THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 3279.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS*
WET VICTORY
AT ELECTION
IN MANITOBA
Liquor Plebiscite in Canadian
Province Results in
Change of Laws.
WINNIPEG, Juno 23.—The wet
majority in ycterday's Manitoba
liquor plcibiscitr is slcwly mounting
as the outlying districts aie re
porting.
Winnipeg gave the wets 25,000
m&Jorfty, posslblye larger.
The Legislature meets in July
pledged to enaot the Mordern Act
similar to the British Columbia law.
A second referendum will be taken
on July 11 on the proposal for the
permanent sale of beer and wine
with meals in dining rooms.
Prohibition workers conceded t >
day that the bill to authorize gov
ernment sale of liquor to permit
holders for consumption in domiciles
has passed by the vote of the people
of, the Province of Manitoba. This
repeals the temperance act. Permit
holders may be permanent residents
or visitors.
HOT WEATHER
CONTINUING
CHICAGO. June 23.—Hot weather
continued in the Middle West today
while the Eastern States experienced
a welcome relief. The list of deaths
and prostrations continues to mount
rapidly. There Is little promise of
relief before Monday.
ScoreB have fainted in various parts
of the country from heat.
Yesterday's toll in Chicago was
three drownlngs and one death from
prostration.
Eight died yesterday from heat
in Ohio. Three deaths were report
ed In Michigan and one in St. Louis.
Mrs. Gould to Wed
Argentinian, Report
PARIS, June 23.—Engagement of
Mrs. Laura Gould, divorced wife of
George J. Gould Jr., to Nicholas
Bassualdo, fabuously wealthy Argen
tinan and Cambridge graduate, is im
minent, according to the best author
ity.
Social circles are greatly interest
ed in this latest romance which has
been developed In fashionable danc
ing places here for several months.
Bassualdo is noted for the magnifi
cence of his entertainments.
AMUNDSEN MAY
MAKE FLIGHT
NOME, June 23.—Advices receiv
ed from Noorvik indicate Capt.
Roald Araundaen will attempt a
'Polar trip as soon as repairs to Ills
airplane have been made. Hunnar
Kaahen, the explorer's driver, ar
rived at Noorvik on the 18th with
advices for the outside world. He
■will (wait for answers and then re
turn to Wainwright via Kotzebue
and boat. Advices say the landing
skid of the plafie were broken on a
trial flight.
Republican Contest in
Washington Very Close
8POKANE, June 23.—Further re
turns from Tuesday's special primary
election in the Fifth Congressional
District to select party candidates for
the special election to Congress to
succeed Judge J. Stanley Webster,
have cut Thomas Corkery’s lead over
Charles Myers to 54 votes with 21
precincts missing.
Judge Sam B. Hill's lead Is so
overwhelming that the newspapers
have discontinued compiling the re
turns of the Democratic primary.
DAWSON. June 23.—Commission
er George MoKenzle has been noti
fied that (the appropriations for radio
stations at Dawson, 'Fort McMurray
and Fort Simpson have been passed
toy the Ottawa. Parliament and pro
visions *or stations at Mayo City
and Kenn City will be made In sup
plementary estimates,
LICENSE AIDS CUPID TO FIND WAY.
jfrfi ?? V>o roflty ffiWgti'db jjf
Cupid smiled triumphantly when Dr. and Mrs. George David
Stewart, prominent in New York society, annuonced the engage
I ment of their eldest daughter. Miss Dorothy Irvin Stewart, to Rd
ward Hope Coffey, Jr., also of New York. Because Miss Stewart
; was only twenty and only recently a debutante, her father, who is
President of the American Academy of Medicine and a renowned
surgeon, told the young couple that there was plenty of time for
their marriage and became quite emphatic about it. They thought
! the matter over, made a quiet trip to the Marriage License Bureau
i and showed their respective parents the license. Then parental
consent was forthcoming. Coffey was a naval avaitor during the
! war and is a Princeton graduate.
