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ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3335.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
CRIME SHOWN I
AS GROWING IN j
UNITED STATES:
Startling Disclosures Are Sub
mitted to Meeting of
American Lawyers.
DEMAND CRIMINAL CODE
BE ENTIRELY REWRITTEN
American Bar Association Is
Presented with Facts that
Are Astounding.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 29.
—■Startling disclosures of the extent
and rapid increase of crime in the
United States were submitted before
the American Bar Association today
by a Special Committee on Law En-!
forcemcnt which urged that the1
whole code of criminal practice in
the 48 States of the Union bo re
written so that the long arm of thei
law might alBo become swift, sure,!
constant and, on occasion, merciful, j
Data on number of crimes, meth
ods of trial and treatment of pris
oners in England and France werej
cited, in comparison with which j
this country showed a decided dis
advantage.
American Apathy.
The blame waa laid partly upon ]
the structure of the law and tl^ej
manner in which our courts func-,
tion, but principally the increase of
crimes and criminals was attributed!
to “the apathy and difference of thej
American people" toward law en
forcement.
“Terrible failures of justice havej
occurred in all parts of the coun
try,’’ says the committee. Truth j
atlil clings to Chief Justice Taft’s;
statement thut “the administration!
of criminal law in the United States'
is a disgrace to civilization. The
trial of a criminal seems like a
game of chance with all the chances i
in favor of the criminal and, if hoj
escapes, he seems to have the sym-j
pathy of a sporting public.”
Make Invstigation.
Charles S. Whitman, former Gov-!
ernor of Now York, is chairman ofj
the committee, which includes Mar-,
cus Kavanagh, Charles W. Farn- ]
bam, Wade H. Ellis and Anncttei
(Continued on Page Eight.)
Convict Goes
Free But Will Work
In Other Prisons
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 29—Butler;
O. Storke, aged 31, convicted Toledo ■
forger, has donned civilian clothes j
preparatory to stepping out of the,
penitentiary Into a position which1
will pay him $250 a month.
Sentenced to serve two years,'
Storke, after twenty-one months be
hind the black walls, has been grant-!
ed a conditional parole by Governor!
Donahey. The condition is that he j
follow the work he Instituted among |
his fellow prisoners and in which I
more tftan 180C now are interested. J
Storke, a college graduate and
former army captain, is the origina- ’
tor of a school in which penitentiary
convicts have been given an oppor
tunity to educate themselves.
His position will be to try to in
stall the same system in other state]
prisons.
WOMAN GUIDES BIG TOBACCO POOL.
O^tivCa-rnu’i Haft Mey***
Miss Carmel Hall Meyer, pretty young woman attorney, is
lioad of the legal department of Hie But ley Tobacco fjr' woiv Co
operative Association of Lexington, Ky„ whitli holds $6,h00,noo
worth of real estate, aside front its other vast ini ere;'s. It is
part of her code that she- ean do a., man's work with being tnar,
nish. Upon her executive skill and legal sagacity depends iho
well-being of thousands of toba, co growers in Kentucky, Ohio,
West Virginia and Indiana. Yet she finds time to dunce, cook
and Sew.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
ARE EXPECTED IN SENDING OF
LIQUOR TO YUKON BY AIRPLANE
Postal Campaign
Directed Against
Illegible Writing
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2D—Postmas
ter General New, who is working on
a new chapter in the great drama,
"Why Mail Goes Wrong," lias an
nounced that a special campaign is
being conducted to direct the atten
tion of postal workers and the public
to the frequent miscarriage of letters
because of the similarity in the
names of towns in various states.
Mail addresse'1 for Instance, to
Summerton, South Carolina; Summer
town, Georgia; Summerville, South
Carolina, and Lumberton, frequently
is sent to the wrong place due to il
legible writing. Dover, North Caro
lina. and Milford. Texas, also have
considerable trouble getting some of
their mail because tlie addresses fall
to make clear the state in which the
town is situated.
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 29—Fire be-:
lleved to have been of Incendiary;
origin destroyed the Columbia Plan
ing Mill and Wilson Ship Yard. The
damage is estimated at $30,000.
POOR DISTRIBUTION IS HELD TO
BLAME FOR GERMAH FOOD CRISIS
HAMBURG. Aug. 29—Cermany’t
collapsing currency and the resultant
food shortages are producing a situa
tlon wholly unlike that in Russia
two years ago when the ruble first
descended to the point where one
dollar purchased a million rubles.
