ENGINEERS WITH
THANE HERE FOR
THOROUGH STUDY
Thane Outlines Development
Program Which Is Now
Under Consideration.
(Continued From '-age one.l
sulphate in the advantages offered
by local conditions as I described
them. There exists in Japan a bis
market for this product and if it
tan lie manufactured here at costs
indicated by 'lie conditions I pre
sented to Japanese manufacturer:
local dc velopment is assured."
In studying local conditions, the
entire district will be covered. The
Tahn lias been secured from IHs
trict Forgeter O. li. Flory and will
reach here from Ketchikan in about
two days. Mr. Thane took the party
to Tliane this afternoon. On the
arrival of the Tahn it will leave
for several days' cruise of t he dis
trict, covering particularly the west
ride of Admiralty Island where the
timber unit allocated to ttic Thane
power site is located.
Imprefsed by Japan.
Mr. Thane returned from Ills trip
to the Orient greatly Impressed by
Japan and its people. lie praised
highly the ability and intelligence
with which they are solving their
gravest problems. The racial and
national unity of the Japanese, he
said. Is nothing sort of remarkable.
He spoke warmly of the manner in
which he was received and the many
courtesies extended to him during
his stay,'and the opportunities given
him lo visit the manufacturing
plant-, in which lie was interested.
Alrnosl everywhere he went, lie
raid, he found people whom lie had
Known in Alaska. At the Imperial
Hotel at Toklo, lie was greeted by
Pete Cowley, who was sieward at
the Perseverance messhouse for some
time. Mr. Cowley is now in charge
of the cruisino department at the
Tokio hostelry. Mr. Thane said he
war given a surprise when, as he
registered at the Imperial, the desk
manager greeted him by name. The
latter recalled himself to Mr. Thane
as a former bellboy at the Wash
ington Hotel, at Seattle, where he
had been working to get practical
h del experience. Ills Oriental trip
cov« red both Japan and a large part
of China.
Stay Here Indeterminate.
The length of the party’s stay
here 1; Indefinite. It will remain
until ll has thoroughly investigated
local conditions and completed Us
study of resources needed in the
development, program under con
sideration.
For (he manufacture of ammon
ium sulphate, Mr. Thane said, there
i.' needed, cheap power, limestone,
cm bon and sulphrlc acid. All of
tht (, ho added, are either present
in the district or can be obtained j
economically. Cheap power is the I
prime factor and that is already I
available at Thane.
Regarding the arrangements for|
manufacture, Mr. Thane said this]
would ho done by an American com
pany. The manufactured products,
he raid, would he handled by the
Japanese firm, the two working eo
opirately, the one devoting Us at
tention to production and the other
to sales.
ODUNA AT JUNEAU
WITH FREIGHT CARGO
Tile Alaska 8teamshf> Company
freighter Oduna, Capt. Westerlund,
arrived in port early this morning
from the south with a freight cargo
for the Channel points ami will pro
bably be here until early tomorrow
morning. The ship lias 33 tons of
freight for the city dock, 171 tons for
the Alaska Juneau, 100 tons of coal
for the Fernmer dock and 100 tons of
coal for Douglas.
COME FROM NEW ZEALAND
ON LONG TRIP TO NORTH
Coming direct from New Zealand
and traveling hundreds of miles to
reach their destination, two young
women are abonrd the Princess Alice
for Skagway enroute to Dawson
where they plan to spend the winter.
They are Miss N. W. Anderson of
Otawhao, a teacher, and Miss M. D.
Anderson of Wellington, a nurse.
UNITED STATES OFFICER HELD IN AT
TEMPTED BERGD )LL KIDNAPPING.
A—
llerr is Hoover Griffis, of Hamilton, O., a Firot Lieutenant in
the I'nitod States Army Reserve Corps, who was arrested in Eber
h-"(•' rmany, cn n charge of heading the band which tried to
kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll millionaire Philadelphia draft
dodger, l'ergdoll killed one of the kidnappers and wounded an
other. Lticutenant Griffis was n t on duty with the army at the H
time, hut is raid to have been backed by some American news
paper and by members of the / merican Legion.
