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"ALL THE NEWS ALL THp TIME*
VOL XXII., NO. 3256.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
IRISH REBEL
Strikes and Communist Disorders
Growing in Ruhr
COMMUNISTS
NOW ACTIVE
RUHR REGION
Spreading Terror Throughout
District—Strike Agita
tion Is Growing.
ESSEN. May 28. — Disorders in
the Ruhr caused by strikes and
Communist activities appear to be
centered at Dortmund where the in
habitants passed a night of terror.
The Comunistic elements still are
striving today for the upper hand.
Numrrcu: street fights have oc
curred.
Two police and two Communists
w"e ki'W. II police and many
Communists were Wounded during
the clash at a mine nearby yestei
day.
The strike is spreading through
the Rhineland. The situation is so
serions that the Hambom authori
ties have prohibited the sale of al
coholic drinks.
One workman was killed and sev
eral wounded during a clash with
police at Duisberg.
Dr. Spaulding Gives
Anchorage Side of
Land Office Case
ANCHORAGE, May 28.—The re
moval of the United States Land Of
fice is imperative and a necessity
due to the rapid development ol
farm land and oil fields Dr. E. T
Spaulding, President of the Anchor
age Clia(mher of Commerce stater
in reply to the protest by Juneai
regarding the removal of the ofTicf
from that olty to this city.
BERING SEA
ICE MOVING
INOSCE, May 28.—'The Bering Ses
ice from Nome to tho eastward i
mioving cut to sea and the Snake
River too is going out of tho channel
IMany automobiles are’ making
their appearance on Nome streets.
The Yttka Manufacturing Company
will launch both maimmouth stee
dredges constructed for the Hammoti
Company on Little Crook the first
week in June. Construction of these
dredges during the winter at this
latitude ie an unprccodented feat
The dredges will be roady for digging
immediately
Actress Vindicated in
Decision by High Court
NEW YORK. May 28. — Supreme
Court Justice Lehman. In a decision
today, vindicates Stella Larrimore,
actress named by Geraldine Farrar,
as one of several oo-respondents in
the divorce suit against Lou Telle
gen.
BALDWIN GETS GOOD SEND-OFF
[LONDON, May 28.—<No incoming
Prime Minister could wish for a bet
ter reception from the press than
that which has been accorded Rt.
Hon. Stanley Baldwin. The comment
of Lajbor and Liberal newspapers is,
of course, influenced by political coon
Bidieratlons but mono have a word
against the new Premier personally.
Some opposition critics regard the
appointment as a triumph for the
die-hard Conservatives.
EUGENIC MARRIAGE LAW
' EFFECTIVE IN NEBRASKA
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iliLNCOUK. Neb., May 28— (By As
sot [a ted Press.)—A new record for
lew percentage lln law-making war
established by the Nebraska legis
1st are which has Just ended its 1923
session. Of lj>&6 bills introduced in
both houses, only 199 were passed
by thus legislature, and of these Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan vetoed four,
leaving a total of 195 new laws.
Among tho outstanding measures
enacted Is one authorizing ratification
of a treaty between the states of No
brasika and Colorado, covering Joint
use of the waters of the .South Platte
River. Another meaaure 'brings out
side utility oonportvt.ioos doing tmsl
loss in the state unitor the jurisdtc
ion or tho state railroad commission
is to Issuance of stocks and bonds.
The now “eugenic marriage law"
•oiluires 10 days’ notice in the office
»f the county clerk before the appli
•ants can wed. Undor this law mar
•iagas are prohibited between per
ions adjudged to have hereditary
ipilepsy or hereditary Insanity
A resolution was passed memorlal
ng Congress to repeal the Esch-Cum
wins law.
Tho 1923 legislature was In session
ongar and adjourned later than any
previous lawmaking .body in the state,
it convened January 2 and adjourned
n*t four months later.
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HE IS PRINCETON’S HANDSOMEST MAN.
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James E. Davis, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, a Senior in
Princeton University, lias been voted the "handsomest man" in
tlie student body.
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GERMAN GIRLS PREFER STRIKE
PAY RATHER THAN GO TO WORK
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| | Harding Will Be
; In Alaska
‘ i Nearly 3 Weeks
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I SEATTLE. May 28.— President
j Harding has \dired he would at- j
| tend as a big brother the Elks’
i annual ptcnte for the boys in
! Woodland Park, set for July 23,
j after ho returns from his trip to
| Alaska.
i The Washington dispatch says
the President will remain in Al
] aska nearly three woeks instead
! of two as originally planned.
