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Evening star., 1924-10-12
Urges Private Capital to Aid
Government in Reforestation

When we realize that mines are now
paying 100, 200, 800 and 400 per cent
more per 1000 for their timber
than was the case a few years ago,
the seriousness of the situation is i'm
pressed upon us.
The miners interest, being only
about per cent of a great national
industry, appears rather small from
the quantity standpoint, but when
paying from to GEMS per foot and
an equal cost for handling il and
using to Il feet to the ton mined,
1t is evident that timber may be the
item that determines whether the ore
is produced at a profit or at a loss.
Relatively, the miner is not using
much timber, but what he is using is
an important item in his cost sheet,
and it is an item that will continue
to grow rather rapidly unless prac-
tical steps are soon taken to over
come this tendency.
Indeed, it is already too late to do
anything that will keep timber costs
where they are now, but il is not too
late to take steps toward preventing
its use from becoming prohibtiVe in
mines. Some of these steps ought to
have been taken long ago, but they
were not, and 1t is most urgent that
they be taken now.
THE problem is nation wide, every
citizen is vitally interested in it, but
it's solution and provision for the
future must be cared for by a COM
parative few who fully realize it's
seriousness. and miners form one OF
the groups who do realize its serious.
ness
Evening star., 1924-10-12

Private capital, with Government
aid, should engage in reforestation.
asserts Charles H Mcdowell, chair
man of the American Engineering
Councils Committee on Reforesta-
ton, in Mining and Metallurgy, Of
fetal journal of the American In
stitute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers.
The nations timber supplies, he de-
clares, are dwindling so rapidly that
the situation will soon become in
tolerable.
all mineral productions that one can
not help but wonder If the estimates
of total consumption that have been
made are accurate" he says. From
Is to 25 per cent of the annual tim
ber cut in the United States is esti-
mated as used in the mining industry
Several authorities who have given
the subject much study place their
consumption estimates between these
extremes. There were presented at a
recent conference of the American Ip-
stitute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers reliable reports from vari-
Gus bituminous coal mines, showing
a consumption of LIS up to IL board
feet. .-
While metal mines reported from
to 90 board feet per ton of ore pro-
duced, a large number of the coal
mines used about SIS board feet, and
a corresponding number Of the metal
mines used about double that amount.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

But by contrast. would any nation with .
dangerous neighbor. merely because Of tho
sor. run the risk of disarmament; would it
take the chance of invasion and partition in
cident to disarmament with only the league
protocol defense against a neighbor
whose purposes were doubtful and whose past
record Of bad faith undeniable? Specifically,
would France, Poland, Belgium Czechoslova-
kia. Jugoslavia and Rumania. facing Germany
Hungary and Russia. even assuming that
Germany will soon join the league, run the
risk, dismiss their armies, Denmark has
just done? Obviously not, just as Britain,
despite the fact that no formidable European
fleet now exists, insists upon the retention OF
her great fleet.
The league at it's present session has, then,
not merely done nothing to remove the causes
Of war. but it has done nothing to make pos
sib!e success at the disarmament conference
which 1t has conditionally fixed for next June
Herriot in his opening speech at Geneva
spoke of the three inseparable steps to the
foundation of peace - arbitration, security,
disarmament. But Geneva, while dealing ad-
equately and even admirably with 4rb:Ira-
tion. has been unable to do anything in the
matter of security. and therefore, the pros
poets of disarmament about where they
were before the session began.
Only Formula for Security.
Obviously, security can only be insured by
the agreement of all members of the league to
pool their military and naval resources and
place these unreservedly at the service Of the
league itself to enforce its decisions. The
only alternative yet proposed is the famous
Bourgeois scheme of the original peace con-
ference of 1919, which envisaged creating a
league force out of the armies of the member
nations, endowing the league with a general
stan and giving it in reality a military es-
tablishment a standing army of it's own, COM
posed of the divisions supplied by the mem
Der nations
But to either scheme there is at once the
hxed and unaiterable opposition of the Brit
ish. They will not be bound, they will not
surrender their Independence lust as we
would not For them this is an alliance
commitment. They will do nothing which
would in any degree limit the complete free
dom OF decision of the government which
happened to be in power at the moment a
DANGER OF war arose. Moreover, even If the
United States eventually became a member of
the league, nothing is more certain than that
1t would not assume such an obligations: in
deed. the mere demand for such a pledge
would destroy all chance of our membershin
Continued on Third Page !
Evening star., 1924-10-12
Urges U. S. Employment Agency
To Functions ON Prominent Basis

