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The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
ella Dam wiz Open Up
10000 Acres to Crop,
C-ARDINAL CZERNACH

FLORENCE, Ariz, June %. A
half century old debt owed the Pima
Indians by the United States gov
eminent will be paid with the con
struction of the dam on the ella
River, about 50 miles east of here
Government engineers are ready to
begin construction.
Eighty thousand acres of land will
be irrigated by the dam which will
be the first so-called dome type"
to be built. Half of this acreage
will be cultivated by the Pima In
|dians of the Gila Reservation, whose
once prosperous fields were render
ed unproductiye by diversion of
water from the Gila by settlers on
the upper stretches of the stream
The dam itself will create an op.
portunity for land development such
as attended the building of the
Roosevelt Dam in 1912. The Cool
idge dam will rise 220 feet above
the bed of the river and have a
total length across the top of about
1000 feet. 1t will impound 1900. 600
acre feet of water.
Engineers claim that at least 150,.
900 acres of land in this district are
susceptible to reclamation. Oranges
cotton, figs, dates, and other semi
tropical crops can be raised. Six
harvests of alfalfa may be obtained
during a single year.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

PARIS. June Premier BRAND
has practically completed HIS new
cabinet. Reluctance Of Poineare to
become Minister of Finance and
press Parliament to ratify the French
debt settlement formulated in Wash
ington by Ambassador Berenger. was
a stumbling block Ii is said Poin
care said he is willing to lend pres
tige of his name provided he is not
personally obliged TO endorse the
Berenger agreement or ask Parlia.
ment to issue more paper money
The cabinet. so far is made up a.
follows:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, BRAND
Finance, Poineare; War, Paul Dou
ter; Marine, Paul Painleve: Interior
Jules Leygues; Colonies. Leon Per
rien; Public Works, Jean Durand
Labor, Drenel Vincent: Agriculture
Francois Binet; Commerce, Charlie.
Chaumet; Education, Pierce Leyend
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

SEATTLE, June 23.-Prosecutor
Colvin has abandoned attempts to
find the slayer of Miss Sylvia
Gaines. Il believe Chief cf Detec-
tives Tenant is doing all that can
be done in the case at present" said
Colvin.
Sheriff Matt Starwich announces
he had begun an Independent in
vestigation.
Arthur Higgins, aged as, has beer
arrested. The police declared he an
swered descriptions of the man re-
ported following Miss Gaines on the
night she was so foully murdered
He applied to an employment agency
for a job and said he desired work
out of town. The agency men sail
he acted suspiciously
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Loyal Order of Moose
Giving Out Door Show

CHICAGO, June 23.-The only In
dian Cavalry troop in the U. S.
Army, Troop c, 11fth Cavalry, of the
Haskell University of Kansas, Will
take part in the birth Of Chicago
spectacle to be staged in Soldiers
Field Stadium July -. The Indian
school boys will play dual role III
the pageant, appearing first in ira
Iditional war paint and feathers, and
then in their regulation army uni
forms.
Several hundred more Indians will
be brought from Wisconsin reserva
ltions to join in the pageant depict
ing the founding of Chicago and thu
westward sweep Of the pioneers
against stubborn Indian resistance.
The show is planned as a min
iature sesqui-centennial celebration
in connection with the international
convention OF the Loyal Order o
Moose.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
VETS WIN FOR
FIRST Time IN
GOPHER STATE
Former Juneau Visitor Who
Opposes Volsteadism Wins
St. Paul Nomination.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. June %. - The
first wet victory ever recorded in a
Republican primary in Minnesota oc
Cured yesterday when the Republic
ans of this district nominated Melvin
j. Mas, aged 2S and prominent
young business man, for Congress.
He is the first advocate of the modi-
fication of the prohibition laws ever
chosen in this State for high of
flee by the Republicans. He is also
the youngest man ever chosen for
Congress in Minnesota.
Gov. Theodore Christianson was
renominated by a large majority.
johnson Has Close Race
Returns from the Farmer-Labor
primary show former Senator Mag
nus Johnson and Tom Davis of Min
neapolis running close for the nom
ination for Governor. Tom Davis is
a former Democrat and is one of
the leading stump speakers of the
State
The Democrats had an unopposed
slate running for all offices and the
vote was small.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
STEE:SE LEAVES
ON INSPECTION
OF LOCAL WORK
Estimates 100000 Spent
Here Last Year-More to
Be Expended in 1927.

