THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
•ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3323.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
Gov. Bone Denies that “Me Contemplates Resigning
FORMER IRISH
REBEL LEADER
UNDER ARREST
Leader of Republicans Is
Captured by Free State
Troops at Ennis.
ENNI3, COUNTY OF CLARE,
Inland, Aug. 15. — Free State
t.'ucpr today airt.’tid Eamonn de
Val;ra, Republican leader, as he wai
addressing a crowd of electors in
1,hi market square.
The troop* appealed suddenly dur
ing the address, fired several volleys
over Ihe heads of the crowd which
stampeded.
The troops surrounded the plat
form and seized de Valera.
CHARGES ARE MADE.
DUBLIN, Aug. 15.—The publicity
department of the Free State in (
statement charging de Valera witl
responsibility of Ihe campaign o
the Irish Irregulars, publishes all
his captured ocrmpondence in prcoi
cf the charge._
90V, BONE WILL
HEAD ADVISORY
FISHERY BOARD
Alaska Fish Commissioners tc
Be Members of Board
Proposed by Hoover.
That the proposed Alaska fisheries
advisory board which Secretary Hoo
ver recently announced he would
appoint will (unction under the chair
manBhip of Oov. Scott C. Bone waf
revealed today in a publication jusi
issued by the Alaska Territorial Fist
Commission. This information is
contained in a telegram from Recre
tary Hoover to Gov. Bone, dated
July 23, which, with that part o
President Harding's Seattle' speed
dealing with Alaska fisheries, th*
Secretary’s own statement on th*
same industry, Gov. Bone's comment
appearing in The Empire of Julj
28th, and other statement^, compos*
an Interesting little booklet entitled
‘‘Conservation of the Fisheries o
Alaska," w|liBra has just been issued
by the Territorial Fish Commission
Personnel of Board
Not only will the Governor, wht
is also chairman of the Territoria
Commission, be on the advisorj
board proposed by secretary Hoover
but the entire personnel of the loea
body will be on the new board’!
membership roster, according to th<
telegram mentioned. The telegran
was sent by Mr. Hoover shortly aftei
the Henderson sailed from Sitka and
on the day following his public de
deration of policy as regards the
fisheries. In this, the Secretary’s
plan was set out to the Governor as
follows:
"In accordance with our discus
sions I have furnished you today with
• memorandum concerning the hand
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President Lewis Predicts
Anthracite Coal Strike.
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i John L. Lewis, President of the
ri United Mine Workers of America,
1 in commenting on the refusul of
• hte anthracite coal operators to
] recognize the union and adopt the
■ “check off” system, by which the
! operators would collect union
| dues and lines, declared, in At
' iantlc Ctly, hta belief that this
Winter will see another hard
! coal strike and that it might even
i extend to the bituminous fields.
ADMINISTRATION
READY TO FIGHT
! IN GOAL STRIKE
Steps Will Be Taken, in Case
of Strike, to Prevent
Consumers Suffering.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. — The
Administration has approved of
plans to furnish necessary substi
tutes relative to any fuel shortage
which might result from the strike
of the anthracite coal miners.
This announcement was made
from tho White House after the
Cabinet meeting yesterday after
noon.
Confidence was expressed that the
initiative taken through the Coni
Commission would prevent a strike
but it was emphasized that should
suspension of production become
inevitable, the Administration is
prepared to deal with the situation
in such a way as to prevent suffer
ing among consumers.
Tidal Waves Believed
Taken Heavy Death Toll
TOKIO, Aug. 15—It is feared heavy
loss of life has resulted from tidal
waves and storms on the west coast
of Korea. Several hundred small
boats are missing and more than
26,000 houses have been damaged
along the Yalu river. Heavy damage
1 has been caused to crops and the
lumber industry.
National Wheat Body Now
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Advocated for Price Fixing
SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 14—tBy As
aoclated Press)—Creation by the
United Staten of a national wheat
corporation which would establish a
basic minimum price for all Ameri
can wheat, and employ other mea
sures for stabilizing the wheat mar
ket Is advocated by I. A. Madden,
farm advisor of Sangamon county,
and well known in Illinois as a farm
authority.
"Allowing the surplus of American
wheat to set the price of American
farm crops must stop if the farmer
Is to be saved from ruin,” said Mr.
Madden in outlining his plan.
“The United States should charter
a national wheat corporation and ap
propriate sufficient funds for work
ing capital. This corporation should
then establish a basic minimum
wheat price for all American wheat
offered at the basic minimum price,
then the national wheat corporation
should step in and buy wheat.
