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VOL. XXI., NO. 3182.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, m3.
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Germany Predicts Trouble Will Occur in Ruhr
IS PREDICTING
MORE TROUBLE
IN RUHR AREA
German Embassy Issues
Statement Concerning
Conditions Abroad.
WASHINGTON. March 2. — Tht
German Embassy in a formal slate
ment Issued 'today declared thru
should the poulat'ion of the Ruhi
“already severely tried, lend itsel
to acts of desperation, the Germat
government, ewing to parallzatioi
by the French of the German offi< la
apparatus In the Ruhr, is not in t
position to guarantee malutenanci
of police and order in the occupiet
territory."
MILITARY WIRES CUT.
ESSEN, March 2.—According t<
General Degoutte's instruction, oitie
in the Ruhr Valley will be belt
strictly responsible for acts of sabot
age and disorders.
The 'town of Bochum has bee:
fined 536,000 marks for recent die
orders.
Two newsdealers are reported t'
have been beaten by Germans be
cause they sold French p ipers.
Military wires in the town o
Ketwig have been cut and the towi
has been fined 1,000,000 marks fo
“Jtis.
Forty-two eases of robbery b:
French soldiers in Bochum hav<
been reported to German author!
ties up to yesterday.
ITALY ADOPTS
HONOR SYSTEM
FARTS, March 2.—One of Italiai
Premier Mussolini’s first actions oi
coming to power has been the a lop
tian for state prisons of the “hono
system" in vogue in Oregon and oth
er Western American states ant
which was once tried out at Sint
Bing.
Mussolini is greatly impressed b;
the success of tho system as prac
tlced In America and has ordere,
that, among other things, solttar;
confinement be abolished in Italiai
■penitentiaries, and all prisoners hi
given a chance to work on farms oi
in factories at stated wages.
Italy is the first European country
to adopt the honor system.
U. a. l ax bill Larger
Than the Public Debl
WASHINGTON, March 2.—Th<
■war anti at:er-the-war tax bill o
the American poople has aggregatet
♦24,1364,158,53-6. This is more that
the present total of the public debt
This is disclosed in the report o
the house appropriations commlttet
on the third deficiency appropriatioi
Wll, which carries an Item of $78,
655,000 for the refund of taxes er
roneously collected.
Klan Organizer
Jailed for Contempt;
Case Going Higher
TOPEKA, Kansas. March 2—H
H. Kitchen, organizer of the Ki
Klux Klan has been jailed on i
States Supreme Court writ holdint
him in contempt of court for ro
fusal to answer questions in thi
hearing of the State’s ouster pro
ceedlngs against the Klan. The do
fense attorneys say they will carr;
the appeal to the Supreme Court o
the United States.
Kg Chicago Company
Has Gone to the Wal
CHICAGO. March 2.—An involu'.i
tary petition in bankruptcy was fllei
today against the Leonard Mortot
Order Company, controlled by thi
Co-Operative Society of America
The liabilities are declared to b
$1,000,000 and the assets $500,000
Jury Completed in
Second Herrin Tria
MARION, III., March 2. — Th
Jury has been completed In the sec
ond Herrin riot trial. The selectioi
of jurymen began February 12. Th
jury includes two union minera.
SHE HAS “THROWN HIM DOWN.’
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I.OS ANGELES, March 2.- -Pola Negri, motion picture actress
has broken off her engagement to marry Charlie Chaplin, film
comedian, according to interviews appearing this morning in the
Lot. Angiles Timer.
Pola Negri declared she had 1,000 reasons fojr not muritying
Chaplin, chief of which was that site was too poor.. The film afltress
raid Chaplin needs a rich wife.
Yesterday the Associated Prers carried a despatch that Chaplin
raid he was too poor to marry Poia Negri just now and that
“this is a working world and we must all keep busy to keep away
from the climate's sentiments.’’
Tlte Telegraph Editor put a head on the despatch “lias
Charlie I3oen Jilted?" Today's despatch indicates the T. E. had a
huncli. Possibly, Pola Negri had one of her Umpermental fits, as
it is called, and the "climate's sentiment” really did heroine too hot.
These who know Charlie’s penurious ways will wonder if he will
go out and throw pies at himself for losing that "sparkler" Pola
Negri was roiiorted by newspaper corm pondents as wearing cu
her dainty little engagement finger, for it is a positive cinch she
will hang onto it ns a memento.
