ALASKA, i >AILT EMPIR
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‘ALL THE NEWS AM., THE TIME”
VOL XXI., NO. 3171.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
MISSING VESSEL FOUND WRECKED
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BRITISH DEBT |
FUNDING BILL
PASSES SENATE
Few Minor Amendments Are
Made — Measure Goes
Back to Lower House.
WASHINGTON. Fev. 17.—The Son !
ate has passed the House Debt Fund
ing bill by a vote of 70 to 13. com
pleting approval of the British soi
tlemeut.
The Senate earlier adopted an
amendment of Robinson, of Arkansas,
providing that Congress instead of
the 'President approve of settlements
with nations other than the British.
The bill was returned to the House
for adjustment of amendments not
relating to the plan for refunding of
the British debt.
iSoaators Borah. LaFollette, Norris,!
Reed, of Missouri; Ashurst and Hitch-1
cock were among those voting in!
the oppo. tion.
New York Legislature
Will Declare for Wets
ALBANY, N. Y„ Feb. 17.—It is
regarded as certain that the New
York Legislature, with the approval
of Governor A1 Smith, will adopt the
program of the wets. Tt is:
"That tile question of modifying
the Volstead Act so as to permit
the sale of light wines and beer be
submitted to the voters of the state
at the general election next No
vember;
“That laws for state enforcement j
of prohibition be repealed:
"That Congress be memorialized to i
i-hflnp'i th<» Vnlcead ;irt so
legalize the sale of light wines and
■beer." '
The New York state Senate Is
Democratic and the House or Repre
sentatives Republican, and both par-,
lioR are committed, it is said, to the'
wet campaign.
senTto jail I
ESSEX. Keb. 17.—The French I
courtmartial at Bredenry, trying va-j
rlons German officials on charges of 1
resisting the occupying forces, sen-1
tonced Ober Havenstein. Burgomas-j
ter, to three years in a French prison, j
and Director Buszmann. of the Rhein- j
ish Westphalian electric works, tot
Itay a fine of 5,000,000 mark3.
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Cannot Determine Cause
For Cumberland Explosion
CUMBERLAND, B. Keb. 17. -
'Hie coroner's Jury has returned a [
verdict tliat it is unable to determine,
the cause of the explosion on Feb
ruary 8 in which 33 mtiners lost their
lives in the coal mine of the Cana-1
dlan Collie ribs, Ltd.
Oregon Senators Want
Recognition of Obregon
SALEM. Ore., Kelt. 17 The slate |
Senate lias unanimously adopted a j
resolution urging tile Eedera.l gov !
eminent to recognize President Obr •-1
gon as head of the government oi l
Mexico. The resolution also urges 1
the establishment of friendly rela- j
tions with Mexico.
'WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 Brest,
dent and Mrs. Harding w ill leave j
March 5 or March 6 for a vacation j
in Florida. This was th > announce-]
rnent made from the White House
today. >
Girl Doomed to Death
to See Fairyland.
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~Euz1^l'iV. Co-tUrvs*. ]
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(). Henry never touched tho lui
man •heart with his liction ns has
the true life story of Helen V.
Collins. Helen is just sixteen. She
lives at Amsterdam, New York,
and is doomed to die; doctors say
she can live only a short time.
She never had a good time in all
her life, so recently she wrote to
the editor of a New York news
paper asking for “just one good
time before I die!” Hard-hearted,
money-mad, soulless New Yorkers
just fell over themselves seeing to
it she did "have a good time.” She
wanted to see New York, to ride
in the subway, to go to just one
good show” and to see the Statue
of Liberty—"before I die!" George
.McManus, world-famous creator of
“Bringing Cp Father.'' beat 'em
all to it, and iy»w Helen is the
guest of his wife. A well-known
actress volunteered to take her to
every show on Broadway. B K.
Keith wired his Amsterdam man
ager that Helen was* to see every
show that came there. Moe Marks
will take her when the McMan
uses let her go. and tints' it run-.
If kindness can kill, poor iittlo
Helen's douth will come sooner
than was expected.
Former Mayor Pardoned
For Malicious Slander
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 17—Gover
nor Hart lias unconditionally par
ioned ('. K. West, former Mayor of
\nburn. sentenced to six months at
Wall a Walla for maliciously prose
cuting Sheriff Matt Starwich Just
teforo the recent election.
FREE STATE OF IRELAND IS TO
PUNISH WITH FEARLESS HANDS
DUBLIN. Feb. IT The Free
State’s ruling extending the death
penalty to cover a wide range of
crimes heretofore dealt with as petty,
1)B3 convinced the average Irish citl-f
sen that the new regime means husi-!
t.eso and realizes that the time has
cc.ue to test its powers to govern.
