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VOL XXII., NO. 3317.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1923. —
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PROCESSION OE SORROW FOLLOWS
REMAINS OF HARDING TO CAPITOL
THEATRES MAY I
CLOSE FRIDAY
Steps Are Being Taken for
Complete Suspension of
All Amusements.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8—Steps are be
ing taken to have ail motion picture,
vaudeville and legitimate theatres of
the Nation remain closed Friday, the
day of the funeral of late President
Harding.
To Close at Noon Friday
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8—The
Board of Directors of the Standard
Oil Company, of California, lias or
dered all offices and oil stations in
Washington, Oregon, California, Ne
vada and Arizona to be closed at
noon on Friday for the remainder
of the day.
Widow of Inventor of
Reaper Leaves Big Estate
CHICAGO, Aug. 8—Mrs. Nettle j
McCormick, widow of the inventor I
of the reaper, left an estate of $8,-1
896,000 of which more than a mil :
lion goes to church, education and
charitable institutions. This was dis
closed when the synopsis of her will
was published today.
Canadians Selling
“Picnic” Rum, Charge
DETROIT, Aug. 8—The federal gov
ernment Is expected to take up with
officials of Canada the charge made !
by Earl J. Davis, United States dis
trict attorney for the Eastern Michi
gan district, that passenger steamers
of Canadslan register are taking on;
crowds of Detroiters, steaming into'
Canadian waters and there selling
liquor to the thirsty excursionists.
TRADER TAKES THIRD
WIFE FROM ONE FAMILY
John A. Felder, Kuskokwiin trader,
was married recently In California, to;
the sister of two former wives. The j
first Mrs. Felder died leaving an in-;
fant daughter. Mr. Felder then mar-1
rled her sister and they went to;
Seward where autgher baby was
born. The mother went Outside, con-'!
traded influenza, and died. Mr.'
Felder recently returned from Cali-1
fornix with tils third bride from the.
same family. The bride and groom!
left Seward for Nenana via the Gov-!
ernment railroad. From there they
will go down the Yukon River vial
river steamer Holy Cross, thence j
through the Portage and up the Inoko!
via poling boat, thence they will mush 1
it to the headwaters of the Kusko-|
kwim and then go down the river:
in a small boat to Mr. Felder's trad !
Ing station, which will be their home.'
COURT AT ANCHORAGE
Judges E. E. Ritchie convened
court at Anchorage last week and i
disposed of naturalization and pre- ,
llmtnary matters for the fall jury'
term that will be held there later. I
GHOSTLY LOOK WEIRS AWAY
AS DAZED NEGRO RECOVERS;
INSURANCE CLAIM CANCELEI
CHICAGO, Aug. 8—This Is ' the
st.oty of an ectoplasm that scaled off
and deals with vicissitudes of Edgar
Jones, a negro whose occupation Is
the peddling of Ice.
“Mlstah Jones" was attempting to
deliver a ten-pound block of Ice at
the residence of “Mistah U. G. Kaye.”
also African, who lived in one of
those in-a-bedlam apartments. The
portable stove does valiant duty on
top of the improvised Ice box, and In
trying to place the ten pounds of ice
Jones upset a skillet of peas, the
piece de resistance of the Kaye sup
per.
Between the scalding hot peas and
the application of a rolling pin in
the hands of “Missus Kaye" Jones
emerged loser.
Someone telephoned to his wife,
trying to tell her that his head had
been injured, but she understood the
message to say he was dead, where
upon she hung up the receiver am
dashed for the life insurance offlce
matrimony is such an uncertain thing
at best.
Meanwhile a sympathizing neigh
bor had plastered the bruised heai
of Jones with a preparation that turr
ed a dazzling white as it dried. H
arrived at his home in the dusk
when the gaslights were flickering.
His wife took one look at th
white apparition and fainted—a 25<
pound faint across the threshold, j
policeman rushed in ami began usin
his club on Jones’s head withou
asking questions. The prostrate wif
revived and took another look a
him.
"Why, it's Edgah. He ain’t n
ghos'—whuffo' yoa'II heatin' up ma
.lovin' husban’?" she demanded as sh
| drove the policeman from the built
i ing and sent a neighbor to tell th
j insurance company that the stuff wa
| all off,
BROOKHART URGES INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION.
Back in Washington (Iowa) heme from hi3 lengthy tour of Europe, United States Served or** Smith
W. Brookhart, who made a comprehensive study of conditions abroad, declares lii3 observations have
shown him the necessity for indu trial co-operation In America. Sonrtor Brookhart, who Is a real dirt
farmer, ic shown here with his con, inspecting his prize 200-pound hogs.
