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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
GAMBLING SPIRIT RUNS HIGH
IN MOSCOW: Wait FOR SEATS

MOSCOW, Sept 25 There are
able seat around the baccarat and
roulette tables in the newly opened
gambling Carino in Moscow. where
the play runs high from s o'clock in
the evening until 10 the next morn
ing.
Frequenters Of Monte Carlo and
the ether big European gaming places
in he old days when Russian aristo-
Gratis went abroad to spend their
money, always remember the Slays
as the most reckless and inveterate
OF gamblers. visit to the Moscow
Casino today shows that all OF the
troubles of the Russian revolution
have not changed them.
Workmen. roughly dressed and IN
shayen. with heaps OF ten and hun
dred million ruble notes in front
OF them, sit tenscly watching the
turn OF a card at tables where. per-
haps. fashlonably dressed girl, I'M
able to get seat. leans over a
workman and asks him 10 place a
bet for her. or proposes that they
take the "bank" al baccarat together.
Foreigners wonder where the play
ers get their money. Persons whose
appearance suggest their readiness
for tho vagrancy court or the poor
house, dig heaps OF Russian ruble
notes. foreign currency and even
ooId .o;pe an. of raoopd poats and
lose or win billions without outward
appearance of elation or discom-
posure
The big play" at baccarat is con
fined to one room. barred to all
those except actual players. Here
the. minimum bet is 5000o.ooo rubles,
or, at present rates, about $l2 II
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
ARCONAUT MINE
INQUEST STARTS
Woman Coroner Has Valuable
Assistant = No Trace
Of Missing Miner.

JACKSON, Cal. sept. IS. - The
inquest into the deaths of the At
Argonaut mine victims began today.
Prominent persons have been sub
poenaed to appear. Mrs. Dolores A.
Potter, coroner, is assisted by Dis
trict Attorney T. G. Megrich.
No trace has been found of the
body of William Fessel, missing
miner The search continued all day
yesterday. Search will be continued
until every foot of the workings
have been covered.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25

American Nancy From this mini
mum banks arc frequently built up to
many billions of rubles, equal to
several thousand dollars. At other
tables the minimum bet is, 100000
rubles, or two and a half dollars.
and these tables are in the open,
with scores OF anxious spectators
crowding about those lucky enough
to get places.
The roulette wheel is operated
only for one hour each night. and
here the maximum bets range from
1000 900 rubles on single number
10 0000. 900 on color. The wheel
has two zeros. instead OF the usual
one at Monte Carlo. and the profits
of tho "house" at roulette are, IN
proportion. twice those which the
Monte Carlo gamblers reap from
their wheels.
At least 100000 changes hands
nightly at this casino. for the
"house." in taking per cent from
OF about $4,000 night. Recently
one nights takings were 6S,000.000,-
900 rubles.
Prices that shock even hardened
American tourists are demanded tor
refreshments served by the walters
while the play is on. A package OF
10 cigarettes of well known but
very cheap brand. selling in England
for the equivalent OF 10 cents. bring
six million rubles. or a dollar and =
half. while small bottle OF soda
water is served at the equivalent Of
IS cents.
Practically all Of the gains OF the
house go to the government for re-
lief OF famine sufferers, or other
worthy causes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Case Against Movie Actor
will Be Dropped Fake One

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25.-Inves-
tigation of the charges made by
Dorothy Clark against Herbert Raw
linson, movie actor, today resulted
in an announcement by the District
Attorney that Rawlinson is not re-
qufred to answer the formal COM
plant. The District Attorney stated
that he believed the Clark girl and
her mother trumpet up the story
and he did not think it would be
believed by any reasonable person.
The mother CT the Clark girl charg-
ed assault and demanded large
sum CT money.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Sleep Walker Awakes
Two Miles Down Road

LONDON. Sept. 25.-An extraor-
binary case of sleep walking is re-
ported from Fleet, Lincolnshire. A
Norfolk man was cycling through the
country. and arriving at Holbeack.
close upon midnight. was unable to
find lodging. Placing his bicycle
against a gate, he lay down exhaust
ed by the roadside and went to sleep.
On awakening he could not find
his machine. He aroused the village
constable and learned that he had
walked to Fleet. two miles away. in
his sleep. The bicycle was later
found where he had left it at Hol-
beack.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
GRAND ARMY
ENCAMPMENT
TO BE HELD
Veterans and Representatives
Of Organizations Gather
at Des MONIES.

