ALL THE NEWfcALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3231.
JUNEAU, ALASKA; SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
AMERICAN FISHING BOAT
SUNK BY CANADIAN GUNFIRE
Juneau Wins First Place in
Second. Annual School Meet
JUNEAU WINS
GRAND TROPHY
SCHOOL MEET
Has 66 Points, Ketchikan 49,!
Douglas 48 — Trophies
Awarded Last Night.
SCHOOL MEET POINTS
l>
School
Juneau
Ketchikan
Douglas
Sitka
Tenafcee
Skagway
Thane
(Literary Athletic Ttl.
38 28 66
.29
22
.... 4
... 4
1V6
Mt
20
22
2%
0
2
0
49
44
6% j
4
, 3 Mi .1
.
Winning the final debate from the
JCetcbtkan High School, Juneau pub
lic schools were Awarded the Grand
Trophy of the second annual South
eastern Alaska Inter-School Meet at
the High School Auditorium last
night, when the Meet was ended tor
thi* year.
Juneau won the Grand Trophy this
yeiar 'With three polnt3 less than it
won last year. Ketchikan rose from
fourth 'to second place, while Doug
las, second last yoar, took third place
this yoar. The Wrangell school,
which enterod no contestants at the
Meet this year, took third place last
year. Haines was fifth last year, but
took, no plat© this year.
1 Caines was fifth feat year, but took
no (place this yoar.
Ketchikan schools made 28 points
more in the second annnal meet than
in the first, while Douglas dropped
tire ipolnts this year- The other
schools making points this year and
wthich were not entered with points
last year were Sitka. Tcnakee, Skag
wav and Thane.
The Juneau High School de
bating (for the negative on the
subject, “Resolved. That the United
States Should Subsidize its Merchant
Marine Handling Foreign Commerce,"
won the unanimous' decision of the
Judges. An unuural 'fear.ure of this
event in the Meet wus thac all de
cisions given for the three debates
wore unanimous.
The debaters for the JunSau High
School iWere Jacob Britt and John
Dunn. Virginia Metzgar. alternate;
for (Ketchikan High School, Albert
Craig and iHirry Williams. The de
tonators on (both teams handled their
shbjec'ti intelligently and in a fine
rub oner. All were forceful and
charming epeukers.
The dabators were announced by
Dr. G- G. Bruce, who also acted as
timekeeper. The Judges were: Mrs.1
M. O. Johuson of Wrangell, Mrs. F j
A. Metcalf, Senator E. E. Chamberlin,
of (Seward and Mr. J. W. Troy and I
Rov. David Waggoner of Jiyreau
Ribbon* and Trophie* Awarded
Immediately following the debate j
the ribbons for the events of the j
Meet were awarded tho Individual
■winners. The winners wore an-!
ppunced by J. E. Danz, superintend-1
*pt of t)he Juneau public schools, and]
the ribbons were presented by C. E. |
Mitchell, superintendent of the Doug-1
lag public schools.
The winning of the final debate j
ggve Jacob Britt five additional ]
points, making a total of eight, and;
John Dunn five points and gave three I
pdltkt* each to Albert Craig and |
Harry Williams of Ketchikan. These j
point* awarded place Juneau second
In High' School literary events and
■change the total points as they ap
(Continued on Page Three)
French Consulate at
Vladivostok to Close
TOKJO, April 28.—The French Con
sul at Vladivostok hais decided to fol
low the precedent established by the
American and British Consuls to
close Whe consulates and leave tfhe
Soviet capital, v
It Is reported here that the Vladi
vostok branches of the Yokobama
9peace Bank and the Hongkong and
Shanghai banking .corporations .lave
emoted and their officials will go
MRS. FORD WOULDN'T LIVE IN WHITE HOUSE.
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fl HS
The Henry Ford boom for thj Presidency,, while yet a bit un
defined, received a severe jolt Wien Mrp. Henry Ford told people
In Georgia, where she was visit ng with her husband, that she
wouldn’t live in the White House and that if Mr. Ford was elect
ed he would have to go to Washl lgtoti alone.
HUGHES SPEAKS
ON MEMBERSHIP
IN WORLD COURT
Secretary of State Advocates
Entry of America and
Gives His Reasons.
