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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
LEGION DEMANDS
 POSTS REMOVAL
Asst. Secretary of Labor Accused of Obstructing
 Aliens Deportation.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 30. = The executive committee of the An erican Legion, meeting here this afternoon to dispose of matters re-. ferred to it by the convention, whicn adjourned late yesterday, adopted q resolution demanding dismissal of Louis F. Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor. on the grounds that he is ob- structing deportation of undesirable aliens.
 The convention, before adjourn ment, elected F. w. Galbraith, Jr, of Cincinnati, National Commander, .suc- ceeding Franklin D'Olier and passed resolutions renewing declaration of political independence; reaffirming as cardinal principal that those who gave the most should receive the. most from the nation; restatins it's position in favor of adjusted conl- rensation; reaffirming it's stand in favor of adequate national defense; and urging that the stacker must take the consequences of his trea- son"
 The convention also voted to con- tinue it's campaign of Americanisa- tion."
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
DRIVE AGAINST
 LITHUANlA ALL BUT OVER, CLAIM Victorious Polish Forces Sweeping Toward Capi-
 tai of Lithunania. WRANCEL WINS IN SOUTH Anti-Bolshevik Leader Takes 10000 Prisoners North
 Of Alexandrovsk.
WINS IN SOUTH

WARSAW, Sept. 30. Polish forces have captured Lida, an i'm portant town in Lithuania, south of Wilma and Pinsk and east of Brest Litovsk, according to todays of ficial statement from the Polish War Office.
 Fall of Wilma. the Lithuanian capital, is expected within a few days
 Military observers here believe the Polish campaign against tho Lithuanians. started as result of boundary disputes and alleged az gression of Lithuanian troops, is all but over and that the Lithuanians soon will be forced to sue for peace.
 SEBASTAPOL, Sept. 30. - Gen. Baron Peter Wrangel, antiBolshe- vik leader in South Russia, aided by Ukranian troops, has captured nearly twenty thousand Bolsheviki in operations north of Alexandrovsk, according to official announcement today.
 Gen. Wrangel is said to be plan ming a winter campaign.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30

MT Johnson said the threats sen out yesterday that public buildings in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other cities would be blown up were the work of some member of the or ganization who is acquainted with the plot and could not forbear boast ing of his knowledge,
 He declared that the Wobblies are taking referendum vote to decide whether legal defense for members who may be arrested in connection with the plot shall be provided and that these votes will be counted October 15 Various agitators arc urging against, legal defense, stating that it is useless and that the wob- plies can do away with the necessity of it if they cary their acts of ter rorism far enough
 Federal officials are Investigating the plot, Johnsan said
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Japanese Discriminating
 Against U. 5. Shipments

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Japan. csc at Kobe are discriminating against America in handling and ex pediting shipments to Far Eastern points, according to information in the hands of the Government Seere- tary Alexander of the Federal Ship. ping Board reported to Chairman William s. Benson today.
 Admiral Benson said the remedy lies in direct transportation of Am erican goods in American ships.
 KOBE, Japan, Sept. Various trade organizations of Kobe, Osaka and Kioto have addressed joint let ter to the chambers of commerce in American railroads protesting against the Jones shipping law and giving reason on which the obpec- ticn is based
 The writers express the opinion that when the new act becomes ef- fectiye it will drive all foreign yes sels from the coast of the United States, resulting in loss of trade for American ports on the Pacific.
 In conclusion, the letter says 1t is sometimes asserted that the Jones act was formulated in retaliation for similar measures existing in Japan, but it emphasizes that such m assertion has no foundation It affirms that the Japanese govern ment has never provided preferen- tial railway rates for goods shipped in Japenese bottoms, nor charged additional duties on goods imported in foreign bottoms or tonnage due on foreign vessels entering Japan ese ports.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Auto Company Releases
 Workers, to Shut Down