Definite Naval Policy For
United States Being Worked
Out by Army and Navy Board
j Former Alaskans in
Seattle to March
i In Memorial Parade
i SEATTLE, Aug. 8—All former
Alaskans here will march in a
body with the Alaska Pioneers
Association in the Harding me
morial parade here Friday after
noon.
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RAILROADS MAY
SET GOAT ISLE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.—Goa
Island, in San Francisco Hay, foi
merly a naval training station, wil
not be used as the main operatln
bate for the Twelfth District, ac
cording to navy men here, who stat
that lack of adequate transporta
tion facilities make the abandonei
islund useless for an operating bast
“The Rodman board report rccom
mended Alameda as the proper ^t
for tho naval operating base,” sai
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FIND NEW USES
FOR U. S. WOOD
I I
SAN' FRANCISCO, Aug. 8—Tho ago
' of wood has not beqn left behind us,!
j but is ahead of us, according to the]
. forest service of the lT. S. Depart
U ment of Agriculture in a statement]
■ issued here. Chemical research is j
| revealing new us°s for wood that j
l were not dreamed of a few years
ago, the forest service says.
The forest service advances the i
» opinion that as wood is being re
1 placed In one field its uses in other
■ fields are being extended, and that I
therefore it is all the more neces
sary to treat our forests as crop
t lands rather than as timber mines
- with no thought of replacement. The
1 forest service says:
( “One example of the extension of
- wood uses is the expanding use of
} pulp wood, not only Ry paper pro
- ducts of various kinds, but also for
1 fibre containers, wall board, and slmi
. lar forms of material, and recently
- even for making artificial boards. (
3 The chemical utilization of w'ood fori
1 the production of various by products :
'[is still in its infancy.
“The next few years may see thej
use of wood for the production of
alcohol on a large scale to take the
place of gasoline.
“Wood is also used for the manu
facture of artificial silk, rope, car
pets and other fabrics.'’
Wealthy Man Kills His
Young Wife and Another
I BATTLE CREEK. Mich.. Aug. 8—
' John Wells, aged 75 years, wealthy!
• and retired, killed Ills wife, aged 28
years, and himself. He left word
' that he had also slain Mrs. B. H.
1 Stewart, of this elty. and placed her
- body In a clump of hushes five miles
- outside of the city. Jealousy was the
. cause of the tragedy, the police
claim.
Broken Neck Knits.
Man’s Life Saved
8 REDDING, Calif., Aug. 8—A month
t ago W. H. Hollister, a Gas Point
farmer, broke his neck In a runaway
8 accident.
1 Ills neck was placed in a plaster
8 cast and his physicians announced
!• the shattered vertebrae had knitted
e together and his recovery was as
8 sured as far as the broken neck is
concerned,
SAN DIEGO, Aug, 8.—Congress
man James O'Connor, of Louisiana,
in a statement of deep significance
to the people of the Pacific Coait,'
said today:
"Congressional appropriations for
increasing the navy and for all
means or national defense on the
Pacific and Atlantic coast was p:c
dicted largely on recommendations
of the joint Army and Navy Board
now functioning at Washington.”
In addition. Admiral Coontz said:
"For the first time in our history
wc have a definite naval policy
and a 25-year piogram outlined by
the joint Army and Navy Board.
We are at last getting down to real
fhin°s. Our country is learning
CANNERIES AT
WESTWARD NAVE!
AVERAGESEASON
Large Part Salmon Run Up
Stream Before Fishing Start
ed Says Capt. Whitney.
An average season has been ex-;
perleneed by the canneries at the
Wesrward according to Capt. George,1
H. Whitney, of the local U. 8.!
Inspectors Office, who returned oil
the Admiral Evans after spending
several weeks In the Westward dis-1
trrit, inspecting ships. A large part!
of the salmon run had made Its way
up the stream and into the spawn-!
inu grounds before the fishing sea
son was started Capt. Whitney said.
The packs in iii« Kodiak and
Cook Inlet districts are limited and
the canneries in the Nushagak and
Igusliak district have only onej
fourth pack. The canneries in thci
Igagik. Naknek and Kvichak die-1
tricta have a normal pack. East of
the Alaska Peninsula there lias been
little fish. In the Prince William
Bound districts the canneries have
fairly good packs.
