THE ALASKA. DAILY EMPIRE
‘ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME'
VOL. XXL, NO. 3160.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1923
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
TIDAL WAVE FOLLOWS EARTH
SHOCKS IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Turkey Balks: Lausanne Conference * Proves Fizzle
Near East Conference Fails
Completely; Peace Treaty Is
Blocked by Action of Tnrk§
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LAUSANNE. Feb. 5. — European
statesmen have tailed to restore
peace in the Near East and the cen
ter cnee called for that purpose defin
itely collapsed last night after spec
ial efforts to save it continued up to
the last minute.
Lord Curzon made a frantic at
tempt to secure peace measures but
failed.
Practically the whole diplomatic
world tried to induce Ismet Pasha,
head of the Turkish delegation to
rig-n the peace treaty but he was
immovable.
The Near East Conference failed
because the Turks refused to accept
the clauses in the peace treaty con
cerning: the futuie economic regime
in Turkey.
UNEASINESS CAUSED.
LONDON, Feb. 5. The refusal of
Turkey to sign the treaty at Laus
anne has aroused considerable tin
easiness for the fultire although the
renewal of war with Turkey is not
considered inevitable.
The Ivondon Times says Great Bri
tain has gone to the utmost limit of
concessions.
TURKISH STATEMENT.
LAUSANNK, Feb. a.—Ismet Pasha
deelat d this afternoon that Turkey
hud no desire to resume hostilities
with Greece or Great Britain as the
result of tlie collapse of tlie Near
Kart Conference.
Is met Pasha emphasized tlie fact
that the Turkish and British armies
were still facing each other in Asia
Minor and said he would ask the
Powers whether they consider nego
tiations officially at an end.
Tlie impression among the confer
ence delegates is that Turkey would
not be informed officially of tho ter
mination of negotiations inasmuch
as it is generally desired to continue
the Mudania armistice thus avoid
ing the possible renewal of war.
The French delegations plan to
leave for Paris tonight and tlie
Turkish delegation will leave here
tomorrow.
LORD CURZON IN LONDON.
LONDON, Feb. 5. — Ixrrd Curzon,
head of the British delegation at the
Lausanne peace conference arrived
here this afternoon and proceeded
immediately to issue an urgency call
for thp British Cabinet to consider
the* Near East ersis.
Oregon City Church
Is Destroyed by Fire
OREGON CITY. Feb. 5.—The Con
gregational Church building was de
stroyed by fire of unknown origin
laFt night. The loss is $110,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
YOUNGEST REAL BANKER IN UNI TED STATES
iitm' a&s* m iTvJf*mmm*mmwtMii
Gay* Ktruz'VS'on.'
Guy Emerson, Just turned 33, a Harvard graduate, has been
made Vice-President of the Bankers’ Trust Company of New York,
one of the largest financial institutions In America. He is also man
ay,rr of the American Bankers’ Convention cf 12,000 delegates.
big SAVING IN MONEY B
TO RESULT FROM BUILDING
CODE SEC. HOOVER ASSERT!
Former Legislator
Kills Three; Suicides
—
PHOENIX. Ariz., Eel). 5 K. R.
! Haynes, prominent rancher and until
j recently a member of the State
l House of Representatives, killed hi
| wife and two young children and
then slashed his own throat, lie is
believed to ltave gone temporarily
Insa ne.
Uncle of Emperor of
Japan Critically 111
TOKIO. Feb. 5.—Prince R.olunaru
Fushlmi, uncle of the Emperor of
Japan, is reported critically j' as
the result of a stroke of upoplrx
VOLSTEAD SIGNS ERECTED BY
FARMER TO SECDRE FUEL TO
PREVENT FREEZING; BIG HIT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 -The story f
of how a farmer on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, between Harrisburg,!
Penn., and Baltimore, Mr., solved a!
vexing problem of a way to obtain'
his coal supply is going the rounds'
in Congress today, doubly interesting
since it concerns ons of the prom
inent members of the House.
The farmer whs unable to obtain
any coal, although he saw hundreds
of train loads a day passing his,
house, which ts situated at a curve
in the line. He shiveringly watched
the trains go h.v until an idea struck'
Aim. i
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Tne first step in the program w.i
c pul up a huge sign, which < >111J
Ite sorn by .ill passing train.-. par
:icularly ns they hart to slow ‘lawn
n passing the curve. On thi -?n
ie n.untert the words: ' Hurrah lor
I'oUiead."
The result was miraculous Every
passing trainm in liftert a hunk of
“>.l cut of the car on which h» hap
pened to be riding anrt heaved it at
he sign.
Up to date the sign has netted
tight and a half tons of coal, which
s the farmer’s entire winter supply.
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, WASHINGTON. Feb. 5,—A “ver
i appreciable money saving to million
J of American families'' is expected b
Secretary of Comm tree Herbert (
Hoover to result from tiie first r<
port of the Building Code Commute
I of the Department of Commen t
made public. Tito report recommend
minimum requirement for city built
ing rtMle.s dealing with one and twe
family houses and goes into detail o
construction of small dwellings wil
a view toward showing Intereste
persons where to save and how t
I spend to obttiin safe, substantial an
durable houses a' a minimum cost.
