The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 13, 1923, Page 2

PAGE 2 Japan Will Win Back Place as World Power RECOVERY WILL BE RAPID; BLOW WILL BE BIG BENEFIT New, Modern Cities Will Spring Up in Ruins; Financial Condition is Excel-| lent WASHINGTON, pendeus and need for help for he ple undoudtedly is no need to worry «! of Japan as a world + Hysterical estimates as a nation, has been set to 50 years by tho disaster | . . DISASTER ‘Within from five t6 ten years pan will he back on her er than ever and better anguish sho is now st Whole futuro will be slant, politically, sienically, and, per tent, racially, by Japan js one of t tries in the wo debt is only $! total populatior public debt of v \ $22,500,000,000 with a population of 110,000,000. The striking. Japan prospe war as did r € War expenditures » $40,000,000, just change .when $22,525,900,000 United States, $44,000,000,000 Great Britain, $36,000,000,000 by France, $12,000,000,000 by Italy, even the $1,200,000.000 by little Rel ium and tho $1,600,000,000 by Ru mania, that Japan, | off ack 30| the United are way | burden of war WILL LIKELY WORK TO GOOD OF NATION dispr expended quer a larg force of a to be laid the time it | Japanese IY | may or aside for awh! can be tak LOSSES IN MEN WERE ONLY 300 | CITIES DESTROYED Her losses in men amounted to| WILL BE REBUILT 300 killed, as against. France's} ‘Tokyo and 1,385,000, not to mention others, and| tne map f her population is nearly double that |p. life as t of France. ith wh On the other hand, Japanese busi. | ness went up like a skyrocket. Be-| < mod. tween 1908 and 1918 the number of | 7 her industrial establishments dou. | bled, her horse-power increased six.! fold, the number of operatives led and her foreign trade q the time itation and as ‘apan Rac seen Hor money has stood at par or a Mittle above, in dollar exchange, | While the French franc fell to one-| Bo it sald to third its normal value, and even the | won't be down W.C.T.U ; Has Successful Convention Meeting Here « Americanization Program Will Be Stressed During the Coming Year i RRL One of the most successful con-| close Wednesday Ventions of the (W. C. T. U. ever! delegates tot in King county came to a| attended | @ song service and prayer | meeting and medal | contest church, | feature {Queen Anne Christian Third ave. W. and Leo Probably | state supe: | zation, m: Jof the coi she decia Nquor law viol eign-born rasidents of the stat “Our problem, then,” Mrs. Os borne said, “is to Americanize these people and eliminate 99 per cent of our Jaw enforcement efforts.” | Until recently Mra. Osborne has jbeen county superintendent of GENUINE (Americanization work, but she re « # [cently accepted the position in| BU | hatee of the work of the county in the state MANY ADDRESS DURHAM . Amer! address nesday when 90 per cent of ms wero by for ant | AT | CONVENTION MEETINGS TOBACCO (§ The convention meetings were rammed with interesting addresses| One X-Ray Free y local and-national W. C, T. U,| Mexican, who got his inspiration at| censorship per se members. Miss Amy Spaulding, Americanization field worker for the W. C. T. U., delivered the prin. cipal address at the evening meet ing Tuesday, | All of the old officers of the union were re-elected at Wednes- day's meeting. These are Mrs Mary L. Stilwell, president; Mrs,|Consist of sending to each state in| prepared. Mae Daigh Welsh, | Mrs. Lola J. Flagg, |secretary; Mrs, Lillie |cording secretary; Coover, assistant tary; Mrs. Ne urer. Delegates from 24 local unions In |King county attended the conven- tion. The Rev. Joseph Pope, recently appointed state superintendent of the |Anti-Saloon league, ¢id not attend vice president corresponding Manney, re-| Mrs. —Lillian| recording secre. ie E, Olson, In the extraction cf teeth we say to our patrons: If we hurt you don’t pay—could we say any of the convention meetings, al-| tho delegates expressed a wish to | meet the new head of the state's dry forces. Rev. E. lL. Kechley, pastor of the Queen Anne Christian church attended the convention sessions. Dr. Amy A. Kaukonen, former mayor of Fairport, Ohio, who Boston Dental 1422 Second Avenue ‘We Stand the Test of Time 2 Years in Body Odors BoPy odors are caused by a germ (bacterium foetidum), Most deodorants either clog the pores or substi- tute one odor for another. The scientific and health- ful way to prevent the condition is to destroy the germs. Zonite does this and leavés no odor of its own, In bottles, 500 and $1.00 THE SLATTLE STAR DELAYED | a | l. Stephen E. Lowe, of Louis, Near East relief director at Corfu, and Miss| Emma Wood, of Sarnia, Ont., f worker, were to for Athens to be inutes before bombarded the} een Armen- orphan killed the new work a have marrie the Italians 20 m ? anc t 1 £0 por because o led tot t elief corps. the coun. poanibitities, start. teach! their homes thes. The convention passed resolutions of thanks to the press of Seattle for co-operation and publicity, : tor Wesley Jones for hi f p jon measures, and a resolu-| tion of condolence to Japanese fire and quake victims ae BIGGER CROPS FOR MEXICANS: More Corn Expected to Be! National Salvation | | MEXICO CFIY. Moxico, Sept. 12.