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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ACT FOR ALASKA
French Reported to Have Bombarded Fx press Train
FRENCH SHOOT
ON TRAIN; GET
BIG SUM MONEY
Berlin Cologne Express Train
Reported Bombarded—
Marks Confiscated.
BULLETIN—BENLIN, Feb. 24 —
The French militaiy force this after
noon bombarded the Berlin-Cologne
Express train near Hengrty and
after the train was stepped the
rtldiers, under orders, confiscated
a consignment of twelve billion
marks belonging to the Reisch’s
bank.
NO ' BLACK" TROOPS.
DUSSELDORF. Feb. 24.—Reports
from German sources that "black
troops” were recently sent to Kuper
ferdreh, Velbert and Woedren, were
officially denied today by the French
military. It is alleged the soldiers
were being (limited in private dwell
ings and that Colonial patrols had
appeared on the streets of tho three
towns.
COUNCIL DISSOLVED.
BERLIN. Feb. 24.—The French
military force today dissolved the
meeting of I lie municipal council of
Bochum and arrested the burgomas
ter and 22 members of the council.
The dissolution and arrests followed
the refusal of the council members
to carry out requests of the French
on deliveries of coal and coke.
Ten tanks were stationed outside
the hall while the arrests were
being made.
REQUISITION 9UPPLIES.
BOCHUM, Feb. 24.—Most of the
direct action by forces occupying the
Ruhr for the pact 24 hours appears
to have been centered on this city
taking the form of wholesale re
quisition of supplies from stores and
chops.
i nreau Are made Against
Victoria Catholic Edifices
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 2'».—Po
lice are guarding St. Andrew's Cath
olic Cathedral and the Biahop’s Pal
ace as the result of threatening let
ters received here. The letters stated
both edifices would be destroyed.
The letters were dated from Port
land.
j Heavy Earth (
Shock in Pacific j
| Is Registered j
i j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—A '
I (heavy earth shock, apparently (
cental', n* in the same locality as '
; the tremendous quake and shock
tin it he Pacific ■ocean on Febru- i
! ary 3, has been recorded here by |
| (the seismograph at Georgetown ]
, University. j
FELT AT SITKA
SITKA, Feb. 24.—(Special to I !
Empire from Tribune.)—Large ' j
| ear h shocks were recorded here ! j
| last night on the seismograph of j j
| the United States Coast and I I
[ Geodetic Survey. The shocks j
began all 10:30 o'clock and lasted ;
over an hour. It is estimated j
j the disturbance was between 200 1 |
| land 2,000 miles distance. F. P. j j
| Ulrich, observer in charge, says
j the shocks last night were not ^
I as large as those reported on
| February 3, but were greater
I than, those which shook up Sac- |
I ramemto Valley.
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WANT TO BE t KING OR QUEEN?
. HERE IS * CHANCE FOR YOU ALL
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 24.—Any-,
one desiring ito beoome a king or
queen, without the inconvenience of!
startling a rebellion, will find Bardoo. ■
an island lin the South Seas, an easy ]
and contented kingdom- The only!
stipulation 1I9 that the applicant must
'be imhlte.
Thirteen years ago, according to
word received (here from Miss Ella
Brown, buyer Bor an Australian firm,
who recently arrived on the Mner
'Sonotna, and who in turn had re
ceived her UnformatHon from an Eng
Irish survey ship that had touched at
the island, an Australian mission
ary, Mrs. Zahol, went to the island
to convert the natives. Today she
is high priestess of Bardoo and vir
tual queen.
Now Bardoo, it is said, never seems
no got very upset over a ruler or
so too many. Two years ago H. Ban
field, English author, with his wife
and thoir female servant, wpnt to
the (island in quest of material tor his
new novel. Today all four of them
are kUng and queons of the island.
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Former President’s Son
Is to Marry.
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Richard Folsom Cleveland, son
of the former President Grover
I Cleveland, is engaged to marry
Miss Ellen Douglas Gailor, daugh
| ter of the Presiding Bishop of the
| Episcopal Church of America. The
I romance, which began abroad, has
j been confirmed by Bishop Gailor
< in New Volk.