The need for a. greater national
employment service will be urged
upon Congress when the legislative
body reasSembleS in December, by
Representative Scott Leavitt of Mon
tana, and Secretary of Labor Davis
has had a study made during the
Summer just past to develop just
what the real situation is regarding
the labor market.
Representative Leavitt is prompt
cd in his drive for expansion of the
United States Employment Service
by his wartime experiences, when
he organized and directed the war
emergency employment service in his
home State, and acted as a special
representative of the Secretary of
Labor in important investigative
work.
The first need for an expanded and
adequate employment service he sees,
is to solve the problem of Social un-
rest by changing the mental attitude
of men when they find a Federal
agency which helps to solve their
problem of getting and holding job,
and which operates to give them a
square deal instead of exploitation.
While such an employment agency
can link up state and city Offices,
Representative Leavitt SAYS. it must
be recognized as Federal agency TO
accomplish this first essential value
In the second place. out of his own
extensive experience and close touch
with the labor market, Representative
Levitt advises that a national system
of employment offices, each in touch
with all others, can meet any possible
labor shortage by an adequate system
of intelligent distribution. 1t can take
I'D the burden of proper distribution of
immigrant labor as well to relieve to
some extent the congestion in cities.
Thus it will be in another way one of
the chief agencies in the Americaniza-
tion movement.
Still again, he points out, it will help
materially in placing rehabilitated men
as they come by the thousands out of
training.
When such a federal employment
service is re-established in a peace
time basis as it operated SO effectively
sa the wartime emergency, Repre-
Evening star., 1924-10-12
French Academy Bars
Cocktail From Language

The French Academy is continuing
its consideration of the words to be
included in the national dictionary,
and the latest word of foreign extrac-
ton to be barred is cocktail" 1t was
decided that cocktail was neither
French in it's pronunciation, nor in
it's character, since to give it a Gallo
form it would be necessary to write
1t coquetele, and to shake up together
purely French ingredients, such as
champagne. cognac, Alsatian Kirsch
and Norman Calvados. 1t was unani-
mouSly considered that it would never
occur to any Frenchman to mix his
drinks in this manner, and the acad-
emy firmly rejected both the word
and the drink as being against all
French traditions.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

sentative Leavitt is convinced it will
have IAN almost unlimited opportunity
for the benefiting of the workers, saw
ing and establishing homes, strengthen
ing industries and building Ameri-
caniSm"
He would have a special Congress
sional committee investigate the op-
portunity and recommend legislation to
meet it, and he has himself introduced
resolution for the appointment of
such a committee
Representative Leavitt points out that
there is labor turnover of 5000, 900 a
year to take care of, so that the nation
as a whole will be benefited.
Evening star., 1924-10-12
New Wrangel Expedition.

The Leningrad Geographic Society
is sending a scientific expedition to
Wrangel Island under the leadership
of the geodetic expert, DR.. Davidoff.
head of the navigation department to
the Far East expedition. He intends
to make a complete survey of the
island.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

cuss the Denison bill and the feasi-
biity of such legislation. Eugene
Thompson of this city, vice .presi-
dent of the I. B. A, says the; asso-
citation is not making a fight either
for or against the Denison or other
bills of similar nature. His associa-
ton, however, Mr.. Thompson says,
considers the Denison bill as the
least Objectionable" Of all such pro-
posed legislation.
Evening star., 1924-10-12

CONTINUED on Third PageD
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22
WHEELER AS PROSECUTOR AND
DEFENDANT