.WASHINGTON. April 28. Secre
tary olf State Charles E. Hushes in
an address before the American So
ciety af International Law, advocat
ing 'the entry of America in the
World Court, said:
"Whatever else we should have, we
need at once a permanent Court of
International Justice. No plan to pro
mote peace can dispense with it. We
shall make no progress toward pre
venting war if we adopt a perfection
ist .policy.”
Son of Attorney General
Is Committed to Asylum
STAMFORD, Conn., April 28—Ma
jor Draper Daugherty, son of Attor
ney General Daugherty, was formally
committed to Stamford Hail Sanitar
ium today for not less tha i tour
months and not more than o.ic year.
ThPproceedings were inst..utei o
application of his wife and uncle, i
physician, who testified that Major
Daugherty's health was impuivel
through habitual drinking.
Mitchell Resigns as
Member Federal Board
WASHINGTON, April 28—Secre
tary of Treasury Mellon announces
the resignation of John R Mitchell,
of St. Paul, as a member of the Fed
eral Reserve Board.
California Cattleman
Takes Shot, C. D. Hillman
SAN FRANCISCO. April 28—The
Court action over a cattle stealing
charge In Ukiah climaxed today on
the ferry t>oat Sausillto, when T. D.
Baker, Mendocino cattleman, shot at
C. D. Hillman, Nebraska cattleman.
The shot went wild. J
Hillman recently Jr id Baker arrest
ed on a cattle stea/iiig charge. Hill
man is a former itidely known real
estater oif Seattle I He served a term
In McNeil for u*e of mails to d«
fraud.
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■
Loss of Germany
In World War
| Is Made Public
| ! BERLIN, April 28.—Germany >
lost 1.846.293 killed and 1,.'.37,000 I
j wounded in the World War. ac- I
1 cording to official statistics just ]
coonpleied by th? ILrlin go.r:u- j
I went. i
I I I
NO SERIOUS
i DIVISION IN
6.0. P. RANKS
Chairman Adams Claims j
i Freedom of Discussion Is j
Good for Republicans.
WASHINGTON, April 28.— IJeelar
fng there is no "serious division 111
Che Republican Party,” Chiairman
Adams of Che Republican National
Committee, today issued a statement
asserting "freedom of discussion with
in the party has always been a good
Republican practice.”
Chairman Adams contended “noth
ing but strength for the party good
and for the country can come from
free interchange of oipinion on all
questions. The Harding Administra
tion may be depended upon to pur
sue the policies necessary to insure
.the continuation of the present pros
perous conditions.'
Chinese to Settle
for Death American
WASHINGTON, April 28. Ameri
can Minister Schulman, at Poking,
has reached an agreement with the
Chinese Foreign Office for a settle
ment of the Coltman case, involving
the death of Charles Coltman, Ameri
can, at the hands of Chinese sentries
at the gates of Kalgan.
Believe All Are Saved
From Wreck of Steamer
CAPETOWN, April 28 —All but two
lifeboats from the wracked steamer
Messamedes have been picked up.
It is believed all passengers and
crew, numbering over 325, have b er
saved.
1
COLLEGE FIGHT
MAY BE CAUSED
W FOSTER BILL
_ 4
Conflicting Appro priations
May Cause Scrap Muni
cipal Code Taken Up .
The Foster 'bill for a special ap
propriation of $45.00ti Uif the Alaska
College for the next years was
reported out of the Hoiile Commltteo
on Education this mopmlng with the
rocommendation thaf^,t do pars. It
is expected that thtf measure will
precipitate a fight on the floor of
the House when it comes up Mon
day for consideration in : second
reeding.
The estimates for the college con
tained in the general appropriation!
bill, recently introduced by Mr. Boss
as Chairman of the Ways and Mean i
Committee, totaled $182,600. It is
understood that this has been cut
down to less than U-i20,ono by the.
committee since. The fight can be
launched in {yloi ays, one by the
supporters erf the Ijrge appropria
tion who can seek t have the Fos
ter bill sent to tne^Wafp and Means
Committee on the g*pifnd that,, it
should have a report' from that
body by reason of tile fact that it
carries an appropriation. If this is
not done the tight may he opened by
an effort to amen dthe Foster bill or
deferred until the hill goes up for
final passage. As it now stands on
the calendar it has the rlght-cf-way1
over the\ aeneraU aBoropriatiani
measure whlcK nas not yet been ra
ported by the Ways and Means
Committee.