HEIRESS REGISTERS HAPPINESS;
MAX OSER'S BRIDE CONTENTED
“Smiling Woman”
Bandit, a Man, Is
Charged with Murder
* CHICAGO, Juno 23. — Fred G.
i Thompson, known an the "smiling
i woman bandit,” female Impersonator
j who has been “wife" to one man I
and "husband'' to a woman known!
as Marie Crark, arrested in connec-1
tlon with the killing of Richard C. j
Tor.mer, wealthy insurance man, on I
June 5, was today formally charged
with murder.
To Secure Information
On Seizure U. S. Boats
WASHINGTON. June 23. — The
revenue cutter Bear is expected to
{obtain information at Hast Cape as
to what exactly occurred when four
American schooners were seized by
the Soviet government officials, and
give assistance, if opportunity of
fers. It is emphasized at the State
Department that the Commander of
the Bear is without diplomatic func
tions and will he acting unofficially.
{Frisco Police Officers
Violators Volstead Act
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23.— j
Lieut. Rrasfield and two patrolmen j
of the San Francisco Police Depart-j
ment have been convicted of viola
tain of the Volstead Act. They were]
charged with assist ing in bringing j
a cargo of liquor ashore.
U. S. Army Uniform
Change Is Delayed
WASHINGTON, June 23. — The
War Department has notified army
officers generally that there will be
ho 'change in army uniform regula
’tfohs, “for at least two years.”
PARIS, June 23.—DeBlring to be
come an American, ana also as a
refutation of tales of a separation
and approaching divorce. Mine. Gan
na VVaiska McCormick, opera singer,
will sail for New York July 25 to
pass a year in the United States
with her husband, Harold McCor
mick.
Prior to sailing Mme. Waiska will
sing in “Rigoletto" at the Paris
Opera.
Mr. and Mrs. Max User, the latter
formerly Mathilda McCormick, daugh
ter of McCormick and granddaughter
of John P. Rockefeller, paid a brief
visit to her stepmother, Mme. Wai
ska, arriving at 3 o'clock In the af
ternoon and leaving for Switzerland
three hours later.
Bride and groom looked contented.
“All my dreams have come true,”
said Max.
Mathilda, too. seems to lie delight
ed with marriage.
“It is much more beautiful than I
ever thought was possible." she said.
Pater in the year Mathilda said,
they would go to Chicago and try
to win over her mother. Mrs. Kdith
Rockefeller McCormick, who still Is
said to be against the marriage,
as also Is John D. Rockefeller.
“I am sure that as soon as Grand
pa sees Max he will be glad I was
married to him,” asserted the heir
ess, while Oser grinned.
tfopiS Set* Record
jfitn- In Dog Motherhood
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., June 23. —
"Pldo." a hound owned by W. B. F.
Johnson, director of the Virginia Fox
Hunters' Association, is believed to
have etstablished a world’s record
for dog motherhood. She recently
became the mother of a litter of
twenty-six pups, which, local ex
perts declare, Is ten more than the
previous record.
REDUCTIONS IN
FREIGHT1 RATES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Nowell Announces 50-cent
Reduction on Basic Com
modities, July 1st.
The Alaska Steamship Companj’
today announced ft eight rate reduc
tions of fifty cent* .per tpn on gen
eral merchandise between Tacoma
end Seattle and Sculhrattirn and
Southwestern Alaslp pojtr. the re
duction being made jntKftc from the
local offices of the company by
Agent Willis E.^Nowrll. The new
general merchandise iatc cf $8 50
per ten will become effective Ju y 1,
said Mr. Nowell.
This If the second reduction that
the company has made this season,
Mr. Nowell pointed out. The Hr t
eamo on April 26th when a 55-cen.t
handling charge on ihe commodities
included in the latest reduction was
(Continued on Page Bight.)
MAKE CITIZENS
AIM OF SCHOOL
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. The
American School Citizenship League,
which .will hold its convention here
In cSfinectlon wilbw^e World Con
ference on Education. June 2fi-July
6. and the National Education Asso
ciation. July 1-6. will have a Joint
meeting with the National Council
of Administrative Women in Edu
cation, according to an announcement
received here from the league's head
quarters in Boston. Mass.
The obec-ts of the American School
Citizenship League, it is announced,
are as follows:
1. To formulate a definition of
American citizenship which may be
adopted by the National Education
Association, ami the American School
Citizenship League. The principal
elements to be included in the deft
nitlon are: Citizenship is a growth,
a child is a citizen; a citizen has
simultaneous duties relating to the
home, a community, city or town,
state, nation, and foreign affairs;
citizenship is action; good citizen
ship is governed by ideals.