DIES MONIES, Sept. 25.-The
Grand Army Veterans and auxiliary
organizations are gathering here for
the 56th annual national cncamp-
ment.
Official business starts Thursday.
Observers of encampmcnts OF re-
cent years predicted 10000 will gath
err at the encampment The inspec-
ton of credentials of 1880 official
representatives OF state departments
opened today.
Only 20 members of the National
Association sof Army Nurses are
alive Less than II Of them are to
attend. Most Of the.@ ere invalids
and cared for Union soldiers during
the Civil War.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Hayskawa, Film Star,
Nearly Mobbed in Japan

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25.-Ses
sue Hayakawa, Japanese motion pic
ture star, and his actress wife, Tsuru
Aoki, have returned to the United
States on the liner Shinyo Maru
from Japan, where they were ac
companied most of the time, they
said, by guards to protect them from
hostile countrymen. Hayakawa ex
planned that the feeling was due to
the fact that Japanese believed a
role he played was anti-American and
aroused enmity between the United
States and Japan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
ARRA|CNS GRAND
JURY REPORT ON
Mine MASSACRE
Chief Counsel of Illinois Min
ers Makes Open Charges
on Investigation.

MARION, H., Sept. 25.-A. w
Kerr. Chief Counsel of the Illinois
Mine Workers Union. issued state
ment today charging the report of
the special grand jury in the Herrin
miners massacre bears all of the ear
marks of drafted Attorney General
Brundage, CT Illinois, in cola boration
with the Illinois Chamber of Com.
merce.
The Attorney General is openly
financed by the Chamber of Com
merce. whose efforts are to destroy
organized labor" said Kcrr's state
ment
Kerr charged that Attorney Gen.
eral Brundage gave instructions to
the special grand jury through, the
press instead of secretly
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
TRY TO WRECK
NEWSP APER IN
INTERIOR TOWN
Fairbanks News Miner Is
Nearly Put Out Of Bust
ness Allegations Made.
Especial to Empire)

FAIRBANKS, Sept 25-Last Fri
day night somebody knowing about
printing presses got into the News
Miner office and at its cylinder press
and came near putting the paper out
of business and it Is the only news
paper plant in the town.
The person or persons loosened
the bolts on both sides of the cyliu
der press and when the press was
started to run off the first side of
the News-Miner lasthSaturday. one
side went out of business. The side
was repaired and the run was half
through for the last side when the
was not completed until Sunday noon.
The local machine shops nodded
the press parts to hold temporarily.
After the days events. oil soaked
'ags. probably smouldering all day,
burst into flames. But for the rea-
the office at the timo. the shop
would have been burned to the
ground Ink in the barrel had also
been literally treated with cylinder
oil
Editor Thompson said:s 'The pa
per has received many spurious let
tiers from so-cGlled /, refol'mers and
my family and myself have been
abused and insulted by the alleged
reformers because the papcr will not
assist them in trying to change hui
man nature or make water run up
hill"
There is no clue TO the mystery of
gyping.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
ENDS LONG FLIGHT
Soviet Government Firm
Negotiating with Japan

CHANG CHUN. Sept 25.-fhe
Manchuria, Moscow and Chita gov
ernments, continue to insist that
Japan shall fix a date for evacuation
of troops from Northern Saghelien
before any troop agreements can
be made This is according to an
official answer presented to Minis
ter Matsudaira replying to Japan's
refusal to remove troops until in
IDENTIFIED for the massacre of 900
Japanese Nationalist
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Railway Signalmen
Ask for Old Wages

CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-Representa-
tives of the Brotherhood of Railway
Signalmen today asked the Federal
Labor Board to return to war time
wages and the resumption of the
basic eight hour day. d. H. Helt,
president 70 the Brotherhood, opened
the hearing for the employees of AZ
railroads and subsidiaries. The men
seek a return to the wages estab-
lished May S. 1920, when the signal
wages ranged from $4.72 to $7.O4
day
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
British King Orders
Household Economy

