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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-30
BIG SILVER SHIPMENT READY.

Silver ore landed at Mayo from Keno Hill at the close of the year aince hauling started this winter to- taled 930 tons. according to Robert Douglas, mining man there. More fhan 20 tons of ore are being delivered daily for shipment in the spring to the smelters The ore haulded to the end of the year to Mayo is all from the Yukon Gold property on Keno Hill he said.
 It is reported at Mayo that new discoveries on the Rico claim con tain rich ore, some of it almost pure silver.
 Transfer WOrK, coal, klndl1ng. I Pittor Dbnpa adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-30
REPORTS FOR 24 HOURS ENDING AT 8 A M TODAY:
YESTERDAY

San are made at 4 g.. m D ume
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-30
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the U. 5.
 Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Juneau and vicinity h 24 beginning today: slowly rising
 moderate variable winds
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-01-30
HoBER IS RELEASED

Richard Hober, arrested last Fri day on a complaint alleging insanity, and given a hearing before jury in the U s. Commissioner Court Sat urday, was adjudged not insane and ordered released at that time by Judge " A. Paine.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
Blames Crash on Congress.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In all the claptrap OF investiga-
tions and wild. speculative condemna-
ton following the Knickerbocker
catastrophe one fact stands out and
should be harangued from the house
tops until adequate relief is given
by the one source that can give it
Be it proclaimed again and again
that the Congress of the United
States, exercising complete and exclu-
sive legislative control over the Dis
trict, is primarily and essentially to
blame. Disgracefully meagre salaries
are paid to those in important posi-
tions and armed with heavy RESPONSE
'bilities. The annual District Appro-
priation bill Is a colossal joke and
provincial Legislators from White
Neck or Foolish Crossing go back
home at election time and parade
their stupid economy before gaping
and ill-informed constituents.
Investigations be id. The peo-
pie of this District art enti-
tied to and must have intelligent
representation of their own in Con-
gress. This is the remedy; there is
no other.
X. LORD HALsEY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
TAKE TEMPERATURES OF
ICE CREAM ELECTRICALLY.

