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VOL. XXI., NO. 3131.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY FALL RESIGNS MARCH 4
NEW PROPOSALS
TO BE MADE ON
GERMAN DEBTS
Financial Expert Will Present
New Scheme on Repara
tions in Paris.
PARIS. Jan. 2.—Dr. William Mayer,
German Ambassador, announces that
Carl Bergmruin, financial expert,
would bring to Paris a new proposi
tion oil reparations ram the German
government.
FRANCE MAKES PROPOSAL
PARFS. Jan. 2.—Premier Poincare
at a conference of Allied leaders to
day offered a proposal for reduction
of German reparations to fifty billion
gold marks and offering a two-year
moratorium, but exacting productive
guarantees to insure resumption o;
payments later.
TRY TO MAKE WAR PACT
WASHINGTON-, Jan. 2. The State
Department announced that the Ger
man proposal for an agreement under
which Great Britain, France. Italy
and Germany would solemnly agree
among themselves and promise the
government of the United States not
to resert to war for a period of the
•presen generation without authority
of a plebescite, had not been trans
mitted formally to the French gov
ernment by Secretary Hughes as in
formal Inquiry showed it was not ac
ceptable to France.
MEDIATION REJECTED
HA.VliBURG. Jan. 2.—Chancellor
Wilhelm ’Cuno. during a speech be
fore the Hamburg Bourse today, an
nounced that Franco-German non-war
pact proposed by Germany to France
through mediation «f neutral powers,
has 'been rejected by Premier Poin
care. '
GERMANY DEFAULTING AGAIN
PARIS, Jan. 2.- France has asked
the Reparations Commission to do
cide Germany is in default of coal
deliveries which it is asserted are
tunning much below the schedule
trained at the Spa conference in
1920.
Prohibition Sleuths
Are Near Being Shot
SEATTLE, Jan. 2.—-It became
known today that bloodshed was nar
rowly averted last Wednesday night
when four Federal prohibition agents
from Seattle were held up by K re;t
police, with shotguns, wiio were
watching for prowlers, on the Ever
ett waterfront.
Within a few moments the identity
of the prohibition officials was es
tablished but in the meantime a
booze boat pulled up to the dock a
short distance away and loadi I 120
cases of liquor into six waiting a i ds
which left for Portland.
Two Killed Trying to
Save Mother and Child
FORT WORTH, Jan. 2. -Two per
sons were killed and six hurt when
two automobiles collided on the
Dallas Pike nearby. The collision
occurred when a driver of one auto
deliberately ran into a truck to save
the life of a woman and child walk
ing on the Pike.
Sarah Bernhardt Takes
Turn for Worse; Serious
PARIS. Jan. 2. Sarah Rernhardt,
who was thought to be making ex
cellent progress, is now giving great
concern to those at her bedside on
account of irregular heart action.
Astoria Relief Fund Is
Boosted by Frisco Sum
ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 2.—Mayor
Bremner last night received a check
for S2.'>.000 as part of San Fran
cisco's contribution to the relief
fund.
Infant Mortality Rate
In U. S. Shows Decrease
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 2—The in
fant mortality rate has decreased and
■the maternity death increased, ac
cording to the annual report of Miss
Crace Abbott, chief of the Children's
Bureau of the Department or Labor.
Maternity deaths arp more numer
ous per unit of population In the
United States in 1922 than any for
eign country from which figures are
available.
Despite the decline in infant mq
tality in the United States, five other
countries showed lower rates.
Couzens Is Appointed
to U. S. Senate.
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This is the latest photograph of
Mayor Janies Ctiuzens, of Detroit,
wl’o has been appointed to the I
S. Senate by Governor Alex J.
Groesbeek. He succeeds Truman
Newberry, who resigned. Couzens
iiiis taken his seat in the Senate.
1923 PROMISES
SPLENDID YEAR
Secretary Hoover Makes
Statement—Receive Re
ports from World.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 - The
stormy year of 1322; oni* of the
world's greatest In economic prog
ress. is looked favorably upon l’or
good prospects for J923, Secretary
Hoover declared in a statement re
viewing reports of special investigat
ors from all parts of the world.
—
BUSINESS ON UPGRADE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Indica
tions shown in commercial activity
j (or the past several months, which
vvrro t ubstantially above the level of
the same months of 1931, show' that
[general business is on a definite np
grade after having passed thnor
mal point last November.
