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Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24

LONDON, Aug 24-Two are known dead and number in
Jred as result OF the breaking and destruction
poslon and fire of the giant arshp ZR2
1t is impossible at this time the dead
and in ured
Thousands of people of Hull witnessed disaster which
occurred at 40 o'clock The giant ashp sailing grace
uy over the city Suddenly it buckle in the
An explosion of terrific nature followed and grea.
burst of fire.
The people viewing the airshp panic stricken in all d
eetons in fear of the fire enveoped weckage which from
the heavens
The great ship staggered in circles fell pier
INTO the river Flames and great pillows of dense smoke
tended for hundreds of feet along the river.
witnesses at least four parachues air.
snip; three men were hanging onto parachute
mere was rush to the river to render aid to the injured
OF bodies brought ashore of whom alive
They were hurried to nrmary for medical attention
1t is reported that the captain rescued
Tugs and other craft did heroic service in the
Vcns simultaneously of ambuances dashed the
pier and took the injured to the hospitals.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24
CONGRESS TO RECESS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Cor-
gress, is expected, barring the un-
foreseen, to recess tonight until Sep
tember 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24
Weather Report

Southern Callfornia--Tonight and
Thursday, fair; gentle westerly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24
CL0UDbURST TEARS AWAY
RAILROAD EMbANKMENT
UNDERMNES HIGHWAY

Westside Main Canal Destroyed by Torrent of Water
Many Families Temporarily Homeless and Thousands
of Dollars Damage Done to Ranches; Trains and Pas
sengers Mar0Oned
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24
GIANT D|RR|G|bLE zR-2
EXPPODES IN AIR AND
FALLS FLAMING WRECK

Greatest Arshp Ever Built Meets With Disaster on Trial
Trip Over Hull England. Two of Crew Known Killed
With Heavy List of Injured. Few Americans We're on
Board.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-08-24

Continued on page two.)
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
TRADE RELATIONS WITH
 RUSSIA WILL NOT BE
 RESUMED SAYS HUCHE'

WASHINGTON, Mar. 26--Special to the Gateway -- Sec. Hughes, this at- ternoon officially notified Soviet Rus- sia that it would be impossible to re- sume trade relations under present con ditions, cabling the Russian Soviet reP- sentative at Revel. Hughes in part said it fundamental changes contempIates involving a due regard for the protec- ton of person and property and the establishment of conditions essential to the maintenance of commerce, this gov ernment will be glad to have convinc- ing evidence of the consumatlon ot such changes, and until this evidence is supplied this government is unable to perceive that there is amp proper basis for considering trade relations.
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
REPORT SEC. FALL FAV0RS WICK RECEIVED BUT NOT
 CONFIRMED

PORTLND, Ore March 26-A Washington special to the Portland Oregonia says Wckersham has been re- commended the president by Secretary Fall for appoint ment as governor Alaska according to apparently rea ble authority Mcbride National Committeeman from A. aska as we'll as some of the Repubscan leaders in western Washington endorsed Hazeett of Cordova Those oppos no Hazeet made the charge that he candidate of the Guggenheims and although there evidence pre- sented there is no doubt that he suffered somewhat from tse fact that he had formerly been identified with the Gug genheims in business way.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 26-Fall today declined to state whether he had recommended Wckersham or not
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26

HOME FOR PIONEER WOMEN TO BE CONSlDERt
 JUNEAU, March 26 Especial to Gateway)-Cohns troduced resolution insructng the attorney general take necessary steps to test the constutonaty of Jones shipping bill in exclusion of coastWlse vessels foreign registry the Alaskan trade:
 Hunt introduced bill for the adoption of the met system of weights and measures by congress.
 committee report on bills for the reimbursement George T. Dickinson for services at Petersburg during smallpox epidemic there and for Earl Edwards for plies furnished at Nome during the influenza epider was unanimously approved, and the bills were ndefmt postponed
 1t is expected that joint legislative committee inspect the Pioneers Home at Stka next week.
 Cochrane minated yesterday that bill will be Tn duced for pioneer home for women later in the ses
 Holt introduced memorial asking the assignmen submarine chaser to the Boring next summer td the coast guard.
 Elsner introduced bill entitled an act to suspend tence and entry of judgement in criminal cases TOT ioh of probation for good behavior.
 Hunter introdued house bill No. 5 an act to pres the drawing of jurors in justice courts. &
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
ALAMEDA WILL MAKE
 FIRST ANCHORAGE TRIP

