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THE AIRPLANE EMBROGLIO
Ever since the right honorable Jo
sephus Daniels was taken from the
piney woods of Georgia and boosted
to the head of the Navy, civilians have
controlled the affairs of the Army and
Navy, to the exclusion of the men
trained at Annapolis and West Point
for this purpose. The latest instance
of injustice to the Army personnel is
the demoting of Brigadier General
Mitchell for calling attention to the
crippled condition of the airplane ser
vice.
General Mitchell in a number of ar
ticles published in the Saturday Even
ing Post has shown that the airplane
service is so badly neglected that it
rates lower than that of a nation like
Italy or other fifth rate power. He
has pointed out the injustice perpe
trated by Congress and Secretaries of
War in holding this valuable part of
our National defense up to the ridi
cule of the rest of the world.
For his enlightening articles the
honorable Secretary of War has de
moted the General, who is second in
command in the airplane service. In
every instance where an opinion has
been expressed army officers have de
clared that General Mitchell is right,
and that every army officer indorses
his remarks.
Instead of profiting by this expert
advice our political Secretary of War
has fired the general and and placed
a man in his position who is satis
fied with conditions as they exist, and
who will not seek to better them, lest
he, too,, be fired. This tends to pro
mote ideas and keep up the spirit of
army officers.
General Leonard Wood, one of the
brightest minds in the United States
Army, at the beginning of the war,
was thus chastised by President Wil
son, who sent him to a lone post in
the South, and placed General Per
shing in charge of the United States
expeditionary forces. General Wood
made the mistake of attempting to
hasten the whipping of our army of
defense into shape for the war Presi
dent Wilson declared we would not
enter.
Every time a trained man attempts
to improve conditions in the Army or
Navy he gets into trouble with his
civilian superiors. In our opinion, it
was a colossal mistake to place these
military branches under civilian rule.
If Army and Navy officers are not bet
ter judges of what is needed in their
respective departments, why spend so
much in training them?
TRAPPERS AGAIN HIT.
The last legislature passed a bill
taxing furs and furbuyers, which prac
tically crippled the fur business, and
now comes the proposal to tax resi
dent trappers SI per annum, and alien
or non-resident trappers $50. While it
is a good thing to keep aliens out of
the Territory’s fur pockets, it places
another dollar expense against local
trappers, who are already taxed to
the hilt by the government indirectly
and the territory directly. The fur
business is as old as the hills, possi
bly starting soon after the weather be
came too cold for Eve’s figleaf parka,
up to the last fetv years the trapper
has got by -with little expense other
than for outfit and supplies. Of late
years legislators in the States and in
Alaska have looked with covetous
eyes on the fur business, and are load
ing it down with restrictions and ad
ditional taxes.
Last year the closed season on bea
vers expired and many trappers left
for the hills early in the fall, expect
ing to reap a fur harvest, as these
animals have multiplied rapidly the
past few years. After they reached
the trapping grounds and had started
gathering fur, the law was suddenly
changed, closing down on beavers,
causing considerable loss and annoy
ance to trappers who were far out in
the hills and had no way of learning
of the change until they came in with
their furs.
Trapping is a precarious game at
best, with little money to be made at
the game. The man with a trap line
earns every dollar he gets, and more.
His work is hard, in temperatures far
below zero, and he has few comforts
in the woods.
If a tax is to be put on furs or the
trapper penalized, why not place the
tax where it will not hurt the indus
try? There should he some other way
of increasing our revenues without go
ing after the man who makes only a
few hundred dollars a year out of the
business, and who stands the losses
occasioned by a bad season.
WHEN CHILDREN DISLIKE MILK
If your children find it hard to
drink plain milk try these sugges
tions to help them to drink the nec
essary quantity. A fancy name ap
plied to the milk drink sometimes
helps.
A drop or two of flavoring extract
added to the milk often finds favor
with a child, and if the liquid is vig
orously beaten with an egg beater
before it is served the bubbles on
the top will suggest an attractive
name like Vanilla Froth.