Beginning an inspection of the
Commission work in Southeastern
Alaska, and the Wrangen Narrows
improvement work, Col James {
Steese, president of the Alaska Road
Commission and district engineer.
left here last night on the steamer
Dorothy Alexander for Skagway, Sit.
ka and Wrangell He viii leave the
Admiral Line steamer at the last
named port and, en- the Commits
sions chartered boat. Daring, go to
Petersburg Bar for inspection Of
the dredging there.
Col Steese will then proceed di
reetly to Haines and go ever the
road construction activities in that
district He expects to return to
local headquarters ON June 30.
Scope of Work
During the present fiscal year.
which ends June 80. Col Steese es-
tmated that some 100000 had been
expended in various activities com
| ing either under the Road Commits
sion and some of it's coordinate
boards or the District Engineers
office In the coming fiscal year
he predicted it would reach at least
double that figure.
| In a statement prepared by hin
showing what some of these pro
jects were he said:
While under the tripartte agree
ment in effect between the Terri
tory. the Forest Service, and the
| Alaska Road Commission. the bulk
of the road and trail projects of the
| Alaska Road Commission are located
! in the Second. Third, and Fourth
Divisions, glance through the an
nual reports now about completed
| for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1926, indicates that it still has many
activities located in the First Di-
vision and that a large proportion
of its resources are there expended
THE headquarters for all the ac-
itiyites of the Commission have been
located in Juneau since 1917. 1t
also is the headquarters of the South.
eastern District. The expenditures
for the Juneau office, including rent,
heat, light, supplies, salaries and
general overhead is $4,000 per an,
mum.
Road and trail projects in the
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
STANDARD OIL
QUITS KhNATAK
Three Hundred Tons oI
Equipment Shipped South
New Oil Rumors.

SEWARD Alaska, June 23-The
freigther Latouche has arrived here
from Kanatak with a0o tons of
equipment which the Standard Oil
Company used Twelve drilling
crews disembarked here and boarded
the Admiral Watson today for
Seattle.
Ray G. Larson, lumber dealer of
Anchorage, arrived on the I.atouche
and said the Associated Oil Com
pany's drilling outfit is stlll intact
at Cold Bay and it was rumored
at Kanatak that the Associated will
dispose of the equipment to a Cali
fornia company which may move
over to the east field called Hub
bell Dome"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Woman Politician Has One
Handicap; She has to Dance

night of the campaign. In the mean-
time her men candidates can sit
about and talk politics.
Mrs. Morton declared that often
the dance is not a light fantastic,
for many cowboys and ranchers with
their big riding boots are not as
steady on a dancing floor as on n
hroncho's back But the woman can
didate has to dance with every man
it is good politics, Mrs. Morton
explained.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

CHEYENNE, Wyo.. June 23.-The
woman political campaigner in Wy
Oming has one vicissitude that the
male politician does not have to
endure-she has to dance.
Mrs. Katherine A. Morton, Wyom-
ing superintendent of public instruc-
tion for the last eight years. says
that at the dances, which follow po-
li;ical meetings in most of the state s
smaller towns, the woman politician
has to dance for many hours each
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Caswell Coming to Be
Deputy U. S. Marshal

CORDOVA, Alaska, June 23.-W.
II. Caswell, former Valdez resident
but who has lived in Cordoya for
the past nine years. is leaving for
Juneau to accept position of De
putty United States Marshal under
Marshal Albert A. White, of the
First Division.
Marshal White today confirmed
the above dispatch from Cordova
and stated that he had not yet de-
cided where Deputy Caswell would
be stationed
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
MISSING EVANGELIST Is FOUND:
ABDUCTED AND HELD FOR RANSOM
DAWSON SLAYER
CONVICTED AND
is GIVEN LIFE

DAWSON. y. T.. June % Harr,
Davis has been convicted of man
slaughter and sentenced to life i'm.
plisonment
Davis admitted he dubbed and
shot to death Charles H. Smith
woodeutter, in Davis cabin 100
miles south of Dawson on Feb
ruary -.
Davis entered a plea of self-de
Tense stating a fight started when
Smith objected to the strength of
a mustard plaster which the former
had placed on his back
Mounted Police found Smith $
body in the cellar of the Davis
cabin on March 9.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
BREWSTER RENOMlNATED
IN MAINE; M'LEAN OPPOSES

PORTLAND, Me, June 23.-Re-
turns from the Republican primary
yesterday gave Gov. Ralph {. Brew
ster, running for denomination, a
lead of 14,430 over Major Arthur l.
Thayer of Bangor in the race for
the Goyernorship.
Ernest l.. Mclean. Mayor of Au
gusta, received the Democratic nom
inatiOn without opposition.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
R AIN BREAKS
DROUGHT; FIRE
ExTINCUISHED

