' THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3262.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENT*
HARDING DISCUSSES WOMEN AND
ROAD BUILDING IN TWO ADDRESSES
f
USES GUARDS
TO TAKE OVER
COLLEGE KEYS
George Wilson Takes Posses
sion of Oklahoma Agri
cultural College.
(STILLWATER, Okla., June 4 — Ac
companied iby the Adjutant General
and other officers of the Oklahoma
National Guards, George Wilson, Knr
mer-Laboir and Non'Pa rtlson League
organizer, today took possession of
the keys of the Oklahoma Agricultur
al College
iWilaon was one of the supporters
of Gov. J. C. Walton during the pri
maries and election one year ago and
was only dropped from prominence
in iFarmetsLabor circles when it is
allieged he said:
“Every time J see an American
(Legion ibutton I would like to shoot
a hole in it."
Wilson was appointed head of the
bdard of Trustees of the College,
-which was reorganized several weeks
ago by Governor Walton.
A. delegation of 1,000 students re
oentiy called on the Governor and
protested Wilson’s apipoinitment.
UME TOTS TO
, SET HOSPITAL
PORTLAND. Ore., June 4.—Color
ful cere monies marked the laying of
the cornerstone recently of the
Shrtner hospital for crippled children
which Is being erected here by the
national 'board of hospital trustees
df tbo Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
ot the Mystic Shrine. The building
site is on a boulevard which leads
from tho city of Portland to the
Columbia River highway.
(Prominent Masons and Shrlners
from all parts of the Pacific Coast
wero here for tho event. B'.sh-op
Prcderiak W. Keator, of Tacoma, one
df the members of the national board
of hospital trustees, was on the pro
gram for the principal address. Va
rious -Masonic organizations, in full
i<egalia, took part in the exercises.
Hillah temple of Ashland, Ore.,
furnished the cornerstone, which is
of Ashland marble. The tools used in
tho process of laying tho stone are
-the same as have been uded in sim
ilar ceromonlcs at all the Shrlners’
.hospitals in other parts of the
country.
Two Dredges Launched
At Nome; Take Holiday
NOME, Juno 4.—Two mammoth
dredges constructed by t.he Yuba Con
struction Company froh the Hammon
Consolidated were successfully
launched at Ltttle Creek on June
1. HaK a holiday was declared.
The Nome dredges will operate on
ground formerly owned by the Pio
neer Mining Company, four miles
from Nome
Baldwin Wants Chamber
lain in His Ministry.
i
Here is tha latest photograph of
Stanley Baldwin, formerly Chan
j cellor of the Kvchequer, who has
i been appointed Premier by King
George. Mr. Baldwin has uske I
j Austen Chamberlain to re-enter
j the Cabinet.
FRED UPSHAW
NOT TO QUIT
National Republican Commit
tee Treasurer Will Hold
Office for Term.
NEW YORK, June 4—Barry B.
Blair, assistant treasurer of the Na
: tionail Republican Committee, in a
I statement today, denied reports he
said had been circulated that Pred
WrUpahaiw, troa»uror of the commit
: tee, was not in accord with the chief
I Republican leaders and planned to
resign
Blair said Upshaw will hold his
i office until his torrn expires in Juno,
1924, and 'Will then retire.
Caught in Tide Rip;
Three Men Are Drowned
REDONDO, Cal., June 4.—Ernest
and Victor Goodpasture, brothers, of
Huntington Park, and William Ly
ons, of Inglewood, were drowned
whilo in surf ibalhin-g yesterday aft
ernoon. With a iparty of picnickers
they wore caught if» the tide rip and
carried out. Two girls of the party
were roscued by life guards.
MART CONVENTION IS TO
FRAME CODE OF ETHICS TO
RE USED THROUGHOUT WORLD
AT.' LOUIS, June 4—(By Associat
ed Press.)—Administrative problems
and the beat way to introduce a
standard Code at ethics among busi
ness and professional men through
out the world will focus the atten
tion of 10,000 delegates, to the 14th
annual convention of the Rotary In
ternational, which opens June 18.
