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The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
J. 5. Is N0T IN NEAR EAST
 CONFERENCE

Paris. Sept. 2O.-The allied con .ferees on the Near East situation de- cided late today to call a peace con ference of the eight nations, who are interested in the settlement of the qustion and to determine the terms of peace. T.is conference will proba- bly meet within the next two weeks. The conferees will consist of repre- sentatiyes of Great Britain, France Italy, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Rum ania, and Jugo-Slavia.
 Washington, Sept. 2O.-The Unit ed States does not expect to be an active participant in the adjustment of the Near Fest troubles. We are not going to get into any of the For eign wars according to a pronounce ment, which came from the White House.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
|. s. SENATE SUSIAINS PRESIDENTS VETO
SILK MERCHANT
CREATES SENSATION

Seattle, Sept. 2O.-Johnson, one of the leading silk merchants in this city, stirred things up in the circle in which he moves by disappearing. When he did not appear in his accus- toned haunts, search was made for him, and among other things his safety deposit box was opened. l. was learned that he had taken twelve thousand dollars from the box, but mystined the searching party by leay ing twenty thousand dollars still in the box. This was yesterday, but to- day Johnson reports to the police, but refuses to make any explanation of his doings.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
PRESIDENT HAS
REASONS FOR VETO

Washington, Sept. 2O.-The first statement given out in connection with the Presidential veto of the Soldiers Bonus bill, was that it was too much of a drain on the public treasury. Other reasons have been in the Presidents mind and mentioned in despatches. The matter of the in- creased taxation which the measure would bring, and that peace bestOw- al on the veterans vas a perversiOu of the Public funds.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
KILLS
 BONUS BILL

Washington, Sept. 2O.-The House without debate proceeded to dispose of the Bonus Measure vetoed by Pre- sident Harding. The question Of passing the Soldiers Bonus Bill over the Presidents veto was voted on without question. The vote stood 25S to 54. or more than the neces- sary two thirds majority.
 Washington. Sept 2I.-The sen ate last night sustained President Harding in his veto Of the Soldiers Bonus bill which now cannot be- come a law at this session Of Con gresS.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
FRENCH SCORE
 NEW TARIFF LAW

Paris. Sept. 2l.-The Temps, one of the leading Paris newspapers in its criticism of the American TariG bill says that they talk much in Am erica about economic reconstruction of the world and the necessary re. coyery in international exchanges, but the real obstacles for such re construction are the prOtectionists measures of the kind represented in the new tariff bill. It is not legiti- mate demands but measures of this kind which are delaying the rapid reconstruction.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
BOXES
 APPLES ABROAD
GROWERS OF WASHINGTON AR RANGE WITH STEAMSHIPS
 TO MOVE BIG CROP.

Seattle, Sept. 21.-Agreements have been made between the apple growers and the port of Seattle whereby one million boxes of this years crop of apples will move to American and foreign markets by steamers. Of the 1921 crops 375,- GOO boxes were shiIp ped by boat and in 1919 only 2,OOO boxes were han died over the Seattle docks. The Washington state production of ap- ples this year will be only a little less than last year when approxi- mateIy a third of the commercial ap- ples of the United States were g 'Nwn in this state.
 A surprising development in the apple industry is tie rapid increase in the movement of this fruit on re- frigerated boats. Until the last few years all the apples, peaches, straw berries and otker fruits sent to the outside markets moved on trains.
 In 1920 experimental shipments to Atlantic and European ports showed feasibility and economies of ship ping fruit by rail to Seattle and then boats 10 the great consuming centers of the Atlantic seaboard and Europe Shipments arrived in the United Kingdom purchased a million and a half barrels of American apples in 1921, in such excellent shape that the bulk of the fruit moving from the Pacific Northwest to Continental Europe will go by boats from North Pacific ports. This year the apple crop in Europe will be short, and Washington growers expect to ship 100000 boxes from this port to Eng land.
 Last year when the railroads were hard pressed to furnish refrigerated space for the movement of 32,541. carloads of Washington apples, the growers took advantage of the pub lie cold storage space, enough for 10000 tons here, and this year have contracted to ship at least three times as much through the local pub lie terminals. Recently an intercoas- tai steamship with refrigeration Jeff for the Atlantic selDOard with ap- pies, pears and peaches, loganber- ries and strawberries packed in sug- ar. reindeer meat from Alaska, fro, zen fish, eggs and poultry. En route south the vessel picked up Califor- mia citrus fruits and other perish able products from .he Golden State. Formerly all this tonnage moved to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other centers by train.
 Chinese are gradually learning to eat American apples and last year imported 4,5O0 barrels, while the Philippines took 11,O26 barrels. The governments fast express service in the Far East has resulted in several tons of lettuce, celery and vegetables going forward on every boat and the American garden produce is eag erly bought up despite transportation ex- penses.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
CHURCH CONVENTION
 HAS STORMY SESSION

