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the problem presented by magazines
whose contents are devoted to risque
fiction. There are a number of these
still conspicuously displayed, some OF
which were found to contain litera
ture of the most offensive character
1t is quite simple to purchase them
in every police precinct in Washing
ton, and particularly in the neighbor
hood of high schools.
When the thought of having a rep
resentative committee of citizens &c
survey this particular kind of maga.
zines was carried out the personnel
was selected to include persons espe.
cially fitted for the task in hand. As
soon as their decisions are reached
they will be given to Maj. Gordon
and published as final warning
to dealers of illegal literature that
the District government is entirely
through with delay.
Copies of the magazines were placed
in the hands of the committee mem
bers today, and a report has already
been had from one. The others are
expected some time next week, and
from the moment the verdict is re-
ceived from the others the authorities
intend to open up a barrage that will
obscene. lascivious and indecent liter
ature for all time and make it thor
oughly Improbable for any person
ever to attempt bringing il back here
Fight Not to End.
Nor Is the fight to end with the sue
cessful barrage against the last in
decent magazine.
Inspections are to be conducted
every month TO make sure that no
dealer, having made the mistake of
assuming that the campaign would
lose momentum after the first two or
three months. might escape prosecu-
ton. Washingtons determined stand
against Objectionable literature, it was
made plain. Is a permanent one and
is to be kept so from now on.
A number of magazines are already
in the hands of Maj. Gordon but he
does not intend to act until plans for
the attack are complete and he has
rounded up all remaining copies. Then
arrests are expected to be ordered by
the wholesale. The District attorney
does not doubt that convictions will
follow because, he has repeatedly de-
clared, the code covering indecent lit
erature is too clear to be misunder.
stood.
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WILL BLOCKADE ARMS.
Irish Filibusters Principal Supply of
Weapons to Riffs.

PARIS, June 90 CP.-It was said
today at the French ministry of war
that information received there indi-
Gated that Irish blockade runners were
the principal conveyors Of contraband
arms to Abd-el-Krims Riffians who
are fighting the French and Spanish
in Morocco. Announcement was made
yesterday of a joint Franco-Spanish
blockade of the Moroccan coast to
prevent arms reaching the warning
tribesmen.
According to the ministry Of wars
information, blockade runners have
hitherto been landing small cargoes
of arms along the Moroccan coast
without much danger of capture. The
new arrangement will put an end to
this situation, the authorities hope.
Evening star., 1925-06-20
NEW LUBRICANT FOUND.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, June 90 CP.-In-
vention of a new lubricating oil for
airplane motors. which. it is claimed
will enable transcontinental flights
without a change of oil. was announced
today by J. A. Higgins, who said he
had been engaged in research for
months.
The new lubricant he added is min
eral Oil castoriZed in treatment by
molecular impregnation.
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SEEKS DIFFERENT AREA.
Amundsen Theory on Land VIII Not
Affect Expedition.

SOUTHPORT. Me-, June 19 CP.-
Lieut.. Comdr. Donald B. Macmillan.
when shown an Associated Press dis
patch from Oslo tonight saying that
Amundsen believed that no land ex-
listed in the Norwegian section of the
Arctic, said that Amundsen's supposi-
ton would have no effect upon his
plans.
Macmillan explained. lies in an alto
gether different direction from the
area over which Amundsen flew.
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Presidents Father
Sticks to His Post
As Crop Reporter
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The fact that he is the Presi-
dents father has not swerved Col
John Coolidge of Plymouth, Vt,
from his duties as a crop and live
stock reporter for the Department
of Agriculture.
Although the formal inquiry con-
corning live stock conditions was
discontinued by the department in
February, Col. Coolidge still is
listed on it's rolls and Is consid-
cred available for gathering further
data concerning agriculture condi-
tions in his section of Vermont.
He has faithfully performed his
duties. officials in the crop estimat-
ing section said, when called upon.
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changes down here below and the
animal and plant life.
The expedition is under the aus
pices of the National Geograp phic
Society. which is financing the trip
The youngest member OF the crews
of. the Bowdoin and Peary Is .Kennett
Lawson, aged Is, son of a Chicago
banker. He shipped as an ordinary
seaman, but it is understood he will
be cabin boy for the explorer on the
Bowdoin.
Evening star., 1925-06-20

