THE ALASKA DAILY
EMPIRE
“ALL THE HEWS AIL THE TIME”
yOL. XXI., NO. 3153.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1923.
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OH. JOY! THERE ISN’T ANY DEVIL!
SAYS MINISTER BANISHED FROM
MISSOURI COLLEGE; IDEA ONLY
OHSOAiGO, Jan. 27.—‘When they
urge you to go to the devil you have
no place to go."
This is the comforting doctrine ad
vanced by Dr. Arthur Wakefield Sta
ten, who recently was dismissed from
William Jewell College. Liberty, Mo.,
because he taught his classes in Bib
lical literature and religious educa
tion that there is no personal devil.
This optimistic pedagogue lias
come to inform Chicago that the
phosphorescent gentleman with th?
pitchfork and the brimstone is as
archaic an idea as the pre-prohibi
tion tradition. Rev. Dr. Staten has
accepted the pastorate of the Third
Unitarian Church of Austin.
iBut because there is roa rpal Sa
tanic majesty is no indication that
evil and wickedness have disap
peared front the world, Rev. Mr.
Slaten. asserted.
“The Idea of a devil, a combina
tion policeman anil expert bookkeep-1
er, is used to frighten adults,” Hi .
Dr. Slaten declared, “in much the
same fa stolon as the bogey man I.
employcd to scare children into
good behavior. The real way to
make us good is for us to realize
that it is wrong to do those things
which go agair.'tt the social con
Fclenco and which are harmful to the
best Ideals of the social group."
Rev. Mr. .Slaton banishes devils tr
the realm of “charming folk lore"
and then drives away the demons,
and even the sprightly little imps,
whom he compares to “other crea
tures of the imagination, the Irish
banshees, the Scotch fairies, the Puri-:
tan 'Witches, the negro voodoo and,
‘hants.' ”
In his book, "What Jesus Taught,”
published last May, Rev. Ur. Slatea
wrote the following sentence, one of
nany which cost him his job tit
William Jewell College:
"To many Christians, angels, de
mons, anti even Satan, have become
tmreal. They know that die belief
n a thing, however vital it may
mve been to those who held that be
ief, is no proof that the tiling ever
dentally existed."
There are other passages in the
rook disturbing to the “fundanieu
als" of those who beliovo the Bible
s to be taken literally. For 'in
stance, Rev. Hr. Slatea holds that
miracles wore not performed, that
he Genesis account of the creation
jf the world is “merely symbolic."
ind that neither Daniel nor the book
3f Revelations has any value as
showing a plan for the future.
"Their authors,” declares this Bap
tist author, “knew no more of what
going on in the world now than
ive know' of what will be going on
5,000 years hence."
Urging his readers to regard the
Bible as a mirror rather than a
yardstick. Rev. Dr. Slatem concludes
lis chapter on "What the Bible Is”
with the following:
“Til - dictaphone Is a machine into
Whit h business men dictate their let
pr-. .After words have been spoken
into it it will reproduce faithfully
the words and number of times. The
Bible is like that.
"The reader of the Bible is a
business man who must do his own
thinking and speak his own tnes.-.iga
in the thought and language of his
own time."
PACIFIC COAST
DRY NAVY NOW
BEING PLANNED
Bootleg Craft Will Be Chased
to Three Mile Limit on
N Pacific Coast.
i&AN FRANCISCO. Jan. 27.—.Anoth
er navy known as the "United States
Pacific ('oast Dry Navy,” will l>e
added to the Pacific Coast, Samuel
F. Rutter, Federal Prohibition Di
rector, announced today.
The Pacific Coast Dry Navy wiil
be patterned after the New York
famous bootleg chasers and will
chase 'the bootleg craft on the Pa
cific Coast to the three-mile limit.
Just when the new navy will start
work remains a secret.
No Special Session of
Congress on British Debt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—President
Harding bis every confidence there
will be an agreement wtith the Brit
ish for refunding of the war debt to
the United States. It Is statew at
.the White House there will be no
special .session called 1f a settle
ment is delayed beyond the present
session of Congress.