WILL WED TO HELP HER PARENTS;
! WANTS >2,000 ONWEDDINR DAY
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LOS ANGELOS, March 2. Two
thousand dollars to provide comfort
for her parents- for that sum pretty
Anne O'Neil is ready to marry the
! first acceptable man who presents
himself.
,1 “And he will receive my sincere
love," gays Miss O'Neil. “1 am will
ing to sell my love to give my par
ents happiness. It is little to do in
, return for what they have done for
me.”
Miss O'NVTs offer is contained in
a letter addressed to a Los Angeles
paper.
, “I am an ordinary looking Ameri
can girl," she wrote modestly. “I
am of Irish descent and was born in
Chicago, d am 24 years old. 5 feet
B inches tall and have dark brown
bobbed hair, brown eyes, weigh about
145 pounds and am healthy and jolly.
“Have had throe years' high school
education and love a home and chil
dren.
“It makes no difference to me
where the man lives or what his
trade is. All I ask as that he be
American born, respectable, under 50.
I prefer he be as tall or taller than
. myself.
“I am not ionosome and have
friends. I am not engaged or in love)
so feel free to give my love to any
• American born man of good char
I acter who could give me $2,000 on
our wedding day. My folks are
known "in and about Los Angeles.
I “When I see them worrying them
t selves ill and depriving themselves
) to keep expenses down, I think only
. of doing the biggest thing 1 can. If
» i can relieve them by marrvingg I
. will be glad.”
Miss O'Neil has tried for months
to lessen the burden of her parents,
. brought about by illness, accident
I and expenses incurred by a move
from Chicago to Los Angeles for her
s father's hoalth.
■ The $2,000 she requires to be given
t to her on her wedding day will set
5 her parents on their feet and help
to retain a small lot In the Eagle
Hook hills, where they built a tiny
home with their own hands.
She can bo reached at 321 North
Parlposa Avenue, Eagle Rock City,
Cal.
U. S. BEAUTY IN
ROW IN CASINO
CANNES, March 2.—Mrs. Jean
Nash, beautiful American divorcee
■who ds receiving considerable pub
Hetty on account of legal madterg In
London, wa.t the center of a scene in
the gaming rooms at the Casino.
Camfillo Allao, who became angry
because Mrs. Nash danced too often
with Artlz Etchaguay, an Argentin
ian, soiaed the American beauty by
tho wrists, causing hor to scream
with the fierceness with which her
bracelets Were twisted.
Finally Camillo was thrown out
bodily by a woman cashlor, causing
groat applauso bv the gamblers.
Mrs. Pinchot Urges
Women “Dry” Agents
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 2 —
: Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the
j Pennsylvania Governor, who outlined
I 'o President Harding in Washington
i a proposal to use women in prohibi
11ion enforcement work, declared that
' in her opinion, "it would be an in
| foresting experiment to see wlial
j could bo done 'for the enforcement
I of prohibition with ihe assistance ol
I women."
Armed N. Y. Bandits
Make Haul of Jewelrj
NEW YORK, March 2.—Thre<
arttod bandits last night held hi
and bound two jewelers in a ston
on flip lower East Side and escapee
with $66,000 worth of gems.
May Sign Treaty for Closed
Halibut' Season on Pacific
VANCOUER. B. C.. March 2 —
Great inteicst is manifested by fish
ing communities of the British Co
lumbia coast over the visit of Ernest
Lai.cinte, Dominion Minister of Mar
ine and Fisheries, to Washington,
! D. C., for the signing of a treaty
! betwc.n Canada and United States
1 regarding fisheries rights.
It is understood liere that thej
Dominion Minister will approve a
: Meaty between the two e untries
which will piovide for a closed sea
ren cn the halibut banks of tli
Pacific duiing the three winte
months.
It is claimed this closed seasoi
would Rive some depleted banks i
chence tc become restocked.
NEW DIRECTOR
VET’S BUREAU
REALIZES JOG
Brigadier General Hines Says
He Will Work for Inter
est of Everybody.