CORD0VA, Alaska, June %
Rain ON Tuesday broke an eighteen
day drought here and extinguished
the first big forest fire IN the his
tory of this section. Crews fought
the blaze Monday over 500 acres
Some good timber was burned.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
TROUBLE IS SEEN

PARIS, June 23-In semi-of-
fetal communique it is stated that
former Minister of Finance Cailaux
is understood to have accepted the
post of Minister of Finance, provis-
ionally. His appearance would
throw out Poincare and might force
Premier BRAND to seek new min
listers aligned with the Caillaux
policies.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Naval Stations In
Alaska to Buy
Supplies Here

SEWARD. Alaska. June 23.-Lt
Com. Bouson, Capt. Olmsted ant
1t. Gebhard of the Naval Board. in
specting Alaska stations, who arriv
ed here yesterday have left for Ko
diak From Kodiak the members Of
the Board will go to Bremerton
Wash.
1t. Com. Bouson said naval sta
tions hereafter will purchase sup
plies from the nearest point IL
Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
WHEELER SAYS DRYS
HOLDING THEIR OWN

WASHINGTON, June %. - Com
menting on yesterdays primaries
Wayne Wheeler, Anti-Saloon League
leader, said
THE number of dry candidates
nominated for Congress in Maine
and Minnesota yesterday were the
same as heretofore. The wet nomi
nee in St Paul supplants a wet, SC
there is no change there. The drys
are holding their own in all States
where primaries have thus far been
made"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

SEATTLE, June %. - 1t is learn
ed here that Major Thomas G. Lam
phier is said TO have the backing
of men who will finance another at
tempt to find land in the Arctic,
provided Lanphier is made leader
of the expedition. 1t is said i'll
feeling between Lanphier and Capt.
George II. wilkins was seen before
the expedition left Fairbanks. Alaska
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Three Escape
Death from
Failing Plane
lCARDINAHIDUBoIS,

SPOKANE, Wash, June 23.
1t. Nick Manner. Reserve Of
ficer and Forest Patrol Filler,
and two student aviators, yes
terday afternoon fell 900 feet
and escaped with their lives.
The plane alighted on high
power electrical transmission
wires. The three men jumped to
the ground as the machine hit
the wires. The plane quickly
ignited and was destroyed.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
WOMAN KIDNAPPED

pOtGLAa, ArlZ., June 23.-
While talking this forenoon, ex-
planning her narrowing experience
following Kidnapping. Mrs. McPher-
son lapsed many times into semi
conscious state
Mrs Mcpherson said:
vent to Ocean Park, near San
a Monica. on the afternoon of May
Is with my secretary, Miss Schaef-
fer There | changed into a bath
ing suit and slipped my dress over
it, We went to the beach and
rented beach tent. went in
swimming. I sent Miss Schaeffer to
get some names of some soloists and
some music.
Before she returned, | came
back to the beach The life savers
were drilling on the beach so |
went back into the water for
short distance.
Call Is Heard
while | was watching the guards.
| head some one calling Mrs. Nc
Pherson turned aad faced wom-
an who explained her baby was dy-
ing and she wanted me to pray for
it, She said her husband had the
baby in a car nearby.
Is Drupeed
THE woman had coat over her
arm | accompanied her to the car
in which sat another woman with
bundle in her arms which |
thought was the baby. The next
thing ] knew, | was pushed into the
car and onto the floor. The woman
threw a coat over me and sweet
sticky odor assailed my nostrils and
tilled the automobile, which was
sedan.
THAT is the last l knew until
| came to on a bed like a hospital
cot in a room with a window al
most completely closed | was vio-
Continued on Page Eighty
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Mas Has Visited Juneau

Melvin j. Mas, the young St
Paul business man who was yester
day nominated for Congress by the
Republicans. has visited Alaska sey
eral times as a tourict and big game
hunter. Two years ago he spent
several days in this city and made
an interesting speech to the Juneau
Chamber of Commerce.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
Woman Evangelist, Abduct-
ed IN MAY Is, Was Held
for Bio Ransom.
ESCAPED YESTERDAY:
NOW AT DOUGLAS, ARIZ.
" o m an Tells Story of
Strange Case-Underworld
Characters Are Involved

BULLETIN - DOUGLAS.
Aliz., jane 90. = Mrs. Aimee
Seople Mcpherson, Evangelist
of the Angelus Temple of Los
Ans eles, who disappeared while
IN L1thing at Santa Monica.
Cal, on the afternoon of NAV
Is, has been found in a hos
pital here.
Mrs. Mcpherson said a man
named Steve and woman
named Rose, kidnapped her for
ransom and kept her near Mex
icali. She escaped two days
ago, walked several miles when
an American picked her up and
brought her to Douglas. She
went to the hospital where she
coll ,psed.
Identification was made by a
long white scar on the second
finger of her right hand given
her by pet pigeon.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother
of Mrs. Mcpherson, confirmed
the Identification, over the long
distance telephone.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
BRAND FORMING
French CABINET
Two Former Premiers Are
Given Positions IN
New Ministry.