DEBT SUGGESTIONS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—It was
. evealed here today that the Ameri
can debt funding commission in re
cent negotiations with the British on
funding tlie war debt suggested an
Interest rate of 2 per cent for the
first 10 years and 3V. per cent there
utter with the provisions of extend
ing the entire debt for 62 years.
The suggestion also included pro
visions that stated annual payments
and amortization rate ho 1 Va per
cent in addition to the yearly pay
ments on the principal.
Administration Praised;
Income Agents Roasted
iSPOKAiNE, Wash., Jan. 27.—The
National Wool Growers' Association
has endorsed the administration" of
•President 'Harding and condemned
the Internal Revenue Department for
“sending out incompetent agents” to
aid in preparing income tax returns.
IRISH EXECUTED
•DUBLIN, Jan. 27.—Two Irishmen
were executed at 'Mart Borough this
morning for hawing firearms in their
possession illegally.
F. M. WOOL WORTH DEAD
LONDON, Jan. 27.—Fred Mpore
Woolworth, prominent American busi
ness man, died this forenoon after a
long illness. He was the London
director of a chain of stores, or
panizaHcm which is a subsidiary to
the Woolworth store organization in
the United States.
Ah! Key to
Happiness
Is Found
flARIS, J;in. 27.—New sd.hI luck
charms Are being introduced for this
yshr, for ‘the Patleienne, superstitious
as ever, has lost faith in china ele
pliant3 and pigs, and the gold brooch
bearing the number 13 has failed to
please.
The new talisman consists ot a
small key, similar to a safe key.
This trinket now is on suie in gold
and platinum and may be worn as
a bangle on a fine gold chain around
the neck.
The French woman is wont to con
sider it the key to happiness, and
tthe jewelers are jubilant because
sales are good in anticipation of a
good year.
CONSUMPTION
OF COPPER BE
BIG THIS YEAR
—
President of Mother Lode, of
Alaska, Thinks Demand
Will Exceed Output.
NEW YORK. Jam 27—James J
Godfrey, president of the Mother
Lode Copper Mines Company of
Alaska, who organized the company
in 1907, says the world is facing a
shortage 01 topper because of the
record consumption, based on De
cember sales of 300,000.000 pounds.
“In 1923 consumption will approxl-j
mate two and a half billion pounds,” j
siarcxi .'ii. uonirev, wane prouuc
tion cannot possibly exceed two
billion pounds. The peak produc
tion of copper was lin 191G, when
the output was 1,1*28,000,000 pounds.
“While 1922 sales approximated
two billion pounds, some of this was
carried over from 1919, 1920 and
1921. This means copper producers |
will speed up production, which In
eludes Mother Lode, whose produc
tion schedule. this year is set fori
36,000,000 pounds. During 1922. the I
company's output was 25,000,0001
pounds and in 1921 18,000,000 pounds j
“Under the milling contract be
tween the Kennccott Copper Cor j
poration and Mother Lode the lat i
ter’s production during 1923 will be
increased to 3,000,000 pounds month
ly. In addition to the high grade]
ore extracted Mother Lode is the I
world's cheapest copper producer.]
having produced copper last year de
livered at the Atlantic seaboard fori
6.31 cents per pound.
Teapot Dome Lease Is
Criticised by Wyoming
CHEYEVN'E. Jan. 27.-The House
has adopted a resolution criticising
the Teapot Dome lease on the
ground that piping of petroleum to
Kansas City will enrich other states
at the expense of Wyoming. The
reeoltrbion asks that all oil produced
In Wyoming be refined In the state.
DCSSELDORF NOW DNDER
REGULAR MARTIAL LAW
Pretty Girl Refuses
Mail-Order Sheik.
j""A.1icec'Tu.ua. I/ore*v-'i |
There were four reasons why
Alice Julia Ixtrenz. 1H anti pretty,
rf Chicago, did not have a love
affair with a boy from her school
who protested undying affection
for her in letters. They were her
self, her mother, her father and a
policeman. She received so many
htters ftoin an anonymous suitor,
proposing u meeting, that a po
liceman war posted near by, her
[ mother behind a tree and her
father iti a hallway; and then she
met her mail-order Sheik. Mother
applies a lioi.ew.hip to the youth
; With ^telling effect until the po
liceman made her stop.
