THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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VOL. XXII., NO. 32%. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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IDAHO MINING TOWN SWEPT BY
, FIRE; MANY REPORTED HOMELESS
HARDIN6 NOW
ON RAILROAD
§ GOING INSIDE
Terms Scenes Along Govern
ment Railroad as "Am
erica’s Wonderland”
ANCHORAGE. July ll.—Tlie lan
guage of description was exhaused
by President Hording and Mrs. Hard
ing and the mgqibers of the Presi
dential party yesterday afternoon as
the special train from Seward car
ried them over the Government-built
railroad into the heart of Alaska,
which the President himself has
termed "America's Wonderland.”
The whole train of nine cars, since
leaving Seward, has passed a suc
cession of beautiful mountain lakes,
valleys and glacier scenes with moun
tain* raising their lofty snow-capped
peaks above the clouds; lakes set
like emeralds among these moun
tains, valleys green with Jungle-like
vegetation and great blue glaciers
creeping down the slopes.
The travelers were given visions
of Alaska not obtained during the
water trip along the Southeastern
and Southwestern Alaska coast.
At the outset the party saw the
^eat Chugach National Forest which
extends along the roast for 60 miles
and many miles inland.
After passing two stations recall
ing previous administrations. Wood
row Wilson and Roosevelt, the train
proceeded along beautiful Lake
Renal several miles before arriving
at the summit of the Chugach moun
tain*. At this spot the party saw
an example of engineering work nec
essary to build the railroad to over
come grades.
The railroad' passes through a
tunnel and around a horseshoe curve
where one track crosses directly
above the other.
Dinner was had at a station named
Tunnel and with the sun still high
in the heavens, although it was eight
o’clock.
The party traveled for miles along
the Cook Inlet to Anchorage, the
third largest Alaskan town where a
two-hour stop was made and the
President greeted the citizens and
was shown about the town which
served as a base for the construc
tion of the railroad and now the
center for trade in coal from Chick
aloon and the Matanuska coal fields
which the President saw late last
bight before the train was parked
lor the night.
The whole trip is being made by
daylight which is practically continu
ous, however.
Open Air Address
The President was greeted at An
chorage by several hundred people
who gathere daround a stand erect
ed in the center of the town.
President and Mrs. Harding were
presented with a painting of Mount
McKinley, North America's high
est mountain, which could be seen
just 125 miles away from Anchor
age, and a nugget handled ivory
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Lady Lawyer Appointed
to Represent Unions.
Mrs. Anna Moscowitz Kross. an
Assistant Corporation Counsel in
New York City for the past five
years, has been appointed General
I Counsel of the Building and Allied
j Trades Compensation Bureau, rep
I resenting bO.UUU workers enrolled
1 in 78 unions of the building
I trades.
iTWO HUNDRED
BOOZE BOATS
ARE RAIDED
Wholesale Seizure Is Made
Near Detroit of Alleged
Rum Runners.
DETROIT, July 14.—Federal Pro
i hibitlon officers and representatives
, Of the Treasury Department seized
; 200 motor boats off Ecorse, Wyan
idotte and Trenton. The operations
j were conducted in the face of an
j angry mob who according to the of
i fleers, attempted to dynamite a small
[ bridge giving access to the boat
i moorings.
j The boats were aeiaed on the(
'grounds they did not comply with
[Government equipment regulations.)
jThe boats have been placed under
guard and customs seals placed on1
I the engines. |
I The raid follows reports that the
motor boats have been rum running'
| from the Canadian side.
[More Naval Reserves
Are Coming to Alaska!
SEATTLE, July 14.—The Fifth Dl-j
vision of Naval Reserves will make
a two weeks' cruise of Alaskan wfa
ters in Eagle Boat 57, leaving Se
attle July 27. Eagle Boat 57 Is
now in the North with Naval re
serves and is expected to arrive
1 here during next' week.
Weird Land, Sea and Air
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War Machine Is Predicted
MELBOURNE, Australia, July 14.'
—In the next year there will be
craft that fly like hawks, swim like
ducks, waddle like armoured tanks,
and dive like seals in approved Jules
Verne style, according to a British
military official who is in Australia
on a secret mission. Behind closed
doors of laboratories and In seclud
ed workshops, says this authority,
who desires that his name for the
present be not disclosed, there has
begun, with government funds, the
strangest and weirdest battle of
wtts that has ever been embarked
npon.
