* AMERICANS ARE JOYRIDING BACK TO
JUNGLE, SAYS KANSAS MINISTER
KANSAS (MTV. April 2.— Most of the men and women who attend bur
* leskue shows are moral degenerates and morons, Rev. 1. M. Hargett, pastor
if one of the largest churches here, an<r chairman of the committee on
■hurches directed to clean up the shows of Kansas City, declared tonight,
following a round of burlesque houses.
“These shows are ten times more demoralizing than the saloons were,”
he declared.
•‘The American people are joyrid-l
ins; back to the jungle. They are fast
browing overboard the moral conven
tions and restraints of their forefath
ers and galloping toward wrack and
4 ruin. This civilization is following
■he same trail that wrecked Greece,
Rome and Pompeii.”
Dr. Hargett’s description of a mod
ern burlesque show follows:
"The theatre is blue with tobacco
smoke. It is filled with men and wo
men, mostly moral degenerates and
morons.
“The curtain rises and a couple of
lozen nude girls come dancing out
on the stage, throwing their naked
legs and going through dextrous
dances. Men gaze wideeyed and guf
faw at risque jokes.
“Every phase of this show, from
beginning to end, is designed for but
one purpose — to arouse the animal
passions of men.”
* Dr. Hargett has led a fight here
against bootleggers and corrupt police
and has been given credit for start
,
ing the war on liquor operatives re
sulting in the uncovering of a vast
whiskey ring and. confiscation of prac
tically $200,000 worth of contraband
liquor in the last week.” /
A new road-building machine for
i excavating cuts the road bed, dumps
the surplus material on trucks and
rolls the surface as it proceeds.
From France comes the report
of a new gas turbine engine for air
planes, said to combine the advan
tages of the explosive gas motor
and the steam turbine. running
smoothly at revolutions per
minute.
Miss Gertrude Warren, of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture is de
! voting her life to the interests ot
i the farm girls of the country,
I through aiding plans for the formu
lation of clubs and improving condi
! tions of rural life.
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CENSORS WIN POINT IN
WILD WEST MOVIE SHOWS
CHICAGO, 111., April 1—Wild west
movie shows, or other pictures where
a character kills for personal revenge
or some similar motive, are immoral
and subject to the censor’s shears, the
appellate court declared in a decision
today. The decision was in the fight
of movie producers against municipal
censorship and reverses a lower de
cision by the courts restraining the
censors from interfering with the
showing of “bad man” thrills.
“Where gun play or the shooting
of human beings is the essence of the
play and where it does not pertain
to the necessities of war nor the pre
servation of law and order, when it is
for personal spite or revenge and thus
becomes a murder, the picture may
be said to be immoral; it inculcates
murder,” the decision read in part.
“One of the most conspicuous of all
crimes today is indiscriminate shoot
ing, the statistics of which we all
know are appalling.”
Filipinos Like Magazines
MANILA, Apr. 2.—-The Filipino
people are reading more newspapers,
magazines and other periodicals ev
ery year, according toreports of the
Bureau of Posts. Figures compiled
by that bureau show that the weight
of second class mail matter, under
which newspapers and magazines are
classified, and the postage paid dur
ing 1924, more than doubled the
amount for 191*.
A member of the chamber of com
merce who came late yesterday said
j he had to toss up to decide whether
■ to stay home or come to luncheon.
' And I had to toss up 15 times be said.
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SOFT DRINKS, CANDY
CIGARS AND FRUITS
In the 68th Congress, H. R. 4148 was
passed. This is an Act to modify and
amend tlie mining laws in their ap
plication to the Territory of Alaska,
and for other purposes.
He It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
assembled, That section 4 of the Act
of Congress of August 1, 1912, section
129d 'Compiled Laws of Alaska, enti
tled, “An Act to modify and amend
the mining laws in their application
to the Territory of Alaska, and for
other purposes,” be amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 4. That no placer mining
claim hereafter located in Alaska
shall be patented which shall contain
a greater area than is fixed by law,
nor which is longer than three times
its greatest width as determined by
a transverse line drawn within the
lines of the claim and at right an
gles to its longest side: Provided, That
where any isolated parcel of placer
ground lies between and adjoins pat
l ented or validly located claims on all
of its sides and is not over thirteen
; hundred and twenty feet in lengih,
i this dimensional restriction shall not
apply.”
THE BRUTE.
“My husband is a deceitful wretch.
Last night he pretended to believe
| me when he knew 1 was lying to him.”
HEARD IN THE SCHOOLS.
Teacher—How can you tell the ap
proach of summer?
Pupil—It begins to get early later.
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SIGNS WALL PAPER
In Carnical Gaieties
(Bv Associated Fr^as)
RIO I>E JANEIRO, Apr. 2.—'T h e
carnival fit 1925 is over, and the
ciiy today is resting I'rom its three
days and four nights of merry-mak
ing. Banks and business houses
are closed, and the street cleaners
are hauling away cart loads of col
ored paper from the principal streets
like snow in an American city af
ter a winter storm.
Confetti and serpentines, cost more
this year than they did in 1924. but
even the, increase in price did not
prevent a large consumption. One
i hundred tons of the former and 25"
! of the latter were tossed about the
I streets bj the pleasure-seeking mobs,
it is estimated. Rio’s bill for the
j jollification is placed at, $600,non.
No masks were worn this year on
account of recent political disturb
! ances.
Good English Rare In
House of Commons
(By Associated rre.is)
WESTCLIFFE, Eng., Apr. 2.—Titer*
are not ten members of the British
parliament who speak or write Eng
lish properly, in the opinion oi Dr.
! E. G. Graham, member of parlia
ment himself for the London 1 ni
| versify. In a recent address here
; Dr. Graham raised his voice against
I the “woeful neglect” oi the study
j generally of English, v nich lie ( ..li
ed the finest language in the world.
SHUTS DOWN FOR SEASON
The C. S. 'Phillips mine at Moose
Creek is reported to have shut down
for the season. A contract with the
Alaska railroad has been completed,
and the market is lacking to warrant
.further production and development.
Manager Norman St inner. of the
Fairbanks exploration company is due
to reach Seward about April 20 on
his way to Fairbanks. Considerabh
work will he done by 1 ii.- company
this summer.
J. T. Cunningham. superintmideiiT.
of transportation for the Alaska rail
road, who has been in Seattle the past
two months, will leave for Seward
; April 4.
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