'rALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME?'
VOL. XXI., NO. 3134.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENT&
Race Riot in South;
5 Persons Are Dead;
Village Is Destroyed
KU KLUX KLAN
ON TRIAL FOR
BASTROP ACTS
Hearing Starts in Morehouse
Parish Kidnapping Case
—Parker Talks.
■BASTROP, nil.. Jan. 5. Hearing
<#f charges of masked hank depreila
tlons In Morehouse Parish, laid at
the doors of the Ku Klttx Klan by
Governor Parker, opened before
Judge Fred Odon this forenoon.
Judge Odon ordered the sheriff to
search all persons in the courtroom
The hearing will have to do only
with evidence against members oi
the Ku Klux Klan. That the Klan
may see fit after all to supply the
money for the defense is suggested
by many who feel that all of the
skirmishes between Klan and anti
Klan throughout the country will
climax at the Bastrop open hearing
that will either wreck the Klan na
tlonally or else establish it on a
firm basis.
“?« we can prove,.” a prominent
official of the investigating force*
said today, ‘‘that the Klan is re
sponsible for the atrocities commit
tee in Morehouse Parish—and we are
convinced that we can produce sucii
proof—then no real 20th century man
can afford to identify himself wit)
the organization anywhere."
Klan officials, insisting that they
have no direct interest in the In
vestigation, have discounted reports
that the Klan would finance the de
tense of the prisoners, including the
two already under arrest on murdei
charges—Dr. G. M. McKoln, former
Mayor and Klan chieftain of Mei
Rouge, arrested in Baltimore, and T
J. Burnett, former sheriff of More
house Parish.
But the flat announcement made
here that only Klansmen will be
tried for the Daniels and Richards
murders, and that only "outrages'
■will be looked into at the open hear
ing, may bring a change of attitude
on the part of the organization, many
In touch with the situation believe.
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I Picked Committee
| Against Arbuckle
| Film Exhibition
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NEW YORK. Jan. 5—The 1
committee of Public Relations, j
| picked by Will Hays from civic
j and religious organizations to
) aid him in elevating the movies.
. last night adopted a resolution 1
urging him to advise producers 1
not to release films showing j
Rosicoo Arbuckle. Hays an- |
nounced he would pass the reso- I
lution on to the producers.
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WESTERN MEN
SEEK INTERIOR
SECRETARYSHIP
Several Candidates Are Men
tioned as Successor to
Secretary Fall.
. WASHINGTON. Jan. r,.— Several
Western candidates for appointment
to the post of Secretary of the In
terior. which becomes vacant on
March 4, when Secretary Fall's resig
nation takes effect, have been de
veloped since Fall announced his in
tention to resign.
The names of Thomas E. Camp
bell. Coventor of Arizona, whose
term has just expired, former Cover
nor Davis, of Idaho, and Representa
tive Mondell, of Wyoming, have been
nrged for consideration, it is said.
Pretty Richmond Woman !
Shot Dead in Street.
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The South Is greatly stirred j
over the mysterious murder of j
Airs. Thelma Richardson, a pretty j
24-year-old Richmond (Virginia) I
i divorcee, who was shot to death
oli I he streefs by Thomas Pollard, |
! in trout of his home. *3he had J
1 gone there in an autom tbile, ac- !
companied by J. Moeby West, who |
is held as an accomplice. Accord- !
j ing to witnesses, she was shot
■ wliile struggling with Pollard. No
] reason lor the shooting has been
I divulged.
RECENT STOCK
DIVIDENDS RUN
INTO BILLIONS
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Several Hundred Corpora-;
tions Make Increase in
Capital Stock.
NEW YORK. J;in. 5.—(By the As
sociated Press.)—Increases in capi
! tal stock of several hundred corpora
tion# in the last three months of
■ 1922 have amounted to more than
$2,000,000,000 and indications are that
the total soon will be greatly in
creased. Nearly all of these in
creases have been distributed to
stockholders in "stock dividends."
The 'Standard Oil companies and
subsidiaries have led the list in the
size and amount of thair stock divi
dends. The industries involved have
Included safety razor companies,
banks, cotton mills, insurance com
panies, machine shops and manu
facturing concerns. The stock divi
dends have ranged from two per cent
of the outstanding capital stock of
the corporations to a 1.400 stock
dividend declared by the Whitin Ma
chine Works, of Boston.