LONDON, Sept. 25-King George,
in order to effect further economies
in the royal household, is dispensing
with team OF state carriage horses,
reducing the staff and putting some
servants on pension. The Daily News
says that the Prince of Wales is
commencing special investigation
of social problems at first hand,
especially unemployment and hous-
ing conditions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Barber Must Work
In Shop for Wife

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25.-
George Kefoury. a barber not only
lost his wife in court but also lost
control of his barber shop, the court
awarding his former wife an inter
locutory decree of divorce and full
charge OF the tonsorial parlor. Fur
thermore, Kefoury was ordered by
the magistrate to work in the barber
shop under his wife's supervision
and to pay her $50 per month to-
ward the support OF two minor chill
dren.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
King County Politicians
Elect Their New Officers

SEATTLE. Sept 25-J Y. G. Kel-
logg was reelected member for King
couDsy OF the Republican State Cen
trial Committee. defeating Sam A.
Walker former chairman of the State
Committee. at the meeting of the
County Central Committee held Sat
urday. Wayren n. Lewis was chosen
chairman Of the County Central Com.
mittee. succeeding Robert ID. Jones.
The Democratic County Central
Committee selected Harry NJ. West
fall chairman and the Farmer-La Dor
committee elected p. s. Hoffman to
similar position In that party.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
BUTTE MINERS
TO FORM UNION
Prepare to Negotiate Direc,
| With Operators Hereafter
in. All Troubles.

BUTTE, Mont. Sept. 25.-Three
Thousand miners in "A mass meeting
a union OF their own to be in a
position to treat with the operators
when necessary.
Nothing was said about wages.
leaving the impression that the men
are satisfied with the recent raise
for the present.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
$50 FORCED TO
FLEE FROM FIRE
Forest Fire Sweeps Through
Washington State Log
ging Camp-Big Loss.

SEATTLE. Sept %. One hundred
and fifty employees Of the Discovery
Bay Logging Company were forced to
flee before forest fire which swept
the camp, 20 miles south of Port
Townsend, seven miles from the head
Of Discovery Bay. yesterday evening.
The personal effects of the EN-
ployees and several million feet of
logs were lost The fire is today re-
ported burning itself out in old clear.
ings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
ARcoNAuT INVESTIGATION

SACRAMENTO Sept 25.-Gover-
nor William D. Stephens has appoint
ed as a committee 10 investigate the
Argonaut mine disaster A. B. c.
Dehmann. San Francisco merchant;
C. j. Loring. OF San Francisco. mine
owner and president of the Ameri-
can Mining Congress, and John S.
Williams, OF Grass Valley. former
president of the Grass Valley Miners
Union.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Temporary Injunction
Against Shop Crafts
Is Issued Today

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.-Attorney
General Daughcrty today Sc
cured his temporary injunction
against the shop crafts follow
ing a conference with Judge
Wilkerson. The injunction was
modified somewhat. slight
changes being made in the word
ing to clarity the meaning.
The injunction was signed
by Judge Wilkerson after the
defense attorney. Donald r.
Richberg. said he would be I'M
able TO suggest any other form.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Goddess of Liberty
Takes Place of
Democratic Donkey

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25.-The
Goddess of Liberty has been
adopted unanimously by the
executive Committee of the
Democratic state committee as
the emblem of the Democratic
party in Missouri. The Goddess
of Liberty succeeds the donkey
which has served as the emblem
for many years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
TORPEDO BOAT
SINKS; RESULT
OF COLLISION
British Craft Goes to Bottom
Ten of Crew Are Re-
ported as Drowned.

torpedo boat Speedy sank early yes
terday in the Sea of MarmOra as the
result of colliding with Dutch
trawler. according to a Reuters dis
patch from Constantinople
Ten of the crew of the destroyer
were drowned and 81 were saved
The torpedo boat sank within seven
minutes after the collision.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Crushed to Death When
Hosting Bucket Drops

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Sept rs
Five wOrkmen employed by the Glenn
Rogers Coal Company at Glenn Rog-
yesterday when hosting bucket
loaded with stone fell down a 00.foOt
shaft, crushing the men to death.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Pint Under His Hat
Costs 500 and Cost,

