THE ALASKA DAILY
EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VO: XXL, NO. 3203.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SARAH BERNHARDT DIES IN PARIS
STINNES FAVORS
AMERICAN PLAN
ON REPARATIONS
German Industrial Magnate
Wants Economic Confer
ence Held in America.
ROME, March 27.—'Hugo Stinnes,
German industrial magnate, who is
visiting Italy, has had an interview
wtitlh E. H. Gary, chairman of the
United :State3 Steel Corporation, and
Fred I. Kent, vics-prcuident of the
Bankers Trust Company of New York.
He meets Premier Mussolini at Milan
tonight.
itu conversation-. ,Stinnea had with
American delegates to the Oongres.-;
of the Internatlional Chamber of Com
merce, which closed last Saturday,
indicated, it Is said, that he cam
to Rome whlen he heatd of the Am ri
can proposals that a. portion o-f all
war debts owing the United State?
bo remitted after the European states
givo assurance to put the finances
in' order.
Stinnes, it is learned, favors tile
American suggestion of an interna
tional economic conference and be
lieved th'e conference should be held
■In America.
2,000 MINERS
ARE TO STRIKE
YAKIMA, Wa?h„ March 27. Two
thousand miners In the Roslyn and
Ole Elunr fields are preparing ta
Btnflte Saturday, when the agreement
made in the settlement of the strike
lard year, expires. The company pro
poses to reduce the daily wage oi
day workers $150.
Marshal’s Horse Is
Shot Beneath Him
iBLiANDIN’G. Utah, March 27.
Marshal Ward’s liorso was shot under
him a'S he and hds party wero riding
into Alien tOanyca early today to
capture Old Posey, renegade Piute.
The shot came from a long distance
Ward was not hurt.
Flood Danger at Onawa
Passes; Channel Is Cut
ONAWA, Iowa, March 27,—All dan
ger of property damage to Iowa
farm lands from the flood waiters
of the Missouri River as the result of
the Ice gorge formed here, passed
when the river cut a channel through
(the ice on the Nebraska side.
Muskrats Make
Good Grubstake
ANCHORAGE, March 27—Bags
and small Hikes, the bane of the
prospector -in traveling about Alaska
in summer, are proving a boon to
many men whe depend upon a trap
lino for a grubstake In winter.
These regions are now being con
verted into muskrat farms. One
man, near Wasilla, has more thun
ninety houses in a swamp lake
•where he placed some rats last year.
At the rate of Increase the muskrat
industry promises to become a big
thing. Muskrat farmers usually sow
a small plot with carrots and other
vegetables, and ns eoon as the rats
discover there is plenty of food they
flock to the feeding place.
WOMEN PEBFEK KITCHENS.
LONDON, March 27.—The census
Tceorde. in the employment of worn
on show that 357 out of every
1,000 employed are in domestic
service, 145 in the -manufacture of
clothlnfl. and that 125 do clerical
•work.
Commercial and financial houses
employ the largest percentage of
men. Out of every thousand, 102
labor for\concerne of this kind.
RECOMMENDS THAT U. S. SHIPPING
QUIT BUSINESS AND SELL SHIPS
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WASHINGTON, March 27.—A com
mittee representing the American
iSblp Owners' Association has sub
mitted a program recommending the
Shipping Board retire fnom business,
•crap all inferior vessels am) sell the
remaining tonnage tb American cith
zens “without an/ restrictions."
WHERE THEY REALLY “THROW OUT
THE LIFELINE.”
TkrcW' out fhe \
JyitaLiruz. j
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At the Milwaukee Station of the United States Coital Guard a
new rifle device, which will thro.v a line for a breaches buoy a
distance of 200 yards, has been placed for the first time at an in
land station. The lifeguard is de nomdrutin.; the device to MUs
Geitudc Schildknechit.
SUSPICION OF NATIONS MUST BE
ELIMINATED BEFORE WORLD MADE
SAFE SAYS SECRETARY HUGHES
New Amendment
To Constitution
Is Proposed
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SACRAMENTO, March 27.—
Tho assembly has unanimously
' adopted a memorial to bo pre- ,
I . sented to Congress fa r the pro- j
| posal to make articlo 14 of the
j Federal constitution read “All
persons of white, African anal
American Indian parents, born
in tho United 'States and sub
ject to the jurisdictions thereof,
aro residents of tahe Vaulted
States,” which would exclude
Orientals from citizenship.
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AIRPLANES PLAY TAG
HIGH IN THE AIR
NEW YORK, March 27 Two air
pianos touched one another eight
times while in itlight at Mitchell
Field, L. I., to demonstrate how mes
sages and fuel could be exchanged
high above the earth.