TOLEDO, O., Sept. 30.-Tempor- arily releasing 4,500 workers in its Toledo plants, the Willys-Overland Automobile Company closed today for an indefinite time. Officials of the company announced that fall ing eff in demand had caused a temporary curtailment of produc- tion.
 The company this week, follow ing the lead of the Ford, Hudson, Franklin and other large auto manu- featuring companies, announced radical price reductions on all of its products.
 Under normal conditions 14,OOO men are employed but after today less than 2,000 will be retained.
 COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 30-Nine hundred of sixteen hundred work CTS employed by the Timken Roller Bearing Company were laid off this morning.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Surveys for Alaska Radio
 Compass Stations Finished

SEATTLE. Sept. 30.-Surveys have been completed for a number Of radio compass stations on the Alaskan coast between Southeastern Alaska and the Eastern tip of the Aleutian group, R. H. Marriott, senior naval radio aide of the Thirteenth Naval District at Puget Sound stated today. The stations will be used as an aid Co shipping. Power Of Cordova station will be doubled and others will be overhaued in preparation for the installation of the new system. Mar ri0tt said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Unionists Entering Taboo
 Places to be Photographed

SPOKANE, Sept. 30.-Photograpfs of members of labor unions entering made if other means of inducing patronage of union places fails, ac cording to E. McClenehan, Secretary of the painters union and q membef of the Spokane Business Agents As sociation, which he said was behind the movement He said patronage of non-union restaurants is common thing among union members
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
s2,0OO,OOO FIRE FOLLOWS THREAT
 TO FIRE CHIEF
Galveston Piers Swept by Disastrous Blaze After
 Anonymous Warning. FIREMEN ARE OVERCOME Sulphur Fumes Make Fight CTS Task Arduous-
 Warehouses Burned.

GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 30.- Breaking out shortly after an anony nous letter, postmarked in Canada threatening destruction of the city had been received by Fire Chief Ryan, stubborn fire, originating in sulphur bins on a wharf here, swept Galveston's waterfront today and did damage estimated at more than $2,- 000,000 before the flames were brought under control
 Several cotton plants, warehouses and ships cargoes were destroyed and long line of piers were par tially burned.
 Several fremen were overcome by sulphur fumes while fighting the blaze.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Washington Grain Growers
 Holding for Higher Price

SPOKANE. Wash. Sept. 30-Five hundred thousand bushels of wheat are held in warehouses by the Wash ington Grain Growers Association awaiting favorable market conditions and two million and a half bushels of the 1920 crop have been contracted for, according to a statement issued here today by George s. Jewett. president of the cooperative selling organization
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Shipping Board Lops Of
 S5,500,000 from Payroll

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. - The Federal Shipping Board today an- nounced that it's payroll has been cut $5500,000 per annum. by redUc- ing it's force since July 1. 1919 from 11.706 workers to S.4S2. The payroll is now approximately s16,750,000.
 The Board also announced that the entire stock of surplus material of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. the bulk of which is in the Pacific Coast Division, is to be sold at once.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Two More Found Guilty of
 Oregon Sheriff's Murder

PENDLETON, Ore, Sept. BOA jury late last night found Irwin Stoop and Floyd Henderson guilty of the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor in connection with a jail break on July 25 in which they and three others were implicated. The jury recommended life Imprisonment for the convicted men.
 Neil Hart, leader in the jail break, is under sentence to be hang ed for the same crime.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Alaskan Oil Better Than
 California's, Says Brooks

SEATTLE, Sept. 30.-Spring will see many active oil drilling opera tions in many districts of Southern and Southeastern Alaska and oil being actually refined in the Katalla field near Cordova, according to Col. Alfred H. Brooks, Government Geo. logist, who arrived here yesterday from the North.
 "Oil has been discovered in AL aska better than the California oil and most af the districts can be worked most of the year. Col. Brooks said
 Gold production, however, will be less this year than last and miners are now doing mulch prospecting for silver, he added.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Northwestern Sails for
 Alaska; 62 Passengers