“CALL ME HENRY” IS
TOURIST IN NORTH
H. Lansburgh, department store
merchant of Washington, l). C., and
one of the most widely known Indi
viduals In the States for Ills hobby
in giving himself the name of "call
me Henry," is making a trip to the
north, being aboard the Princess
Alice for Skagway
Atlin country. lie
cnrouto to
expects to
next trip of
the
re-1
the I
made "call
his stunt of
to whomever
presentation
shape. The
be
turn south on the
Princess Louise.
Lansburgh has
Henry” famous by
senting his card
meets, which on
tears In a certain
of thi> card which he presents, if
mailed to him addressed only “call
pro
be
he
pa i t
me Henry'’ to Washington, will bring
the sender a five-pound box of choco
lates from him. Lansburgh has car
ried on the practice for years and
boasts that any article addressed
only by this title will readi him in
Washington.
! 1 WHO’S WHO I
AND WHERE I
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It. E. Murphy, representative of
the On Pont Powder Co., arrived here,
on the Northwestern on a business'
trip in the territory.
U. S. Marshal George D. Beaumont
returned to Juneau on the Northwest
'em from the states where he has
I been on official business.
Jean Vanophem, president of the
Llualin Berners Mines Co., and Miss
I Simone Vanophem, accompanied by
their gnests, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B
Ivey of Atlanta, and Miss Helolse
Ivey, left Juneau this morning on
the Santa Itlta for Jualin. Mr. and
Mrs. Ivey arrived In Juneau on the
Princess Alice and were met here
by the Vanopliems and Miss Ivey.
Miss Hilda M. Kohl, teacher in the
Juneau schools last year, left here on
the Northwestern enroute to Anchor
age where she will teach this winter
She arrived here on one of the last
boats and has been visiting with
Mrs. E. A. Jaeger and Miss Hazel
Jaeger.
Archie \V. Shiels, manager ot tne
Pacific American Fisheries, left on
the Northwestern for Cordova to in
spent the company plants in that
district.
M. C. Rugg, L. M. Carrlgan, Ous
Gelles, P. It. Peterson, A. Smith and
0. \V. Lnnger, commercial travelers,
left on the Northwestern for the
westward.
James Phillips, Jr., prominent min
ing man of the states, is a passen
I ger on the Northwestern for Cordo
| va on a business trip.
CANNERY TENDER IN
The tender Gambler of the Pacific
American ■Fisheries. Is in port to
day from Gambler Ray.
Old papers for sale at The Empire.
SPECIALS
LOOK AT OUR WINDOW
FOR
ENTICING SHOE PRICES
LADIES'. GIRLS' AND BOYS’ SHOES
CLOSING OUT PRESENT STOCK
The Junction Store
7. M. SALOUX
Front and Franklin. Phone 282
:
ASSURE BURIAL
FOR DESTITUTE
i
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29—Conse^
('ration of a burial plot for former
soldiers of the British army who may1
die here in destitute circumstances
will take place September 1, when a’
piece of land on a sunny hillside in;
Inglewood Cemetery will be dedi- j
rated by the Bight Reverend Joseph
Johnson, bishop of the Episcopal dio-1
cese of Los Angeles.
Purchased by the Canadian Wo
man’s Club five months ago, the plot
already holds the bodies of five Bri
tish veterans of the World War, who
otherwise would have found their last
resting places in the potter's field.
Space for ninety-five other graves re
mains.
Souvenir Hunters Steal
5,000 Mugs in Munich
MUNICH, Aug. 29—The State beer-j
j house, whore hundreds of poople |
[drink out of huge mugs with lids, is
. deploring the loss of 5,000 of those
I which were taken away as mementoes
| during festival week, besides 480
knives and forks and many decorated
plates. In five days nearly a million
visitors came here for the athletic
festival, It is suggested many of these
purloined the mugs, plates and cut
lery.
COB TURNER'S AUTO SERVICE
(! A. M. on. Phone 257. Popular
Pricoc. Office next to Boston Store.
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Old papers for sale at The Emplro.
JITNEY
DANCE
A. B. HALL
TONIGHT
COLISEUM
ORCHESTRA
CRIME SHOWN
I AS GROWING IN
| UNITED STATES
Startling Disclosures Are Sub
mitted to Meeting of
American Lawyers.