“Until conditions are more stabie
in foreign countries, the wheat ex
ported would have to be sold at
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GOVERNOR BONE
DENIES REPORT
j OF RESIGNATION
—
Dispatches from Washington
Indicate Resignation of
Alaska Executive.
fhe Seattle Time*’ story appearing
below is based on pure speculation
according to a statement given The
l Empire today by Gov. Scott C. Bone,
' who added, “I am not contemplating
a change.”
Resignation Rumor
SEATTLE, Any. 15—A special dis
patch from Washington to the Scat
tie Dally Times says:
“Correspondents who accompanied
the late President Hardtng on his
trip to Alaska are discussing remind
ers of Governor Bone's plans to re
tire soon as governor of Alaska.
“Governor Bone is said to have ex
pressed a desire to return to the
states and the association of old
friends.”
The article says the death of Mr.
Harding may hasten the decision.
The story reviews Governor Bone's
selection personally by Mr. Harding
for service as Republican Public
ity Director and for Governor of
Alaska, recalling that Mr. Harding
let It he known that he had chosen
Mr. Bone because of his familiarity
with Alaska and in hop.* of avoiding
warring factions and realizing the
demand that something must he done
for tho territory.
The article says: "The late Presi
dent leaned heavily upon Governor
Bone for support In what he did or
comprehended for Alaska and spent
every possible minutp with-Hip Ter
ritorial Executive on his ill-fated
trip Into the Northland. When he
left, he counted on Bone's aid In
shaping a number of policies he had
salary of $10,000 with a palace ap
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BUDGET BUREAU
NOW AT WORK
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Funds Are Being Apportioned
Among Departments—
Big Amount Cut Off.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — The
Budget Bureau today began to ap
portion the funds to run the gov
ernment for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, next year, on a basis of
$1,700,000,000 exclusive of the pos
tal service.
At the White House, the spokes
man declared President Coolidge de
sired to enforce economy policies of
Harding but that the efficiency of
departments should be maintained.
The sum of $300,000,000 has al
ready been cut from estimates sub
mitted by departments.
Economic Problems
To Come Before
Fraternal Congress
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15—World
problems in economics will be dis
cussed by many noted speakers when
the annual meeting of the National
Fraternal Congress is held at French
Lick, Ind., August 27 to 30, according
to Harry Wade, Indianapolis, presi
dent of the congress, James J. Davis,
secretary of labor, who recently re
turned from a trip abroad, will be
one of the speakers. Another will be
Samuel M. Ralston, U. S. Senator
from Indiana.
The meeting at French Lick will
mark the first time In 25 years of
the congress' existence that the con
vention has been held outside of a
large city. The congress Is com
posed of fraternal insurance societies
of the United States and Canada
which have a combined membership
of more than six million men and
women, with life insurance amount
ing to more than ten billion dollars,
Mr. Wade says.
WHERE COOLIDGE LEARNED HE WAS PRESIDENT.
These photographs of President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolldfo were made the very (lay Presi
dent Harding died. The new President was spending his vacation In his boyhood home at Plymouth,
Vermont, wit hi his father The new Chief Magistrate Is shown pres iving an old-time favorite tree,
helping with the haying and attending to the garden <;:t his fattier extensive farm. A few hours
later he was awakened to take the oath of office a President of the t'nited States, following the sud
den death of President Harding.
LATEST PICTURE OF PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.
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Here is the very latest photograph of President Calvin
Coolidge, taken at the home of hia father, In Plymouth, Vermont,
where Mr. Coolidge anil his family, spent their vacation and from
v/hielt Mr. Coolidge kept in conitnnt > and solicitous touch with
the late President Harding In San Francisco. In the group are:
Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and their sons, Calvin, Jr., and John, and
John C. Coolidge, the President’s father.
UTAH SECTION
LAID IN RUINS
BY HIGH WATER
Ten Persons Known Victims
—Score Reported Missing
—Towns Are Damaged.
SALT LAKE, Utah. Aug. 15—Ruin
and desolation marks the path of
Monday’s disastrous flood. Ten per
sons are known to have been drown
ed and a score of persons are re
ported missing.
The towns of Farmington and Wtl
lard were partiaHy destroyed.
The property damage la now plac
ed at more than $1,600,000.
National guards have been ordered
to the stricken area- to preserve or
1 der, relieve suffering and search foi
bodies of victims.
Skeena River
Salmon Pack
Record One
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VANCOUVER, B. C„ Auk 15
The sockeye salmon pack on the
Kkeena river promises to break
all records To date 115,000
cases have been packed which
I is 40,000 cases more than were
| packed on the corresponding
date last year.