The effect of the new ruling is to i
anply the death penalty fearlessly to!
every person proved to be assisting!
in any way the campaign of the ir-,
regulars against the constituted gov
trnt’.,ent. In future the mere pos-!
b* sion of hostile plans or documents.!
and the unauthorized possession of
m.litary uniforms, will involve the’
death penalty. Threatening letters
i.avj been falling like snowflakes on
all prominent supporters of the gov
ernment, but- now the sending of a
a.culenlng letter will Involve penal
. rxilude.
Trials for all these anti-Htate ot
'cnees will be held in private by mili
ary courts. Although some deputies,
including Mr. Fitzgibobn, member
or Trinity College, hesitated at con
trr.t.g such broad powers on the
rmy. General M uleahy's insistence
an (item caused his opponents to
waive their objardions, anil in the
rote an the question the government
i.iti t . opponents except 13 members
af the Labor Party. There has been
s.itne expression of uneasiness re
gard.ng the silence of the army on
the exact condition of the country,
end this has been criticized by such
paipe.o as the Irish Times, but there
is a disposition on the part of the
average citizen to give the new rul
ing a chance to prove its worth.
GOVERNMENT
CHANGES IN
DEPARTMENTS
Details of Reorganization
Plans Are Presented to
Joint Committee.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— Details
I i f tht* preposed reorganization of
| government departments have been
forwarded to the joint committee
which la expected to take them as a
basis at least for further study.
The outstanding feature is the!
propt al to ccnscltdate the War and
N-ivv d“tvirtments under the Depart
ment of the National Defense, which
Its alt tatty approved by President!
Harding. There would be three un
' dor r.ecretaries tin charge of the
army
Other proposals include the traits-'
fer of all non-military functions;
|change the name of the Post Office
Department to the Department of
j Communications which will be ex
pected to develop telephone com
j iminleations Including wireless for
public benefit; transfer of the
Bureau of Insuar Affairs front the
War Department to the State De
partment and numerous other
. changes in Bureaus will be brought
1 about. i
Control of forest lands would re
main in the Department of Agri
i culture.
IS ARRESTED
FOR MURDER
SAX DIEGO, Fob. 17. I)r. I.ouis
L. Jacob.', physician at Camp Kear
; ney. hnc be« ii arrested nmlcr an in
dictment charging' bint with the
■ murder of Fritzie Maun, pretty
I dancer wbee body was recently
found on the beach at Torroy Pines,
Germans Are Throwing
Bombs in Occupied Area
DUSSEU.'OHF. Feb. 17. Bomb
throwing and serious cases of sabo
tage arj being reported in the Ruhr
Valley. A bomb w is thrown on the
street at Essen last night near the
French Engineers' headquarters. No
injuries resulted.
Wholesale Prices Are
Taking Upward Shoot
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. -While
wholesale prices In the United States
reacted to fflme extent in January
from the upward movement of re
cent months, there was no change In
the general price shown by the Index
numbers of 4ut commodities.
Comparing the prices of January, 1
one year ago, the general price level j
allows a r.sing tendency.
Injured Suffer from
Cold; Train Wreck
CONNEUySVIULE, Pa . Feb. 17.—
Thirty were hurt, two seriously, when
two cars of a train Jumped the truck
In the mountains. The mercury was,
below freezing and those injured suf
fered severely until a reliof train
arrived.
Stolen Loot Being
Recovered in East
OlNi01i.NNA.Tt, Feb 17 The recov
ery of $73,000 worth of bonds, port
of $203,000 stolen in a holdup of
the Hamilton Bonk here last Sep-'
tember. and $841,000 in currency stolenj
In a holdup from the Denver mint. Is
revealed by Federal officer and pri
vate detectives.
FRENCH GAINING GROUND
IN ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
NEW YORK. Fel). 17 Herr Schef
f«l. pre-vidon-t of the C-rman Ra.il
wavmem's Federation, told a New
York TrObun-e correspondent that j
France was gaining ground in the!
economic 'struggle in the Ruhr
despite the utmost oSforts of Ger
mans and that there was no hope of 1
effertrive rwilntanc ■ from other conn 1
tries. Whole believing the French!
seek destruction of German industry!
rather than coal, Herr Sehefrel de-(
flares the conduct of French troops 1
has been entirely correct and dec *nt. ,
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MIMMBWAUKE. B. D. Feb. 17.—
Tike body of Mrs. C. It Erickson,
wife of a farmer near Maddoc, was :
found early today by searchers, one J
iniie from her home. She froze to
death In the blizzard of Thursday.
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FIRST PICTURES OF EVACUATION OF COBLENZ.
x Ka,-or- (aertenai AUenJ
More are the first authentic pictures to rencli Anurica of the evacuation of Klncnbreitstein. the
immense fortress at the Coblenz (Germany) bridpehead. by the forces under command of Major-General
II. T. Allen. General Allen, with M. Tlrartl. Krench Commissioner, is tiltown at his final Inspection of
hir troops, while the lowering of the Stars and Stripes, and the hoisting of the Kronen tricolor also is
shown.