Portland. Ore. Sept 2l.-The Episcopal church convention which Is meeting in this city late yester- day had a very stormy session. The proposal tO change the name of the communion service to Divine Lit urgy' aroused so much Of OppOsi- ton that trouble was immaRent. The issue became so bitter that a church split impends
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
SENATE ADOPTS
 CONFERENCE REPORT

Washington, Sept. 2O.-The sen ate late yesterday afternoon adopted the conference report on the tarif bill which now goes 10 the President for his signature, after which it i'm mediately becomes a law of the land.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
SAIDI LECOINTE AIR
 SPEED CHAMPION

Versailles. Sept. 2I.-SaidI Le- coiute. the French aviator Is the new champion flyer. For speed in the air, SaIdi has hung up a new world re- cord. He flew 2l3.75 miles in one hour, thus beating the old worlds record for speed in the air. This Is at The rate of 3.56 miles 8 minute.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
TELEPHONE COMPANY
 WANTS TO RAISE RATES

Olympia. Sept. 21.-The telephone companies of the State of Washing ton fled application yesterday after noon at the capital for an increase Of thIrty-six per cent in the tele- phone rates over the state.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
NEW YORK CENTRAL
 SETTLES STRIKE

Chicago. Il.. Sept. 2O.-The settle. ment of the shOpmen's strike on the New York Central lines involved twenty thousand men. The settle ment has been effected on the basis ot the Baltimore agreement and a uoUncement Of the settlement was given out today, The twenty thous- and men will return to work at once.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21

Constantinople. Sept. 21.-The Nationalist representative in this city, Hamid Bey, declared that the Turkish army would declare war on the British if the British attempted to interfere with the movement of Turkish troops across the Straits to Thrace.
 Smyrna, Sept. 20.-The American and British Insurance experts in fig uring up the losses which will be sustained in the fire and property loss in this city of Smyrna estimate it at 15O million dollars, with forty per cent of this covered by insur- ance.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
CHILDBERG DECLARED
 NOT GUILTY

Seattle, Sept. 2O.-The jury which had the case Of J. F. Chlberg. the former President of the Scandina- yian-AmeriCan bank of Seattle, re- turned it's verdict today. The jury brought in Q verdict of not guilty to the charge of having unlawfully borrowed money from the bank when 1t was known to be defuucJ.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
JUDGE REFUSES TO
 DISMISS CHARGES

Seattle. Sept. 2I.-Judge Griffith refused Co dismiss the felony charge against J. F. Lane. the cashier of the defunct Scandinavian-American bank Of Seattle. The prosecuting at toruey. Malcomb Douglas requested the judge to dismiss the charge against the cashier.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
COLEMAN MINISTER TO
 ESTHONIA-LATElA

Washington. Sept. 2O.-Frederick W. B. Coleman of Minneapolis was nominated today by President Hard ing for Minister to Esthonia-Latvia and Lithuauia.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
QUEEN IN DRYDOCK
 FOR NEEDED REPAIRS

Seattle, Sept. 2O.-T,e S.S. Queen Of the Pacific Coast company which ran on the rocks on her trip from Alaska arrived last night and will be laid up immediately, and indefinite ly. though she was not badly damag- ed.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
WESTERN PACIFIC
 STRIKERS RETURN

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-The striking shopmen on the Western Pacific railroad will return to work tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
TARIFF BILL
FINALLY A LAW

Washington. Sept. 21.-Presldent Harding signed the Tariff bill today. This will make the new scale Of du- ties applicable at midnight, tonight.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-09-21
CONGRESS MAY
 ADJOURN TOMORROW

Washington, Sept 21.-The pros poets are that Congress will adjourn on Friday, of this week.
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The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Works
and Their WAYS

