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A TREASURE HUNT

Have you ever been surprised at the things you
found in a corner of the attic or up on that high
shelf in the woodshed? A thorough housekeeping
inevitably brings to light lot of things you stored
away and forgot about and often stuff you
can't even remember having seen before.
few days ago Uncle Sam began such house
cleaning, AS result millions of dollars worth of
materials of vital Importance in defense plans
and effort being discovered
The cean-sweeping broom is governmental
agency under the Treasury Department known as
the Foreign Funds Control. Already, Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. has placed at
the disposal of President Henry Wallace chair
man of the Supply Prorities and ALLEGATIONS Board,
an inventory of 20O00O000 worth of materials for
the American effort a result of this search
through the nations woodsheds, and more of this
hidden wealth is due to be uncovered
These strategic materials were being held for
foreign accounts and were buried in warehouses.
sheds and factories throughout the country. The
story of their discovery is the saga of modern
treasure hunt
AS explained by Morgenthau these materials
lost" in the United States either through acct
dent design on the part of their foreign owners.
In some cases the foreign owner could not commu-
nicate with the United States because of commune
cation difficulties arising out of conditions
abroad. In other the the victim
of Axis invasion and his whereabouts is still I'M
known In still other instances Axis powers through
dummies" actually bought up the stocks for their
before the acquired them later for
the express purpose of preventing their use in the
Allied machine Regardless of the intent of the
foreign owner the result the same-the supplies
were not being used in our war effort
Here are typical examples of items found and
listed in the report to the Vice. President:
he anIlip J,al
in warehouse in the port of New York for lust
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HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not comapeW
SATURDAY, JANUARY II

SATURDAY, JANUARY II
Aspects today encourage relation
or attention to personal affairs.
Stormy weather and extreme cold
are indicated for many parts OF
the country.
HEART AND HOME: During the
journey in Uranus through the sign
of Tarus the greatest changes OF
world history have taken place.
Uranus is the planet ruling revolu-
ton and its effects will be appar-
ent in social relations. Old barriers
will disappear and many families
will be disrupted by marriages unit
ing persons in widely different
walks of life. Astrologers warn that
the old American way of living
will become legendary within less
than ten years.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Gradual
changes in international finance
have been widespread, the principal
factor being due to money spending
for war needs. The forces set in
motion by vast OUTLAWS are now
threatening the abolition of private
enterprise in many parts of the
world Caution must continue to be
the watchword in the United States
where it will be impossible TO pre-
vent increased difficulties among
businesses conducted with small
capital
NATIONAL ISSUES: Conscien-
tious DIRECTORS will become more
and more the pawns for fifth col
umnist activities Increased work of
saboteurs will prove costly, as loss
of lives and property adds to
nations difficulties. Spies will null
tiply as employees in government
offices; espionage in novel forms
will be widespread.
INT ERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
The fact that victory in the World
War depends upon the United
States now has been accepted, but
this month will mark our complete
awakening to international ,respon-
sibility The idea that supreme
sacrifice is necessary must be rec
ognized. Actual partnership wit +
the Allies has existed SO long that
there can be no policy except q
straight ahead leadership TOWARD
eventual victs-y-now that we are
in the war.
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of good luck es-
pecially in domestic relations. Tenn
tation toward extravaganza SHOULD
be stubbornly resisted.
Children born on this day SHOULD
be highly intellectual. Many o.
these Capricorn natives are marvel
ously talented but erratic.
Copyright, 1922.
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Companion of Youth
New York Times