The season is about ended at the
Westward, except In the Kodiak and
Cook Inlet district# and Capt. Whit
ney said the Carlisle Packing Co.
and the Pioneer Packing Co. plants!
at Cordova have completed their
packs for the season.
The weather throughout the en
tire Westward country has been ex
ceptionally line this summer, with
little rain, and there have boen no
fast.”
Simple Funeral Services at
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Marion For Late President
MARION. Ohio. Ail*. 8-Thu de
tailed plan, approved by Mrs. Hard
ing, tor ihe funeral services here, pro
vlclcs for the arrival of the body
about 10 o'clock Thursday morning
and its removal to the hrmi" of the
late President's father, Dr. G. T
Harding.
The body will lie in state until 1!
O'clock Friday afternoon when the
funeral cortege will f|rm at th«
residence and march to the Marlon
cemetery where services will be
held upon arrival at the vault about
3 o'clock.
OpIV one service will be conducted
for the late President in his home
city, and that will he at the receiv
ing vault. This service will he con
ducted by Rev. George M. Handler,
pastor of the Trinity Raptlst Church,
which the President attended, as
sisted hy Rev. Jessie Swank, pastor
of the Methodist Eplscoptl Church
Rev. Swank was a personal friend of
Harding.
Four distinguished citizens, close
friends of the late President, will
attend the funeral here Friday. They
are Thomas A. Edison. Henry Fo'd,
Harvey S. Firestone and Itli^Vop W
F. Anderson, accompanied bjfij elr
wives.
Two years ago, Harding spent sev
i ora! nights around the campfires
in Maryland with Ford, Edison and
i Firestone.
The spot in Marlon cemetery where
all that is mortal of Warren CJ. Hard
ing will be consigned to final rest|
: is one of the most beautiful in the!
vicinity of the quiet town to which
he oftimes said he hoped to return
as an “ordinary citizen.”
Situated at almost the exact center
of the shady expanse of the old!
burial ground, the Harding family 1
plot, where a president of the United |
States will resume his place among1
the kindly folk he knew and loved
us neighbors, lies cupped in n tiny!
valley.
Two giant elms cast deep shadows
over slabs of granite which mark
l*'io resting place of the president’s
, mother and of his sister, Mary t'ralis
sa. and only a few steps away a
! gleaming gravel roadway winds,
I through a perfect archway of fo-;
tinge fashioned by’[the interlocking;
.branches of virgin elms
To the rear, where the tiny de !
nresj'on levels tts1 •!f oat", stretches j
a quiet vista of gently rolling grass-j
i land <iott“d in-re and there by the!
gray blot of a tombstone, all deeD-l
I ened into somber tints by the shade i
Inf forest trees—a fitting background
for the Hhrlne of a dead president.
A PROCLAMATION
TO THE CITIZENS OF JUNEAU:
WHEREAS, the mortal remains cf our dearly bclo/ed late
Pi.'idem!, Wc.rrcn Q. Harding, will to laid to rest at Marion,
Ohio, on Augurt 10, 1923, and
WHEREAS, a National Proclamation haB been iseued setting
that day apart, throughout the United States and its Territories,
as one o{ mourning and preyer,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Isidore Gold kin. Meyer of the City
of Juneau, do request that all business houses be closed the entire
day and that the citizens of Juneau befittingly ebeerve the day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto ect my hand and
caurrd the official seal cf the City of Juneau to be affixed, this
8th day of August, 1923.
1. GOLDSTEIN, Mayor.
wind storms along the Peninsula,
which is most unusual.
Capt. Whitney brought word of
tho death of John Henry Winters,
superintendent of the Alsaka Pack
ers Ascoclation Qulchak canneries,
June 27 last, rrom apoplexy. He
died on his way from one cannery to
the other. Mr. Winters was about
45 years of age. He had been gen
eral superintendent of the canner
ies for the past six or seven years
and had been with the Alaska Pack
ers Association since he was a young
man.
PROMINENT MINER DIES
Roy A. Young, manager of tho
Dome Creek Mining Company, which
has sixteen men working on Dome
Creek, a tributary of the Portymlle
River, died suddenly while at work
July 17, according to word from Daw
son. Young was a prominent Wash
ington State mining man with lead
mines near Spokane. He was one of
the organizers of the Dome Creek
Mining Company and has had active
charge of its operations. He was 48
yearB of age, a native of Washington
State, and is survived by his widow
and daughter, residing at Seattle.
