EMPIRE
VOL. XXI., NO. 3228.
.. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FORMER CHURCH OFFICIAL OF
ALASKA MAY BE EXECUTED BY
SOVIET RUSSIA; TRIAL CIVEH
> POSTPONEMENT INDEFINITELY
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MOSCOW, April 25.—The trial of the Mc&t Rev. Or. Tikhon,
former Patriarch cf all Rursia, at one time connected with the Rus
sian churches of Alaska, oil a charge of treason and hindering the
carrying out of Soviet orders, has been postponed indefinitely. The
trial was to havfe started today.
Soviet Russia, which shocked the sensibilities of the whole
civilized world by executing Monsignor Budkewicz, Vicar-General of
the Reman Catholic Church in Russia, is likely to add another to
Its monstrous crimes toy executing His Holiness Tikhon, Patriarch
of All Russia, head of the Greek Catholic Church. The trial of the
Patriarch had been set for April'10, was postponed to April 17
■when the Kuropeun Powers notified the Soviet they would break
off all negotiations with Russia if the Patriarch were condemned
to death and then postponed again until today. The wave of in
dignation thut swept the world over the death of Monsignor Budke
wtez doc* not recni to have stopped the Bolshevik desire for the
blood of prelates. The charges against Tikhon are similar to those
against the Roman Catholic clergy.
His Holiness Tikhon came to Alaska in lSTfl or 1892 as Arch
toiehop of the Russian Orthodox Church of North America, his head
quarters being at San Francisco. The ArchJblshop made three dif
ferent trips to Alaska at one time going up the Yukon River for
some distance from St. Michael.
Rev. A. P. Kashevaioff was personally acquainted with Arch
bishop Tikhon and on cne of his trips along the coast of Alaska,
Mrs. Kashevaioff accompanied his party.
Heaving San Francisco, Archbishop Tikhon went to New York
and was succeeded in the west and Alaska by Archbishop Nicholas,
now deceased.
Archbishop Tikhon is about 60 years of age.
BODY OF OLD
POSEY FOUND
IN MOUNTAINS
Renegade Piute Indian Chief
Killed in Fight with
Utah Settlers.
SALT LAKE, April 25.—Old Posey,
the renegade Piute Indian Chief,
leader of the recent uprising of In
diians in Southeast Utah, was found
dead today near Conub, Utah, accord
ing to a dicpatch received here.
Old Posey's ibody was found in a
niche in the rocks of a canyon where
tt ^s believed he was shot in a sklrm
Ish with eettlcrs on March 28.
German Unemployed
In Clash with Police
ESSEN. April 25.—A mob of un
employed clashed today with the
-police at Katernberg, nearhy, in an
other outbreak of unrest prevailing
throughout the Ruhr district. Ger
man officials attribute these demon
strations .to Communist agitators.
In the troublo today one rioter
was killed and one seriously wounded.
Pioneer Movie Producer
Is Reported to Be Dying
ATLANTIC CrTY, April 25—Sig
mund Lubln, pioneer movie producer.
Is reported to bo dying from heart
trouble, ly# family has been sum
moned to ‘his bedside here.
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; Oregonian May
Succeed to
Huston’s Position
PORTLAND. Ore., April 25— [
Ralph E. Williams, vice-chair
man of the Republican National
Committee, announced today that
he is considering an offer to :
become Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, succeeding Huston,
who has resigned.
City of Tacoma Sued
By Shipping Board
TACOMA, April 25.—The United
States Stopping Board has filed a
suit in the Federal Court against the
I City of Tacoma for $232,398 alleged
due for advances to extend municipal
car lines during the war.
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SEATTLE, April 25.—The city ofj
Tacoma is rostrained from trans
ferring money from the fund created
to redeem the bonds securing the
loan from the Shipping Board and
ordered to appear iMendav to show
cause why the restraining order
should not be made permanent.
: Premier Stambotriisky
Wins Out in Bulgaria
SOFIA. April 25.—Revision of the
i constitution is expected as the result
of -the victory o'f Premier Stam
ibouli&ky, who 'in the Bulgarian elec
tion obtained two-third# of the mem
bers of Parliament. «t is believed
the revision of the ^institution will
provide for a peasant*class and bol
Uh the prerogative If the Kin;
BRYAN FAVORS
MEMBERSHIP
WORLD COURT
Makes Speech in New York
Supporting Harding—Res
ervations Are Made.
