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| 1 that former Semator Beckham personally Dall) Uuaim mplr(' [k terdchauii. vt fAnk M. Smeciitons |a patron of the tracks. However, in the days JONN W. TROY - IDITOR AND MANAGER ©f uccesses in the '00s, platforms 5 jous matters with him and, if he is e 3 LT SOMPANT At i I otees of Churchill Downs, Latonia, - Alas) ngton and other race tracks m depend for { : st Oftice Ir au us S Class’ continued upon the Legislature rather L t n th (« f Executive ' suBsc ATES. bem ) short a time since people called him o L A x‘ cuglas, Treadwell and 4., “goy Governor” that it seems almost un on T mall, pos g 3 w e believable that former Beckham is now 58 g A . " it a member of his Louisville law firm e : o ved John Creps Wickliffe Beckham, Jr | . ‘ o Dl Some months ago The Empire predicted v‘uv‘ c 8SOTIATED PRE the Presidential nominees next year would be| I Ly eathg nd Smith. Since that time Coolidge| ¥ r ted himself and the Republican nom S ow for anyone that can win it. But RTINS e b ure of this: Gov. Smith will be the Demo-| THAN THAT OF A l' OTHE PU “y.nu ne nee, Anti-Saloon League is making no prom-| the Democrats. spokesman for .'h.“ \ 1L in Washington said recently that the| : ‘r ocratz cannot win but ‘‘we should prefer to {have them defeated with a dry candidate than with la He admitted that the Anti-Saloon |Le was raising money specially to prevent {he nomination of Gov. Smith and said that| | millions of pieces of literature will be sent out ‘ | with that end in view » | st i ward S. Shumaker, head of the Anti-Saloon | 1 in Indiana, was recently sentenced to ‘ 60 days In jail f attacks on the Indiana Su ‘ 1 Court for rulings regarding search war 'rants before raiding premises for liquor and for threats to defeat the Supreme Court Justices faN~ 8 d: Sacco and Vanzott! wercip,. roelection if they. did mot change their not executed because they w anarch V| poltey IR . Theyieete’ Rof, xdchisd becaust they Prohibition and Murder in Illinois. avoided the selective draft and refused to aidj irtiees 7.7 their adopted country in the war. They were| s il e execnted because they were proved guilty of mur The State pictured Charley Birger, Southern der in the first degree—of murdering Frederick A.|Illinois gunman just sentenced to the gallows Parmenter, a paymaster, and Alesandro Bern-as an utterly brutalized and conscienceless killer. ardelli, his guard, both wage workers, whom they|and his counsel made no effort to place defense robbed of money to which they had no color of | Withes before the jury Even New Yorkers : B cniatmed and Chicagoans, familiar with gang murders v | R R T Phe octivitics of|Must feel a ”1”:]“ of horror Im reading the testi- 3 o ; : fmony from this quiet rural community. Here : Sprch this country aud elsewhere—the| o, % gang leader who paid $150 to have two de bombing, the demonstration against the United|praveq youths treacherously shoot down a local States, t illing of dpeace officers, the stoning|oficial just becs the official had harbored of American citizens, ¢ moved the rival gangster Here was a man who trapped chance that these murde might have had for|and shot a State highway patrolman, carried him executive mercy. The dirget actionist wu;m’hu still conscious and begging for life, to a neigh ers of these murderers are not guiltle f their|boring field and shot' hini dead; who had hig| blood |henchman simultaneously kill the patrolman’s ,,,,, R YOI N SR wite and dump her body into an abandoned 2 __|mine shafe; who boasted of his armored car and ' BRITISH COLU MHY\ PILCHARD RUN|machine guns; and who carried on a war in 3 IS LIGHT m{ LATE. | which men used airplanes, bombs, torches and s Tom poisoned bullets. i Not only the mon run late in British To understand this savagery we have to bear ' Columbia but the Vancouver Western Tribune/in mind several facts. One is that the scene, f says the pilchard failure is a cause of worry. Last|Franklin County, lies neighbor to bloody William- y there came into the port of Vancouver 1,-|son and shares the influences which have made 162,378 zallons of fish ofl and 7,120 tons of fish | Herrin notorious. It is more like a part of the meal from the pilch fishery of the west coast |01 Kentucky feud country that like Northern B Vascofiver T This ye the shipments|iilinois ogypt” has still the rough frontier B vbind o o oconsonthoy|SPIFit. Moreover, mining