"Frame-up", shouts Senator Wheel
er, of Montana, in answer to an in
dictment returned against him by a
Montana grand jury. His first move is
TO rise in the senate on a question OF
personal privilege and give his life his
tory adequately embellished with per-
sonal tributes, and to cry out that en-
emies whom he has sought to punish
in the line of his duty are trying to
cruelty him.
An indictment is not a conviction
and Senator Wheeler is entitled to his
day in court. That is more than he
has been willing to grant some of his
political opponents at the national cap
itol. Wheeler is chairman of the spec
ial committee which is investigating
former Attorney General Daugherty.
He has manifested spirit of unfair
ness and vindictiveness that has done
much to negative what may have been
brought out against the former attor-
nev general. When counsel for Daugh-
erty asked permission to cross-exam-
inc witnesses and introduce testimony
to disprove assertions of the prose
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cutor's" witnesses, they were inform
ed that great amounts of silence"
were expected from them. The attor-
ney general was driven from Office
without an opportunity to be heard by
the Wheeler committee or TO intro
duce evidence in his own defense.
However unfit Daugherty may have
been-and while it was shown con-
clusively that some of the company ne
kent was not to his credit-he was en-
titled to more that that at the hands
of Wheeler and his committee on in
QUESTION.
The Montana senator faces a grave
charge-as did Daugherty. The fer
eral penal code provides among other
things that if any senator latter his
election and either before or after he
is qualified, and during his continu-
ance in office" shall in any way re-
ceive compensation for services rem
dered for himself or another in rela-
ton to any contract, claim, controver-
sy, charge, accusation or arrest IN
which the United States is party he
shall be guilty Of a crime and fined
not more than ten thousand dollars
and imprisoned not more than two
years. Wheeler is charged on three
counts with accepting money after he
was elected and before he was quail
fled for his services to Influence the
granting of oil and gas prospecting
permits in matters pending before the
department Of the interior. 1t is alleg-
ed that he received two sums Of ST.
/ 600 each and one sum of an unknown
amount One permit involved is assert
| ed to have had value Of 100000.
Senator Wheeler denies the grave
charge-as did Daugherty. He may be
guilty-as was Daugherty; or he may
be innocent-as was Daugherty. The
senate has voted to investigate on its
own account, apart from the court ac-
ton in Montana. Will the investiga-
ting committee tell Wheeler and his
attorneys that "great amounts of sill
ence" are expected of them-as were
Daugherty and his counsel; or will he
be given the opportunity he denied
Daugherty, of defending himself be-
fore the Investigators?
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JANUS SHUTS, premier of South
Aprica, is described as filling the IA
miliar position of prophet less hon
ored in his own country than else
where" The South African Premier
apparently is on the verge of his
political downfall. He was prominent
during the war and was one of the
authors of the league of nations. He
was a particularly strong supporter
and co-worker of the late President
Wilson. Since the famous postwar
days at Versailles, Clemenceau, Will
son, Lloyd George, Orlando, and all
the other notables have met with the
same political fate at the hands of
their countrymen. If SHUTS is next he
need not repine, for he is one of the
last to fall from the heights of con-
temporary popularity.
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22
MYSTERIOUS MALADY
is FATAL FOR YOUTH

WENATCHEE, April 22-Two and
one-half years old Baxter William
Humphrey is dead and two Of his
cousins and an aunt are critically i'll
Of a mysterious malady or poison on
the farm Of the boys grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Lilly, 20 miles
north of Coulee City. Four married
daughters and their children live with
the Lillys.
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22

FOR RENT-Furnlsned house 81
rooms and bath, furnace See Dough
rety. If
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WANTED Housework by experienced
woman; good cook; would take full
charge of motherless home; age AZ.
Mrs. Tabitha Stank, Box 237, Juneau
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22
KLANSMEN HELD
WITHOUT BAIL

EBENsBURG, April 22-Denying
an application for a writ of habeas
corpus, Judge John A. Evans tonight
ordered twenty-five men said to be
members of the Ku Klux Khan held
without bail for the June term Of Grim
inal court upon charges Of murder and
riot in connection with the fatal dis
orders at Lilly Saturday between the
townspeople and visiting Klansmen.
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22

The B. F. M. left today for Fourth
of July creek for a boom of logs.
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22

Genuine Peterson imported pipes, al
Schallerer's Alaska Shop. If.
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Ed NJ. Stuphen died at Wiseman on
March 31st, of heart failure, says a
message from Deputy Marshal V. O..
Green to the local office. The deceas-
ed had been seriously i'll with heart
trouble for several months.
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22

