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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
CLOSING DAYS

A former Presdent-was it Cleveland?-com-
planned of having Congress on his hands. Mr. RooSe-
welt is in a position to sympathize with him. Con-
gress mbued with the spirit of rebellion camps across
the trail of New Deal advancement.
There is nothing unusual in the situation of a
House and Senate elected in the middle of Presi-
dents second term as these were defyng the authority
of the executive and going their own way without
consulting him. long line of eight-year admins
trations illustrates the pont
1t has been assumed that no President would seek
a third term and therefore the eighth year APP
proaches the White House loses the magic touch
that has been part of the picture through the seven
years before This time we may see the anti-third
term precedent broken but the tradition of Presi-
dents increasing weakness the election year ap-
proaches is still potent
The spectacle of a Congress exercising its new
independence is the more striking because of the
tghtness of the Presidents grip during the earlier
years of his administration Had party majorities
in these last four Congresses been nearly normal
the contrast would have been less marked
Now Congressman, with comparatively few legis.
latve "musts" before them, hoping for adjourn
ment of the session some time this week. And what
ever be the intensity of their hope, the hope that
they adjourn soon is more intense at the White
House.
After adjournment there will not be another ses-
sion until January unless the President finds it nee
essary to call special one. The development of a
grave situation abroad might inspire such CALL 1t Is
possible that breakdown of Federal relief might
precpitate it.
AS for the present dying session little that the
leaders consider essential legislation remains to be
attended to- Senator Barley Senate majority leader
urges his colleagues to stick to their desks in order to
obviae the necessity of quorum calls and make all
possible haste toward adjournment The plan OF anti
Administration members to prolong the session lest
the Presidents foreign policy in the absence of Con-
gress should lead America into trouble to have
been abandoned
Now that all factions agree that early adjourn
ment is desirable there should be no difficulty in
bringing it about
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
Horoscope
The stars incline
but do not compel
FRIDAY, AUGUST A., 1899

FRIDAY, AUGUST A., 1899
After the early morning hours
benefic aspects rule today, accord
ing to astrology. Ones judgment
may be too optimistic to be reliable
Important decisions should be post
poned.
Confidence in business is encour-
aged by the stars while this configu-
-ation prevails Good feeling Will
stimulate profitable en- terpris
through the autumn.
This is an suspicious rule for ini-
iative and launching ambitious pro-
Iects. Capital may be released under
his sway.
This planetary government is
more fortunate for men in active
business than for those who pos
ess wealth. New fortunes will be
made in the autumn, but financial
risks should be avoided.
Labor should be fairly fortunate
.oday Amicable adjustments with
Employers are presaged. New lead
RS are to be chosen in several or
,anizations, the seers foretell.
Women may expect aid and adj
ice from men friends today but
omance will not flourish. Competi-
ion for high business or politica
positions will be unlucky for girls.
The evening is suspicious for So
,ial affairs. The stars encourage
discussions of public affairs. Forums
will flourish next month when peace
Will be strongly advocated.
A leader In India is to reach the
md of his career at an early date
t is prognosticated. Bengal may be
disturbed by communistic agitation
/ Persons whose birthdate it is have
he augury of year of happiness
Courtship and marriage are pre-
aged for many. Temptation to ex-
ravagance is indicated.
Children born on this day prob
ably will be decided in character
md lofty in ideals. These subjects
Of Leo usually command great re-
spect. Many travel widely.
Copyright, 1880
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
DAILY LESSONS
IN ENGLISH
By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused Do not say
Since when have you been there?'
Say. Since what time have you been
there?"
Often Mispronounced: Harass
Pronounce har-as, first as in at
second a as in ask unstressed, ac-
cent first syllable.
Often Misspelled: Glycerin, OF
glycerine. Observe the glyc.
Synonyms: Virulent, venomous
poisonous. noxious, deadly.
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
Symbolic; to have typical resem-
blance "The wedding ring symbolic
es amending love"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
Victory for All
New York Tines