WASHINGTON. March 2.—Brig
Gen. Frank Hines, new Director ol
the Veterans’ Bureau, conferred with
President Harding today before be
1 Ing sworn in. The new directoi
raid:
"1 realize I have a full size man’i
| job. I shall do the best to ad
I mlnrter the Veterans' Buraeu in tlu
| best interests of the veterans ant
| the country. Everyone wants jti6
Mice done the ex-service men. Tlu
only question is how shall it b<
' lone? 1 have no interest in auj
I groups or cliques.”
BOTTLETLOATS
FOR 13 MONTHS
S'T. LOUIS. March 2.—John E
Hall, retired grain dealer, who, wit!
his wifo, has been traveling abou
'the world for the major part of thi
■ pas't five years, often had wonderc
! about the tales told tby salty niarin
1 ers of finding bottles containing tilt
! last words of sailors who wore abou
I to go to tire bottom.
Ho 'thought it would be interostinf
! to try It—‘providing he was still or
the surface when the note was found
I On June 20, 1921. Hall was aboart
| t'ho steamer Niagara, bound frou
1 Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, B
C. He and a party of friends do
cld.'d to experiment with tho sea
and enclosed a note in u small corker
bottle, which stated that the findei
would receive a check for $5 if hi
return*™! H to Mall in Slf laOiii-)
Tlvo bottle ‘‘shoved off from the
Niagara 'between Auckland, N. Z., am
Honolulu. Hall returned to St. Louis
si'ayed here a short time and letf foi
Egypt, whence he recently returned
He had Just about lost faith In bot
ties, oceans and "salty” tales.
Then ho received a letter. Jt wa:
dated November *i, 1922, and wai
from tho British Soloman Isles
signed by a missionary in Slolu.
Tho missionary said the bottle ant
note had boon found by a native oi
tho shore of the Island of Ulawa o
tho Solomon group, last July 30, t
little more than 13 months after 1
had boon set adrift The $r>, or "ont
pound ten,” would "be a great strokt
of fortune for the native, and woult
not be wasted," the missionary de
j dared.
N, G, actST
DENOUNCED
SALEM, Ore.. March ?. — In i
scathing denunciation of the So
dalist-Paciflc movement that result
ed in the abolishment of the Wiscon
sin National Guard, Adjutant Gen
oral George A. White, President o
the Association of National Defens
of the United States, Hi a bulleti
today, declared the action was a dl
rect blow at national defense.
Congress Conferees Work
On Agricultural Credit
WASHINGTON. March 2. — Th
Senate and House conferees bega
1 work last night on the agriculture
1 credits bill which passed the Houf
yesterday afternoon. It la said prot
pects are bright for a Quick agret
ment.
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SEEKS TO BRING U. S. AND MEXICO CLOSER.
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111 Miijs Dolores I.. Billers, a beautiful Mexican girl, lias been
charged by the Obregon Government to open offices in Mexico City
1 and placed in charge of censorship and development of the moving
1 picture industry. Her main work will be to produce Mexican films
to be distributed all over tile wor d — but ecpeciuMy in the United
u| States—-to clear away many of till misunderstandings that are said
to exist regarding the Republic to the south of the Rio Grande.
Kl The tilms will show the life of the Mexican people and the indtiB
,T1: trial movements of the country.
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IMPEACHMENT i
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IS REQUESTED
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South Dakota Executive Is
Charged with Not En
forcing State Laws.
PIERRE, S. Dak., March 2.— VVul-j
ter Flanigan, publisher of the La
bor News in "behalf of the State of
South Dakota anil as an individual,”
lias tiled a petition in the House of
Representatives asking the impeach
ment of Governor McMasters. The
petition charges the Governor with
j neglect of duty, misconduct and in
tentional disregard in failure to have
ttie law enforced in connection witli
the alleged embezzlement of public;
moneys during the past five years.
1 Death in Peace
Times Exceed
Those from War
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WASHINGTON, March 2.—Deaths
due to external causes in the United
Ftates each year exceed American
battle deaths in the World War and
in the Civil War, according to fig !
urcs compiled hy army experts.
Figures lor 1921, the last yearj
for which complete statistics were
available, shows tltat 96.800 person-,
died in the United States from homi-j
tide, suicide or accident.