tNeW York I1meS)
Charles Miner Thompson who died the other
day in Cambridge at the age of n, spent 35 years
of active associate editor and later
editor in-chief of the old Youths Companion He
a translator novelist and in his last years a
historian of his native Vermont He may have taken
hoping for later fame and fortune from his indie
pendent writings. Yet what influence he must
have had for good, and on how many boys, in his
role of editorl
The old magazine which he presided during
many years lost the magic of its original formula
Merged some years ago with another publication
is, strictly speaking no more It's role is enacted
n another way, no doubt better suited to a new
generation. But what boy that knew Editor Thomp-
sons weekly chest during the last decade
the nineteenth century the first decade of this
century will forget it? Did any boys maya
zine ever more skillfuly flavor the pure and whole
ome with the manly spice of adventure?
What literary field days Editor Thompson did
create, once a week, among boys in lonesome vii
lagos and remote farms! They logged home from
the postoffce reading the Companion, or hid il
under pillows to read at night when they should
have been asleep. Some of them must hold
Editor Thompson in grateful remembrance His
work was interviewer with the brightest days OF
early youth. A light not on land sea
sense of adventurous security, certainty of the
triumph of justice and valor, upon those pages
Can Hollywood do as much for the present boy gen.
Grafton? One hopes There's telling.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE by RonrprA rrr

young child taught adult enters the
to call? s.
the child is the better
performing courtesy age
beginning fifteen
grows
usually anything following wedding
the home?
A. Yes; light refreshments.
should
A, From whichever side S convenient
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
BAGGENS RETURN

Mr.. and Mrs. George Baggen
were arrivals yesterday afternoon
from Sitka where the latter has
been spending the past few weeks
while her husband has been making
periodical trips in his boat Samp-
son II hauling lumber there from
Juneau.
His last trip was his final one in
the Sampson II as the vessel was
taken over by the government few
days ago and Capt. Baggen expects
to acquire another boat to con-
tinue with his freighting business
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Daily Lessons in English " %. L. GORDON

MISUSED: Do not Il where the stock
market gone up Say
MsPRONOUNCED: Grimace Pronounce gi-mas as in
n last syllable.
structure fireplace
Mantle cloak.
SYNONYMS: Nauseous repulsve loathsome sckening.
a three times and 1t
vocabulary mastering Todays
ghtn buoyancy; opposed He the
which descended the
gravty'-Sr Raleigh. rse.ts eem
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LOOK and LEARN sy 9 GORDON

What is the for the hamoons
sons ngernails?
2. What is the best known in
3. What drug for enargng the
a. In what Ariel Calban
Which President United States soldier the Black
War?
ANSWERS
/. Lunule; from the Latin luna" meaning
2. The Big Dipper.
8. Beladonna
A. Shakespeares 1.-THE Tempest"
5. Abraham Lincoln.
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Mr.. Roberts in the mountain min
ing town of Siuna, where Roberts
is an engineer with the La Luz
Gold Mining Company.
Mrs. Roberts and Jay either will
fly from Los Angeles or travel
by ship from New Orleans. They
will make their home in the Cen
trail American country for the next
two years.
Roberts, who worked for the
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not have been made.

I also stated that the Northland
Transportation Company did not
feel this cost should be put upon
the Alaskan people but is a ma
tional defense cost which should
be borne by the government, and
that if the government SO carried
that cost then it would be unnec-
essary to increase the freight and
passenger rates.
may add I understand tn e
Maritime Commission has a $40,-
100000 war risk insurance fund,
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INCOME BLANKS ARRIVE

Causing more interest to many
local people than almost any other
thing at present are income tax
bl8fks which have been arriving
they will have to pay and where
here in recent mails. How much
to get it according to some is no
small matter.
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but it has held it will not carry
the insurance. on Alaskan vessels
and crews, but the companies
themselves must do so.
Yours truly,
(Signed r. E. ROBERTSON.
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Juneau Mother,
Child Depart
For Nicaragua

