936-05-12

Dorothy Herbert queen of the equestennes OF the Rngng
Bailey Combined Circus Shoos that she
handle three horses as oe as one Po3thy is TIE adegp
jumping fire hurdles etc. The combined ShoDS D be here
Monday and Tuesday of merit eek gung tOo performances
the grounds Fifth Florida northeast
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-24
FARM RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE
In ALL AREAS

Imports of competitive agricultur-
al products into the United States
were greater in 1920 than in 1885
and their value in 1920 was $1,641,-
100000 greater than in the last
year according to figures obtained
from the bureau Of agricultural
economics, United States depart
ment of agriculture. The total val
use of imports was laWer in 1888
than in any year from 1920 to 1890.
Imports of hog and hog products
was greater in 1927 than at any
time since 1920. There have been
four years since 1920 in which i'm
ports of hogs and products were
greater than in 1885 The figures
follow: 1923 26,477,206 pounds
1926-3O, 323,855 pounds: 1927-57.-
47l,519 pounds; 1928-16,459, ,101
pounds and in 1935-13,9oS,176
pounds.
Largest imports Of live cattle
since 1920 occurred in 1928. There
were three years since 1920 during
which imports of live cattle were
greater than in 1882. The records
show: 1927-445,0O0 head; 1928
$4,000 head; 1929-505 900 head,
and l935-378,O0O head
The greatest imports of canned
beef since 1920 occurred in 1929.
Canned beef imports were more
than three and one half million
pounds greater in 1929 than i'm
1885.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-09-24

MES of trained singers, orcheStras
of vast size, grand goldentoneo Or
gans and the crash of cymbals. Yet
this production which daily amazes
thousands. is but one feature of the
Cole Bros Clyde Beatty Circus.
The Imperial Harolds troupe, aer-
ialists who work high up in the
dome of the big top" come from
the Imperial Wintergarden, Berlin,
Germany to thrill you along with
the Zavatta troupe of nine Spanish
riders, the dancing, somersaulting,
tumbling wire walker Harold
Barnes; the aerial Illingtons sex
tette of aerialists, champions of Ar
gentine and the famous Zoeppe
family of equilibrists. Sixty clowns,
headed by Otto and Kinko will
furnish fun for the little folks. Cole
Bros troupe of 40 dancing horses
ridden by 40 feminine riders will be
seen.
There are 1,080 people with the
big show which recently returned
to America after a tour of Europe.
The 200 performers represent 18 for
eign countries. Twenty-Five tents
covering IL acres of ground are used
to house the transient city which
at night is transported from town
to town upon three special trains.