The number of Rotary clubs In tbe
•world has almost doubled within
the last five years, and there now
are more than 1,400 club units, divid
t ed into 39 districts in cities of the
United States, Canada Mexico, Den
mark, Uruguay, Spain, Panama and
Argentina, with one International or
ganisation in the British Isles, Aus
tralia and South Africa.
Prctbably the most interesting buai
ness to come before the convention
will be the discussion of the proposi
tion that Rotary dubs concentrate
their energies for a year in develop
ment of programs that will have for
an object the introduction of stand
ard codes of ethical practices among
business and professional men in all
business or professions represented
in Rotary.
An unusually large number of dele
gates from clubs overseas, particu
larly those from the British Isles and
various parts of the British empire
have announced their Intention of
coming and somo have already
started.
St. Louie is making great prepara
tion* for the reception of the visitors,
and already reservations have been
made for more than. 1,000 Rotariana.
RAID NEST OF
LIQUOR BOATS
Canadian Authorities Swoop
Down on Island—Four
Boats Are Captured.
‘SEATTLE, June 4.—Canadian au
'thoritkw with a detachment of Royal
Mounted Police raided a nest of
liquor boats on Discovery Island Just
off Victoria early yesterday, cap
turing four boats w'ith $50,000 worth
of beer and whiskey- The occupants
escaped by plunging fro.11 the boats
Into the water. Two of the boats are
owned by the government.
RUM RUNNER SUNK
NORFOLK, June 4.—The 50-tou
sloop Glonbaulah 0: British rag.stry, j
with a cargo of liquor aboard, was|
sunk (last night when rammel by i
tin unidentified steamer near St.
Charles lightship.
Nine members t,.’ ‘.ho cr; .v were1
rescued by the Coast Gita: I cutter!
Yaniaoraiw, which was anchored!
nearby.
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THIS WEEK IN
WALLA WALLA
Symbolic Vision Will Set
Forth Exactly “How the
West Was Won.”
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Juno 4. ,
—A symbolic vision of the material |
and spiritual riches of the Walla
Walla valley will be set forth here
as the final movement of the pioneer
pageant, "How the West Was Won,”
June ft and 7.
After the characters of the three
historical movements have playedj
their parts upon the pageant stage I
and gone back into the past, the j
fourth movement will be ushered in,
by the ampearanco of the seven vi.r-,
tiros on horseback. Follo wing will j
be dancers representing water, and
then the fruits of the valley—aipri-!
cots, oherri03, apples and prunes,!
all represented by dancers in flow-1
Ing draperies of appropriate color-j
lugs. j
Thoy will show by means of dances 1
the riches which the fruits give toj
the valley and will then group them-j
solves on either side of water, the,
long lines radiating down the foot-j
hills from the center figure of ioy-!
alty. One hundred dancers in golden j
yellow costumes— the wheat of the•
valley—will -form a -field of wheat atj
the baste of the foothills, with groups!
of wild flotwors at either end.
Approximately 8(H) persons will bet
in this last scone, which will bej
staged on an area 300 feet wide at j
the front, verging back to the foot-j
hills and mountains about 150 feet1
long.
ROSEBUD FETE
HELD JUNE 12
PORTLAND, Ore., June 4.—Port
land's annual official frolic, the Rose
festival, opens here June 12, when j
the city will give Itself up to three;
days of parades, special events, beau-|
ty and excitement.
The arrival cif the queen, a Port-;
land high school girl to be selected!
by vote, will mark the opening of
the festivities. The opening of the
annual rose show, the presentation
of "As You Like It” in one of the'
city’s iparks, and other features arej
on the first day's program.
A rosobud parade, participated ini
by .4,000 school ohildren, a speed/
boat regatta on the Willamette Rtver,
and a Boy Scouts’ fiold day at Mult
nomah Field are outstanding events
for Wednesday, with night events In
cluding an illuminated marine parade
and a pageant of all nations.