Lawrence B. Sperry carried a
wooden pole, fastened with elastic
bands, upright on the tep wing of his
Sperry "Messeng or” plane, which
weighs less than 800 pound-. Lieut.
Clyde V. Fin ton. piloting a He Havl
land plane, swung a 12 foot metal
ladder under hb fuaolagc. Sperry
darted beneath him, touch d the lad
der with his pole eight times at
various altitudes, while flying at 63
miles an hour in gusty winds.
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU
FROWNS ON RAIN MAKING
WASHINGTON, March 27.—Rain
malting, in the official opinion of j
tho United States Weather Bureau
ip. an “entirely futile undertaking”
as are othre schemes for artificially
effecting “atmoatpheric behavior.”
j It la further recommended that all i
vessels not sold after a reasonable!
| period be scrapped. The program1
, declared that It is the opinion “the
! American Merchant Marine in foreign
j trade cannot be built np through gov
I ernment operation."
WASHINGTON, March 27—A plea,
that all nations set themselves to!
the task of removing every remnant
of suft’pitfton, ill trust and hatred and’
earnestly seek a cure for the ills |
to which is to he found only in tbe.
friendship and Rood faith is made]
by Secretary Hughes In a message
to tine Fiftill Pan-American Congress I
at Santiago, Chilb.
The message declared formal ar-j
raugoments between nations are fu-!
tile in the absence of good will.
UNION BIG THING
SANTIAGO, Chile, March 27—Pan-!
Americanism is more than an idea, it
Is the actual dynamic force, Arturo
AJessandnl, president of Chile, de
clared In welcoming the delegates to
the fifth Pan-American Congress. Hei
described the Pan-American Union as 1
a “powerful aggregation defending;
the future oif humanity.”
DOCTOR FACES
TRIAL, MURDER;
SAN D1BCO, Cal , March 27.—The
trial of Captain Louis L. Jacobs, I
Camp Kearney .physician, charged |
with Whs murder cf Fritzle Mann, |
dancer, la.-it January, has started. It
is believed it will require at least
two days Do get a Jury and another
fortnight before a verdict is reached.
l'he court room was Silled today to
capacity and hundreds stood outside.
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Iceland Spar Mine
Is Sold in Montana
MISSOULA, Mont.. March 27 —
An Iceland spar mine in eastern!'
Montana has been purchased by Ur.j
,1. F. Howe of the Department of
Geology of the State University
hero. It is, according to Dr Rowe,
the only mine of its kind in the I
United States, and demand for the
product exists both in the United
States and other countries.
Dr. Rowe stated that there are
two kinds of the mineral, Iceland i
.spar and optical Iceland spar. The '
second is used to make Nlcol prisms
and for other scientific work.
JAMES A. E. BAER. AUTHOR
AND JOURNALIST. IS DEAD)
LONDON, March 27.—James A.
E. Barr, journalist and author, is
dead at Putney. Mr. Barr, who
was born in Wallacetown, On-t., has
been engaged in Journalism In
Great Britain for forty years.
CONFERENCE ON
PEACE WILL BE
HELD km 12
Further Negotiations Vith
Turks Will B- Re un ed
During Nexl Month.
iP-VRIS, March
atmod to bring pas
will be resumed at
April 12. acting on
able in diplomatic i
aage from Ismet F
Turks hope a del'ln
established but will
peace of commer
made at Turkey's •
the benefit of fori .
ereace
i It Turkey
mtinople
n avail
a rues
The
;• a • will be
consent lo a
c :ni elusions
rise as 1 for
. bag'ae s in
terests.
NO CLUES IN
MURDER USE
NEW YORK. March -27. A tlrju
sand dollars of Lsiberty bonds arid
valuable jade bracelet given to Dor
othy Keenan by John Kearalay Mitch
ell on 'the night of March 14. which
wero missing when her body was
found the next day. has set the de
tectives on a new trill for the slayer.
Plane Crashes to
Earth, 2 Men Killed
DODGE CITY. Kans, March 27.—
D. I. Halnds and Stewart Holman,
both of Hugoton, Kan-., were killed
when their aeroplane crashed at
Rolla.
Soviet Government
Convicts Catholics
MOSCOW. March 27.—Archbishop
Zepliak. head of the Roman Catho
lic Church in Russia, and IK priests,
on itrial charged with opposing the
Soviet government, havo been feund
guilty
Zopllak and Vicar General Butch
kavttch have lieen sentenced lo death
but tlhe Centra Executive Committee
has ordered a stay of execution.
GOV. SWEET TO
MOVE SLOWLY
DENVER, March 27 —<Gov. W. E.
Sweet stilted today that he would
lot make u haBt.v api>ointmoru of a
successor to Senator Samuel D. Nich
ilson, who died last Saturday night.