.The Hrcrotary characterized the r»
port as “having a value far beyon
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Life Boat With Cabin
Is for British Water
LONDON. Fen . -The lirgest lit
boat in tho world, which will b
! motor driven and contain a cabin. 1
being built for the Royal Nations
Lifeboat Institution's station at Mri
sey. She will be CO feet long, fitte
"Ith two engines, and have a radiu
of action of more than a liundre
miles.
In tho fleet of 218 vessels owne
by the institute and distributed ova
their coastal stations, there are not
HR motor boats.
Two Negroes Lynched
Following Shootini
WILL K DC F VILLR. On.. Feb.
Two negroes were lynched here t.
day near Hancock. Baldwin count)
following the shooting of Lindsay I!
Oil more, member of a posse pursttini
negroes nft“r alleged robberies.
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GERMANY HITS
BACK A6AINST
FRENCH FORGES
Strict Resistance to Occupa
tion Forces Begun by
Railroad Employees.
TU’SSBUIJORF. Feb. New or
! dors from Berlin to the employees
• on the Rhineland railroads today had
I Hie effect to stiffening strict resist
tueo ag.iin.-t tho Frjpm h and dis
pell-d hopes of a settlement which
have been prevailing recently.
TIGHTER GROW SCREWS
DUSSHLDORF, Feb. 5. — The
French occupation has been extend
ed to Offenlburg and Appenwiyr. pre
sumably as a ponalty for German iu
tertcrcnoe in train service belween
Haris anil Prague.
MINERS STRIKE
PARIS, Feb. 5.—Th * miners in
j the Sarre Valley, producing 9.000,000
tans of coal annually, -truck this
1 afternoon.
NEW BUILDING
! LAW IS SOUGHT
I If Legislation Is Granted Sar
Francisco Hotel to
Have Large Wing.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 5. Amend
Intent of the building law's of Cali
fornia to permit I he construction ol
la 12-story wing to the St. Francis
j Hotel here, on the Post Street side
jas well at an annex to the Iiosslyn
Hotel in L.os Angeles, js being sottghl
- : from the California legislature b>
i Thomas Coleman, general manager o;
the St. Francis, and Senator Dwighi
I Hart and his brother, owners of the
Southern California hostelry. Tlr
present laws fortdd the erection ol
jjiuieia * i mi iipdi (mriH uuustss wnust
height shall exceed one and one-hall
| times the width of tne narrowest
v; street on which they front.
"I Plans for the Post iStreet wing, ai
a height to conform with the rest oi
I the structure, have been completer!
v i anti the St. Pram is is already ir
s! possession of the ite.
it The Kossl.vn .innex would be con
I. striated across the street from the
• present hotel ai fifth and Main
? Street-, being connected with tU»
-, main hotel by a tunnel.
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; DEBT FUNDING
I MESSAGE READY
i Harding Will Probably Give
Facts to Congress at
Session 1 omorrow.
WASHINGTON. Pob. ii, -President
g Harding has prepared a statement
Tor Congress asking approval of he
British debt settlement. Probably
the statement will be submitted t -
! Congress tomorrow with an urgent
’ request that it be approved without
delay.
! California Citrus Crop
1 Is Saved by Sunshine
^ I-OK ANGKIiES, Peb. H. -Konshin*
r prevailed today in this vicinity driv
' jtng all fear of citrus growers thal
[ the co-id wave of laat week would
j threaten the orange and lemon crops
I Mercury Drops to 10
Below Near Redding, Cal.
- REDDING, Cal.. Peb. 5. The mer
. c.iry dorpped to 10 degrees below
. zero at Pall River Mills near here
; Inst night setting a ne%r record In
this section of California.
SOCIETY WOMAN ENTERS BUSINESS.
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Mr«. Mux Mayer, National President of the Service Star Le
gion and prominent Iowa clubwoman, has abandoned social actlvi
ies to enter the sales department of a big department store in lies
Maine®. "American women have as natural an aptitude for business
as they have lor society, and the most important development In
our national life in the next five years will be the widespread
activities of women in commercial pursuits," she declares.
This German Girl
Is Now Right
In Style |
i STKKhK, Rhenish I'ru.-sia,
! j Feb. 5. A German girl's hair
' | was bobbed here became -.1 •
1 appeared In public with I wo
| ' French soldiers. Her tresses
! I apparently were sniped while
I | she was in the midst of a crowd
j leaving .1 motion picture show
1 with her companions.
INTENSE GOLD
WAVE HITTING i
WIDE SECTION
i1
I Present Lo!d Spell Severest in;
Many Years — Traffic
Is Demoralized.
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CHICAGO. Fob. 5. While the
'Northwest and Central West State's ;
lure suffering from the intense colt
wave, roller irom me coldest w earner .
In several yours is promised.
Vicksburg, Mississippi, is covered'
with seven Indies of snow and street!
ear service and telephone communi
cation is paralyzed in a wide section*
adjacent to that city and also traffic
by rail and wire Is demoralized ini
mcnv sections of Louisiana.