One of the strangest of is now going on along
the Outer Mongolia Manchukuo frontier. 1t Is ooth
undecared and practically selfliquidating The par
Elephants Russia and Japan with some Mongoians
mixed in seem to be well satisfied with it.
1t is raging in thoroughly out-of- the-way corner
of the world where it cannot attract great deal OF
attention. Perhaps would be better wars II they
attracted less attention They would start later and
end sooner There would be less war psychology
and men would be willing to shoot each other
But this war along the Khalka River has other
unusual characteristics clearly set forth in the Official
reports issued at Tokyo and Moscow. There are MOI
many wars in which both sides win every battle
but that to be happening in Outer Mongolia
Moreover there is convenient arrangement by which
the japanese file their claims Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays and the RussoMongolians on Tues
days Thursdays and Saturdays.
Both sides can also afford to be reckless. Being
sure to win as the communiqueS are ready,
they know in advance that their own losses will be
light while the enemy will suffer heavily. Casualties
seem to run in a remarkable ratio Of about one for
the victor compared to for the loser Destruc-
ton of aircraft particularly heavy. yet each side
seems to keep the mastery of the air. To date the
Japanese may be bit ahead imagination, but the
Russians can be relied upon for counter-attack
Perhaps there has never been another just like
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
What Is Your
News |. O.?
By The AP Feature Service

Each question counts 20; each
part Of a tpo-part question, 10.
A score of so is fair, 80, good.
1. What is this Chinese poll
tician, Wang Ching Wei, doing
that is ranking Chang Kali
shek's supporters?
2. In what country was Brit
aims embassy stormed with
cries of Britain is dead. {.
Punch Britain in the nose?
3. This year, France is cele-
brating events Of $50 years ago.
What are they?
4. What groups are Washing
tOnianS referring to when they
talk about the "selfless six" and
the charming dozen?
S. Count Dino Grandi, II
Duce's Ambassador to Great
Britain, has been switched to
which of these: (a) A cabinet
post in Rome, (b) The govern
orship Of Ethiopia, (c) An Ital-
ian prison, on charges of frea-
SON?
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
LOOK and LEARN
By A. c. Gordon

l. Who said, God is on the side
of the heaviest artillery?
2. Which Canadian city is often
referred to as the most British city
in North America?
3. Is motion to adjourn debat-
able, under parliamentary law?
A. What tree is generally consid-
cred to be symbolic of strength?
5. Which is the only continent
entirely within the Southern Hemis-
phere?
l. Napoleon.
2. Victoria, British Columbia.
3. No.
4. The oak.
5. Australia.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
0RRIN ADDlEMANS
ARE PROUD Parents

A baby girl was born last night
at st. AIMS Hospital to Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrin Addleman and her name
is Dolores Janet
The little Miss tipped the scales
at 7 pounds 8 ounces at birth, and
both she and her mother are feel
ing just fine. The proud father,
driver for the Juneau Diaries,
Inc, is leaving cigar with each
quart of milk today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
that hearing on the petition of
Martin Tye and Lois Tye to adopt
4 female child born at juneau AL
,ska, April goth. 1889, now in the
custody of petitioners, and called
Elaine Modesto Tye, will be held at
my office in the Federal Building at
Juneau, Alaska, at 10 o'clock A. M.
September 5th, 1899 James Ralph
Judge and all persons concerned are
notified to appear at said time and
place and show cause, if any they
have, why said adoption should not
De ordered.
FELIX GRAY,
United States Commissioner
First publication, July 20, 1899.
Last publication August 3, 1889.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
BABY GIRL ARRIVES
FOR 6. W. BOGGANS

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Boggan are
the parents of new arrival, a
baby girl. The little citizen weighed
Z pounds ounces when born this
morning at st. AIMS Hospital
Both mother and daughter are
in the best of health and the
father is busy passing out the
smokes.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
The average" Governor
Cincinnati Enouirer)

