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JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
SIX MEN ARE BURNED TO DEATH
Foe of Prohibition Dies Suddenly in Washington
REPRESENTATIVE
COCKRAN OF N. Y.
I DIES SUDDENLY
Fighter for Irish Freedom anc
Against Prohibition,
Passes Away.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Repre
Tentative W. Bourke Cockran, Demo
crat, of New York, aged 69 years
died of apoplexy this afternoon.
Cockran was on t.hc floor of thi
House lart night and made a Bpiritet
r.pceoh opposing amending the farn
credits bill.
Representative Cockran was a na
tlve of Ireland, born at Sligo, or
February 28, 1854 and coming t<
the United States in 1871.
He received part of his educatior
in France and the remainder in thi
country.
In public life, W. Bourke Cockrai
was the “wheel horse" of Tamman;
and one of the most eloquent orator
of the country. In recent years It
devoted much of his time, before tin
formation of the Irish Free State
fighting for Irish freedom. He wa
an unrelenting foe of prohibitioi
and never lost an opportunity to de
nounce what he called the "invasiot
of personal liberty."
GERMAN POLICE
DEPORTED FROM
PARTJF RUHF
BS9EN, 'March 1.— All German pc
1 ice at Bochum anrl Herne were ar
rested today by the ociupatlon force
and have been transported aw a.
from their home towns.
PUNISHMENT PROMISED
IDUSSELDORF. March 1—By i
decree Issued by Genera! negoutt'
today, Hugo Stinnes and other mini
owners are liable to trial by court
martial with possible imnrisonmen
and fines if they refuse to pay taxei
on coal production or oppose effort
of the French to wrest from then
shipments they failed on accoun
of the reparations.
Honorio Pueyerrendon
Is Coining to Americ;
BUENOS AIRES, March 1.—Hon
orio Pueyerrendon, Argentina's chie
representative at the Leagtie of Na
tlons, when the country was a mem
ber, has accepted the post of Am
baasador to the United States.
Violators of Narcotic
Law Indicted in Seattle
SEATTLE, March 1.—Twenti
open indictments for violation o
the narcotic law have been returnee
by the grand jury. Two secret in
dletments have also been returned
Fixed Price on Wheat
Demanded by Farmer!
ST. PAUL, March 1.—Resolution*
demanding a fixed price on wheal
were adopted here at the closing ses
sion of the Northwest Agricultural
Price Stabilization Conference. In
the event Congress gives no reliel
this session. President Harding will
be urged 'to call an extra session foi
the purpose.
HONEST MEN FIR:
IN PLANS E
WASHINGTON, March 1.—Set re
tary of War John W. Weeks has an
uounced a new plan to expedite set
Cement df war contracts. He as
signed Colonel J. A. Hull, who han
been Acting Judge Advocate Gen
eral of the army, to the task ol
arranging quick settlements for c
wholesale disposal of contracts on
‘tered into during the war. involving
more than 150,000 cases.
AU contract* previously passed
upon by tbe War Claims Board wll
be reviewed and audited under Col
tonel Hull’s supervision. This worl
Sweethearts Even in Death;
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His Will Is Missive of Love
PITTSBURGH, Penn., March !.—
His last story. written on copy paper |
and in Ions hand, just as he was
accustomed to when he was a mem !
oer of the Fourth Estate, the ill of!
Andrew McSwiggan, former mem
let of the Board of Public Educa-j
tion, in which he dispose’ <j his!
estate, worth approximately ^Uou.OOO,;
was offered for probate.
Tiie will is in the form oi a fare
well letter to his wife, and with
out legal verbiage. H • addresse
her as “Dear Old Sweetheart.”
In his ilast testament h makes
many bequests to charity, 27 Instilu-1
rion* li'inQ namwl. irrpsnepl.tYft of
peligi oil s d Bn o m in a t ion.
In the will 'he pays tribute tn Mrs
McSwiggan and refers to the tinu
when they will ‘'meet again in the
spirit world and begin again” theii
pleasant relations which were cas
asunder by his death.
‘‘And may I not remark, in closing
that if I did not have any estate tt
leave I would consider myself to b;
rich. No man ever was more blessed
If all wive; were like you this work:
would be a paradise
‘‘Lovingly, as always during our 3:
years of marriage. Andrew.”
The bulk of his estate is left t(
Mrs. M. Swiggaa ami thoir children.
