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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
GRAND JURY C0NVENES;
 TWO CASES SET
Fall Term of U. s. District Court Gets Under Way
 Indictments Dropped.

Organization of the Federal Grand Jury was completed this morning shortly after the L. S. District Court convened. Roy Hersch being appoint ed foreman by Judge T. M. Reed. Upon the delivery of Judge Reed 5 charge 10 the jury, it retired to begin it's deliberations
 Judge Reed signed two orders dis missing criminal actions this morn ing. one being the indictment against w. F. Prentice and the other against Jacob Nelson. Both were charged with violations of the prohibition laws and both cases were dismissed on the motion of U. s. Attorney A, G. Shoup on account of a lack Of sui ficient evidence to warrant a con- viction Two cases were set for hearing by the court. One entitled. U. s. vs B. Dalzadelli was set for 10 a. m. October IS, the other, L. s. vs Charles Baker, will follow the first case. Both cases were tried re- gently in the U. s. Commissioners Court and appealed by the defend. ants to the District Court.
 The Petit Jury .venire, which has not yet been filled out, will report in court tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Ten additional talesmen who were drawn on this venire yesterday will be examined at that time.
 Following is list of those serving on the Grand Jury:
 Ed Andrews, E. C. Adams. A. D. Boherer. Jas. J. Clancy. Al. Forsythe, I. Goldstein, R. T. Harris, J. Jack son, A. F. Knight, Axel Kronquist, Henry Lafrance, Egbert Loomis, Ed. Mackie, Homer G. Nording. l. N. O'Meara. H. M Peterson, Wm. Rob- ertson, Vim. Robertson, Chas. Skuse, Edwin Sutton and w. C. Wright; Roy Hersch, foreman.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
TAX COLLECTIONS
 REACH TOTAL OF S65,000 YESTERDAY
Five Thousand Less than Same Day Last Year-Un-
 paid Taxes Delinquent.

Payments of taxes on the 1921 municipal assessment roll reached a total of approximately $65,0O0 up to D. m. Monday, last, according to figures given out today by City Clerk A B. Cole. This is approxi- mately 5000 less than the total tax payments made up to the same date last year. said MT. Cole.
 The total assessments this year, as indicated by the assessment roll, is $71, 1,31S.16. Thus virtually less than S6, 800 remains to be paid. These taxes became delinquent at 6 D. m. yesterday and now are subject to a penalty of 10 per cent and bear s per cent interest until paid.
 At the end of last year approxi- mately HOO in taxes remained un- paid and were advertised on the de- linquent list It is believed that this amount will not be exceeded by taxes remaining delinquent at the end of this year. Since compilation of the figures for payments made up to Monday evening. Mir. Cole said that here had been a number of payments made today which would add several hundred dollars to the total given above.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
Rich Silver Ore Found
 On Kitsault River, B. C,

PRINCE RUPERT. B. C.. Oct H. Discovery of rich silver ore on the Kitsault River, Alice Arm district, ih claims close to the famous Dolly Var. den mine, is reported here. Three tive silver average more than 100 ounces to the ton, and the body of ore of this richness is said to be very extensive. It has an average width of P inches and adjoins lower grade ore, which carries good milling values.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
SURVEY PARTIES COMPLETE YORK;;
 TO RETURN SOON
Five Parties in Field During Season Tn Interior and
 Along Coast.

