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GREEK CABINET OFFICERS SHOT;
GUILTY OF RECENT WAR DEBACLE
Great Tragedy Is Expected i'm
Asia Minor; May Rival Smyrna

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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28
FRANK CONLEY
IS INDICATED
BY HIGH COURT
Former Prison Warden in
Montana Is Given Decision
in Sensational Case

HELENA, Mont, Nov. ga com
plete victory for Frank Conley, for
mer warden OF the state penitentiary
VINO WAS sued by the state for an
accounting after having been re
placed in April of last year. is con
tanned in the opinion and rulings
handed down in the District Court
today. The state charged Conley
converted state property to his own
use.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28

MEANWHILE, Pa. Nov. 2S-Bishop
James NJ Thoburn, OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. died at his home
here this morning after a lingering
Illness,
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Entire Family
Wiped Out in
An Accident

SPRINGFIELD H., Nov. 28.-
The entire family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Wilxon, two daughters,
one and three years OF age,
were killed last night when the
automobile they were riding in
was struck by Chicago &
Alton train in a snowstorm.
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decisions of the Washington treaties
have been carried out, which Is be-
lieved from some quarters, the CON-
ing session of the Diet is of more
importance than the political
speeches.
Universal Suffrage
The Diet usually meets on Decem-
Der %, but after appointing chair
men OF committees adj0urns until
lConfinned ON PagA TWal
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28
Fresno Citizens Are
Preparing for Wobblies

FRESNO, Cal, Nov. 2S.-To COM
bat the Wobblies who are reported
about To repeat their congregation
here as they did one year ago, the
Citizens League has been revived
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28
Italian Senate Has
Confidence in Premier

ROME, Nov. 2S.-The Senate to
day unanimously voted confidence
in Premier MuSsoiini
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28
BRUSH TO WITHDRAW.

LONDON, Nov. 28.-lt 10 stated
officially tonight that British min.
listers in Greece will be withdrawn
at once as the result Of the execu-
tions at Athens today.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28

SANTIAGO. Chile. Nov %. Tie
Senate by vote of Is TO IA has
adopted the Tacna- africa protocol
with reservations.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-28
RUM0RED EXECUTED

BULLEIlNLOND Nsv. n
Accordins to . despatch fron Atlns
late this afternoon, Ill Gr6ek fCri(er
minister Of the cabinet end otlGka
condemned TO death by the milit4Fy
court have been executed. Y
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BREAK MAY OCCUR.

ed today by shooting.
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the publishers, fors the purpose of
helping the author revise. to suit his
taste.
THO return to the reverse Of the
= shield. Goldsmith's "The Vicar
Of Wakefield" Millions Paradise
Lost" and Murger's Scenes de la
Vie de Boheme" have been men,
toned. There is no more pathetic
case in literary history than that
of Edgar Allan Poe. Some of Poe's
finest short stories were sold for
SIS apiece. To him affiuence was in
sight when a Pittsburgh review
offered him 81 page for critical
work. But the review died as soon
as it was born. Poe may have
been, and almost certainly was, a
consummate liar. His manners
and his habits may have been bad.
But no one has denied his genius
and his industry. Yet intense labor
did not save him from the misery
of his Fordham cottage, with his
child wife, Virginia, dying without
sufficient covering against the cold.
There is a brighter side to that
reverse of the shield when it comes
to certain authors of later day.
Beatrice Harraden's "Ships That
Pass in the Night" was one of the
most widely read books of a year.
Yet sold outright it brought its
author a mere pittance. Florence
Morse Kingsley's Titus" is said
to have sold more than 100000
copies. All Mrs. Kingsley received
was $1,000. The story was written
for a prize contest, one of the con-
ditions being that the winning
author should relinquish all claims
of royalty. George Barr McCutch-
cons "Graustark" has sold half a
million copies. 1t was Mr.. NC
Cutcheon's first book, and when ne
sold the copyright for $500 he con-
sidered himself an astute business
man. Happily fate has compen-
stated these last named authors IN
subsequent successes OF flnanclai
account.
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Authors Works
And Their Ways

