THE ALASKA D AILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET*
VOL XXII., NO. 3336.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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MANY CHANGES
ARE PROPOSED
TO ATTORNEYS
Suggests that New Congress
Take Seats Immediately
Following Election.
WOULD INAUGURATE
PRESIDENT AT ONCE
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President of Bar Association
Unfolds Work for Law
yers of the U. S.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 30.—Former
Ambassador John W. Davis. Presi-:
dent of the Ameiican Bar Associa
tion addressing the Americn Bar
Association here at the annual con-,
vention, expressed opposition to any;
curtailment of powers of the Su-i
preme Court.
Davis advocated immediate session
ing of the new Congress after elec
tion, the immediate inauguration of
the President and also urged the ap
i intment of an expert commission
1 modify the Federal laws and leg
j lative amendments and permitting
the President to voto specified ap
propriation bills.
BETTER CITIZENSHIP.
MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 30.—Condi
tions demand continuation and ex
tension of service on behalf of bet
ter citizenship in the United States,
R. E. L. Saner, of Dallas, told the
American Bar Association in giving
the report of the association's com
mittee on Amreican Citizenship. Mr.
Saner said;
"It is stated on competent auth
ority that thoro are 1,500,000 radi
cals In this country who ure clam
oring for a change in the nature of
our government from its present
form to one of various degrees of
communistic state. It is said there
are 400 newspapers and periodicals
that represent similar veiws, and
that are read regularly by 5,000,
000 people. It is also said that
$3,000,000 war spent during the
past year In behalf of 'Rod' pro
paganda.
Unified Effort.
"We submit that the time has
come when members of the Bar
should bestir themselves in a unified
tContinued on r<M Mvn.i
Globe Doesn’t Turn,
It Just Shimmies,
Scientist Avers
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IjONDON, Aug. 30. — This old
globe of ours 1b not rotating as a
rigid in body in the heavens, but It is
behaving as if It were a jelly-like
substance, and tome parts of its sur
face are moving relatively to other
parts. This startling suggestion is
put forward by Prof. W. de Sitter
of the University of latyden, In Na
tuie. According to the Professor
It would follow that the distance
between various points on its sur
face is shifting slightly. Wireless
time signals exchanged between var
ious observatories have shown dis
crepancies, reaching on occasions
several tenths of a second.
Similar fluctuations in recent
years have been observed on the
surface of the moon; in fact, som >
thing queer is happening in the
aolar system, becsfliBe even the sun
seems to have been infected by the
new astronomical complaint.
Records are Smashed by two
Aviators in Endurance Test;
Plane Refueled in Mid-Air
ARTIST’ SWIFE SLASHES CANVASES AND
TRIES SUICIDE.
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"Little Suzanne," as she is affectionately known in Green
wick Village, New York City’s H>heinian qfiaiter, is the pretty
wife ol' Rudolph Suden, a prominent artist, who paints nudes. Tem
porarily erased by the though that her husband placed art and
his models above his love for her, she slashed several of his best
paintings to bits with a knife an! took poison. She will recover,
and her husband has promised to give less time to painting and
more time to her.
RUM RUNNING
IS CUT DOWN
Clearance of Liquor Boats
from Vancouver Is to
Be Regulated.
VANCOUVER. Aug. 30—Instruc
tions have been received here from
Ottawa to grant clearance to no ves
sels under 250 tons with a cargo of
liquor for a foreign country.
What It Means
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—'William M.
Whitney, assistant Prohibition Direc
tor of the Pacific Northwest, said
the ruling received in Vancouver
will eliminate 80 per cent of the rum
running Into this state.
Widow of Former Tin
Plate King Is Dying
LONDON, Aug. 30. — Princess
Anastasia, of Grece, widow of \\ ill
lam Leeds, tin plate king, who has
been suffering recently from an in
testlonal affliction, is sinking rap
idly and little hope is held out for
her recovery.
Auto Goes Through Open
Bridge; Six Lose Lives
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Aug. 30.—|
Six wore drowned when an antomo-''
bile dashed through an open draw
bridge near Conway.
Many Ideas on Lincoln Are
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Wrong; Claims of Educator
URBANA, 111.. Aug. 30. — To
prove what he states is the falsity
of tome of the current beliefs and
conclusion.-, as expressed in much of
the literature on Abraham Llnclon.
Dr. D. K. Dodge, of the Department
of English, University of Illinois,
this school year 'will conduct a
course In Lincoln’s letters and
speeches. Dr. Dodge is regarded as
one of .the greatest living authorities
on Lincoln.