Russians were in the throes of n
famine caused by drought in the
wheat-rasing districts. And their rail
way system was in need of repair and
utterly disorganized by labor troubles
and sabotage.
Millions of persons were actually
starring. Many of them were in flight
from the burned-out districts, most
• of these without the means of buying
food eren where it was available.
In Germany today the dislocated {
I
population is not large, and the fami
lies which have been deported from
the Ruhr are for ihe most part pro
vided with some paper money by the
government.
The Russian government, just pre
vious to the decline of the ruble to
the million point, had changed its eco
nomic policy and discontinued the
plan whereby it had sought to prove
money utterly worthless and useless
by promising workmen actual food
and clothing and rent and light and
heat in exchange for their work.
Consequently Russians suddenly found
themselves without food rations and
without money as well, as unemploy
ment was widespread.
, (Continued on Page Two.)
WASHINGTON*, Aug. 23 The plan '
before the Provincial IJquar Board |
at Vancouver, B. C\, to transport li-1
quor into the Yukon a'-ross Alaska I
j by aeroplane, is regarded by Interna-1
i tional experts as promising an impor
tant development in International law. \
Prohibitionists claim liquor cannot
be carried over Alaska under any
circumstances.
j Others declare that while the gov
i ment require foreign pilots to secure
American licenses to cross American
territory, the government cannot
stop the transportation of liquor
through the air.
Labrador Gold Stories
Prove to Be Huge Fake
ST. JOHNS, Nfd., Aug. 29—More
than half the prospectors who took
part in the gold rush to Labrador
have returned discouraged. "The
whole story of the discovery of gold i
in Labrador Is a huge fake,” It. J. C. j
Wilson of Timmins, said. Mr. Wilson,
who Is a placer miner of thirty-four!
years' experience, was among the
first to reach Stag Bay In June.
One Thousand Dollars
Are Found in One Book
LONDON, Aug. 29—The widow of
the late John Troutbeck, for many
years coroner for Westminster, had
such a surprise when a box, shaped
like a book, containing 200 pounds
($1,000) was returned to her, that
she fainted. It appears the "book"
was among a number which Mrs.
Troutbeck sold for three pounds ($15),
thinking they were old medical works
of her late husband, and of little
i value The bookseller on examining
: them discovered one had a lock, and
, on opening it found a five-pound
| note and 190 one-pound notes, which
he promptly returned to the widow, j
EVERY CORPORATION
PAYS ITS STATE TAX
| SACRAMENTO, Aug. 29—The first
i half of the state corporation tax to !
1 taled $19,587,000. it was announced
by State Treasurer Charles 0. John
son. For the first time in recent
years not a single corporation went
delinquent, Johnson said.
OPPOSED TO
1 GOVERNMENT
I Steamship Owners, Operators'
Do Not Want Government
Operating Steamers.
1 \V A S111 XYl T O X, A..;:. 2<l -ill,
'steamship owners 1.-.1I operators at
la conforoncu with tlie members of
! the Shipping Hoard opppsid govern
' inent opetation of a, mfwihant, ll ii
land advotat-d oi» ration only w.i’.il
j ultimate purchase ly private owui i.-.
1 (ial • ('alter. \ ..president of th •!
I Steamship Own :s' A -s,relation, said i
I all business alien unveil that til
1 “govi rnnient < anno! * consider 1 aiu- 1
j liiercial end an cfil.'jcnt an privet
[concerns skilled in the business."
LIGHTNING IS
CAUSE OF FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO. tag. 29 Fire i
by lightning nt 9 o'clo k thin mon.
ling, 100.000 barrel* of naptha in tv.o
1 steel tanka are burning uncontrolled
at noon at the Standard Oil tank ft. n
at San I’ahlo;' Tfiero are 30 tanks n
j the tarnf hut fighters hop to prevent
'their ignition.
SEEKS PLAN TO
END SMUGGLING
MANILA, R, I., Auk. 29—In an ef
fort to stop smuggling of diamonds
into this port, all passengers landing
here will be searched. Colector A1
daneso announces. M m and women
will he subjected to the same treat
ment, he says.
Hardin? Medallions
To Be Ready Sept. 1.
PHILADELPHIA, Auk. 29 Medal
; lions of the late President Harding
! will be mailed to the general publi- t
! for $1.52 each. Frees Styer. superin
Itendent of the public mint, annotinced
I today.
I It is expected the} will be ready
[about Sept. 1.