The annual floral parade is the
big climax of the festival arranged
for Thursday, June 14. Visiting war
strips. daylight and night fireworks,
musical programs and other amuse
ments are provided tor the crowds
during the three days. ■
CLEARS “BILL”. HART IN AMAZING CONFESSION.
vifsamAMfcv,
in an ariwunifc confession, ..n cnnupiAii Mum atmey, of Huston, graduate of Wellesley and
middle-aged teac.ttV In a prtvat > school. lias absolved William S, (“Two Gun Hill’') Ilart of the
parentage of her Child—a child, by the way, she never bore. Miss MacCaulley created a sensation
by charging’ Itart, whose otherwiss > rt pious Ill's had been without reproach, with being the father
of the child. #Iow she has confos ed she never bore a child, but partly adopted one, and thut love
for Hart and derive for a child inspired her Btory. Although Hart's iwife, the beautiful Winifred
We3tover, lias left him, she never believed Miss MacCaulley's story. Hart was so broken up over
the woman's unfounded charges, which he characterized uh a “frail e up," he had refused to make
a picture until his name was cl eared.
Used “Phantom Baby
to Win “Bill” Hart.
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T
B t Ka-rf s* fHhaueiToun Ptebyj
This ".phantom baby”—ipliantom
not so far as his existence is con
cerned, but because he was not as
represented — was used by Miss
Eli.paibeth MacCauliey. Urookllne
(Massachusetts) school teacher, in
an endeavor to win "Bill” Hart,
movie star. She swore the boy
was her son and Hart's, but has
confessed and exonerated the
actor.
Guardian Asked for
Portland Publisher
PORTLAND, June 4.—A petition
has been filed in the circuit court
asking the appointment of Mrs. C.
8. Jackson as guardian for ft. E.
Jackson, publisher of the Oregon
Journal. P- L. Jackson, son, Joined
with Mrs. Jackson In the petition
which alleges that Jackson has been
in ill health for some time and is1
incapable of attending to his but-;
ness affairs.
Severe Fighting Is
Reported in China
CANTON, June 4.—Severe f g' n
continues in the northern part of]
Walehoiw between forces of D-. un1
Yat Sen and the Pekinese to ps '
North Waichow was taken on June |
1 by Sun’s army.
FAIRBANKS MAN IS ARRESTED IN
SEATTLE; CHARGED WITH ROBBERY
T-;—•—*
Navy Band Will
, Come North
I With President
WASHINGTON. June 4—The j
Navy Band, stationed at the j
navy yard, will furnish the |
music on the Presidential trip
'■ to Alaska. The Navy Bund j
won the heart of Mrs. Harding
: when It played ait her garden
parties early in the admin 1st ra
; tlon.
■-M
LARGE PACKING
PLANT TO OPEN
Seattle Will Secure New
Three Million Dollar Cor
poration—Announcement.
SEATTLE, June 4 Tentative
agreements are being made for a
$3.OOd,out) corporation which within
six months iwill open an extensive
packing plant in the old Georgetown
brewery plant, according to an
nouncoment made here today.
Most of the capital Is to he sup
ifli-od here but Eastern interests will
assist
O. I. C. Barton, formerly of Barton
& Co., 'packers, but now In business
tndopcndontly* is tho leading spirit
in the neiw enterprise.
New Regulations
On Liquor in
Force June 10
! WASHINGTON, June 4. -New
J regulations carrying out the Su
preme Court's decision barring |
I aill bevorago liquors from the
1 territorial waters of the United
I States after 11 a. m. on June 10
] were today announced by the 1
! Treasury Department.
| The regulation declares there
■ro no loopholes left and the
■art’s recent construction of
' k,e dry law will be rigidly en
forced.
»-a
Nome Roadside Is
Reported Ice Clear
NOME, June 4.—Bering Sea la
clear or 1c© as ’far as the -eye can
see id the weather U perfect.
1 SEATTLE, Juno 4. Romeo H.
Hoyt, tobacco merchant at Fairbanks,
accused of steal ing $1,500 in Liberty
Bonds and several hundred dollars
In cash, has been arrested and put in1
'jail here when he was unable to fur-]
nish 'bonds of $10,000.
I Hoyt had just arrived at the home'
| of .his brother-in-law, E. R. Peoples,!
.here after an automobile trip to San;
Francisco and return.
I It is allegod Hoyt broke into the!
Federal buildings at Fairbanks and
opened the safe.
| • * * *
Sommers Going to Nome
As Road Superintendent
SEATTLE, June 4. It. J. Sommers,
superintendent for the Alaska Hoad
Commission, is here en route from
Juneau lo Nbme to direct road work
(and harbor improvements
'About $100,000 will be spent on
Seward Peninsula this season by the
Hoad 'Commission, including refitting
the 84-tn.ile railroad, Nome Lo Shelton,
for use as a horse tramway.