SEATTLE, March 26-The Alaska ASteashipp Com pay steamer Alamea which is due here Monday will make the trip west to Anchorage This is the first trip of the season and after it the Alameda will alternate with the Northwestern on the southwestern route
 No present arrangements are being made to return the steamer Alaska the route but the steamers Redondo and Juneau will be added to the service later.
 On the Admiral Line the Admiral Goodrich will sal for Anchorage on March 26 via Port Graham the hrst boat of that line to make the run this into the inlet The Admiral Watson will include Anchorage in the next tr1p ----------4-A! Elaz 4zst-- :
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
G0VERN0RSHIP FIGHT IN IN WASHINGTON
 BOTH SIDES HOPEFUL

WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 26-Alaskan politics continue to absord the attention of large numoer oI % flee seekers and others from Alaska ana many dents who are in the city.
 The fight for the Govelnorshp does not seem any nearer settlement than it week ago. The admins" tration seems willing to let it along and to exercse pa tients in listening to both sides.
 National Committeeman Mcbride is here and exerting such influence as he favor of George C. Hazelet for governor He refuses formally endorse any other cand date for office in the Territory unthe goevrnorshp IS disposed of.
 It is understood that Mcbride wired Hazeet who has been in Seattle to and personal assist in the fight It said that both Hazeet and Tom Maquam have start ed for the National Capital The alter is candidate for Judge to succeed Charles E. Bunne in the Fourth division
 Very little is doing in any effort to secure Alaskan ap pointens other than for governor Various candoates have formally filed applications and endorsements Be1ore urging the appointment of of his friends to ofce seems to be understood that Dan Sutherland will follow the example of several factions and wait Tor the mg to be pulled off, , office of Governor His friends strongly abcnp him. while his enemies are bitterly opposing him.
 tip has been given out that nothing may be done in the way of this appointment for couple Of weeks Fms has given to all kinds of conectures, with consider able sentiment that dark horse will be selected although the supporters of both the leading candidates will not concede this as probability
 O. Hubbard is here and wants the udgeship for the First Division He has some strong backing but is pected that he will switch to the District Attorneysp
 John E. Balaine formerly of Seward is here and is candidate for Chief of the Alaska Engineering Commls son He has various clements of support independent of faconal sdes and professes to believe that he is going to secure the appointment.
 Word has been received from Cecil Clegg and o. P: Gstaud both of Fairbanks that they enroute and will be in Washington the early part of next week Cegg wants to be the judge and Gustaud Marshal of the 4th division
 Attorney w. D. Copernol, of Seward, is now here and is working for his appointment District Attorney for the Third Division.
 George Beaumont, who was formerly employed on the government railroad and later worked in Anchrage gefre he left to join the war forces is being urged for an ap pointment as Marchal in one of the Alaska divisions
 Maurcie D. Leehey prominent attorney from Seattle and Alaska and attorney for the Alaska Shipping board left last nght for the coast and expects to take early steamer for Juneau He has been in consolation here witt mebmers of the U. s. Shipping board.
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
AGAIN SENT BROADCAST
IUTfNANTS OF WCk" SL RTNG USUAL MUCk..RAKf TACTICS

NEW YORK, March 26-Affdavits filed in the Still divorce at White Plains contained copies of five let ters Mrs Stman received from Fred Bauvais, French Canadian guide who James A. Stiman charges is the fot CT of Mrs. Stmans two year old Guy These letters fer to "our child" and "joys of parenthood,"
 TACOMA, March 26-A new type of scout cruiser was launched last evening and christened Milwaukee.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 26-Mellon issued de, nia of the reports published in Paris that the United States still France money on the Losana Purchase
 TORONTO, Mrch 26-Dougherty was found guilty ot stealing hundred and five thousand dollars in bonds from Small
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
W|CKFRSHAM RUM0R