PASHA BEY IS
RECALLED FROM
PARIS STATION
Representative of Angon
Government Reported to
Be Ordered Home.
l/ON’DON. Jail. 27. A mossagi
from Constantinople reports that tip
Angora government lias recallei
Pasha Bey, its representative a
Paris, because of the doubtful situa
tton of the Lausanne peace con
ferenee.
SEPARATE PACTS- MADE
LAUSAN1NK. Jan. 27.—Two sepa
rale oonve,nt)ion:i with Greece will b‘
signed next '.Monday, it was an
nounced today, and this will be doni
irrespective of the fate of the gen
oral i»eaco conference. One will pro
vide for the mutual return of prison
ers as hostages and the other pro
vitles a compulsory exchange of min
ority populations. B itli convention!
will become effective immediately.
FORECAST MADE
ON AMENDMENT
ABOUT LIQUOR
Man Declares Little Likeli
hood 18th Amendment
Ever Be Enforced.
OOLUMiBUIS, Jan. 27.—N’ieholai
Murray Butler today told the Ohi<
Bar Association there was no like
lihood the Eighteenth Amend nten
ever can he enforced.
Butler declared that the Eighteen*.!
and Fifteenth amen Intents, the latte:
granting negro suffrage, ‘‘seem like
ly to long make for lawlessness it
American life.”
Farmer-Labor vlement
Is Given Turn Dowi
OLYMPIA. .Wash., Jan. 27.—Tht
House today indefinitely postpone*
by a vote of 78 to It! the resolutlor
introduced by the Fanner-Labor ele
meat to a-sk President Harding t<
pardon persons convicted under th<
espionage act for expressions o
opinion.
WOMEN HURL
BOWLING PINS
AT DRY AGENTS
i _
iClub Is Raided and Hot Timt
! Results Before Any Ar
rests Are Made.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. ProhibUku
I agent i won* attacked vritU howl.ns
j pins and balls hurled by a score oi
I irate women bowlers when they trier
to follow a "bee-line" which led froir
a cafe to allies, where members oi
the Yorkville Women s Bowling (’lei
were playing. The women wer<
vexed, the agents reported, been us.
their supply of beer had been ter
urinated, and took up the battle will
injrly.
After o few mirftes, however, it
which balls were battered back am
forth, the agents emerged triumph
i ant. They bad 'two prisoners. Mar
I tin Oordes, manager, and Stevei
Hasrz, bartender, but disdained to ar
rest any of the women. They alsi
seized a quantity of the beer the:
were after. This led from a pipe
line to the basemout. which tin
agents immediately turned off to
night when they ent'ered the premise:
with a search warrant
The same agents, poking as gat
meter inspectors, later arrested three
j bartenders.
! Earth Is Now
Wobbling on
Its Axis
IjONDON, Jail 27.—The earth 1:
wobbling on its axis, according ti
Col. .1. Jem-ten, Danish scientist, win
returned recently from a degrat
measuring expedition into Greenland
Ha reports that Greenland is tnovini
westward at the rat - of 20 yards i
I year. This appears to confirm th<
I recent reports of surprising cllinatii
changes at the (North Pole.
It now is established that there i.
| a periodic shifting of the latitude o
ilthe North Pole. The movement i,
difficult lo detect because of thi
small area of the pole—abott, tht
Size of u tennis court.
Certain authorities say that thf
poles gradually are changing theli
' positions, and that this alteration t<
tile world s axis .a time will meat
that regions whirli at present art
• Icebound will become warm and hub
Itable countries.
i IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM WORKS
TO ADVANTAGE
Ohio Kepresentative I ells Na
tional Club Present Policy
Will Be Permanent.