conflicts have accus- ) ¢ Rttt o T e o oot Zoe¥ |tomed it to violence Another fact is that the B AW I i ue boats have gone|girpogle of the Klan and its opponents have left out into the ocean after the fish. Good rewards|a heritage of hatred. PBoth the Birger and the have follow s rie off Tofino, according|hostile Shelton gar wore anti-Klan offshoots to the We ¢h continues: But the most important fact is that bootlegging Ver : s have been made furnished precisely the same motive for gang this yenr 1y of the inlets north of thuggery as it furnishes in great cities Barkley Sound. Not a plant north of Prohibition raises up the same lawless forces that Sound has handled over 100 ton in regions like this) with thirsty towns and min- this vear. The season has been very ing communities to supply, as in Cicero and the cold, the temperature of the estuary Chicago Loop. It breeds the same alliance be waters much lower than in June and tween the bootlegger ‘and the gunman. Three of July last year. When the waters the Sheltons have been convicted of robbing the the iulets get warmer and the food that mails—they did it to get more money for illicit the pilchards there s fully de liquor operations; two of Birger's gang go to jail ‘r velped, it is confident believed that for life for complicity in murders which grew the fish .will come in they always directly out of liquor-war struggles have done so far back as the Indians — can remembe Thc Heel of Ach: ]eq‘ At the present time all the big - erators have their scout hoats out in (Clncinnati Enquirer.) the open sca looking for fish and a It appears that the heretofore apparently in- chance to net them there | yincible Wayne B. Wheeler is not altogether in- — e | valnerable. Strangely enough, this vulnerability DANGLING \r’r[, ATIVE BAIT FOR |has been disclosed by distinguished representatives AMERICAN TOU! 3 of the Anti-Saloon League—by Bishop Cannon and Sl Dr. Barton—and, in the opinion of Washington The rivalry bLefween itario and Quebec in|ecorrespondents, at least, the incident presages a Sk taring for the ERpHTA T, qe.|break in the hitherto impregnable dry r Séloped s war in liguor prices. Both Provinces| Mr: Wheeler, a8 will be recalled, recently took upon himself the responsibility of predicting that are advertising, in places where prospective AmM-j.,) .. will be at least one of the national dom- erican tourists might see it, cut prices for Scotch ;0,1 parties which will have a satisfactory can- rye, coniac, gin, rum and champagne. Time com-| gigate for the maintenance and enforcement of ments on the fact hat the last pr quoted | the Bighteenth Amendment. by Ontario are, or t ar es, lower than those Having thus demonstrated his prophetic im- asked by Quebec. Both Provinces seem to under-|pulse, Mrc Wheeler proceeded, dictatorially, to stand fully one of the reasons why Americans|warn the Democratic Party that Governor Al tour in Conada in the summer time and they|Smiith must not be considered by it as even a dangle their bait-attractions accordingly For-| potential candidate. He even went so far as to tunately, how there are other g reasons | intimate that in such event an independent dry B i Aierican might profithbly. amend o few|candioste would be placed in the running in £ L 2 o P order that the Southern dry Democrats might JESEAS e TioRStA Ia ORUGIA Now, and Aeln, have “a chance to register their protest. Compared with Mr. Wheeler Signor Musso- ‘ NE“ YORK G. 0. P. I‘F \RS GOV, SMITH. [l might be considered to be something of & ' piker when it comes to dictating things. f T Ancording ‘1o the Naw York Times New Work But Mr. Wheeler met up with a snag. Bishop{ . State Republicans think that the omly hope|Cannon and Dr. Barton arise to say to the public 1 to defeat Gov. Smith in that State, should he| -and they assume to speak for the National ; receive the Democratic nomination for President,|Anti-Saloon League—that Mr. Wheeler in so g lles in the nomination of Charles E. Hughes or|speaking spcie for himself alone and not for the| ; President Coolidge in spite of thelr self-elimina-|national organization which he so often legally , tlon. They beljeve that Gov. Smith would carry advises Lo do things not considered to be legal ! ' B g R . A A by a large part of his fellow countrymen » the Emplre 1»;..4;‘ nst Dawes, Hoov v»Lm- ‘,’e“ ‘fhis is a rebuke—a public rebuke—which t' or. Long wort} The State Republicans, following| .o or may not amount to a great deal. The dry a cor ¢ August & appointed C. . Loek-{ hilosophy is sinuous and elusive. Mr. Wheeler; i wood, r Chairman of the Kinze County|may eyen emerge from the rumpus with added|@ L Republicun Comumittee, to to Induce Mr.