THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
’ALL THE NEWS %XLL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3275.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JUNE 19, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
50,000 HOMELESS FROM ERUPTION
Middle, Southwestern and Gulf States Heat Stricken
MANY DIE FROM
TERRIFIC HEAT
WAVE,UNABATED
Wide Section of Country in
Grip of Awful Heat—
Seven Dead in Chicago
CHICAGO, III., June 19. — The
middle, southwestem, central and
Gulf etatee are today sweltering un
der the hottest sun of the summer
several deaths and many prostrations
being reported. With the thermome
ter registering 91 here this morning
seven deaths resulted from prostra
tions in this city alone.
Many prostrations are known with
out fatal results. Thousands have
been driven to the bathing beaches
Violent thunderstorms in both Min
nesota and Michigan failed to abati
the sizzling heat. One person was
killed durtng a thunderstorm at Mad
ison, Wis. One prostration was re
ported from Milwaukee. One persor
died at St. Louis from prostration
The heat lies like a hot blankel
over a wide stretch of country. Froir
every quarter of the. stricken distric;
come reports of suffering. K1 Paso
Tex., and Phoenix, Ariz., each repor1
a maximum of 96 degrees.
Petain Injured and Aides
Killed When Train Wrecks
BERLIN, June 19. — Marsha
Pcbaln, of France, was slightly in
ipred and h'ls aides were killer
wficn a Paris-Mayence express trair
was wrecked last Friday, according
to reports from Frankfort. Marshal
PotJain was enroute to the Rhine
land on a tour of inspection anti
was scheduled to review a parade
Saturday at Mayence.
Federal Court Jury Fails
To Agree, Seattle Dope Case
SEATTLE, June 1!>.—A Jury in
the Federal Count here today was
discharged when it was unable tc
agree In the case of Michael Cohen
a wealthy safety deposit vault pro
prietor, and Thomas Spellman, a
longshoreman, charged with selling
narcotcls. U. S, Attorney Revillt
said the Government would pres
the dharge for a third trial.
The case attracted wide attention
bocauce the defendants alleged that
Fade; il agents had Framed up the
evidence again.* them.
Rio Grande Shopmen Again
Postpone General Strike
DENVER. Colo., .Tune 19.—The
union shopmen on the Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad have again
tpoetiponed their, rchedtiled walkout,
accord!na to a statement made at
union headquarters here. They
ihavc consented to give Gov. W'lll
l;«m E. Sweet time to devise a plan
for actUumenit of their differences
wl'th the company.
The strike was first ordered for
last Saturday. Governor Sweet in
tervened and It was deferred until
itoday. No definite date has been
fixed for pmating the order into ef
fect now.
Three Burn to Death When
Fire Destroys Tent Home
BOISE, Ida., June 19. — Almost
an entire family was wiped out here
today in a fire which destroyed a tent
home. Mrs. Donato Uberugua and
three small children were burned to
death in the flames.
“HAVE NO DESIRE TO BE PRESIDENT!”
DECLARES DETROIT MOTOR MAGNATE
p i v ruri wt in
HEIRESS’ ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
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Cflorva. Gould
Miss Gloria Gould, one of tha greatent heiresses in America,
lias chosen as her life-partner Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of Bridgeport,
Connecticut. Their engagement was recently announced ait a ball
given in her honor. Miss Gould not only is one of the moat popu
lar inenilberB of the younger not, but has acquired an enviable
reputation also as a dancer in amateur theatricals. Mr. Bi-hop is
the con of Henry A. Bishop, of Bridgeport.
WALLACECOMINGTOALASKA FIND
OUT HOW DEPARTMENT CAN ASSIST
WASHINGTON, June 19. — Toj
study the woik of his department
and to ascertain if in its admin-,
istiation his department is handi-,
capping; Alaska's development, lies
! the reasons for the forthcoming visit
! to the Territory of Secretary Henry
| S. Wallace, Department of Agricul- j
ture. He left Washington last night
j enroute west and will join the Presi-,
dent's party somewhere along the
rcute before it reaches the Pacific
Coast.