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KIWANIS CLUB
MEETING TODAY
'Six Thousand Members Gath-i
er in Atlanta—Session
to Last Four Days.
ATLAlNTA. May 28.—(By Assoclat
ei Press.)—Six thousand Kiwanls]
Club members from all parta of the!
j United States, and somo from Can-)
i ada, arriving bv rail, airplane, auto-;
j mobile and on foot, assembled here j
today as delegates and visitors to j
I the International assembly of Ki-j
I wanis Clubs- They will be in ses- j
i si on four days.
j One delegate notified Atlanta con-i
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ESSEN. May 28.—(By Associated
Press.)—1Thousands of women and
girls liave toon thrown .out .of work
duo to the closing of factories in the
Ruhr as an outcome of French and
Belgian occupation, hut nevertheless
domestic i are t - difficult to acquire
us in the citi.'oii of the United States
Phis is 1: gely due to the fact that
tho wotr u and girts draw strike
funds of on> kind or another, eithei
from the nuniclpulilties or from the
Berlin government which usually
(invour1'. to more than they would re
eeivo for household services.
In many instances tho women are
furnished lodging and food by tice
RUthorit -s, and in addition, as part ol
tho ps.»s4vo ret stance program, they
get a weekly allowance of marks as
pin money. Near Essen an old Ger
many barracks has been converted
into a sort of camp for unemployed
women, and in this plge? atone more
than 400 women are quartered
Germans say there was never a
time in recent years when servants
were so eecirce a= today. Tho French
and Belgian officers’ fainilios now Id
tho Ruhr and Rhineland have the
greatest difficulty in requisitioning
Books, maids and nurses, and often
have 'to pay a premium to the Ger
man women as an inducement to
cotne and work for them.
Exclusive Dance Starts
Fight; Knives Are Used
LOS ANGELES. May 28.—R. B
Drummond, whito sailor, may die
four others are suffering from serious
knife wounds ar.-l a nunjbe^ of oth
ers aro cut and bruised as the result
of a riot between white and Filipino
sailors of the battle ifleei here early
yesterday. The riot followed Lbe
ejection of whites from a dance ex
clusively feir the Filipinos.
Veneer Plant Burned;
Fire Origin Unknown
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 28.r-Tbf
veneer plant of the Henry MeCleary
Lumber Company was totally do
tttroyed by firo at noon yesterday
with a loss of 'more than 1200.000
Tho origin has not been determined.
Kelly and MacReady
Reach Kansas City
KANSAS CITY. May 28—The
monoplane T-2, piloted by Lieuten
ants Kelly and MacRoadv. arrived
yesterday morning on the return trip
east.
THREE STATES
BEING VISITED
BY BIG FIRES
' Forests AWaze in Sections of
Wisconsin, Michigan,
and Minnesota.
! JRONWOOD, May 28. —Forest
i fires are raging In Vilas County
' Wileccnsln and Gogebic Comity
Michigan. Large areas of cnt-ovei
! land is usblaze and threatening tin
i very best timber.
FIRES IN MINNESOTA.
! VIRGINIA, Minn.. May 28. -Gary,
I fore t fires are bfezing in Nortlieri
; Minnesota. .
The houses of soo^es of farmer.
! at Sandlake. seven mile; distant, art
; mensced. ^
Tourists report the roads are al
most impassible.
Petition President
To Release 52
War Law Prisoners
| WASHINGTON, May 28.—A num
! her of college presidents, governors
editors and mothers of „ promlneni
' men have sigilSd- a petition ti
I President Harding asking the re
' lease of 52 prisoners convictec
i under the war laws.
The signers to t'he petition includ
ed William Allen White, Rabbi
tWIsc, Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law
, of former President Wilton, Gover
! nors Sweet of Colorado, Hunt oi
I Arizona, Davis of Kansas and Dixon
| erf Montana.