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 30.-The steamer Northwestern sailed at 9 o'clock this morning carrying to- tai of 62 passengers. Those taking passage for Juneau are II. Schroeder, Peter Hoan, G. C. Nel- son, L. o. Kelly, F. C. Keeney. Cath crime McMahon, H. Ambola, w. B. Pritchett and one steerage.
 The City of Seattle sails at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning carrying 36 passengers. Those who have booked reservations for Juneau up to this afternoon are: Miss F. H. Hamahan. Beatrice Watts, Mrs. K. Watts, A. W. Sandstrom and wife.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
'LEPROSY BELIEVED
 CONQUERED BY US.
Public Health Service Sur geons Effect Remarkable
 Cures Tn Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-(By The Associated Press. )-Leprosy, one of the scourges of humanity since early history, apparently has been conquer ed by officials of the United States Public Health Service in the ieper sufferers of the dreaded malady, who have been subjected to a new meth od of treatment have recovered to such an extent as to warrant their release on parole and, after a year. not one has shown a symptom of recurrence.
 As yet no announcement of d "cure" has been made officially for some of the Government medical experts are frankly skeptical of the results. It may be years before an official and final opinion is given
 Official Claim Limited
 The limit of the official claim is set forth in report to the Public Health Service made by Dr. J. T. Mcdonald, Director of the leprosy in- vestigation station and superintend- ing physician to Kalihi hospital. and by President A l.. Dean. of the Unl- yersity of Hawaii. as follows:
 "It has been sufficiently established that chaulmoogra oil contain one or more agents which exert marked therapeutic action in many cases of leprosy We cannot say as yet that the disease is cured as we nave no test adequate to establish such a verdict Whether or not the ap- parent cures are real and perma- nent, it is evident that we have a valuable agent at our disposal in the control of the disease"
 Chaulmoogra oil in it's crude state is no new drug for the treatment of leprosy but in its raw state proved so nauseating and painful to patients that it had to be dis continued. Science turned towaid q its derivatives and Drs. Mcdonald and Dean report "it was found that the ethyl of the fatty acids were
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Latest Bulletins
 BySbecial Gable

PIEDMONT, Mont, Sept. 30.-Five men were killed and four others in jured in a freight train crash on the near here today. Four of the dead men are believed to have been hobos
 KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 30.--A special guard of police and Federal agents were thrown around the Fed erai Reserve Bank this afternoon following receipt of an anonymous letter stating that the institution would be blown up at o'clock.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
L W. ". PLOT REVEAL ED
Belfast Guard Brings
 Threat of War

BELFAST, Ireland, Sept. 30.- Rioting and bloodshed, prevalent here for more than month past, continues unabated. The situa- tion is regarded by officials as intolerable and Ulster proposals for an armed civic guard are likely to be adopted.
 Threats of Sim Feiners that such guard will be taken as equivalent to declaration of war, resulting in general upris- Ing of Irish Nationalists are not taken seriously.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
"Hard-Boiled" Smith Paroled After 10 Months in Prison

WASHINGTON, Sept 3O.-For- mer Lieut. Frank C'Hard- -Boiled"D Smith, convicted by courtmartial of brutal treatment of military pris- oners in France and sentenced to serve eighteen months in a Federal penitentiary, has been paroled after ten months because of good be- hayior, according to announcement here today.
 It was learned that a Congress sional committee which investigated his case was of the opinion that the sentence was not severe enough:
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Gas Plant Wrecked by
 Blast; City in Darkness

LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept 30.-An explosion. of undetermined origin, followed by fire wrecked the plant of the Lincoln Gas and Electric Light Company late today. leaving the city partially in darkness. Four employees were seriously injured in the blast.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Biggest Gold Cargo Ever
 Crossing Sea on Baltic

NEW YORK. Sept 3O.- Sixteen million, seven hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars in gold. the largest snlp, ment ever transported across ;he Atlantic. left Liverpool September 22 on the liner Baltic and is due here today. The gold is consigned 10 American bankers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Anti-British Demonstration
 Staged in N. Y. Celebration