Find Out Facts.
Before his departure Secretary
Wallace Issued a statement relative
to his Alaska trip. Baying:
"I am glad of the opportunity to
I go to Alaska for two reasons. Kirut,
1 am very anxious to study on the1
ground the important work the Lie-]
purtmont of Agriculture is doing!
there.
"Second, I am especially keen to
meet any who Ihink the work of
| the Department of Agriculture is
I throttling Alaska or retarding her
I proper development.
| "I want to find out all about this
j bureaucratic red tape of which we
j have heard so much.
"If there is anywhere in Alaska,
• or this side of there, one man who
| clan show me how the administra
i tion of the Department of Agricul
ture, or any bureau of that depart
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Soviet Holds American Boats
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Claims Violated Soviet Laws
NOME, June 19.—Three trading
ochooners of American registry are
detained and their crews arrested at
East Cape. Siberia, according to
Rev. N. E. Hayer. missionary, who
arrived here today after Bpending
the winter on iJittle Diomedee
Inlands. Charges of violating Soviet
trade laws have been laid against
the traders, it was stated.
The vessels held by the Russians
art1: the. Stiver Wave, Iskutn, and
I Belinda. The crews, Raid Rev. Mey
er, will be held in custody until the
arrival of a steamer from South Ber
ing Island with Soviot officials who
will decide what action, if any, will
be taken in the matter. N'o vio
lence had been done either to the
crews or vessels at last reportR.
Tli emissionary advised that per
sons going Into Siberia strictly obey
the laws there or stay out of the
country,
Russians Sentence Pope
To Be Shot for
] Plotting Against Soviet
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| BERLIN, June 19. — The j
] Russian newpsuper "Rul," pub
T lished in Berlin, tells of an
amusing trial, which is alleged j
to have taken place in Kostrom, i
Soviet Ruania. A charge was
made aginst His Holiness Pope
Plus XI., for having incited j
polish clergymen to conspire j
I against the Sovites. The evi- j
| deuce used were tile papers of j
the trial of Archbishop Ciaplak j j
| and Preltae Butklevlch. The
verdict, pronounced was that
| of guilty and the Pope sen- |
fenced—calthougih in absentia— I
| to be shot to death.
Relief Vessel Is Ordered
Return from Spitzbergen
CHRISTIANA. June 19.—The relief
steamer Flint and party, now at Seal
Bay, Spitzenbergen, sent out to be
in position to succor Capt. Roald
Amundsen in case of need, has been
ordered by the Admiralty to return
here, it was announced today. The
orders for return were Issued follow
ing receipt of advices that Amundsen
had abandoned his proposed flight;
icross the Pole.
KENNECOTT NOW HAS
THREE QUARTERS OF
UTAH COPPER COMPANY
BOSTON, June 19. -The Kenne
cott Copper Corporation now has a
75 per cent, ownership in the I’tah
Copper Company. In addition to the
610.500 I'tah shares previously held
in the Kennecott Treasury, 610.000
shares of I'tah stoc k were exchanged
for Kennecott under the recent offer
made to I’tah Copper Company stock
holders There are now :i,871,000
Kennecott shares outstanding. About
1.067.500 shares of which were is
sued in exchange for I'tah. The of
fer expired May 51,
In a statement mAde here today,
ohiaracterlzed by It* brevity and
open cadnor, Hoary Kurd disclaimed
any desire to sit In the White
House as the nation's t’htcif Execu
tive. “I have no de*iro to be Pro-i
dent of the I'nit^d States," he de
clared.
His reason was staled with equal
brevity and clarity.
"I am too much occupied with my
own affairs to become mixed in
politics and I do not intend to run.
“All this stuff you hear about
my name being; assoihated with the
Presidency is Just newspaper tulk.
"There Is motiving in it!"
Mr. Ford was stopping here over
the week-end, enroute front Provi
dence to New York on hurlngts.
FRENCH ARRANGE
FOR WINE ISSUE
Agreement Reached at Wash
ington Modifying Origin
al Order, Is Reported.