WANT BOOZE
FACTS KNOWN
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House Orders Inquiry Into1
Importation of Liquor
by All Diplomats.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 17.—Inquiry j
into importation of intoxicating '
liquors by foreign diplomats was or-1
dared today by the House by a vote'
:>! 18i to 11.1.
The inquiry is directed to Score
tiiry of tlie Treasury Mellon, who
bus iready informed the House ju
do iary committee he could a •
“» roperly” Rive out information which |
•fie House now asks for.
TO FOOL ’EM
PARIS. Feb. 17 France Is ready1
witli Belgium t> start printing |
presses making Gorman marks f u 1
use In the Ruhr district if Germany I
attempts a financial blockade
Ford Boosts
Wages
Eighty Per Cent
I >1 tl'TL' I • I ’ I » r ' ! I
Increase of about SO per cent was!
announced today by the Allegheny!
Plate Glass Company of Qlnssiiiere,;
purchased several days ago bv llenrv'
Ford.
Governor of Porto Rico
Hands in Resignation
HAS .1UAN, ~Veb.~ 15.—JO. Monti
Roily. Governor of Porto Rico, has
cabled his resignation to Pro dent
Harding, effective on April 1 Kelly
said his health demanded a com-i
plete change anil rest.
Isn’t This Nice
Of One State
Legislature ?
SALEM, (ti Fob. 17. The
legislature la night, at the
i n I of the 4 1 days' session, for
which the members received
pay. decided o continue on leg- 1 |
lslative mattert. at their own |
expense, until next Wednesday
or Thursday |
i-i|
Starts on Warpath;
Is Shot and Killed
Right at Start
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KhlNO, Fob. 17.—Dr. ,1. Ferry Ty
son. Who was recently committed to
the insane asylum after practicing
medicine here, last night attempted j
to persuade tho Indian- of the i’pr.t
mid il. ko reservation to go on the
warpath. Tyson was shot by a]
deputy sheriff when about to lead
a. host of redskins out to battle.
BOOZE HOUNDS
MAKING RAIDS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. PollceJ
and prohibition officers launched a!
second city-wide clean-up of this!
month, thin afternoon. Armed with:
search warrants the authorities be-1
gao a series of raids reaching intoi
‘JACKIE” COOGAN MUST
PAY BIG INCOME TAX
WASHINGTON. I). Fob. 17. Of
h ■ $500,000 which 'Jackie" Coogan
is said to have received uh banns
tor signing a contract with Metro
Pictures Corporation. |2tiU,7JO will
go to the government as income tux
I'll is figure does nol include the tax
n ! s salary of $1,250 a week or
that on his till per cent share iu
profits of pictures made tinder con
tract.
Henry Ford Planning
For Freight Railroad
ST. I'AI'li, Feb. 17 Construction •
if a $6,000,000 railroad for freight
currying purposes only, to operate
between Duluth anil Superior anil'
the Twin Cities, i- contemplated by,
Henry Ford according to announci
inent made here today
INCOME TAX-STIFLES
BUSINESS, SAYS BUSH
NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Irving T.
rtn-.li. president of the Bush Terminal
I'.mpany anil the New York Chau
her of Commerce, writing in the New 1
York Amt»rlean, says income lax
are stopping business enterprise ami i
r!.w rtinic investment funds to • ft: .
bonds. The (present system of Fed ,
era I axation, which hits those win
sji\ > money to put it Into busin s<
development. should lie replaced, he
says, by"a tux on spending—the sales
tax.
VIKXICO CITY. Feb. 17. The Mox-j
ii an government lias decided to levy I
u In |ht cent tax on tho gross earn
$ttr<s of railways, ]
WAR MEASURE
IS INTRODUCE!
Congresswoman Presents Res
olution Concerning
Warring Nations.
WASHINGTON, Fob 17 Hu.so In
t!an“ i • >r 1 mmedia to independence o
thi' rhllippines unci providing tha
tli.- I'niiol States rofuse financial uli
to nations declaring w lr without ;
plebiscite bavo been Introduced b;
Congi" woman Winnlfr1"! Maso:
link, of Illinois.
Alleged Robber Is
Placed Under Arres
NHW YORK, Fob. 17 John F
Derby, alias John Marshall, of A)
buny. has been arrested as tile lead
er e: a ging, which on New Year'
Eve rubbed Mrs. Irene Schoelllfndf u
$i’.*.0,000 worth of Jewels as site wa;
!e v ng a “watch party.”