Hattie deaths of the World War
►nisi .'>2,629 and of the Civil War;
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The compilation aiso shows that j
the year produced more deaths from I
in’’' ide and suicide than there w»ra ]
Aint.iian* killed in action during I
the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the \
great American battle of the World i
War
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Senator Williams
i Says Good Bye
I To Harding
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| WASHINGTON, March 2.— I
| United Staten Senator John j
j Sharii Williams, of Mississippi, i
j who retires voluntarily front a
long pnbile career on March 4,
called on President Harding to
day, bidding hint good bye,
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New York Legislators
Bombarded by Letters
ALBANY, N, V., March 2.—A»
lemblyman Jesse, of New York City,
innounced today he would ask an
nvcstlgatlon into the letters which
ire pouring in upon tfee members ol
he Legislature assailing Governor
Jtnlth, tlie Catholic Church and the
lews.
Ono letter said the “Klansmun la
aw abiding and executing the law
>f God.”
“Melican Style” Is Winner
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Chinese Girl at Last Weds
NEW YORK, March 2. It wa n t
that she didn’t like George Mum Leo
when Miss Mildred Wenn, preu.v
Chinese damsel, objected to marry
ing him and run away from home
Sho proved that by becoming
George's bride today.
What she wished was to be courted
and won in "Mellcan style,” instead
of being given away by her parents
and George, being wise, played "Mel!
can” and won, making everybodj
happy, including Mildred's parents.
The marriage originally was set foi
Christmas Day. .but Mildred had noi
seen much of her prospective bride
groom Ueing in a free country sht
objected to the ancient Chinese stut
I of being handed over lit. a roll of
i silk or other property by her parents.
So that was why one Chinese girl
left home- A week later sha cams
back. Then she went to Washing
ton with George to be married, but
1 again her Americanization rebelled
and she left George.
By this time George decided to be
an American, too, and since Mildred
would not accept hint until she
; knew him better, he set out to make
himself agreeable as it is done in
the United States, buying gifts, the
nfer tickets and dinners and “hang
ing around,” as it were.
They were married in American
! style.
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UNITED STATES
AMBASSADOR IS
IN HOT WATER
: Harvey’s Speech Arouses Dis
pleasure Among Officials
of Great Britain.
LONDON, March 2.—United Stat«3
Ambassador Haivey's speech at the
dinner given by the Pilgrims, has
evoked an expression of displeasure
in British circles and gives indica
tion of causing considerable discus
i cion.
British officials apparently take
! the position the American Ambassa
dor challenged the government to
issue {*■ statement repudiating Bal
four's vrfite.
This is characterized as most un
usual for an envoy.
Ambassador Harvey, in his speech
declared that Great Britain had not
been asked a guarantee and never
! did guarantee a single dollar loaned
| by the United States for the use of
any other country than Great Bri
tain hciself.
The statement was construed as
! a reply to the BalfourStote of last
! August, which said:
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’ the United States insisted, in sub
stance if not in form, that the Allies
; could spend money only on Great
Britain's security and on these
! terms, Ihe United States was pre
pared to lend it.”
FORMER ALASKAN
I WAS MURDERED
George Baldwin Possibly Slain
by Stenographer—Was
Not Suicide Pact.
I MANILA, .March 2.—Murder and
I raticide with a woman ia the dom
i lnunt ride has replaced the suicide
pact and the police theory of the
1 deaths of George Baldwin, actor and
i composer, who formerly lived In Al
aska, and Mrs. Ann Schlessinger,
middle aged stenographer. Both
were found dead here two days ago.
The police first believed they, -had
executed a suicide pact. The police .
now learn that the two frequently
i quarreled and the police are of the
opinion the woman, in u fit of anger,
placed poison whiskey in Baldwin's
glass and after he died, took her own
Wet and Dry Divisions
In Senate Have Fight
WASHINGTON, March 2. -The
proposed appropriation of $7,500 to
: pay the expenses of the American
| delegation at the forthcoming World
i Congress against alcoholism, was
'threatened for a time today between
the wet and dry divisions of the Sen
' ato. The proposal was finally sub
mitted us an amendment to the thir l
deficiency appropriation bill and
Binuilly adopted without a record vote.
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LOS ANGELES, Maroh 2. Fred
; erlck John MaoKensio, son of Sir
William MauKenalo, president of the
! Canadian Northern, himself a prom
inent railroad magnate and Interna
tionally known sportsman, died sud
‘denly hero today.