BULLETIN-PARIS, June %.
Prem er BRAND announced
late this afternoon he has or
ganizcd his Tenth Cabinet
which includes Joseph Cailiaux
as Minister of Finance, thus
displacing Poincale.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23
TELEPHONE AT BEDSIDE


DOUGLAS, Ariz., June %. A
telephone has been placed at Mrs.
'McPherson's bedside to enable her
to talk to her mother In Los Angeles.
During one call today she said:
Hello, darling mother. No, Pm
not injured. I'm awfu!ly weak.
Mother, | can't talk very good. Yes,
/ hear you sweetheart. Yes, two
men cut off my hair. Honey, they
said they were going to send it to
you 10 prove my identity"
Two groups of Americans have
gone o Mexico to hunt the persons
Mrs. MCPHERSON said abducted her.
Mexican officers accompanied one
group ara Folsom Moore, general
mansger OF the Bisbee Review, and
a Douglas policeman headed the
other.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

Continued on Page Twc.s
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-06-23

Continued on Page Eight.)
Evening star., 1926-11-04
JOHNSON c. SMITH U.
STRIKE DECLARED OVER
President Informs Secretary Of
Trustees Here That 90 Fresh
men Are Suspended.

With 90 freshmen suspended fol.
lowing a students strike at the John.
son c. Smith University. Charlotte.
y. c., and with 20 striking sopho.
mores back in classes after meeting
terms of the faculty, following a haz-
ing investigation, conditions at the uni
versity have returned to normal, 1t
was stated in telegram received
from President II. l.. McCrorey of the
university by John Edgar Smith, sec
retary of the board of trustees. here
today.
The telegram characterized the
statement that $50 students were on
strike as an error, giving 160 as the
accurate number. 1t explained that
two freshmen We're hazed October %
for attending chapel, which 80 fresh
men and 70. sophomores had agreed
to 'cut" following a victorious foot
ball game. Six freshmen were sus.
pended for the hazing and both
classes went on strike. The faculty
refused to reinstate the six suspended
members. The sophomores met the
faculty requirements and resumed
work, while the freshmen did not and
were suspended. The strike is now
over, according to the telegram; none
Of those suspended have been rein.
stated, and conditions are normal.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
THOUGHT CHILD-BRIDE
18, HUSBAND INSISTS
Wrote Parents Of Marriage, He
SPECIALIZATION Charge
Declared Fixed.

Il married katherine and I intend
to live with her and make her a
home In Cumberland. I did not know
she was only Il. When we left for
Cumberland she did not want her
parents to know about it until we
were married. We Immediately sent
them telegram saying we were mar
iied and for them not to worry. Also
we said we would write the next day
As to the charge Of abduction, that is
all fixed"
These were the words of Charles
Edward Martin, 81, bridegroom of
Katherine Elizabeth Nowlin Martin,
~, as expressed to n Star reporter
Mt police headquarters this morning
The couple were brought from Cum
berland, Md, last night in the custody
OF Detective Sergt. Curtis Trammell
or headquarters. and Mrs. Juanita
Whitney, policewoman. The girl is
held as Government witness against
Martin on q warrant charging abduc-
ZION, sworn out by the girls father.
Peyton Nowlin, 1928 Twelfth street
northwest
When asked whether he would agree
10 a two-year separation upon waiv-
ing of charges, as had been suggest.
ed, he replied:
II don't know anything about that.
Some one suggested it, but I don't
know who. Anyway, I married the
girl with the intention OF living with
her and | expect to do It,"
When the couple arrived at police
headquarters last night Mr.. Nowlin
took Martin in Il corner and talked
TO him saying: ED, Ed, you knew
she was only II. Why did you do
it?''
Martins only reply was, "I thought
she was IS"
Upon leaving the station last night
a newspaper f1ashlight was taken of
the couple. Martin tainted and was
put into the waiting machine by Po-
iicemen Curtis Trammell and w. E.
owens.
The girl covered her face when the
picture was taken. but did not notice
her fallen husband. Her father seemed
;lad to have her hack. The girl was
sent to the House of Detention and
Martin to the first precinct police
station.
The girl disappeared Monday after
apparently starting for the Thomson
school. at Twelfth and l. streets,
where she was in the sixth grade.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
MARyLAND'S VOTE
RECORD-BREAKER
Ritchie's Majority Over
10000, With Eight Pre-
cincts Missing in Count.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md, November A.
With only eight precints missing the
majority of Gov. Albert c. Ritchie in
Tuesdays election !.ls passed the
$4,000 mark, and that oi William S.
GOrdy. jr., for controller of the treas
ury, is well toward 65 900.
These figures have given Maryland
one of the biggest political surprises
tn the history Of the State. Repre-
sentative Nillard T.. Tydings' lead
over United States Senator o. +.
Weller for the senatorship has
reached 55 900.
The previous high record for guber-
Material majorities in Maryland was
made by Gov. Ritchie in 1928, when
he received a Al ,000vote lead. Gordy
had about the same ma ajority as the
governor had at that time. The fig.
ures. with eight precincts missing,
are:
Ritchie. 2o3,34O; Mullikin, 14s,1s5;
Tydings. 191,749; Weller. 136,324;
Gordy, 1852; Goodell. 127, 7,9O6; Rob.
inson. 1S3,161; Broening, 44,642;
Young, .67S, and Chase, 120,937.
The States delegation in Congress
will be solidly Democratic, except for
Representative Frederick n. Zihlman,
Republican, who was reelected in the
Sixth district
Evening star., 1926-11-04
R. v. WHITTEMORE DIES.
Father Of Bandit Recently Exc
cuted Accident Victim.