JUDGE AND MAYOR SENT TO PRISON.
asras»?i{i*w atsmt m
Mayor I,. (J. Btggerr and Municipal Judge Joe Barman, of West
Palm Beach, Florida, in custody of Sheriff Baker, are shown here
e ^ -ins the West Palm Beach jail to serve scntcncee of 10 days
(■ach, iimposed upon them by Circuit Judge E. C. LXuvis for con
tempi of court. The two had criticised some of the official doei
eions of Judge Davis. While they were in jail they were visited
by Mayor Hylan, of New York, who was present when they were
released on bond, pending an appeal of the case to the higher
courts of the State.
IOWA MAN IS NAMED GOVERNOR OF
PORTO RICO; REPUBLICAN LEADER
IN HOUSE GIVEN GOOD POSITION
140-Foot Pole
Raft Is to Be
Towed to Alaska
EVERETT. March 1.—Eight hun
('dren poles 140 feet long, from the
'j logging holdings of Backus & An
derson on the Mukilteo road, are be
ing constructed by the Everett Con
struction Company into a raft which,
when completed, twill be towed to
Alaska by a deep sea tug to be
used in construction of Alaska can
neries.
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| Canada and U. S. Will
Sign Fisheries Pact
TORONTO, March l. Ernest I,a
| pcinte, Dominion Minister of Ma
rine, has -lett here for Washington
i to sign an agreement between Can
i a la and the United States regarding
j fisheries rights.
ST SAYS WEEKS
KPEDITING CLAIMS
I was initiated under Secretary Baker,
1 and would have required. Secretary
I Weeks said, another five years to
i clear the War Department books,
j Under the new plan it is hoped the
1 delay will be greatly reduced.
•‘Ifonest contractors, certain of
j whom lost rather than profited by
the war work.” Secretary Weeks
ssiid. “will be the first to receive
settlement.” The War Secretary
said it was his Intention to clear
all honest contractors of any sus
picion. as well as to disrlose those
cases in which evidence of fraud
tmig-ht be found
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! WASHINGTON. March 1—Presi
! lent Harding hus nominated Horace
M. Towner, of Iowa, CJovprnor ol
i Porto Itico, to succeed Mont Kaily
! resigned.
Tuwtar was for years Republican
leader in the House.
President Harding has also uomin
ated Dwight Davis, of Missouri, al
present director of the war finance
corporation, to be assistant secre
tary of war in place of J. May hew
Wainwrig'nt, who becomes a mem bet
of the next. House of Congress.
Frank W. Mondell, of Wyoming,
present Republican floor leader of
the House, will succeed Davis.
Valentino Is to Remarry
Present Wife; Dance Ad
CHICAGO. March 1.—Rudolph Val
entino plans to start a dancing tour
within a fortnight. He will also
remarry his present wife, Winnifre-1
Hudnut, to whom he was married in
Mexicali shortly alter divorced from
Jean Asker. The California author!
ties held the marriage was illegal
because within a year of his divorce.
Self-Styled Witness of
Murder Seriously 111
NEW "BRUNSWICK, X J . March
1.—Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig farmer,
who gaid she witnessed the murder
of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir singer, is
re|>orted to be seriously ill at her
home. William Easton, her son, said
she suffered a stroke of apoplexy.
Dr. .1. COoper, who attended her.
said Met. Gibson told him a strange
woman visited her and that fumes
from itho woman's handkerchief
caused her "fainting spell.”
Mrs. Gibson recently offered her
farm for sale, declaring she was
“tired of being bothered” by sus
picions persons who prowled around
her place.
GERALDINE FARRAR TESTIFIES IN DIVORCE HEARING.
Despite her frantic efforts to have the case heard in private, whtre "those damned reporters" would
be barred, Geraldine .'arrar was compelled to take tIte eland in public*, in New York, in her divorce
action against bou Tellegen. She made every efTort to elude the photographers, but was snapped as
she was answering Hie twelve formal questions that were asked to establish her legal t talus in the
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Street Car Fare
Reduced Today
In Seattle
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1 (SEATTLE, March 1 Induced
, rates went into effect ot the
municipal car lines this morn- |
log. A single continuous ride
lar9 will be 5 cents, while r ,ea
requiring transferring charges
v, .11 be ti 1-4 cents.
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CONDITIONS ARE
PICKING UP IN
UNITED STATES
Production Is Increasing—
Banks Are More Liberal
—Labor Demands Heavy
WASHINGTON. March 1. — The
Federal Reserve Hoard in a report
made public today declares produc
tion of .commodities Is increasing
steadily.
Banks ate lending more heavily.
Building operations are increasing.
The Department of Labor also re
ports a decrease in unemployed and
a heightening of a demand for labor
in nearly ail industrial centers with
Impending labor shortages in many
areas.