I Religion vs. Science
Squabble Is Started
WASHINGTON, May 28. — Fort}
\ prominent Americans, including Sec
1 retaries Hoover and Davis, thret
[Bishops and other leaders prominenl
| In politics, religion, businees and
| science, have signed a statement
, and mode public today declaring
I there is no antagonism between
science and religion,
i William Jennings Bryan, in c
j story published in the Evening Star
assailed the statement and suid:
"There is no antagonism betweer
j religion and real science. Our ob
' jeettion is to unsupported gue set
: put forth bv scientists in the na.mi
of science relative to man 'being £
idoscehdant of brutes.”
iB0M8jiwER
UNDER ARREST
| MEXICO CITY, May 28. — Th(
Giadarajara police have arrestee
IMedaro Ijopez on a charge of beins
'the author of the bomb exploslot
'at the American Consulate here or
j May 17.
Lopez is -believed to be a membei
of a revolutionary committee. Hi
j rt"as formerly a general under Car
' ranza.
SENIWJOXES'
COMING NORTH
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STATTL.E, May 28.—United State:
j Senator Wcslov L. Jones has an
j non need plans to vi«Jt Alaska abou
; July 1 to study the fisheries quea
tion. He will go norrth on a eoas
gull'd cutter, accompanied by Unite)
States Pish Commissioner Henr;
O'Malley and possibly Congressmai
White, of Maine. There is a postil
btlity of Dolegate Dan Sutherlani
Joining the party.
French Aviatrix Reaches
Height of 15,000 Fee
DOS ANG-EL.ES. May 28 —Mile. An
dree Peyre, French aviatrix, reaches
a height of 15,000 feet here yester
day. This in a n'W altitude rei on
for women.
PREMIER HICORISKI OUT.
WARSAW, May 28. — Premie
Hicorlskl resigned today. His Cab
Inet will do likewise according b
report s.
WILL WED SON OF FRENCH
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE.
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Mins Elizabeth ltoslington, 0f New York, has junt returned
from a six months' tour of Europe. She ie soon to return to Paris
to became the bride of llenrl Lelullier, eon of the multi-millionaire
newspaper publisher and jeweler, it is remembered that Per ay
Hopkins .Tpyee once announced her engagement to the young
Frenchman.
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COMING TO U. S.
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“Hammer Murderess" Is in
Charge of Officer Com
ing from Honduras.
| TEGUCIGALPA, M ay 28. -N.alwilh
in | standing the «l?cr.'o .■= sued by the
b-|Suprem» Court ordering Clara Chil
es1 lips ?ett free, she was turned over
ie!to the American ileputv sheriff from
a I California a n Saturday anal embarked
Saturday nigh’ at Puerto Cortez f >r
New Orleans, whore she Is expected
to arrive sometime today.
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SAYS SHE IS INNOCENT
KANSAS CITY, May 28 An As
sociated Press aorravponalt nt his
received a message from Clara Phil
lips declaring her innocence an 1 say
ing:
“Please say I Intend to give the
worlal the truth about the Alberta
Meadows' case; that 1 ana Innocent
anal an opportunity will soon e -ma
for me to prove It."
IN NEW ORLEAN9TOMORROW.
NEW ORLEANS, May 28. Cl.ua
Ptrllips ard bpr wort are exp' leal
to' arrive hero tomorrow aboard the
steamer Copan
Homes of Wealthy, at
Summer Resort, Burned
MONTREAL. May 28. One hun
dred and fifty buildings. m istily dim
mer homes of wealthy Montreal citi
zens. were destroyeal Saturday night
at Stegath-e. a summer resort at
Lauronttan Mountain, on a braoa h a>f
the Canadian Pacific railway. Sov
enty-eight families are homeless. The
loss is estimated ta be approxi
mately $400,000.
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LONDON. May 28 The govern
ment of Norway is about to .give fi
nancial support to the Amundsen An
tic Expedition, according ho a (lie
patch from Christiana In the Lonlun
Times.
A proposal making an vppropra
tlorv for the expedition. Including twt:
airmen, for tho proposed flight to the
polo will Iwi Introduced In the storth
Ing after the Whitsuntide holiday*
CONGRESSIONAL
PARTY SPLITS
One Part Goes to Hawaiian
Islands the Rest Are
Comuig to Alaska.
SAX FRANCISCO, May 28. -Tha
, CougrosUonal party split yesterday,
part .toavlng on tha transport Grant
for the Hawaiian Islands and the
; remainder (or Aiask i via Seattle
; aboard the tran sport C imbria.
