THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL XXI., NO. 3198.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MAKES BID FOR • i
AIR SERVICE IN
NOME DISTRICT
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Seattle Man Reported Ready
to Make Contract—
To Use Seaplanes.
■SEATTLE, 'March 21.—It is learn I
'that E. J. Mathew*, president of the
Denny-Renton Clay & Coal C&m.panj
has organized the Alaska Airwa\ s
Company and placed a bid on the
proposals to cstsilbM. h an air mail ser
vice on the route from Nome to
Kotzebue.
The company has purchased two
naval seaplanes rf the “L" type
wbflcb will be shipped to Nome on
Ihe first trip of the Vlictorila. A. C.
Eckman. former army air pilot, has
'been engaged.
NEW WIRELESS
STATIONS FOR
ALASKAN TOWNS
’ Company to Be Organized to
Handle Commercial Busi
ness from the States.
SEATTLE. March 21.-'Robert An
derrton Pope, president, annminced
today that a- company named the Al
abina Communication Service is
planned tfor the establishing of com
mercial wireless with the principal
stations at Grays Harbor and An
chorrfege at a supplement to the army
cable end navy raldo. Pope said
the.sue&sages will jbt> relayed to every
part at the Territory with a station
a-t Juneau. Ketchlk'an, Cordlova, Sew
ard and Kodiia.k.
Rum Running Speed
Craft Is Driven to Sea
tHiKJH'LiANlDS, iK J.. March 21.—
Driven to isea when their motor boat,
Rosie D. a small craft that far days
lias bison participating in speed test
rims between the rum flbet and
shore, became disabled last night,
Joseph Belgado died of exposure and
■three members of the crew are In a
serious condition. The men were
rescued eurly today by a etoast guard
cutter.
Soviet Leader 1$
Reported Improving
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MOSCOW. March 21—Be n i n e, who
has been suffering from an apopletlc
stirtokp, is greatly improved, accord
ing to official announcement.
Wisconsin Assembly to
Dispose of All Armories
MADISON, Wis„ March 21—The
State Assembly has voted 44 to 21 to
terminate the miscellaneous armories
and turn them over to the cities in
wUich they are located for school or
other purposes.
DIVORCE SHAKES ENGLISH SOCIETY.
English Bocirly is being shaken by the ^fial of the divorce
proceedings instituted In London by Tom Pur ness, members of t lie
immensely wealthy steamship family. Drugs, will key and In
discretions are alleged. Mrs. Elizabeth Fae Furness, an American
girl, sued first, but her husband answered with a cross-petition,
alleging she misconducted 'herself with Maurice Mouvet, the noted
dancer. She vehemently denied bis charge.
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Author of Alaska
Studies Wins
Valuable Medal
LOS ANIUELE8, March 21. -
Ernest DeKoveu Leffingwell.
Arctic explorer, of Pasadena, has
| received the American Geograph
' Ileal Society's Oharles P. Daly ,
medal This medal is given an
nually for valuable contributions
j to study geography. Letfing
well'a studies along the Alaska
! Coast won the honor.
Former Imperial Wizard
Is Now to Be Arrested
ATLANTA, Ga., March 21 Edward
Young Clarke, former acting lmper
la! Wizard of the Ku Klim Klan
failed to (appear iin court today t„
answer to the charges of using tin
•mal to defraud 'in connection with
letters alleged 'to have b‘>en sens i
officers of the Klan and his tiond oi
$500 was ordered 'forfeited and a war
rant has been iss-ued for his arrest.
Tariff Receipts
Nearing Two
Million Daily
WASHINGTON. March 21—Tariff
receipts are rapidly approaching the
mark of $2,000,000 daily, wh.ch is
unprecedented In the historv of Aaier
iican customs collections, according
,to Treasury Department figures. It
Is »ow estimated that the receipts
to the end of the fiscal year, June
30. will be half a billion dollars.
