THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3170.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
STEAMERS WRECKED ON COAST
SENATORS INVITED TO ALASKA
Colonel Steese to Take Charge of Alaska Railroad
CONGRESSIONAL
TRIP PLANNED
TO NORTHLAND
Secretary of War Weeks In
vites Congressional Com
mittees on Trip.
MAY VISIT ALASKA TO
GET FIRSTHAND FACTS
Junketing Trip to Secure In
formation and See Things
Being Arranged.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 16. Score
tary of War Weeks his invite;! all
hold-over members of the Senate and
House Military committees to make
a trip from New York via the Panama
Canal to tna Pacific Coast and Al
aska.
The plans call for u sailing from
New' York about th. > middle of April.
The pun§o?e is to see for them
reives the nature of public works n
progress along the route.
The trip will he made on the Unit
ed States Army transport St. Mth'el
and the vessel will carry army
freight to San Francisco and Alaska.
The. members of the committee i
mak'ng the trip w-ill pay their own
mhti«tence so the- trip Involves no
added expense.
iRetuning from Alaska, the party
■will leave the ship at Seattle and
proceed to their homes by rail.
Secretary Weeks Slopes to make
line trip himself, but is not sure. It
■is -estimated the trip will take about
HO days, rebelling Seattle and return
to Seattle.
Many of the men who will continue
service .in the new Congress and who
(1 (vi 1 with committee public works
appropriations, have never seen the
construction undertaken in the Pan
ama Canal Zone. San Francisco. San
Tliego, Seattle and other Puget Soun l
ports.
The Alaska Railroad project will
bo inspected on the trip.
Tlte St. MU hue I will call at St.
Michael, the army’s most northerly
post in Alaska.
The Congressional trip has no con
nection with the trip proposed by
President Harding during the coming
slimmer.
EXPELLED
FROM RUHR
Many Officials in Rhineland
Are Sent to Unoccu
pied Germany.
COBLiBNZ. Feb. 16. Twenty-six
■Rhineland officials, including the
burgomaster of Welsbaden, have been
expelled and sent into the unoccupied
territory of Germany. The expul
sions followed the disobeying of or
ders of the French military authori
ties.
Seven students of the Honn Uni
versity have been deported for par
ticipating in rioting.
Trouble May Arise Over
Ousting of Army Officer
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16 A con
gressional linvestigation into the re
cent enforced retirement from the
army or Major General Cronkhlte is
requested by Judson C. Wise, Liau
tenant Colonel In the 181it Division,
commanded in France by Cronkhite.
liieutenant Colonel Wise, in a let
ter to Senator Heed, of Pennsylvania,
declared 50,000 former comrades of
General Cronkhlte are determined to
stand by him in the present enforced
jf irement cr «p.
France to Make Loan to v
Poland of Large Amount
PARIS. Feb. Hi.—The Chamber of
Deputies has authorized a loan to
iPoland for .100,000,000 francs,
FRENCH COUNT TO SELL AUTOMOBILES.
Count Cbmafejy
Count and Countess Frederick d'Janze Iiave arrived in Amer
ica on their way to Chicago, where the Count is to become an auto
mobile salesman Before her marriage the Countess was Miss Alice
J Silverthorne, Chicago society girl and cousin of Ogden Armour,
! multi-millionaire packer.
CHARLES ROSS,
ALASKA BANKER,
I DIES SUDDENLY
Well Known Sourdough Drop;
' Dead in Seattle While
Shoveling Snow.
•SBATTL.K, Feb. lfi, -Charles Ross.
\ aged SB, director of the Seaboard
National Bank*, of this city, and
president of the Miners & Merchant ••
Bank of delitarod. Alaska, dropped
dead 'yesterday while shoveling “now
at his residence here.
I Ross (eaves a widow and three
j children.