Municipal Auto Buss Goes
Off Bridge; 3 Are Killed
1 SEATTLE. Jan. 2.—A municipal
'bus operating through the .Magnolia
Bluff section, collided Iasi night with
an automobile on the West Wheeler
bridge and crashed to the ground. »> I
feet below
Harry R. Harvey and wife, pa »n
gers, and Floyd Perry, driver of tho
| bus, were killed. William Ct ett.
i another passenger on the bus. was
seriously injured.
Perry Albright, driver of tin an
| tomobTo, is being held in th city
i jail.
Held for Killing"Girl;
New Year’s Celebration
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. -M tael
! Gnlmbarzn was held today at an
i autopsy on a charge of hour, ide.
I Catherine Stooba was killed Sunday
1 midnight by a bullet llrod front the
rear of one of three houses a; "oss
[the alley from the Stooba horn The
I firing was donn at midnight, wolcom*
| Ing the New Year. One member
i Trom each house was arrested Two
were released when a bullet the ize
j of the one that killed tiie s: • ha
i Kiri was found in Gaimbnrzo se.
Lead Output Shows
Decided Increase
WASHINGTON, fan 2 The .me
an 1 refinery output of lead in the
I'nlted States made good ga u last
year. The smelter out put of zinc
; increased TO per cent over tic pre
vious year.
The Geological Survey reports an
other good showing and that in pro
duction of petroleum in the Cnircd
States in November was in.000.000
barrels greater than the same month
In 1921. Four hundred and fif;y-ono
new wells were ‘'brought In."
It Is Now Governor
Smith of New York
ALBANY. Jan. 2.—Alfred E.
[ Smith, Democrat, was Inaugurated
Governor of New York yesterday
afternoon. The exercises were sent
broadcast by radio.
CELEBRATION IN
SEATTLE IS WET
—
Forbidden Spirits Are Every
where—Celebrations in
Other Cities.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2—"The wettest
celebration since the state went,
! dry," Is the way the Seattle news
| papers describe the New Year cele
I bratlon here on the eve of the New
I Year.
There was ample evidence of the
| forbidden spirits, but notwithstand
ing; much liquor, the crowds were or
detiy and few arrests for drunken
| ness were made.
LOS ANGELES QUIET
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2—After ‘‘re
markably few arrests for being,
irunk," according; to city authorities,
the city was deserted early yester
day while ihe population scented to
go to nearby resorts, joining in en
tertainment of various kind from sea
bathing to snowballing.
RIOT IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOltlS, Jan. 2. The police arc
investigating a riot in an exclusive
hotel he • when merrymakers Sun
lay nigh- and early yesterday morn
ing resented Intrusion of the prohi |
billon enforcement agents and drove I
them from the dining room under a
steady hail of chairs, plates and
glassware. A riot of shots were
i'ired; one wounded a woman in tin
scuffle.
RAIDS IN FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2, Prohi
bition officers waged a small war
jariy yesterday morning, six estab
lishments being visited. In all cafes,
hotels and oilier places the police
did- «w»t molr^t ■ the* ** ng«geo in
drinking from private stocks.
DRY UP NEW YORK
.NEW' YORK, Jan. 2.—Federal pro
hibition agents and the police joine-l
hands ‘Sunday night and All day yes
terday in what is declared to be the
first successful attempt to dry up
New York during the New Year
celebration. Work was concentrated
on Broadway and cafes and other!
places on nearby streets were raid-j
ed, practically every restaurant, cafe,
and cabaret being the scene of a1
general run-up for liquor.
Sunday night over 100 were at
rested.
According to the Hole! Men's As-i
sociatlon the hotels entertained m arc
than 100,000 Sunday night.
Careless celebration with fircarlfis
resulted in the fatal wounding of a!
man and a child and the serious
wounding of six or seven others.
VARIED SERVICES
CHICAGO. Jan. 2 This city wel-j
coined the New Year in characteris
tic style. Celebrations ran from ser
vices in 15 churches, watch parties
to liquor larks.
“Future celebrations will be greui
or small by comparison with the one
which sent 1922 off tho calendar into
the trash market," -aid one of the[
morning newspapers
Another Kidnapping Is
Reported in Louisiana
BASTROP. I,a., Jan. 2.—Depart-'
ment of Justice agents ar • invest!-!