To facilitate the study Of problems
in ice-cream making. such as sandi-
ness. viscosity, and the rate OF
capitalization. the Dairy Division or
the Department of Agriculture has
made a new APPLICATION Of devices for
taking and recording Temperatures
electrically. The apparatus is known
as a rotating thermocouple and cold
junction. and by its use il is possible
TO take temperatures continuously in
the interior OF power ice-cream ma
chimes while the mixing is being done
the readings being taken several
hundred feet away where the ac-
curacy OF the recording instruments
is not disturbed by the machinery H.
the plant
The use Of mercurial Thermometers
for this purpose is obviously imprac-
tics bic. not only because it would b"
necessary TO stop the mixed to read
the temperature. hut also for the rea-
son that a glass Thermometer can no.
be used under such conditions wi'h
the new apparatus the stage or frecz-
ing in the mix" can he asCcrtain'd
at any time as the process goes on.
and the temperature may be obtained
with an accuracy within l-loo OF a
degree cAtigrade.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
Wants Fuel Penalty.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The following is a copy of a let
ter mailed to the President Febru-
airy 5:
The President.
White House.
Sir:
The daily press states that il is
up to you to decide how the soldier
bonus shall be raised.
That affords you opportunity to
give direction to the settlement OF
the great problem Of civilization
whether II shall continue to be DOM
mated by greed. breeding all the
ills from which IL has suffered, OF
shall enter upon a new era OF peace
on earth and good will among men.
IF you recommend a tax to be
shifted 70 consumers, il may be the
final straw that will break the back
of civilization. 1t certainly will
arouse such indignation among
voters that the defeat of yourself
and the Republican party cannot be
avoided.
IF you recommend that the tax
be so placed that il be paid by those
who are holding our resources out
VI use, IL III
lief to farmers. labor. the unem-
ployed. and abate all troubles aris-
ing from high prices. including
freight and passenger tariffs.
I'VE have about six and one-half
trillion tons. or three and one-half
billion acre-feet OF coal in the
ground held out Of use by high
prices of deposit or high royalties.
II is not profitable to engage In new
production, and the present opera
.ors cease production as soon as the
market is supplied at the criminal
ly-fixed extortionate prices. which
afford profit ten to fifty times as
great as was made before the war.
IF you recommend a penalty tax
of 81 per acrc-foot on bituminous
and $40 per acre-foot on anthracite
held out of use. and 500 per acre
on leased unworked oil deposits, IL
will break the power of the fuel
monopolists. and free competition
will then bring down coal and oil
prices to less than one-third what
they now are: and that fact alone
will bring about an era OF prosperi-
ty (not TO monopolists, but to all
the people) such as was never
known before: and you will become
known to all ages as the greatest
and best of men.
Il don't know whether you will
be allowed to personally read THU
suggestion, but II is to be hoped.
for the welfare of humanity, that
you VIII be.
Very respectfully.
&C. B. HEMINGWAY"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
Calls Movies Unnatural.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
II We were to undertake a serious
criticism of movies as they move. II
would be directed against their un-
naturalness, their infidelity to the
fundamental impuIsese and unchangs-
able sequences of real life, and tile
false education of audiences result
ing therefrom. Too often rascality
and crime. lust and lack of integ-
rity. are rewarded with happiness
after a superficial and obviously
impossible repentance in the last
act. The convict turns into a hero.
the libertinc becomes moral
model. the vampire acquires amaz-
ing v'rtU". the wicked husband or
wife has sanity finish.
Such things do not often happen
in life: they occur so frequently in
the movies that young men and
girls are in danger of receiving Ind
accepting wholly false ideas OF hu-
man relations with irrevocRble and
moral laws. Too many
utterly, bad things are condoncd on
the screen: the natural progress OF
character. good or bad. Is too often
perverted The result. so far as
immature minds is concerned. can
be only a distorted and untrue con-
ception of the values Of life and
conduct. 1t is to correct this trend
that criticism should be directed, in
my opinion.
WALLACE COIN KIMBALL-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08

and other organizations. Instruction in play pro-
ducing and in acting has been greatly extended
in the last decade. and both study and production
Of plays have come to be regular pursuits Of many
organizations Such force as the Drama League
Of America has reached out into almost every
city and town of the country and has provided
information on deserving plays at the same time
that it has encouraged their production by actual
attendance at the theater. The Little Theater
movement has proceeded with especial pror.ise and
has enlisted more and more cc1nm,ety interest
in the stage. Pagcants have grown in popularity
and also have caiisd forth large public support
and actual participation. There is evidence of a
changing attitude of many churches and ministers
on the question Of making the thcater force for
good instead of evil.
Altogether, there is ground for hope rather
than despair at the situation. What has been
gained may be held, and progress may be ac-
CELEBRATED by increased activity along the lines
already established"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
RAIN BRINGS SULPHUR
FERTILIZER TO CROPS.

Rainwater contains appreciate
amounts OF sulphur. and doubles
the QUO atty deposited in the soil
varies 18th the rainfall in the DIFF
ferent sections OF tho country. But
this fertilizer from the heavens -
not suficient.
Plants. particularly alfalfa. require
sulphur, as is shown by the incrcaS''
in crop yields when sulphur has hror
added 20 the soil. according L" IN
vestigations made by Washington
Experiment Station chemists. Geo. 4.
Olson and J. l.. st. John. Where TIL
rainfall Is limited the supply OF
sulphur in the soil may become dc
pleted by crop production. uul"ss
sulphur is available from other
sources.
Most soils have been considered 10
contain enough sulphur for producing
good yields. but recent experiments
show that when sulphur has been
added to the land. the productio"
has been Increased and the feeding
value Of many plants. especially
legumes. has been improved Field
tests with sulphur in the form OF
gypsum show the increase in yield
of alfalfa on various farms in east
ern Washington 10 be from SO to
over $50 per cent
This discovery may he OF value in
many Of the older farming sections OF
the United States. and particularly In
regions with only a medium amount
of rainfall.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08