NEW YORK, June 19.—The French
steamship line announced today that j
arrangements have finally been j
readied at Washington under which |
Prpnch sailors, homeward bound
from American ports, will receive a ;
half-liter of wine the day after the;
three-mile limit lias been passed. De l
tails of the plan were not made pub
He. , r*. • 4
FOR "MEDICINAL” PURPOSES
WASHINGTON, .June 19.—In con-1
nection with the French liner an !
nouncement from New' York, relative!
to serving wine to French sailors
the day after outbound French ves
sels pass the three-mile limit, it is
understood that slight relaxations1
have been agreed upon. The ruling,
it is believed, involves giving the;
Public Health Service greater discre
tion in the administration of liquor
aboard ships ‘‘for medicinal purpos
es.”
GEORGIA JUDGE WILL SHOOT
ATLANTA. On., June 19. — Thu
right of Federal Prohibition agents
to search automobiles suspected of
transporting liquor has been brought
forward again in Georgia )>y Judge
Henry McAlpin, of Savannah, writ
ing to Fred Dismuke, Prohibition Hi
red or, protesting against recent
search of his car by Federal agents.
Mr. Dismuke said Federal agents'
would continue to search cars sits
petted of transporting liquor.
Savannah dispatches quoted Judge i
McAlpin as having told W. T. nay.j
head of the prohibition enforcement |
igents there, that if he is again
stopped unwarrantedly on the roads
between his court and his home near
Savannah by dry agents, he will
shoot and shoot lo kill.
LEAGUE WRITES HARDING
BOSTON, June 19.—The Constitu
tional Liberty League of Massachu
setts writes President Harding it 1h
“opposed” to prohibition because it
is convinced and believes It lo lie
demonstrable that prohibition so
called is wrong in • principle, in mor
als and economically." The letter
urges a conference of Governors to
formulate a policy to put before the
country and is signed by 40 New
Englanders, prominent in business,
political and public affairs, includ
ing: Charles F. Backmunn, presi
dent: Ralph Adams Crannn and Dr.
Charles M. Green, vice-presidents;
Francis Reginald Bangs, secretary;
Alexander Lincoln, treasurer; Davis
F. Sibley, assistant treasurer and the
following directors: —C. W. Barron,
Hugh Bancroft, Charles B. Barnes,
Charles Boyden, James D. Colt, Dr.
W. M. Conant. Louis A. Coolidge,
Henry B. Dalton, Gordon Dexter,
and several others.
Serum Is Discovered Which
Cures Rheumatism, Claimed
NEW YORK, June 19 The au
thorities of the Medical College of
New York University today announc
ed thp discovery of a serum that is
regarded as an almost positive euro
for rheumatism. It was stated that
the college had withheld this an
nouncement until it had proven the
eflicaey of the serum by tests In
15,000 actual cases of rheumatism.
Sounds Warning of
Inferor Navy.
Eb&v]&.
is:
Admiral K. W. Klieile, wtio will
become ranking Admiral of t'it*
United State? Navy in July, lias
Abated publicly that mile i Con
gress dtai.i Its full duty the United
Shales Navy will fall ta the statue
of u thlid-rlass naval power. The
.-.nmo fate as that which has rele
gated France's naval forces to
comparative oliueurlty Itt maritime
affairs threatens our Navy, he de
clares.
Early Voting Is Light in
Special Primary, Washington
SPOKA.NE, .1 nno IS. -Eight vot
ing characterized the early hours of;
the special primary election in the
Fifth Congresional District to select
the party oondidates for the special
election for a member of Congre i
to succeed Judge J. Stanley Webste
who resigned to accept the office of
United States District Judge.
The Republican candidates for
the nomination include State Sena
tor Reha Hum of Spokane, the tlrrtj
and only woman State Senator ini
the State of Washington, State Sena- j
tor Charles Myers of Davenport,!
Cfty Commissioner Thomas Corkeryj
if Spokane, State Senator E. L. j
Westfall of S|K>kane, Dan Morgan,
Maurice Smith and Harry Iloaeu-1
hau.pt, all of Spokane.