Five U. s survey parties. which have been operating in various see tions of the Territory during the pas, spring and summer. have virtually completed their work and are expect ed to arrive here on early steamers, according to J. P Walker assistant supervisor of surveys. under whose direction the work is handled in the Territory These parties have oper- ated as far as Wide Bay on the Al aska Peninsula.
 The Mt. Mckinley work. which was in charge of Woodbury Abbey, con sisted of running a part of the park boundaries. During the season to- tai of approximately SS miles of line was run by the Abbey party. Forty of this was on the north. eight on the east and 40 on the northwest bound ary MT Abbey has suspended work at the park and with portion of his party is doing some work on the sub division north. of Wasilla in Mata- nuska Valley.
 A second party is still operating in the Interior under E. C. Guerin It is working on subdivisions south of Fairbanks on the Richardson High way and is now in the vicinity of McCarty. It is expected to suspend its work about the end of the month. when Mr. Guerin will return here
 Otis Ross, with third party, has completed the survey work in the Cold Bay oil district for this year, running lines from Cold Bay to Wide Bay He is now completing some subdivisions at Uyak for some home steaders and will make a homestead survey near Kodiak before returning here. He will probably arrive on the next Watson from the Westward
 E. D. Calvin's crew, which was as at Yakataga beach, has completed its work Mr Calvin is now at Cor dova making a survey of small ad- dtion to the townsite there
 The fifth party is ill charge Of Fred Dahlquist. It has completed it's work on Kodiak Peninsula for this season. and also subdivision work along the shore as far, north as Sala- matof. Most of this crew went South On the last southbound Watson Mir. Dahlquist is now at Valdez making some investigations and is expected 10 arrive on the first steamer from the Westward
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
WAY POINT MAIL. TO
 BE SENT TO SOUTH


 Mail for all way points will be dis patched on the steamer Princess Alice Thursday morning. This means that all mail for Wrangell, Ketchi- kan and Petersburg will be taken on the vessel on this trip. This is done on account of the fact that there may not be any boat southbound for a considerable length of time Pet ersburg mail will go to Wrangell and catch the. first northhound boat from there to Petersburg.
 This arrangement has been made by Postmaster z. M. Bradford and was announced by him today. Unless under unusual circumstances mail for American way points is not carried by Canadian steamers
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
One Town in Washington
 Fortified Against Bandits

COLVILLE. Wash, Oct. 11.-Col- villeNhas fortified itself against out laws and bandits. Chief of Police Frank Perras is on duty all night and merchants to guard the town during daylight hours. In addition, rifle squad of F men armed with modern arms can be summoned within five minutes in case of need The squad carries 300 rounds of ammunition.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
Dancers Urge American
 Band Play Without Stops

BRIONI ISLANDS, 1stria, Oct. Il The band of the United States cruiser St. Louis scored hit with the dancers Of this dazzling sUnlHl.r resort recently when it played for m affair given in the ballroom of the E.1tel. The ship had called at po.a. and Brioni, being just across the channel, the American sailors came over on leave The band was taken over to play at dance. The music pro uced was such that girls cl.- ;noIed about the Americans urging them to continue playing witaolt step The American jazzes were very popular.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our heart felt appreciation and thanks for the kind sympathy and assistance of friends and neighbors, especially the employees of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company, in our bereavement on account of the death of our wife and mother. Mrs. John Meier.
 JOHN MEIER AND SON.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

ental port of call resident Americans and Britishers went crazy over jazz" to such an extent that they in sisted on having balls aboard snip, after which they put in orders for enough syncopated records to supply virtually all the phonographs in the foreign colonies throughout China
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
Gen. Pershing to go to
 London During This Month

LONDON, Oct. 1.-The British foreign office announced today that to England before October 20 to pin the United States Congressional Medal of Honor on the casket of an unknown British soldier.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
Italian Tale Displaced
 By that from California

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Oct. II. Imported Italian and Canadian tale basis for large part of the 300 ,0o0,. 900 pounds of talcum powder the United States uses annually, is being displaced by tale from the San Der nardino county desert. so miles south of Death Valley. Production of California talcum powder has reached the figure of 10000. 900 pounds annually. This desert tale mine was an outgrowth of the war, which stopped foreign importations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11
PRINCESS ALICE DUE WITH
 FOUR DAYS SEATTLE MAI

The Princess Alice, due here be- tween and s o'clock tonight, will have four days mail from Seattle on board when it arrives. If the North bound. the Princess Alice, sailing South from here Thursday morning at o'clock, will be the last boa. taking mail for more than a week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

Professor Keller, head of the Fair banks schools, is a nephew of J. c. Keller, we'll known old-timer of the Fairbanks district.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

To know the stores, to under stand the quick changes that come about in prices and supplies of mer- chandise, you must read the ads.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

The Skagway Public Library vii. he supplied by winter fuel furnished by the city.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

The Dawson News is ag@ting the formation of brass band for the klondike metropolis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-10-11

L. G. Stanley, of the launch M. &, M, and Miss Ella J. Trout, of Port. land. Ore,s were recently married at Cordova.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
National Committee Holds
JubiatiOn Meeting.