Whitney Fiancee
111 with Influenza
PARIS. March l.- Mlss Marie Nor
ton, fiancee of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney, Jr., is prevented from shop
ping for her trf .sseau by an attack
of influenza. Mho lias been ordered
by her physicians to remain in bed.
The marriage, which was sched
uled for March r>. may ,be postponed
on account of her illness.
.Wealthy Man Announces
He Will Quit Legislature
OLYMPIA, Wadi., March 1. De
claring that he “would not remain
; a member of a body that will stand
for such corruption,” Representative
Oliarles I. Roth, of Whatcom County,
insurgent leader In the House of
Representatives, announced from the
floor that ho would resign from the
' Logislaltire.
Roth's statement grew out of the
passage of a bill appropriating $50.
000 for the survey of State oil lands.
He opposed the bill.
Roth is wealthy, the principal
owner of the Chuckanut stone quarry
and one of the leading real estate
owners of Whatcom County. He is
a , lawyer by profession, and has
served many terms in the State
Legislature. He lias been making a
fight for lower taxation. He is a
I Republican.
Has Charlie Been Jilted?
Or What Is in the Air?
LOB ANGELES. Marcli 1.—Charlie
'Chaplin told the Examiner today he
was too poor to marry Poia Negri
just now.
"This is a working world," said
Chaplin. "We've nil got to stay
busy to keep away from the climate’s
| sentiments,”
AMERICANS NEED NEW BILL OF
RIGHTS SAYS FORMER DIRECTOR
OF NATIONAL BUDGET; SPEAKER
FLAYS MANY NATIONAL SUBJECTS
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Killed by Rock;
Blast Propels •'
Stone 4 Blocks
ICOLUMBUs' Ohio, March 1.
—Dewey Hendren. 26 years old.
of Newark, was killed instantly
when struck on his chest by a
rock while standing talking with
a friend. Police believe the
rock was hurled by an explosion
in connection with blasting 'op
erations on the river front,
three or four blocks away. Hen
dren formerly was a profes
sional baseball player.
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FARM CREDITS
GOING THROUGH
j BULLETIN—WASHINGTON. March
1.—The farm credits bills, proposing
two new banking systems, one private
j and one government, to meet the j
needs of the agricultural Industry,]
' passed the House this afternoon. The;
l chief opposition came from New |
: York and the New England states
I WASHINGTON. March" 1. Karin
i credits legislation was put well on
I the way to passaga in the House
| last night, but the final vote was
! deferred until sometime today on ac
j count of the absence of a number of
; members
After the House acts, the bill will
go to conference for adjustment of
differences with the Senate.
| Murder Trial Is Ended
Abruptly by Fed. Judge
ARDMORE, Okla . March 1 The
trial of several leading citizen* fir
the murder of .l ie Carroll, on De
cember la, 1921. came to a sudd ‘n
end here today when District Judge
Freeman dismissed the cases against
10 of the men after ilie Jury lud
the jury had been called.
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Lady Betty Would
Forego Wedding Gift
LONDON. March 1 Lady Eliza
beth Bowes Lyon, who w ill marrk i
the Duke of York on April 26. ha* I
r ((nested 'the people in the vicinity 1
af h°r Scottish home to refrain from
j giving a wedding present. She de-1
I ciares that on account of poverty j
[many of >her people are feeling the
[pinch of hard limes.
j It has been announced that King!
.George’s wedding present to t’.tej
| Duke of York will be a dining table,'
1 silver service, including candelabrum,
i Rady Elizabeth has decided that]
I her bridal gown shall be made large-j;
ly of Nottingham lace, \
CHICAGO, March 1. (B.v the As ;
iWlr 'etl Press i—-A current era of I
‘Increased congressional demagogue;
n uttcrar.iee. flaunting of radical doc
tritcy, pardoning of men convicted j
;'f tre son and jincUiajt of lawless
ic.'loa by the iweldV pmV. r of cer
aln labor loaders," was Mr. Average
Citizen’s panoramic as pictured by
■"harles (1. Hawes, former director]
>f the national budge:, :n a address
x'lMro the Union Club hero.
Mentioning no names, save a Irib
ite to “our great, strong and de
erntined President Harding," Mr.
Dawee said:
"Tit average* American citizen has
iVltnc sed the pardoning of men con
victed f treason against their gov
irnment in time of war, done with
lie apparent purpose of carrying I
lolitical taVor with the disreputable!
-lorn, ills of our population.
“Here in Chicago lie lias seen a
n i.car elected U|mn a Republican
ticket announce a platform which
would do credit to Soviet Russia and
.eek to force it through a Republi
can state convention.