Carl Van Vechten, whose mover
"Peter Whif1e: His Life and
Works." published by Alfred A.
Knopf, is reviewed in this issue, is
well known as a music critic ana
author of numerous books on music
and musical criticism, and also as
the author of "The Tiger in the
House." the definitive work in Eng
lish on the cat, and editor of Lords
of the Housetops," an anthology OF
cat stories.
One of the choice association
books included in the recent
sale of the library of the late
Edward Horner Coates of Phila-
delphia was a copy of "Stalkey
G Co." On the fiyleaf Kipling has
written: MANY thanks for your
note. It's good hearing that
'Stalkey & Co. amused you, because
/ had rather a good time myself
writing it. It's in the nature of a
moral tract-only a perverse gener-
alton insists on calling it comic, and
boys book, and lot OF other
things which it isn't. It's all
cribbed from 'Froebel,' with a few
alterations to dispense the plaglar-
isms."
Albert Bigelow Paine, who has
been in Europe for some months
travelling in the little motor car
which figured so prominently in his
recent book, 1.-THE Car That Went
Abroad (Harper's), has made
Vevey, Switzerland, his temporary
home. There on the shore of Lake
Geneva he is devoting himself to
the aid of Russian exiles who have
fed to Switzerland as haven for
the oppressed.
The average author usually prints
his name in full on the title page oil
his book, and we can imagine that
il a publisher omits an authors
middle name he is likely to receive
a sharp communication from the
author. An exception to the gen
eral rule is the author of "a Littl,
More" the title page of which sim
ply reads "A Little More" by w. B
Maxwell. 1t requires a reference
to Who's Who to find out that w. B
Maxwell is known to his intimat
friends as Capt. William Darlington
Maxwell.
A new novel by Diana Patrick i
to be published in the latter part o
April by E. p. Dutt0n & Co. 1t
title will be Barbara Justice" an,
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one occupation into another until
finally, after many hazards and
strange experiences, she finds haven
in love and marriage. The novel has
already been published in England.
Diana Patrick is already known to
American readers by her previous
novels, 1.-THE Wider Way" and ISL
ands of Desire"
"Gentle julia" Booth Tarking-
toms newest comedy of manners.
which Doubleday, Page & Co. will
publish on April %, is his third pic
ture on youth in middle Western
town. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
teen' and Gentle Julia"-twenty-
two-these three make a singularly
complete record of the emotions, the
disasters and the psychology of
youth.
Frederick Villiers, the war CORE
spondent who died in London few
days ago, is said to have been the
model from whom Rudyard Kipling
drew Dick Heldar of 1.-THE Light
That Failed" Mr.. Villiers's auto
biography, Frederick Villiers; His
Five Decades of Adventure" was
published last year by the Harpers.
Charles Scribner's Sons announce
that even more copies of John Gals
worthy's ITO Let" which made it's
appearance last fall as the final
novel in the Forsyte series, have
been sold in the United States than
in England. All the novels and
stories dealing with the Forsytes
have been combined in a single mar
tative in the recently issued For
syte Saga" recently reviewed In
THE HERALD.
Henry Sydnor Harrison, author
of saint Teresa" has been reading
Stephen French Whitman's new
novel Sacrifice" (Appleton), and
says: whitman writes enchant-
ingly. He is one of the few con-
temporary novelists of the younger
group who have in the fine sense a
style. His imaginative power and
his feeling for beauty, too, are re-
markable." 1t may be noted that
both saint Teresa" and Sacrifice"
were reviewed in recent issues of
this section. 10
Booksellers in all parts of the
United States are making plans to
assemble in Washington on May s
for the annual convention of the
American Booksellers Association.
The business of selling books is tire.
mendously prosperous right now
depression or no depression. New,
helpful and constructive Ideas are
expected to be brought forward to
further increase the public's inter-
est in books. Many prominent
speakers are to address the meet
ings and open discussion is prom
ised of all problems pertaining to
book selling.
William Johnston, author of 1.-THE
Tragedy at the Beach Club" is
New York newspaper man well
known for his mystery stories. For
many years he has been connected
with the Sunday edition of the New
York World. Soon after the publi-
cation of his latest book he received
the following from his dentist:
Dear Mr.. Johnston-I do enjoy so
much reading your mystery novels.
Won't you inscribe your name in
TIE last one and sent it to me?" Mr..
Johnston sent him the book as re-
quested, but with it went this note.
sMy Dear Doctor enjoy your re-
cent work so much that some day I
am coming over and get you to put
in a complimentary filing"
From Hannibal, Mo-, birthplace
of Mark Twain, comes the news that
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reputation had been firmly estab-
lished by the publication of s'Van-
ity Fair" and "Pendennis" he was
rather elated by an offer of a
thousand guineas outright for 1.-The
History of Henry Esmond," which
Anthony Trollope said was so far
the best historical novel in the
English language that there was
no second. For the short Round
about Papers," which he con-
tributed to the Cornhill, Thackeray
received f100 apiece. Incidentally,
the most interesting chapter of
Trollope's Autobiography" is the
one in which he tells of his earn
ings from his pen. Being an ex-
ceedingly methodical person, who
wrote something every day, even
on shipboard, he kept careful ac-
counts. He found, when near the
end Of his life, that he had been
paid about f70,0G0 for what he had
written, a sum which he con-
sidered ''fair, but not magnificent"
a LII nations have read and will
II continue to read Victor
Hugo's LES Miserables." There
is story in the financial arrange
ments involved in the publication
of that book, which was written
when Hugo was an exile in Guern-
sey. A Belgian, Lacroix, deter
mined that he would become the
great mans publisher regardless
Of cost. First he dispatched lyric
letter, agreeing to subscribe to all
demands and conditions. Genius
is not to be bargained WITH" he
wrote. Then, in response to Hugo's