DR.. Emile Coue, the famous founder of
the Nancy School of Autosuggestion, is
planning to visit the United States next
January for series of lectures.
Modern Italy" (the Macmillan Com
pany) is the subject of the fourth book in
the Institute of Politics publications. Its
author is the Hon. Tomasso Tittoni, presi-
dent of the Italian Senate and former Pre-
mier of Italy.
Although he returned from the Far East
less than two months ago Isaac F. Mar
cosson is off again, this time to put the
probe into troubled Germany. He will also
visit France and England
A selection of Burke's correspondence
made and edited by Harold Lask, is about
to be added to the Worlds Classics, pub
American Branch.
George Agnew Chamberlain has written
a bootlegging story. 1t is called Rack
house" and will be published by Harper &
Brothers In October.
The death of Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
author of How France Built Her Cathe-
drals" cut off a promising career Miss
O'Reilly was the daughter of John Boyle
O'Reilly and was raised among the literary
folk who were always found gathered
about the writer's home in Charlestown
and Boston.
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them befriended him, all contributed in
some way to make his autobiography one
of the most amazing self-revelations
since Marie Bashkirtseff"
QUT it is the last part of "Tramping
~ on Life" that is most astonishing.
Gregory, despite advice, goes to live in
the Single Tax Colony of Eden," Of
which the dominating genius is Penton
Baxter, militant socialist and author of
'"The Slaughter House" "Penton came
in the little, handsome, red faced
man, with his Napoleonic head too large
for his small stocky body :. his large,
luminous eyes like those of the Italian
fisher boy in the painting his mouth
a little too large his chin a trifle
too heavy jowled. His hands were fem
mime but his feet were incased in
heavy shoes that made them seem the
feet of a six foot day laborer.' There is
also a Mrs Penton Baxter, and in the
telling of the sordid story, which culmi-
mates in the yellow journal headline:
"Penton Baxter Sues for Divorce-Names
Vagabond Poet as Correspondent" hardly
detail is omitted. But then John Greg
ory is a poet. He himself informs us of
the fact. On page 377 of "Tramping on
Life" he writes: my pencil raced over
paper raced and raced. Here it
comes, just like your good rain, so kind
to earth. =. Oh, beautiful God, / thank
thee for making me poet | prayed,
tears streaming down my face"
A CCORDING to the monthly score in
i the October Bookmdn the novels
most in demand are:
l. eff Winter Comes" Hutchinson.
g. Gentle Julia" Harrington.
g. 1.-THE Head of the House of Coombe,"
Burnett
f. Robin" Burnett.
S. 1.-THE Vehement Flame" Deland.
g. Maria Chapdelaine," Hemon.
T. Brass" Norris
g. THE Glimpses of the Moon" Wharton.
g. "Cytherea,' Hergesheimer
TO- "The Beautiful and Damned" Fitz-
gerald.
Works of non-fiction in demand are:
l. THE Outline of History" Wells.
q "The Story of Mankind" Van Loon.
g. Queen Victoria" Strachey.
A. "The Americapization of Edward
Box" Box
5. 1.-THE Mind in the Making" Robinson.
6. Painted Windows" Anonymous.
T. "Outwitting Our Nerves." Jackson and
Salisbury
s. 1.-The Mirrors of Washington" Anony-
NOUS
8. "The Outline of Science" Thomson.
10. "The Conquest of Fear" King.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
CHRONICLE AND
HnM M ENT By ARTHUR
SO1'11'114N l. BARTLETT MAURICE

INTIMATE pen pictures of some men
and women of letters OF our time IL
the gist of the wrapper Endorsement Of
G. Lewis Kinds more Authors and /"
which has just been published by Dodd,
Mead G CO. 1t is not a book of any
particular Importance. Briefly, it may be
summed up as being neither undignifed
on the one hand nor astonishing on the
other. When Mr.. Hind, who was at one
time editor of the London Academy, deals
with American subjects-the book has
obviously been written or compiled with
the American market in mind-there is
perceptible kind of bending over in
strained effort to be very explicit in order
that the children may understand. But
that of course is characteristic of a good
many English writer's. They can't help
it and they mean it kindly, so there is no
reason why any one should be annoyed.
Dismissing that aspect Of the work, there
are informing odds and ends in More
Authors and l."
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
w HEN WINTER COMES TO MAIN