GENERAL WOOD TO EMBARK FROM SEATTLE
 SEATTLE. March 26-General Wood wired today that he will embark from Seattle the Philippine mis- sion on the passenger liner Wenatchee sailing April 9th
 CHICAGO, March 26-Wiliam Cooper Proctor nrot S shit today for the recovery of he advanced for the Woods campaign This is the first temporary suit ted against A. A. Sprague of the Wood Campaign fund.
 WASHINGTON. D. C. March 26-Hughes and Sena- tor Weeks are cooperating plan pull Bergdo draft dodger out of Germany.
 NEW YORK; March 266-Mrs Ralph Smith of Van couver, B. C. as minister with por11ono tS morning in the British Columbia legislature.
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26

BOSTON, March 26-Larry Mclean, former catche in the National League shot and killed during qua1 rel over near beer in saloon here.
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
DUTCH HARB0R REAL
 KEY TO THE PACIFIC
 SAYS GENERAL INFER

DUTCH HARBOR REAL KEY TO THE PACIFIC
 SEATTLE, March 2f-Col Oren B. Myer command ant general of the intermediate army depot here in loDg6 talk last night before the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. said Dutch Harbor is tle key to the Pacific and military experts have agreed that the government should prompt ly and effectively fortify that point
 The Colonel said that in case of emergency Dutch har Dor would be point of first and immediate importance and should be adequately defended has harbor com mnications coaling station and other facilities which would make it rich prize in the eyes of an invader.
 TOXIC, March 26-The Japanese government an nounced that it considering tradee agreement with Russia.
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26

WASHINGTON, March 26-Debs came here today tt confer with attorney general regarding the investigation of his case He ordered by President Harding ant made the trip by himself and will return alone to Atlanta
The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
KIDNAPPED BOY 1NsTIGATOR OF PLOT

TACOMA, March 26-Arthur Rust was the real ln- sgator of his own kidnapping in order to obtain money from his father w. R. Rust This the opening state ment Attorney of Defense in the trial of H. C. Vanamburg hero on the charge of stealing the son ot the shelter
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18
What Government Cannot Dc
BY DR. FRANK CRANE Copyright 1921. by Frank Crane)

The governments of the world have discovered, or are discovering that there is something that IS bigger than any of them.
 The great laws that govern mankind and create the happiness or misery of the people not laws that are passed by any parliament congress
 The vast forces that produce plenty or famine, prosperity unemployment not forces that origin ate at kings tables or statesmenS councils.
 Which is now being shown in large capital letters and words of one syllable by the chaos of exchange
 The Westminster Gazette says: "The idea that exchanges be stabilized by any official magic is pure illusion. We might well try to regulate heat cold by faking the thermometer. Exchanges are the automatic register of certain conditions which must be changed before the world can resume normal trading.
 "They register the loads of mutual indebtedness, the quantities of goods which expected to go out without their equivalents coming in, the doubts hesitations and fears felt by commercial men in all countries about the policy and intentions of the Govern ments, and the unknown possibilities of the future
 Until these resolved and it is possible to see clearly even few months ahead, the exchanges Will continue to fuctuae and the tendencies of the debased currencies will continue to be downwards.
 The truth of the matter, which some time or other we shall have to face is that civilization has reached point where it must go step beyond the stage being managed by separate nations or perish.
 Commerce and transportation have gone beyond the antiquated machinery of government They have created already world unity. And unless governments fall in line and form themselves into some kind of unity evolution is going to cease and the process of degeneration set in.
 The quarrel over the League of Nations, or the Association of Nations whatever minds to call it. is not matter of names of political purpose, or of personal ambitions. It is matter of absolute essen tiality to the world.
 There is never going to be any way out of the con fusion of exchanges until there to be bitter confusion of governments.
 Some time or other and somehow or other the na- tons of the world must get together and think in terms of mankind and not in terms of the Star-Spangled Banner Vive Ia France.
 For this matter of exchanges is most vital. It Is the fundamental cause of the greater part of the omic troubles of the world. People are building no houses they launching no new enterprises Capital is scared Labor is unemployed and menacing.
 And the trouble lies so deep that no one nation can cure it. Nothing but some sort of world government can apply the remedy.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18
The Thing. to Be Done