Capitalizing Movement
The big movement to capitalize
the surplus earnings of corporations
began la3t October when the Gulf
Oil Company, of New Jersey, an
nounced Its plans to form the Gulf
Oil Company, of Pennsylvania, and
give stockholders in the old company
an equal share in the new company
and a 200 per cent stock dividend.
Andrew L. Mellon, brother of Secre
tary of the Treasury .Mellon. Is
president of the company.
This was followed by rumors in
the financial districts that other big
oil companies and corporations were
contemplating stock dividends after
capitalizing their large surpluses.
Stock quotations of those companies
rose sharply, but almost Invariably
fell off again after the stock divi
| dends were declared. The big Stand
ird Oil companies were among the
first to increase their capitalization
and declare dividends In stock, and
then the movement 'became general.
Undivided Profits
The 'Standard Oil of New Jersey
on announcing an increase in capi
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OTTER CREEK. Fla., Jan. 5 —
Two white men, two negro women
and one negro man are known to be
dead while it is believed many othei
casualties will result as the out
break of race troubles last night
and this morning at Rosewood, 12
miles distant,
With the exception of three build
ings, the entire vilage was burned
by a mob shortly alter daybreak this
morning.
GRAPPLING IN
RIVER FOR 23
DEAD VICTIMS
Portland Police Staff Working
at Scene of Kelso
Bridge Accident.
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 5.—Chief of
Police L. V. Jenkins, of Portland,
and the entire police staff of river
grapplers, took over the problem at
daybreak (his morning of finding
bodies of victims of the collapse of
the bridge over the Cowlitz River
late Wednesday afte-no^r
Twenty-three bodies are still be
lieved to be in the river somewhere
between Kelso and the mouth of the
river, four miles distant.
Two victims were taken from tho
water late yesterday afternoon, but
they died later in the hospital from
exposure.
Smuggled Arms From
Japan Seized in Raid
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. a.—-Scores
of arms from Japan smuggled to
local Japanese were seized latfj night
by customs agents who raided the
establishment of O. Oki. The seazura
includes 70 high power automatic
pistols, large calibre revolvers and
several boxes of ammunition. Oki
was arrested and charged with re
ceiving and concealing smuggled
property.
Four Trainmen Are Killed;
Freights Collide Head-on
LAOLEDE, Jan. 5.—Two engineers
and two firemen wore instantly
killed ami a brakoman was seriously
injured when two freight trains col
lided head-on hero last night. Boll,
trains were of tile Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy system.
Bandits Butcher Up
Family of Rancher
ELOENTRO. J..n. 5.—Miko Foren
zero, rancher, is dead, and his wife
and throo children are probably fa
tally injured by bandits. One of
the children attracted passersby to
the house by her moans. There are
no clue3.
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Seeking Protection for
Silver Mining Industry
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.—Action to
protect the silver mining industry in
America was urged today in the
Senate mines committee ’'hearing on
the Nicholson resolution for crea
tion of a joint congressional silver
■ommission. The witnesses Includ
ed J. F. Callbroath, representing the
American Mining Congress, who pre
dicted that if the silver production
in this country was thrown on the
markot when purchases cease under
the Pitman act. the price will drop
'com 64 cents to 40 cents.
Seattle Bank Deposits
Show Phenomenal Growth
SEATTLE. Jan. 5.—Bank deposits
showed a gain of more than 13,000,
000 during the past year, according
to virtually complete figures made
public today. Total deposits at the
first of this year aggregated
>149,500,000.
CONFERENCE OF GOVERNORS AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
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Among the officials to atten 1 the Conference of Govern t .it W ito Sulphur Sprint • " r»: John
0. Townsend. ex-Governor of Dela vare and Treasurer of the Conference; Governor James Hartne ■.
of Vermont; Governor K. F. Morg.n, cf Went. Virginia; Govern r William C. Sproul, of Penn vlvania;
Governor Cameron Morrison, of N>rth Carolina; (lover; .r C H • ■ T,inkle. of \'ir tnla; Governor Sam
uel R. McKelvle, of Nebraska; G iverner t tv A. Hard -e, c Florid >. Governor Chan nil) ; t v, .Via a
chusetts; Governor Thomas P. K lbv, of Alabama, and Govern- Alb rt illicit! . i.f M rv' md.
WIVES OF GOVERNORS AT CONFERENCE.