NEW YORK, April 23.—William
Jennings Bryan in a speech here ad
vocated support of President Hard
ing's propo ;al for American member
ship In the World Court of Justice.
Bryan advocated membership with
reservations, however, for independ
ence in action wi:h respect to Ameri
can light to declare war.
"1 would like to see President
Hariiling take a much larger step for
ward and announce willingness to
participate in any tribunal empow
i , i il, inviting any dispute likely t
lead to Var,’1 declared the Commoner
FOR WORLD COURT
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Repre
sentative G rail am., of Illinois, prospec
tive candCda'e for Republican floor
leader, declared today that he "was
just as liboroughly in favor of Ihe
World Court ns he was opposed to
the League of Nations."
SUN YaTSEN
TOP OF HEAP
Constitutionalist Forces of
Chinese Have Enemies
on the Run.
HONGKONG. April .25.—'The defeat
ed Kwangsi forces on the North Riv
er are fleeing in all directions while
the Constitutionalist forces of Dr.
Sun Yat Son have abandoned pur
suit and are advancing to attack the
Sliiukw.ini headquarters of General
Sum Hung Yink, leader of the coali
tion forces opposing Sun
stormUts
TEXAS TOWNS
HENRIETTA, Tex., April 25.—VLr
tually every building in this com
munity of a population of 3,000 was
wrecked by a storm last night with
an estimated damage of $200,000.
Many are homeless and went to
Wichita Falls for temporary protec
tion- No casualties are reported.
HOUSES BLOWN DOWN
FORT WORTH, April 25—Eight
houses in ‘South Fort Worth were
blown down in last night's storm. No
persons were injured.
OIL DERRICKS DESTROYED
BURKlQURNETT. Aprtil 25.—Five
residences and siv oil derricks were
blown down In this section of Texas
last night during the severe storm.
CONFESSES .
TO MURDER
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PHOENIX. Ariz., April 25.—Glad
well O. Richardson, aged 19 years,
today definitely confessed slaying
Rabbi Alfred C. Gafel, In a San Fran
cisco hotel on April 4.
Million Dollar Mine
Is Bought for $2,000
GREENWOOD, B. C„ April 25.—
The Providence mine for which
$1,000,000 was rofused 20 years ago,
was today bought for $2,000 under
the sheriffs hammer. The purchas
er iwas William Madden, former
manager, backed by the Madden in
terests of Chicago.
Turkish Delegation
Shows Stubbomess
1L.ATJSANINE. April 25.—According
to onlookers the Turkish delegation
here at the peace conference is ap
nareitly In no more conciliatory mood
*u»t: t the previous session.
London Crowds to
View Passing
Of Royal Bride
LONDON, April 2^.— (F»v Associat
ed Press.)—When iV Duke of York
and Dady Elizabeth 'Bowes Lyon leave
West minster Abbey, man and wife, on
April 26, they will make a mile
and a half mile detour on the drive
bark to Buckingham Palace in order
to permit more of the populace to
see them. Tile rest of the wedding
procession wfll head straight for the
palace, going .back the way it came.
The Duke’s bride, on her wedding
day, will drive over a longer distance
than necessary, and thus thousands!
who could not have squeezed freto a
place had the route been shorter,
will have their interest gratified by
a sight of the royal bride and her
spouse.
Prom Buc.kinghan Palace the
Duke's wedding part* will go down,
the'broad Mall and under ,the famous I
Horse Guards Arch into Whitehall,!
leading to Parliament Actuate anil
the Abbey. After the ceremony the
same route will be followed in re i
verse, except that the bride and
bridegroom will turn off at Marl-!
borough Aiafe and drive through the
faishhmublo residential, club and
shopping streets of St. James and
Piccadilly- Turning at Hyde Park
corner, where there Is space for a
vast concourse of people, they will gj
direct down Constitution Hill to the
Pulace.
Most of this route is bordered qfi
at least one side >a- p-ti'fes. whorl1,
tens of thousands w’J wait patiently
for a fleeting glimpse of the happy j
bride and her prince. St. Jamas'!
Park lies along the Mall, an I Green1
Park borders both Piccadilly and
Constitution Hill.