LYNCHBURG, Va, June 20
Callie Wright and Clarence Penlleton,
both white, were given four months
on the State roads in the Municipal
Court Friday on charges of using au-
tomobiles without authority to take
them
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ment found itself face to face with
real crisis
The warning of the American Gov
ernment was not intended to assist
in bringing about a disintegration of
the administration Of President Gales.
but some of his supporters are insist
ing that any weakening of faith in
his government from the outside has
a disturbing effect and leads revolu-
tionary elements TO hope for passive
acquiescence in smuggling Of arms
across the border and other activity
against the Gales government. The
American Government, however, Is
ready to meet that situation as 1t
arises, showing the Gales admtnfstra-
ton that it will permit no revolution
ary plots to be operated from this side
of the border.
One of the major complications in
the Mexican tangle is the fact that
Great Britain has broken diplomatic
relations with the Mexican govern
ment and the American embassy has
peen placed in charge of British inter
ests.
This makes it all the more difficult
for the American Ambassador. 1t is
said that some of his difficulty with
the Mexicans has been their refusal
TO accede to his requests on behalf of
British interests. The Mexicans have
been told that they must look after all
foreign interests equally we'll, and that
the United States is merely fulfilling
a traditional obligation in preventing
complications between Mexico and the
powers of Europe.
Involved by Foreign Interests.
If Ambassador Sheffield should de-
side after his return to Mexico that
the situation so far as his influence IS
concerned is not improved. he may re-
turn and it is not certain that any
amba assador would be sent TO Mexico
City for some time theyeafter. This is
one way a government has to exhibit
its displeasure. A charge d'affaireS
would be left to handle the embassy
and there would of course be no break
in diplomatic relations.
On the whole the situation has given
real concern here, not because the
horizon is so cloudy now. but because
the intermingling Of foreign interests
has placed on the American Govern
ment a responsibility which it has not
yet been able to convince the Mexica n
government is one of potential danger
Copyright, 1925J
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MACMILLAN SAILS
TODAY SEEKING BIG
CONTINENT FOR u. S

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CITIZENS WILL AID
GORDON IN WAR ON
LEWD LITERATURE

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n UST 2S apartments are contained
in this eighth Warren Co-Opera-
tive Apartment Building. They
have the same cozy layout and the same
elegancies of equipment that quickly
sold all the apartments at 1905 Lanier
Place and the Cleveland Park Apart
ments previous Warren offerings
This is the first chance offered to buy
your own apartment in a fine new
building dozU1t to7vn.
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AIR FLYERS FACE
MOUNTAIN HAZARD

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WISCONSIN AWAITS
LA FOLLETTE'S BODY:
COMING HOME TO-DAY

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The complete plan of purchase by monthly payments
less than rent-our obging statesmen will gladly make
clear Write for free booklet giving this information,
if YOU prefer.
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SHEFFIELD BLAMED
IN MEXICO CITY FOR
u. S. STERN STAND

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The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
NATIONAL GUARD
AIR SERVICE is
VERY CRIPPLED
Equipment Is Obsolete and
Unsuitable Lack of
Funds Reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. LACK of
funds has prevented National Guard
air service units from obtaining suit.
able equipment during the last fis
cal year. Major General George c.
Richards informed Secretary Davis
of the War Department in his annual
report for the 1924-25 year as head
of the Militia Bureau.
Ihe equipment in use at present
is obsolete and unsuitable for the
work of the National Guard Air Ser
vice is called upon to perform" the
report said. 1T is deteriorating rap
idly and in a very short time will
be unsafe for flying purposes.
Under these conditions it is CON
sidered essential that funds be pro-
vided for suitable airplanes and
equipment"
General Richards said three years
of guard air service work had prov.
ment of the state forces.
"The stage of efficiency which has
been reached in training indicates"
he added, the position that it has
taken as reserve air force avail
able for use in case of an emer-
gency."
A survey of the guard air camps
last summer disclosed "the eff.
cheney and high morale of the per-
sonnel participating" the report said
singing out the air units of the
Division (Maryland) as
praiseworthy among the
fourteen divisional organizations now
federally recognized. Difficulties
met last year in getting pilot re.
for the guard had been
overcome, it was added.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
fine RELATIONS
BEING SUSTAINED
IN LABOR WORLD
Noted Improvement Between
Workers, Employers
Little Unemployment.