Governor Sweet yesterday received
i telegram from Woodrow Wilson,
he latter requesting the appointment
>f Huston Thompson.
Thompson was formerly assistant
ittorney general of Colorado and was
he original "Swoet for Governor"
nan.
FIRSTGUMPSE
OF ELEVATORS
TUCSON, Arlz., March 27.—
rucked away In the hills, near
rwln Buttes, thirty miles from Tuc-j
ion, there Is a thriving little com-1
nunity of farmers numbering threej
’amilles. A rural school has been!
Mtabllshed there for the seventeen,
diildren of these families.
During a talk recently by the;
eachor, mention was made of thej
>o«tal card. The remark was metj
vith open-eyed curiosity. Questlon
ng revealed the fact ttoit a postal
:ard had never entered their world,
further conversation led to a mod
ern contraption called the elevator.
Phis w^s too much. These bucolic
mountain children could not grasp
ihe idea of an entire room being
moved up and down, with peoplej
n It.
The result was a personally con
lucted excursion to Tucson, by the
ippor grades of the school, involv
ng seven children in all, under the
fiildance of the teacher. The chll
Iren were taken to the University
)f Arizona on a street car, then tak
>n through the museum, after
N'liich they were shown a postal
•ard. Then came the supreme cli
max and thrill of the tour—a dizzy
-ide in a real elevator!
This ended their pilgrimage to
ho city of strange sights, and the
’hildren were safely returned to
their mountain home wrlth memories
hat will gladden their young
hearts for years to coma.
Greatest Actress of World
», Clasped in Son’s Arms
^ > Saratv £>e?nlia.ird£
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FAST BOAT TO
CHASE OREGON
RUM RUNNERS
Craft Will Have One Pound
Cannon Mounted on Deck
—New Smuggling Scheme
POItTloA.Nl>. Ore.. March 27. .1. A
Llnvllle, Oregon prohibition enforce
mom offerer, announced today Fed
eral officials of Washington hare
given a 2.1 knot bo.t'f to chase rum
runners on the Columbia River and
the charier Will carry a one-pound
cannon.
IV.nville declared lie had discov
ered that -Canadian craft were meet
ing American boats just below Tilla
mook Head, transferring liquor car
goes which were then brought Into
Portland.
Lieutenant Maughan
Set* New Air Record
DAYTON, March 27. Fiylng over
a one kilometer course. Llout. R. L.
Maughan by making an average of
233.87 miles set a new world's record
exceeding th'e previous record made
by Sadia Lecointo by 86.
Communist Testifies
In Trial of Foster
ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. M ireh 27 —
The Third Intern.itirnale at Moscow
advised the Amertiean Communists to
form a legal party, Charles Huthen
berg, co-defendant with William Z
Po-stor, testified today in the Foster
trial.
Ruthcnbcrg admin id on the stand
bo had attended the Communist meet
ing In Now York on March IS When
eross-exa mined affer his testimony,
he slated Kho party passed out of
oxlsteneo In January.
Wobblies Confess to
Syndicalism; Sentenced
SACRAMENTO, March 27 -Eight
Wobblier who confessed l ist week to
violation of the state syndicalism
act wore sentenced today to San
Quentin to one to 14 years each.
Southern Pacific to
Do Much in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore, March 27—Wil
liam Sptuula announced today the
Southern Pacific Will spend $1,000.
000 to $5,000,000 in Oregon this year,
exchisfive of the Notron eutajff, prin
cipally improving trackage and ex
tending passage sidings.
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SUGAR PRICES
NOT CAUSED BY
RECENT TARIFF
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Republican National Commit-j1
teeman Issues Statement
Regarding Advance.
—
WASHINGTON, March 27»-The!'
Republican National Committee in a,J
statement say9 tho present specula
tlon in sugar Is no more attributable!'
to the Fordney-MeOumber tariff thin1
the recent '.speculations in Plggly
Wiggly stock. i i
ft is pointed lout tih it the duties oni 1
sugar Is ihree quarters to one and j1
one quarter cents greater than under !
line Underwood tariff, saying that to <
assert this caused the advance from j I
C to 8 cents a pound was "to give 1
utterance to clottod nonsense."
planeTT»op off It
PORT AU PRINCE, March 27.— j <
Thle six American planes en route i
from Porto Rico to San Antonio,:!
which arrived yesterday from Santo i
Domingo, have hopped off for Uuun- i
tanamo, Cuba.
Utah Land Be Opened
To Entry, Homesteads
WASHINGTON, March 27 About \
400,000 acres of mountainous land in |,
Emory and Grand counties, In the |
Salt Dike City, district, Utah, will j
be opened to formor service men of [,
the World War for 'homesteads. The
desert land entry will begin April 20,
the Interior Department announced 1
today.