3 GOUNGILMEN
RENOMINATED
/ IN PRIMARIES
Six Men Chosen to Run Off
Race at Seattle General
Election on May 8.
SBATTIJU, April 23. — Complete
returns show the following six were
nominated for the City Council at j
yesterday’s primaries in the order
named:
Oliver T. Erickson, incumbent;
Robert Heeketh, incumbent; S. K.
Rathburn, former city treasurer;'
Philip Tindall, incumbent; Claire S.
Colegrove, restaurant man, and J. E
Stevenson., former official of the
Carmen's Union.
Tite vote was lees than 20,000,
the lightest in recent years.
T. J. L. Kennedy was elected Cor '
poration Counsel without opposition.!
At the general election to be held;
May 8, three of the men nom-,
inated at the primaries will be el-,
ected to the Council.
Escape of Murderess
To Be Reinvestigated
LOfi ANGELES, April 25.—SherlR j
Traeger has ordered the escape of
Clara Phillip®, "hammer murderess,"
to be reinvestigated- Herbert Wil
son, former evangelist, alleged mail
robber -and convicted murderer, who
is reported to have said recently he
could solve the mystery of the wo
man’s escape, will be questioned. The
woman escaped from the county jail
here while wailing committment pa
pers to take her to the penitentiary.
EXECUTED
TRALEE, Ireland, April 2sl.—The
authorities at Fiesta executed three
more Republicans this morniug. ac
cording to advices received here. j
Everything to Wife
Says Laconic Will
BALTIMORE, April 25 —One of the
shortest wills ever filed in the or
phans’ court here, thut of Thomas C.
De ftosset, probated yesterday, con
tained these four words:
"Everything to my wife."
At the bottom of the document he
wrote:
‘‘A wonderful little girl is niy
■wife.
De Rosset dropped dead recently
while playing golf. *
LABOR LEADERS STIR BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
Ramsay MacDonald, Labor l eader of the British House of
Commons, led the Laborites in their demonstration against the A,
Bonur Law Cabinet, singing "Red” songs. The disorder was so
great when Chuneellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin sought
to defend the Government that Speaker John Henry WhVttley was
forced to suspend the session.
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Harding Backs
Poppy Wearing
j On Memorial Day
WASHINGTON, April 2.">
The wearing of poppies on Me- ] I
morlul Day lvas boon indorsed 1
by President Harding in a letter
to T. L. Huston of the New
1 York American League Baseball
Club, 'who is commander-in-chief , j
of the Veterans of Foreign j |
Wars.
“I am glad to express my ac
cord, ” the President wrote, “with
I the plan Which the Veterans of
] Foreign Wars have put forth to
have the people generally wear j
i a puppy on .Memorial Day us
j a testimony of continuing in- :
' terewt anil sympathy in the
great cause of which that flower
has become in a way emblern
| atic.” i
I The Veterans of Foreign Wars
l have received a shipment of
j 200,000 artificial poppies made
1 by orphans in France anil will j
[ distribute them to every state.
The proceeds from their sale |
will go towards relief measures.
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HALIBUT TREATY
STARTS THINGS
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Solidarity ot British Empire
Shaken by Treaty Be- |
tween U.S.-Canada.
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SEATTLE, April 25. -A Seattle*
Times special dispatch from Wash
ington says the treaty 'between the
United States and Canada signed re
cently prohibiting halibut fishing h<*
twoeq Now ember 15 and February
15 “thread ohs to shake the Solidarity
rtf the British Empire. '
The Senate in ratifying the treaty
adopted a reservation making ap
plitut/ble the “nationals erf all other
part's of the British Empire.”
While it is admitted the Canadian
Minister ban authority to bind Can
ada, representatives of other Domin
ions arc inquiring by what right
they are bound wthen they did not
havo a hind in making the treaty?
Meanwhile the treaty stands and
will bo effective next November.
UON'DON, April 25. -The Duke
of York, tihe Daily Mail declares, is
to be appointed governor general of
one of the overseas dominions In
th-e near future.
ALASKA MINING
BOARD BILL IS
THROUGH HOUSE
C a r r i e s Appropriation of
$40,000—Many Other
Measures Passed.
