THE ALASKA DAILY
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"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
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VOL XXI., NO. 31 $2.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 14, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LAWMAKERS ARE NONCOMMITTAL
ON NEW ADMINISTRATIVE BILL;
MEASURE REVIEWED IN DETAIL
■Fe<w momlbers of either House o<
the iLeglSl'ature were inclined to dis
cuss the executive department roor
ganlaaHion measure which was yes
terday introduced in the Senate by
Senator Frank Aldrich, most of them
being noncommittal until they had
an opportunity to study the bill. A
few were coealy in favor of its en
actment .-tubstantijilly as it is written
while a few were appar.ntly opposed
to inauguration of an elaborate sys
tem of govornmenml machinery in
tho Territory under present condi
tion's.
iSanator Aldrich and other propon
ents cf tthe hiJi ■taivar its adoption
as n proof of the Territory's readi
ness, willingness -and aibility to gov
ern itseff without assistance from
the 'Federal goveramertt. It is con
ceded tfosit there wt'.l be more than
perfunctory apposition to tlie ineas
ure. What the relative strength o’
the two sides is. however, is more
or less a matter of pure speculation.
Means Sweeping Change
Everyone admits that ithc adoption
cf the measure would entail sweeping
changes, rctpealing many laws and
upset.ing ta system that has been
built up since the beginning of Ter
ritorial government in Alaska and
adde<i to by every weapon of the Al
aska I-cgi'.ia'ture.
It provides for the bestowal d"
wide powers of administration on the
throe individual officers 'mentioned—
Controller, Attorney General and
Treasurer—and the duffles not im
posed on them a>s ofificers are given
them *as members of 'the Territorial
Board tit Con'tral.
The Controller would be charged
with the responsibility oif passing on
all claims awl demands on the Ter
ritory and drawing warrants for their
payment, except in itlie payment of
school expenses in t!he districts out
side of incorporated school districts.
He would act a* registrar of vital
statistics, (discharging the duties in
that connection now devolving on
the Tv'ritorial Secretary under Cnap
t, r 3j. Daws of 191.'!. and nets amend
atory thereof, and Chapter 47, 1915
Daws, Chapter 56. Law.; of 1917, and
acts wmendnfn.ry to' noth, all of |
which duties are transferred from;
the ofl'iee of Secretary to the office I
of Controller. ,
'll also 'provides that all ihe duties
“n't present devolving upon the Sec
retarv to file and keep on file ar
ticles of Incorporation, annual re-1
port', (and financial statements of]
corporation#!, and all other docmnants |
and records relating to private cor-'
porations of any kind, including
banking and trust companies, wheth
er foreign or domestic, together with
t!h.e collection of foes and license
taxes from such corporations, and all
other duties connected 'therewith, ;r
arising 'therefrom, shall hereafter be
I discharged by the Controller Instead
of the Secretary's office, which must
keep permanent records of all trans
actions.
Other Duties Prescribed
The (appointment of the Hoard of
| ChlUdren's Guardians will rest with
i the Control!"r. Alio appointment of
I the Board of Pharmacy, Board of
I Mnd ctl Examiners, Board of Dental
Examiners, Commissioner of Health
I
tContinued on Five ■'■eveo *
SHEPARD URGES
HOUSE ID PASS
LITERACY Bill
Foster Bill Unfavored bv Ma
jority Committee—Min
ority Report Made.
Alter Ilie House Comimttee on
Elections--, Election Laws, etc., had
reported adversely this morning on
the literacy tert bill introduced last
v etk by Representative Frank H.
Footer, of Cordova, Representative
Shepard handed in a minority re
fs rt favoring pas-tge of the Foster
hill and containing a statement
r:ttlng forth ills reasons for so
recommending. The statement de
clares that illiterate Indians today
control the balance of voting power
In Alaska and can sway any elec
tion and urges the passage of the
bill to remedy the situation.
The majortiy report, which rer
omended that the bill do not pass.
Is composed of Representatives Dock
er, of the Second, and Callahan, of
the Fourth. Hearings on the meas
ure were held yesterday by the
committee. At that time W. L,.
Paul, Grand Secretary of the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, appeared in be
half of the Indians, while Represen
tatives Foster and Polley argued for
a favorable report.
Comes Up Friday.
After the Shepard report was
read today, a motion, made by Rep
resentative Daly and seconded by
Foster, to bring the measure up
Friday at 10:30 a. m. as a special
order of business was adopted. It
Is predicted that a strong effort
will be made to have the minority
report adopted at that time
(Continued on m« Two.'.
Nurse Cavell’s Friend
Safe in Belgium.
Mme. Ada Bodi^rt in an Kngliah
nurse who married a Belgian. She
was a lifelong friend of Nurse
Kdith Cavell and was tried with
the latter in Brussels by the Her
mans for aiding in the escape of
wounded Allied soldiers. Nurse
Cavell was executed, and Mme.