A likeness of the dead president
'will appear on one aide, while the
I reverse side will bear the dates oi
President Harding's birth, inaugu
ration and death.
Bullet in Brain
Since 1898, Finally
Kills War Veteran
_
NEW YORK. Auk. 2!)—O. A. John*
lOrctzcr, aged -IS, who since the Philip
pirn* Insurrection In IX9S, has lived!
with a steel packeted Mauser bullet.
Imbedded In his brain, died at bln
home in Jamaica. He has been in
the postal service for IS years, the
last eiKht years as inspector. He
was not operated on. Ills ease being
similar to that of Mayor Gay nor when
an assassin shot him.
Attorney Generals Decide
To Probe Gasoline Prices
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2!* -The Na
tlonal Association of Attorney Gener
als in session here passed a resolu [
tion to make a “thorough and na
tlon wide investigation” of gasoline
prices. An immediate conference will
he called at Ktinsas City.
COAL AS TABLE DECORATION
DURBAN. Natal, Africa, Aug. 29—,
Coal as a table decoration was seen
at a banquet given here recently in j
connection with the inauguration of i
the port's new coaling plant.
At Intervals on the tablt s were i
llumps of coal, varnished to prevent)
the soiling of the linen, with hole, j
I drilled and filled with water to hold j
sprays of cut flowers.
| Crown Prince Hirosto
May Form New Cabinet
TOKIO, Apg. 29—Crown Prince
Hirosto, Prince Regent, has been
summoned to the Yamamoto Court,
ft ifl believed he will be asked to
form a Cabinet, lie was Premier In
1913 and 1914.
Conf idence Needed in U. S.
* * * * * * * * *
j Declares President Coolidge
I
* * *• •* * * * * *
Will Help Develop Feeling
WASHINGTON, A'’3. 29.—-Pre idcnt Ci olidgc raid in his first
pror.-up. :merit on the general busi 1 :s situaticn, through the spokes
man of tlu White Hens’. that whu the country needs primarily at
the pir-iit time, ir a reeling of sta':iU+y, confidence, reassurance and
the know! lgp that things are gain, s.no:>thly.
The r; k ran added: "Pretii :rt Coolidge proposes to do all
j within his power id aid in the de t it ament of such feeling.”
ASKS HELP OF PRESS.
/ NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29.—Pr idcnt Coolidge, in a letter to A.
C. Newrayei, Prc idcnt d the Sou1 hern Ncwsparrer Publishers Asso
ei. ii n. urged upon the press cf th nation undivided allegiance to
legislation and cb licnct to It irlative pclion.
Tlit letter dcllart 1 that an ‘ xc utiv citizen is always helpful
but docs not accomplish the purpo"' merely by pointing out what is
evil but must net fail ta direct at • ,i‘i 11 with more emphasis to what
it gccd."
USE GERMAN MINES AS LETTER BOXES.
German- 1*1ivoe zk9 rttuivi Ixsc
When German U-boats were planting floating mines In the
North Sea during the World War thrlr crews little thought those
mines might later on be mod In peaceful pursuits. One of the
mines, h never, which came ashore on the English coast, was
taken t< Vancouver, H. where it was highly polished and made
into a letter box for the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Aus
tralia. Miss Geraldine Barclay, of Portland, Ore., is shown post
ing a letter In the novel mailbox.
BELIEVES NO I
STRIKE WILL
OCCUR SEPT. 1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2:1 White
House officials s.-ld President Coo-i
lidge believed "good progress' Is be
ing made In an effort to prevent a
suspension of coal work lit the an
thracite fields. It is said he saw
no reason to lose confidence that a
strike would not occur on Septem
ber 1.
Forced Evidence Secured
By Use of Stomach Pump
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29—He
cause a stomach pump was used to
extract morphine swallowed when
government agents arrested him as
a peddler. George Bennett has filed
In the Federal Court a petition for j
writ of habeas corpus charging he,
was "forced to give evidence against
himself in violation of his const!
tutiona! rights.”
Babe Ruth Homers
Into Toronto Bay
TORONTO, Aug. 29-Ha be Ruth
homered over the right center Held
j fence into the Toronto Bay the first
{time at bat in an exhibition game be
lt ween the Yankee and Toronto teams.