Staser's bill creating a mining
development board and appropriat
ing $40,00(1 for It for the next two
yeaj-B was passed by the House this
morning only four votes being cast
against it. Those voting against it
were, Speaker Cole, Representatives
Callahan, Decker and Wilson.
The purpose of the measure is to
stimulate the mining industry by
aiding and co-operating with miners
tnd prospectors, utilizing both Ihe
Alaska College and‘the Bureau of
Mines. It is also authorized to pro
mote the investment of capital in
the mining industry.
Tho Board Is composed of the
governor. Secretary and Treasurer
of the Territory. It was explained
by Mr. Staser that it could only act
us a clearing house, receiving the
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GOMPERS DECLARES REVOLUTION
IN AMERICA IS BEING FOSTERED
BY PARTIES TO GARLAND FORTUNE
WASHINGTON, April 25. -Charges
that (lie fortune of more than $800,
000 which Chartes G. Garland. Bos
ton, refused to accept as an Inherit
ance from his father, Is being used
to “bring together an interlocking
network of Pacifist and revolutionary
organizations of more or less extreme
character, ” were made In a public
statement by Samuel Gompers. presi
dent of tbe American Federation of
Labor.
Mr. Gomipers made public a letter
from the American Fund for Public
Service, Inc , to which Mr. Garland
turned over the greater part of his
wealth, refusing to contribute to the
Workers' Education Bureau, a laboi
federation organization, because tin
bureau was not “definitely committed
to a radical program" In the way o
"carrying on the struggle for emancl
pa t ion of their class in every sphere.'
Au investigation of tbe Curiam
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SEATTLE CRAFT
I IS FIRED UPON
BY PATROL BOAT
Canadian Fisheries Boat
Takes Shot at Fishing
Schooner Siloam.
AMERICAN BOAT IS
CAUGHT POACHING
Member of Crew of Siloam
Is Wounded-—Boat Is Cap
tured — Crew Escapes.
VANCOUVER. B. C„ April 25.—
The Canadian Fisheries Patrol Boat
Marlspina has captured the Seattle
fishing schooner Siloam found poach
ing off Solander Island, in Canadian
waters.
The Siloam attempted to escope.
The Marlspina filed and wounded
i one member of the crew of the
Siloam, damaging the vessel.
Following the firing' of the shots,
' the crew of the Siloam scuttled the
vessel and made their escape with
the exception of the wounded man
I who was captured with the vessel.
The Siloam is now in tow of the
Marlspina for Quatsino Sound.
! This is the first time a Canadian
pat.iol vessel has been forced to fire
on any American vessel in Canadian
waters.
Great Area of Land
Opened to Veterans
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Secre
| I ary of Interior Work has thrown
open 275,000 acres of public land in
five Western states for entry bv
former service men. The tracts
comprise the largest areas offered
for homesteading by the Department
of the Interior during the last two
years.
The land is located In Owyge coun
ty, Idaho; Heaver Head county, Mon
tana; K/lko and Km oka counties, In
! Nevada; Rio Ariba county, New Mex
ico, and Mesa county, Colorado.
WAGE INCREASE
FOR SHIP MEN
Officers and Engineers on
Pacific Coast Given
Advance in Wages.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.—Ship
owners of the Pacific Coast today
voted to grant an Increase of $10 a
month to officers and engineers of
steam schooners . The officers are
also granted $1 an hour overtime
and engineers and seamen are grant
ed So eents an hour overtime. The
increase is effective on May 1.
. fund, Mr. Gompers 3'iid, has served
“to reveal to a slight extent the
I ramification:; of revolutionary propa
ganda and revolutionary influence in
the United Statos, and “to link tho
American fund for public service with
j perhaps ."0 or more of tlio leading
pacifist. pro-Boitthevist and parlor
[ pink organizations.”
NEW YORK, April 25 —The Ameri
i can Fund for House Service. Inc , in
i answer to the attack of Samuel
Clampers, iiresident of fiho American
Federation of Labor, on tts use of
tho Charles Garland fortune, mado
public a report by the Board of Di
i rectors stating t.hut more .than 5-5,000
i of the fund had been given outright
, and $100,000 loaned to radical and
, | labor organizations in the first six
i month's . of operation. The report
’ was Issued through Norman M. Thom
: as, chairman, and Roger N Bald
lj win, secretary.