MEW YORK. .Ian 27- -Representa
five John L. Cable, of Ohio, mernbei
of the House (Immigration commit
tee, advocated a new selective Im
migration campaign in an addres
this afternoon before the Nations
I Republican Club.
| Representative Cable said the pros
enf law had proved a success and
limited Immigration by the perccn'
age (policy now would be permanent
■ He added that 65 per cent of the
na Ton's population favored barring
immigrants not readily able ti ad.,
themselves to American Ideals o
citizenship.
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CAPPER PUNCTURES
I PRESIDENTIAL BOOM
| OF FARM FRIENDS
, WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—The |
, | boom lo make Senator Capper |
of Kansas, farmer and progres
' sive, a presidential candidate in
I 192-1 was punctured by Sena
1 -lor Capper himself. |
“I'd like to see a farmer from 1
the Middle West president of
the United Stales.” he told the !
I United Press in an interview: j
Jil think it would be a good j
ifi Thing for the country—but not !
I ' for me. I’ve got a man-sized
Job here In the Senate for the [
next few years. I am going to
i l devote iny political life to work
r 1 ing out a permanent solution of *
' 1 the farmers’ ills." I
WILL RECHART ALL SEAS ON THIS GLOBE.
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|! He 1'vQuO.C cMu£ Vice AiltnuviX Svr Joktv Ec'-rry^ ||'
Monaco, in which is located the famous Rambling resort of
Monle Carlo, has been selected as the seat of the International Hy
drographic Hureuu, which Is to he responsible for recharting all the
seas on this globe. Vice-Admiral Sir John Harry, of the liritish
Navy, is President of the Bureau. This photograph shows the
buildings, right at the edge of the son, that are use.I as the head
quarters for the bureau.
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1 | Alligator Seizes
Man’s Leg and
Crushes It Off
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| KI, PAS-’O, Tex., Jan. 27— An ,
i ^ alligator today seized a leg of
> 1‘ablo Samhrano, city gardener,
| while the latter was feeding
' the animals In a pood. Sam- i
I ; brano hopped out of the paid
! on his other leg. The leg which
| was seized and crush. I was a
wooden one. |
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NEW INDUSTRY
IS PROPOSED
FOR AMERICA
1 Rubber Production May B
Encouraged—Philippines
Will Be Used.
W AiSHJNKJTON, Jan 27.-—Thi
Cabinet late yesterday considers
the question of facilitating and estal]
llshing American rubber Industry li
the iPhlUpplues and is said to be fa
vorably inclined. This is a subec
uppermost at the present time be
cause the British control 85 pe
r*mif (\f t ho nrruinct iftn whila 70 nt»
' cent of the consumptilon is In tie
j United States and the prices havi
gone up about 35 per cent lately.
i Ku Klux Klan and
Harvard Denounce!
| NEW YORK. Jan. 27.—Thoae at
I tending the jubilee convention of tb
. Union of American and Hebrew cot
igregaiions last night passed a res.
jltition denouncing the Ku Klux Klu
land protesting against the allege
discrimination against Jews by th
I Harvard I'aivcrslty.
Soviet Envoy to Be
Barred from Colonic
SHANGHAI, Jan. 27.-A. A. Jofft
i Russian Sovlety envoy plenipotei
tlary to China, who has been cot
! Tenting with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, ha
been denied admission to Hongkon
( and Macao. British and Portuguex
i colonies respectively. .Ioffe ai
I nonneed he had been Invited t
Japan and would go. A joint stati
j ment. by Joffe and Sun Yat San r<
| vealed Identical views on Rosa
II Chinese gelations.
MILLION ARIES
ONLY STRUGGLE
GETTING ALONG
Petition of Mrs. James A.
Stillman Actually Spills
Whole Beans.
1 POV'OH.KBEPSIE, N. Y„ Jail. 27 —
Although James A. Stillman has a
yearly income, which an affidavit de
clares ia "less than $536,000," his
objection to paying Mrs. Anno VI.
Stillman $123,000 a year alimony, as
sought by her in court, is not that
of pecuniary inability, but rather
that lie considers Mrs. Stillman s de
1 miind to he “exorbitant and unrea
| sonable.” his attorney declareJ here.