|justre on his moral and political pinions. How- Hughes to reconsider his previonsly announced|ever that may be, just now he is nursing a ! imtention not to be a candidate. Empire State|severe slap, and it was not delivered on his Republicans, the Times will urge the Na-|wrist. $lonal Convention to draft either Hughes or Cool- If Mr. Wheeler does not in all things speak {dge. Othérwise, they belicve, Gov, Smith win|for the league what becomes of his influence Srobably win the pomination and most likely|OFeT the heretofore Sibpertighy Gongiam i EUe. 8- ¥l cident appears at least to indicate that there the election. are some among the fanatical brethren who have 0 oo not gome wholly mad, who fear the results of FORMER 10Y GOVERNOR RUNNING |the Whoeler arrogance and intolerance. Speed AGAIN, the day when men of reason shall have displaced o the violent extremists who have brought the coun- J. €. W. Beckham, Governor of Kentucky at{try to the verge of political ruin through their thirty and re-clected for second term, former|mishandling of the liguor problem! United States Senator for one term but a prac- AT ticing lawyer at Lowisville for the last half- We would much rather see a craze for the _dozen ycars, has been nominated by the Demo- wood chopping record than an exhibition of ‘crats of Keptucky for Governor on what is the present mania for pole sitting.—(Milwaukee Snown s an_anti-race-track program, Against| °"™8!) difm the Republicans ove ruuning Judge Sampson| pygt joud “Tee hee!” you heard was Ken- of the Court of Appeals dh a plattorm that|iycky's reaction to the idea of Fess for Presi- 1tl gent,~— (Cincinnati Enquirer. )« ~ favory horga-racing avd pari-mutuel betting. Blinks: “That pious guy Jenkina | little less gives me a large-sized pain.” Men stare more than they Jinks: “Yes, he's one thos- | did, but girls hardly can com i nuts who think they e oy 2 | that they are stared out of cou reproach, but who really are W enance, [ neath contempt.” GERMANS HEAR Passing Observation Hours 9 a. m, Office Phone 4€9, Res. to 6 p. SEWARD BUILDING Phone Dr. W. J. Pigg 76 4 -— ¥ )things a good many men quit giv-|g— g et a | i = 1 |ing their wives after they havi l’l\()ll:.ssl() g | ALONG LIFE’S = ||veen maried about so lon. m X i aternal Societies { || During the courtship she R L - AT | 9 I ired and sieepy and wishes he |’y 4 & 4 X g ‘ DETOUR !‘ Kol do. tome, And adter® wias.| RUI"(I‘ 51[‘;‘]”"" DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | | | Gastineau Channel By SAM HILL {riage he gets tired and sle ] S o 3 S ) . l‘ {and wishes she would shut up. | [ Graduate 1,'..,‘ Angelen . Gol DENTISTS = N T T o Uase U 11 Nobody but a woman would(| icge of Optometry and 1 end 3 Goldstein Bldg. ! Vi R p " | think of trying to hide her age| | Opthalmology PHONE 56 (Q dny Observations of Oldest Inhabitant | |,\ \caring clothes that revealod | Glasses Fitted Houss 9 8. m. to 9 p I ‘& g o'el : The .uh| Im-)\u‘-u“'l girl whose | verything else ‘ Lenes ound A e . GEO. aco’ way covered with, bldshes| 'You can love people for thel T T TR " R z ) M. H. SIDES, nbw ‘.‘ a ."m,. iter whose face | winning ways, their unselfishness | ® e s -A ¢ Secretay. {is covered with paint nd the cnemies they have mace.! | . ¥ b 2 'l Dr. Charles P. Jenne Visitin welcome, 1 The Ananias Club s e | | O e g oo Eaglpnss Bedie f smeribe! ot I y've go | Al ARMOX | g o My wife remembered whew We| just to look at you would | | Class and Private Instruction | Fooms § and 0 Valentine B oy L were a couple of hundred miles nink the manufacturers of dress| | th and Gold Strects Hullding U e it e s 1“'1 the | zoods were all on a strike 2 Phone 5703 Telephone 176 eotid B1id | upstairs windows open,” sald he:|:he manufacturers of stocking NLatas nonth at }'hm she didn’t spoil our vacation | wer, working overtime — e by worrying about it.” To a lot of girls getting d now means taking off what litls Dr. A. W. Stewar His Location they - have on and putting on a DENTIST It's almost as hard to find peo TABLOID OPERAS PHYSICIAN pie with tolerance as it is to find| BERLIN, Aug. 24, — Da g people without cars Milhaud, French composer, | Office—Second and Main v new recerd for brevity in opers| 1 Telephone 18 Buy Only Things of Silk furing the recent “Mod 3 RS SR S € The women who Chamber Musie Festival” at B : Go out to shop en-Baden. He produced an opera| Don’t know there is of eight scenes, each of which Dr. H. Vauce A oottbil cYoDp went_over the board in exactly | Ot eonpihe AN SAttin. 