cents" said the obliging young man
behind the counter.
Will someone acquainted with
metal values tell us the approx
mate cost of manufacture OF a
brass rod fifteen inches long and
about the size OF a broom straw?
II might also be added that IL was
threaded for three or four inches
and was accompanied by a small
nut.
Now We don't know who is guilty.
but We do know when We are be-
ing robbed. 1t may be the manu-
facturer. the wholesaler. the jobber
or the retailer. II may be all OF
them. But one thing IL plain: The
practice OF gouging which began in
1917 and proved 80 profitable to GER
tain Of our citizens is being per-
sisted in by a large number today.
All the while we are being told
that prices have come down. That
10 true, but the American buyer Is
still paying too much. Last year
there were 100000 pairs Of
American-made shoes exported at
an average price Of sass a pair. OF
course that price included a profit.
What did you pay for. your shoes?
And what do you call the practice
of demanding such prices? Is rob-
hery too harsh a name: Yet the
price Of shoes is among the least OF
our troubles. We fare worse when
we buy hardware or furniture. But
the worst of II Is that We are sup
posed to look pleasant and TO be
thankful that conditions are no
worse.
. E. c. HELM.
Mount Rainier Nd.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
A Worthy Cause.

n 7 Fed is greater than creed. Over and over
IN again this fact has been exemplihed in the
conduct and results of charitable enter
prises aimed at aiding millions of sufferers during
and following the world war. Just as Americans,
man, woman and child, rushed to the aid of the
government when Liberty bonds were put upon
the market, so they have shown fine catholicism
IN contributing to works of mercy and alienation
This same split still exists, and in its existence
should lie the guarantee of for the nation
eide drive inaugurated last Monday by the Ameri-
can Jewish Relief Committee The present appeal
Isl for SI4ooo,ooo and the quota for the District
OF Columbia is set at 100000.
Leading Jews are members OF the committee
but the appeal goes alike to Hebrew and Gentle
How mathematician is the drive can be ap-
preciated when it is related that Protestant minis
tiers and priests of the Catholic church are actively
cooperating in the neighboring State of Virginia
and that governors of many States arc deeply and
officially interested In the State of North Caro-
lima. Josephus Daniels. former Secretary of the
Navy, has accepted the post of vice chairman of
the general committee. The drive also has the
hearty Endorsement of President Harding and the
members of his Cabinet.
The funds derived will be applied in a fashion
as broad as in the gathering; humanitarianism is
the watchword. Wherever in Europe there are
sick and starving persons-and that is in many
state-will 60 food and medical supplies.
There was drive by the committee last
year. But with the advent of 1922. conditions
have grown terrible that the appeal could not
longer be withheld
The cause is worthy; the administration of the
fund will be most economical. The appeal will
not fall upon deaf ears in the Capital City. 1t
should go over the top as brilliantly as in many
other drives. And the mark is 100000.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
Sothern and Stage Upift.