MILWAUKEE. Sept. PA con-
fidence is about the only thing one
may safely keep under ones hat
these days, says Joe Schiller. who
started home with pint flask under
his hat and was much embarrassed
when required by dry sleuth to
lift the bonnet. In court he paid
500 and costs. ~
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Fire Chief Is Injured
When Floor Collapse'

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Sept. %.
Fire Chief Keith Ambrose was Sc
verely hurt today when floor col
lapsed sduring fire that destroyed
two business buildings here yester.
day afternoon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Former Kaiser Bill
To Wed in Novembe 1

BERLIN, Sept. 25.-The wedding
cess Hermine has been tentatively
set for November 5, according to
reports received here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
Predicts Hard Winter for
Some in Cold Bay Region

SEATTLE, Sept 25-Philip R.
Love. member OF a geological party
working during the past summer in
the Cold Bay region. said the new
town OF Kanatak has population Of
$50 and the price of town lots is ris-
ing fast. Love predicted hard
winter for those not grubstaked.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
BOMBING Plane
FALLS; s DEAD
Accident Happens at Mineola
Cause Will Probably
Never Be Known.

MINEOLA, Sept. 25.-Lieut. Ray
mond Davis, of the Army Air Service,
and five enlisted men, were killed
when a huge Martin bombing plane
fell on Mitchell field during a flying
circus.
After the war naneuvers officers
said the plane had been Inspected
before leaving the flying field and
was all right The cause of the trag-
eGy will probably never be known.
ENDS LONG FLIGHT
ARCADIA. Cal. Sept. 25.-The
army dirigible CO. which left Lang
leg Field. Virginia. on September
IA on transcontinental flight to
California. has arrived here.
Major H. A. Strauss is command
ing officer while others aboard are
Capt. George A. McEntire, Lieut. o
A. Anderson. Lieut.. Don l.. Hutchi
son, Master Sergeant William f
Fitch and Staff Sergeant A. D. AL
brecht.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
TURKS RETIRE
UNDER White
FLAG; threat
Turkish Cavalry Crosses Into
Neutral Zone and then Told
to Get Out Quickly.
BRITISH GUNS TURNED
ON ADVANCING FORCE
Allied Conference Planned in
Order to Arrange for Tenn
porary Armistice.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 25.-
British officials announce that the
Turkish force of 100 cavalrymen
which crossed the neutral zone at
Chanak last Saturday night, retired
early Sunday morning on Bairam
Jik, following a meeting at 6 o'clock
yesterday morning between the COM
manders of the Turkish and British
forces.
No shots were fired.
The Turks retired under white
flag. They stopped their advance
when the British notified the Turk
ish commander that q further for
ward movement would cause the
British to open FIRE.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-09-25
CONFERENCE PLANNED.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 2S.--
The Allied High Commissioners plan
meeting of the representatives, OF
Greece and the Turkish Nationaiiats
at a conference at Mudanf. They
expect to settle terms Of an arm
istice.
Rear Admiral Mark l.. Bristol.
commander OF the American Navy
in Turkish waters will attend 40 m
Iebservor OF Lac United STATS.
The conference is planned to sx-
anime the military and naval posi-
tions of the belligerents with view
Of immediate cessation of hostilittes.
- ~
U. s. HELP REFUGEES.
LONDON, Sept 20. A Reuter-
dispatch from Athens says Rear Ad-
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-12
snake BITE.

Pallbearers step forward to bury another gen.
orally accepted idea, now exploded false. Whisky
is not good for snake bite, announces Dr. Gilbert
Wander Smissen, specialist in treating gents who
have thoughuessly stepped rattlers copperheads'
water moccasins and other lovable pets.
In fact says Dr. Smissen, a quart of rye or Scotch
is apt to lessen the victims chances of recovery.
other scientists back DR.. Smissen's views. They
have been carrying Investigations started b. the
Brazilian institute of serum therapy.
Science thus vindicates the legal ruling few
months ago by Judge J. C. Hutchinson of the fed
eraI court in session at Corrus Christi, Tex
gentleman on trial for violating the Volstead
act had explained that snakes numerous and
active in his community, and that it considered
necessary to have a bottle Of hooch on hand.
The judge said he had been brought up on the
theory that whisky was good for snake bite, but
that the idea has been exploded by science. heart
stimulant hastens circulation of poison through the
body He added: Two hundred and fifty dollars
and COSTS"
Like most evils snake bite is not as dangerous as
generally believed. The mortality from
American venomous serpents Is only little more
than 10 out OF persons bitten, according to the
governments Biological Survey.
Most snakes the survey adds, skeedaddle at the
approach OF And their striking distance is
only about three-fou OF their length
Goodby. oldest Of John Barleycorns alibis!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-12
THE BEST SECURITY.