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DANCE CRAZE
IN BERLIN IS
BEING STOPPED
Police Take Action with Firm
Hand — Halls Made
Into Quarters.
BERLIN, Ken. it.—Berlin has too
many dance halls and too few apart
ments, iit was decided recently by
the municipal authorities, and drastic
measures were taken to bring about
a change
Certain fox trot places of amuse
ment have been ordered closed, and
the rooms are to be made over into
quarters where people may live.
Since the dancing craze struck the
German capital there has been a
groat demand for rooms of most any
kind, particularly in the down-town
districts. Those were quickly fur
n'.vhed and advertised as dame halls
with most pretentious names. In
one instance a “dance hall" was
brought into being .in less than two
days. The furnishing consisted chief
ly of putting down sionve linoleum,
hanging a tow fancy trimmings from
the editing, crowding tables and
chairs Unto every available place,
sticking the jazz band off into one
corner, and then permitting the wait
ers to take charge. The crowd did
the rest.
The craze reached such a stage
recently that officials estimated the
city had more places of entertain
ment and amusement than ever be
fore in history. But the new order
has put many of tihc smaller estab
lishments out of business, and now
where jazz musk? once had full sway
after dark, there are entire families
slumbering peacefully.
BIO DIAMOND ROBBERY
CHICAGO. Feb. 24. — Henry C.
Hart. New York diamond salesman,
reported two men robbed him of
$100,000 worth of diamonds In a
down town office building this after
noon .
DEMANDS AID
FOR VETERANS
Congress Should Do Some
thing Providing for Ad
justed Compensation.
ROOHK.-T1R, N .. Feb. 24.—A de
niand that Congress take some action
on ‘the bill prov. tig for adjusted
compensation to vc orans of tht
World War was mado by Alvtin Own
ley. national commander t.f the Am or
lean Legion, in a ret nt addr. as tc
mtenbers of the H ..ary Club and Le
gion po-t of Hoc,heater. Congress, lit
said, should liras . Chat bill or reject
it, and net I at it hung Cire any longer
"The A ne: lean .Lesion stands
squarely behind the French in col
looting reparations from the Ger
macs," Commander Owsley said, ad
ding.
“Ask Pr'-iter: Hardfa* why ht
>rdcred the American troops liornt
from the Rhine. Was it in-protest ol
?he French m tv into the Ruhr dia
(plot? Those tic:,.is wore left t.lieiv
to preserve world pe.e o. Way were
they withdrawn?"
Com mar let- Owsley's stand on tils
Ruhr VatUay quos.ion is based on t
recent rcaoltitl:on adopted by tile Le
gton's national ox .m'.live committee
which charges that ,'ho Germans have
wrecked their flnancii.il system t(
avoid payment of lejiaiattons.
Important Message
Is Expected from
President Harding
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! WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—
. President Harding is said to be
i engaged in writing an Import*
j ant message to Congre. It is
1 expected the message will be
forwarded some time today. No
word has been announced re
| garding the Bubjeet of the mes
I sage.
Last Survivor of
Famous Light
Brigade, Is Dying
LONDON. Ont., Fob. 24. -Thomaf
W. Shaw, who e>ims io be Ihe Iasi
survivor of 'the famous Light Brigade
at ithe battle o: Balaklava. is dyinf
here. He is 91 yrars of age.
SHIPPING BILL
NEARING DOOM
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24— Final dis
position of the Administration's Ship
ping Bill will be decided sometime -to
day or Monday at the latest. This
has bean agreed to by the Republi
can and Democratic leaders of the
Semite.
Senator Jones, at Washington, and
others bedieve that the motion pend
ing on taking up the bill will be de
feated- Those in charge of the meas
ure said that In event of defeat, na
further efforts in behalf of the bill
will be ma la a the present session.
SHOOTING IN
DUBLIN AGAIN
DUBLIN, Feb. 24—'Sharp firing
accurred Ion the street here last even
ing during which a corporal was
killed and tne woman was injured.
More than a score c,f Irish Irregulars
were rounded up and captured.
ARRESTS IS CORK.