Bodart for a long while was be
lieved to have suffered the same
fate. After the armistice it was
learned she had been sentenced to
15 years imprisonment, and she
was freed by the Germans when
war prisoners were released. She
is shown here wearing many of
the decorations awarded her by
I he British, French and Belgian
Governments for her heroism in
the war.
MEN HIVE IT OVER WOMEN WHEN
IT COMES TO TILKi OPINION
OF CONGRESSWOMAN FROM OKLA.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—The
outstanding tmpreaslon Miss Alice
Robertson, congresswoman from Ok
lahoma, carries with Ivor after retir
ing from the house (s that men have
ft -all over women When iK comes to
talking.
"Tlhero have born a lot of men in
the house,” sho said, “who ought to,
have boon taken out and spanked
good and plenty oarly In the session.
This talk, talk, talk, and roll calls
and objections of ifllfbusrterers wasted
thousands of dollars of tho people's
money.
Cast Aside “Peeple”
"H tho old stereotyped atutf about
‘tho .people’ and tthe 'hard-pressed
taxpayers’ were east aside and all the
me-rtbers wtould say ’let’s do the right
thing’ and go to it, everything would
go through with far lose loss at time
and in much (better shape
"But all the men have been as good
as they could be ito me. although I
have ifeH that I Wanted to give sam$
of them h good spanking at times.
“I haven’t talked much, although
ait times I .wanted to talk. Sometimes
I sat till ere and fairly tingled, I
wanted to gat up and toll them some
things so ibadlyj”
Raise Salaries
"Aunt Alice” was asked what she
i thought would contribute to the .fur
| thcr perfection of the legislative svs
| tern as a result of her service in tne
I house. She replied right off the bat:
I "Raise the salaidos of the mem
bers from the $7,500 they now get to
$10,000. I om single and have no
family, but 1 can «ay that $7,500 It
not enough for a member of Oongreas
with a family, to live on in Washing
ton under the presont holdup condi
tions."
MANY LIVES LOST, GALES
Sutherland’s Fish Views Denounced
FISH INDUSTRY
IS DESTROYED
SAYS DELEGATE
Sutherland Talks to Seattle
Fishermen — Miller Free
man Talks Right Out.
BRATTLE. March 14.—Alaska Dede
gjatp ,l)a.n Sutherland at a meeting
of independent fishermen last night
at the Labor Temple, declared the
Alaska fish reservations formed by
the executive order will destroy the
' Industry.
Sutherland denounced permission
to use fish traps in rivers while pro
hibiting seines in the ocean
Miller Freeman, publisher of the
Pacific Fisherman, in an Interview
today, denounced Sutherland's views,
saying:
“The fisheries of Alaska and the
Pacific (Toast have been a football
too long, rf every man who wanted
to fish in Alaska were allowed to run
wild. Ill:1 Industry would be destroyed j
within five years."
MURDEROUS
INSTRUMENT
IS LOCATED
Blackjack Found Which Is
Believed to Have Been
Used to Kill Girl.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 14.
—The case of George Whitfield,
charged with I he murder of 11-1
year-old Anna Nosko, will be tried;
in May, Judge G. IT. Simpson an
nounced today.
Sheriff Thompson announced to
day that he had found persons who I
had identified the blackjack found j
near the girl's body as seen in the]
possession of Whitfield. The black
jack. which was bloodstained, has
hairs similar to Anna's on It.
The farmhouse of John Take,
upon whose farm the body of the
girl was found, was destroyed by
tire early this morning, believed to
be of incendiary origin. A crowd of
several hundred gathered when the
fire was discovered but made no
effort to quench the flames.
Additional guards have been!
placed around the County Jail'
where Whitfield is confined.
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BOGUS MONEY
GANG CAUGHT
Have Flooded Pacific Coast
with Counterfeit Twenty
Dollar Currency.
SEATTLE, March 14.—With the j
arrest of Paul Dtmrn. who tho police '
say has confessed to be a counter
feiter, the officers are of the opin-1
Ion they have rounded up the last j
of a pang Which flooded the Pacific
Coast with counterfeit $20 bills re
cently.
Dlinm led the officers to a house
on Liake Washington, where plates :
were found. He said the gang made j
more than 18.000 bogus bills. Three i
other counterfeiters have been ur- ]
rested In San KiUmciaco.
Former Counsel of War
Veterans’ Bureau, Suicides
WASHINGTON. March 14.—Charles
F. Cratner, of San Francisco, who
retired as Counsel of tho Veterans'
Bureau when the <-onduct of the Bu
reau was under fire of Congress, sui
cided today.