NEW YORK. Sept. 30.-Men and women participated in an anti-British demonstration at Carnegie Hall last night during the tercentennial cole bration of the landing of the Pill grims in America. A number forced their way into the hall carrying banners bearing anti-British inscriD- lions. They were elected by the police
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Three Wives. Three Years, " Magistrate Tells Bigamist

WINNIPEG, Man. Sept 90. -- Three wives, three years" said Mag istrate Sir Hugh Macdonald in po- lice court as he sentenced Harry Wilbur Scott, bigamist
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Convicts' Strike Broken
 By Bread and Water Diet

BISMARCK, N. D., Sept. 30. - Forty eight inmates of the North Dakota State Penitentiary here, who recently refused to work or to go 10 their cells as part of an attempt to form a soviet among prisoners. were placed on a bread and water djet. The strike was broken today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
WORRIES PREPARE
 TO SEIZE BANKS
Occupation of Italian h. dustrial Plants Spread
 ing to Money Centers.

LONDON, sept. 0U.--iIdlldH DdHn employees have started a movement to obtain control of the financial il- stitutions throughout Italy. according to a Central News dispatch from Rome today.
 ROME. Sept 30.-Italian workers appear to be divided in their recep- ton of their agreement which was intended to solve the problem ar,s- ing from the occupation of indus trial plants throughout the country.
 Turin has been the scene of ser ious disorders. mobs attacking, with out provocation, it is said, royal guards stationed in that city. It appears the agitation has been car ried on by extremists who do not have the support of the population. Dispatches received here say street cars carrying placards with such inscriptions as "Vive Lenine," Death to the King" and "Death to the Royal Guards" were surrounded by indis- nant townspeople.
 So far as is known. eleven deaths have resulted from the riots there. but the military now control the situation.
 Printers employed by the news paper Nazione of Turin have occupied the plant and have announced they will manage the newspaper them selves A fund of 3,000,000 lire Is said to have been deposited in d bank to the credit of the men, and there are hints that this money or iginally came from Soviet Russia.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Killing Nebraska Frost
 Endangering Corn Crop

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 30.-Killing frosts reported from several sections of Nebraska and Kansas last night, arc believed to have endangered the corn crop. Temperatures as low as 2S degrees above zero were recorded at Goodland and Dresden. Kansas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
REIGN OF TERROR IN NORTHWEST
 WITHIN TWENTY DAYS IS PLANNED.
 CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON CHARGES

TACOMA Wash, Sept 3O-A well defined plot of l. w. W. to period throughout Northwest within the twenty days discovered by police and federal auho cities Albert Johnson charged today
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30

TROY, N Y, Sept. 30.-Earl and Wilson, one of the largest collar and shirt manufacturers in the United States, today announced big reduc- tions of wholesale prices in shirts. Reduction of twelve and half cents in the price of collars was announced several days ago
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
Price of Condensed Milk
 Is Reduced l2 Per Cent

CHICAGO, Sept, 30.-Reduction of twelve per cent in the current price of condensed milk was announced here today by one of the largest manufacturers in the nited States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30

Charles Comiskey, President Of the Chicago Americans is the heav- fest loser through the baseball scan- dal which has developed as re- suit of the Cook County Grand Jury s investigation. although it is believed the game will be hurt heavily throughout the country and probably will affect the coming worlds series in financial way.
 The seven suspended players. whom Comiskey has promised to drive out of organized baseball as soon as their guilt is proven, could have been sold for $2300O0 cash be- fore the gambling investigation was started, according to conservative es- inmates of baseball club owners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-30
ACCUSED PLAYER
 DENIES BRIBERY
Nothing to It. Says Chick Gandil, One of Indicted
 Chicago White Sox.