(Continued from page 1)
! Abbott Adams. Besides conclusions
'drawn from personal observation as
| eminent members of the American
liar, they gathered an immense
I amount of statistics on crime not.
i available from the census. Three
! members of tlio committee made an
j exhnimive study of the criminal
tcarts In ISnviand and France—
forms of indictment, trial and sen
tence—rifting through whole mur
der l.i taIs anti hearings of appeal,
and in peeling penal Institution*.
An astonishing htxity was dicov
erto in tht American method of
recording crime rta’tistlcs. Some
State,- dul not keep records of the
number of persons in prleon, as late
as 1021. Among ethers where sta
tistics were c.vailablo the penal pop
ulation was shown to have ranged
since 1910 from a decrease of 1.2
per cent in Nevada and 37.5 in
South Carolina, to an IncreaEC of
1.5 per cent In Kentucky and 171.3
in Rhode Inland. Gains in civil
population wore taken into consid
eration.
Criminal Population Grows.
On information furnished by po
lice and court clerks in 48 prin
cipal cities of as' Many states, it
was estimated that "while the gen
eral population of the country from
the year 1910 until 1922 has In
< reused 14.9 per cent, the criminal
population has increased 16.6 perl
cent.” It was ascertained further
that “the growth of crime was
steady and almost regular up to our
entrance into the World War; dur-l
ing the war crime decreased greatly,
but upon tlie resumption of peuce
criminals resumed their depreda
tions with increased activity all over
the ihuntry."
In 1921, for instance, "there were
9,5i 0 homicides us compared with
9,000 in 1920. In no year during
the last 10 did the number fall be
low 8,500. In other words, since
1910 no less than 85.000 of our
citizens have perished by poison, the
pislol the Knife or other unlawful
and deadly injury.”
As compared with England and
France:
In the las! year for which facts
were available, there were 63 mur
ders in England and Wales; 586 In
RETURNS AND NEW TURNS
September 20, Plotters’ Day. Ye
Old Timers Parade at 12 o'clock. |
Dean lunch at , Fair Grounds, l
Speaking. old-time sports and
pastimes, vaudeville entertain
ment and dancing afternoon and
evening.
Friday, Sept. 21, Prettiest Baby
Contest, Fashion Show, vaudeville
and dancing.
Saturday, Children’s Day. Jun
ior Float parade, free admission
for all children participating,
prizes for best decorated floats.
Dog show and award of pre
miums for best dogs. Vaudeville
for kiddies, and dancing.
Saturday night will be Carnival
night. Fancy costumes—all same
Mardi Gras—prizes offered for
most appropriate costumes.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA FAIR
Day and Night—Rain or Shine
Select a fetching costume—some
thing out of the ordinary,
; EXERCISE YOUIt "THINKER”
Features
Chautauqua
Program
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
8 P. M.
PRELUDE
.Eiler Willoughby Orchestra
Selections...
CONCERT
••Kashmri Song”.From The Indian
Love Lyrics .. Woodforde-Fiden
“Elegie” (French) ... .Kassonet
“When My Ships Come Sailing Home”.Dorel
Claude Schell, Tenor.
PROGRAM OF MYSTERY
Davis, Magician.
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—
Mirrfr
lho 48 American citiOB
where live one-fifth of the popula
tions there were 1,56:; murders.
All Mtrdrrs Solved.
In London there were 17 murders.
Only nine of there were clut cd first
degree. Scotland Yard ended the
year with none of them "unsolved."
! During the same period Chicago
i had 15 7 recorded murders, and New
York 560—the latter city obtaining
three convictions.
The annual homicide rate per
100,000 population in Hartford,
Conn., iH 1.4. It is 58.8 in Mem
phis, Tenn.
ratio
than {
com
oon-]
tills
"The largest proportionate
of crime in our cities of less
200,000 population,” says the
raittee. "If therefore may be
servatively estimated that in
republic last year there occurred
7.860 murders. To these may be
added 6,790 cases of manslaughter
and other unlawful killings, total
ling 16.640 unjustifiable homicides."
Ell gaud Is punishing murderers.
T!, death penalty often Is impose 1.
ilthfugh prison sentences usually
are btief compared to ours. in
France, where crime Is less severe
ly pu t shed, t: utder is more f-»
quent.
Eight stutcs of the Union have
abolished capital punishment. Tit!
live others it had been outlawed, j
tut now is reinstated. Thus there1
wore 92 executions in this country!
in 1919.