The harlior will be dredged between
the jetties.
TO CURB CHINESE LAWMAKERS
PEKING, June 4.—"Check your
weapons at the door" ,1s the purport
of a bil'l .prepared by a coterie of
irate parliamentarians for the gov
erning of brother members of the
national parliament who are inclined
to indulge in violence or horseplay
I during sessions. Furthermore, ab
sence from sessions without special
norm! as ion will subject members
to fines and even to loss of their
seats.
The bill calls for impeachment ofi
any mein'ber carrying weapons in the I
chamber
TWO IMPORTANT
SPEECHES MADE
BY PRESIDENT
I Addresses Are Made at Cere
monies Incident to Big
Shrine Convention.
WASHINGTON. June 4. — Presi
dent Harding In two addresses at
ceremonies incident to the Shrine
National Convention, gave the
genesis of two movements, one to
bring ubout improved highways and
the ether "better homes" which he
said would make a better America.
Speaking at the dedication of the
"Zero Milestone” President Harding
declared the nation, having devel
oped a system of main roads, "must
now recognize the obligation to mod
ernize the more remote sections by
economic conditions.”
In his second address, made at
the dedication of the reproduction
of the boyhood home of John How
ard Payne, author of "Home, Sweet
Home,” in the Potomac River, Presi
dent Harding declared "we are go
ing to have such an advance in
mechanical appurtenances in the
home us will represent real eman
cipation for women.”
President Harding added that
with emancipation, wotnen will he
seen "taking a new, larger and vast
ly more significant part" lu the
great activities of life.
California’s Compensation
Act Upheld by High Court
WASHINGTON, June 4.—The Su
preme Court today upheld the valid
ity of California's workmen com
pensation act and ruled that It ap
plies to non-residents, aliens and
dependents as well as relativee.
REV. FOSDICK
RESIGNS; IS
NOT ACCEPTED
NEW YORK, June 4. — Henry
Tlfft, clerk of the Sessions of the
First Presbyterian Church, an
nounced today that Rev. Harry E.
Foedick resigned the pastorate of
tlie church because of recent criti
cisms of puipit utterances by the
Presbyterian Assembly at Indianap
olis at the behest of Fundamentalists
led by William Jennings Bryan. Tlfft
announced the churcli flatly refused
to accept the resignation and tak
ing a stand squarely behind Rev.
Fosdick
Denies Ambassador to
America Is to Resign
LONDON, June 4.—Ronald Mc
Neill, Under Secretary of Foreign
Affairs in an address today declared
as unfounded the reports that Sir
Auckland Geddes was retiring from
the Ambassadorship to the United
States.
PROSTRATED BY HEAT.
CHICAGO, June 4.—Three were
prostrated here today by the heat
as the mercury mounted to 84 de
grees.
ATLANTA EXPECTS AT LEAST FIFTY
THOUSAND ELKS AT Bit CONVENTION
ATIaANTA, June 4.—Mot less than
60,000 Elks from all parts of America I
are onpecced to be present at thej
annual convention of the grand lodge '
of the order, which meets in Atlanta'
July 9 to 16 The gathering will j
assemble delegations from Maine to j
Hawaii, with present indications]
pointing to representation from aj
iarge majority of the 1.600 lodges Ini
the country.
This is tho first time that a con-1
vention of the grand lodge of Elks |
has ever been held in the Southeast,!
and the first time in 10 years that i
the order ha9 come south.
The Atlanta lodge is completing i
preparations to entertain a minimum i
of 75,000 visitors, The hotel ca>
parity will be enlarged by July 1.
college dormitories will be operated
as temporary hotels, two vast Pull
man cities will be set up in the heart
trf the city, and the grounds and
buildings of tho Southeastern Fair
will be converted Into a monster
tourist camp to accommodate several
thousand southern lodges which will
make the trip by automobile. Thou
sands of private homes will also be
opened
A special railroad rate of a fare
and a half for the round trip, under
the Identification certificate plan,
will be in force over practically all
lines. •>