Secretary Weeks left for (Wash
ington.
Interurban Hits Auto;
Eight Persons Killed
DETROIT, May 28. Seven were
kUled when an interurban car ol the
Dr trait-Pontiac line hit an automo
bile at a grade crossing tilght miles
north of here. Two were dangerously
hurt.
Two Aged Men Are
Killed in Collision
I OKLAHOMA CITY, May 28.— Reu
ben 'Hlckock, of this city, and Har
vey Horner, of Long Beach. Cal.,
both 89 years did, were killed when
u cur In which they were riding
collided with a racer hero yesterday
afternoon.
CONCEALED MACHINE GUNS
TO CUAOD BANK TREASURES
CMCVKIjANT>. May "i- IBy Asso-I The first floor, fur the transaction
lilted Pros*.) Tho new Fourth Fed- of public business, is finished in
j era! Ri- rvo Bank building: here Is [Italian marble. Customers can lock
rapidly nearing completion. iind will. themselves behind iron bars when
, bo ready for occupancy about June J transacting business with a teller.
1. The butMing has many details of1 A gallery of armor plate surrounds
architecture and Ingenuity that make the first flour, wdth loopholes from
, it one of I ho most remarkable in which guards cun see everything oc
. the United States, uirchikycts and i curring below.
builders say. with strength ind safety! Truck driveways lead directly into
i the keynotes. I tho mail iroorn. It cannot be ‘‘rushed.’’
| The truck first enters a vestibule
The main vault is 30 feel below llie t (j,e ««tree>t door imust be closed
, street level. Side and rear walls; ani| locked behind It before the »ec
. are nix feet thick. The front wall'; ond door. oi>ening direct into the
i is seven feet thick und has the heiv-j mail room, can be oponed.
iest door in the world. The vault' Armed guards can look down upon
, is design'd to hold upw.ud of iwoj the mail room and command it with
j billion dollars in gold and securities,* rifles, and statues at each of the en
I according to D. €■ Wills. ehairryan of trances to the building will conceal
the board, 1 machine gups.
REBEL LEADER
ASKS ARMS BE
LAID DOWN NOW
Eamonn de Valera Issues
Orders to Followers in
Ireland—War Over.
DUBLIN, May 28.—A document
addrcscd by Eamonn de Velera to
all ranks cf the Republican Army
calling fcr discontinuance of armed
tiupglei has been taken from cap
tured Republican leaders according
| Ir Fr:e State authorities in an an
nouncement today.
The message from de Valera says:
‘‘The Eoldiers of the Liberty Le
gion of the lear guard of the Re
public, (airnct longer be successfully
defended under cur own arms.
"Further sacrifice on your part
would be in vain.
"Continuance of the struggle
would be unwicc u» national in
terests.
"Laying aside arms now is an
act of patriotism as exalted and as
pure as your valor in taking them
up."
Counter Proposal
Is Made by
Chinese Bandits
TIENTSIN. May 28. — J. B.
Powell, American newspaperman,
one of tlie captives of the Sucbow
bandits, recently paroled to carry
terms to the bandits for release of
their prisoners to foreign consults
at Tsaoehwang, has returned to the
bandit's stronghold.
RETURNS. NEW TERMS.
TIENTSIN, May 28. — J B
Powell, American newspaperman, re
turned today from the bandit’s
stronghold bringing the bandit's re
ply to the couniter proposal by
Tuchun of Shantung.
Oregon Land Is Open
For Entry; Homesteads
PORTLAND, * May 28—Restoration
of more than 200,000 acres of land
tn tho western part of the State to
homestead entry 0s announced by
tho ClenorrU Land Office of Washing
ton. Tho dates for permitting filing
on various tracts run from June 11
throughout tho year, depending upon
the claw of iflliug Intended to bo
made. The land Is chiefly in tho
Rose bury district.
EARTHQUAKE
AT FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, May 28.—The heav
iest earthquake in the history of this
city occurred last Saturday after
noon.
Tho skies became darkened, un
usually so. Then there was a hail
storm. the first tn years, and a heavy
rain followed the earthquake.
Tacoma! M*v* IlS.—‘Mrs. Terry
Aim i Lister, agCfl 54 yours, widow
of the late Governor Ernest Lister,
died late Saturday afternoon. She
had boen 111 for two years.