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Charles Ross, who died at Seattle
! yesterday, was very wealthy. He
| laid the foundation for his fortune a>
J a mail and express carrier ■ r of
Nome in the early days. He was
one of the most famous of all ihe
famous dog team mothers of that
I great dog-team country. He wen; to
j Seattle more than a dozen years ago,
i though ha returned to Alaska, where
he still has interests, nearly every
year for a part of the summer sea
son. He made his last North in
trip last year, vtlsiUng his Iditarod
bank and other properties. t’nlike
with many Alaskans, Mr. Ross was
fortunate in yearly all of his in
vestments. and added to his fortune
after locating on Puget Sound.
'Mr. Ross was one of the best
known of all those who have come
from Nome and had hosts of friend.
Large Appropriation Is
Wanted for Rubber Probe
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WASHINGTON'. Feb. in Congress
! has been asked by the Departni. i*t
of Coinmepre. through the Budget
Bureau, for an approbation of
000 for a survey oT rubber predttc
tion possibilities in th-> Philippines
'and South America.
French Officials Are
In London on Mission
LOXDOX. Feb. lfi. -.French Min
ister of Public Works l»etrorquer and
General Payor, of the French General
Staff, are here asking for provisions
for running trains on the main line
■in and out of (Cologne, -which the
British seem disinclined to grant.
SEATTLE DIGS
! HERSELF FROM
I SNOWDRIFTS
j Trolley Service Is Being Re
sumed — Schools Re
main Closed Today.
j SEATTIHE. Eeb. Hi. This city is
today digging Itself out of one ol
| the worst snow storms in the past
! seven years.
Trolley service 'is resuming, hut
| the schools are closed today and will
not open until next Monday.
! Hundreds of business men slept
•down town during the past two
'nights, unable to get ,to their homes.
A "stiver thaw" is making the
work of clearing the streets diffl
I cult.
Hale this afternoon street car traf
fic was fairly regular.
Continued rising temperatures have
i .ciieved the Western Washington
...id British Columbia rail and wire
i r..ifftc and conditions are again mar
normal.
ivain is falling and w. h the heavy
mow, floods are feared.
JAPANESE TO
GO TO BRAZIL
Immigration Agreement Is
Reported Reached for
500,000 Japanese.
NBW YORK. Ft t>. IB. An agree
ment ha:t bean reached between Bra
zil and Japan for migration to Brazil
of BOO,000 Japanese for the purpose
of colonization.
This 'is according to the Brooklyn
Eagle, which today says that this in
formation comes from good authority.
It 4a understood that Japan will
pay the cost of immigration, about
a head, and the Brazilian govern
ment will ta:ke care of the Japanese
when they arrive, distributing them
to the agricultural sections where
they are needed.
CHIOACJO, Feint Albert Bailln
alias BaJanow. whose memory en
a bled Wlm to relate for three days
alleged crimes of detective agencies,
was unable on the stand to tell the
slate or place of his birLh or thf
name of the ship in which he came
to America,
COL. STEESE TO
SUCCEED MEARS
ON ALASKA R.R.
Also Retains Present Position
—Change Will Be Ef
fective May 1st.
TWO POSITIONS TO BE
COMBINED, SAYS REPORT
Believed to Be First Step in
Move for Incerased Road
Allotments.
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i SBATTLl'i, Feb. 1(1 -Col Janies
i (r. Steese will on May 1 reliev# ;
i Col. Frederick .Hears as head of tin !
‘Alaska Engineering Commission ami I
: the Alaska Railroad and that position ,
' will be coordinated with his presen: 1
duties as President of the Alaska:
! Road Commission, according to a
special dispatch received by the Se
j (little 'Rimes from a special Washing j
‘ton correspondent. This arrangement,
jit was stated, will probably remain I
undisturbed until! final disposition
I has been nmde of the railroad prop
; arty.
Tile dispatch said: "Plans have
keen worked out b<*»..’en the Depart
ment of tlie Interior and the War*
Department to combine the duties of j
operating the Alaska Railroad with
the construction of roads and trulls :
In tjie Territory and Col. James G.|
Steese has been directed to take over
tin* work. Col. Frederick Mears his
been assigned to duty with the
Corps of Engineers of the Ninth
Corps Area.