“In Congress, be nis witnessed in
he last few years more demagoguery
n utterance than ever before lias
•haracterissed it.
“He has witnessed a newly elected
lenator rush into the Spnate de
lates with radical, inflammatory and
intrue statements.
“He was shocked by the human
leasts at Herrin and the lawless acts
it Harrison, Ark.
“We have been tremendous power
wielded by certain labor leaders who
jndenstand mob psychology and the
nfl nence of radicals who lead
passes of people to lawless action.”
Mr. Average Citizen is demand- j
tig a new hill of rights, Mr Dawes!
lectured, "lice a use the power of or-’
re nized minorities has become as
I.ngerons to the liberty of the In
lividitals as ever was the power of a
irince.”
“Me who reasons that a halt to
weakness in law enforcement and
lemagoguery is now about to be
■all al ami that conditions will be
•ome worse, little underst imis the
American people. Some per prog-]
•c- lias lieen made—’that from thej
\ I iinson law to -the Daugherty in
unction. which in my judgment,!
uture generations will regard is the1
leginning of a new pm of law an.I
irder. Through It our governmentI
mnoiim ps the right of a man to j
work is as sacred as the r.ghl of
i man to stop work."
>. F. Labor Leader
Quits Under Fire
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1 P. H.i
di-Carthy, former mayor and labor]
I’ader, whose acceptance of llO.itOhj
rom the Pacific (ias & Electric
'ompanv for opposing the water]
lower act Is under investigation by|
lie San Francisco Building Trades|
‘oiincll resigned as adviser of the;
State Building Trades Council and
mm all other official labor pusl
iuns, it was announced by Frank C.
JacDonaid, president of he state
otincil.
SIX MEN DEAD;
EXPLOSION ON
I). S. NAVY BOAT
‘Flare-Back ’ in Engine Room
on American Destroyer Is
Latal to Six Men.
MANILA. March 1.—Six enlisted
inen aboaid the American destroyer
Hultert .of the Asiatic fleet, were
burned to death last night in an
explosion in the boiler room. The
explosion was caused by a “ flare
back.”
No ethers were injured.
AWAITING INFORMATION.
WASHINGTON, March 1. — The
Navy Department has received none
cf the details of the accident on the
Hulbert, the list of those who were
killed or the damage to the craft.
Farmer* Selling
Household Goods
To Secure Food
SPOKANE. March 1.—Hundreds of
farmers -In the rich Yakima Valley
are selling out and many are dis
posing of l heir household goods to
get money to buy food, Y. C. Mans
field, official of the Partners' League,
said here.
“Many 'homes In the valley have
hardly had a dollar in cash ul^ win
ter," Mansfield staled. * .
likely to l>e a crash ahe ,i> .
farmers."
Man <JW. I said he. ha
that (lie. st;ete rfr Fed
meat take 'hver the far...- ^n 1 ,
farmers $:i a day to operate them.
He pointed out that farmers would
ae willing to work for this and pay
the market pt Ice for food, oven
though they raised it themselves.
ALLIED DEBT
MATTER GIVEN
EXPLANATION
Ambassador Harvey Replies
to Statement of Balfour
Made Last August.
IXINDuW, .ii.mii 1. Ambassador
Harvey,, addressing the Pilgrims'
dinner, declared that Great Hr 1 taIn
hud not been asked to guarantee and
never did guarantee a single dollar
loaned by the I'hited States for the
use of any other country than Great
Britain herself.
The statement was construed as
a rqply to the Balfour note of last
August, which said:
“Under the agreement arrived at.
the 1’nited States Insisted, in sub
stance if not in form, that the Allies
r-ould spend money only on Grant
Britain's -ecurity and on these
terms, the United States was pre
pared to lend It.”
Republican and Democrat
Are Nominees for Mayor
CHICAGO. March 1. Arthur C
Lueder. postmaster and coalition can
lidate for Mayor, will have as his
opponent Judge William K. I)ever.
inopiosed Democratic candidate.
Search Started for
Another Mint Robber
ST U A Cl.. March 1.—The police
and Federal officers are searching
tlie Twin Cities for Robert L. Wallt
*r. who is alleged lo be one of the
Denver mint robbers and who has
been seen here
Former Senator Burton
Is Dead in Los Angeles
I.OS ANGE1.KS, March 1. — The
ritneral services of former United
States Senator Burton, of Kansas,
who died at bis home here last
Tuesday, were held this afternoon.
CAMBRIDGE. March t.—Harvard
has granted to Vilhjalmur Stefans
"tni, the Arctic explorer, a degree of
Master of Art. He studied here III