2. To propose plans for stimuiat
ing the teaching of American citi
zenship. The welfare of the nation
depends upon the teaching of citi
zenship in such manner as to develop
a high purpose to act the role of a
good citizen.
3. To make a list of existing hooks
on the teaching of citizenship. Ci
tations from the various courses in
citizenship which contain material
and plans for teaching the ideals in
volved in the definition adopted Icy
tills committee.
The thousands of educators from
ail over the world who attend the
annual meetings of the World Con
ference on Education and the N. E.
A. have been assured of an oppor
tunity to inspect a representative!
American battleship and see first
hand educational methods as exempli
fied in the United States Navy, It
has been announced. The command
er-in-chief has assigned the C. S. S.
California to he stationed in San
Francisco Bay during the period of
June 2X July 6. in order that the
world's educators may make a thor
ough study of navy educational prob
lems.
Yukon Pioneer Woman
Is Burned to Death
DAWSON, June 23.—Mrs. M. B
Simpson, aged 53 year*, Yukon plo
naer, was burned to death when her
home on Hunker Creek caught fire.
She tried to get a trunk of valuables
from her bedroom. She was found
beside a pool of water to which she
had crawled and died seven hours
later.
Leviathian Is Smashing
All Records (or Speed
NEW YORK, June 23.—A wire
less moseage from the reconditioned
I-eriathian said the hitg steamer has
t.mashed all rooords for sustained
speed for a commercial vessel in a
25-hour run. averaging 27.48 knots
an hour,
I*
LOVE LEADS THEM A MERRY CHASE.
David Carnegie, Earl of Norlhesk, England, and Miss Jessica
Brown, former "Polllee" dancer, of Buffalo, New York, have learn- |
od for themselves the truth of the old saying that true love never
rune smoothly. The Earl came to the United States to wed the
winsome Jessica, whom lie. had met and with whom he had fallen
in love during her London appearance, but the couple were de- I
nied a marriage license by an obdurate bureau clerk in New York
on the ground that there was some doubt us to the legality of
Jessica's divorce from tier first liuubaud, Cyril DeVVitt Reluhard,
in Illinois. Then Cyril himself appeared on the scene, with the de
claration that Jessica was ‘‘not yet through” with him, and threat
ened action against the dancer if she weds. Her divorce decree,
lie said, is not legal. The Earl and Jessica have planned to go to
Canada for .the wedding, It is said. /
FIRED UPON U. S.
BOAT FOR CAUSE
j WASHINGTON, June 23. — The
I Canadian Government responding to
i the 'inquiry of the Slate Popart
| ment has forwarded a report cover
| Ing the tiring on the American
schooner Silourn by a British C'oa-1
Guard boat off Vancouver Island
two months ago resulting In the
killing of an American sailor. The
report said the Siloam wns caught
fishing within Canadian waters and
uipon being bailed, resisted search
and it was necessary to tire upon
her.
! Former Deputy Sheriff
Is Charged with Murder
SKATTIJune 21. A. M.
Bailey, former Deputy Sheriff, lias
I been arrested, charged with the mur
der of J. C. Smith, on Mercer
Inland, on May 28. A. B. Boos,
with a woman Smith boarded with,
have been hold on a murder charge
Since the slaying. Both made a
statement Bailey killed Smith then
coerced Boos to tay he did the phon
ing.
DRY REPRESENTATIVES
FLAY FRISCO POLICE
SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. Dr.
A. H. Briggs of the Anti-Saloon
League has made charges against the
San Francisco Police Department and
the District Attorney's office for
failure to enforce the Volstead Act
and the Eighteenth Amendment in
this city. Me declares there is no
intent to enforce them.
District Attorney Matthew Brady
and Acting Chief of Police John
Mooney declared that the District
Attorney's office and the Police De
partment are handicapped in their
prosecution of bootleggers.
DAWSON, June 23.—The end ot
the longest day found hundreds of
revelers oni of doors at midnight to
celebrate the Midnight Sun. Many
tourists came to the Yukon this year
to see the Midnight Sun.