COLONIZATION SCHEME FOR
ALASKA IS BEING PUNNED;
ORIGINATOR GOING INSIDE
Frederick Zorn, whose card bears
the legend, “Alaska Mineral Explor
er. from Lake Crook on -the Yentna,”
who Was a passenger on the Alameda
lor the Westward, has returned from
the (East., whore he endeavored to get
•the government and others interest
ed (in a colonization scheme dor the
•Mount McKinley regions, particularly
for the Snsiitna and Yentna VaiUeys.
H* has ibeen lin the East for nearly a
year working on .this protect and en
deavoring to grit capital interested
in 1,200 acres of .gold and platinum
placer grounds which he holds on
Lake Creek.
Mr. Zorn discussed Iris .propositions
with various officials and capitalists
and stiientliets, Sncluddng President
Harding, Secretary Pall. Dr. Stetn
metz and others. He al*} called on
former .President Widsfon 'while he
was at Washington. While he did
not meet the former President, he
said, he hud a 10-mlir.iHe conversation
with Mrs. Wilson.
President Harding assured Mr.
Zurn that he had completed his plans
to visit Alaska this year, anil, he
says. Mrs. Wilson told ihlni that If
former President Wilson recovers
sufficiently they will also visit this
Territory.
The Department of the Interior,
Mr. Zorn saiid, lLa.il referrod his col
ionization plans to George A. Parks,
Chief of the FUeld Division of the
General Land Office in Alaska.
Mr. Zorn lhas a great bundle of clip
pings from newspapers „in various
I»arts of 'the East which published in
terviews wii'h him iwhiich show Inter
os t in Alaska.
■Speaking of ihis colonization plans.
Mr Zorn saiid 'that he represented
I the need of mechanics and craftsmen
'and farmers fo form colonies and lo
jctiite in the vaslt stretches of land
in the Yentna and iSusltna valleys,
■which are capable of agricultural de
velopment .
Mr. Zorn is now on ih.is way to
Lake Creek to perform assessment
.work on his claims In that country.
VIOLENCE URGED
BY COMMUNISTS
Constitution and Program
Becomes Part of Records
in Michigan Trial.
1ST. JOSEPH, llkli., Marl'll 21.—
The delfei! -e 1: I a b.fi.er fight to
i keep the Cummin. ■t constMtution and
I program out of the rc cords in the
“! William 7i. Fo er to a] .acre.
The profit1 i n stj'.t s “that use of
the ipcrlc.tarlai d t.v.ys the machin
ery of 'the hourg ' vise . n t (he s*ate
osltaibM.-"he - a prr'i taifian dictatorship
1 based on iFoviet power. The Com
muniiiit party will keep in the fore
ground the ne-i i s- • r\ violent revolu
♦ton for de-struction c.I the capitalist
state."
Notorious Mail
Bandit Is Put
In Segregation
LEAVENWORTH. Kan., March 21.
—Hoy Gardner, notorious Pacific
Cor>'t bandfct, is tin segregation in the
federal penitentiary here, it became
known here. Gardner has been in
close ermlfinement far nemo time, it
'was staked by Warden Biddle.
.Threats to .break pc ion or do bodily
harm to guard's » s the cause of
the action taken a it mat Gardner. Mm
wijrdcn saiid.
Gardner bag an making threats
when an npyl'iciriun tar an operation
to relieve alleged pressure on the
i skull was denied by Dr. Albert F.
1 Volie, prison physician.
Says League of Nations
Would Have Made Peace
l>ES MOINES, March 21. Ratitica
tiion of the League of Nations with!
reservations would have prevented
the ipreseir. French invasion of the
Ruhr and gone fir toward a much
quicker restoration rtf peace in Eu
rope. was he keynote of a speech
delivered hare today by Senator Cum
! mins to -the John Ericcon League.
Thousands Are Homeless
As Result of Tornado
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MEMPHIS. March 21. Thousands j
of persons homeless in the tornado
swept area of Northern Mississiippl
must .be provided food and clothing,
according to iRed Cross officials. It
Is slated the flin'al death eetilmate of
the tornado of 'last weak is 28 per
sons.
Bishop Bowman Passes
Away in Pennsylvania
ALLENTOWN. Pa.. March 21 —
Thomas Bowman. Bishop of the Evan
gelistic Church In the United States,
one of the best known men of the
denomination, died here yestprday at
the age of 87 years. Bishop Bowman I
was a noted preacher against slavery
during the Chvil War.