Tlie Democratic candidates for the1
nomination hip Superior Judge Sam;
13. Hill of Waterville and H. C. Har
r>iof Spokane.
Judge Hill was the Democratic!
nominee in lhlEi against Judge Web-1
ster and whs defeated by about i
3,000 plurality. It is believed lie
will be the nominee of today's prl-j
mary.
Crazed Woman Mutilates
Children, Wounds Husband
t
OWENSBORO, Ky„ June 19. He-. s
coming suddenly crazy, Mrs. Cleve-Jt
dund Daugherty chopped off the c
bands of her two small children and
ulHacked lier hunband. Inflicting t
carlo trs wounds. Tiie trouble oc-!t
curred at the Daugherty home atlt
(rlendeye. t
CHILDREN ARE DEAD. ,
OWENSBORO. Kv., June 1!). As '
•mults of 'the wounds inflicted
by tlieir mother the two small |
Daugherty children died this morn-j
ing. The woman is In a serious,
condition from drinking poison fol
'bwing her insane attacks.
Cashier Defalcates With
$500,000; Bank Closest
WICHITA. Kalis., June 19— De
falcation by Philip Drnmni. cashier, |
of $500,000 from the American State I
Rank, one of the strongest in the’
State, was revealed here today In an I
examination of the bank's accounts, j
Following the discovery the bank was l
forced to close its doors.
| NEW FOUNDLAND'S
GOVERNMENT OFFERS TO ,
UNDERWRITE PAPER MILLS
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1 NEW YORK. June 19.. The New
foundland government has agreed to
! guarantee the principal and Interest
l of $8,000,000. a similar amount to be
'guaranteed by the British govern
ment, for the establishment of a pa
per Industry on the west coast by the
Armstrong Whitworth Company of
London.
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Frisco Business Men to
Visit Many Alaska
Towns, July and August
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., .
June 1H. A party of 50 or
more prominent business men
of this city nail from here on |
the /canter Buford on July 20
for a tour of Alaskan towns,
according to an announcement
made here today. They will |
acl as trade missionaries for
.San Krancifco and are making
tilie trip under the aut-picec, of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The itinerary calls for stops
at Sea title. Prince Rupert, Ket
chikan, Juneau. Skagwny,
I Whitehorse, Sitka. Cordova,
Anchorage and Nome. It will l
return to San Francisco, Aug
ust 25 th.
Vin Republican, Farmer La
br and Democratic Nom
inations, Minnesota,
ST. PAUL. Minn.. June 11. -Gov.
A. O. Prims has won the Republh
in. Ihtgnie Jokn-:n, Farmer-Labor,
od James H. Carlev. Ilia Democratic
ominations for I'nlt'cl Stntea Sena
jr to fill the vaiamy left by the
path of Senator Knute Nelson. Ko
jins from yesterday's special prl
mry. election, while still incomplete
Irtnally assure the iVominatlon of th*
rst two. and Parley was nominated
y the Democrats by an overwhelm
lg vote.
In the early returns. Gov. Preys,
ml sear Hallam ran neck and neck.
Hi"i ivmu iin i uiiinur u it) give lilt)
-overnor an Increasing lead and his
ominat.fon is now regarded as cer
liu. The general election will lie
eld on July lfl.
This will he the second occasion
rithin the year that Gov. f’rens and
ohnson have met on the political
-attlefleld. The first was last No
ember wliiti, after a hot campaign,
he former won the gnbnrantortal
ace, defeating Johnson hy a mat-pin
f 14,000 votes
It is virtually certain that the He
mblli an Senate Campaign Committee
,111 enter the State and aid Gov
'rens in (lie fight for the next three
reeks.
Permanent Court Conforms
To Standards U. S. Courts
HANOVER, N. H , June 10 —Seen
try of State Charles Evan Hughes.
rtdresHlng an alumni gathering ul
lari mout h College today-, declared
te permanent court of justice con
tiluteH a tribunal with standards
ouformlng to those of our highest
Oiirts.