and intriguing title of new book by
H. Doran Company. 1t invites at once
one criticism, which is not that it is
frankly issued for the purpose of exploit
ing the works and personalities of the
Doran authors of the hour. That is rela-.
lively of little Importance. But both the
wrapper and cover of the book are en-
bellished by design purporting to show
house of Main Street of winters night.
The most unobservant reader must see in
stantly that here is not Main Street at
all in the sense that it was interpreted to
us in Sinclair Lewis's novel The tone
and architecture of the dwelling pictured
are not of the raucous Main Street of to-
day, but of Main Street of some blessed
past or of a hoped for future. Behind
those curtains drawn against the snowy
night there is cultivation-not the rag
bag assortment of odds and ends or In
formation acquired from the Chautauqua
lecture or the correspondence school-but
real cultivation, grounded in the hu-
manities.
| N HE best bit of writing in when Win
u ter Comes to Main Street" is "Cobb's
Fourth Dimension" by Mr.. Robert H.
Davis, and that in it's original form ap-
peared in THE New York HERALD book
section last spring. Otherwise that would
be the chapter demanding quotation. Yet
the book is mine of informing anecdote.
For example, Arnold Benefits astonishing
literary industry-equalling the industry
of Anthony Trolfope-is reflected in an
entry in his diary: This year I have
written 335,34o words, grand total; 224
articles and stories and four installments
| of serial called The Gates of Wrath
have actually been published, and also my
book of plays, Polite Farces.' My work
included six or eight short stories not yet
published, also the greater part of a 55,-
600 word serial Love and Life for Tillot-
sons, and the whole draft, $4,000 words, of
my Staffordshire novel Anna Tell
wright"
l. story of the suggestion of Arnold
Benefits "Old Wives Tale has been
told before In the autumn of 1908, when
Bennett used to dine frequently in Paris
restaurant, it happened that fat old
woman came in who aroused almost uni
havior. The novelist reflected: This
woman was once young slim, perhaps
beautiful; certainly free from these
ridiculous mannerisms. Very probably
she is unconscious of her singularities
Her case is a tragedy. One ought to be
able to make a heartrending novel out
of woman such as she." The idea then
occurred to him of writing the book
which afterward became the "Old Wives
Tale and in order to go one better than
Guy de Maupassant's "Une Vie" he deter
mined to make it the life history of two
women instead of one.
NJ ATURALLY, many of the interesting
~ American literary figures of the
last half century appear in the course
of "a World Worth While" by w. A.
Rogers, who was for many years the dis
tinguished cartoonist of THE New YORK
HERALD. The book, which is published
by Harper & Bros, has an introduction
by Booth Harrington, who tells what Mr.
Rogerss work meant to the boys of his
generation. Besides his cartoons Mr.
Rogers made many illustrations for
books, among them w. D. Howellss "a
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

hastily the galley proofs on Thursday
afternoon and turn in his drawing Friday
morning But he felt himself compensated
for his troubles through making the ac-
quaintance of Mr. Howells, thus forming
friendship which lasted for many years.
IT HERE was one character in "a Haz-
L ard of New Fortunes" over which
author and artist differed; that was Full
kerson, the syndicate man. MANY people
imagine that S. S. Mcclure was the model
from whom Fulkerson was drawn, but it
was not So" Mr.. Howells had known a
Fulkerson (by some other name of
course) in real life many years before,
when it was the fashion for a man of the
world to wear long side whiskers, and it
was with these adornments that poor Full
kerson was described in the manuscript.
AS side whiskers were not exactly in
keeping with the period that "a Hazard
OF New Fortunes" was supposed to reflect,
the artist pleaded with Mr.. Howells to bor-
row the editorial scissors of Hdrper'S
Weekly and cut those whiskers off. But
on the point Mr. Howells would not give
way. Fulkerson in real life had long side
whiskers, and those whiskers had to be
introduced to the public in all their flow
ing glory.
- AVS Mr.. Rogers: 81 hated to do it, but
~ in the first picture of the syndicate
7 do 4 Oh a.
gently over his collar and giving him the
appearance of a floorwalker in second
rate dry goods store. In the next install
ment his whiskers were trimmed a trifle
shorter; and so, from week to week, | per-
formed the Office of barber, free OF charge,
to Mr. Fulkerson, until at the end he had
just small decoration in front of each
ear" One day in conversation Mr.
Howells, then 79 years old, told the artist
that "A Hazard of New Fortunes" was
practically the story of his own later life
$50 l haven't given up my pen. When
was 40 l said: AT SO shall retire from
the field At so IAput it off until should
be go; at 60 l felt l might continue my
work to the age of rs; and now l look to
writing-80, fine round number, as one
looks at it."
|HTRAMPING ON LIFE" by Harry
L Kemp, described as IAN auto
biographical novel; has just been pub
lished by Boni & Liveright The word
novel is apparently used with euphem-
istic intent, for to accept the book in the
spirit in which it is obviously meant to
be accepted is to regard such fiction as
it contains as being introduced merely
for decorative or rhetorical purposes.
'Tramping on Life" is bumptious, blazing
with egotism, raw, very well written in
spots, less immoral than it is in shocking
bad taste 1t is easy to see that Mr..
Kemp feels that a poet is a privileged
person. Perhaps he is, but Mr. Kemp has
rather abused the privilege. For years
Puritans have been holding up their
hands at the famous or notorious, love
affair of George Sand and Alfred de
Musset, not so much on account of the
affair itself but because each of the
talented and eccentric participants after
ward wrote about it, one in "Elle ct Lui''
and the other in "Lui ct Ellie" Neither,
however, saw fit to introduce a vulgar
intrigue involving father and restau-
rant waitress.
TOHN GREGORY is thin disguise for
- Harry Kemp himself, and a certain
mild amusement NAV be derived from the
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

