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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Gales Fine Example

A chapter from Spartan history enacted in real
life was the sudden and dramatic dismissal and arrest
of President Gales chief of staff, Brig. Gen. Jose
Alvarez on charge of completely in huge smuggling
plot.
Yesterday General Alvarez was one of the idols
of Mexico City, close personal friend of the presi-
dent his rght-hand man, working shoulder to Shout
der with him every day in the executive Office; young
handsome and universally popular, the chief of the
presidential headquarters staff generally was regarded
as beau ideal of officer and favorite of fortune
Today at the instgation of the Mexican president
himself he is held by the police awaiting trial in
criminal courts. Vast quantities of silk have been
struggled into the country generally as government
archives" from the United States passing the border
on orders purporting TO be signed by Gales
Investigation proved beyond a doubt, President
Gales declared in statement to the press, the guilt
of his chief of staff. Consequently -. ordered
the immediate dismissal of Alvarez and consigned him
to the competent authorities"
What lesson to our country! Here was high
Official in fact one of the very highest Mexico next
to the president himself, and general favorite of Of
fciadom caught prohtng by his position to line his
pockets with dishonest gold. And bingo! Out he
was fired and into Jail.
although I was the object of friendly interven-
tion" said President Gales lin effort to obtain
lenient treatment for Alvarez in view of his past
services to the government and the republic, I was
not inclined to consider any proposals which did not
embody strict compliance with my duty as the chief
executive of the country and the defender of adj
ministrative honesty"
Our own Government and all our American insti-
tutions including big business might profit i'm
measurably by taking a leaf out Of President Gales
book His was courageous act and deserving of the
highest praise.
Summary dismissal of crooked officials high or
low in government service in business adinistra
tion and turning them to the police for prompt
justice could have mighty wholesome effect in this
country.
Spartan justice from the top downward is the first
essential if we would engender general respect for
law and order.
General Alvarez crime was all the greater, said
President Gales because of the position Of trust he
held He "a traitor at least to the principles Of
honor and morality" the president told the press,
and should be treated accordingly regardless of
powerful influences pleading to have his lapse
CLOSED over.
If a few of our traitors were given the Alvarez
treatment incalculable good would result in every
walk our national life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04

netic poles of the earth conceded with the North and
South poles the poles of rotation.
But further study soon upset Gilberts idea.
Today we know that the earth's magnetic poles do
not coincide with the poles of rotation.
There are great irregularities in the earths mag
netc field evidenced by the variation of the COM
pass needle from the true NORTH the so-caled mag
netc declinaton. And in addition, must deal with
the secular change of declination, the slow change
from year to year, well as the daily end annual
fluctuations.
Another deficulty in the way of considering Nthe
earth great magnet is the fact that when a mag
net is heated, it loses its magnetism.
Most biologists are of the opinion that the in
terror of the EARTH while Solid is nevertheless at
very high temperature.
It is difficult to understand why this temperature
would not demagnetize the earth's interior if it
we're composed of magnetic material.
The earth's interior, however, is under tremendous
pressure.
Recently experiments were undertaken by the geo.
physical laboratory and the bureau of terrestrial mag
nets Of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
Joint experiments were to if magnetic properties
varied under high pressure and magnetic materials
maintained their magnetism under high temperature,
provided the pressure high. The outcome of these
experiments will be awaited with interest by the sci
entifc world.
These experiments are particularly interesting since
according to the theory of Adams and Washington
the earth has core Of solid iron
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04

was too young to stay out of fight;
and he retired only after being dis
abled by three wounds, two in the
chest and one in the arm. Poor sur
gerry rendered the limb limp and
useless, but he could say later that
he had given his left arm for the
greater glory of his right.
For years he lay convalescing;
then, strong again, he set sail for
home, loaded with letters commend
ing him for his bravery. But AL
gerian pirates captured his ship,
and judged from the papers or him
that he was a great man: only the
pirates of his time rated him right
ly. They held him in slavery for
five years, asking for him such a
ransom as his poor family and
friends could not afford to pay.
Three times ne tried to escape
though the penalty of death had
been decreed for failing in such at
tempts; three times the moose was
about his neck, when his master
pardoned him for love Of his wit;
he was worth more alive than dead
to his enemies, though with his
country it went the other way.
II
A T last he was ransomed, and re-
IN turned to Spain burdened with
the debt incurred to- save him. His
mother, his sister and his niece
welcomed him, since they were now
to rely on his support. Not content
with this, he procured for himself
a natural daughter; finally. he
added a wife.
She had a name-Catalina de Pa
lacios Salazar y. Vozmediano de Es-
quivias-and a dowry consisting OF
five vines, one orchard, four bee
hives, fifty hens and one rooster
Cervantes, to prove the insanity of
genius, undertook to support two
males and f1fty-f1ve females with
his pen.
In 1894 he signed contract with
a theatrical manager Of Seville to
write six comedies at fifty ducats
each, the money to be handed over
if the manager admitted that they
were among the best in Spain"
The result was that he found
himself in jail; no writer can sup.
port a large family without sacri-
f1cing some of the commandments.
We know neither the dates nor the
cause, and it is just as we'll; these
are private matters, into which we
need not enter. A few years later
he was arrested again, because a
nobleman had been murdered in his
house.
Meanwhile he wrote drama as
we'll as lived it; but his plays failed,
and he spent his days in despond-
ent poverty; who knows but that his
great novel is a bitter satire against
all the sentiment and idealism of
this rough world?
He tried his hand at pastoral ro-
nance, "Galatea;" he thought it.
to the end of his days, his master
piece, despite the fact that it was
precisely the sort of novel which
he later attempted to annihilate;
we have always in us a secret
abundance of that which we de-
nounce. And then, an old man of
f1fty-seven, amid jail-sentences and
restitution, he wrote at last the
most famous novel in the world.
Carlyle describes him:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Four DAVIS More