He said: "There is no path tc
he milleniiim other than the path
f Justice. If we discard the best
ibtalnglile instrumentalities of jus
Ice, to that extent we invite (leeIs
bus by the sword.”
*ar Traffic Shows Increase
Revenue Under Higher Fart
SEATTLE, June 10. I’assengei
eeelpts from Saturday's traffic, th
irst day under increased force, wen
■bout $4,000 larger than those of th•
irereding Saturday, it was announcer
inlay. The latter Saturday alst
bowed receipts about $4,000 mori
han the Saturday preceding It.
LAVA CONTINUES
POUR OUT FROM
SMOKING CRATER
Aetna’s Tiery Streams Flood
World’s Most Densely
Populated Region.
CATANIA, June 19.—More than
50,000 people are homeless already
i from the eruptions of Mt. Aetna
which continued this morning with
1 out any indication of abatement.
Hourly the flood of refugees is In
; creasing and every road in the dis
trict is filled with fleeing, fear
stricken people.
The lava streams are now pene
trating the most densely populated
i district in the world which contains
I a population of 3.000 persons to the
| square mile.
I A lava stream today reached out
I toward Giazarre, threatening to eo
i gulf it should it continue in its
| course. This is a town of 20,000
: inhabitants, most of whom are be
winning to leave for points of safety.
| ver the entire district a pall oi
i smoke, ashes and cinders is spread.
1 The sky Is so filled with this blau
I ket that the sun is obscured.
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KING GOES TO SCENE
I ROME. June 19. Hope was enter
j tained today that I.inguaglossa, which
| yesterday appeared inevitably doomed
' by lava streams from Mt. Aetna, has
j been saved from destruction by lava
| taking a new course, according to
j advices received here. The towns of
■ Peeillo, Fallamelata and Ferro ar«
I endangered and refugees are throng
lug ever yroad.
j Kina Victor Emanual Is leaving
at once for Sicily to superintend ar
rangements for taking care of the
homeless.
Mt. Vesuvius is only moderately
active, omitting steam and some lava.
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j ! Beveridge Is Opposed to
i United States Going
i | Into International Court
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BOSTON, Mass., June 19. —
Had an International court of
arbitration been in existence In j
tile eighteenth century. America
would still be a British posses
sion, asserted former IT. 8. Sen
! ; a tor Albert J, Beveridge In a
I I speech here last night.
Addressing the general offi- j
I ' certs of the Sons of Revolution :
at Bunker Hill Itav Banquet, he |
declared the United States would i
I still be a part of the British Em- |
I pire if the dispute between the j
Colonies and Great Brituln had |
been referred to an International |
court. He asserted that under |
I the law existing then, every 1
point would have b"en decided !
1 against the colonies.
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Harding Pledged Two Votes
By Porto Rico Convention
SAN JUAN. I’orto Rico, Jnne 19.—
Republicans in special convention
here last night pledged two votes
: for the renotninatlon of President
Harding at the next Republican Na
itlonal convention. They also adopt
ed a platform with statehood for a
goal, advocating Immediate Govern
ment here to Include the extension
of provision for election of Governor.
Laying Last Mile on Railroad
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Job T akes 9y rs., 3 mos., 5 Days
Ar>n list* i w.s, junr is.
if the laet mile of track on tho•
Uaska Railroad will be completed
his week, according to a statement
sailed today by the Department or
he Interior. It has taken Just nine
■ears, three months and live, days to
complete the Job.
The department said: "This is ai
■emarkahle reoords,” considering the!
sharacter of eountry traversed and,
he delay to construction incident to!
ho war. The cost of construction,
« V\ ilM n II null UUOU, HYC f ot,vuv
>er mile.
The scene of the final mile of
construction is at the interior tern>
nus. Fairbanks. Standard guage
rack was laid up to Happy Junc
lion. seven miles south of Fairbanks,
early last month. Trains have been
operating through from Seward to
that point for several weeks, thence
over the narrow gttage to Falrbanla.
Through trains to Fairbanks Will
not he operated until about July 1.