invitation, Lacroix went to Guern-
sey. There he bound himself to
disburse sums of which he did not
possess the first part. Where
should he find the $4,000 francs to
be paid on the delivery of the
manuscript? What il the EN-
peror should prohibit the work in
France?" Then, when he was
about to sign, he saw on the desk
pile of blackened sheets. Timidly
he asked if he could examine the
manuscript. Hugo's hand came
down heavily. mo, it is impos-
sible. Suppose it is blank paper.
/ have put my name there. That
suffiices."
A S an example of the earning
II powers of distinguished
Frenchman of letters of some
what later period than Victor
Hugo and Alexandra Dumas, take
Guy de Maupassant, who was ex-
traordinarily productive from about
1880 till a year or two before his
death, in 1893. According to his
biographer, Edouard Maynial. Maui
PEASANTS yearly earnings from his
pen were from $4,000 to $4,000
francs. The amount is not large
considering that in the Paris OF
thirty-fve years ago he was a big
seller" For his novels he was paid
one franc a line in the periodicals,
or, to express the matter in the
terms of to-day, at the rate OF two
or three cents word for serial
rights. According to table the
sale of Maupassant's books down
to December, 1891, was as follows:
1863 900 short stories, $4,000 books
of travel, 10000 novels; in all,
$4,000 volumes. These figures
must have subsequently vastly in
creased, probably more than
trebled.
j EORMERLY it was customary to
l. pay an author by the line.
The canny Dumas took riotous ad-
vantage of that by introducing in
to his work a wealth of dialogue
in which a monosyllable served as
complete line. The so much a
word" as the measure of an
authors commercial value is of
comparatively recent date and
probably of american origin.
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papers were filled with stories in
which Sycamore Fill, Oyster Bay,
was represented as being violently
besieged by troop of magazine
editors and publishers who, fired
by competition, were bidding 81
word, $3.50 word, 50 a word and
even beyond, for anything that he
would write. 1t was said that one
publishing firm had made Mr..
Roosevelt a fat offer of 100000
for book about his projected trip
to Europe, and that another house
had bid $4,000 for book on sports
and hunting.
THE subject of the author and
j his earnings is so vast a one
and so rich in contrast and anec-
dote that we might easily run on
to half a dozen pages Of THE
HERALD book section without more
than scratching the surface. A
word about some of the Amer
leans of to-day. There is Mr.. Win
ston Churchill, one of the most
prosperous of American novelists.
Once upon a time an industrious
person with a statistical turn OF
mind figured out that 1000 spruce
trees had to be cut down in order
that Mr.. Churchill's Richard Car
vel" might be printed. From the
story as a book and from the
royalties accruing from it's drama
tization Richard Carvel" yielded
its author more than 100000. In
one way Booth Tarkington's Mon
sieur Beaucaire" is striking as a
money earning book. In the form
in which it was first published it
sold about 100000 copies. Since,
in cheaper editions, it has sold
perhaps another 100000. Yet its
length is only 1900 words, not
much longer than the average
short story; rather shorter than
some of the short stories that have
appeared in the Saturday EUe-
ming Post"
A year or so ago the House of
II Harper made the announce
ment that 1t had sent to the
heirs of Mark Twain check for
approximately $4,000 for royalties
on the sales of the Mark Twain
books during the preceding twelve
months. Mention of the publish
ing firm recalls a story. In the
Authors Club of New York there
used to hang print entitled
Author and Publisher" 1t showed
the conditions of literary life as
it was in the days of London's
Grub Street, fat, arrogant pub
Usher in a great chair, and stand
ing before him an i'll clad, enact
ated scribe, humbly begging his
good Offices. One night many years
ago a member of the Harper
family was noticed studying the
print intently and muttering:
Infamous What is infamous?"
asked some one. See for your
SELF" replied Mr.. Harper, pretend
ing to misunderstood the meaning
of the print and not at all ill
pleased at the opportunity of a
fling at what he regarded as the
reversed conditions. is it not
| infamous the way that rich author
is bullying that poor publisher"
WE shall not go into the merits
w of what is meant to be read
between the lines in Rudyard
Kipling's Rhyme of the Three
Captains" for that, as the familiar
saying used to be, is another story.
But there is a very pretty tale
about the House of Harper and the
payment made by them to George
du Maurier for "Trilby." Du
! Maurier, taking up the pen when
almost sixty years of age, had
written peter Ibbetson," which
found high favor among discrimi
mating readers, but which had had
no great material success. Then
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A new novel by Diana Patrick is
to be published in the latter part Of
April by E. P. Dutton & Co. Its
title will be Barbara Justice" and
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FORMERLY it was customary to
L pay an author by the line.
The canny Dumas took riotous ad-
vantage of that by introducing in
to his work wealth of dialogue
in which a monosyllable served as
a complete line. The $50 much a
word" as the measure Of an
authors commercial value is of
comparatively recent date and
probably of american origin.
There is a story to the effect that
fifteen or twenty years ago wag,
reading somey here that Kipling
was being pail a shilling a word
for his work, sent the author
shilling and stamped aid ad-
dressed envelope with a request
for a sample, and that Kipline
complied by sending back the
word: "ThanEs." During Theodore
Roosevelt's SECOND term as Presi
dent his writings commanded q
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TN this department of an issue of
4 about two months ago refer
ence was made to Dickens's earn
ings from his pen, which amounted
to $4,000 year over long period
of years. His great rival Thack-
cray was not nearly so successful
financially. For such early works
as "The Great Hoggarty Diamond"
ana 'Barry Lyndon"-in slapy re-
>nedE Ypdee<.
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
SoAPSUDS SOLUTION
u.oF THIS EMBRoGi.lo