A thorough trial of Government ownership
of great power site is a matter of eventually
twhy not now?
Such trial ona scale large enough to pro-
vide a decisive answer to the long, long dis
pute on the relative merits of government as
distinct from private operation is made posi-
bic in the Muscle Shoals bill, passed by Con
gress, and now held by President Coolidge.
The President has only until June in
which to act.
That the truth may be arrived at in a great
and as yet undecided controversy, the President
should sign the bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
The Railroads Job

The railroads of this country are doing pretty
good job. They giving very efficient transporta-
ton service at cost which, all things considered, is
quite reasonable We have right to be proud Of
them.
YET when railroad publicity clip-sheet complains
that mo other private business is so fully under the
jurisdiction of the Washington bureaucracy as is the
railroad business" it would pay us to remember a
3 hard fact or two.
Chief of these is the that the railroads brought
Government regulation themselves. Read the his
tory Of the country for the half century preceding
the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and you'll agree. The roads should not be
strangled red tape of course; but should think
long and earnestly before doing away with all regula
ton whatever
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
NJ. E..
TRACY
SAYS:
Through Most Folks Do
Not Realize 1t, CivilizG-
ton Means Vastly More
to Primitive People, Be-
cause 1t Lifts Them FaS-
ter and Higher"

THIS is one time the dawn die
Il not come up like thunder out
of China cross the bay" making
many a prophet wish he had not
committed himself.
Chang TSo-Lin it seems, would
rather be a live despot in Man
churia than a dead hero in Pekin,
so he leaves the Forbidden City
without offering resistance, pre-
coded by his wives, concubines,
household retainers and dope.
"a bloodless victory for the Ma
tionalists," dispatches say, but
none the less glorious" which is
true, perhaps, though hard for
orthodox minds to comprehend.
Two thousand years of good
Christian history have made it
difficult for orthodox minds to think
of a victory as glorious, without
more or less blood letting.
Though content with a happy
ending in the movies, orthodox
minds prefer last ditch stand and
million or so unnecessary widows
when nations fight.
Chang Tso-Lin has given his
torians, if not scenario writer's, a
new idea to play with, or was it
Japan?
At any rate the curtain goes
down on this latest oriental drama
with everybody concerned sur
prised and pleased.
The Nationalist get Pekin and
the chance to unity. pacify and
transmogrify China; Chang Tso-Lin
gets back his own stamping ground
with chance to play at debating
Manchuria, while Japan sees that
he is inconvenience by no fight
ing" and Japan gets the use Of
his services as her protege without
appearing to have opposed the
Nationalist.
Cecil Demille could not have
improved on this denouement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Universal Language

What has happened to dress is
happening to language.
English has become the tongue of
the sea. In a few years it will have
become the tongue of commerce.
Traffic and travel such as are be-
ing developed throughout the world
will not tolerate all the translating
and interpreting which the present
multiplicity of languages imposes.
English, spoken as it is by 250,000,-
900 people, and representing as it
does more than half the wealth, re-
sources and political power of the
world is too strongly entrenched,
either to be set aside or give way to
any language now in use. The day
when it will become the universal
medium of trade and diplomacy is
not far distant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Speed of Civilization

Modern means of trade, travel
and communication are significant
not so much for what they mean
to the civilized world as for what
they promise the backward multi
tudes.
knowledge, especially of a prac-
tical character, is going to spread
from now on at an unparalleled
pace.
People who did not know what
a pillow was ten years ago will soon
be driving tractors.
The things that it took centu-
ries to learn in books will be con-
veyed rapidly by concrete example.
Philosophy and religion may not
be absorbed any faster, but the
knack Of using our tools will be &C
quired quickly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Dress Is Standardized