Bernhardt Offers
Tellegen Position
PARIS, March 14—It is reported
that Sarah Bernhardt has made an
offer to L<ou Tellegen tS return to
France after his divorce. It Is said
that the has lashed him to star in a
play *t her theater. Tellegen first
came ‘Into ipromlnence in the theatri
cal sail during his association with
Mme. Bernhardt years ago.
INDIAN CHIEF HERO OF GREAT NORTHWEST STORM.
Chief Chase-in-thc-Morning, an Indian dog-driver and line patrolman of the Northern State*
Power Company. braved ley bias a and heavy snowstorms with his team of “huskies" to repair
broken wires and restore electric current to the beleaguered cities In Minnesota that had been iso
lated by great blizzards. The In lian's fortitude saved residents in little towns from much suffering.
NOSE A LA MODE DANCER'S VAIN HOPE.
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^ Gloxr&r. ,«r*.
Miss Florence M. Glover, a dansetiBe, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, has been awared a verdilt of $tJ5,0U0 against Or, Oswald
f*. Stackhouse. Miss Glover, in the New York Supreme Court, toid
how, three years ago, styles in noses veered from the Grecian to the
retrousse type and that, being blessed with the former, she hastened
to the surgeon to have her nome made up-to-the-minute. When the
plaster was removed, she alleged, site saw with alarm that tier nose
was bent out of shape. Then site found she had lost the sense of
taste and that her lip was paralyzed.
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Lenine Suffers
Stroke Is
London Report
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LONDON, Maroh 14.—A Reu
I ter dispatch says Lenine has \
j suffered a stroke of apoplexy |
i and his Condition is regarded as
I being serious.
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STANDARD OIL
BIG MONOPOLY
SAYSSENATOR
Senate Investigating Com
mittee Says U. S. Controll
ed by Standard Oil Co.
WASHINGTON. March 14-United
Slates Senator Robert M. La FoHelta
of Wisconsin, chairman of the Senate
oil Investigation committee, said the
suggestion that alcohol might become
a substitute for gajwline. held no
comfort for motorists without the as
surance that the “Standard Oil Com
pany will not monopolize the patents
and processes.”
.Senator LaFollette declared the
Senate investigation showed the
Standard Oil Company completely
controlled the industry In rhs United
States, .partitioning the territory
"among members of the companies
of the Standard group ah spoils" and
fixing prices to the producer ait the
well, to the refiner for gasoline anc
retail prices for the consumer.
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GETTING READY
FOR NAVIGATION
ON YUKON RIVER
! White Pass Starts Machine
I Shops at Whitehorse—
Large Shipments Ore.
j DAWSON. Matrwh 14.—Beginning a
; stir for the season's activity, the
Wlitte Pass Navigation Company
has opened the machine shop at
Whitehorse to make ready the large
I fleet of steamers for Itawson and the
■ Mayo run.
Tlie steamers have wintered north
>f Lake LoBarge.
A floet otf 11 barges will be used
' to bring out the 8,000 tons of Keno
' Hill ore as soon as the ico goes out.
The hoavieat snow fall of years
promises full rivers.
The Tread well-Yukon Company Is
sending a second 10-ton caterpillar
truck to Keno Hill with five trailers,
attempting to drive It 800 miles over
j ice and snow.
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Seven Republicans in
Ireland Are Executed
DUBLIN. March 14—Three Re
I publicans wore executed bore totkij
i and four at Cork. They were eon
I victed of having arms and amimini
| tion in their possession.
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I IaONDON, March 14.—A Dublin dls
1 patch says four more Irregulars wer«
| executed in the County of Donega
today.
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| Germans to Be Shot
If More French
Soldiers Slain
! i
ESSEN, March 14.—The Gor
man 'population ul the Reckllng
ii.unen (liwirlc: has been warm*I
! 'by Goner. .4 Gaignetot that ft any
mr ivcr French soldiers are an
sa sinatc 1 or uutbuishod, the
i burkomastcr of nnor, who Is i
lv hi a t h • •: .go tosother with
I .i-.tr •.h r t w.i officials. will
be sh liirn Iblely as a nicas- •
I ute or retaliation.
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DEFENSE PLANS
i BE GIVEN TEST
1
| First Try-out in Present Man
euvers — Modifications
Are Being Studied.
WASHINGTON. March 14.—Mndifl
j ration of the national defense plans
resulting front the Washington arms
conference agreements are to rereivo
I a fir it try-oat in tile present Deet
! maneuvers.
i The Panama area anil tlio Panama
; C.in.il are considered to have an
]mhun r>d 'importance In the defense
\ chain.
Among the measures recommended
j by the .Board, heaJcd by Admiral
j Hugh Rodman, In connection with the
development of naval defense, is a
I st’.pp!ba.se ifor submarines and de
; stroyora In All* ska. Development will
i be limited a't this time to the selec
I tlofl and acquisition of a site
Seattle Municipal
Car Line Losing
$4,000 Daily
SEATTLE, March 14.—Thu muni
cipal oar 'fines are showing a deficit
of more than $4,000 dally tinder the
li-cent fare, affective on March 1.