Washington, D. c., March 1O.-The
Republican National Committee met
this morning at THE NEW WILLARD
HOTEL in full session. The meeting
was a celebration of the tremendous
victory at the polls last November.
The chief business before the com
mittee was the proposal made at the
convention last June to reduce South
ern representation in the Republican
National Convention and the re-organ-
ization of the party in the South. A
special subcommittee appointed for
the purpose of thrashing the matter
out reported that they had not had
time to go fully into the matter and
recommended a postponement.
1t was therefore, decided by the
National Committee to defer the re-
port of said subcommittee and also
to add four other members of said
subcommittee, as follows: National
Committeeman Reuben Williams, of
Oregon; Rud K. Hynicka of Ohio;
Joseph b. Kealing, of Indiana; David
Mulvane, of Kansas. The three MEM
bers first appointed were: Congress-
man Bascom Slemp, of Virginia; Ir-
vim Kinsley, of Vermont; and r. b.
Howell of Nebraska, with Chairman
Will H. Hays, and Secretary Will H
Hays, and Secretary Clarence B. Mil
Ter, of the National Committe, eX-
officio members of said sub-commit-
tee. Prominent race leaders now
present in Washington City expressed
themselves as very much gratified by
this enlargement of the sub-commtt-
tee, believing that a sense of fair
ness will now prevail.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
Foot Ball Star is Honor Guest
at Banquet.

Paul Robson. Rutgers College Ne
gro football player, occupied a seat
Of honor at the speakers table at the
Columbia University annual senior
clasF dinner at thc Hotel Astor last
week. AS far as can be ascertained
the presence of Robeson at the speak
ers' table set a precedent for Colum-
bia senior class events.
The presence of Robson passed
without comment from the 1876 mem
bers If the senior class at the din
ner. Following speeches by the pres
ldent of the class and others Robe
son sang three solos and remained
until the party dispersed.
l.. r. Condor. president of the SEN
ior class, who sat at Robeson's right
said:
There is no reason why Robson
should not be here. At present he is
taking a senior course in law at Co
lumbia, although he is Rutgers
graduate. There has been no dis
sent about him being here, and he
was invited by the whole class"
When asked whether the argument
concerning Charles Gilpin had not
been taken up by the class officers
Mr. Condor said that the matter had
not been considered in connection with
the dinner and that Robson had
been invited because he was one of
"Columbia's most brilliant men. as
well as being a widely known singer
and famous football player"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
By FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN

Washington, March 10.-The United
States of America is one of the hard
est places in the civilized world in
which to get a good education, in
the opinionk kof a committee of the
House which has been investigating
the question.
A fourth of the men Of fighting
age in the United States are Hitter
ates. many children never get ade-
quate schooling, and most of the
teachers are incompetent. There are
millions of immigrants in the conn
try who can neither speak nor read
who never see the inside of a school
room. Thousands of schools are clos
ed because no teachers can be OBJ
tanned for the miserable salaries of
fered.
This disturbing picture Of education
in America is contained in the report
of the House committee on education
on the Towner bill, and abundant
proof of it's truth is contained in the
hearings which were held in connec-
ton with the bill
THE TAIL END OF CIVILIZATION
These statistics put us in the
ninth place among the ratious," the
report says, in regard to our status
in education, with most of the civil
ized world ahead of us"
I'm free country It's safety is jeo-
pardizedy' the report modestly ad-
mits, when its voters cannot read
the ballots they cast and only know
how to vote as they are told"
Here briefly are some of the facts
which brought the congressman to
this frame of mind
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
Atlanta Has Crack BaS.
ket Ball Material.
(By A. N. P.)