*’I expect to show by documentary j
evidence that Lincoln’s famous Get-i
tysburg speech was not scratched on
the back of an envelope while he
was riding to that famous battle
field, but was one of his most care
fully prepared speeches and one
upon which he worked about 10
days,"'Dr. Dodge said in announcing
the course.
“The ‘lost speech’ supposed to
hare been delivered at Bloomington,
III., was not lost at all, as It was
delivered the next day at Galena,
111. Contemporary newspapers de
M-rlbed in detail the meetings at
whieh Lincoln spoke, but it was not
then the custom of reporters to at
tempt to quote the speeches and
thus it was natural that no record
of hi* remarks are found.
"Just as Washington’s home paper'
called him 'an old fool’ for signingi
the United States Constitution, onej
Springfield newspapers ridiculed'
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, refer
ring to his gestures ‘as those of a
clown.’ ”
This point is brought out by Dr. j
Dodge to indicate that much of the
idealism with which Lincoln is re
garded today was absent while he
was President, and added that “crit
icism, of President Wilson was very
mild, compared with that which
Lincoln met."
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FREE STATERS
WIN ELECTION
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Indications President Cos
grove and Members Cab- !
inet Assured of Seats.
LONDON, Aug. 30- The first re
turns from the Irish election Indlca.3
a sweeping victory for the Free
State candidates.
Nearly a score of government party
nominees, including President Cos
grove and almost all Oahhiet mem
bers, have won seats by large ma
jorities.
Only three Republicans are so far
[ assured of seats.
Eamonn de Valera is leading his i
opponent in the County of Clare. |
COMMUNISM
DEAD ISSUE
A. R. Official Declares Com
munism Dead in Russia
—Country Comes Back
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Com
niunlem In Russia is dead and Rus
sia is on the road to recovery. Col.
William Haskell, who was In charge
of the American Relief Administra
tion's activity says in his final re
port to Herbert Hoover, chairman
of the relief administration.
Colonel Haskell says American aid!
amounting to $60,000,000 for the;
last two years helped stimulate Rus
sian recovery and spread lasting ■
good will for Americans.
Colonel Haskell in his report says;
supplise were taken over which re-i
quired 250 voyages of American!
ships. About "5,000,000 acres of,
land were sown with seed Imported, i
Baffin Land Explorer
Returning Via Alaska
WINNIPEG, Aug 30—Dr. Burket
Smith, of Copenhagen, has arrived
here after 27 months exploring Baf
fin Land as second In command with
Knute Rasmussen who is making his
way out by the northern coast of
Alaska.
New Japanese Premier
Is Reported Named
TOKIO, Aug. 30.—Count Gombe
L. Yamamoto haa been appointed
Premier according to official an
nouncement made here.
SAN DIEGO, Aug 30. — When
Captain Smith and Lieutenant Rich
ter landed, they had been in the air
j 37 hours, 15 minutes, 14 4-5 sec
! onds. They established a new world's
'record, also a new record f:r total
! distance flown of 5,300 kilometers
j or 3,293.26 miles at an average
! speed of 88.5 miles an hour. The
j previous record was 2,541 miles.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. .10--Captain 1-0 j
well S. Smith anti Lieutenant John
Richter, who hopix'd off at 5:07
o'clock Monday morning In an at
| tempt to establish aviation records
for endurance, speed and distance
[landed at Rockwell Field at B: 1S: 32
j o’clock Tuesday night.
1 The aviators established three;
world ret ords.
Their tlrst record was for 2,0001
[ kilometers which they covered In,
17 hours, 32 minutes and 40 -1-5 set'-;
| onds, beating lheitj£ former record .
by more tiffin one hour.
[ The second record established was
for 3,000 kilometers being made In
21 hours and tl minutes, slashing
I their former record by nearly four
hours.
The third record was for 3,500 kilo
mete:.,, which was made In 24'
| hours, 37 minutes and eight seconds.,
I They maintained an average speed;
| through the flight of 88 miles an1
hour.
The aviators smashed the record
made by Lieutenants Mac-Ready and
Kelly when they rears-*! 4,080 kilo ;
meters.
Tlu> other lUghtf'feen Lieutenant j
John Rtchier **iii%* a metal lined
basket containing sandwiches and j
two blackberry pies, with a r>0 pound
lead attached, a gust of wind rnadej
the upper plane nose up pulling;
Richter from his seat and holding
him suspended in midair.