BUSINESS MEN
ARE HOSTS TO
ALASKA SOLONS
Unity of Alaska Motif at
Dinner Given Legislature
by Local Chamber.
■.
Good feiicw.-ihl^' reigned supremo
last n’glit at he 'banquet tendered b.v
the Juneau ChamtbeAr. of Commerce
to the Terriitwial Legislatwe 'ul
other officials In Bilks' H ill. Approx;
maitely 130 persons attended what
was designed t'Or and proved to be a
■genuine “get acquainted'' event.
The "one-ness" of Ala-ku was th ■
mo'i'.f 'played up by Toaatmaruer
Henry Rcden anil whose lead was
closely followed byjftiie several speak
ers. “I though1 w*4en i r.rote to the
(first A'.i! ka Legislature that the
Coe-1.. Interior a.nd 'Seward Peninsula
bad such diverse interests, problems
and conditions it would ba impos
sible for them to dwell together in
peace and harmony, but 10 yetrs' ex
;pendente has eonvhici I me I was
jwTi'ng,” said Mr. Rodin.
Governor First Speaker
■Governor Bone, the first speaker,
1 was initroduccd by Mr R'oJen. is
one who despite T.iis I rlc.f residence
in Ala-ka, knew as much of the Ter
ritory as men wdli am re than 23
years' residence h ire. to which tlie
Governor rtrpoi;d«d. “I admit it.”
He spoke of Juneau us his ‘ home
town'' and said 'I love .my home
Down." He referred to his hope of
bringing the capital of Alaska nearer
to the Capital of the Nation by bring
ing about a closer understanding of
Alaska lln Washington. He mention
ed his first trip to Alaska some ID
years ago and of his long interest
in the Territory and Us develop
ment and needs.
Juneau, he said, is a hospitable
Oamitmmlty, “a worthy community, a
fine ’liditTe capital,” Mentioning talk
of attempt to.rcvisrive the rar>ltal. to
some ether town, he said: “that Is
one topic that is taboo with me!”
[Laughter groeted his assertion that
I iif the time ever came for establifh
; ln‘g a new capital he would be forced
to listen to Karl Theile's claims for
tlhe ree'ogniItlon of Akiak. in the Kus
kokwim district, for that honor. •
Concluding in a serious vein. Gov
ernor Bone said dhait the alms of
j overy Alaskan wore directed to the
| saline end. the development of the
|Territory, that the desire of each was
j • o advance the welfare of the Ter
i rltorv.
Seeks Good Laws
Senator Hum. who followed Gov*
! aroor Hone, w ild It is the aim of
the Legislature to pass good laws.
| adding. "If the Legislature evolves
j good laws out of the mass of hills
I which has pptired In on the Senate,
it will idesertro credit. We will do
what we can to better conditions.”
Cooperation Is Urged
tnt.iiotliiced iby the toastmaster as
the man froffn Nome who does things.
Senator Fred M. Ayer, saying that
he knew from experience. In the
Nome Chamber of Commie ice that
such organizations were often se
verely orltt-cleed. upheld them as
wtorthwhile organizations. Me urged
the finportance of bringing about a
system of cooperation among the ' a
rious .Chambers of Commerce In 4ho
Territory, boosting organizations, for
t'he advancement of Alaska.
T)evelopment of low-grade placer
grounds an I their operation bv means
of the cold water thawing process,
opening of lode deposits, develop
ment on am enlarged scale of the
re.indeeir industry, lie said, were three
things that promised unsurpassed
prosperity ifor Seward Peninsula and
one that will 'be of benefit not only
to Chat section, but to the whole
Territory by adding to the existing
revenue producing industries. The
■Hammond Kngineering ■Company will
have two big dredges installed next
summer and later on from 10 to 15
(Continued on Png* Two >
Pins to Replace
Stitches in New
Summer Frocks
CHICAGO. March 21.—The summer
girl of 1923 will flit about without1
a stitch on her. She may use pins
but no atSteiiets. it was revealed at
the annual convention of the Fashion
Art League of America.