IT is pleasant to know that our felow-towns-
i men are making a stir in the world and also
to be reapprised OF this fact in cases where fame
already has been achieved. So we read with in
terest editorial statements in the Kansas City Star
anent the work of E. H. Sothern the great
Shakcsperian actor, in practical stage uplft Mr.
Sothern and his wife, better known as Julia Mar
lowe. safely be claimed as residents of Wash
ington, even though of peripatetc Sort for they
a home here.
Mr.. Sothern refuses to believe the theater is
declining, for though, as he drily remarked in
Kansas City interview, it may be going to the
dogs "as usual" such move is not at all neces-
Sary. If the forces that may operate its better
. ment persist in their efforts.
There is nothing new" says the Star. "in
decrying the tendencies of the stage Mr. Sothcrn
And he, by his own example, has
been displaying a far better way to proceed than
Marlowc. has not been content simply to employ
his unusual powers in the presentation Of the
: classics, but has gone directly to the schools
clubs and other portions of the public and pointed
=out the ways in which constructive effort may be
sput forward toward improving stage conditions.
!, Other actors have been following Mr. Sothcrn's
example in this respect, and the influence of the
; procedure cannot but be helpful.
- The increasing alertness to the desirabity Of
stage has Dccn que 10 realization Doth
of the immense influence the theater exerts or may
be made to exert, and Of the fact that the theater
Is and must remain primarily commercial PROPOSE
-tson Growth of the motion picture industry has
2 ealy intensified this realization in both directions
: The stock argument of the theatrical producer
given additional strength now because of increased
>eompetition that he must put on the kind of play
That will draw crowd and be paying PROPOSE
ton. is seen to be an argument that may be
. turned to good account. The play producer puts
forward the kind of drama he thinks most people
want to
~ THE question then comes to be- Why not
the largest possible audiences for the best
Kind of plays? This is the objective toward which
~ail efforts at stage betterment must b directed
would help. of course, to put artists instead Of
selfish business interests at the head of theaters:
but even artists must live. and neither they nor
their theaters could thrive without public support,
$50, in addition to such excellent service as
Mr.. Sothern and others of his kind are giving
there forces at work to enlarge and enliven
the material which the best kind of theater
must feed. These include one thing oftes over
ooked-the aroused public interest in the drama
which the motion picture has created. This public
interest has called for Improvement in film produc-
tions; and 1t is reasonable to believe that portion
of the interest will extend to the spoken drama
and in time not be satisfied there without inn
provement
But such interest needs direction. and this
IT IS getting through the schools. colleges, clubs
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
A Pathetic Picture.
% the Editor. The Washington Herald

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Would you kindly advise Senate
and Congress that we want beer
and wine and must have II and will
have It IL 1t means 100 years night;
We don't want whisky and noon
shine as we want pleasure and not
trouble as the whole country is to-
day.
To think 1000, 900 men would be
to work IL beer and wineEwouid
come back; this would WIT the
whole nation on o prosperity basis.
and never will II be until then. To
see the Statue OF Liberty crying
with streams of tears dropping into
the Atlantic Oceon with millions
of fishes about laughing at us
as what mortals us Americans
must bel
Unless we get beer and wine the
Democratic party will sweep the
nation, which it has and Is now do
ing in all local elections. 1t Is a
shame that the Republican party
cannot be fair and square to labor
when God made us all alike.
JOSEPH DELEHANTY.
Wayne, III.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
Canadian Appeal for Russia,
To the EDITOR. TIhe wa.hInrton Her.Id:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Will you kindly allow me space
to emphasize the urgent need for
immediate action On the part of the
whole civilized world on behalf on
the famine sufferers of Russia?
Even il the Soviet government
were wholly or in part responsible
for the deplorable situation. the
peasants and others who today are
dying from the ravages of famine
have stronger claim on us than
the man who on his way from Jeru-
salem to Jericho fell among thieves.
had on the Good Samaritan. But
the cause of the famine was long
continued drought. 1t may be our
turn next.
We are not only neighbors of the
victims as were the Good Samari-
tan, the Priest and the Levite, we
are more. Russia was our ally in
the late war; Russia fought longer
on the side of the allies than did
tho United States. She lost more
men on the allies side than France
and Britain put together. Heroic
peasants who gave their sons 10
this common cause are today dying
OF starvation. The facts are known;
the need is admitted.
1t is surprising fact that more
interest was taken by our Canadian
people in the Chinese than in the
Russian famine. despite the fact
referred to that millions OF Rus
slams fought on the allies side
while China sawed wood.
The Hon. Herbert Hoover, that
prince of philanthropists, and the
Friends committee have shown the
way. 1t takes a great nation to
produce great men. The United
States in its usual whole-hearted
manner not only gave substantial
assistance for the babies of Ger
many and Russia but Congress mas
recently voted s20.000,000 for the
affected areas. Could the new Ca
madam Premier lend his attention 10
anyt'I,g more important than the
relief of our late allies and breth-
rem in Russia? Could the govern
ment of which he Is the head, do
anything that would augur so well
for the success Of the new regime
as vote a generous amount, pur-
chase 100000 bushels of wheat,
1000 tractors. 10000 barrels of gas
oline and other needful supplies and
ship them Immediately to the Volga
and other famine areas?
Could the conference at washing
ton have done any other act that
would have SO crowned its labors
with the halo of success as to ar
range for the purchase Of 1000 900
tons of corn and other food sup
plies and clothing for the same
purpose.
By the way, the writer regards
the association at Washington as
the late Principal Grant of Queens
University regarded the second
Isaiah. Your average reader will
no doubt have heard that, judging
chiefly from differences in style
higher criticism supposes that there
were at least two writers by the
lame of Isaiah. Not a few years
ago at a meeting of the Presbyte-
rian Synod Of Toronto and Kings
ton in New ST., Andrews Church.
an orthodox professor attacked the
then principal Of Queens for this
and other Indications of heresy.
DR.: Grant replied: MY reyered
friend attacks me for my belief in
second Isaiah. Would to God
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
HARLEM NEGROES I
LIVENSPLENDOR
WITH FINE SHOPS
Smart Automobiles Line
Curb in Gotham's
Black Belt.
By o. o. M,INTYRE.