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More is a group of the wives of Governors of American States who accompanmd their hushands l i
the recent, cotiference at White S lplnir Springs. In the front row, from left in light: Mrs, William
I). Denny, of Delaware; Mrs. Arth ir G. Hyde, of Missouri; Mrs. E. Lee Trinkie, of Virginia; Mrs. .1. V.
Sullivan, of Virginia; Mrs. Willia n Harrison Lewis, of West Virginia; Mi A. O. I’rou -.s, of Minno
sotu. In the second row, left to tight, arc: Mr Janie Hartnetts, of Vermont; Mrs. Thomas E. Kilby,
of Alabama; Mrs. E. F. Morgan, o' West Virginia; Mrs John M Darker, of Louisiana; Mrs Tliomn E.
Campbell of Arizona; Mrs. William E. Sproul, of Pennsylvania. In the rear are: Mrs. Garrett It. Wall
and Mrs. William Hines.
CLERGYMEN ISSUE APPEAL WHICH
IS WARNING AGAINST WAP. THAT
SEEMS POSSIBLE; PREPARATIONS
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Alaska Fort’s Name
I | Changed to Honor
Alaskan Pioneers
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WASHINGTON', Jan. 5.—'The |
| War Department in announcing
| that the name Fort William H. ;
; Seward, on Lynn Canal, Alaska,
' is changed to Chilk >ot Barrack t.
| states this is done in comment- j
| oration of the route over which
| the early Alaska pioneers j
j passed.
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New California U. Head
To Also Direct Observatory
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 5 —Dr. W.
W. Campbell, director of Lick Ob
servatory, who was unanimously
elected by the regents as president
of the University of California, suc
ceeds Dr. Barrows at the end of t.i
present semester.
Dr. Campbell will continue to di
rect Lick Observatory at a salary
of $1 u year.
Lady Astor Is Advised She
Must Take Complete Rest
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PLYMOUTH. Eng.. Jan 5.—Lady
Astor haH been ordered by her
physicians to take a complete rest.
She is now planning on a trip
abroad for a month
NEWSPAPER BURNED OUT
RENO, Nev.. Jan. 5.—Fire partial
ly destroyed the plant of the Nevada
State Journal last night, causing a
loss of $25,000. The Journal is to
print in the plant of the Evening
Gazotte for the time being.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Declaring
tliat the nations are frankly pit.-thinsi
preparations for another war, and
that the prevention of such u war is
the foremost duty of the Christian
Ohurch, a monp of 160 prominent'
Americai^pHU^nding many well
known WfyrgyirWt, educators, imsi
ncr: rant u'-I-rdTOK. have issued a
New Ycta. appeal to church people
throughout |fte nation They declare
'•another iy ini \*Pable unless a i
better niifi®Pj/ prevail.”
Among Vs ■ eisners are William J
Bryuti, Frank A. Vandcrilp, It <■ r
W. Babson, Gaoige W. Wicket .sham.
Cardinal OConnc l, Nelumiah IJoyn
.on, chairman of the International!
Church CiatimMl e nt World Alii !
ance; Arthur J. Brown, secretary of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
Mission-: Kenyon- I,. Butterfield. ’
president of the Mas ichit etts Ac- '
ricultural College; Joitn B. Clark, of
the Carnegie Endowment for inter-'
national Peace; Professor Irving
Fisher, of Yale Cnivetsity; John P.
Frey, editor of the Moulders Jour
nal, Cincinnati; Bishop Thomas F.
Bailor, of the Protestant Epi-sopal
Church; Harriet B. I.iidlaw, of the 1
Women's Pro-League Council; Shail
cr Mathews, dean of the Divinity
School of Cliicago I'nlvnrsity; Presi
dent Tliwing, of Western Reserve
Cnivcralty; Miss Mary K. W Wiley.
President of Mount. Holyoke Colley ;
Mrs. Philip North Moore. Pr« Blent
National Council of Women; Mrs.
Percy B. Pennybacker, President
Chautauqua Woman’s Club; Judge
Henry Wade Rogers, of the Circuit
Court. New York; Joint It. Mott.
General Secretary of the Interna
tional Y. M. C. A., and many of the
most prominent Episcopal and
Methodist Bishops and other leading
ministers of almost every denomina
tion.
General Appeal.