Captain Robert Ervlng, pilot of,
the upper plane, quickly turned
downward and lowered Richter into j
his seat with the pies and sand
wiches in his hands.
During the (light the De Haviland
plane used by Smith and Richter
was refueled in mid air at inter
vals.
Political Situation
[ In Cuba Calls
For Censorship
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| NEW YORK, Aug. 30—The |
| Commercial Cable Company an
j nounces that messages to Cuba
1 are subject to censorship by
| Cuban authorities until further j
| notice. While the reason is not j
given It is believed to be con- |
| nected with the political situa j
! tion.
Deny Censorship
I HAVANA, Aug. 30—Government | j
I officials deny censorship imposed
' but said men had been sent to
I the cable office to inspect in- |
| coming and outgoing messages.
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ENTIRE ITALIAN
- MISSION KILLED
Massacre Is Reported to
Rome—Italian Govern
, ment Is Aroused.
ROMK, Aug. 30.—It is officially
announced that the entire Italian
Mission assigned to establish Grec
ian-Albantan frontiers lias been
massacred, having been ambushed in
a forest near the border, by Greeks.
The Italian Government has taken
severe measures.
Excitement is i-ntense.
HUMPY RUN
CONTINUES
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 30—
A W. Demlng. of the Pacific Ameri
can i isherles, reported the humpy
run loutinues. Nearly 50.000 fish
were received yesterday. The com
pany’s cannery at South Bellingham
and all of Its canneries on Puget
Sound are running seedy Most of
tbs' fish la being taken by purse
selnara.
SHE IS ‘MISS BOSTON’ OF 1923.
' Kai^ar<z$~ 1/ EMiVi-fe ~
Above la shown Mias Margar t L. lllack. of Dorchetter, Mass.,
wlio lias been chosen as ‘'Miss Bo 'ton" for 192.1. She is to par
ticipate In the great national be:uty (-cutest In Atlantic City in
September, having won In a con ost over BOO of the most beautiful
girls in the city of the sacred cod and beans. Mbs Black is 21,
has black hair and gray blue eyes.
IRISH FREE STATE MAT HOLD
CAPTIVES SIX MONTHS LONGER
I Welcomes Press
Suggestions on
i Abolishment of War
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j WASHINGTON, Aug :i0 Any
| decision of the press '.-eking
I towards the abolishment of war
j will he woliom.' by President
j Cool id go 11 is said at the White
j House. This statement was made
| in connection w:th the publics
j tion or a letter from the late
j President Harding suggesting a
, discussion. |
FUNDAMENTALS
OF SAFETY ARE
TO BE TAOGHT
Chicago to Inaugurate New
System ' in Schools—
Nationwide Plan.
CHICAGO, Aug. Systematic
class room woik in safety education
for every child In the public schools
is Chicago's plan in the nationwide
campaign to check the mounting toll
of accidental death and Injury.
A plan for schooling in accident
prevention, safety methods, and Hist
aid activities drawn by a committee
appointed by Superintendent of
Schools Peter A. Mortenson will be
put Into practice in the elementary
schools at the opening of the Fall
term.
Safety education through slogans
and jingles, class room games, |
themes, dramatization and debates
Is a part of the plan. In addition, an |
effort will be made to relate acci
dent statistics with the students'
work in arithmetic, grammar and
geography.
• Kxperlence In several cities has •
shown," Mr. Mortenson said, "that j
safety education in the schools has
been the most effective agency in re
ducing the number of accidents to
children."
The program approved for C’kiea-,
go, and believed to be more exten-.
slve than any in use elsewhere was
arranged by principals In schools
here, In cooperation with more than
50 agencies Interested In the alms;
of the. undertaking.
“It does not contemplate the addl-j
tlon of a school subject,” Mr. Mor
tenson explained, "but rather the im
I plication In several subjects of con
cern for the safety of children.”
Separate treatment of various
classes of accidents In successive
months Is provided. September. Oc
tober and November are given respec
(Continued ea Page Two.)
IH’ULIN, A iig. SO—Recent powers
granted the Irish Govornnmnt have
made it clear that there will he noj
Immediate release, in a body, of the!
12.001) De Va'era followers, Including1
300 womefl, who were seized during
the late rebellion. The government;
announces It will continue the present,
practice of releasing 300 a month.!
These prisoners are given their II
berty on pledge of quiet behavior. j
The government made its attitude!
known following the enactment of n,
Parliamentary law, permitting the
authorities to hold untried prisoners]
for six months longer. Government I
officials also pointed out that they
1 have power to make further arrests,
if necessary.