Memorial Is Passed.
House .Joint Memorial No. 22, in
troduced by Mr. Daly for the Com
mittee on Fish, Game and Agricul
tContinued on rage »erm. >
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Paper Manufacturers
Give Wage Increase
NEW YORK, April 28,—Represents-;
tives of eight paper and pulp inanu-1
factoring companies and six Labor!
unions operating in .he United States ;
and Canada, have signed a year |
agreement effective May 1, Increas
ing all wages of all crafts five cents
an hour and fixing 40 cents an hour
as the minimum for common labor.
U. S. Asks British to
Help Prohibition Cause
WASHINGTON. April 28—The!
State Department has made new rep-1
resentatlons before the British gov-,
ernment on rum smuggling, request-!
tag In friendly terms cooperation l:»!
preventing vessels flying the British,1
flag from bringing liquor rrom foreign!
to American ports. j
Threat of Wohbly
Attorney Laughed
At by Judge
'SEATTLE, April 28,i—Despite the
warning by George E, Vanderveer, i
Wobbly attorney, that a delay in the
bearing of the oases of two Wobblies j
charged with vagrancy 'might cause |
a revolution," Polite Judge John B i
Gordon today continued the eases'
until May 15 and ordered the rneu re-:
leased on bail, |
Mayor Brown announced today,
he had accepted the otfer of a com
mittee of Wobblier to assist in keep-;
ing peace during the present Wobbly
strike.
Thousands of workers are arriving'
in Seattle, awaiting the outcome of
the present strike of transport, log-1
glng and 'timber workers,
The yanks of the strikers received
some accessions today when another
large camp closed down and groups
of men deserted various camps
throughout the aitate.
The supply of logs is becoming
short and if the strike continues more
than a week or 10 days longer the
mill's will he 'hampered, according to
lumbermen.
The marine strike has caused little
concern except at Everett, where a
nutrtber of ships are unable to load
so far.
TROUBLE IN OREBON
SALEM. Ore-. April 28.—'Threatened
enlargement of the strike In Oregon
materlalled when a walkout of men
paralysed the Willamette Valley dum
ber Company’s camps at The UaUea,
MOVIE ASPIRATIONS MAY CAUSE DIVORCE.
Divorce proceedings between Mr. and Mrs. Janies Vail Con
vene, wealthy society people, of New York, are reported to tie
imminent. Mrs. Converse is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry !
Hays Morgan, the former being American Consul General to Brus
sels. She startled society in February, 1!*22, by eloping with Con- '
verse to Itockville, Maryland, the Gretna Green of Washington, |
and married him there. The rift In thoir relations is said to be
duo to Mrs. Converse's intention of entering the movies, Mrs.
Converse lias two sisters, one of whom was Jhe recent bride of j
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, while the other only recently secured a
Pari3 divorce lrom Jean, Count de Maupas.
HOUSE PASSES FISH BILLS BY i
GRANT AND PRICE; POLITICAL
MEASURE BY HUNT IS KILLED
May Use Naval
| Craft to Fight
Rum Runners
WASHINGTON, April 28
The Administration has derided
to resort to the use of naval
vessels to combat rum runners
now running off t!r> A' intic
j Coast if the Department of Jus
| tice decides 1he President has
| the neefesasrv legal authority to
Jpjlt the plan into effect.
New Court Order in
Washington Phone Case
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 28. Judge'
Wrlglht. of the Thurston County Su
perior Court has granted a writ of!
review of the order of 'the State De-1
partment of Public Works refusing
an increase in the telephone rates at
Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane. This
acts us a stay on the increase or
dered 'by the Federal Court effective
next Tuesday.
Dempsey Coal Company
Is to Sell Much Stock
SALT LAKK, April 28.- The Utah I
Securities Commission has granted
the American Flag Mines C unpany
of which Jack Dempsey is president,
permission to sell $1,500,000 worth ol
stock.
Production Records to
Be Broken in Northwest
YAKIMA. Wash . April 28 W. K.