Off to Nicaragua, Mrs. William
Roberts, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover VIM, and her infant son,
Jay, left Juneau last night to join
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY 16
Wesley Turner
Gladys Uggen
E. w. Bliss
Mrs. Jack Short
Donald Foster
Richard /. Radelet
Gary Aalto Bach
Mrs. Hilda Berggren
Mrs. Winnifred Garcavy
Henry Langfeldt
Arleen Godkin
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Here is ''hunch" for cocktail or
buffet supper serving; stuff inch
sticks of crisp celery with mashed
liverwurst, cooked chicken livers or
liver sausage. Season with salt,
paprika, finely chopped parsley,
onion. Chill. s
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The center of gravity of the North American
continent is in Pierce County, North Dakota west
of Devils Lake.
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In the earth's normal weather
periods, say some scientists, the
polar seas are free of ice.
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Subscribe to the Daily Alaska
Empire-the paper with the largest
paid circulation.
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Alaska Juneau several years ago
has many friends here.
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Subscribe to The Empire.
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M H Sides in the u S. Customs office here, was t
Spokane from a vacation trip to the States.
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great Russian actress to at the
Theatre in Toys cap climax of her brilliant
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Walter Hesel connected with the local offices OF
the General Land Office to return from Kechlkan
Spokane after being away week
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A. Knight, carpenter and contractor of Juneau whit
visiting relatives south returning the steamer
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Three divorces to any person were to be consid
Soviet Russia according to Farley Christensen OF Oh
for President of the United States on the Farmer -Labc
who had recently spent month in Moscow.
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c. Hooker, of the firm of j. B. Caro- and Company,
passenger the Spokane after having spent the
California.
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Great interest being shown in the regular monthly in
Shrine held the A. B. Hall the following
Music was to be provided by the Woofer orchestra.
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MERRY-GO-RoUND

Irish Minister Robert Brennan re-
ports that rural communities in
Ireland have an involuntary black
out every night because of. lack Of
kerosene, normally imported from
the United States. ;. The Shanghai
branch of National City Bank OF
New York has been obliged to
close, and to surrender fifty pei
cent OF its deposits to the japanese
bank of Mitsui Thousands OF
young men just receiving commits
sions in Washington and vicinity
are taking up arms against some
local tailors who charge $50 for a
tunic, Sis for Stacks. and $50 for an
overcoat =. Girls are replacing
boys in the telegraph messenger
services in Washington. Stephen
Rockefeller, five-year-old son of
1nter-American Coordinator Mel
son Rockefeller, is studying Spanish.
Copyright, 1912, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
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DIVERSION TACTICS

The enemy must be getting more than anxious
about our preparations and in the Pacific
Otherwise he would not be trying desperately to
Gulf and off our Pacific Coast. For these oper-
atoms risky. Submarines cannot enter an en-
closed area such as the Caribbean and expose theif
presence at a point so far from the entrances OF
the sea as Aruba without taking very grave chances
of never getting home again Nor the sea raid4
ers operate on a well-defned hostile shore 1000
miles from their nearest base without running SIM
liar risks
The officers and men of these submarines must
have known full we'll when they set out their
perlous missions that return unlikely. But hui
ing held before them the ideal of sacrifice for a
great purpose.
American tankers be sunk elsewhere than
in the Caribbean Shells can be fired into Amer-
can territory elsewhere than the California coast
1t seems certain that there must have been in the
minds of those who sent the suicide subs these
missions the hope that these operations would divert
strength from the main American effort in the Pa
cifc.
Diversions such these not uncommon in
warfare. Their depends on variety of fac
tors-the Importance both in the morale and mater
ial scale the targets menaced by the dversionary
force: the skill and determination with which these
diversions are carried out the ever-present factors
of time and distance, and above all the morale of
the opposing side both in the tough -inndedness OF
the high command, and the resistance qualities of
the populace.
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70 YEARS AGO f fyiT EMPIRE
MARCH IA, 1922


