THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL XXI., NO. 3190.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1923.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
FRENCH AND GERMANS IN CLASHES
Heavy Rain and Snow Storms Hit Middle West
GREAT DAMAGE
REPORTED FROM
MIDDLE STATES
Rain and Snow Storms Spread
Over Wide Area—Twenty
Reported Killed One City
CHICAGO. March 12.—With tele
phone and telegraph commdnication
being restored in titles of the Mid
dle West States a check had been
started on the damage caused by the
heavy rains and snow storms of Sun
day night.
The damage is believed especially
heavy in Iowa but communication it
still cut and there are only mcage:
reports being received.
As the day wore on further report
of heavy storm damage trickled in
over the crippled wires
One boy was killed and five Others
were injured today when a school
building was unroofed in South
Portsmouth, Kentucky.
Two deaths are attributed indi
redly lo last night’s storm here. A
man fell dead in Milwaukee from
heart trouble due to physical effort
to get out of the storm.
Two men were injured in a rear
end collision between trains in the
snow storm at Pulaski. Tcnn.
Trains are late In Illinois, Iowa
Wisconsin, Kentucky. Tennessee ami
Missouri owing to the storms.
KILLED LN CYCLONE.
RICHMOND, Ky„ March 12. -
Three persons w»n> killed, twe
others fatally Injured and a numbei
seriously hurt by a cyclone which
swept a small section of Madison
LaFayetto County border line lasl
night.
20 REPORTED KILLED.
JACKSON, Ten ii., March 12.—
Twenty persons are reported killed
and 75 injured near Pinson, 12 mile,
south, by a storm which swept that
section during the night A num
ber of the dead are negroes Aboul
50 dwellings are reported to have
been wrecked according to mcagei
advi ces.
Valentino Divorce Decree
Finally Entered in Courl
ILOS iAN'GBLEo, March 12.—Tlu
final decree of divorce of Rudolph
Valentino and Bertha Asker was en
tored in the Superior C-ourt today
According to advices received here,
Valentino will Immediately remarry
his present wife to make it legal.
Aviator* Killed Doing
Stunt for the Moviei
SAN JOSE, Cab. March 12.—C. L
Williams was killed un.1 Lieut. Bar
vey Hugh, army air reserve corps
Was seriously injured when thoir
plane crashed near Pebble Beach yes
terday afternoon. The flight was
part of a motion picture being made
for a Los Angeles studio.
Spanish Leader
Of Syndicalists
Is Assassinated.
"BARCELONA. March 12.—Salvador
Segui. leader of the Syndicalist Party,
was shot and killed last night on the
street 'by a Iband of unidentified as
sassins. Newspapers are pessimistic
over the murder, foreseeing the re
birth or terrorism with mutual re
prisals.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS TO MEET NEXT MONTH
DBS MOINES, ra.wi,), March 12 —
Preparations are now 'being made for
tho recaption of delegates and vis!
tors to the fourth annual convention
of the National League of Women
Voters to be held here April ft to 14
This Is the first tirrto that the
league has ever held its national con
vention west of t&o Mississippi River
and members of tihe Iowa League ol
Women Voters are spending much
time perfecting the program for the
gathering.
Speakers alt this year’s convention
Will include Justice Florence Allen ot
World Seaplane Flight Being
Planned; Start From Alaska
eutt..
BRIDE WEALTHY, BUT HE WORKS IN OVERALLS.
When Mile. Ailen Asta Peters, of Zurich. Switzerland, mat Ser
geant of Engineers W. W. Clark, U. S. A., in Coblenz, his army
pay, multiplied into German marks, looked like a. million dollars a
minute. She loved him, and when he returned to America she lol
lowed. lie told hen he was poor, but. that made no difference to
her, for she Is rich. He married her, but refused to touch her
money. Now. wearing overalls, he Is following his regular pro
fession as a bridge worker, near Cherry Vale, Kansas. She is per
fectly satisfied that her husband is a workingman, despite her
wealth.
NIGHT RIDERS
ARE ACQUITTED
MEDFORD. Ore., March 12. Adler
being onrt only 45 •minutes. Howard
H11T, Dr. J. R. Bray ami Jesse llitt
sron were acquitted of the charge of
night riding on March 19, 1922, in
which they nro alleged to have
dtrting up J. F. Itale Several times
and then released him.
Two Hundred Perish;
Small Steamer Sinks
ATHENS, Maruii 12.—A small mail
steamer bound from Sadamls for
Piraeus, carrying 400 persons, mostly
naval officers, ran Into n gale and
foundered last night. About 200 are
believed to have perishod.