The proceedings of the limitation of armaments- conference are much smoother and more rapid of notion than anyone had expected them to be- The world had discussed 1t long in advance. We had ieard great deal about the intrcacies of the prob ems that would inevitably be encountered and we have been told this that obstacle would arise lvhy this that could not be done.
 The conference, though, is made up of men who have come together in unity of purpose, not to lind out what cannot be done but to ascertain what hay be done and how to do it. They brought no experts with them and that accounts in a great measure for the progress and the smoothness which Is characterizing the work of the conference
 The members of the conference statesmen, he best of their respective countries Statesmen Ire necessarily broad-mnded. Experts and spe- .ialists are necessarily narrow minded. They have :. grasp each of the details of his own field. But hey cannot see beyond their own fields Experts become experts by the elimination of things and heories They habitually seek out the things that .annot be done. They always testing theories or unsoundness. The expert is not an explorer. Ie walks with reverted eyes. His knowledge is hat of experience
 All this is not discredtable to the expert. He needed in his place. but his place is not in new ields, and when the world set about removing the auses of war it set about something entirely new.
 One of the many mistakes of the Versailles con- erence was the overlooking of itself with experts, sthnologsts, economists and other "ists." We sent whole shpload of them If they contributed snythng it was additional confusion.
 It was very simple problem after all that the present. conference called upon to solve None f the delegates to it with the expectation of aiming anything for their respective countries at the xpense of other countries-no additional territory, 10 special advantages.
 In that respect the meeting is quite different rom that in the Hall of Mirrors. There the entatives divide spells and to play for posi- ion. It is true that America wanted nothing mate- ial neither lands gold But 1t wanted some hing else thought, for the worlds good, which purchase price. medium of exchange mong the spells scrambers. The inevitable result vas failure of the conference.
 To the present conference at least of the delegates brought apprehensions. They may not quite of the good faith of another Put their apprehensons were almost instantly moved and within forty eight hours general plan a limitation of armaments adopted and now general plan for the disposition of Far Eastern questions that expected to be troublesome eems to have been met by desire for their fair md just settlement.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18

Vancouver, the Gardner story threw dense shade over the proceedings the limitations of armament conference For the rsoment Secretary Hughes, Pre- mier Briand and Mir. Balfour were obscured by the personalities of a postal clerk policeman and others who in any way, however remote, had anything to do with the taking and holding of the bandit.
 Yet people complain that newspapers and news agencies give too space to the sensational to crime and not enough to what is useful and con- structive The is they give to the people what they want and we have doubt that all over the country the very people who indulge in this crti- cis attracted by the startling headlines devoured every line of the Gardner story to the most incon sequential details before they turned to the news of the limitations of armament conference. If news papers allowed themselves to be moved by those criticisms they would be without readers
 This is a pleasant commentary on human nature. Stories of crime have always been popular. and when the crimes been invested with some thing of the spectacular; when they have been marked by dash, audacity and success the criminals have been held to be heroes
 has been from the time of Claude Duval, and long before. down to Gardner. We then wonder why crime is so prevalent and why our laws not better enforced.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18
By Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. IT, The book week recently celebrated in New York has already had its imitators in the form of book weeks and book fairs in other cities, and these are only a few of the many symptoms that the United States of America, known the world over as the most materialistic and unintel- lectual of countries, has suddenly developed an interest in books many times greater than it ever had be- fore.
 Books are selling in America at an unusual rate, and some are reach ing very high totals of circulation, but the significant fact is not so much the number as the character of the books that are being sold. Var ious periodicals and booksellers pub dcations put out from time to time lists of books most in demand at book stores and at public libraries. These are surely the best possible index to what the people are reading and they show that Americans are reading better books than ever before.
 In former years these best sellers and books most in demand at libra ries were almost all of kinds that had proved their commercial value, just as 2rtafn brands of soap, perfume and toothpowder have done. They were trade goods, purely, having no literary value, and often pretending to none.
 The principal types of these stand ard trade novels were the wild west story, the detective or mystery story, the southern mountaineer. feud-and- moonshine story, and the domestic sentimental love story, and the moral- pornography story, in which the
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18