Parker's Fountain Pens, Schallerer's
Alaska Shop. If.
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Suits maze 10 measure. see Urbach
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ALASKA RAILROAD SCHEDULE

Trains leave Seward northbound
M, Mondays and Thursdays, for
Anchorage, Curry, Nenana and Fair
banks.
Trains arrive Seward 7:45 D. n. on
Wednesdays and Saturdays from
the North.
All baggage must be checked II
minutes prior TO departure of trains
Seward daily gateway. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1923-1933, 1924-04-22
IMMEDIATE REVISION Of
THE RECLAMATION LAW

WASHINGTON, Apr. 22.-lmmedi-
ate revision Of the reclamation law
was recommended to Congress yes
terday by President Coolidge in a
special message
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13

who carry on mainly the work of the Red Cross and the fight against the great white plague.
 Joan of Arc is the great feminine heroine, and the women that other women envy most are not the great beauties and sirens of history, nor the famous actors and writers, but the Florence Nightingales and Frances Willards who have been able to do some great service to their fellow cl eat lures.
 And deep down in her secret heart, if every woman was granted her one great wish, it would be to be able to help her day and generation to make others happier, and to perform some miracle that would make life easier for all who :ome after her.
 Well. little as she realizes if. that power lies in the hands of every woman who has children. In her hands lies the remedy for the greatest sorrow that tears at the hearts of men and women. She can wipe away half of the tears of the world. She has the magic that can change innumerable lives from misery to joy.
 It lies within the power of mothers to put an end to all this misery, to stop divorce and the breaking up of homes, and the orphaning of helpless little children. It is in their power to piovide every man and woman with q good husband and wife. to make every home Il prosperous and peaceful one, and to save other mothers from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
WILSON MEMORIAL DAY AT LOULIE COMPTON SEMINARY

Wednesday of last week was ob- served at the seminary as Wilson Me morial Day." in honor of the great man whom America is mourning. At the matinee hour in the audi torium an interesting program was pre- scented by members of the different classes. The opening number was piano solo by Miss Madge Hakan, fol- lowed by a reading, 70, Captain. My Captain" by Miss Elizabeth Brock.
 "A Tribute to Woodrow Wilson," by Miss Ann Gallion, was listened to with grave reverence by the audience. The paper showed discriminating thought expressed in easy, forceful language.
 Miss Elizabeth Rushton gave brief review of ''The League of Nations" from it's inciaency to the present moment She deplored the fact that the man who dreamed dreams and saw visions of universal peace could not live to see their realization.
 An interesting number on the pro- gram was Intimate Incidents in the Life of Woodrow Wilson," given by seven members of the sophomore class. The impressive silence of the audience was evidence of their reverence for the departed hero.
 Piano numbers by Misses Mary Ray Dobyns, Mary McGhee and Elberta Brown, and songs by Misses Julia lief fries and Rhowyn Sims, added much to the occasion. The hour closed with a beautiful chorus by the choral class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13

agony of seeing their children mistreat ed by the men and women to whC,n they are married.
 There is no more appalling thought than that every woman could raise her children up to be good husbands and wives, and that she does not dc 1t. On the contrary, nine times out of ten she brings up her sons and daughters to be exactly the kind of husbands and wives from whom she prays God on her knees to deliver her own precious darlings.
 Most likely the woman is herself the victim of another woman's cruelty. Her own marriage has been wretched because her husbands mother never taught him to treat women with any courtesy, or consideration, or chivalry. He was never brought up to consider woman's feelings. or even to extend to her common justice. As result, his wife has had to walk on eggs to keep from rousng demoniacal temp CT. She has had to wait on him hand and foot. She has had to wheedle every penny out of him, and never since her wedding day has her hus- oahu olt IloNt tO tlltti UT amuse her.
 It would seem that woman who had been through the arid desert of such marriage would save some other poor girl from such fate by raising up her son to be q good husband. You would think that she would teach him what a terrible crime it is to take a woman's life into his hands and break it; that she would teach him to be gentle and tender to his wife; that she would impress upon him that a woman earns her share of the family income, and that it should be given to her right instead of being doled out as aims.
 You would think that sne would ground him. from his infancy up, in the knowledge of all the little things that made a marriage failure, or a success to a woman-the little at tentions. the little treats, the word of praise, the compliment on new dress or hat, the little things that make a woman's heart sing with joy, and that makes marriage worth while to her.
 The grea majority of women, how ever. never even so much as think of training their sons to be good husbands Nor do they train their daughters to be good wives. Very few mothers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MRS. ARMSTRONG AND MRS. INGRAM TO ENTERTAIN