“But to prove mat our failure
to inflirt the (laeth penalty did not
proceed from an excess of tender-'
ness,” the committee points out, “wo
successfully put over 83 largely at
tended lynchings.”
Jurists visiting English and
French courts on behalf of the Am
erican bur reported several com
mendable features in each. Justice
was expedited. A criminal was
tried, convicted and punished while'
details of his crime were still,
fresh in the minds of the public,1
and the "horrible example"’ theory
of punishment was therefore effect-:
ivc. This country Is notorious fori
its long drawn out prosecutions,
says the committee. Two or three
years elapse between the crime and
the execution, sometimes, and "a
first verdict judgment forms merely'
the preliminary skirmish."
Discussing the prospect of speed
ing the trial of prisoners in the
United States; of eliminating the.
disappearance of witnesses, falsflca-'
tion of defenses and loss of testi-1
mony, the committee concludes:
“The first great work to be ac
complished in bringing about a bet-;
ter enforcement of law must be the.
awakening of the public to a clear,
sense of their responsibility for it.j
Improvement in our laws can ac-,
complish little unless accompanied'
by a determination on the part of
our citizens to have those laws en
forced.
"We recommend that a perman
ent commission of this association
be appointed to formulate a stand
ard code of criminal procedure for
the States of the Union. It Is of
first importance that such commit
tee bo composed of men who have
had large practical experience in!
the criminal courts, and especial'
care should be taken to exclude
mere theorists and faddists.”
EXTENSION TO
HIGHWAY WILL
OPEN SHORTLY
Glacier Highway to Be Op
ened to Traffic to Auk
Village by Next Sunday.
Another stretch of Glacier High
I way, about one and one-half miles
1 long, will be thrown open to traffic I
by the Bureau of Public Roads by!
next Sunday, according to a state-1
| ment made by C. O. Norris, Highway j
Engineer, in charge of Southeastern I
Aluska projects. This will open the
highway to automobiles as far as
Atik Village, which Is as far as cars
will be allowed this season, it is un
derstood.
The total stretch of new road open
ed this season on the highway will be
four miles, extending from Auk Lake
to Auk Village. From the latter point
it is three miles to the end of the
Auk Hay-Tee Harbor section. It is
expected that this will be opened at
the beginning of next season. Grad
ing and surfacing of this part of the
section will be completed by the con
tractors before the end of the present
season. It will have settled by spring
and be ready for traffic after the
snow goes.
Next season’s work in the highway
will complete construction to Eagle
River. Work done on this part of
the project has been confined to fall
ing the trees and clearing brush from
the right-of-way. Donkey engines
will be put on at once and the right
of-way cleared of obstructions ready
for grading crews early next spring.
It is expected that the grading and
surfacing will occupy most of next
season.
MAJ. STRUBLE LEAVES
FOR SOUTH TOMORROW
Maj. Spencer Struble, who has been
visiting his mother, Mrs. Henry Ro
| den, for tlie past several weeks, will
■ leave tomorrow for the East on
I the Princess Alice.
Major Struble, who was formerly
a Name boy, graduated from West
I Point shortly before the World War,
1 served In France with the Eighteenth
.Regiment of Field Artillery and is
’ now on detached service as Asistant
| Professor of Military Science and
Tactics at Yale University.
FIRE BOYS PLAN
FOR BIG DANCE
LABOR DAY, SEPT. 3
Plans are completed for the big
dance to be given at A. B. Hall Mon
day night. Sept. .1, Labor Day, immedi
ately following the smoker at Elks’
Hall, by the Juneau Fire Department.
Everything lively and everyone gay
will be the motto for the evening
and plans of entertainment have been
made accordingly.
The proceeds of the dance will be
utilized by the playground commit
tee for the City Park and Play
grounds.
JUST ARRIVED
NEW SHIPMENT
OF
AUGUSTINE &
KYER’S
CANDY
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
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Nugget Jewelry and Curios, Carved Ivory, Bas- 3
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Hunters Notice
We have Light Weight
Sporting Boots
in wide and narrow widths
$7.50 to $9.00
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Also A. A. Cutters Light
Weight Sporting Shoes
For deer hunting.
Guaranteed Waterproof.
$18.50
Goldstein s Emporium
Shoe Dep’t. 2nd Floor.