The effect of such contact as VIC
have been able to establish with
primitive people during the last few
years is to be noted in the stand
ardization of dress.
One hundred, or even fifty years
ago, dress was the badge of race
and nationality. You could tell a
Chinaman, a Jap or even Russian
by the clothes he wore. School
biographies we're filled with pictures
showing peculiarities of garb.
All that is history. Clothes have
become practically uniform through
out the world for those who can
afford it. SO far as coats, hats
and pants are concerned a poll
tical gathering in Hong Kong or
Moscow looks very much like the
one about to be held in Kansas
City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04

There is little chance for bolshevism when 24.ooo,
600 people driving cars, says political leader
The man probably never has been driving car in a
Sunday procession when the head of the parade
wouldn't go than ten miles an hour and that in
the middle Of the road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
This Date i'm
u. S. History

June y
1776-American and British forces
began to intrench at Charles
ton, S. c.
1792-First Kentucky Legislature
met.
18O5-Peace signed with Tripoli.
1860 onfederates abandoned Al
1atoona, Ga
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04

A1AQOO A1OO OdhO
it as literally as
did Gilbert.
Gilbert mag
ined the earth
a perfect mag
net with all the
C h a r acteristics
which would be
found in a mag
netized sphere of
iron.
He imagined
the earth's mag
netisln to be dis
tributed SYM
nnet.rica1IV over
its surface and
thot tho mao
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
Daily Thought

He that tOucheth pitch shall be
defiled therewith.-Eccl. 81.
II
EVIL is generally committed un-
II der the hope of some advan-
tage the pursuit of virtue seldom
obtains.-B. r. Hayden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
David Dietz on Scienc

No. 81

TINE earth's magnetism is still one of the great
mysteries facing the scientists Just what it is,
just what causes it and why the variations changes
take place questions which cannot yet be sat-
lsfactory answered.
Gilbert in his famous treatise magnetism in 1900
called the earth a great magnet.
We still sometimes use the same smile but we
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04
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Which Presidents Of the United
States were inaugurated in Phila-
delphia?
George Washington was inaug-
urated for the second term, in the
old Federal Hall in Philadelphia.
John Adams was inaugurated in
Congress Hall, Philadelphia.
How many iIIegitimate births as
compared to legitimate births are
there in the United States per year?
The latest available figures give
for the year 1924, 1,709,916 legiti-
mate births and 42,208 illegitimate
births in the United States.
Who were the principal players
in the cast of "A Connecticut Yam
kee in King Arthur's COurt?"
Harry Myers, Rosemary Thebv
and Pauline Starke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-04

Joe Carmichael, chief publicity
man, explained, 1--WE have this
matter pretty we'll in hand, but do
not intend to let any of these bugs
slip anything over on u.s.
This same Carmichael rounded
up" professors from four colleges in
his State to attend a meeting in
Kansas City under direction of
Dean G. o. Ruggles of Ohio State,
under sponsorship of the National
Electric Light Association.
Harvard and numerous other col
leges received cash grants from the
N. E. L. A., running as high as $780,
900 a year. Harvard got that sum
each year for three years, and it
was hoped among other things there
would be report on "the fun
damentals of regulation"
Numerous college professors,
testimony has shown, received pay
from the utilities. A professor from
the University of Pennsylvania,
where Galdsden resides, received
$3.50 each for lectures in which he
characterized advocates of the
Boulder Dam and Muscle Shoals
legislation as bolsheviks and
radicals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
REVISION MADE
 FISH REGULATIONS

A supplementary to the Alaska salmon regulations affecting cer- tain areas in the Icy Straits-Cross Sound. Prince of Wales Island, Southern. and Prince William Sound districts has been issued by the Acting Secretary of Com meree, telegraphic copy having been received at the local office of the |. $. Bureau of Fisheries.
 There are only two changes in the Icy Strait-Cross Sound dis trict. under regulation 12 which reads, "The use of any trap for the capture of salmon is pro- hibited, except as follows" The changes are 12 Gel, Inian Islands: f) North of 5S degrees 15 minutes 42 seconds north ex- elusive of east end Northeastern Island, @ South west coast of the Northwestern Island betw 5S degrees 15 minutes A2 sec onds north and 58 degrees 15 minutes IS seconds north.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
Chamber Quota About
 Haif Attained ct :. Noon Today, Report