match of the new civ
previous night won from the ks No
while NO team
245S Lne-up the teams Fmen-Iavenk Fry 1iebe
Beaudn Meca Eks No 1Barragar Heng Kirk Coman
Craig Brigdae Scatagini
Pulen, Cleveland Mccormick
returning the Queen leaving
Seattle the following morning Miss Smith had
TENDER south with brother They visited
Pittsburgh to enroll
mechanical engineering Carnegie Insti-
Technology Miss visited New
York City Wichita Kansas Pasadena San Francisco,
the Admiral Watson Petersburg
Carrigan travelling the
for Kechikan ~ Fs. 81
Charles sey entertain Club
at her home on the following evening
freight Mayo country
shipped from Vancouver the freighter Princess Ena
leaving
valens John Thomas Wall Lester Rink
S. Hall Young, and John Erickson
Association evening
r. E. Robertson. ~
Garnick candidacy vacancy the
during
1915 1921 declined the previous Urgent requests
from people of Juneau persuaded him to for another term
Isadoe serious influenza
and was back at his store
good predicted by Delzere
local the firm Delzee who had
trip month
temperature &c
and minimum 81
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United States. While many give
their lives, a minority will profit
or at least will escape severe tests
of patriotism.
4 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
In view of the fact that Hitler be-
gan his Russian campaign against
the advice :, of certain of his as
trologers, his reverses seem to prove
that the seers were gifted with
foresight. With data regarding most
OF the leading statesmen and gem
erals in Europe on record, little in
formation concerning Stain or his
principal aides was obtainable. Hit
ler's aspects were not encouraging
for the planetary influences seemed
to presage. reverses for the Fuehrer,
who was likely to be irresolute and
devoid of foresight.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of year of some good
fortune attended by anxieties.
There may be imposition or even
Betrayal in business matters.
Children born on. this day prob
ably win be calm and weIl-inten-
toned. gifted and kindly. They
may be too generous for their best
interests.
81 Copyright, 1912
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the Cochran bill to prohibit states
and municipalities from taxing fed
eral war expenditures within their
boundaries.
This extraordinary practice has
become a very grave problem and
Patterson warned that unless it was
ended the Government will have
to shell out 81 800 100000 this year
in sales taxes to states and munich
palities.
ut probably will be lot more
than that Patterson said. be
cause number of states which do
not have sales taxes are getting
ready to enact them unless Congress
acts promptly. Every state thinks
it has as much right as the next to
tax war materials sold within its
borders. Many have periodically
held off, but they naturally resent
the fact that others are cashing in"
The War Departm chief
pointed out that this taxation
means a very big increase in Army
and Navy appropriations.
Congress can't expect u.s." he
declared, Ito get a 100 per cent
return on every dollar appropriated
when part of that dollar must go
to pay sales taxes
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name of the contractor were dis
closed, spies would try to get jobs
with the company. Cost of the con-
tract is equally taboo. for it is
possible to determine from this the
size of the fighting force at the
base.
While necessary as a war meas
ure, this policy has its drawbacks
for John @. Taxpayer, for it en-
ables profiteering contractor to
get away with murder. He can load
excessive administrative" expenses
on his cost-plus bill to the Govern
ment. He can use cheap materials
and do inferior workmanship. And
the newspapers can't breathe a
word about it.
However, if such contractors ex-
pect to dodge the Truman invest
igating committee, they are in for
a surprise. The committee is plan
ming an. eagle.eyed survey of con-
tract work at our territorial bases.
One OF its Chief targets will be. the
us. naval base atePuerto Rico.
Among other things, the COM
mittee wants to find out why Rear
Admiral John H. Hoover, command
ant of the Tenth Naval District
enjoys such palatial living quarters
at his San Juan headquarters
Three swanky homes, costing from
$4,000 to $4,000 were built for
Hoover and two aides last year.
The Truman, committee also plans
to ask some blunt questions about
the new naval airfield at San Juan
which cost the Government a huge
cost-plus fee. This field says in
the middle and is sometimes over
run with water. Investigators have
learned that it was. constructed on
a site SO swampy that pile, driven
INTO the foundation when work be-
gan disappeared.
NOTE: In view of censorship re-
strictions, it will be interesting to
see how far the Truman committee
goes in its report on Puerto Rico
contracts.
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and understanding in dealing with such boy may
pay good dividends
For five years New York City has been trying
an experiment, adoescents court for special hand
ling of boys OF l6, II and l8 charged with crimes
In that court the better boys are sifted out and
placed on probation, eventually escaping with no
criminal record the courts books if they complete
the probation period satisfactorily.
A recent study of this court compared the later
criminal records of 500 New York boys, some of whom
had been treated in this way and some by the or
binary criminal processes of adult courts. The study
which covered the fveyear period after original ar
rest, showed that boys who had committed the same
types of crimes had better chance of rehabilitation
if they handled in this special court, apart
from older criminals OF the boys handled as adult
criminals, 20 percent were convicted again in New
York City within five years; of the boys given this
special treatment without the stigma Of a criminal
record only Is percent were later convicted.
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YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS

1t saves money to youth Recent studies
show that it cost the community $500 to $700 year
to keep a Youthful offender in prison not counting
the original cost building correctional institutions
but that good probation can be provided for less
than SIS Every time boy is sent to prison who
could be saved by good probation and psychiatric
care it costs society an initial outlay OF $500 year,
and in addition the community loses what that boy
could produce in the nations war effort
No one tell how much war production a
youthful offender could accomplish but certainly
$1,000 a year is a modest estimate of the average.
bodied youth. who is capable of production the
nation loses at least $4,000 year We must protect
ourselves from the dangerous criminal, young or
old and the statistics of the Department of Justice
show that many of worst criminals young.
10 being the pepak age for all crimes
But many of the crimes of adolescence crimes
of exuberance and restlessness. Fifty years ago a
boy on farm could stretch his muscles by jumping
on a horse-and if the horse belonged to neighbor
instead of himself he wasn't taken to Jail for the
offense. If mischief called loudly he stole apple
and still went to Sunday school, Today in our
great cities the grandson that boy may take
ride in stolen car, and come before court
charged with a felony In such cases the crime
should not be measured in terms of the value of
the car Morally there $500 and 900 crimes
The whole circumstances and the character of the
boy should be considered. Usually common sense
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Daily Lessons in English S e. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: say, you the
work. Let's contraction us .Lets work
you do the work" sif*s'F W ~ s
OFTEN MSPRONOUNCED: mpeccabe. i'm pek-a b1
in PECK, syllable.
Perennial;
SYNONYMS expedition excursion pilgrimage cruise
voyage
WORD STUDY: Use three times yours" Let us
vocabulary each Todas word
passed handed transmitted Among
Interpretation exposition
from expositor. Wilmington.
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MONDAY, MARCH 16

Adverse planetary aspects con-
tend, with benefic. influences. today
1t is likely that initiative will be
hampered under this CONFORMATION
Labor is well directed
HEART AND HOME: Women
will be happiest today if they pur-
sue their usual tasks. !. The stars
smile upon their love affairs and
their homemaking. This appears
to be a more suspicious date for
beginning friendships than for
making decisions that mean future
marriage. 1t is a favorable day
for girls who seek work and prom
ises much for those who use their
hands. The evening is under for
bidding aspects.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Tremen-
dous achievements in production
win make the centers of industry
prosperous. Jupiter, the rulins
planet of the United States, is in
good place for the year which is
foreseen as wonderful in its indus
trial achievements. The planet,
passing through the seventh house
of national horoscope, giyess prom
.se of popular support for our me-
chanical miracles 1t is ,impera-
tive that no. time be lost in our in
tensiye. efforts.
NATIONAL ISSUES: Govern
nent economies will be strongly lad
vocated as wartime living costs in
Guiding taxes, become brdensome
High salaries among officials OF
medium ability will be discussed
and waste will be watched in fac
tories and shops. One Of the our
rent problems will be the inequality
Iof sacrifice among citizens of the