3 } - : yne minnte. i Y 7 to 8 or by appolnment . "Nother Qe IncDanger Milhaud's nearest competitor| [ FIRE ALARM CALLS| || vLicensea osteovatnic Physician Why so blue?’ we asked the [was Pavl Hindemith, of Frank-! Phone: Office 1671 Atom fort, one of the most prominent 1-3 Third and Franklin. Residence, jastineau Hotel “Alas!” it sighed, “I am afrali[of younger German composers.| -1 Front and Franklin, L S 2 the One-Piece Bathing Sult soon | whose operatic skeich took about| |18 Front, near Ferry Way. ” will displace me as King of tha|1l minutes. Two other Ger-||}% Tromt 0P Fitm Uxchenge. Dr. Geo. L. Barton flinitentme % o i ! o |17 ront, opp. City harf. ’ i nflinitesimal .{ u;“ n(yu]ln h: ! 1}.,1( \‘M(;\ off | 13 Fione deas Saw Ml CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal Bldg. 3 Berlin and-Ernst; Tocl o 1 Willoughby at Totem Gro. Office Hours 10 to-12; 3 to b; 7 to Them Were the Happy Days |helmn. alco demonstrated the pos-| Willoughby, opp. Cole Barn. {s; and by appointment. Phone 269 In the good old days a fellcw [sibilities of chort opera by ren-| Front and Seward. CHIROPRACTIC tould go with a girl for threa|dering works 19 and 20 minutes Front and Main. is not the practice of Medicine, years and have it cost him less |Ic respectively { Second and Main. s Surgery nor Osteopathy. than one date with a modern gold i gl A ! Fifth and Seward. digger—and he wasn’t considered " PN Fire Hall. b ek a tightwad, either. The President | Gastineau and Rawn Way b 1 Bob Turner’s New Second and Gold. [|[Helene W. L. Albrecht| We. Hadk: Beon Man Other Siadi - _ Sedan f‘{;\:;m almtl' lll:lu-ns. PHYSICAL THERAPIST We haven't seen it, but we'll 8 BUAL_Bieavire- 50 ride 1o Al 1 BUE BEC Medical Gymnastics, Massage e ha 't seen It, but we say President—It's a idebaker | Fifth and East. Electricizy this CALL 257 |3 Seventh and Goid. 410 Goldstein Bldg. ‘Bout Mary's little lamb PN g } 3.9 Fifth and Kennedy. Phone—Office: 423 If it's as skinny as her calv Advertising always pays. Use 1-1 .‘fn'llh. back of power house s F R b “TISN'T worth a tinker's dam. |the columns of The Empire. 4-2 Calhoun, opp. Juneau Apts. | fzg — 3 Distin Ave., and Indian St. ek I ~ —- — | Ninth and Calhoun, » 2 ”f‘:‘x“l ';’,"'""',"_I"s | | |46 Seventh and Main. Dr,. i e Bfown qxeaffley e JALL The time Q | 47 Twelfth, at Northern L'dry, Physician and Surgeon wife will finally reach the place THE {-8 Twelfth and Willoughby. Office and Residence, Apt. 4, she promised to meet her hus | | Y 1 49 Home Grocery. Nugget Apartments band at a certain hour. | Phone 582 A Pessimist— NI( :IIT — - Gk =L”’:"“,'l‘l“m“"“' L'",‘i‘l"‘:‘* e o WELCOME CAFE Valentine's_Optical Dept. as g gs going along =0 | . i nicely In this world now that he ‘ R ek { m,fi5:,,,1""25,"73,,11253",“ can take an occasional tion WKS | HOME COOKING | Reom 16, Valentine Blds. without gumming up the I & 1lrs. A. Haglund, Prop. | Fours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. and L | S ! by Appointment Times Change—And Rhymes, Toc tonight,” remarked daughter to her date. “Thank goodness for that,” mur- mured her ma, “I then won't need * to spend the evening worrying LJ. Searick about you.” Jeweler and e Optician { More or Less True 1 Little attention, birthday pro| oEag D sents and back talk are three Silverware e et et e [ —————— I 7-Passenger It used to be ELKS' HALL o A bear skin rug— Well—now it is A bare skin hug. | Why Ma Needs a Guardian Saturday Night “This party is gonna be GOOD | AUTOS FOR HIRE D e ) Fr Pru?npt Service—Day and Night CovicH Auto SERVICE Juneau, Alaska STAND AT THE ARCTIC Phone—Day, 444; Night, 444-2 rings Tue Cuas W. CARTER MORTUARY “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” Corner 4th and Franklin St SEE US FOR YOUR---- Loose Leaf Supplies Office Supplies Printing and Stationery GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO. Juneau, Alaska ont Street ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN Dave Housgr, rrop. 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