Mrs. Stillman, in her affidavit, filed
with her application for $120,000 a
» year and $20,000 counsel fee, said
H would tie necessary for her to
have at Isast $123,000 yearly for
maintenance and to keep her family
together. She also said that, with
, the allowance she now Is receiving,
I she has Incurred a number of obligu
tions for money borrowed.
Mrs. Stillman's statement of her
$!23,OOit yearly need Is an interesting
^ human document in that It compactly
and concisely tells what a million
, fire's family budget looks like, and
what his wife and children must
, worry along on for oach 363 days ol
( their existence.
The items are as follows:
"Rent of apartment for me and
my three children. $11,000.
“Assistance of employees, $300.
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FRENCH TROOPS
I TODAY RUSHING
! TO RUHR VALLEY
Martial Law Is Declared in
Big Center in Occu
pied District.
ITALIAN ENGINEERS TO
BE SENT TO RUHR AREA
Little Entente Is Reported
Ready to Mediate Between
France and Germany.
BULLETIN — DUSSELDORF, Jan.
27.—Spoiadic disorders of a minor
nature broke out this evening
throughout the Ruhr. French sen
tries at Duisburg and Ratingen fired
;cn ricteis. The oavalry broke up
attempted demonstrations elsewhere.
None of the incidents resulted in
aeualties it is reported.
DATELESS—While tbe French are
nouriiig additional troops Into the
Ruhr Valley ro strengthen the mili
ary contirol, the population remains
quiet.
Dtmseldcrf Is practically under
martial law.
The telegraph employees have not!
i tied the French authorities they will
! strike Monday unless the French
I troops are withdrawn. The telegraph
Mficera huv<5. refttfiged the t
port. which came through Paris.
The liittle Entente, through Osecho
, Slovakia plans to offer mediation
■ between Fiance and Germany.
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LID SLAPPED ON
DUSSELDORF, .Ian. 27. What
imounts to tnarliial law lias been
. declared in 'the occupied area and
cafes, hotels, theaters and ea bare's
were closed at 9 o'clock last night,
French 'time, which is 1(1 o'clock Ger
' man time.
AcJbnt 12 leaders have been arrest
ed lor rioting last Thursday night.
• ITALY WILL ASSIST
IaOMDON, Jan. 27.—A dispatch
: from Homo says a Ministerial decree
j has be'*n adopted whereby Italy will
end the first party of three engin
eers to the Ruhr Valley to act in
1 conjunction with the French military
; nglneer forces.
R. R. TRACKS TORN UP
LONDON. Jan. 27.—The railway
workers at Dusseldorf are reported
o have torn up the tracks isolating
(Continued on Page Two.)
Belgian Tabor
j PARTY PROTEST
—
Manifesto Issued Opposing
Occupation of Ruhr Val
ley by the French.
i BRUSSELS. Jan. 27—The Belgiarf
Labor Party has issued a manifesto
criticising the occupation of the Ruhr
and asking a settlement of the re
pa ration problems by an appeal to
the League of Nations and also de
1 mandlng cancellation of the lateral
' lied debts. The Labor Party urges
j vast international loan with the help
i of the United States.
HOST MAIL BAG REMAINS IN
STREET FOR HOUR! CYNICS IN
NEW YORK CITY PASS RAO OP
g
NEW YORK. Jan. 27 —A United
, States mail pouch, scaled and bulky
i- with letters, lay unmolested for more
-! than an hour In the middle of a
» crowded downtown thoroughfare,
K while New Yorkers, Justifying the'r
e refutation as sophisticated cynics tin
i- willing to take chances, walked
o around the bag, dismissing it" from
i- their uttontion with suspicious stares,
i- The I tag fell from a mall truck
)• Parsersby remembering the dire pun
ishment meted out for mall thefts,
steered a wide berth. Several bold
| Individuals tested the sack with a
I furtive toe, then went their way. Po
licemen would have nothing to do
with ‘it: even postmen. Inst interest
when they saw the pouch’s seal in
tact.
Several thousand men and women
had passed the sack when the Janitor
of a near-by building telephoned to
the post office, which sent out a
truck to rotrleve the lost batch of
mill.