CHICAGO; Oct. 13!-Tremepdous
excitement ~ . the Italian quarter.
symptoms Of a general riot and lusty
calls Tor The plioce brought a squad
Of very, vide and thick "coppers". to
the shDhStSfsan Italian. An enter.
.prising five-year-old bad managed TO
get his head, through the oval seat
OF q, chair. His legs were working
Overtime and the entire community
was running In circles, waving hands
ahb ,shrilling, strange Sicilian cries.
The five policemen tried various
schemes and gave up the job. Then
they summoned a fire truck. More
excitement. and the Jewish residents
Of the Ghetto came over and added
their lamentations to the general
hubbub.
A young fireman. who has no chill
dren Of his own, laid a ring ofsoap.
suds around the baby's head. wig.
gled one ear at a time out Of the
circular trap and separated the child
and the chair amidst a cachinnation
and hullabaloo that would have made
the Tower of Babel seem a dome of
silence.
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
KAISER AUNT
MAY PATCH UP
WEDDING ROW
Grand Duchess Summons
Princess Herminie to Mainau
To Meet Relatives.

BERLIN, Oct. 13.-Princess Her.
minie of Reuss. prospective bride Of
the ex-kaiser. has been summoned
before the Grand Duchess Of Beden.
aunt Of Wilhelm. who has command.
ed the bride-to-be to appear at her
castle at Mainau, to meet Prince and
Princess Eitel Frederick. in the hope
of patching up the family dissension
caused by the betrothal of the for
mer German ruler.
The wedding, scheduled to occur
in November. will confer upon the
bride the title Queen wilhelmina
of Prussia" though she will in resl.
ity be ruler only over the household
at Doom. Word from there says
the former kaiser il looking forward
to the event with eager anticipation.
|. Il shall soon be the happiest man
In the world" he Is reported to have
said, and can no longer be called
the solitary exile Of Doorn."
The princess. from all outward
manifestations, Is equally happy at
the prospect Of sharing his fate.
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
PENNSYLVANIA TRIES TO
CUT DOWN ACCIDENTS