WASHINGTON, Dec Improve
ment of relations between employers
and workers. with an absence of un
employment and a dimunition in
strikes. was declared today in the
annual report of Secretary of Labor
Davis to have been an outstanding
feature Of the past year in indus
try
With the pressure of major indus
trial emergency removed, he said
the department had been able to give
constructive thought to the improve
ment Of it's work in controlling i'm
migration, adding labor, and promot-
ing the public welfare.
Mr.. Davis sketched possible line
of future attack on the problem of
production in industry which
he held responsible for much part
time and seasonable employment of
workers. No mention Of the anthra-
cite suspension was made in the re-
port, which covered the fiscal year
ending with last June.
"One of the great elements of the
problem of unemployment is the
present over developed state of some
of our larger industries" he said
Our productive machinery and
equipment in many of these indus
tries cannot run 800 days per year
without producing a stock that can
not be sold in this or any other
country. AS an illustration, the cen
sus lists 1,750 boot and shoe factor
les; of these 227 or IA IL per cent
produce 65 per cent of all shoes
produced, and if they should run
full time, they would produce 95 per
cent of all shoes now produced and
sold. In other words, IA IL per cent
of the factories. employing GOA per
cent of the workers, could with
steady work for 800 days year
produce all the boots and shoes
We need.
Il do not advocate a movement to-
ward monopoly or trusts such as
were conceived in the minds of prot
estants a few years ago, not single
control or factory in each industry,
but a cutting down Of the number
to the point where each establish
ment upon a competitive basis could
operate at least approximately so
weeks in each year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Woman Governor Sees No
Havoc in Feminine PO,uer

CHEYENNE Wyo., Dec. Gov
ernor Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyom-
ing, who is rounding out her initial
year as the first woman governor
in the United States, does not be-
lieve that with the vigorous entrance
of women into politics will come IAN
irresistible urge to exercise their
newly-found power in some strange
and novel way, threatening havoc to
the body polite"
In response to request from the
Associated Press, the woman COVER
nor summed up her views on the
place of woman in politics as fol
lows:
The question is so often PROFOUND
ed to me in various forms as tc
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
DETECTIVE
IS SUICIDE

SPOKANE, Wash. Dec. 2.-While
Chief of Police Wesley Turner wait
ed in another room of the apart
ment of Chester Edwards, Spokane
policeman and for 30 years known
over the entire country as detec-
tive, shot and killed himself.
Edwards was worrying over loss
of evidence in the case against Isa-
dore Edelstein, held on charge of a
$25, 900 robbery, Turner said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
ALASKA PLANE
FORCED DOWN
Engine and Passengers Load
ed on Dog Sled and
Taken to Eagle.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec 2. -
When the plane piloted by A. u.
Bennett and carrying Deputy Mar
shal Dudney and his wife, was forced
from Eagle, the engine and passen.
gers were loaded on a dog sled and
mushed to Eagle. The engine will
be repaired and taken back to the
plane and the flight resumed to
Fairbanks.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02

what consider the particular service
women may render in politics and
government that am forced to the
conclusion that 1t is inspired by real
concern on the part of the public as
to the effect Of the general enfran-
chisement of women. Whether the
question emanates from apprehen-
sion or hope. | am not able to say.
1T may be apprehension lest with
some power long deferred there will
come an irresistible urge to exercise
1T in some strange and novel way.
threatening havoc to the body poll
tic. Or 1t may be the hope that
with freshness of interest and devO.
tion to lofty ideals. women will
(COntinuod an papo ThrOol
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
POSSESSIONS
OF u. s. SHOW
Good GROWTH
Prosperous Times Reported
IN Philippines, Porto Rico
and Santo Domingo.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The an
nual report of the chief of the Bu-
reau of Insular affairs, made public
today, cited detailed figures in sup
port of its statement that in the
Philippines, Porto Rico and Santo
Domingo, the year ending June 80,
1925, was one of prosperity and gen.
eral advancement.
Major General Frank Mcintyre
who signed the report, said the ex-
ternal trade of the Philippines was
in quantity greater than in any
previous year in the history Of the
islands. Measured in value, how
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Mayor and 20 Others
Indicted, Liquor Case