CORK. Feb. 24.—Further arrests
and captures of arms and ammuni
tion and the surrender of a number
af Irregulars was officially reported
today ,but no details were given.
McNary’s Nomination
Is Causing Trouble
WASOINGTON. Feb 24. — The
Senate Banking Committee has fail
ed to reach a decision on the con
ested nomination of James McNary,
>f New Mexico, to be Controller of
Currency. Another meeting will be
aeld next week with only one week
remaining before adjournment of
Congress. Action on -the nomina
tion is regarded as uncertain.
Mrs. Stillman Will Be
New York Milliner.
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Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, wife of |
the former President of the Na
tional City Bank of New York,
America's greatest financial insti
tution, who lias lost her tight to
have her $90,OH a year alimony
raised to $123,380, has announced
her intention of going into tHe
millinery manufacturing business
1 in New York City. Stillman's di
vorce action, in which lie named
Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide,
I as co-respondent, was decid< d in
j Mrs. Stillman’s favor when she
named Florence l-ecds, an actress,
| as co-respondent.
MYSTERY OF
AXE MURDER
BEING TOLD
Solution of Murder May Be
found in Trial Now Pro
gressing in Arizona.
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PRESCOTT, Ariz , Feb. C4.—Soln
tlion of the mystery of an "uxe mur
tler” In the lonely Bradshaw m tnn
tHiliis 'in December, 1920, will be
“ought by authorities in the trial of
Franklin La Orange, which has start
ed here
La Orange was arrested in Hay,
Ariz.. last fall after having been
bought by Yavapai county authorities
jin three states since June, 1921. the|
• time of ;he discovery in the bottom'
of an abandoned and caved in- pros
pect Khalit, Of diem‘inhered parts of
a human body.
Relatives of Walter Stofnbrook. 50
'voar-old member is!' a pioneer family,
claimed the l»i,t» of human remains
were tthtose of Stoirtbnook, who has
beon mHssIng nince December, 1920.
Assisting the authorities, his rela
tives searched the vicinity of his)
home and dtotnovered that Mr. and
Mrs Franklin La Orange, who had j
been operating a small ranch, had
also disappeared a few days a fieri
Strtinbrook had sold ills holdings, and i
with nearly $1,000 in cash on his!
person had startc I afoot across the I
mountain to catch a stage.
Discovery of the bones, bearing evi !
dence of having been hacked to I
’Meres, led to a search that revealed
•in an orchard on the La Grange,
i ranch other human remains which!
|apparently had been burned. Bits ofr
1 metal were found and an atlempt will
I bo made at the trial to show that!
these were buttons from Steinbrook's
clothes.
After Mr. and Mrs. La Grange were!
arrested in Ray they were taken to,
Prescott and charges preferred
agatlnst them. L iter the charge j
against Mrs. La Grange was dtls
lnlnsed. La Orange sought release on!
a writ of habeas eonpus which was j
denied. On appeal the state supreme]
court ordered him held for trial.
Townley Is Heading
Another Organization
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 24—C. A
Townley, founder and former presi
dent, also directing genius of the
National Non-Partisan League, is
head of the new nation-wide non- j
political farm movement launched by |
a group of 75 farmers from 12 dlf-1
feront states meeting hare. This is
according to a formal announcementj
made here today.
NEW HOSPITALS :
ARE REPORTED
Seattle May Get One to Cost
Only One Million Dollars
—Other Plans.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 24 .Secretarj
Mellon liais asked Congress tor Cue
appropria lun el $8,700.uU0 for tthe
construe Ion and repairs of marine
hospitals anil quarantine stations.
Included were proposals for new bos
jiitbls in Si iftlo. Now Orleans, Sa.i
Francisco and Galveston Tlie pro
posed h iiit.il at Seattle will cost
$18)00,000.
NOTED DIPLOMAT
DIES SODOENLY
•FHU.iADEL.P1HA, Feb. 24 Ch.irle
magne Tower, former lliiiifed States
Ambassador to Germany, died today
(>r pneumonia after an 'illness of only
oeventl days.