Coman, Western traffii manager of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, after
a trip over Yakima county, declared
•all production records In the entire
i Northwest will be broken this year,
i
Two fish billr*. one to be mailt- the
basis of lost suits to determine the|
extent of the Territory's power to j
enact 1. on the fisheries, and the I
other to 1k> submitted to Congress I
for enactment, wore passed by the
House yesterday afternoon. The fire,
House Bill No. 4'J, was sponsored by
Mr. Price, an I the second by Mr.
Gran:.
The Price bill provides for three i
fishing districts, each with a fishing
season of limited period. The first
district lies between the southerni
border of the Territory and Yakutat!
and has a fishing sea on of 40 days; !
the second lies between Yakutat and j
Saldoviu and has a fishing season of
30 days; the third Is from Seldovla
westward and has a 20-day fishing j
season.
Pass Resolution
In order that the bill. If enacted
into law, may not upset the salmon
canning industry, it Is provided thati
it shall not become effective until i
January 1. 1024. Mr Pries stated
frankly that the length of the sev-!
erul open seasons had been deter
mined without knowledge- of jspndl-j
lions anil not Intended to be per-'
mmont. .The main purpose of the:
bill, he added, is to determine if the
Territory cannot do something for its
(Continued on Pace Two.)
USED RUSSIAN RELIEF FUNDS '
TO SPREAD COMMUNIST PLANS
IN U. $.: TESTIMONY IS GIVEN
ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. April 28. -Ia
i the trial or fharlea E. Rutherberg,
I charged with advocating criminal
i syndicalism, Jay iiovostoue. secre
tary of the Coiwmupist Party in
America, testified the party set up
throo Rim tan relief organisations in
this country for the dual purpose of
raising funds for spreading the Com
munist doctrine .Lovestones test I- •
.fled the three organizations raSrtH''
more than 11,000,000 in this' country:
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DENIES CHARGE
AMERICAN BOAT
WAS POACHING
Captain of Fishing Boat Si
loam Makes Statement on
Recent Shooting Episode.
EMPHATICALIY DENIES
CHARGES OF CANADIANS
Claim Boat Was Sunk by
Canadian Gunfire—Canad
ian Captain Gives Version
SEATTLE, April 28. — Captain
John Courage, master of the Am
erican fishing boat Siloam, fired on
by the Canadian Fisheries Patrol
Beat Marlspina three days ago off
Vancouver Island coast and from
which J. M. Yorke, member of the
crew died frem wounds, has arrived
here.
Captain Courage denied the Siloam
was poaching at the time when she
was overhauled and said she had
not been fishing in Canadian waters.
Captain Courage also denied the
roport that the vessel was scuttled.
He says tne Siloam was sunk by
gunfire and asserted he was not
trying to escape when the firing
began.
CANADIAN VERSION.
VICTORIA, B. ('., April 2*.—Flat
declaration tliut the Siloam waa fish
ing within the throe mite limit last
Tuesday, wan made by ('apt. M. P.
New com be of the Canadian Patrol
Boat MarVpitia, who has arrived
here.
Captain Nowconiibe declared the
Siloam waa near Cape Cook with
Uttar down and live fish on the deck.
He declares ('apt. Courage refused to
surrender and pointed a rifle at the
crew of the Marlspina. A member
itf the crew of the Slloant jet ked the
liflt from Courage's hand.
Captain Newcombs asserted he
ft red only utter tho Siloam refused
to surrender and that after the
Marlspina took the Siloam In tow
the crow of the Siloam scuttled the
craft and rowed swiftly uway.
WHITE W
FLUTTERING
OVER IRISH
Orders Are Issued to Cease
Hostilities in Effort to
Negotiate Peace.
DUBUN, April 28. The Minister
tf Defense of the Irish Hi publican
Army has ordered cessation of hos
tilities from noon next Monday with
a view of negotiating fcir peace.
Kumonn de Valera, It is claimed,
proclaimed t'hu suspension of hos
tilities in an effort to negotiate
peace on ceriain conditions which
nclude a settlement of practically
til questions hv a majority vote of
lie people eliminating resistance by
violence.
8abe Ruth Says He Will
Fight Blackmail Gang
BOSTON. April 28—When told that
Dolores Nixon had dropped the $50,-,
000 damage suit agjinit him. Ruth
said the ou3c will not bo allowed to
stop, declaring that a gang is behind*
the case and adding: “They have „
disturbed the peace of my lit.;le fam
ily and they must suffer."