Indiana Governor Vetoes
Soldiers’ Bonus Measure
INDIANAPOLIS, March 12 -Gover
nor McCray has announced he has
vetoed the soldiers' bonus bill recent
ly passed by the Indiana legislature.
| the Ohio Supreme Court; Julia La
! tiiron, president or the Illinois League
| of Women Voters; Grnco Abbott,
1 chief of the children’* 'burden and U
| S. representative on the advisory
; committee to the committee on pre
vention of traffic in women and chil
dren of the league of nation; Mrs.
(J'fiford 'Pinehot of Pennsylvania, and
Dr. Anna F*. Rude, director of ma
ternity and infant hygieno of the
children's bureau.
.Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Wash
ington is president of the National
League of Women Voters,
OVER 200 ARE
POISONED; EAT
POISONED RICE
Students and Teachers Eat
Poisoned Food, Dying
Motive Is Unknown. 1
■ SHANTUNG, March 12. Two hun
| dred .students and 50 teachers were
I poisoned, 13 having since died, as the!
' result of eating poisoned rice at a
| supper at file Hearst Normal School
at Hangchow, capital <*f i.he Province
of Choking, last Saturday. Scores,
of the students are reported to be
desperately ill. Many are thought to
b^dyiio*. iNo motive for the poison
ing is known.
125 Cent Gas in Few
Months Is Prediction
CHICAGO, March 12.—A prediction
i (h it within a f«w months gasoline
'would cast 25 cents a gallon, was
'made here by J, M. Carson of the
• executive committee of the American
| Oil Men’s Association in convention
here. In denying that it would be!
! exorbitant, Carson said Europeans
i were “glad” to pay SO cents. Carson
I explained the advance he anticipates
i by saving the demand was growing
! from 15 to 25 per cent a veaV while
I the> supply of crude oil was dimin
! itfhing.
U. S. Drops Action
Against Wm. Lorimer
CHICAGO, March 12.—Federal In
| diet meats against former Senator
William liorimcr and Charles B.
Mund'ay, president and vico pros!
! dent, respectively, of the defunct I .a
Salle Trust A .Savings Bank, which
fa Hod In 1914 for nearly $3,000,000,
have 'been dropi*cd t»v the govern
I marrt,
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The
Post says that tentative plans have
been undo 'by the Marine Corps for
a seaplane flight around the world,
beginning at sonie Alaskan coast
town on June 13, provided arrange
ments are completed by I hat time.
In any event the flight will be at
tempted not later than the summer
Of 1&24.
Two pilots have been chosen and
a navy soaplane designed which will
carry fuel for flight, of 1,000 miles
each.
The plane will start from some
port in Soirtheairitern Alaska for the
Aleutian Islands, thence to the Japa
nese Islands. Manila, Singapore, Cey
lon, Agen and Port Said, on the way
to Gibraltar. The plane will stop
at Grecian and Italian ports.
Three tentative routes across the
Atlantic are now under consideration.
PIRATES TAKE
LIQUOR CARGO
HALIFAX. N. S.. March 12.—Pir
ates boarded and robbed the British
schooner kiddie Jamas rtf 6,(100 cases
tif whiskey-and also carried off the
supercargo when she wa« at anchor
off iN»w York on March 2. This is
according t)o Captain James, who
mad a tho report today on his arrival
here. .»
Many Navy Yards
Are Now to
Be Developed
WASHINGTON. March 12.-As an
element of national defense of a per
manent nature, the Navy Department
ha decided on the development of
the San Francisco and Bremerton
navy yards 'which will make them
capable of serving an entire fleet
Navy yards alt New York. Narragan
sett Bay and Chesapeake Bay will
also be enlarged and additions will
be made to the Panama and Ha
waiian yards.
Paroled Negro Convict
Is Shot by Deputies
NASHVTLLli. Tenn.. March 12.—
Louis Douglas, paroled negro convict,
who l*t Friday shot and seriously
wounded five members of the family
of .Secretary of State Haston, was
shot and 'killed by deputies in the
home Of a tenant on the Hasten
estate last Saturday might. Douglas
entered the homo and forced the ten
ant to feed him The defpmtles shot
and killed Douglas whan he left the
hou se.
BANKER'S BODY
FOUND; SUICIDE
CHIC AGO. March 12.—The police
are investigutins (he death of Fred
\V Popp, president of the Logan
Trust & Savings Bank. His body
was found in an automobile on a
lonely road under circumstances In
dicating suicide. Bunk , examiners
are probing 'the affairs of the bunk,
which has closed pending investiga
tion. The directors claim the bank
is stolvertt.
Bodies Washed Ashore;
Wholesale Foul Play
TALLAHASSEE. March 12 The
bodies of four unidentified men have
l>een washed adhore om beaches near
here during the past two days, ac
cording to Deputy Sheriff Morrison
The claim is made that the indica
tions are there haste ‘been wholesale
foul play In the 'alien smuggling
trade.