Atlanta, Ca, March 1O.-At the
close of the football season, a full
squad of more than Is men reported
at the call of the coach for basket
ball candidates. All the varsity squad
of last year. including the scrubs, to
were on hand. There also appeared
two new aspirants viz: Bailey and
Sykes, who captured the guarding
posts and were powerful factors in
all the victories.
The season began with an over
whelming defeat over the fast Y. M.
C. A., five which was closely follow
ed by defeat over the Atlanta Uni
versity quintet. After defeating all
the Southern teams and, seemingly,
house brought Shaw University down
from Raleigh N. Car, and defeated
them in the fastest game that the
Atlanta fans had ever witnessed.
Not satisfied with winning the
Southern championship the invincible
tigers journeyed to Hampton and de-
feated the fast Seasider's quintet,
champions Of the East, and Shaw
University on their home court. In
speaking of the game at Hampton,
ern lads brought a new style of play
into the East and that they showed
their superior ability and training
in every stage of the game.
This is the first time that Hamp-
ton had suffered defeat this season
but since this time Howard has in
vaded the Seasder's victory field and
escaped with the spoils. Morehouse
only regrets that Howard and Lin,
coin would not compete for national
honors. 1t is undoubtedly true that
Bailey and Hope have earned their
positions on any all-star intercol-
iegiate five. The display of team
work and of passing and shooting
from long and short range startled
fans of the South and East.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
R. R. President Discusses
Proposed Wage Reduction.
(By A. N. P).

l.. Bugg. President of the Atlanta,
Birmingham & Atlantic Railway COM
pany, stated that the question has
been asked how much the wage re-
duction which he proposes to put in
to effect will amount to in dollars
and cents to the individual employees
of the company.
=, Colonel Bugg has, given out some
figures that were taken from the De-
cember, 1920 payroll, showing the
amounts earned by different classes
of employees, and has had a compu-
tation made showing the amount they
would have earned under the pro-
posed scale when applied to the same
service performed in December.
A Negro porter on passenger train
out of Fitzgerald was paid $197.43
Under the new scale he would have
earned $15O.2S.
A Negro coal HEAVIER working on a
coal chute was paid $14S.01. Under
S1O0.35.
was uaid $222.S6. Under the new
scale ne would have earned $145.S5.
A. Negro passenger train porter,
who also worked a few trips in
freight service as brakeman, was paid
S21S.25. Under the new scale for the
service performed he would have
A Negro laborer working in the
shops was paid $146.C2. Under the
new scale he would have earned
S103.9O
A Negro coach cleaner at Atlanta
was paid s14725. Under the new scale
he would have earned s1O0.3s.
A Negro brakeman on a freight
train was paid $22S.04. Under the
new scale he would have earned $146.-
81.
A Negro section hand was paid
s9S.SO; under the new scale he would
have earned $62.8S Section laborers
are furnished houses free in addi-
ton to their wages.
Colonel Bugg stated that the in
stances above given are not extra
ordinary and are fairly representative.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12

SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT IT RANKS NINTH
IAMONC NATIONS OF THE WORLD In PROVIDING EDUCA-
'TIONAL FACILITIES FOR ITS YOUTH LACK OF PROW-
SION FOR NEGRO YOUTH CAUSES SOUTEPS HIGH PERCENll
TAGE OF ILLITERACY.