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-In an effort
to further reduce the hazards Of au.
tomobiling, the Pennsylvania rail.
road has promulgated these rules for
automobile drivers.
When approaching the railroad
and before crossing the tracks
slow down.
SHIFT into lower gear to pre-
vent stalling on the tracks.
s-Look In both directions.
<-Listen.
5-Don't try to beat q train over
Q crossing. Stop II train Is ap'
preaching.
s-After a train has passed, make
sure that no others are approaching
from either direction.
BE doubly careful at night and
on strange roads,
The Pennsylvania points out TINT
In the last i've years e.101 persons
were killed and $4,000 injured In
grade crossing accidents,
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
I KILLED, 2 HURT IN CAR
STOLEN FROM OLDFIELD

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-An auto.
mobile stolen from Barney Oidfield,
driven along Riverside Drive today
at sixty miles an hour, crashed
into a tree and was wrecked One
occupant Of the car was killed In.
stantly. two others were injured ana
the fourth escaped injury, but was
later arrested on charges Of homicide
and grand larceny.
The machine was stolen from q
garage where Oldfieid, who had plan.
ned to return to his California move
promotions today, left II shortly be-
fore midnight.
The dead man was identified ss
James r. Degnan. thirty years old.
The injured were Edward o'D IN.
nell, twenty.nine. a chauffeur nd
Edward Mckee, OF the same ago. ard
occupation. Joseph Mckee, who the
police aIlege drove the car, was held
without bail for examination Batur.
day.
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
N 0RLEANS.]S
PLANNING GAY
i. TIME FOR VETS
old, French city to Be Lit Up
as Never Before-Huge :.
Program Ready. :

NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 13.-New
Orleans, the home Of the praline
and win rouge is all set to play
host to Uncle Sans doushboys,
marines and gobs when the Fourth
Annual Convention OF the American
Legion gets underway at the Amer
ican Legion auditorium here Mon
day.
In the language of the doughboys,
the New Orleans folks have arranged
for everything from soup to Ford
tractors to entertain the former
wearers Of the tin derbies and
cootie tenanted khaki blouses.
Big Program Of Stunts
Among the special stunts arranged
by the New Orleans committee will
be aqueduct championship events.
half a dozen or more boxing bouts,
national championship rifle shoot,
golf and tennis tournaments, 6eld
and track meet. wrestling bouts. a
big fireworks display and. from the
program, II looks like there is going
to be at. least five hundred dances
staged on the beautiful streets Of
New Orleans.
There will be French dances.
Irish dances, Yiddish dances and the
old colored dances, so that Capt.
Watson B. Miller and his tribe OF
Wa ashington legionaires can lock
forward to wearing out more than
the pair Of shoes on the streets
made famous by cotton, pralines and
vim rouge.
Expected on Sunday.
Arrangements have been made to
open headquarters In the st. Charles
Hotel for the Washington delegation,
which is expected to arrive here
Sunday evening over the Seaboard
Air Line Convention Special.
The fame of Bob Conroy and his
dog "Stubby" has already reached
this picturesque Vieux Carre, and
the folks are looking forward 10
seeing this battle-scarred and medal
decorated member Of the canine
family when II leads the Washing
ton delegation In the legion parade
Thursday.
The Washington times., 1922-10-13
CAR BORIS OF Bull AN GIRL TO SHARE TIL
Jury OF Women Only
Fixes Damages
In, Explosion

WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. H.
A Jury composed eStirely Of wom-
en- fixed damages in the case Of
Albert Manville. q minor, against
the Manufacturers' Light and
Heat Company at $3.50 as the
result Of the explosion Of gas In
an outhouse on the property Of
the plaintiff on Clark street, In
Martins Ferry.
The plaintiff alleged that he
was severely burned as the result
Of the explosion.
The jury was composed Of Mrs.
Mary c. Frint, forewoman; Mrs.
Carrie. Butcher and Misses Cath
crime Fulton. Bess Felter. Beuiah
Jones. Mary Mcfarland. Serena
Mcbride, Mary Gray Mcbride,
Nellie Lester, Blanche Harrison,
Nellie Butler and Lillian Scott.