Rating an aliened kidnapping of Har-j
old Tigoston, timekeeper lor the ear-1
bon plant at Spvker. near here, by a
party of 1(1 men last Friday night.
He has not appeared since.
It is (relieved Tigeston was to be
called as a witness In the More-1
house Parisli kidnapping ease and
that his disappearance is in somel
way connected with that fact.
BELIEVES HE FLED
BASTROP. La . Jan. 2.—Sheriff
Curponticr today expressed the belief
Tigeston fled the country through
fear. It is said lie escaped tile men1
who took hint from the btinkhottse at
midnight and. going lo a sawmill'
man's home, borrowed S4fl.
T. J. Burnett, former deputy sher-i
iff. charged with the murder of1
Foreman Carson, of the Spyker
plant, said Tigeston could”testify as
to his alibi.
Find Cabin Where Mrs.
Clara Phillips Hid Out
_
LOS ANGELES, Jan 2—The sher
iff of Los Angeles county has re
ported the discovery of a cabin in a
lonely canyon nenr herp where Mr3.
Clara Phillips hid at least foiir days
after Hhe escaped from the county
jail here on December ">. It is de
clared that Armour Phillips, the wo
man’s husband, purchased food, and
another man took it to the cabin. I
ABANDONS BRIDE AND THRONE FOR PLEBIAN LOVE.
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Prince Carol, Crown Prince of
Rumania (at right below I, bus <le-,
sorted hi bride, formerly Prince '
llelcne of Greece (at left below i,
giVfiii up his right of succession to
Hie throne and gone back to his
true love, Jeanne J.umbino (at
right), otherwise known at Zizl
lannbaine, the morganatic wife he
at first refused to renounce, but
later divorced undf i prersure from
the royal court. Princess Helene, it
is reported, will renounce her royal
rights, procure a divorce and marry
a Greek banker.
i
ARREST FORMER
BANK OFFICIALS
Three Men Are Indicted in
Portland for Receiving
Deposits for Bank.
PORTLAND, (no., .Ian 2. - Throe
former officials of the First Stall !
Bank of Portland, Leroy Walker, \
president; Conr 1 I’. Olson, vice
president, and Aittaon Ackern, vie. |
president, have been arrested as ihe,
result of secr -t indictments re-,
turned by tile c only grand jury. \
A fourth offic al. E T Crowell
has also been Indicted. lie is In
California and friends say he will'
de|H)sit bail to prevent being re
turned here uml guard.
The four are indicted for ereelving!
d posits knowing the bank to lie in
solvent. I
President Spends New
Year’s Day Very Quietly
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WASHINGTON. .Ian. 2. President
Hording spent X- # Year's day very
quietly with Mrs. Harding. The only
caller* were a few personal friends.
The formal rctcppiinn was called off
on account of the Illness of Mrs.
Harding.
KILI ED OV 'R LIQUOR
YONKERS, -f.>o : line man was
killed her yeo - da in a quarrel
of liquor wh'-h ' .- -ged to have
been broiif’ t y m army truck.1
Commission of
Impartial Men
Approved by Germany
I - |
HBItUX, Jan. 2 The ap ech
] made by Secretary of Stale
Hughes at New Haven last
Satlrda.v, suggesting an impar
j tial eommishion dmerniine tier
| many's inability to pay repara
tions, ha- leva indorsed by of
ficial circles.
k a
HEAVY FINES
FOR STRIKERS
Union Men Obstructing
Transportation During Re
cent Strike Fined Heavy.
l.OS ANCKLK.S. Jan. 2. Hues ay
g’egatlng Ib.SOO were imposed today
against eight union railway men con
vi' ■■ I of conspiracy to obstruct, in
tei taio commerce in connection with
th" recent railroad strike in Angus!
Counsel for the defend • said the
iiaion organisations w ill which tV
men are affiliated would pay th ■
fines.
WASHINGTON—The government
will stand by the decision and pry
the $12,003,000 award against the
United States made by The Hague
arbitrators on claims arising out of
commandeering Norwegian ships
during the war. This is according to
the White House spokesman.
SPROUL RAPS !