This .is according to figures published
at th > City Hall. K is expected the
city council will discuss tho matter
at an early meeting.
Pioneer of Alaska
And Puget Sound Dies
SEATTLE, a.Mrth 14—John C
MoDougull, pioneer of Alaska and
Pitget Sound, died here lust night at
the age of 78 years.
FORTY KILLED
HUNDREDS ARE
INJUREDiGALES
Reports Are Made of Storm
Swept Area from Rock
ies to Appalachians.
CHICAGO. March 14.—Gradual res
toration of telephone and telegraph
communication In ic storm-swept
area ibetiween the Rockies and the Ai>
p-alachlains, -brought 'additional de
tails of dealth and destruction.
The death list Us now placed at
40 and those seriously (injured at 200.
Property damage is reported at
many millions of dollars.
The worst aflfodt of t’lvo storm of
Inst Monday was folt at Pinson and
Daanfburg, Tenuosaeo, where the
death toll is fixed at 12 and the
Injured a!t 75.
Both towns woro demolished. Rol
Cross workers aro now en route
there.
Two 'persons wero killed in Ohi»,
ono at Maas 111 inn and one at Steuben
ville.
Practically the whole state of Wis
consin is recovering froon ibo affect!
of the heavy snow storm.
30 REPORTED DEAD
NASHVILLE, March 14.—-With tne
known death toll at 30 and nearly
100 Injured, Tonnrusoc to gradually
rocovering from one of the worst
storms in the history of the state.
The ipraperty damage is estimated
in tho million's. Tho gale Monday
night reached a velocity of 80 miles.
Finds All Coeds
Are Under 21 Years
MILWAUKEE, March 14.—The
spirit of King Solomon eat In muni
cipal court ami guided Judge A. C.
Backus out of whiat promised to
prove an embarrassing dilemma.
Party coeds from tho civics cla-ss of
tho Milwaukee High School were In
to rested observers of the doings in
count until '.a Jury bad boon selected
t.o try Arthur Zclslg on a serious
charge 'preferred by a 15-yoar-old gtirl.
The testimony promlsod to be given
In very -plain English, which the court
belilovod tbe students should n-ot hear.
He -pondered -the situation a moment
and ithon announced:
“All -persons under tho age of 21
must leave the court room."
Tho coeds left In a body.
Memphis Girl Weds
Divorced Husband
LOS ANGEI.ES, March 14.—Miss
Peggy Wright of Memtphis, Tenn.,
who wa.i deprived of her fiance,
Duncan Walter, In a mysterious
double slaying there a month ago,
was married here 'to David Chal
mors, also of Meunphts. It became
known today. Miss Wright and
Ohalmera were mantled before, the
ceremony being 'performed laat No
vctmiber. A divorce waa granted Mlsa
Wright last January.
BARCELONA, March 14.—A syn
dicalist known aa “Comas" died to
day from wounds received Satur
day night when “Noy Del Suore"
waa uHaaBSlnated.
The workers have decided to con
tinue their strike until “Comas’’ is
burled.
MAN MISSING 31 YEARS RETURNS
TO HIS SISTER'S HOME AND DIES
I ELYRIA. O., March 14.—In the
center of t'he tf iwntown business dia- [
trlct of Etyrria hi an old house known
j as the “Old Huflf Homestead." Into
I this 'bundling, on a dairk night, came;
i a helpless invalid. The wind whipped ,
' his tattered garments as he waited
j far a response to his knocking.
The door opened—Just a crack—j
and a middle-aged woman ipeerod out
' appro hensivoly.
i “Have you a brother?” the caller;
| asked.
”1 htad,” ^he said- “He's been away
1 for years. I might not know him.” I
“WeSl, hero be Is,” said a compan
ion accompanying the caller. “The
doctors say ho has only one week to |
1 live.”
This -Was the home-coming 8f John
■Half, missing from the ken of man!
* during a goneratton of wandering. I
Miss Hull look him upstairs and
helped him to bed. For a week he
>ay delirious, refusing doctors' aid.
Then he died.
Some 32 years ago Hudf was mar
riod. In 1893 he and his wife were
separated. Later, when Mrs. Hulf
was found stabbed ko >de ith and Hulf
disappeared the next day, a search
for him was started.
His ■eoait was found on the ice of
Rocky River. Open water Showed
through a hole beside It, and the
twlfea gave up the .search, thinking
him drowned.
In Bhc week of his illness at hla
sister’s home Hulf did not mention
his past. N’ot once during his ill
ness, bis sister said, did ho ask for
his mother, father or brother, ell of
whom are now dead.