! LUFKIN, Tex, Sept. 30.-Cn!ck Gandil, former member of the Chi cago American League baseball team, under indictment with several other members of the team on charge of conspiring to throw last years world series with the Cincinnati Nationals, today denied his guilt.
 Gandil who is recovering from an operation for appendicitis, said; There is nothing to these stories about baseball graft and bribery, so far as I know"
 Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams and Joe Jackson, three of the men in- dicted, confessed to their part in the conspiracy and said Gandil acted as a go-between for the Boston gamb- lers, who paid the Chicago players a total of approximately $100,000 to throw the games.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-19
COP TELLS WHY
OFFLIRTATIONS
Says Ankles, Plus Lace
Stockings Plus Low Necks
and Rouge, Make Vamp.

Rochester, y. Y. oct 1S.-Short
skirts plus lace stockings. plus low
necked waists, plus drug store com
pleXions equal-a vamp.
This problem in moral mathemat-
les was worked out here today by
Police Chief Joseph NJ. QuigIcy. in
discussing the cause and effect Of
the flirting nuisance.
The chief maintained that II there
were no vamps there could he no
masherS. and that every woman who
dresses immodestIy comes automat-
ically within the category Of a
vamp, regardless of what her morals
may be.
so. long as women continue to
appear in public in costumes which.
to say the least, should be reserved
for tho boudoir, they will be re-
garded by men as u walking invi-
tation to start a Irritation" QuiE-
ley said.
Il do not believe modestly
dressed woman has anything to fear
anywhere. ! never have been able
to figure out why women and girls
dress-ur rather UNDERSTAND paint
, themselves the way they do. As
suredly most of them are entirely
innocent of any wrong motive. But
as lcnC as they have the outward
appearance OF welcoming a hirta-
tion they will be accommodated.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-19
BRITAIN ROUSED
BY MISS HURST
Weekend Wedlock Plan.
| Gets Cold Shoulder
In England.
DECLARE IDEA ABSURD
Prominent English Women
Shocked and Believe
System Is Wrong.
DECLARE IDEA ABSURD
(By Universal Service. }

London, Oct. Is. Weekend"
marriages as advocated by Fannie
Hurst and Jane Burr. American
writer's and sex psychology stu
dents, have received the cold shoul-
der here.
Miss Burr has started a piquant
controversy on the subject in an
article in which she declared that
"all women are sick to death of
marriage" advocating the adoption
by Britain Of the feminist apart
ment is now being planned in New
York.
These apartments consist of liv-
ing room, bedroom and bathroom"
explains Miss Burr. NO husband
is permitted to live with his wife
and no wife with her husband. They
may have apartments side by side,
but their happiness is to be safe
guarded by ireproof walls and
locks.
Enter Dame Clara Butt. world
famous singer.
Ruined BY Law.
oh. no. she says Miss Burr
may be right, bUt-marriage is
free institution which has been
ruined by laws being too one sided.
| Easy divorce, women magistrates
and women on boards of education
may alter this. The majority OF un-
/ happy marriages (and they are in
| a majority are brought about
chiefly by girls ignorance and lack
of understanding. Friendship is as
necessary as love for a successful
marriage"
Dame Butt did not discuss the
| feasibility of the feminist apart
ment plan.
But revolt against marriage is
spreading" said Miss Burr. I am
only one among many who carries
the deadly germ among her sis
ters, and ] succeed in inoculating
at least 800 women every year"
Miss NJ. l.. SeatOn Tiedeman, not
ed English writer and student. says
In spite OF all present-day dCvcl .
opmcnts, the great majority of
modern girls - however intellectu-
al-want a husband, a home, and
children"
Home Is Magic Word.
S. J. w. Earle, of watford, Eng
land, takes direct issue with the
American advocate. His standpoint
is typically English.
All that is held dear by -riLh,-
thinking folk he says, be they OF
much or little learning. is summed
up in that magic word home. anG
the united love OF father mother
and children. Where does love come
in in Miss Burr's scheme OF things?
Who delegated to her the authority
to state that all women are sick
to death OF marriage? And who.
ever heard of love wanting to be
safeguarded by freproof walls and
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