BALTIMORE, November R.-
rawlings v. Whittemore, SO, father
OF Richard Reese Whittemore. youth
fu1 bandit who was hanged last Au-
gust for the murder of a Maryland
penitentiary guard, died today of in
1uries received when struck by an
automobile last night. His skull was
fractured.
Whittmore was run down by Her.
bert {. Snyder Of Randallstown, Md,
VINO took the unconscious man to a
hospital. AfterWard Snyder was
directed to appear in Taffic Court
December to answer a charge of
failing to give the right Of way to
a pedestrian at a street crossing.
Evening star., 1926-11-04
THREE GOVERNOR
RACES UNDECIDED
Arizona, New Mexico and
Wyoming Are Still CIassed
as Doubtful.
By the Associated Press.

DENVER, Colo, November A.
Three close gubernatorial contests re-
mained today from Tuesdays ballot.
ing in the Rocky Mountain territory.
Gov. George W. P. Hunt. Democrat,
seeking to make himself George the
Sixth" Of Arizona, had scant lead of
22 votes at midnight over his Repub.
lican opponent, E. S. Clark, unofficial
returns showed. The count from 404
precincts complete and IL incomplete
out Of 4S4 was: Hunt, 39,412; Clark
1890.
New MeXicos latest returns show
r. c. Dillon, Republican, leading Gov
A. T. Hannett, Democrat. by a ma
jority Of 1,41S votes. on returns from
299 of TAT precincts,
Evening star., 1926-11-04
Dies of Broken Back.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GRANTSVILLE, Md, November 4.
Ralph Engle. SO years old, director
of the First State Bank. Grantsville,
who broke his spine October 81 in a
fall of IL feet from an apple tree, died
yesterday at Miners Hospital. Frost.
burg. He is survived by his widow, 10
Evening star., 1926-11-04
Age Needed for Violins.

1t requires about a hundred years
to mellow a violin. and except for this
fact violins as good as those made by
Stradivarius. Guarnerius, Da Salo or
Amati could be made today, according
to Joseph Primavera, an American
maker. The secret now is to make
them so good that they will outlast
the years, he says.
Evening star., 1926-11-04

be elected by a majority Of 5000 to
1000. Sedllos defeat by John Nor
row, Democrat, was virtually con-
The Nations first woman governor,
Nellie Taylor Ross Of Wyoming, early
today apparently had Joined her SIS.
ter executive, Miriam A. Ferguson OF
Texas. in defeat, although Democratic
headquarters refused to concede VIC
tory to Mrs. Ross Republican oppo-
nent, Frank Emerson, until the last
returns were reported. The latest ng.
ures gave Mrs. Ross 33,105 to "a $40
for Emerson from 61S Of the states
6S5 precincts.
Representative Scott M. Leavltt,
was maintaining a substantial leao
over Harry Mitchell, Democrat, in the
second Montana district on returns
from approximately two-thixds OF the
precincts
Evening star., 1926-11-04

Though himself uneducated in the
ordinary sense of the word, Ria KHAN,
the new Shah of Persia, Is doing all
in his power to improve the educA"
tional system of his country.