THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 3241.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENT&
AMERICAN MAJORS HELD BY BANDITS
British Warship Is Dispatched to Siberian Coast
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WARSHIP SENT
BY BRITISH TO
SIBERIAN COAST
Contlmander Ordered to Pro-j
tect British Fishermen
—Told to Use Force.
LONDON, May 10. — A British!
warship has been ordered to the
Murmaii Coaet to prevent further
Soviet Interference of British fishing,
vessels outside cf the three mile
limit and instructions have been
issued to use force if necessary inj
protecting the British craft. Ronald
McNeill, Under Secretary of Foreign
Affairs made this statement in the
Houee of Commons this afternoon.
Yesterday a British fishing vessel
was Eelzed by the Soviet authorities
the claim being made the boat was
Ashing in Siberian chore waters.
SOVIETS MAKE REPLY.
LONDON. May 10.—The Soviet
government replying to the British,
note protesting the seizure of the
trawler James Johnson yesterday,
claims the right to fix the limit of
her territorial waters 12 miles from
shore and offers to submit the mat
ter to arbitration provided inde
pendence of Russia is not ques
tioned.
Passes Worthless
Checks to Amount
Of $120,000
DETROIT, May 10.—The police
are hunting for Emanuel T. Berger,
Detroit lawyer, on a charge of wrlt-j
ing woithless chocks Involving a to
tal of $120,000,
Berger was representativetof Hon-;
ry Ford when he purchased the
etock of other companies for tlio!
Ford Motor Company. He is said toj
have made several hundred thousaud
dollars in commissions.
12 ARE BURNED
TO DEATH; OIL
WELL IS AFIRE
BULLETIN—HOUSTON, May 10.—
Thirteen are now known to have
been burned to death in the gusher '
fire. Three' blazing skeletons are'
floating in the oil of lake.
'HOUSTON, Tex., May 10.—Twelve
workmen were burned t.o death last
night when the well of the J. K.
Hughes Developing Company on the
MicKee lease took fire From a spark
as 'a workman dropped the control
valve alongside 'the casing. This
gusher came In only 24 hours pre
vious j
ICE IN TANANA
MOVES; $10,000
GOES TO SEVEN
INENANA, Alaska. May 10.—The
iTanana River ice moved in front of
iNettana at 2 o’clock yesterday after
noon. The annual lee pool of $10,000
rwas won 'bv seven men, each receiv
ing approx Jmately $1,400. The win
ners are mostly railroad workers.
One brakeman iwon a special pool
of $800
TO STAMP OUT BOLL WEEVIL
CALEXICO, rtr.. May 10 —A staff
cf experts from the Department of;
Agriculture 13 hero to conduct a sur
vey of conditions in Imperial Valley |
with a view to 'preventing the occur-1
ronoo of the 'boll weevil in local,
"Cotton. While climatic conditions;
aro -against the development of this
•parasite, thoro aro other elements in!
the situation, lit Is sold, which might
enrourago its spread, and the com
mlisfon’s object is to moke it Im
iposstbla for the post to gain a foot
hold.
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NO FAIRY TALES FOR THESE KIDDIES.
.LrtlTt ts> T'heht, we have Byrn ee, Beuk.ii, Bt amla ar 1 Beverly
MaicFadden, chdldiren of Mr. and Mrs. •Bern arr M'acFaidden, the for
mer being the "father of physical culture” a,nil multi ■‘millionaire pub
lisher. Mr. Mwc-Fudden has challenged Supreme Court Justice John
Ford, of New York City, who inspired the -oca,fled "clean b oks’’
Ibfl'l in the New York Legislature, to a debate. He has eliminated
fairy rtorie* in the education of his tour beautiful children anil lets
•than read anything which reflects life.
CHIEF OF GERMAN MURDER GANG
IN RUHR VALLEY IS SENTENCED
TO DEATH DY FRENCH OFFICIALS
California May
Abolish Foreign
Language Schools
-SACRAMENTO. Cal.. May 10-Tlie
Senate Inis unanimously passed the
hill by State Senator Innun. of Sacra
mento, to regulake foreign language
schools -and a-boliRh them' by 1930.
Senator Inman doclared the meas
ure was Introduced to stave the stale
from Oriental domination like had
befallen Hawaii.
Pola Negri Recovering
From Throat Operation
1.03 ANGELES, May in. — Pola
Negri, operated on last Sunday for
threat trouble which caused faint
ing spells when acting, Is doing
nicely.
Japanese Fisherman Can
Operate Siberian Waters
TOKIO, May 10. -Permission for
Japanese fishermen to operate In
Siberian wafers, denial which by
the Soviet government threatened
to cause a rupture between the two
governments, has been granted ac
cording to the Asahi.
Minnesota Governor May
Succeed Senator Nelson
ST. PAUL, May 10.—Gov. J. A. O.