The Governors of the United States. overshado"eo
as they have been by Federal Government enjoy ma
tional prominence only few instances Most people
would be hard put to it to name as many as i've OF
the 49, The average knowledge encompasses only the
Governor of the home state. the chief executive OF
heads who have for another been in the
national news more than their fellows.
What is the average Governor like? study by
the Council of State Governments makes available a
composite picture of him. He is about 81 years old,
Democrat lawyer, father of three children ano
draws an annual salary of $7916 He is serving his
first term and beforehand member of the State
Legislature
In age the chief executives of the states range
between Ex-Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota
and 80-Luren D. Dickinson of Michigan. A goodly
number of Governors relatively young, II being
As or under Fourteen Sc older and % are be-
tween the ages of 46 and S.
One reason, of course why the average Governor
is an unfamiliar figure outside his state is the
rather rapid of the average officehoder In
only II of the states at the present time have the
Governors held the office previously Governor Her
bert H. Lehman of New York is the dean" having
served four straight terms. Two others, A Harry
Moore of New Jersey and Robert l.. Cochran OF Ne
braska serving their third terms. Seventeen OF
the states have constitutional limitation upon the
number of terms a Governor may serve. Thirteen OF
those prevent Governor from succeeding himself
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
WOOD ON HUNTING TRIP

The Whitehorse Star says Gen.
R. f. Wood, head of Sears Roe
buck and Company, is due in
Whitehorse about August Is, with
three others, to engage in a big
game hunt in the Kluane coun-
try under the direction of Eugene
Jacquot, guide.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03

Indications in recent months are
that friendly cooperation between
the South American republics and
the United States is rapidly welding
stronger the bonds Of Western
Hemisphere solidarity. Five reso-
lutions, quietly offered in the Sen
ate by Farmer-Laborite Senator
Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota, pro-
pose power for the President to ne
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03

gotiate with five Latin-American
countries for purchase of some fifty
islands in and near the Caribbean
Sea. Backers of the resolutions
see the further acquisition by the
United States of foreign colonies in
Central and South America. British
Honduras (A), British, Dutch and
French Guiana OBJ and the British
and French-owned islands in the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03

Federal Works Agency, Public
Roads Administration, July 20, 1889.
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the Public Roads Admins
tration, Federal and Territorial
Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 8
o'clock am, August "a, 1889, for the
reconstruction. and improvement OF
the Glacier Highway, Eagle River
Flat bridges Section, involving $40
GU yds. structure excavation, 2,700
GU. yds. unclassified borrow, 900 Gu.
yds gravel, surface course, 1871
MFtBM. treated timber, 1850 lin.
it. treated timber piling, 200 Gu. yds.
loose riprap and lump sum amount
for removal of existing structures.
Where plans and specifications are
requested, a deposit of $1,000 will
be required to insure their return
within 80 days after opening of bids.
Checks shall be payable to the
Treasurer of the United States.
Plans and specifications may be ex-
amined at the Public Roads Admin
istration, Federal and Territorial
Building, Juneau, Alaska, and As
ISOLATED General Contractors of
America, Arctic Club Building, Sc
attic, Washington. Bid blanks may
be obtained at the office of the Pub
lie Roads Administration, Juneau,
Alaska M. D. WILLIAMS, District
Engineer
Publication dates, Aug. 2-3-4, 1889
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Nazi officials say large bodies of men sent into
East Prussia recently there to help with the har-
vest work The world, however, hasn't heard of any
German swords being beaten into plowshares
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
cHapty
Birthday

The Empire extends congratufa-
tons and BEST trishes 'cday. their
birthday anD;OeT.--y, TO Tho ro.-
lot0ing:
AUGUST 8
Jewell j. Hill
Mrs. Jack Warner
Mrs. Steve Stanworth
Marion Stanworth
Etolin Coulter
Mrs. J.. @. Adams
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-08-03
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Office of the Auditor
JUNEAU
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION


l, FRANK A. BOYLE, Auditor OF
The Territory of Alaska and GUS
.odian of corporation records Tor
aid Territory, DO HEREBY GER
TIFY that there has been filed
in my office on this the Bird day
Of August, 1899, the written con-
;ent of the stockholders of the
4. B. FOSS COMPANY, a cor
ooration organized and existing
Under and by virtue of the laws
Of the Territory of Alaska, TO the
dissolution of said corporation,
written consent to such dissolu-
lion having been executed by all
If the stockholders thereof ON the
md day of August, 1889.
WHEREFORE, in view of the
lbove premises, DO FURTHER
CERTIFY that the H. B. FOSS
COMPANY, a corporation, is dis
;olved, pursuant to Section 924 OF
he Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1888,
upon the filing in this office OF
the proper proof of publication of
his certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1
nave hereunto set my hand and
affixed my official seal, at Juneau,
the Capital, this 3rd day of Aug
ust, 1889
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Auditor of Alaska.
(SeaD
Publication dates, Aug. 3-l0-17-24,
1899.
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great half moon from the Florldi
coast to the coastline Of Venzueii
(C). Suggestion has been made tina
the islands be given the Unite'
States in payment of the much de
layed French and British war debts
The Galapagos Islands CD in tn
Pacific, belonging to Ecuador, woui
be another purchase in this plan t
form a "Union of the Americas.
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just when almost everyone was convinced That
the prohibition era had definitely ended Federal Of
ficals in Boston confiscated supply of cocktails
consisting of hair tonic bay rum and water All
that was missing the wood alcohol and canned
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DIR. STEVEs. CHIROPOpIST,
gives quick relief to painlng feet
office, 10 Valentine Building Phone
S48. adv
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Answers on Page Six
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21

and skins from Africa and when this
collection was shown to the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt in Portland, Ore, Roose-
velt, also an experienced African hunt
er, declared 1t to be the finest collec-
tiOn he had ever seen In private hands.
Another Of Kramer'S treasures from
Africa Is a beautifully wrought Arab
ian sword, bearing several Arab words
on the blade. Kramer knew many
Arabs In Africa but 1t was not until
few years ago that he discovered
what the words on the sword meant.
An Arab visited Bozeman several years
ago and when he was shown the sword
he explained that the words read,
above this sword is nothing but
Allah"
Upon leaving Africa, David Kramer
went once more to sea, sailed from
one continent to another and finally
came ashore again at Portland, where
he became q hotel chef. He settled In
Bozeman in 1916.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21
BY Hi WATTS

Imagine a wall of stone and brick
20 to 80 feet high with a roadway on
top Is feet wide. Now picture this wall
crossing vast stretches of desert, wind
ing up and down rugged mountain
ranges-in some places reaching an
elevation of 1900 feet above sea level
and extending the width of the United
States. This is the Great Wall OF
China which the Chinese have called
the Wanlich'ang Chen c'Wall Of 10000
MileS'O.
Actually it is 1900 miles long and
forms the northern boundary between
China and Mongolia from the western
frontier of Kiang-su to Shanghai
on the sea- Astronomers claim this wall
to be so immense that it Is the only
man-made structure on earth which
would be visible from the moonl
Building was begun in 2l4 B. c.,
shortly after Shi-hwang tt came to
the throne as first emporer of the
Chin, or Tsin, dynasty-the line of
rulers from which China derives its
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21

name. Ancient Chinese writings say
that every third able bodied man was
conscripted to work on its construc-
ton. The untold hardshipS and suffer-
ings of those who labored on this
seemingly impossible task can only
be vaguely imagined. When a work.
man died Of exhaustion, his body was
simply dumped in with the masonry
and became part of the wall. This has
given the wall its other name of 1.-The
Longest Cemetery On Earth"
Mighty as this great barrier was, it
failed to keep out the savage Mongol
tribes of the north. Time after time
they broke through until finally the
terrible Jenghiz Khan invaded China
in 1912 to become its first foreign
ruler.
My sketch shows the Nankow Pass
gateway, 40 miles north of Peiping, as
I saw it prior to 1887. Since then a
new invader has spread destruction in
many parts of China and the famous
old wall has had a taste of modern
heavy artillery. VIII they succeed in
permanently conquering China or fail
as did the Mongols of old?
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21
By WALTER e. TAYLOR