At the end of little more than two days canvass, the F Il II Committee has reached almost one-half of the S6,000 goal set in the Chamber of Commerce's an- nuai drive for funds, Chair man L. Kean announced to- day. It's pledged subscrip- tions today amount to $2, 5a2.50.
 Only a few of the citizens and business houses to be seen had been covered in the drive, MT. Kean said. And none of the outside business concerns W h i c h regularly contribute have been heard from. We are assured we will not be far from the s6.- 900 mark, if we miss 1t at all," he declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20

progress in recent years. Perma. nent streets had replaced boald streets, and permanent buildings had been erected on the sites ef flimsy, wooden buildings of the pioneer years.
 No doubt, from all indications, progress will speed up even more in the near future as time goes on. Most of us are expecting | much better Gastineau Channel district in the very near future, !" he added. Mir Gallwas said at a later meeting he would probably ask the Chamber for an oppor- unity to present some matters , it. but for the present he was not prepared to divulge their na ture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20

been started. For this reason the House conferees would not consent to it's retention, but mem bers of the Senate had been assured that there would be no objection to the item when the general public buildings bill came up for consideration.
 Treasury Department officials are proceeding with plans for the building just as if funds were already available, he said. He was told by them that everything would be in readiness to move the instant the measure becomes law, and if at all possible work will be started next summer.
 Ka- Many Friends
 Alaska has many friends in both Houses of Congress who are working energetically for all AL aska legislation of merit He mentioned particularly Senators Willis and Phipps, and Repre- sentatives Lanham, Vestal and McKeown, all of whom have vis- ited Alaska recently.
 With Messrs. Flory and Will Hams, the Governor conferred with Bureau of Public Roads of fleials and those of the Forest Service relative to road and trail work, and worked out details of policy which had given some difficulty in the past. Everything was arranged to the satisfaction of local people, and the prelim- mary trail reconnaissance pro- gram initiated last season was approved by both bureaus. In f9et. the allotment for this class If work has been doubled, the Governor said.
 Generally, all Alaska appro- priation items that had been con sidered by the House commit tees up to the time of the Governors departure from Washington had received generous treatment Lit tie if any reductions were sug- gested The Alaska Road Com mission item, however, had not
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
BLAZE LAST NIGHT
 CALLS OUT FI2EMEN

A small b,a1e n the building formerly occupied by the Orien- tai Recreation Hall. on lower Front Street. called out the Fire Department a few minutes after Il o'clock last night One line of hose run through the booster tank was employed in extinguish- ing the fire. which was confined to the vicinity of the chimney hue.
 As the pool room at the pres ent time is being renovated, dam age was not great. A portion of the ceiling around the flue will be rebuilt and the ceiling, which was calsomined yesterday, will be done over.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
WHO'S WHO
 AND WHERE

C. C.. Hill, captain of the boat E. D. NJ, operated by the Cod dard Hot Springs between Sitka and Goddard. arrived in Juneau on the steamer Admiral Rogers He will visit with MT. and Mrs F. M. Goddard about week and is then going to the States on a visit.
 Robert Bray. Alaska pioneer formerly of the interior and whe has lived in Sitka many years was I through passenger on the steamer Admiral Rogers for the States He plans to 20 to Cali fornia where lie will visit several months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
CHILDREN WILL BE SHOT"

Earl Rossman, author and film man, will take more pictures of Juneau tomorrow morning if the weather permits. he said today. He plans to shoot" scenes of winter sports in this city and will film the children sledding on Gold Street and skiing around the city These pictures will be developed in the States and will
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
MOTHER OF ANCHORAGE
 WOMAN CALLED BY DEATH

Mrs. Anna Riehman, mother Of Mrs. Harry Long of Anchorage, died recently in that city at her daughters home. Death was caus- cd by apoplexy. The body was taken to Stockton, Calf, for interment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
SPECIAL FEATURES TO APPEAR
 IN EMPIRE

Beginning Monday The Empire vi. present two which will be especially interesting to readers of this up minute supplied by the Associated Press writers artists will be the subjects will be articles the wives of the States intimate introduction. interest keball fans, will also be of articles. to appear by Dr. Forrest C. fPhogy Atlen President the National Basketball Coaches Association Director of Athletics, University
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
C0uNCIL MEETS TONIGHT

OVU NNIL II LII b VAF " IA
 Tn- second le.Ca-y meeting Of the City Council of the City of Juneau will meet at o'clock this evening in the Council Chambers at the City Hall. As far as is known nothing special Is to come before the body, and regular business will be con- traeted at the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-20
nRRAcH IS REELECTED

Leon 0rbach, prominent SaW- ard business man, was recently reelected Preident of the Seward Chamber of Commerce E. r. Jes- sen, editor of the Seward Gate way, was elected Vice-President, ]. P. Hannon, Secretary, and H.. 5. Balderston, Treasurer.