—| Mexico's “Burbank” is inaugurating | the greatest program of education on | the growing of corn in the history | of this country: | He plans that the average yield of corn per in country | shall climb from seven bushels, the| present average, to 65 bushels. | He is Dr. Zeferino Dominguez, a enforesment tn their own communt- acre this the world’s exposition in Chicago In 1893. Since that time he has been experimenting until he has now| made clear in motion pictures the manner {in which the Mexican farmer and peon can grow more and better | corn. | Dr. I zs campaign will} Mexico motion pictures and lectur: | ers on ho’ | the corn seeds should be Another Balkans Latest Wrinkles in Censorship THURSDA EPTEMBER MEMBER AMERICAN HOMMS HURMAU: VOR Herren FRIDAY-SATURDAY SPECIALS— no C. O, D. or phone order these specials, except linoleum, ironing board basket or baby walker, will not be delivered; can be easily tal ey» /MERICAN HOMES clothe en by purchaser. BY DON RYAN OS ANGELES, Sept. 12.—-Did you why nothing except unadulterated praise for moyie actors and actorines ever creeps into that recent outcropping of our national literature known as the fan magazine? These magaxi finunt their ¢ covers on ever ever wonder unknown @ few years ago, now Th Ameri wa stand 1 in larger than variety of pub Lhey are fille nin m cover t er wit rdes, recreme froth (x kiddie) us the ri Who were t rea You bet 1 do. 1 need the money Don't I know? My alibi? mind, An I waa nay i ¢ y the print anything except gilde 1 write for a fan magazino myself If it weren't for prohibition—but neyer fan mag f pecean r These conclusions are only ‘part of the truth, The real truth IT am about to disclose. First allow me to recount # parable. HE other day I greeted a newspaper friend whom I had not seen for several years. He had just come back| from chasing crises in that hotbed of European wars—the Balkans. He was full of good anecdote The best he told were about how the American news correspondents con- 1 to beat the censors. four principal methods of censorship in the Balkans,” he told me, “and exactly 439 ways of beating them.” tead of t a which the c told how they resorted to ever ip = banquets for correapondent Pr How planted sples and bribed bh the purt lent’ ey ad the cables concel they tel servants re th by which ene ght the the correm Then 4 numerous anecdotes beat this game ators to send ensored news; us censor up int was foggy oa the t The moral of his stories was this: When one of the Balkan nations had a plece of favorable news none of the correspondents believed It to be true and consequently that nation lost the good effect which un biased publication would have produced. idle of the night Le news ac fder in aut on, and » ECENTLY the unpleasant fact has been borne in upon me that a tem of censorship similar to that pre ing in the Balkans is growing up in the Los Angeles empire of the cinema. Little princelings of the sereen are beginning to ensconce them selves in studios that are like walled cities so far as freedom of news is concerned. They evidently think that they ean feed the preas what ever they wish thru thelr own flatulent staffs of press agents, { them have not gone #0 far Tt nvariably to flavor the news by toadying to Hing him bilge before he is permitted to step into the presence and Inte mighty one. on of the two extremes are the Chaplin studio and the Lasky lot ne former illustrates the walled city attitude of intolerance. ‘Tho latter the more subtie but almost equally offensive endeavor to color | interviews. In between are all varieties of attempted censorship ‘and | propagandizing. yet. Thess, however the reporter and fi xe 6 UT the climax of intolerance, so far as I am concerned, befell yesterday, The editor of the fan magazine I write for asked me to get a story about Doug Fairbanks. Accordingly I got into telephonic communication with Mark Larkin, Doug’s press agent, and asked him to make an ap-| pointment. “You know—" Mark's volee came over the wire In somewhat heat tant tones— “you know—er—your interview will have to go thru the same process as—er—the other interviews—er—" “What In the devil are you trying to say, Mark?’ I demanded “Well, you know—er—anything you write will—er—have submitted to Mr. Fairbanks before pu'ylication—er—" “What! I shouted at hit, “You mean he's going to ce ell, I wouldn't exactly call it that—er—”" “For shame, Mark!” I cried. “You movie people are fighting cen- sorship of the films. Now you propose to impose a censorship of the press. You—" “Don't get excited,” Mark soothed. “It’s not only your stuff. The rule applies to everybody. It's a new rule, made for Mr, Fairbanks’ protection. He's afraid something might be printed which would give a false impression—" “1 should think he would be!” I snapped. “But it isn’t for you, alone,” pleaded Mark. “All writers have to submit to this rule, Why, even the Saturday Evening Post sends a man out here and his stuff has to be 0. K.'d by Mr. Fairbanks before it Is. printed.” This was the final straw. Being classified with a correxponient of the Saturday Evening Post enraged me as much or more than the idea of | I hung up the receiver Needless to say the fan magazine which employs my will not have © story next month telling what a fine fel Fairbanks is. But tho roots of the matier strike deeper single incident. What is going to be the result of a censorsh press Imposed by the movie: Watch and see. to be ir itr luetio pen | low Doug than this | hip of the | tested and how the land should be | pected, Will show tho regults of his years of labor ‘orn in Mexico ix the staff of life of 90 per cent of the native Mexican He outlined his plana to the United Prows and next year’s crop, it in ex | i | | A Prized Name--- The name NICHOLSON ona file means most to the machinist who files ‘ most,‘ whose reputation as a workman depends * upon, fast and accurate results in filing, whose ap- preciation } and‘ judgment ' of tools brand him as a skilled artisan.’ Be sure the name “NICHOLSON” is stamped on the file you buy A FILE FOR EVERY; PURPOSE NICHOLSON FILE G PROVIDENCE, people ies Dr. Dominguez told the United Press. “In thts crop all the | Problems of Mexico are involved, the | Political, the economic and the etho | logical problems, “The scarcity of corn ts one. of the jeauses, {f not the only cause of the frequent conflicts of the Mexican people. the republic of Mexico, but due to | tho old methods of farming, the na | tives use, the crop as a rule is not jenough to supply the needs of the | country. | “While corn ts grown in every state in the republic, there are only eight states that grow wheat, | cotton, one fibre, |two sugar "Mexico ‘orn 1s grown In every state of two ch as henequin; | and three fruits is beginning a Vigorous campaign for the betterment of agri | culture and I hope that will end the | tarbulent conditions in Mexico.” In 1893 Dominguez decided to gO to the United States after working | for several years in a bank here, and | |feeing how the corn crop effected | Our Modern Methods Will Reveal the Cause of Your Bye Trouble Examina- tion FREE Guaranteed Glasses as Low as $2.50 DK. 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Saturday, $2 wide, Special, Friday-Saturday, 290 yard: LIST YOUR HOMES FOR RENT WITH OUR FREE RENTAL DEPARTMENT | —yisit our MARK nished modern bungalow. the conditions in Mexico. |Wife Deserts Him; England Reaps Big the exhibition of corn, farms in min.) Man Ends His Life! Harvest in August 80 decided that a| PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13—De-]| LONDON, Sept, 13.—August was a study of corn would be of big beno-|serted by his wife, several years his jmonth of gold for jolly old England. |junior, Christian Dapphin, aged 50,/1t was not only a record-breaking of/ended his life in the Willamette / month of brilliant sunshiny weather, Yepraaka, Wisconsin | river, it was revealed here when|but because of this fine weather see their|identification was established. The/month of golden harvest for hotels |body was found Monday, floating in| ana amusement centers all over the Then he went to California and|the stream, but was not identified | -cuntry. met Luther Burbank and the Inspir-)Unt!l John Dapphin, a brother re-| ation having gotten a strong foot-| siding in Hillsboro, Ore. recognized hold, came back to Mexico to experi-|the remains, ment. | A letter from his wife, found in a Motion pictures that he has pre.|coat pocket, revealed the cause of pared show the Mexican farmer,|Dapphin's suicide many who are unable to read, how| “The difference in our ages makes | to pick seed corn, tests ta be made,|happiness impossible. 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