Is Ordinary Routine
“ ‘There is nothing in Kir cti.ing'
outside of tlie ordinary routine am.
a desire to save money.’ sail Seen
tary Fall. ‘We asked Presiden
j Harding to allow Colonel Mears *
; remain on duty another year. His
j time 'is now expin 1. The position?
should be coordinated and work it
I together. The R oil Commission's
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ROGERS’ ALASKA
ARTICLES GAIN
j WIDE APPROVAL
! Alaskans and I hose Interest- j
ed in it Wire Outlook
Words of Praise.
Tile Outlook, cen t alining the iast of
the Alaska articles by Sherman Rog
ers, of ithe editorial staff of that
publication, contains nearly a score
of letters and telegrams from Alas
kans and others concerned in Alaska
work, expressing approval of the
work of Mr, Roger. Many of them
include pictures of those expressing
their appreciation
Among those so expressing them
selves. in the order of their appear-]
ance tin The Outlook, are Secretary i
Herbert Hoover of the Depart.tnant
of Oommerde; (' II. Huston, Assist
ant Secretary of t be Department of
Commerce; <Jov. Scott C. Bone, of
Alaska; John W Troy, editor of The j
Bmpire; Kdward <1 Morrissey, editor
of the Ketchikan Chronicle; Falcon
Josltn. builder of he Tanana V'alley
Railroad and Alaska developer; Col
Frederick Mears. head of the Alaska;
engineering Commission;" Col. James
G. Steese. head of the Alaska Road
Commission; Jam A. Haight, prom
inent Seattle las “r and for many
years a member of the Alaska Bit
reau of the Seatt!■ Chamber of Com
merce; Jack Underwood, well known
writer on Alaska J. I,. McPherson
for many years manager of the A1 ,
aska Bureau of tin- Seattle Chamber I
of Commerce; Gen. W. P. Richard
son. Alaska pioneer, for IB years
head of the Alaska Road Cominis
sion. and at present chairman of
the Transportation Committee of the
tCoutlpcei) on F*f»*9Ten.i
BRITISH ADMIRAL VISITS GRAVE OF KINSMAN.
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Admiral Pakenham, commanding the British Atlantic fleet, t.i
shown hero in New Orleans, at the to.tve cf hi* ancestor, Admiral
I’aki nhinn, who commanded the British fleet and troops in the bit
lle of New Orleans, where ho full loading a charge against the cot
ton-bale breastworks of the American defenders,
MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST
AS RESOLT OF BLIZZARDS IN
MIDDLE WEST: CHILDREN DIE
ST. PAUL. Feb. 16.—Thirteen per
sons are known to have lost their
lives this week as the result of ter
rific blizzards.
Nine died from fires caused by
overheated etoves or furnaces.
Four have been found dead on the
prairies, frozen to death.
ABERDEEN. S. D„ Feb. 16.—Three
children of Fred Beck, farmer living
tie r Eureka, were frozen to death
in I -let Monday's blizzard. Theli
bodies were discovered an a sleigh
lyerterday afternoon after a search
of many days had been made.
LIVESTOCK LOST
BISMARCK, Feb. 16.—Reports In
dlcate great loss of livestock in bliz
zards of last Tuesday and Wednes
day In South Dakota.
COL. C. R. FORBES
RESIGNS OFFICE
Resignation of Director of
Veterans’ Bureau in
Harding's Hands.
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BULLETIN—WASHINGTON. Feb.
16.—The resignation of Colonel
Forbes has been accepted by Presi
dent Harding, effective February 28.
Forbes assigns ill-health as the rea
son for resigning.
VVA.S1 II.XUTO.V. Fill. lii. Till'
resignai ion of Colonel Charles It.
Forbes, direct r of the Veterans' Fin
rt>au. has Ir en placed in the hands
nf I’resident Harding, who Is already
considering the appointment of one
of three former overseas men.
It is stated, however, in adminis
tration circles that the appointment
of ;i successor may be delayed and
Forbes may resume Ills duties tem
pura hily after his return from his
vexation trip to Europe.
DESTROYER”
IS RAMMED
N'ORFOI.K Va.. Fell. li>. The de
s;rover Farquhar lias been ranini -d
by i battleship while engaged In
battle practii i' off F’auaina, according
to a wireless report received here.