Washington Treaties
Ratified by Italian:
ROME. Feb. 17.—The Senate bu
ratified the treaties of the Wash
Ing'on arms and Far Histern e.infer
enre al-o the treaty of San i Marti
!i it between Italy and Jugoslavia.
BIG FREIGHTER
MISSING, HANGS
UP ON ROCKS
Coast Guard Cutter Finds
Wrecked Tuscan Prince
and Her Crew.
SANTA RITA IS BEING
POUNDED BY BIG SEAS
No Word trom Italian Freigl t
er Reported Yesterday
Sinking in Storm.
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—The missing
steamer Tuscan Prince for which
vessels of all sizes have beta search
ing for since a wireless message, re
I ceivcd 3b hours ago stated “we are
1 sinking, all face death,” has been
found by the Coast Guard Cutter
Snohomish on a small rocky island
off the Vancouver Island coast.
Fourteen men were taken off by
a lifeboat and in breeches buoys.
The men were huddled together
on the rock under the bow of the
ship.
i They were without shelter but had
plenty of food and water.
The Tuscan Prince is believed to
be a total loss.
SHIPWHECKED MEN SAFE.
VICTORIA. Feb. 17. -The crow of
| tlic steamer Santa Rita which was
1 wrecked on the Washington coast
! south of Cape Flattery when going
1 to the assistance of the steamer
| Nika, which lost her rudder, reached
i here this afternoon.
The steamer Princess Murqutnna
irtprrU by wireless that heavy seas
jure hres'fclnu orei the Aunts Rtta
| and the wooden vessel is rapidly
(being battered to piece*.
LOCATE DISABLES CRAFT.
NORFOLK, Vu.. Fab. 17. — The
! Revenue Cutter Manning reports by
. wIrt 1 or? us finding the lumber laden
jrfchooner Friendship which has bpen
riding out the terrlflc Rule on the
Atlantic and In danger of going
| down.
Tire crow Is reported as having
I been tuken off the vessel as the
Friendship seemed waterlogged.
NO WORD MISSING BOAT.
NKW YORK, Feb. 17.—No word
11 has been received from the Italian
M steamer Mocenisio reported in dis
tress and sinking 60U miles off the
, | coast early yesterday. No word haa
; been received from the Carplake
1 which reported at speeding to the
I Mocenlsio's assistance.
BLOWN UP
DUBLIN. Feb 17. The Land Com
i: missionera' office and the govern
’ I '.it stationery office were blown
; uu a: 7 o'clock list evening. Sev
er;. 1 persona were injured but none
: we: g killed
! Prohibits Leasing of
Lands to Japanese
HOIS. Idaho. Fob. 17. The state
-1 legislative lias pissed a tuoasure
■ I [iroh.titling till- In tsing of land to
(Japanese. The voti was at to B.
NEW SCOUT CRUISER OF U. S.
NAVY TO RE WONDER VESSEL
.sco
TACOMA, Feb. 17. The
, nii'i-r Omaha. the first <>' 10 sii
; «i- vessels which will form a pa
of the I- S. navy, is pron tunced 1
naval experts who have - n liar
I in ■ of the finest ships afloat.
Til- Omaha an>l her -i-’er .-111]
will have the speed of torpedo ho
destroyers and the armament of tig
cruisers, and they constitute a ne
clans in the American navi j
Tile Omaha, which is now befl
iriven her finishing touches at. t.)
Puget Sound Navy Yard, at Brenif
•on, lias a horsepower developmet
larger Ilian any other ship aflo
except vessels of the IIm.l class
‘lie British navy. Her boilers a
design: d to produce 105,One hors
power, or several times is much i
the municipal plants which -erve
this city with electricity. Her ho
. rs, ,f connected up, would supp
nil the electrical energy requiri
for a city of a (piarter of a mlllk
jidopie. it has beon e»*imutpd.
ill Wiih ii speed of 34 knuti). or 40
a. | miles i hour, tbo Omaha and her
j sister vessils arc designed to serve
'‘las -.-outs for the fighting ships of
•y j the navy. They will tarry antl-alr
.o; craft suns, small rJ^id-flre rifles.
: mm-hint* suns and torpedo tubes for
is tin") own defense, hut their main re
it liun.-e will be heir tremendous
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speed.
Tests tints far conducted with the
Omaha have gratified naval officers.
These tests ware conducted on Puget
Sound, and when the Omaha is all
fitted out “he will he headed for
I lie Pacific anil given opportunity to
show just what she (an do in a race
against time in the ocean.
Tlie Omaha was built by the Todd
lirvlixk hi Construction Company
here, which is ale# budding her sis
ter ships, the Milwaukee and the Cin
cinnati. The other seven vessels of
this class are being constructed in
Eastern yards. Tim Milwaukee and
the Cincinnati will be realty for their
first trials later this year,