Arkansas has almost an unbroken;
blanket of snow.
Temperatures in the Northern and.
Southern sections have dropped 20 1
degrees.
In ('hloago the thermometer rog- 1
tele red eight degrees below zero this *
morning
Wichita Landmark Goes
Up in Flames; Lives Lost
WreHITA, Fd> T. Four are bt-:
Heved to hive l>e°n killed and 30 in-!
jared. several of the latter not ex l
perted to live, when fire early this
morning wiped out ihe (ihetto build- •
ing. one of the oldest landmarks t
here. ,
IRISH LEADER
DE VALERA IS
AT IT; CHARGES
Wakes Statement to Editor oi
Irish World on Eng
lish Strategy.
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.—Eamonn ds
/alera, in a letter to the editor of
he Irish World, says:
•‘The greatest of all of the many
:rimes the English have committed
igainst Ireland was that by former
3 r i t i .•» h Premier Lloyd George In
December, 1921, when under threat
if immediate and a terrible war. he
ompelled the signatures of delegates
o an impossible treaty.”
lYuman Heath, Alaska
Pioneer, Passes Away
SWATTLE. Feh: 5.- Tho funeral
orrices of Truman H. Heath will
■ held tomorrow. Mouth Is an Al
iskan pioneer and dird last Friday
it th lito of *i4 years.
HAWAII STRUCK
BY TIDAL WAVE;
LIVES ARE LOST
Seven Different Wave Dis
turbances, Fifteen Feet
High, Sweeps Coast.
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS
REPORTED TO BE URGE
Various Statements Are Made
Regarding Earth Shocks
of Last Saturday.
BULLETIN—HONOLULU, Feb. 5.
—Between 10 and 12 peroiu were
killed by tidal waves in Hilo Bay.
It is believed here that the earth
quake re i cited i* between 2.000 and
i 3.000 mi lee distant from here.
SEVEN TIDAL WAVES
HONOLULU, Keb. R.—Seven tidal
; waves late last Saturday swept Hilo
i Bay. Island of Hawaii, reaching a
j maximum height of 15 foet, apparent.
] ly as the result of the intense earth
j shocks felt here last Saturday morn
i Ing.
j Two J.igose were killed and four
fare iniialtijf. *"
I At Kahulliu. on the Island of Maitl.
| two steamers broke loose from their
i mum
Boats were smashed on various
■ beaches and cottages on the islands
1 are reported to have had their foun
dations destroyed.
Streets are filled with debris.
The damage at Hilo and Kahuiilu
is estimated at $1,500,000.
PLACING DISTURBANCE
NEW YORK. Feb. 5.—Revised cal
culations of the American Museum,
National history, places the severe
earthquake of last Saturday morn
i ing at 4,300 miles from New York
in the Pacific Ocean off the Lower
California coast.
The shocks covered a period of
two hears and 55 minutes,
j It is said the disturbance was evi
dently along the roof of the earth's
j crust, which caused the momorable
■quake In 190K.
1 Fordhatn University placed the
quake In the Southern Pacific In the
vicinity of Marshall Island between
the Hawaiian and Philippines.
.1 J. Lynch, of the university seis
mograph. assorted that the shock
was so violent that If It took place
near land it must have caused a
vast amount of damage.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—The University
of Chicago placed the earthquake of
Inst Saturday at 4,788 miles in a
northwesterly direction and indicated
the disturbance was In Alaska or the
1 Arctic Zone.
|Miraculous Escape;
Coaches Jump Track
OMAHA. Fen. 5. All passengers
and the train crew miracuously es
caped death or injury this morning
when the three rear cars of a Bur
lington train were derailed at Mill
ten. Nebraska, through a broken rail.
HUSBAND, IS. SUED FOB DIVORCE
AND ALIMONY BY WIFE, AGED 19
DKTItOlT, Mali.. Fab. 5 Suit for
I vim* and temporary alimony was' |
■at!" I here against Janio- Alliert
"i-'lw ik. 15 years old, b;. M irv 1C ,
'liudwick, lit. who 1 iv< s with her
in. nor, Mrs Fred Calkins.
Th® e oiple wero married .May 5, j
by Rev. Joseph \ Vance.;
lines, according to Mi«. Chadwick's1
fomeys. save his age as IP.
Ulorneya say that th's Is th■> first]
i'll- n the legal historv of Michigan j
’ i I '.-year-old boy has been sued;
or divorce and alimony
A! Hi;1 time of the marriage ihei
■outhful pair were Riven a hook on!
h* beatitudes of married life. It j
ras from this hook, nays Mrs. Chad-1
wick, that her husband each day
quoted the following escerpt to her:
"The hustHind must see that the
early tender affection never fails;
th.it the gentle tons of life's morning
does not crow har fi He must lore
his wife through all the avonr
life down through the declining age
to the sunset years.”
l! poems, however, according to
the bill of divorce, that James forgot
these precepts, for Mary charges
that ho abandoned her in August,
1922.
Mrs. Chadwick In her bill says she
is about to become a mother and
U'ks that suitable provision be made
for the child.