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K. K. K. Is Denied
Injunction in N. Y
| NEW YORK, Auk. 15—Fodera
i .Judge Winslow has denied the pet
j tlon of the Ku Klux Klan for a pn
| 11,nary injunction restraining th
International Magazine Com pan
from publishing an alleged exposur
. .of the Klan written by. Norman Haj
good. , ,'v/
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, No Reason (or
; Special Session
| Says Coolidge
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WASHINGTON. Auk. IS -In an
i 1 official statement from thn White
| House President Coolidge sees no |
| reason at the present time for a
j special Congress In advance of 1
i | the regular December session. |
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MOVIE ACTRESS
WRITES ABOUT
| TAYLOR AFFAIR
Mary Miles Minter Makes
First Statement of Rela
tions with Slain Man.
LOS ANOELKS, Aug. IT. -Mary
Miles Minter, movie actress, this
i morning gave Hie Los Angeles Times
j what she declares to he the “first
J statement under my own name” re
| gardlng her relations with William
j Desmond Taylor, slain director,
; which mystery has never been clear
i ed up.
Miss Minter says that Taylor came
i Into her life when she was 17 years
j of age. He called her Miss Minter
I when she was Introduced to him
| which struck her because ulways be
j fore she had been called Mary and
' treated as a child.
I The statement says Taylor told her
■ to obey her mother when the latter
: opposed their friendship but that one
| day when she went to his house he
j seized her In Ills arms and told her
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Harding’s Policies Are to
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Be the Policies of Goolidge
j WASHINGTON, Aug. 15— Fol
1 lowing the Cabinet meeting it was
•'also reiterated at the White House
- that the President Intends to follow
?j Harding’s policies making modltlca
/ j tion from time to time hut the
; I changes wjll not be greater than
j Harding probably would have made
.I himself under t*ie circumstances.
MINE EXPLOSION
TAKES BIG TOLL;
100 ARE KILLED
Frightful Disaster Occurs in
Wyoming Coal Fields—
Many Entombed.
NINETY-ONEBODIES
ALREADY RECOVERED
Pitiful Scenes Are Enacted at
Mouth of Mine Pit by
Relatives of Men.
KEMMERER, Apg. 15.—Tempor
ary morgues have been established
for the bodies of the victims of yes
terday's mine disaster. Ninety-on«
t edict had been recovered this
morning. Nine men are still un
accounted for and are believed to
br dead. Thirty-four miners were
rtreued.
Yesterday afternoon and all last
night undertakers were busy pre
paring- the bodies for burial. Rela
tives and friends gathered about in
hopes of identifying; their loved
ones.
Pitiful scenes were enacted abont
the mouth of the pit while the res
cuers were frantically seeking to
ocnctrate the lower levels and while
bodies were being brought to the
surface.
Among the miners it is generally
believed that black damp caused the
explosion but it has not been offi
cially detremined. It is stated, how
ever. that fire did nto follow the
explosion.
All bodies were badly burned.
ENTOMBED BY EXPLOSION
KEMMERER. Wyo., Aug 15—Two
hundred miners are believed en
tombed In Mine No. 1 of the Kem
mcrer Coal Company following an
explosion yesterday afternoon on
'he lower levels.
A cave-in cut off the men.
The relief work began immediately
hut experts lit the rescue work said
there was little hope of bringing the
men out alive.
As the volunteer workers dug fran
tically toward the entombed men
through the main entrance, hundreds
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Coolidge Selects
Executive Secretary
From Virginia
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 Former
Representative Campbell Museum
Slemp, of Hlg Stone Gap, Virginia,
has been tendered and accepted the
secretaryship to President Coolidge.
He will take charge after Gabor Day.
George H. Christian, Jr., will remain
as Executive Secretary until that
time.
It is announced that T. E. Clark,
Coolldge's secretary, will remain as
personal secretary when Slemp takes
over Christian's duties.
C. H. Slemp is a Republican and
was elected to the Sixtieth Congress
December 17, 1907, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of his
father, Hon. Campbell Slemp. He
served in the Sixty-first, Sixty-sec
ond, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth and
Sixty tlfth Congresses and was re
elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress
without opposition. He was re-elect
ed to the Sixty-seventh Congress.
| In brief, Harding’s policies will
be Coolidge's policies.
| It was also stated after the Cabi
net meeting that all members now
In Washington agreed to serve in
thoir present capacities with Presi
dent Ooolidge and there is £very
probability that the Harding ^Cab
inet will remain intact. ,