Fear U. S. Embargo Will
Ruin Spanish Vineyards
AI-MERIA, Spain, Aug. 19 -Aiivlceb
from New York announcing the em-1
I'nrgo on the importation of fruit from i
foreign countries Is causing consul-1
erable alarm among the vineyard pro!
prtetors of this province. Tiny assert!
tliat I he fly epidemic, which Is said ,
to he the underlying cause of the1
embargo, does not exist in their vine-!
yards. Merchants and agricultural or- {
sanitations have appealed to the for-|
elgn minister to take action lest tin
grape Industry here be ruined.
ENGINEERS WITH
THANE HERE FOR
THOROUGH STUDY
Thane Outlines Development
Program Which Is Now
Under Consideration.
CONFIDENCiTOF SUCCESS
OF PRESENT EXAMINATION
_
Prominent Japanese Engin
eers and Old A. G. Co.,
Men Are in Party.
i To study local conditions with a
j view of utilizing Thane power and
i other facilities there, and the re
i .Ourees of this district In the mnnu
j focture not only of pulp and paper
as heretofore planned but also of
ummouium sulphate, Hart L. Thane
urrived here last night. Me is ac
companied by J. Tomita and G.
lolilkawa, engineering representa
tives of Mitsui & Company, one of
the strongest of Japanese industrial
concerns.
In Mr. Thane's party arc R. J.
! Wulzen and R. A. Semple, both for
' mer Alaska Gastlneau men and now
connected with the Carbonado coal
mines, and K. Gustonguay, who met
Mr. Thane at Seattle and returned
here with the party.
Build industrial Community.
If tho study, which will be an
1 extensive one, produces satisfactory
j results to the Japanese engineers,
and Mr. Thane Is confldnet that It
! will do so, the upbuilding of In
dustrial plants all along' the shores
|of Gastlnenu Channel was forecast.
Thane, with Its power development,
machine shops, mlllsltes, wharves
and townslto, will be the nucleus
of tho new development program.
“We have not abandoned our plan
for paper and pulp development but
have added to it unother Industry
for utilization of our power and
other resources which are now lying
Idle," said Mr. Thane. Interest In
(he manufacture of pulp and paper,
he added. Is as keen as ever, but
he found that a large field exists In
Japan for ammonimyl sulphate, for
; fertilizer purposes, and that Japanese
cnglners believed local conditions
nre highly favorable for Its manu
facture. The examination will In
clude investigations of the oppor
tunities and advantages for both In
dustries. Mr. Tomita is chief en
gineer of Mitsui Company's paper
plants and his associate, Mr. I&hi
kawa. Is chief chemical engineer for
the same company.
inane Well ileceived.
Mr. Thane and his family went to
Japan early laat Spring and spent
six months In that country and
China. Primarily hi* trip was made
to get Into personal contact with Jap
anese paper concerns. Prior to lenv
nlg Sail Francisco he had had con
siderable correspondence with brok
ers of Japan on the subject of mar
keting both paper and pulp but had
not been able to make any satis
factory arrangement.
Speaking of his negotiations, Mr.
Thane suld:
“I was well received by the Jap
anese people before whom I laid our
proposition. They were and are
interested in tho possibilities of
marketing pulp and paper manu
factured here. But they thought
they saw an even greater poseibility
for the manufacture of ammonium
(Continued on Page Bight.>
MARK'S FILL ON EXCHANGE
LAID TO HERMAN STRATEGY
I.ONOO.V, Aiir. 2!) Various reas-|
sons have been given for the depre
dation of (ho mark. In a recent I
circular Messrs. Samuel Montagu
& Co., bankers ami bullion experts,
give an Interesting example of how!
Germany herself is weakening the!
mark on foreign exchanges by eu ;
larging the demand for stable curren
< les. Prussian and Bavarian banks. ;
with State sanction, it Is stated,
are attracting savings deposits on!
the undertaking to repay the deposi
tor in paper marks of the same gold
I value.
i The ‘‘Savings Gold Mark” thus
! avoids the depredation of the de
| posits while they remain with the
hank. The hank avoids auy loss In
this way. The '‘Savings Gold Mark"
basis is merely camouflaged dollars.
When the depositor hands his savings
to the bank, to be kept say for three
months, at 3 per cent, the bank at
once buys a corresponding amount ot
dollars and deposits them with an
American bank at, say, 5 per cent.
The result is that the depositor,
who is precluded by law from sending
his money abroad, is also by law
enabled to do so, while the bank
makes a more or less handsome pro
| fit both on exchange and on interest,
which profit the bank, also pro
hibited and permitted by the law.
i leaves abroad. __