The appeal, wltloh is given out
through the World Alliance for In
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Gasoline in
Alaska Drops
I 2 Cents per Gallon
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! VN FRANCISCO, .1 in. 5.— ]
Ilf Standard Oil Company o(
California today announced a re
duction of two cents a gallon
In tlie price of gasoline at sorv
it— stations in t’i ■ western
state including Alaska
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John 1'. Helps, local manager
of t'i.' S inlard Oil, confirmed
| the above dispatch, saying the
decline in price of gasoline and
di .Hate was effective itnmedl- j
| ately I
SANK ROBBERS
ARE SURPRISED
>osse Comes Upon Bariciits at
Work Battle of Bullets.
Robbers Make Escape.
HI OCX CITY, Jan. 5.—One banli
,t.d ih officers were wounded in
licit It ween bank robbers and
if r t Maurice. Iowa, at 2:3n
i'c nk tills morning. The banditi
•I to ret any loot. A posse ir
:r I the robbers at work .ml
iti nod re, wounding one ban li:
\! > e aped with the others. Tit'
i IP Rtcred the posse with a
uly i le and pistol fire.
Claims Blood Will Yet
Run in Louisiana Parish
WOOl>1.AND, Cal.. Jan Sheriff
Wo : >■. if Yolo county, today gave
•i deputies and 50 volunteer offi
e- . warning to w.tfch for Ku Klux
Xian activities.
Sheriff Monroe recently re: time I
r n Louisiana, where he said h ■
1 epn a sign reading:
I n! tr.o prosecution o dropped
U-T Kongo will ba cover ■ 1 with
jhioJ.”
FRANCE NOW TO
i FORCE GERMANY
TO PAY DEBTS
Nation Is Left Practically
Alone in Matter of Ger
man Reparations.
MILITARY OCCUPATION
OF RUHR VALLEY SOON
Keparations Crisis Near roint
Mentioned by Secre
tary Hughes.
PARIS, Jan. 5.—Free to handle
the reparation? question according
to her own formula, France today
i turned to the task of making Ger
many pay.
It is regarded as probable that
Premier Poincaie will take as a
basis of action the recent division
i of the reparations commission ad
judging Germany in default of her
|deliveries of wood.
Steps taken will probably invito
! military occupation of part of the
Ruhr Valley.
France takes the position that if
Ger many had won the World War,
i very demand would have been en
forced no matter what the conse
quences
U S. CAN DO NOTHING.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. — The
I'nlted States has already done all
it can do to point to a new way of
olvlng the reparations crlBis. Thin
is the statement made on authority
today.
It is pointed out 'hat Secretary of
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STEAMERSINKS;
GREW IS LOST
Boat Formerly Operated Re
tween Seattle and Alaska,
Is Wrecked.
BULLETIN—VICTORIA, Jan. 5.—
Ths death list resulting from the
wreck of the little coastwise steam
er Alaskan is now placed at 12, all
members of the crew.
VICTORIA, Jan. f>. Tho steamer
Alaskan, bound for Barclay Sound
from Victoria, was wracked off Pan
■In ti.i last Tuesday night end all of
Mir crew arc believed to have per
ished.
Tho body of a man has been
picked up on the bouch near Pan
c.lp i'-i Point lying beside a life bo.it.
Three lifebelt marked "Alaskan”
have uln been found on the shore.
The Alaskan had a crow of from
ven to ten men who lived In Vic
toria or Vancouver.
The Alaskan, a small vessel, was
bulll in San Francisco 30 years ago.
She formerly plied bc6wt.ui Seattle
ml Southeastern Alaskan points.
Los Angeles Man Loses
Diamonds to 3 Bandits
liOS AN'fifJLBS, Jan. 5.—Three
bandits held up A Mamell last
night and escaped with diamonds
worth $30,000.
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Restaurant Man Loses
Over $5,000 in Hold-up
Ui-i ANGELES, Jan. 5.—Three
. i 1 • last night h *ld up M. Resto
' h. restaurant man, in his garage
it i - t. idenee and took $5,000 in
part of tiie day's receipts, and
Oii Jewelry.
Arguments in Ship Cases
Regarding Liquor, Ended
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.—Argu
•r’ents have been concluded in the
Supreme f >urt n the cases involving
':i" qu tion as to whether foreign
“hips arc prohibited from bringing
1 liters into American waters as sea
British Debt Commission
Arrives in United States
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The Brit
ish Debt Com mission, headed by
Stanley Baldwin, Chancellor of the
exchequer, and Montagna C. Norman,
i Governor or the Bank of England,
| arrived hero last night.