Samuel Gompers Has
Passed Danger Point
MEW YORK. March 12.—Samuel
Oompers. •presrtdent of the American
Federation of Labor, who has been
ill with pneumonia, has passed out
of danger, according to attending
physicians.
GERMANS AND i
FRENCH SAID
TO BE TIRING,
British Correspondents Assert
Contending Nations
Look for Peace.
LONDON, March 12. British cor
respondents in the Ruhr assert there
Is a tendency toward peaco there on
both sides. It Is said the Germans
and French are tired of the struggle.
The German -industry workers are i
hard -pressed and are now feeling the
increasing ■pinch of lost trade.
■Frem n Industries are being se
riotisly handicapped by curtailment
of the coal supply.
Dispatches received here suggest
that it will be impossible for the
pra?e»t < mentions to continue much
longer.
Produce Serum
| As Possible Cure
| Sleeping Sickness
EL PASO. Tex.. March 12.— |
! A scrutm produced at tho Mayo 1
! Foundation Labratorv as a pos- 1
I sible cure if or sleeping sick- !
( ness, has ibeen successfully
j used on three patients here, ac
| cording to physicians.
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SCHEDULE FOR 1
ALASKA TRIP
Tentative Plans Made for
Trip of Congressmen to
Alaska and Hawaii.
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The'
tentative schedules of the transports j
Grant and Ca.nrbrai. which will carry1
Secretary of War Weeks’ party to
Alaska and Hawaii was published
here today. t
The 'transport Grant will leave
New York April 2."> and stops at Porto'
Rico on April 20. The transport j
Cambrai leiVos May 8 and arrives at
San Francisco May 22. leaving Mayj
25 for Honolulu, arriving there June j
1 and then returns to Sin Franciscoi
about June 22. where the party ]
will lie divided.
At San Franci»«o the Cambrai will
take aboard thou- wishing to go to
Alaska, leaving San Francisco May
25 and arriving at Seattle May 28.
The Cambrai la scheduled to arrive
al Seward, Alaska, on June 4 and
will probably be at St. Michael
June 12. the party returning to Se-1
attle June 22 ant San Francisco |
June 27.
Mayor of Wyoming
Town Dead; Suicidej
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GILLETTE. W.vo, March 12—The!
■body of 'Mark Shields, Mayor and'
president of the Hunk of Gillette, has
I been found under circumstances in
dicating suicide. Friends have be
gan an Investigation of affairs in an
effort to estalblWh a motive.
More Policemen Are
Caught in Dry Net
SEATTLE, March 12—Charles
Clark and Clarence Schively. former
policemen, have been arrested on
secret indictments charging violation
of the prohibition law. This makes
four former officers taken In custody
during the ipadt t«ti> days. Prohibi
tion agents claim Clark and Schively j
have 'boon operating on a large scale, j
Did Not Heed Warning; !
Man Perishes in Fire
ST. PAUL. Mtan., -March 12 —Ono
unidentified man Is ibplicved to have!
been burned to death in a fire here |
which was caused 'by the breaking
of an oil pipe line near Artesia. Tito
missing -man. who was driving in an
automobile, disregarded warnings ami |
attempted to drive through the
flames. ’His burned car wa« found
after the iflames wore extinguished
•but there was art trace of the man.
Premier Poincare
Defends Occupation
Of Ruhr Valley
PARIS, Man i 12 Premier Poin
care, In a statement to the Associat
ed Press today, declared Germany's
retcent complaint against French oc
cupation of tire Ruhr was illegal and
seemed ill-founded in view of what
Germany was ready to do In 1871
haul France not ipaid her indemnity to
Germany
Premier Poincare claimed he had
rfficlal documents to show Germany
wished to reinforce her army of oc
cupation in France to a degree neces
sary to guarantee her rights and
was even ready to resume war by
mobilizing 500,000 men.
CLAIM iRiEST
IS KIDNAPPED
Missing Illinois Priest Report
ed Alive But Is' Held
As Prisoner.
VIRDBN, III., March 12, Rev.
Vruulak, Catholic prieslt of this place,
W'.io disappeared several days ago
while en route to S'. Louis to buy
trinkets for a church bazaar, is alive
and held a prisoner, according to a
wtatemen't by his brother, Joseph
Vrunink.
Vraniuk Intimated he had heard
from his priest brother, but said he
would not mnntioh name), 'but sus
pected an organization was connect
ed with t)h> plot Me laid he be
lieved hp- brother was, carried away
by vio'onjr tetri did not know defi
nitely the place of imprisonment.
The authorities stale the priest
carried a large sum of money when
he left for St. Louis. declining to
take a cashier's chock.