There are many MontananS hv-
ing who remember the pioneer
trails of western America but in
Bozeman there lives a man who re-
calls adventures on the pioneer
trails of another continent. His
name is David Kramer and the
frontier trails he trod were those
of the African bush. The vegeta-
ton and the animals of that tor
rid region are quite different from
those Of temperate Montana but In
spirit many of David Kramer's adven-
lures of the African frontier do not
differ greatly from the adventures Of
early hunters and traders In the Treas
ure state In both instances they are
the adventures attendant upon the
opening of new country.
David Kramer was born In Saxony,
one Of the German provinces, 64 years
ago. Saxony Is an inland province and
as a boy Kramer had q longing to
see the sea. While still In his teens
he walked to the port OF Hamburg and
sailed with the first captain who would
sign him on. He was put at work help
ing the cook In the galley and within
a year OF bWO WAS SGdCOOk IN Ills
own right. He spent many years at sea
In the sailing vessels of various coJn-
tries and his travels took him up and
down the seven seas to the shores Of
four continents. He visited the ports
Of Australia when they were mere
villages.
Kramer's ships touched the ports of
South Africa many times and on every
occasion he felt the urge to take q
chance as a hunter In the African
bush. Finally, in the early nineties he
did take a chance. He was employed
as cook on a ship cruising the east
coast Of Africa and one day when the
craft put in for water he deserted
and went ashore to work for himself.
Starts without Guide
He had heard that hunters in the
region were making good money and
toting a huge Mauser he went about
his business. He recalls that he could
not afford to hire q guide when he
first started out because a guide ate
too much and Kramer'S funds were
low. To this day Kramer keeps the
MauSer he used In Africa and 1t is
part Of the collection Of souvenirs he
has in the living room of his home In
B0zeman.
Kramer lived In the bush for more
than five years and during that time
became well acquainted along the east
coast. He made his living hunting
horns and heads and he recalls that
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21

How four American newspaper
correspondents, chatting under the
boresome and newsless first days
of the war, made the first unes-
corted tour of the western front
on Sept. PIP, is told by Kenneth
Ct. Downs of the Paris bureau, In
ternational News Service, in a re-
cent issue of Editor and Publisher
newsdom's trade paper.
Downs was at one time city editor
Of the Lewistown Democrat-News
Here is his story of the unauthor-
lied visit to the Maginot line, as print
ed IN Editor and Publisher:
The trip was possible only because
Of the unfailiug good sense of the
French even in wartime, and secondly
because Americans, of whom the
French are fond, are at the same time
considered slightly crazy
Hence they are given special in
diligence
While waiting for red tape of off,
cial passes to unwind itself, I studied
the situation and found that there was
no special law against trying TO make
a trip before or by Sept 81, when a
decree banning travel from one depart
ment of France to another became
effective.
Il conferred with some of my col
leagues who were enthusiastic to try
the stunt
Met in Paris at Dawn
I'VE met in pitch darkness in front
Of the Hotel Continental at 4 a. M,
and did not even allow Edgar Ansel
Mowrer his request for indulgence in
a cup OF coffee.
we lammed out into the bIackness
at so miles an hour with nothing but
faint blue lights to guide us at all.
BY dawn, we were well out of Paris
and encountering the first sentries.
Repeatedly after examination of
our passports and press cards, the
'wacky Americans were allowed to
pass. Two or three times when we
were halted our plans seemed to be
ditched, but we backtracked, sought
country trails and detours and man
aged to continue.
"As I forecast from the results of
my experiences in Spain, the going got
easier the closer we approached to
the front, where everybody invariably
was more cordial and less concerned
with red tape where realistic concerns
were plentiful.
Reported at Headquarters
When we attained our goal on
German soil, we reported ourselves
fully at headquarters Amused officers
fed us gossip and news for a couple
Of hours while our cases undoubtedly
were getting thorough checking.
Then we we're taken to another and
headquarters, where we were
politely reminded that France was at
war
Messieurs,' we were told, If you
contemplate future voyages, it viii be
q good idea to obtain military passes
we were then given two-day safe
conduct passes and the credentials to
return to Paris.
TT was as simple as that.
Somebody stirred up a rumpus
when we got back. Mowrer represented
us at an inquiry where an officer
said:
"'Of course, you realized that you
did something you really should not !
have done. But you are like some of
Jur young aviators who sometimes do
jobs. We stick them in Jail |
.or a week and then give them the |
Legion Of Honor"
Montana oil and mining journal., 1939-10-21
nTPHTHERIA NnTEn

Diphtheria was second on the list of
communicable diseases compiled re-
Gently by the state board OF health,
with 13 new cases reported by Mon
tana doctors. Two cases were reported
from McCone county while the rest
we're in Harlem and Livingston. Chick
en- pox headed the list with 18 new
cases.