Tower was one of tile mast papu
lar dt ;;lonrjtic figures in Berlin dur
ing the six years die served as Am
bassador under the Roosevelt admln
<isl rai.llon. He was a special favorite
wi th the former Kaiser.
Tower, who was born In this city
o,n April 17, 1848, began bis diplo
matic ca.eer in 1897 when he was
named mlnidter to Austria. Two
years lutig lie was made Ambassador
to Russia and went to Berlin in 1902.
Mrs. Tower was formerly Helda
Snvlth, of Oakland, Cal. Besides the
widow, three sons survive.
Northern Alaska
May Have Mail
By Airplanes
'SEATTLE, Fob, 24. A hydroplane
mail servtico to all government t.lu-j
tlons north of Nome. bordering on
Kotzebue Sound, may be established
nejot summer, according to VV. C. J
Vandervoort, superintendent of thai
13th division of the Railway Mall
Service. Viandervoort has received a
proposal from K ,1. Matthews, repre
sending the Alaska Airway Company,
tlor ecrtabRshing such delivery.
PRAISE FORD:
THAT IS ALL
DETROIT, Mleli., Fob. 24.—A rest)
lult'fon recognizing "Henry Ford Ini
awakening the conscience of the
American people to ,:.he menace, of]
money controlled elections,” but car
rying no Indorsement of him as a
possible Domocraitilc candidate for
President was last ntiRlil adopied
unanimously by the Democrats of'
Michigan in state convention.
IS AGAINST
BIG MERGER
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-Henry C
Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, 1h
quoted to have said to the House 1
agriculture committee that he op
posed the suggessed acquisition of 1
Morris & Co. by the Armour Packing '
Company, another o.f Chicago's big
Five packers.
The committee therefore tabled the
Voight resolution 'proposing the in
iuir.v by the Federal Trade Commis
sion into the merger.
Nominations Are Made
For Commission Places
—
WASHINGTON. iFeb. 21- President
Harding has nominated W. C. Dent'ng
of Wyoming a member of the Oivil
Service Commission, and Henry H
Glass of the District of Columbia, a !
member of the Tariff iCommlmion.
Law Institute Formed
By Many Legal Experts
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—A law in 1
hiitote, an association of foremost i
Jurists and lawyers of the coun'ry, j
was formed, .here today to “promote
eiHrtiClicatlon and simplification of law
and secure a bettor administration
and carry on scientific legal work.”
Wipe Weeps as She Tells (
of Shooting Husband. *
fBrxWate Kavarv
Mrs. Lucille Kavanaugli, of Chi
cago, weighing less than 10<i
poundH. photographer In court as
she told of the shooting of her
liuethand, Patrick Kavunuugh.
wealthy treasurer of Lite National
Club of Athletics. Shi' gave as her
reaeon that bIio believed he was
paying attentions to another
woman.
Nice Scheme and
Starting Fund Is
Only a Bagatelle
I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 A recom-1
pendatilon lias been made to Con I
tress by the Joint corn in is? I on of i ie •
jostal service for the adoption of nj
program for the conatruetion of g.jv-|
rnment owned post office buildings
with an initial appropriation of
(20,000,000. Then appropriations will]
[>e made until all of the principal
io i offices are owned by the guvern
tvent. , 4 I
CRONKHITE CASE
PROMISES TO BE
SOME SENSATION
i ti
‘Retired” Army Officer Start
ing Something—Murder
Probe Is Likely.
WASHINGTON. Keb. 24 Secre
ary of War Weeks has ordered an
nvertigatlon into the charges made
jy Major General Adelbert Cronk
ilte that important official papers
leallng with the death of his s n.
Major Alexander CronkhHe, at ('amp
bewls, in IH18, have been tampered
v i i h.
MaJ. Gen. Cronkhlte was recently
‘dropped" from ihe army roll and|
i "big row" bus started.
"Forced Out ”
Charges that MaJ. Gen Adelbert
I’ronkhite was forced Into retire
Ticnt by file War Department are
ning circulated in Washington in
in anonymous prlntpd pamphlet.
The statements are to the effect
Jenerul ('renkhlte’s Insistence upon
nquiry into the facts about Ihe
loath of Ills son ,MaJ. Alexander P.