Tho body was sent to Seattle In
charge of his brother, Chester Young
PIONEER DIES ON TRAIL
The body of Ed. Thompson, pioneer
of Alaska dating back to 1887, was
found dead on the trail at the head of
Katcheinak Bay, Bristol Bay coun
try, June 16, according to the Nenana
News. Thompson and his partner,
Ed Parks, had been developing the
latter's homestead near Nenaqa when
the former left for the coast about
three years ago to prospect in the
Bristol Bay country. Thompson wus
a native of Minnesota, and was a
stampeder into the Black Hills coun
try before coming to Alaska 35 years
ago.
OIL INDUSTRY
TO DE PROBED;
CHICAOO, Ami?. 8- Three sub-com
mittees (o ascertain costs of produc
tlon, refining mul marketing of crude
oil and Ifa by-products have been ap
pointed by A. (!. McOulre, Chairman
of the committee selected by L. V.
'Nichols, President of the National
Petroleum Marketers' Association to
i investigate various conditions in the
oil industry of the middle continent
oil field.
Society Woman Fined
$400 on Rum Count
DENVER. Aug 8. Mrs. Katherine
O'Connor, Denver society woman, ;
oleaded guilty in t’nited States dis
trict court here to illegal possession j
of liquor. She was fined $400 which j
her attorney paid.
Soldier of Fortune Quits;
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Going to Prospect For Oil
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 8 -Gen
eral Lee Christinas. Jr., after "pull
ing one foot from the grave," as he
expressed It, lies In a hospital here
with the prospect of being out this
week. He is planning another ven
ture into Central America.
This man, who has had a finger in
the Latin American revolutionary pie
for SO years, and around whom Rich
ard Harding Davis wove his Clajr,
hero of "Soldiers of Fortune,” Is gun
ning for oil in Guatemala. He Is
‘‘done with revolutions,” he declares.
“I’m in Guatemala entirely for pros
pecting for oil. I have convinced the
Latln-American republics that I'm not
out for any more disturbance. I'm
a peaceful man these days."
The General is convalescing after
a battle of It months with tropic
fever and with a bullet within an
inch of his heart, relic of a jungle
fray.
FINAL TRIBUTE
GIVEN HARDING
BYWASHINGTON
Sorrowing Procession Escorts
Remains from White
House to Capitol.
TWO FORMER PRESIDENTS
JOIN THE CORTEGE TODAY
Body Is Borne Down Pennsyl
vania Avenue Between
Lines of Mourners.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—A swel
ling tide of honors today bove War
ren G. Harding back over the road
by which he came to the Presidency,
two crowded years ago for him. at
the urge of ambition and which
ended in the compelling call to
duty, stilled by death.
Amid tens of thousands of silent
countrymen grouped along the way,
he passed in such state as only the
great dead of a nation may know
and beyond, the brief hour of cere
mony awaited for him to rest eternal
on soil that gave him birth.
LEGIONS TRAMP AHEAD.
Down the wide avenue ho was
carried today with marching legions
tramping ahead to lay him under
the dcine of the Capitol for a while
ere he goes back to his native state
fereyer.
With General John J. Pershing
marching thousands of the escort
lead the way with the steel of bay
onets glittering.
Soldiers, sailors, marine citiieno,
still bowed with grief, followed.
PROCESSION OF SOREOW.
It was a few minutes past 10
o’clock this morning when the giert
procession of sorrow swung out from
Room of the White House.
Tenderly the President had been
earned for the last time from the
noitals and placed again on the ar
tillery caisson that had borne him
I_A. _At. trnin
moii vim k»»v ■ —
to lie for a few hours in the East
Room of the House.
As the funeral hour approached,
'.he casket was opened so the near
relatives and friends might spend
the last moments there with the
dead who lay with a peaceful smile.
Wilson in Cortege
Woodrow Wilson, himself broken
by the cares of office, came to the
portico Just before the hour of de
parture to take his place in the
cortege.
William Howard Taft was also
waiting when the casket was borne
to the caisson.
Chief executive Coolidge arrived
just at the moment the cortege was
to start.
As the procession was forming
underneath the shadows of the
White House trees, the bell of St.
John's church, across LaFayette
Square, began tolling the requiem.
Was Alone with Dead.
Only as the procersion started did
it become known that Mrs. Harding
spent half an hour, alone with the
dead, at one o’clock this morning.
She was alone In the rooms at times
and at other times was attended by
relatives.
In Pennsylvania Avenue, as the
cortege moved along, the silence was
broken by strains of Chopin's Fun
eral March played by the Army
band. At the same time a bugler
came to the portico and sounded
"Attention."
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