ENFORCEMENT
OF DRY LAWS
j Governor of Pennsylvania
Claims Prohibition Is Al- ;
most a joke in State.
ii. uitfSBriio. (•>., .imi. uoy
Willi.> e. Sproul, who goes out of
otfie in two weeks. in his final
ntess
d:i>
line
; fori
a re
I of I1
to the State l.egi-dat lire lo
• !<1 I he members that it “h a
racl" that prohibition en
iit. lews. Keilorul and State,'
iid working well In the State
•nnsylva nla.
He people are im lined to
the conditions upon the
own enforcement law." said
• nor Sproul
t the fad remains that other
which have the same kind of
continued the Governor, ‘ aro
iny; no better soeiet) demands
I ii this state
"Kd neat ion and patience may
ii 11 k i.liont a cure The only wayi
I e ireful and conscientious en '
Ida i
st a'
(In
Vi
p,t a t
law
eii t
fi.rei ment of the law hy the authorl
• ins and an awakened public appre-1
elation of the peril by our own
people which
di reputable.”
makes law breaking
TEXAS
MAN IS SHOT
DEAD BY REVELLERS
Al'sTI.V. Tex., .Ian i -Weldon
J’t'iircp was shot dead at midnight I
a party of New Year’s revellers. *
by
SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR 0 U T
ON MARCH FOUR
Announcement of Resignation
Made at White House—
Offered New Position.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—It wa*
announced at the White House today
that Secretary Albeit B. Fall, of the
Department of the Interior, will re
sign on March 4.
It was stated that President Hard
ing regretted that Secretary Fall
found it necessary to retire and even,
tcndcied him a place on the Su
picme Court bench.
Secretary Fall declined the offer
raying that press of private bu»i
ncss required him giving up public
life.
The question of Fall's successor is
expected to be left open for some
time.
FORESTRY BUREAU WILL
REMAIN WITH WALLACE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Conser
vationists of tho “RoosevelMan
cla>k'' under the leadership of Gov
ernor-elect Pinehot of Pennsylvania,
have won an important victory in
their fight to conserve the forests of
the country. It was learned here.
As a result of the recent confer
ence here, a pledge lias been ob
tained from President Harding that
in the government reorganization
plan now under consideration the
executive will not approve of the
transfer of the Forest Bureau from
Secretary Wallace's Mepartemnt of
Agriculture to Secretary Fall's De
partment of the Interior.
f'om-etvat hmis's i.ave strongly
opposed their transfer on the
grounds that under Secretary Fall’s
policies regarding public lands too
much of ttie diminishing timber re
serve of the country would be op
en'd for rutting and the country
now is being cut four times as
fart as It Is being reinforced, the
conrervatlonifts claim.
Tile Pi e: ident'p decision not to
ubmit his reorganization plan to
the determined opposition of the
conservationists by providing for the
transfer of l he Forestry Bureau to
the Department of the Interior in
volved a question that has threat
ened to mar the p^uce of his cabinet
for a year .
Secretary Wallace, bucked by both
the conservationists and leading
members of tiie farm bloc in Con
i’rev . was absolutely opposed to the
transfer. Secretary Fall strongly
favored It and reports have been
"'ii rent here that the interior Sec
retary would resign as a result of tile
President’s action.
Wife of Millionaire I*
Charged with His Murder
I!HAT MONT. Tex.. Jan. 2. Mrs.
!lir:uu Knox lias been arrested at
Hemphill, charged with the murder
of her husband, millionaire lumber
man. Knox was found dead in his
home at Hemphill on November 3
witji a bullet in his head.
600-ton Hydraulic
Press Kills Four
SHARON. I m. Four were killed
end five injured at the Petroleum
Iron Work Masury, Ohio, near
here, when c night under a BOO-tjn
hydraulic press.
Thrown from Party, Neck
Is Broken; Four Arrested
SAN Fit ANtT.StT). .Ian 2.—Pour
v ■ today chirped with the mur
dor of Albert W. Perrin, electrical
engineer.
Perrin is said to have been thrown
from the home of Edward Call duf
ing a quarrel over a woman with
members of a New Year's party. Per
rin s neck was broken
Perrin was a war veteran, having
bupn Colon *! In an engineering di
vision in Prance.
Alaska Products Placed
In Olympia Exhibition
OM'MPIA. Wash.. Jan. 2—An ad
dition of tlie display of Washington
a oduots at ‘iie Slate capital build
ing has been made by State Director
of Agriculture French. He has
placed samples of Alaska wheat, bar
icy and other grains in the exhibit
which will become part of the per
manent display.