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. mayor
j. Herbert Madden, of Sausalito.
and 20 others have been indicted in
charges of conspiracy to violate the
Volstead act in connection with a
gun battle with a sheriff's posse and
gang supposed to have been rum
runners, at Moss Landing on July
sixth.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
New Wine Regulations
Issued by Department

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. The
Treasury Department has promul-
gated new measures governing with
darwal and distribution OF wine for
sacramental and religious purposes.
One gallon a year is the limit for
each adult and five gallons the limit
for a family. Responsibility is
placed upon the Rabbi or Minister
for delivery to the right persons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
MOVIE MERCER
IS ABANDONED

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-The pro-
posed plans for a merger of the
United Artists and Metro Goldwyn
and Mayer Movie Production Corpo-
ration is permanently abandoned
by mutual consent" Of the princi-
pals. Joseph Schenck, executive of
the former organization, announced
today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
SECRETARY WORK
SAYS ALASKA IN
NEED OF POLICY
Puts Issue Clearly Up to
Congress on Government
and Development.

| 'iiiNh iolS, Dec. Z. The
Alaskan situation calls for
prompt sympathetic study by Con-
eress, to determine whether Cow
erhmental control should be con-
struetive in type or continue tn
cultivate dependency, or be removed
entirely. should be weighed by the
legislative branch of the Govern.
meht' declared Secretary Work. of
] the Interior Department "The suc-
gestlon that all the Governments
activities in Alaska be merged into
one department should have the
immediate consideration of Con-
gress,' he declared.
Becoming Lost Province
! considering the future of the Ter
fi,ory' TIE Secretary called attention
that Alaska is rapidly becoming a
lost province. without the in
splration OF government" he
continued, "or freedom of local in
l1iatlVes; opportunity for expansion
mas been curtailed by bureau ofri-
Gals made hesitant by limited
authority.
oh"ho nave HOt Deen encOur-
aged to develop pride of Territorial
growth or independence of admin
istration. The maximum population
of $4,000 whites has shrunkcn to
10000 (estimated), and production
from Its natural resources, wavers
and recedes
'Alaska's administration, divided
as it is, among nine Federal de-
partments and that of the Territory,
Is OF the greatest menace to AL
aska's development Responsibility
for the intimate obligations OF her
people to their Territory has been
neglected by them and interferred
with by the Federal Government
Three Competitive Factors.
'Inevitably, Alaska must COM
pete IN the markets with it's pro-
ducts. Climate and soil and trans
portation are determining factors in
agricultural competition and are
necessarily weighed down when de-
velopment work of any sort Is con-
templateG. Climate and soil con IL
tions are fixed by nature. Trans-
portation costs can only be elimin-
ated by home production and con-
sumption.
Tie situation in Alaska calls for
la prompt sympathetic study by Con-
i2rcss. It's natural resources and
their possibilities its methods of
government and their effect. the at
'titude which we should assume to-
ward it; whether governmental con-
troll should be constructive in type
or continue to cultivate dependency,
or be removed entirely. should bs
weighed by the legislative branch OF
government The suggestion that
all the governments activities in
Alaska be merged into one depart
ment should have the immediate
consideration Of Congress-.
Conservation Is Promoted.
The Secretary reported that con-
|servation of the nations natural
resources, meaning their economic
use without waste, and an inteli-
gent distribution, as to time, Is Oe-
ing applied in administering this
Department.
"The United Staes," he asserted,
towns approximately 30,0OO,0OO
acres of coal lands with valuable
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
MAIL
BEING RUSHED
TO The SOUTH
Race Staged from Dawson
to Skagway Containing
Writ of Election.