ESKIMOS CLAIM GHOSTS HOLD
WILD HEVELS DURING NICHTS
ANCHORAGE, March 27. 8 »:ne (
natives of Alaska profess to believe'1
that the angry spirits of the Aleut
massacred at the behest of the early
Russian discoverers and traders un
der Shelikoff, Baranoff and Chlri-j
! koff, are lurking In the volcanoes of
| the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.
Hen oath the thin crust of the earth'
covering the lower Alaskan Peninsula
and the Aleutian archipelago, these
spirits, the natives assert, are hold-1’
ing nightly revels and emerging pe
riodically to hurl fire, smoke and j
thunder at the hooxls of the invaders
The fanciful recital of the natives |
i is that on Ohlrlfcoff Island, long'
i famed as haunted, a half hundred na- j
I lives were lurcJ Into a log compound,!
PARIS, March 27,—“Divine" Sarah
Bernhardt died at 7:59 o'clock last
night, expiring in the arms ot her
son Maurice, who entered the room
at that moment.
It seemed as if the great actress’
strength remained until her son, who
hurried to the room, could clasp his
mother In his arms and gently hold
her to his breast so she could breath
her last.
Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, a priest arrived at the
Divine Sarah's apartments to adminis
ter the extreme unction.
Father Riesler, who administered
the sacrament, said the Divine Sarah
was sufficiently conscious to show by
her movements of her hands that she
understood the ceremony.
The end finally came In the even
ing at about the hour the world's
Famous actress was making her first
r ntrance in the make believe drama
of life which she had for scores of
years portrayed. instead of an en
trance into life, she silently, peace
fully glided into that peaceful land
beyond life, a death rcene which yhe
had never enacted upon life's stage.
World's Greatest Actress
Madam Sarah Bernhardt, who st
’0 y irs of line seerrfed still a girl,
was known ft*, every land as "the
world's greatest actress.” What dts
mnt tharo m ght have been to this
estimate, and however far her dot rac
'd ventured In their attempts to
iiiP'imlze bar right to that distinc
■on, I'.vo numberless admirers of the
'i.'ivine SarAT’ remained convinced
•aat rever Infers hid the stage pro
luctd an actress capable < f soaring
•o such heights in the realm of emo
ional drama.
The wmk of Mine. Bernhardt was
best where a theme afforded the
rreatest opportunity for a display of
i r powerful emotions. At the height
>f her rarepr this form of acting,
used principally on love, hate and
eaiousy, held the predominant place
ir.w dedicated to character dellnea
ons, and Bernhardt never was sur
lassed, her critics say, in tills emo
tional school. Hundreds of parts
he either rewrote or created to suit
icraelf, seldom being content to act
hrai as Interpreted by others.
Three Generations
Three generations have praised and
■yen worshipped the art of Bern
lardt, and hundreds upon thousands
■f people around the world have
hrongod to see and marvel at her
cling without understanding the
French language, which she inva
'lably employed upon the stage.
)nre, In Rio do Janoiro, she was
ailed before the curtain more than
100 times by a wildly enthusiastic
ludlcnee, and many times. In other
rnrts of the world, she was obliged
o answer scores of curtain calls at
single performance.
The long llfestory of Bernhardt Is
imoet legendary. Closely woven
vith dramatic Incident, off as well as
n the stage, It was sot down by her
e!f In a lengthy volume published
nany years ago and, as one of her
ritlcs has said, "through the pages
if the book ipeers the face of a
voman, a little tired, weary of her
avn reputation, and blessed with
nnre than her share of tho vanities
if tho sex.” As she and others haVe
old the story. It is summed up here:
The date of her birth, the record
if which was destroyed tin the flames
f the Commune In Paris, was com
nonly accepted as October 22. 1845.
ler mother was Dutch and Jewish,
nd her natural father a French of
Iclal.
Goes to Convent
As a child Bernhardt spent much
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let upcn 'bv savage oncmles under
Hrectfon of the Russian*. murdered
ind despoiled of priceless sea otter
iklns. Their spirits are appearing
igain in protest. The Auptlon of
iiree volcanoes in Januan* •*> they
lay, a revialtation of these spirits,
ind will continue until they are
ivenged.
For many years Ohlrikoff Island
las been a place seldom inhabited
tty native* or whites. Many harrow
ing tales from Ohlrikoff were brought
here by Captain Nick Gaikema. who
ha* visited almost every nook and
harbor along th-o Aleutians. Last
summer the skipper braved the Val
ley of Smokes, emerging with the
shoes burned from h!» feet, and with
many stories to tell. ^