NEW YORK. Feb. THE yap
wagons now make the Black Belt
Of Harlem a feature of sight see
ing tours. This mile square strip
is given over to fifty thousa nd
colored folk whose ancestors trod
the veldt and Jungle. Here they
live in apartment house splendor
with shops, theaters and churches
OF their own. -
There Is true metropolitan tang
to that part of Lexington avenue
that runs through the Black Belt.
Delicatessens. beauty parlors. dog
and bird shops. smart haber-
shops dot the section-all patron
lied exclusively by blacks.
II has its daily newspaper-the
Negro, World-edited by a man who
Is president of steamship line and
chain of laundries, himself a
negro. The Black Belt Is not a
shambles with tumble down shan
ties of the levee. The apartment
houses and stores are as fine as
those on upper Broadway.
The churches are modren struc-
lures and embrace every faith. One
claims to be the only true exponent
Of liberalism. There Is of course
the aristocratic section and the
slums, the latter being the render.
yous of the desperate Boldly.
One is impressed by the smart au-
tomobiles and roadsters that line
the curbs. On one corner Is a
private hospital whose chief sur
geon is called into many consulta-
lions at downtown hospitals. SH"-
day afternoon there Is a continuous
dress parade.
Negroes in frock and cutaway
coats Of the latest mode. spatted
and boutonniered and carrying
canes-some even wearing monocles
promenade with the dusky bellies
arustle with fine silk and furs.
There is a midnight supper club
conducted by a Creole who is fea-
tured in vaudeville.
1t opens at 1880. after the negro
theaters ore closed. and only those
in evening dress are admitted.
There is no disorder or signs of
shiftlessness. Everybody Is on the
move. One electric sign reads:
Ethiopia Valet Service" There are
two florist shops on one block.
Never no trouble up here" said
the corner cop.
The gayest newspaperwOman OF
my acquaintance is one who Is
doomed. by materia medica to an
early death with lingering
malady. Her assignments take her
into the haunts of pleasure where
she Is always the life of the party
pretty. vivacious and sparkling
with repartes. How foolish to be
afraid Of DEATH" she told me re-
Gently. 1T seems to me as IL 1t
will be like the gentle opening of
door where one passes into a more
comfortable haven"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-08
EARTHQUAkE As SEVERE
As ONE IN 1905.

The earthquake that Jared the
seismogrs phs OF all the world on
February 1 would have created an
other San Francisco disaster had IL
occurred there. according to DR.. W
J. Humphreys. in charge OF the
seismographic work OF the L. 8.
Weather Bureau here.
II was just as severe as the quake
of 1906. and IL occurred somewhere
in the fsvorite field for earthquakes
that extends from British Columbis
to Ecuador. some 2.500 miles from
Washington. DIR. Humphreys has not
located Il exactly because Of lack Of
data from other stations.
This earthquake probably occurred
along a fault in the esrth's crust.
200 to 800 miles long. and % was
severe for probably only ten 10 <ifieen
miles on each side Of this line.
W. ID.