VANCOUVER, b. c.. Dec. 2.-The
Yukon's historic overland mail is
racing against time over the trail
from Dawson to Skagway to connect
with the Canadian Pacific steamer
Princess Mary which may be held
"a hours to enable the writ of cleo
tion of Capt. George Black, Yukons
Representative in Parliament to
reach Ottawa before Parliament
meets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Ia ~
Abandonment OF.
ALASKA RAILROAD.
IS j N A N RICAN.
Secretary of Interior Puts
Stamp of Disapproval
Upon Subject.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. With
scrapping the Alaska Railroad
Secretary Work, in his annual re-
port made public today, stated that
whether the railroad should ever
have been built is now beside the
question.
I'VE have it," he asserted, land
to abandon it despite the loss in
Its maintenance would amount to a
reversion of the American policy of
progress. This railroad was com
pleted only in June of 1928. It's
construction was hurried and some
of its structures are fimsy and
temporary in character, menaced by
underlaid by ice at some depth The
year round All OF which makes
the upkeep expensive and out of
proportion to earnings.
When the construction of the
Alaska Railroad was originally pro
posed the claim was made that with
adequate transportation facilities
mines in the interior of Alaska
would be opened and flourish. In
1915, these minerals were valued
at $32,790.O00. By 1924 they HAD
decreased to $17,457, 900.
Coal Production.
production of coal in Alaska in
competition with the States has not
been feasible. Neither has the cost
of producing other minerals been
sufficiently profitable to attract
capital although the Government
has provided the means of shipping
them out.
Conversion of the rght-of-w way
of this railroad to truck high
way; construction of branch rail
road from Portage Greek to Portage
Bay; abandonment of the line from
Anchorage to Seward entirely, or
the use of that division only in
summer, largely for tourists, have
all been suggested. There is little
local commercial use for a railroad
between Anchorage and Seward, as
both are seaports. 1t might be
maintained in summer, it is sug-
gested, as a pleasure road and the
freight carried to Anchorage by
water.
No Auto Highway.
automobiles require hard-sdrfac-
ed roads These could hardly be
built in Alaska for less than $50,
600 mile for surfacing and widen
ing of railroad right-of-way. There
are no such roads at present con-
structed in Alaska and the effect of
extremely cold weather on them is
unknown. The alternate freezing
and thawing of the surface in AL
ask would be disastrous to truck
roads, whether hard-surfaced or
not Gravel-surfaced roads are now
impracticable in Alaska for heavy
trucks except in periods when the
roads are frozen.
Automobile traffic would en-
counter similar distractions from
slides in winter, as do the railroads;
their removal would be more ex-
pensive than similar clearings from
the railroad right-of-way."
SMITHS RECOMMENDATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Comple-
ton Of the Alaska Railroad over a
=
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Don't Be Blufed" Says
One Woman to Texas Gov,

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 2. Mrs.
Edith Williams, who is running for
governor of Texas next year, has
telegraphed ma" Ferguson:
Don't let them bluff you. Do
what you think is best. Moody and
the rest of his gang have not fooled
the public as badly as they think"
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Rumanian Debt Issue
Now Up to President

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The Ru-
manian Debt Commission has ac-
cepted the offer OF the United States
Funding Commission. The Rumanian
debt totals $46.OOO,OOO The terms
have been submitted to President
Coolidge for approval. Payments,
according to the terms, would extend
over a period Of 62 years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
John Devlen, Sourdough
Miner Of Canada, Dead

VANCOUVER. B. c., Dec. 2. -
John Devlen, one of the most pic
turesque mining characters in Can
ada and known to sourdoughs as
the gunner from Galway" died here
yesterday. He is credited with the
accumulation and spending OF sever
al fortunes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Coolidge's Home
TO,Un Goes
Democratic

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 2. -
President Coolidge's home town went
solidly Democratic in the municipal
William Welch for Mayor. Mayor
Feiker, Republican, had control Of
the town for several years.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Damascus May Be
Bombarded Again

DAMASCUS, Dec. 2. Consuls
yesterday notified the Nationals OF
their respective countries that the
French might lombard certain
quarters of the city as they did
before in suppressing an uprising
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Outlook for Copper
Industry Very Bright

OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 2.-The out
look for the copper industry is ex-
ceedingly bright in the opinion of
D. c. Jackling, of San Francisco,
President of the Utah Mining Com
pany. He said he expected there
will be heavy production because
of the increased use of copper re-
sulting from an increased demand.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Paul
A. McDuffle, member Of the White
House Police Detachment, is in a
critical condition after being mutil-
lated last night in house to
which he went with four enlisted
men. McDunle left the house
mutiliated and wandered the
streets before going to hospital.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-12-02
Liquor Cargo Is Lost
In Wreck of Schooner

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Dec. g.
Six negro seamen were drowned,
1000 cases Of fine liquor we're lost
and three men rescued after the
wreck of schooner from the
Bahama Islands, south of here.