“Tanks that swim, great metal
sea destroyers that fly, uncanny
air machines which dive silently
beneath the water to hide them
selves,” he says, “and crews who
mast learn to live and fight in three
different elements (land, sea and
afr) are all necessities of the fu
ture.” He states that Oreat Bri
tain Is building a giant airplane
which cleaves the surface of the
water prior to taking wing and
develops 3.000 horsepower, and is
also constructing the largest flying
boat In the world. This winged
vessel Is Intended to go out with
the fleet for long periods.
"The hull of this new flying mons
ter,” says the British army man,
“when resting on the water will
ride out rough seas. It will taxi
along the water like a surface ship,
or speed through the air. It is to
have anchors, foghorns, riding lights,
and all the equipment of the ordin
ary vessel of the sea. while its crew
within the hull will eat and sleep
on board just like the crew of an
ordinary naval craft.
The new machine will fight like
a tank on earth, will be a super-de
stroyer on water, and climb to give
combat in the air, and when con
cealment is required it will fold its
wings, seal its hull and dive like a
submarine beneath the snrface of the
sea. Science is striving to make
these craft both silent and invinci
ble."
GREAT BRITAIN
NOW ANXIOUSLY
WAITING WORD
World Opinion Is Awaited on|
Account of Stand Taken
on Reparations.
LONDON, .Inly U.—Great Britain
is eagerly awaiting tlie reflex or
world opinion on Premier Baldwin's
pronouncement regarding being ready
to assume responsibility for draft- ]
lng a reply on the German repara
tions proposal.
Especially anxious is (treat Britain
to see what the United States thinks
about the British government's latest
gesture.
If the American government gives
evidence of disappointment. Premier
Baldwin will present in specific
terms suggestions made by Secre
tary of State Hughes for an Impar
tial international audit of Germany's
assets.
This Idea will probably he set
forth more fully in Great Britain's
proposed draft of the reply to Ger
many's latest memorandum on rep
arations.
GERMANY’S VIEW FOINT
BERLIN, July 14.—Caution and a
pronounced desire not to be brusque
to Krance or force her to show her
hand were the motives inspiring the |
British statements in the House of
Commons and Lords is the view in
German official quarters on the
statements of Premier Baldwin.
Official quarters believe the state
| ments were sympathetic utterances
and are destined to have an early
and perhaps decisive bearing on the
Ruhr occupation.
McAdoo Not Determined
Concerning His
Presidential Candidacy
KANSAS CITY, July 14.—Jourett
Shouse, former assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, talked with William
G. McAdoo when the latter stopped
here last night enroute Bast. Shouse
said Mc Adoo had not fully determin
ed whether he would seek the nomina
tion for Presidency.
U. S. to Fulfill Terms
Of Naval Treaty Now
WASHINGTON, .Inly 14—Differ
qnt steps toward fulfilling the termis
of the naval limitation treaty which
has been ratified by all powers,
have been taken by Secretary of the
Nary Denby. He has called a meet
ing of the Naval Council to arrange
details for scrapping battleships
abandoned under the program.
Head of Bond Concern
Which Failed, Cleared
PORTLAND, July 14. — John L. j
Eteredge, who was President of tho
Morris Brothers. Inc., bond house
when the concern collapsed in 1920,
has been cleared of the remaining ]
charges against him when the Cir
cuit Court dismissed three indict
ments charging larceny by embez
zlement.
Eteredge was acquitted last April
after a trial, the charge being em
bezzlement of $25,000.
Abolishment of 12-Hour
Day to Begin Shortly
NEW YORK, July 14. — Elbert
Gary, head of the United States
Steel Corporation declared the aboli
tion of the 12 hour day in the steel
industry, recently pledged to Presi
dent Harding, will probably be be
gun within the next six weeks.
Two U. S. Senators Are
To Study in Europe
NEW YORK, July 14.—Senators
King, of Utah, and Ladd, of North
Dakota, have sailed on what they
declared is to be a personal and not
official Investigation of conditions in
Europe, particularly in Germany and
Russia. In Germany they will be
joined by Representative Frenr of
Wisconsin.