LIQUOR ABOARD
FOREIGN BOATS j
SEIZED BY U, S.!
Small Quantities Are Taken;
from Two Norwegian
Steamers at Mobile.
I
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MOBII.R, Ala., June 2:!.—'The firm .
seizure of liquor under the Supreme I
Court decision, that foreign ships ,
must not bring liquor Into American I
ports was made here late yesterday (
afternoon when 10 quarts of gin and
whisky from the Sosue and two
quarts from the Kmargo. Norwegian
steamers, was seized and confiscated.
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8KATTUE, June 2,'!.-—The CltyJ
Council and Mayor Hrowr have de
cided to abandon plans to obtain;
ax tension of payments on the muni
cipal ear system.
HARDING MAKES
PLAIN TALK ON
R. R. PROBLEMS
Small Number of Systems Are
Justifiable Says Hard
ing in Speech.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
IS STRONGLY OPPOSED
Relationship of Roads and
Employees Discussed—
R. R. Labor Board.
HUTCHINSON. Kansas, June 23.
—President Harding: and his party
arrived here at 10 o'clock this
morning: for a day's stop in the
heart of the Kansas wheat belt. The
Prisident is scheduled to make an
address this afternoon on agricul*
tute.
President Harding went into %
ICO-acrs wheat held this afternool
and drove a binder, shocked up som*
her vested grain in both the Kansas
and Ohio manner and then obtained
fiist hand information 'r^gardfrig
rrrblrms cf wheat farmers in the
Middle Wert.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
KANSAS CITY,-' June • 23.--Con
solidation of tlif’ railroads of the
country into a email number
of systems Is a rational and
Juclitiable stop full of promises
toward the solution of tbo trans
portation problems. President Hard
ing declared in his second prepared
sdiireec on his western and Alaska
trip, delivered here last night.
“If the system of consolidations
will not a/Tord the solution then our
failure will enforce a costlier ex
periment and the one great com
mitment which I hope the United
Plates will escape."
This commitment. government
operation, the President said, would
he a "colossal blunder which would
destroy initiative and Infest us with
political corruption, create regional
jealousies and impose incalcuable
cost on the public treasury."
Favors R. R. Labor Board.
President Harding announced he
favored the continuation of the Rail
road Labor Hoard with modifications
that should seem wise.
(Continued on Page Two.)
General Smuts
Fears Another
European War
CAPETOWN. South Africa. June
23 -General Smuts, speaking recently
at the Union of South Africa gov
ernment, defined the British Empire
as a grouping of free states held to
gether by their common allegiance
on terms of freedom and etquallty.
and operating on a basis of consul
tation.
The famous South African leader
said it was quite impossible that
another great European calamity
might arise, and he therefore urged
that the position of the British Em
pire be denned. The European War,
he said, arose from the fact that
the position of some of the great
powers was not clearly defined.
Mayor W orking Without Pay
Tries *to* Clear* City of* Debt
JACKSONVILLE, III.. June 23.—
(fly Annin-luted Cress.)—A few yearn
ago the eity of Jacksonville wan
i "broke.” It wan no crippled fl
nancially its credit wasn't any good
for a SO-cent telegram its then chief
executive a Item pled to send. Today
It lias a credit of many thounand
| Ilmen fin cents.
j The change has been brought
' about, it is said, by an efficient busi
ness administration given by a mayor
'and a city commission who do not
Idruw a cent of salary for their work
I for the l ily.
■ Elei led three times without giving
| away as much as a nickel cigar or
making a single public political talk,
I Mayor Edward Crabtree Is now la
the midst of his third term with the
aim to make Jacksonville one of the
>est business cities in tbe state. Mr.
'rabtree says he Merer gave a dollar
o a campaign fund and never asked
'or a single vote.
When he returned to Jacksonville
ifter two years of work in liberty
bond drives during the war, the citi
zens of the city urged him to run
for mayor. He promised to do so on
the sole condition that he be paid no
salary and that several of those
boosting him for the position run
with him for council on the same
plat form.
Jacksonville liae a population of
16.thin and a total taxable property
worth of $12,000,000. It was the first
city In Illinois to go "bone dry"
and was one of the first to adapt
the commission form of city govern*
went.