The 2,000 dressmakers from all
over the "country attending the con
vention decreed that gowns will be
‘hirtiped" and the "seamstress” must
give way to the ‘ draper.”
The summer girl will ibe twined In
a riot of torus flowers, chariot wheel
designs and bung-necked camels, they
said. The girls are copying styles
promulgated by old King Tut 3..',00
years ago.
PRESIDENT MAKES TWO MORE AMBASSADORS.
•>
^Hf^.Oyruy3 A PMoore. /*»•'
Cyrus K. Woods, American Amllnisf ador to Spain, lias been
transferred to the more Important past of Amba:. ad or to Japan,
lie will be succeeded in Spain by Alexander P. Moore, former
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) newspaper publisher, whose wife was
the late Lillian Huseell.
DELEGATE OPENS CAMPAIGN ON
FISH RESERVATIONS IN SPEECH
TO LAWMAKERS-.ATTACKS BUREAU
I
■f
| ; Poisoned Booze
i , Kills Two; Makes
Another Blind
.
GOUiUMtBL'S, Ga.. Man'll 21.
Two are dpail and two others
are unKontciciiis and not ex
pected Ho live and wnotlver
blind as the result of drinking
poisoned whisky. All are sol
(Hers stationed at th? na/.itaiy
post here.
MURDER CASE
SUSPECTS ARE
BEING QUIZZED
Seattle Greek Arrested in
Connection with Double
Murder at Everett.
j SBATL.E, March 21 (!u Anges,
of the local Greek ' Tony, has been
arrested in connection with the Karas
murders ait Everett. Deteettives 'aid
no char-go bus been placed against
him, but they believe ho might h?
able to throw some light on the
tragedy.
tieoigo Dina- and George Chakon,
held in Even t.t, have been severely
Questioned but further information is
not obtainable
MAN IS IMPLICATED
BVHRHTT. March 21. George Cha
kos told reporters today that Ge trge
Dinas, under arrest In connection
with the Karts murders, was in the
Home Bakery last Friday night and
Quarrelled whth Mrs. Karas.
Dinas denies hiring In Everei:’ F:
day or Saturday.
Powder Mills Explodes
2 Men Killed, One Dying
SCRANTON. Pa., a.Mroh 21. Two
were killed and a third probably fa
tally injured when the powder mills
of tire Mowsale plant of the DuPont
Powder Company exploded here.
ARDMORE. Oklu., March 21. Mrs.
William Graham and three Final I
children were burned to death when
the family home was destroyed by
fire this morning.
Reaffirming It's conviction in tin*<
rigitfomisnosg of liis fight .against (lie
Federal Administration’ll fisheries
rt j rvatfoti policy. Delegate Dm
' Sutherland. in his address befoif the!
Joint session of the Legislature, re-1
'newel ‘It's cii irgea that the “fish
ill'll rf Chicago and San Fruncissx)
• ensineered the r serve policy and.
i through a coatpl a isint Bureau nf
PI lrorios, have successfully grabbed
I Pishing stlght'S n those sections of
.the Tivictory in which fisheries re
serves have been created by Presi
dential proclaraatton.
| lie ask'd that the LegisUiire give
favorable I'on.i'.derratlon to the Grant
Fisheries Memorial ir w pending in
the H use of Koptresontalives. He I
urged that’ the Attorney General of
the Teirittry lie instructed and au
thorized to thoroughly'investigate the
matte1;' ar.d take it to ilie courts
and * ? 'if relief cannot be obtained.
The grants, he a'llige I the “fish
trust" 'a have grabbed, lie declared
should be abrogated and this Legis
late e, lie added, should o act as' to i
bring .shout such ahrogalion either
by Presidential proclamation or by;
Ac: of Congress.
Arraigns Fisheries Bureau
The Delegate's speech was directed
mainly agaiiti-' the Department of!