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CHINESE TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF BANDITS.
The Chinese (tovornroeht hai taken official action to stop
tional compl-icnti when foreigners were kidnapped from a Shanghal-Pcklng express train. l)r. Sun
Yat Sen, former head of the Government and now Generallrtimo of the Chinese armies, is in charge
of the troops that have been assigned to the task of wiping out the bandits. The litter in which he
travels is shown, as Is part of hlo motely command. Note that many of the soldiers carry
umbrellas.
banditry, such as led to interna
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Dry Forces in
Congress Are
Worried
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WASHINGTON, July 14—The
dry forces of Congress are ton
cerned bemuse Senior Frank H.
Brandeges. of <.'onnectii ut, and
1 Representative George* 8. Gra
ham, of Pennsylvania, are In line
1 for promotion to t'ae chairman- |
ships of the judiciary commit
! tees whic h have charge of tlice
prohibition measures. Both voted
against th ■ Eighteenth Amend
I ment. j
FRENCHMAKE
SURPRISE RAID
Occupation forces Take Ac
tion Following Kidnap
ping of Soldiers.
DUSSKLDORF. July 14.—French
troops made a surprise raid on Par
men, outside the occupied area, as
a punishrtient for the kidnapping last
Wednesday of two French soldiers
and the alleged sniping by Ger
mans.
The raiding expedition Included
Infantry, cavalry, one tank and a
squadron of airplanes.
The raiders left after five hours
with hostages and a number of docu
ments of the Security Police.
Delegates to Womens’
Convention Coming Here
PORTLAND, July 14— Forty dele
gates attending the National Con
vention of the Federation of Busi
ness and Professional Womens' Clubs
will go to Alaska next week on the
steamship Queen from Seattle.
Near East Conference
In Serious Position
LAUSANNE, July 14 —J. C. Grew,
representative of the United States,
Is continuing his efforts to have the
Vear East treaty conform to the
principles of equal opportunity to all
nations in a general attempt to res
cue the conference from an admit
tedly serious situation,
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AMERICAN WOMEN ARE GROWINC
WARY NOW OF PENNILESS BARONS
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Bonfire Gets Beyond
Control, Serious
Damage Is Done
I,OS ANGELES, July 11.-- An en
■ tiro city block and several homes
! in adjoining blocks were burned last
[night when two small boys were
uliable to control a bonfire, they set
in the rear of the studio of the
Erlin H. Flagg Scenic Company. Four
Industrial plants, a dozen sheds, gar
ages, and homes were destroyed
with a loss of several hundred thou
sand dollars.
ITEXANSKHIED
BY HEAT WAVE
One Victim Takes Poison—
Oregon Heat Wave Regis
ters High Temperature
DALLAS, Tex, July 14. — Six
deaths, a number of lightning shocks
and prostrations have resulted In
Texas front the heat wave.
The latest victim, at Fort Worth,
took poison, leaving a note saying
the heat had sapped his strength.
The thermometer there stood 103
yesterday and 100 here.
HOT IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Ore., July 14. -The
■temperature here yesterday was 92
j degrees, and at The Dalles wbb 103
i One death here Is attributed to the
heat.
SEATTLE SWELTERS
SEATTLE. July 14. — Yesterday
was the hottest day of the year, it
being 88 which Is one degree higher
than on June 8.
Yakima reports a temperature of
100 degrees.
j SEATTLE. July II. Sheriff Mall
Starwli h said statements by Luther
jl Powell, King Kleagle of the Ku
jKlux Klan of the Pacific Northwest
I Doomaln, gave him to understand
that masking will not he attempted
lat the convention tonight, at Henton
Junction,
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UEKM.V, July It. fP.y Associated j
Press.) - International inati h-makors, I
the men and women who used to!
do a thriving business marrying otf
titles and high social position to
wealthy pleblans, have been hard
hit by the war and the resultant
financial distress. Marriage among
humbler folks all over Europe has
Increased under the distress, but
not so with the leaders of fashion.
June, the month of weddings, has
I not produced the large number of
society weddings which always char
acterized file month tn pre war days.
This Is especially noticeable In cen
tral Europe. Fashionable churches,
hotels, cafes, dressmaking shops,
Jewelry shops and flower shops do
not show the old-time June activity.