been printed. 1t is known that the British Bible Society, in the last 100 years, has published 244.444.s55 copies and the American Bible So- ciety, 9s.000.000.
 c. What is the name and natien- ality of the man who plays the part of Julio in the motion picture, "The Four Horsemen of the Apoealypse"? -l. M. c.
 A. Rudolph Valentino. who takes the part of Julio Desnoyers in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Is a native of Castellaceta. Italy. and received his education at the Military and Agricultural Colleges in Italy.
 o. When use pen and ink in writ ing, my first and second fingers be- come ink marked. What Will remove these stains?-G- A.
 A. To remove ink stains from the fingers, dampen the head of an ordi- nary match and rub briskly on the stains.
 O. What state has the most Ford ears?-A. Nj.
 A. Ohio has the most Fords, 190.s06 being registered there. Iowa is sec- ond with 1Ss.536, and Pennsylvania third with 1s3,900.
 o. Was the mummy of Rsmeses II ever exhibited in this eountry?-J. McD.
 A. The Metropolitan Museum of Art says that. as far as it can ascer- tain, the mummy of Rameses II has never left the museum at Cairo, Egypt, where it was taken in 1881 after its discovery at Deir el Bahri.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18

business failures of the past year occurred among firms which did not advertise.
 O. What is the meaning of the word hurley as associated with to- baeco7-F. D. A.
 A. The department of agriculture says that while there is no positive proof available, it seems highly probable that the word is derived from the name of one of the suc- cessful tobacco growers of the early colonists. The term "burley" was applied to certain varieties long be- fore the well-known white Burley to- bacco was originated in southern Ohio, The name ''Burley" is found among the names of the early settlers of Virginia, and there is every req son to suppose that the name was first applied to a successful type of tobacco grown by man named "Burley-'
 c. How many aliens and foreign born and unnaturalized, belong to labor unions in the United States, or is it required that members be citI- zens?-E. H.
 A. The American Federation of La- bor says there are no statistics com piled showing the number of aliens that are members of labor organiZa- tions in the United States. Some local unions require that members be citizens.
 O. How many copies of the Bible have been printed?-M. w. G.
 A. While it not possible to say how many copies of the Bible have
Arizona republican., 1921-11-18
A BANNER YEAR FOR BOOKS

hero and heroine go through long series of sexual gymnastics hallowed in the end by matrimony.
 Novels of these types have ap- peared in this country every spring and fall for many years as regularly as the seasons come around. Some of them have been written with gen. uine skill and have really entertained readers of certain large classes. Oth- CTS have been so feeble in conception and execution as to bore even the travelling salesman and the ladies af- flicted with insomnia and idleness who make up so large a part of the reading public.
 All of them were made according to a well-worn formula and had no more relation to the life they pur- ported to depict, or to any other phase of life, than movies of the poorer sort. They were the literary successors to the dime novels-to Diamond Dick" Nick Carter" 'Ten Nights in a Bar Room, "~'Ea st Lynne" and Why Girls Leave Home" Those best sellers of the last generation were often bound in gaudy paper covers and sold very cheaply. They were widely read l But their reputation became steadily | worse. Dime nover and paper back nover' and yellow back novel, | became terms of reproach and con tempt. People were ashamed to be caught reading them. Their vogue l declined, but not the appetite fol l cheap illusion, machine made thrill
 easy moralizing and vicarious eroti- cism which they fed. Accordingly the dime novel merely changed its dress
 It was bound in boards. illustrated and sold at price that slowly ad- vanced from 50 cents to S2.00. A