The destroyer is in a sinking bond)
tiun ami is being convoyed by the It.
IK. S. Arctic.
ARE TO DISARM
GERMAN POLICE
MSSUblKMtF, Pub. Hi To thuu
•mil German Security I'oly through
ont ill” iKHUpled region are to be ills
arm I by order of General Doquotte
It explained this action la demand
VI adv ible b'catue of the genera
! 111itinli- taken by the police towarr
the occupation forces.
GALE SWEEPS
COAST; BOATS
ARE WRECKED
Steamer Santa Rita Rushing
| to Aid of Distressed Craft
Piles on a Reef.
FREIGHTER BREAKING
UP jCREWFACES DEATH
Rudderless Ship Catches Fire
and Burns to Water’s
Edge—Crew Rescued.
BULLETIN—SEATTLE, Feb. 16.
—With a life line about the body,
Seamen Victor Hautopp, member of
: the crew of the Santa Rita, leaped
, into the heavy sea and made for
shore. After a heart-breaking- light
with the waves, he reached the
shore and a breeches bony was
rigged up. All members of the crew
were saved. The Santa Rita is a
total wreck acording to Captain
Rolstad.
TOTAL WRECK.
BULLETIN—VICTORIA, feb. 16.
i—The Santa Rita f» a teiif wreck
; and complete less. The crew it on
! the beach near Carmannah Light
with a fire going and some tent* iot
shelter. The Santa Rita i* on a
rocky ledge, listed to stai board and
! with several hole* in her hull. The
! engine room is reported flooded.
MANY BOATS DISTRESSED.
I SEATTLE. Fob. 16. — A heavy
| mister continued to blow today like
| yesterday In Tall strength off the
Washington coast.
Meager radio messagej told of four
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IMMIGRATION
BILL NOT 0. K.
i Minority Report of New
Measure Says Bill Shows
Discrimination.
! -
WASH INC!TON, Fob. I6.—An im*
j migration bill regulating immigration
j to 2 per cent of nationals In the
! United State.?, according to the cen
. *u* of l8Hn. has been favorably re
I ported to the House bv Chairman
I Johnson, of the immigration com
, mil t(>e.
! Chairman Johnson announced he
j wonlil press for early consideration.
! The minority report declared the
bill was desi'.gaatel to exclude Aus
| trlane. C/.whostavians, Scandinavians
land Italian-, while admitting Uer
mans
STRIFE DUE TO LLOYD GEORGE
DE VALERA SAYS OF IRISH CASE;
SIGNING OF TREATY DENOUNCED
NHW ORK, E?b. ID Eamonn d<:
Valera. n u letter to the • ■ <1 iror of
| “Tiit* Irl.-li World,'" s tvs that ''the
■ 11‘ t of all.th* many crimes Eng
lish - ttoamon have committed
.gains; Ireland was that < munitted
11'.' David Uoy.l George in Per -aibar.
Util, whan, under the threat of Im
medlali md terrible war. ii< com
pelled the i gnature.s of our delegates
to an impossible "treaty '
"The k y to a proper undo-stand
!ng of ile* -itu<Ltion ill Ireland today
is i realization of th s fie ' says
th" Iri-h Republican leader The let
ter was dated January Hi and wia
written in his hiding place in Ire
la nd.
The letter says in part:
‘The. (the delegates) had gone
voluntarily to meet England s de
mauds to he farthest limit which
the national h inor and the principles
fur whh-h we stood permitted. By
infamous threats Mr. Lloyd Georg-1
forced the delegate* beyond that
limit, and lie. more than any other
single individual, is responsible for
th" aw'tu) tragedy that Is being en
tii ' I here today His London
i‘treaty’ lus brought the same con
fusion and misery upon ttie people
of Ireland thit the treaty of Ver
is idles lus brought upon tlie peoples
! of tho continent of Btirope. The root
| cause is the same, force, not right
or Justice, or reason, was made the
'guiding principle, and those who set
out as th* champions of right failed,
like President Wilson, und grew
afraid in the immediate presence of
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