Comm Tec and the Bureau of Kish !
erics, tlic agency lie accuses of ilellv- j
i-ring tiic foiling rights (if Southwest
ern Alaska to the so-called fish I
bapotis. The reserve policy, he de-1
dared, oPlefingtel with the big tisli-j
Ing companies of San Francisco and
Chicago and the detaiiis of the zon
ing ami permit system wore worked
out by those companies and Ht their
''command" wore put into effect by
th“ Department of Commerce through
the Bureau of Fisheries. The policy,
he a-.sertyd, abrogates rights of Anier-:
(Continued on Page Three 1
WILL ENFORCE
LAW AGAINST
ALL CLASSES
Attorney General Declares
Stubborn Refusal to Obey
Laws Will Be Broken.
MIAMI, Flu., March 21 .—Attorney
General Daugherty in a paper read
today to t.he Florida Bit Association,
declared the enforcement of the law
equally against all classes stands out
as 'tlie fuotor on which much depends
towards advancement of the nation.
‘■Tire eonacloni!.tons iletemfination
to eiiforco the laws will finally break
dawn the etubUorn refusal to obey
tho law which otherwise might tern
I poruirily prevent universal and per
fect enforcement," said .tho Attorney
j General.
Steamer Is Reported
Sinking in Atlantic
NORFOLK, March 21. — The
! Italian steamship Glula Is reported
i in a sinking condition 560 miles
| oart of Boston acording to a wire
less report. Two steamers are
[rnulling to her aiistance.
Church Members and
Oil Company in Fight
TULSA, Ok.la., March 21.—Two
men have been slain in a dispute
with an oil company attempting to
begin drilling In the churchyard
of the Pralll View Church at Ton
1 kuwa. The company employees and
the church members are the op
po ing factions according to a teie
I phone message .
Steel Corporation Shows
Big Earning Daring 1922
NEW YORK. March 21— A report
of :ho Uniitod States Steel Corpora
tion! shows learning's of 1922 of
tlO().7S8.916. after deduction of ex
penses for operation and mainten
ance and resoive. The 'Income tax
Incrausod $8,997.6:18 over 1921.
Libel Suit Is Filed as
Result of Canned Salmon
.ST LOUIS, March 21 The govern
mont has filed a libel In 'the Fed
eral court for the .seizure of 19.200
canes of aailmon alleged to have
been decomposed when canned.
Valuable Radio Devices
Are Sold With a String
WASHINGTON, March 21 Radio
devices developed by John Hays Hani
.nilond. Jr., for wartime tuo by the
government, including methods of op
erating a erli I marine torpedoes
i.n me iv'ring with battleships without
tpenconm!. have been told to the
Radio Oorpo: :llon Am Tica an 1
the American Tele; hone k Telegraph
C. mpany. « ill he government re
■tulnlng an option on all for military
use and experiment. This was an
nounced here oday.
Underwood Is Mentioned
Presidential Candidate
NEW ORLEANS. March 21— For
mer United States Senator Joseph
Bailey, of Texas, addressing tho an
uuil convention, of the Southern Pine
,Association, that with the rcnomlna
tton of Harding and the nomination
of Senator Oscar Underwood as can
didate of (lie Dotnlocrats for Presi
dent. tho buainc.is mon need not be
worried that they will be -burdened
by additional axes.
FASCIST! OF NORTH AMERICA
IS FORMED IN UNITED STATES:
KLUXERS PLANNING MOVEMENT
NEW YORK, March 31. A branch
of the* Fascist! of Italy called the
"Fan is.Hl of North A'tnerk a" watt j
founded fin this country two year ftj
ago and now has 20,000 members and j
brant hes in many of flip leading j
cities, aw or d i n g to the N-w York I
Herald.
The Herald says Menilccucl is!
art it! to be Hite political •ecretarry, |
saying “Beside* promoting accord,
ibe*ween citizens of Italy, the Ksjr
'nsti is to set* that all understand
Italian citizenship."
OMAHA. March ‘.’I Kdgar t. Full
er. former Kleagle of the Ku Klui
Klan ort (Northern California. an
nounced today he had begun organiz
ing the ‘IFracist! of America" to sup
plant the Klan.
locorpoi a.tion papers aro 'to bn
filed shortly.
Tho new organization will wear
biaclt shirts instead of :black hoods.