1 Treatment of prisoners continues to
: he a subject of much discussion and
Investigation. Protest meetings are
| held every Sunday in Dublin, where
Mrs. Maude Gonne MacBrlde and Mrs.
Ilespard, sister of the Earl of Ypres,
are the chief speakers. They charge
that the rebel prisoners suffer from
overcrowding In Jails, from lack of
proper sanitation and insufficient
food. Beating of prisoners la fre
quent, the women clalnv
These complaints, when aired in the
Dali, bring answers from ministers to
i he effect that the Republican prison
(Continued on Page Two.)
Fall Salmon Run
In S. E. Alaska
Is Heavy One
; SEATTLE, Aug. 30. A heavy
ifall run of salmon In Soutlieastorn
; Alaska is indicated by the demand
for cans. The Admiral Hodman and
1 Queen leaving boro yesterday had
120.000 cases of cans each for Ket
! clilkan.
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SEVERE QUAKE
ON ALEUTIANS
! IS REPORTED
Victoria Observatory Regis
ers Earth Disturbance
—Distance Given.
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BULLETIN—VICTORIA, Aug. 30.
—Gonzales Heights Observatory re
I ports a severe earthquake shock cen
it.eiing about 1,800 miles distant,
probably in the vicinity of the Aleu
tian Islands.
NO HINTS TO
BE GIVEN OUT
BY GOOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Auk. 30—The poli
cy of President Poolidge, as outlined
at the White House, precludes public
discussion by him of prospects of
legislative recommendations. It is
also stated the President will deal
with recommendations and give ad
vice when he delivers his message
when Congress convenes.
BIG STEAMER -
IS BELIEVED
TO HAVE SUNK
SHANGHAI, Aug. 30.—Hope has
been abandoned for the British
etoamer Mylle five days overdue
from Chin Wangto. The steamer
was last seen on August 16 battling
with a typhoon. It Is believed all
aboard have perished including six
foreign ofTIcers and fifty Chinese
members of tho crew. The Chief
Officer was John It. Hudson, An
tarctic explorer and scientist.
Contract Is Signed for
Big Hotel in Seattle
SHUTTLE, Aug. 30. — The con
tract for the construction of the
Motel Olympic at a coat of approxi
mately S4,000,000 haB been signed
by the trustees of the Community
! Hotel Corporation und the Grant
■Smith Company, contractors. The
hotel will be completed by June of
! next year.
New York Unionmen
Purchase Newspaper
NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—Members
| of a score of New York unions
; bought the stock of the New York
Call for the past fifteen years this
city's leading labor publication. The
(Call announces that Norman Thom
I as, for many years assistant editor
1 of the National, has been made edl
! tor-in-chief.
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 30.—The
grand Jury which has been investi
I gating the alloged sales of fraudu
lent oil stocks has returned indict
ments against more than a doeen
. persons for alleged misuse of the
mails to defraud. The names of
i those indicted have nut been made
I public.
British Women Are Ready
To Fight For Their Rights
LONDON. Auk 30 -That women!
have been deliberately hoaxed by men 1
lawmaker* Ih the deepening suspicion j
of feminist leaders In England. So
strong is tho feeling that a deputa
tlon representing the principal organ-,
izatlons of women throughout the;
country is to wult upon the Home,
Secretary to urge amendment of the.
Sex Disqualification Kemoval Act.
In the opening sentence of the. act
is laid down that a person shall not
be disqualified by sex or marriage
from the exerrtHe of any public func
tion. It Is now clear, say the femin
ists, that whenever It is challenged
the a< t fails to secure sex equality,
j Its chief effect has been to enable
l women to sit on Juries which, right
i ly or wrongly* la regarded by moat
■ English people as a penalty rather
| than a privilege of equal cittxenship.
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Further, women have been admitted
as lawyers, but this is because the
legal societies have accepted the
spirit of the act and have not cho
sen to challenge Its letter. Apart
from these points the act, according
to its women critics, has signally
failed In some vital particulars.
The act does not give women equali
ty of opportunity in the Civil Ser
vice, and It does not safeguard the
position of women public servants, as
! exemplified in the differentiation be
| tween men and women police when,
the plea of economy being necessary,
I most of the latter were dismissed.
It does not secure women public
servants from dismissal on account
1 of marriage. It does not secure ad
mission of women to the universities
on equal terms with men, and It does
not permit women, otherwise, quail
fled, to sit in the House of Lords.