MIR. HIND does not hold very exalted
Avl opinion of the work of the Spaniard,
Blasco Ibanez, but he gives vivid pic
ture of his methods of work: "Ibanez
begins a novel slowly, he climbs labo-
riously, he reaches the crest, then once
on the other side I cannot stop myself
I rush headlong, whirling, plunging,
working endlessly until reach the finale
He wrote The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse in four months in Paris in
1916. Toward the end L worked thirty
hours at a stretch" In Mr.. Kinds
estimation "The Shadow Of the Cathe-
dral" is a much better book than "The
Four Horsemen." at shapes better, and
the theme, a devastating Indictment, is
logically and comprehensively worked
out" Discussing the popularity of "The
Four Horsemen'' Mr.. Hind suggests:
Fifty per cent. of its success. perhaps
more, was due to clever advertising; but
The Four Horsemen' also galloped up
Fifth avenue at the psychological mo-
ment."
The New York herald., 1922-10-01

WITH "Bahbitt" recently entered as
w contender in the autumn "best seller"
race, Mr.. Sinclair Lewis is a conspicuous
literary figure of the moment. According
to Mr.. Hind, Sinclair Lewis writes as If
Europe and New York had never existed,
as IL George Meredith and George Eliot,
w. d. Howells and Mary wilkins had
never been. He is one of the new West
erners who are collaring American litera-
ture as a fullback collars the ball in
football game" Incidentally, some one
should point out to Mr. Hind that in
American football a fullback does not
collar" the ball OF the personal Lewis
Mr.. Hind writes: when this tall, slim,
blond, youngish man appeared upon the
platform 1 said to myself, William j.
Locke. He is the American Locke The
parallel Is open to criticism because Locke
is languid and his utterance has a pleas
ant drawl; Lewis is quick and his utter
ances may be likened to a Gatiing gum"
TT was Sinclair Lewis who introduced
L Mr.. Hind to A S. NJ Hutchinson, and
Mr.. Hind is moved to write: "The sig
nificance of this episode may not be ap-
parent to Oxford Dons or Appalachian
mountaineers, but to bookman its re-
markable significance is that one best
seller introduced me to another best
seller" He continues: 1T was inter
esting to see these two young authors to-
gether, and to find these best sellers en-
thusiastic about each others work-the
American tall, slim, blond. alert, with
easy movements and quick eyes, noting
things in a flash and directly; the Eng
Hshman slim, pale, reflective rather than
alert, with the almost shy look of a man
who absorbs before he expresses himself.
and then obliquely rather than directly"
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TOHN GREGORY is thin disguise for
- Harry Kemp himself, and certain
mild amusement may be derived from the
easy Identification of the other characters
introduced. Emma Silverman is Emma
Goldman. John Alexander Mackworth
is William Allen White. Miss Clara Mar
tin, celebrated exposer of corrupt million
aires and captains of industry, is Miss
Ida NJ Tarbell. In the New York Offices
of the National Magazine, which is of
course the American Magazine, John
Gregory meets, among others, Allsworth
Lephil John S. Phillips) and Ray San
ford (Ray Stannard Baker, and Car
ruthers. Heff1in, with the "close cropped
salt and pepper beard, like stage doctor"
(Lincoln Steffens). AS the wrapper in
dorsement of "Tramping on Life" ex-
presses it, Many of the most interesting
characters in American letters and poll
tics appear in Kemp's pages. Some of