that 100000 cannot read or write
English, and that 100000 cannot
read or write any language.
The committee says that getting
an education in the United States is
largely matter OF luck, that the OPP
portunity is not equal.
In the South a large proportion
of the Negro children never see the in
side of a school house." 1t asserts.
I'm the North there is harly a city
that has adequate school facilities for
all its children
The committee finds that in physi-
cal education our schools have failed
even worse than in mental education.
The provost marshall generals re-
port revealed the startling fact that
more than one-third OF the men exam
ined for military service In the late
war were disqualified by -eason of
physical disability" it reports. at
also stated that 30 per cent of these
young men could have qualified had
of hygiene and health. It was igno-
rance gross ignorance, that in the
vast majority of cases was the cause
of their Incompetence
The committee finds that Ameri-
can teachers are utterly Incompetent,
that 100000 of them are less than
20 years old, that 10000 Of them have
no education beyond the tigth grade.
that 100000 Of them have less than
100000 of them have no professional
training whatever. 1t finds that the
average salary paid teachers in this
country "is less than the wages paid
scrub women or ditch diggers."
Times Picayune N. o.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12

According to the census of 1870
there were In this country 5,60O,O00
persons 10 years of age or older
who could not read or write, and the
committee does not believe that con-
ditions have improved since then. In
addition to these there were 3,500, 900
persons who could not read or write
English. making a total of 5000, 900
in the land of the free who were no
of the franchise than so many Aus
tralian hushmen. The surgeon gem
erals report showed that OF the men
called to service between the ages
of Fl and 81, nearly 25 per sent were
practically illiterate. This means that
a fourth of the young manhood of
the country. which is its main reli-
intents and purposes in a state of
barbarism. Former Secretary of the
Interior Lane estimates that the an
nual cost of illiteracy to the United
States is SS25,000,000. The director of
the Bureau of Mines states that If
all of the miners could read and
speak English thousand lives
year would be saved.
ILLITERACY NATIONWIDE.
The committee emphatically refutes
the idea that illiteracy is confined to
the South, and to out-of- the way sec
tions It shows that while Georgia
100000 and that Pennsylvania has
more of them than Alabama. Neither
does the idea hold good that the IL
ltterates are chiefly Negroes. There
are a million more white illiterates
than Colored
OF the 100000 foreign-born in the
United States, the committee says
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
PROGRAM For 1921.

l. Anti-Lynching legislation by Con-
gress.
2. Abolition of segregation in the
departments at Washington.
3. Enfranchisment of the Negro in
the South or reduction of southern
representation, If necessary.
4 Restoration Of Haitian Indepen-
dence and Reparation, as far as pos
s1ble, for wrongs committed there by
the American administration, through
Congressional investigation of both
military and civil acts of the Ameri-
can Occupation.
dent of a mammoth petition, OF say,
10O,00OOO0 bona fide signers, collect
ed BY the various branches, reQues-
ting the pardon of the soldiers of
the 24th Infantry imprisoned at
Leave uworth on the charge of riot
ing at Houston, Texas.
6. The Abolition of Jim Crow Cars
in interstate traffic.
z. Treatment of Colored men in the
Navy: where once many ratings as
by Negroes, now Colored men can
enlist only as mess boys, in other
words, as servants.
s, Appointment of a National Inter-
racial Commission to make an earnest
study of race conditions and race re-
lations in the United States.
8. Appointment of Colored assistant
secretaries in the departments OF la
DOT anu agriculture Wnlcn WOulu give
the Negro official representation In
the two phases of national life where
he needs most and suffers most.
10. Continuance of the flight in the
Arkansas cases.
II. The successful holding of the
second Pan-American Congress that
the Colored peoples of the world may
gain a mutual understanding of their
common problems.
70. The Defeat by every legitimate
means of the nefariols Ku Klux
Klan, both South and North.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-03-12
National Negro Press Association Enter
tanned During Inauguration.

GERS that they cor tinued to dance
long after midnight, and hardly wan
ted to wait to hear the features of the
evenings amusement which were rem
dered by the Wooding Quintette, an
organization that has recently sang
its way to the hearts of the people.
Favors were distributed and SOU
venir program dedicated especially to
guest. The affair was under the di-
rection of J.. Finley Wilson, Editor Of
The Washington Eagle, who was
chairman, and who promptly at mid
night lead the grand march. No mat
ter what else may be said about hav-
ing an unusually quiet unostentations
affair to mark Mr. Hardine,s inaugu-
ration, those leaving the ball at Con.
vention Hall early this morning asked
this?"