Mrs. Hunter Armstrong and Mrs. Bert Ingram are entertaining at il nah -jOngg luncheon at the Axis club Saturday for the benefit of the club building funds. Those who wish to make reservations please call Main 517S-L2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
Mrs. Percy(Hon.
 ors Visitors To City

Mrs. LeRoy Percy entertained yes terday afternoon with lovely party, having as her Inspiration three charm ting visitors, who are adding much to the Social life of Birmingham during the |pre-Lenten period.
 Miss Elizabeth Palmer of Richmond, Va, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Val Nesbitt; Mrs. c. B. Fletcher of Phila- delphia, formerly Miss Virginia Aber- crombie of Montgomery, who is visiting Mrs. w. K. J. Dunn. and Miss Mar garet Price of Nashville, the admired guest of Mrs. A. NJ. Shook, Jr., were the honorees.
 The party attended the performance of the Lyric after which tea was served at the lovely home of Mrs. Percy.
 Included in this courtesy were Miss Elizabeth Palmer, Miss Margaret Price, Mrs. c. B. Fletcher, Mrs. Val Nesbitt, Mrs. Alfred Shook, Mrs. W. R. J. Dunn, Mrs. Grace Brown, Mrs. Will liam Spencer and the hostess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13

poor and helpless that does not owe its existence to women.
 It is women who support the orphan asylums, the homes for old men and women, the refor- m a t orie s, t h e houses for the blind, the places of refuge where the man just out of prison can go and gather himself to- ,ether before start Ing out on a bet ter life. It is women who nurse in hospitals, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
RECITAL AT THE
 MISSES TOWARDS SCHOOL

Friday evening at 8 o'clock the ex- precision, voice and piano departments of the Misses Towards School, 1721 Twelfth avenue, south, will present pupils in recital. Vocal and piano num- bers, reading and short play compose the evening program. Friends and pa irons of the school school are invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MRS. DEBARDELEBEN HONORS VISITORS AT LUNCHEON

Among those who will have a few guests today for luncheon at the Coun- try club will be Mrs. Charles F. De- Bardleben, Jr., who is entertaining in formally, complimenting Mrs. Francis Hattie Cullom of Birmingham. who is now the guest of her sister, Mrs. Will liam Walker, and Miss Margaret Price of Nashville, the guest of Mrs. Alfred Shook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MISS HOFT TO TALK
 TO BOUCHER ALUMNAE

Miss vonceil Oden will be hostess to the members of the Boucher alumnae Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her home on Cliff Road. Miss Helen Hoft of Caldwell, N. J., field secre- tary of Boucher college, will talk on this occasion. Miss Hoft is the guest of Mrs. Henry Upson Sims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MIR. AND MRS. WITTICHEN
 TO ENTERTAIN AT DINNER

MT. and Mrs. Carl Wittichen are en- tertaining Saturday night at the Country club with. dinner party in honor of Miss Ramsay Gillian and her guest, Miss Sara Conly of Memphis. Miss Conly is one of Memphis most popular debutants this season and also is a cousin of Mrs. Wittichen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MRS. ADAMS TO HONOR VISITOR AT BRIDGE

Mrs. Horace Adams is entertaining at bridge in honor of Miss Julia Mae Penny of Huntsville, who is visiting her aunt. Mrs. J. E. Penny, in Glenn Iris Park. Only the young matrons pitality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MRS. HUNTER HONORED IN ANDAT,ITSIA

A delightfully."- informal affair of Tuesday was the spend- the-day party given by Mrs. Allen Crenshaw as courtesy to Mrs. Warren Hunter of Birmingham. The, guest list was linn ited to cousins of the hostess.-Anda lusia Daily Star.