Egg-nog is a favorite with many,
a valuable one, and one easily to
make by beating an egg slightly, add
in a little sugar and then two-thirds
of a cup of milk gradually. The bev
erage should be strained before serv
ing.
Of course in naming the various
drinks the thing to avoid is the word
milk and the other members of the
family should not emphasize the fact
that the much disliked milk is be
ing drunk.
Such a simple expedient as serv
ing milk in a colored glass will often
work like a charm and a fancy gob
let plus a taking name will often
turn the despised milk drinking into
a delightful adventure.
WHY HOTEL MANA6ERS LEAVE
HOME
Unhappy is the officially inspected
city hotel manager. The Washing
ton state department of Labor and
Industries sends an inspector around
to collect a fee, see that the bed
sheets are eight feet long, the fire
escapes open and santiary conditions
prevail in the hotel. The state de
partment of Agriculture has an in
spector on the job to look after san
itation and food, if any. The „ city
goes through the hotel from top to
bottom, a fire marshal inspecting for
hazards; a health officer checking up
for sanitary rule violations, a res
taurant sleuth going through the din
ing room, kitchen and bakeshops, a
building inspector doing his bit and
maybe the police taking a peek too.
The department of labor and in
dustries is willing to forgo its in
spection if the law is willing and is
investigating to ascertain whether
its inspector cannot be put to other
work. The state hotel inspection
law- was orginally passed at the re
quest of commercial travelers to im
! prove rural hotel conditions.
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'reason for significance
OF “THE FIGHTING BLADE”
Our own war for independence,
our revolution against King George
III, of England, is undoubtedly the
most significant period of our history.
It marked the birth of our republic,
A like period in English history is
that which marked the birth of free^
dom, of representative government
for the British, the period in which
“The Fighting Blade,” a First Na
tional picture, starring Bichard Bar
thelmess, which Liberty Theatre will
present tonight. The picture is foi
that reason significant. Again, “The
Fighting Blade” is the only storj
of the Cromwellian era which has
ever been filmed. Incidentally, th(
producers have taken no liberties ii
matters of detail and the student o
history will find no anachronisms in
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the production. The settings, the
costuming, the furnishing, the man
ners and customs were reproduced
only after the most thorough and
diligent research had been under
i taken. Another reason for the sig
nificance of the picture.
Oliver Cromwell was leader of tne
Parliamentary Party which chafed
' at their lack of voice in government.
| Charles I. was king. He disdained
! the Parliamentarians and vested
power in the Cavalier Party, as the
lords, or royalists, were known.
Cromwell led a revolution and, from
1642 through 1649, civil war was
waged in England, ending with the
execution of Charles I. Four years
later Cromwell was made Lord Pro
tector of England. And he estab
lished the foundations for the pres
ent popular government.
“The Fighting Blade” depicts one
of the most dramatic episodes of the
historic conflict, reciting the exploits
and the romance of the valorous
Kerstenbrooc-k (played by Richard
Barthelmess), a Flemish soldier of
fortune who gained fame as the most
deadly duelist in all Europe and who
by circumstances was drawn to the
people’s side in their fight for the
right to govern themselves, and who
paved the way for Cromwell’s suc
cess. The picture unfolds a story
which, even without its historic back
ground would be a tremendously
fascinating entertainment. In addition
to the star, the cast includes Dor
othy Mackaill, Frederick Burton,
Morgan Wallace, Lee Baker, Bradly
Barker, Stuart Sage, Allyn King and
others—a sterling cast in an unusu
ally worthy and worthwile picture.
It is queer to see the workings of
the political mind. A few weeks ago
the Republican press was praising
Coolidge for his economy. Now they
are bragging on him for signing the
bill increasing the pay of congress
men. Heads we win, tails, we lose.
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TONIGHT—ONE SHOW—8 SHARP
Richard
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A 9-Reel Super-Feature—Most Lavishly
Produced
AN INTENSELY DRAMATIC STORY OF
HEARTS AND SWORDS
True in every detail to an
historical period never be
fore filmed.
A story full of gripping moments and fast
action—Besides it great entertaining value
it is also unusually educational.
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