Ten banks IN the city OF New York offered to take
half OF the new five hundred million dollar bond
issue put out by the treasury department for
the purpose OF keeping credit in this country going
These securities are already selling at a premium,
although they have not been Issued
The timid thing in the world IS money and
tn most cautious person In the country is the bank
CT. He takes chances. II you not believe
ihat try 20 borrow money or better still look at
the statistics OF business discover that banks
show the smallest percentage Of failure
or course that oner from these banks does not
mean that they will buy them and be content with
the four and half cent a.year. That is too
small for the banker. It does mean that these
banks have customers and clients who want safety
their money and who will eagerly put their dol
lars in the hands OF Uncle sam on his small interest
rather than place them in other enterprises with
some risk.
Those who have any fear that the country is
bankrupt. that the heavy drain is destroying all
industry that the government will have a hard
time to pay its debts may look at the response to
this issue and be treasured.
The best security in the I'D Is the bond given
by this government.
Il Is best because this government Is secure and
stable. II rests upon the loyalty and love and
vodon Of a hundred and ten millions of men and
women who compose it and are a part of e.
It Is best because in natural resources and in
developed possibilities this nation possesses untold
billions.
It is best because back of its credit is the labor
and industry Of a purposeful people who have
learned to create wealth through labor earnest
endeavor
It is best because it is government founded upon
fundamental emotions of human kind backed by
q courage and a fixed purpose to maintain not only
us integrity its principles.
With TIE mark selling at 5000 for a dollar where
once the dollar bought but four. with English
pounds sterling far below their old level Of values,
with the currency OF every other nation that
Of Japan below par the eagerness with which the
conservative banker grabs at government bonds
should be more than inspiring
Bankers never invest in falling markets in
decadent institutions
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-12
THE POISON TONGUE.

Applaud that courageous southern woman who
is heroicaHy and courageously lighting clear her
reputation Of the sure upon it by
known sanderer
1t happened that the lady in question
gagged to be married 20 an aged millionaire who at
the last moment called off the wedding because
he had received anonymous notes that reflected
somewhat uron his fances modes and habits OF life
She IS 20 be congratulated upon her escape from
wedIock with who. matter what his wealth,
has the sort of mind which listens to whispers OF
gossip and reacts to the poisonous suggestion of
scandal without inquiry and without facts.
But She is dealing with evil which brings more
misery and more unhappness into the world than
al the wars that have ever been fought when she
tries 10 the skulking creature who first set
sfoat the unwelcorne stories.
This has become a gos>ipy in which truth is
lightly handled and in which the regulations and
feelings of others receive but scant consideration.
Euvious and idle minds delight in Selling upon
some trivial incident and magnifying it to the pro-
portions OF a scandal
The modern psychologist tries 20 this very
common trait of mind and character to the pro
tecve instinct which seeks cover It's own trans
,ressions by attributlng similar ones to others
they work along the old line that the safest way
for bandit to escape 10y joining in the chase
and r. sing his own cry OF stop thief"
The idle tale that comes 90 your ears. when re-
peated IS given hfe
II goes on its journey growing as it travels from
tongue 20 tongue, until finally brushes with its
weight
Many a reputation has been blasted by those OF
,enomous minds and idle me-who coniure their
suspicious into cerainties then hide behind the
cowardly Il heard they say"
Let it be hoped that this woman. who has been
honored signally among women Of - southland
VIII be successful in forcing from the lips Of the
millionaire admrer who most cowardly deserted
al the FIRST signal The OF his informants and
that they be given the punishment Of the modern
pIIory OF scorn and ostracism.
The early Puritans tried 20 discourage this evil by
uIacine gossipers in the stocks.
Hard labor and interest in good prob
ably the only successful cures those who spray
polson with their tongues