Customs Collector of
Portland Passes Away
PORTLAND, Ore., March 12 ~
Get rge U Piper, Collector of Customs
here, a brother of Krtir.tr B, Piper,
editor of the Portland Oregonian,
and a former part owner of tho Seat
tle Post-Intelligencer, died here Sat
urday night following a stroke of
apoplexy.
George U. Piper was 57 years of
age. He was ‘born In Warsaw, In
diana. and unmarried. For many
years Piper was active In politics
In Washington and Oregon Piper
served several terms as Senator in
the Washington stale Legislature.
Army Planes Enroute to
Porto Rico Reach Havana
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HAVANA. March 12. Six Ameri
can army DeHaviland pi tries irora
San Antonio, Texas, for Porto Rico,
arrived here yesterday morning after
a splendid flight front Miami, Florida.
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Warrant for Arrest of
Man, Alleged Embezzler
iST PAUL, Minn., March 12.—A
warrant has ibeen issued for the ar
rc i of James M. Lindsay, former
treisurer of the St. Paul Union
Stockyards, of Chicago. Owners
claim he has appropriated at least
$loo.m)U of the cetmipany's funds.
2 FRENCHMEN
! ASSASSINATED
| IN RUHR AREA
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iMen Are Shot Down on
Streets of Mining Town—
Feeling Is Running High.
•It B(' KLitN'O HAUSEN, March 12.-.
(Two Frenchmen, one an army officer
and the other a civilian railroad man,
were assassinated last night on the
streets of the mining town of Buer,
near here.
Each ‘body had a bullet wound.
'Feeling is running high on both
sides.
The slaying of the Frenchmen la
considered the most serious affair
since the woupatfon of the region
began.
l Today eight Germans are known
to be dead as the result of clashes
With French troops in various parts
of this secMon.
Oue French soldier and three Ger
mans were wounded in a riot at Dort
mund. A state of siege has been
proclaimed over the entire district
and additional troops have been sent
I to preserve order in the Buer. Ex
citement is running high there.
RUM RUNNING
i NOW EXPOSED
.Prominent German Magnate
Ciaimed to Be Back of Il
licit Trade to U. S.
LONDON, March 12.—Wholesale
I rti:n running into the United States
; tiy n fleet of four or five ships regia
| tered under the Panama flag, fl
j nanced by a prominent German mag
! note, is the information published
here today with authority of the
government. This Information came
from responsible American quarters.
The (fleet Ib being operated chiefly
from the United States end by a
former German captain of the Ham
j burg-American liner.
U. S. Senator Nicholson
Of Colorado Very 111
ROCHESTER. Minn., March 12 —
United States Senator Samuel D.
Nicholson, of Colorado. Is seriously
ill at the Mayo Clinic. He is con
fined to Ills bed and no one Is ad
mitted to hfs room.
LEGISLATORS
IN HOLD-UP
SACRAMENTO., Cal., March 12 —
Five masked bandits. In real Wild
West fashion, .warmed into Dream
land Cafe, a resort 21 miles south
of here, compelled the patrons, in
cluding several members of the state
Legislature, and others prominent,
to stand and deliver their goods. The
bandits escaped with several thou
sand dollars in lash and jewelry.
They cut all telephone wires, accord
ing to meager reports received here.
CLAIMS ENFRANCHISEMENT OF
WOMEN WOOLD END ALL WARS
HUTCHINSON, Kan*,, March 12.— .
Universal enfranchisement of women*
would mean permanent world peace I
In the opinion of Mrs. W Y. Morgan, i
recently named as a delegate to the j
International suffrage conference in j
Rome. Italy, May 10-18. Mrs. Morgan'
Is the wife of tho editor of the Hutch- j
Tnaon Nerws, w"ho Is a former lietiten-;
ant governor of Kansas.
"There is no doubt in my mind |
that tho enfranchisement of women'
in Europe would end war in Europe," i
Hdkl Mrs. Morgan
"Frame, denied the privilege of
suffrage for wotmon, apparently Is
aiboOt to be plunged into another
war, when tho vote of the women
themselves probably would have pre
vented it. I hope and believe that
everlasting 'peace will come to the
world when women are given the
opportunity to do their ahare In
managing the governments of the
world.
“The Italian women are In the
throes o(f a campaign for suffrage.
This is one of the reasons why the
meeting of tho International Worn
on's Suffrage Alliance Is to be there
this year.”
The Rome conference is the first
of its kind since the war. Each
country participating, regardless of
siae. is entitled to 12 delegates. Mrs.
Morgan was selected by the National
I/O.)gue of Women Voters.
Mrs. Morgan plans to leave the
Hatted States the latter part of
April. After attending the confer
ence at Rome she will travel In
other parts of Europe. She has
made several voyages to Europe In
the last 12 years with her husband
when he has written book9 Of Euro
pean travel,