'rcnkhlte, brought from the War
department a demand that he bo
i r dr red out of the country or retired,
t uiso Is charged that liis son, in
nead of dying of ;t self-inflicted
l tr
(Continued on Page Two.)
MAN WHO LICKED DEWET IS STILL
ALIVE; INCIDENT DELATED BT HIM
SAN PKIJRO, Cal.. Feb. 24.—Wil
iam H. Savage, an attorney here, is
-redUe-d with befiig the only tnan
who won a fight with the late Ad
nlral George Deiwey. The fight wan
i fistic engagement between the two
lien ami took place on the quarter
look of the old sloop-of-war Missis
dT>pl in ISR2. Dewey was then a
■econd lieutenant and Savage
was a private in the Marines, and on
,he day of his fight with Powey was
ceding as orderly to Captain Melanch
on
Iii a letter written on the U. S. 3.
Olympia by Admiral Dewey on June
1G, 1898. tho original of which Mr.
Savage treasures, the hero ot Manila
Bay reeills his fight with Savage.
He wrote, in part: “1 trust l have
my temper more In hand now ”
Mr. Savage, a former judges and
state Senator, tells uf the fight as
follows:
"I had boon Instructed to take or
ders from no one except Captain Mel
(Contlnued from Page Two.)
STATE SENATOR
OF WASHINGTON
HELPING ALASKA
ntroduces Memorial for Ap
plication of Federal High
way Act to Alaska.
OLYMPIA, Feb 24 Stale Sen
tor \V. \Y. Conners, of Seattle, has
itroduced in the State Senate a
lomorial asking Congress to extend
10 benefits of the Federal Highway
et to Alaska.
State Senator Conner said a erit'
11 situation has arisen in Alaska
i to tliu road building program and
e was anxious to have the letjisla
ires of Washington, California and
lontuna formally ask Congress for
ssiatunee.
"Them is no reason why the Fed
■al Highway Act should not have
sen extended to Alaska years ago
>r the people there pay taxes to the
etlornl Government prtcely on the
line basis as the people In the var
us states."
Tlie memorial points out that the
overn merit has completed a rall
ied in Alaska tit a cost of over
50,000,000 which cannot serve the
urpose of development unless de
an dab I e feeders in the nature of
agon roads ure provided.
iTEESETO TAKE
CHARGE RAILWAY
EARLY IN MARCH
onsolicJation Two Commis
sions Effective Soon—
Steese Arrives Tuesday.
The Alaska Railroad will be fop
(illy taken over by Col. James G.
rose and Col. J. C. Gotwals shortly
ter Maruh 1. at c.ording to advices
ceivcd today at local Alaska R tail
oinmiaslon headquarters. Doth of
esc officers have been appointed
embers of thi* Alaska Engineering
□nrmiisslon, It was stated.
Colonel Steese anHvtxl lit Seattle
irly (this week and was duo to leave
Hire today for Juneau, arriving her a
•xt Tuesday He has advised his
flea hero that he will leave for
nc.hcirtigo on the steamer Nbrthwest
n, scheduled to sail from here on
arch 11. The transfer of manage
ent of the Alaska Railroad will
■ mode as soon as possible after he
•aches Anchorage.
Colonel Gotwals Is now at Anchor
te. He will probably return here on
c Watson late next week and con
i' wtitli Colonel Steese over the new
idles 'imposed by the change, anil
turn with him on the Northwestern
Anchorage to take part In the
ansfer.
Word of the relief of Colonel Mears
tun duty with the Alaskan Engin- •
ring Commission and bis replace
ont by Colonel Steese was received
re several days ago, details appear
g In a dispatch 'to The Empire
otn Washington. In that it was
a,ted that the work of railroad oper
!on and construction would be con
lidated with the road nnd trail
dlding work of the Alaska Road
«m mission under Colonel Steese.
to <■ msolidation, it was added,
nild not take 'placo until May 1.
From the telegraphic advices re
ived today at local Road Commis
a>n it 'is apparent that the transfer
II come earlier than was first au
luneed.