Foreign tourists are not visiting
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MINING TOWN
IN IDAHO IS
FIRE SWEPT
Residences and Business
Places Are Destroyed—
Mine Buildings Gone.
WALLACE, Idaho, Juiy 14.—Hun
dreds arc homeless as the result of
the Are at Mace. No lives were lost
but two persons were bnrned but
net si i lonely. Little insurance was
carried cn the household goods and
the refugees, most of whom lost
everything, are being cared for by
the Red Cross.
The woi kings cf the Hoc la mine,
one of the largest lead producers in
the United States was destroyed.
This is expected to halt mining op
erations several months until the
burned buildings are rebuilt and
new machinery installed.
Late this afternoon danger of
flooding the Hecla mine was seen
when it was annouced water waa
creeping up to the 2,000-foot level
where large valuable mo to re are lo
cated. Crews are making desperate
efforts to start the damaged pumps.
SPOKANE, July 14. — Fire last
night destroyed the town of Mare
and also the business section of the
town of Burke.
The fire started from a defective
chimney in a residence at Mace. A
strong wind carried the sparks
through the narrow canyon setting
fire to the residences and business
houes of that place, and which were
destroyed. The fire swept up the
west slope of the Bitter Root Moun
tains and set the town ef Burke on
fire, but after heroic work the resi
dential section was saved, the busi
ness section being destroyed.
DAMAGE $1,500,000
WALLACE, July 14.—The County
auditor places the damage by fire
at Mace and Burke at $1,500,000.
The exterior workings of the Hec
la mine were also destroyed.
RECALLS FORMER FIRE
SPOKANE. July 14.—The fire at
Maee and Burke recalls the confla
gration which started In August,
1910, and raged for weeks at Wal
lace, causing the loss of many lives
and created a $1,000,000 loss.
IN NARROW CANYON
Built along the bottom of a nar
row canyon, east from Wallace, the
center of the Couer d’Alene silver
and lead mining district, Burke and
Mace was a collection of frame
buildings and miners’ boarding houses
erected around the big wooded struc
tures which housed the machinery
for the ore producing properties.
BERLIN, July 11.—American Sec
retary of Labor Davis has arrived
here enroute to Europe and the Far
East to study the world Immigra
tion problems at first hand.
Marry Y oung and Live One
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Century, Boy Scouts Told
CHICAGO, July 14— (By Associat
ed Press. I One who desires to live
100 years should marry early, re
frain from Indoor dancing, should
not bo a college athlete and be
neither rich nor poor, according to
an address made here last night by
Albert M. Johnson, President of the
National Lire insurance Company,
before several hundred boy scouts.
Mr. Johnson said these maxims were
reached by hie sompany following
statistical computation of results
from a survey on longevity under
modern conditions.
The long list of “don’ts” which
Mr. Johnson said the survey sug
gested In order to attain this ago
contained a few “do's” <hlef among
which was “religion In a true way.”
Mild exercise dally and a "straight
neck” in walking were others.
"Our statistics show, when com
piled and averaged, that to reach
five score years one should marry
early, be neither rich nor poor,
should not be a professional or col
lege athlete or an actor, should re
frain from indoor dancing, and never
drink Intoxicating liquors,” Mr. John
son said. "Husbands, we (ind, lire
longer than bachelors because of
their more regular habits. Stage
people are handicapped by long and
hard hours. Heart strain is too
common in the athlete.
‘‘Persons earning hetween $2,000
and $6,000 a year lire longer. This
probably is due to the fact that
moderate Incomes do not give a
person enough far dissipation hut
are adequate for comfort and sensible
living.
‘‘Be religious In a true way. Re
ligious people are happier as a rule
and going to church tends to make .
thqm regular in their habits. Po
not drink liquor and do not smoke.
If you must, until you are beyond
21 years of age. One of the moat
emphatic results of our survey waa
the evidence that the practices can
not be indulged in temperately by
pnough people to give you much of
a chance to win.
“Stretch your neck up. Short
necked people are better subjecta
of apoplexy. Stretching your neck
gives the blood vessels there leaa
chance to clog. Take mild exercises
daily, regularly, and not Intermit
tently or savagely," .