Preus said he would resign to accept
aippoint-mortt to succeed the late Sen
ator Knute Nols-on if the State Su
preme Court holds thp Governor of a
State m-a y name the successor to
Nelson.
MANY TOURISTS
ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, May 10.—Among the
175 passengers aboard the steamer
Queen, which sailed yesterday morn
ing ifor Southeastern Alaska, ure
tourists from all soctions of the
country, Tho bailing of the Queen
has inaugurated what promises to
bo the heaviest Alaska summer ex
cursion season for na|y years.
PIONEER PAGEANT
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 10.
—A pioneer -pageant to be dramatized
here in (an open air arena will be
hold June fi and 7. California and
Oregton iwlll take part in the pageant,
whrteb la exported to -bring 2,000 per
sons hero for the two-day celebra
tion.
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PARIS, Alay IO.—H.it Sch!oj,?tte*
j has boon < inv.ned of a i-botage by a
! From-h court iiv.tri;ul at Dusseldorl
;.uiJ sentenced ■:.> dea'th. This Is ac
1 c ord.nif to a Mitivas ,1 i-1311.1 toll.
MEMBER MURDER GANG
I DUSSBLDORF. May 10— Herr
ScMogctter is a former Prussian of
ftcor and one , f the chiefs of the
so-eillod “murlar ganR."
Thin “mmd r gins" lus been car
ryln'g on a e..mp.iign dtt terror against
tho French oc.-up.i :'»n of iho Ruhr
Valley.
Scohogottrr admitted damaging rail
road tracks and bridges but declared
ho never damaged panaengor trains
SENTENCED TO
DEATHCONFESS
KILLING FIVE
IDARELL, Mey 10.—John Pope,
who confessed slaying his wife, two
children and his wife’s p,.rents, and
Ills su -catnip lice, ‘"Red" -Harvey, were
today sentenced 'to death.
John -Pope, Pope's ion, who accom
panied the slayer-. to the scene of
the tragedy, was sen;©need to life
imprisonment.
The cltu-at ion is complicated by the
pre-election promise of Governor Wal
ton there would be no executions in
tho 3ta'to during his term.
Geraldine Farrar Must
Prove Former Testimony
NEW YORK. May 10.—The Appel
ate Division of tho Supreme Oourt
today denied Geraldine Farrar -permis
sion to strike from tho records of
her divorco suit against Lou Tellegen
all reference to Stella Larrimore as
corespondent. Mias Larrimore re
cently was granted her request for a
trial in order to clear her name.
Cook’s Mail Ordered
Returned to Sender
WASHINGTON. May 10 —The Post
Office Department today issued a
“fraud order" that all mail addressed
to Dr. Frederick A. Took, as an
official of oil companies, bo returned
to the sender.
Train Plunges Into
Rhine; Many Drowned
BERLIN. May 10.—-A telegram
based on reports of 'travelers arriv
ing at Saintgcar, Rhenish Prussia,
aays 0 train operated by the French
plunged Into the Rhine this afternoon
and 29 bodies so far have been re
covered.
CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO
VISIT CAPITAL
Bone Expects Senators and
Representatives Visit
Here Early in June.
At toast part and rpoiwibly nil of
! thc> Congressional party which loaves
| Seattle on .June 2, on the transport
I Cambrat, will visit Juneau about
:June ti. on Iho northbound 'trip ol'
i the big transport, according to Gov.
Scott i(l. Bone. It Is possible, he
'..said, that the Coimbrai may not call
■In at this port .but proceed direct
| to Chilkoot iBarracks, in which case
' ft is not probable that the entire
delegation will come here.
If the Cam'braf does not touch hare
It in probable that some f the party
will want to make the t:• ;■ > ever the
White Pass Railroad to Whit, horse,
while others will come lo Juneau on
| the harbor 'boai Fornaive. The Gov
j ornor haj .wired San Francisco far
definite imforinaklon,, on the Cain
I oral's ached tile and Ui t slops it will
i make. jf
Include* Prominent Member*
The party includes many pi am
lnont members of Congress. Among
these are heads of some of the most
powerful committees ol bath Houses
of Congress, Including Senator Fran
ces E. Warren. Chairman of the Sen
ate Appropriations Commit lee. -and
ConiRTOtwm a D Madden, of Illinois,
Chairman of a similar House com
mittee; Congre-simap Daniel R. An
Giowy, raf XxwtP, of the
House Crmmittee on Mlllrtry Affairs;
Oongresaman Charles F. Curry, of
California, of the Committee on Ter
ritories, who hat been actively in
terested in Alaskan affairs for many
yoars; 'Senator Tasker L. Oldie, of
Nevada, Mines and Mining^ Senator
William B McKinley,t Illinois, of the
Oommitiee of Public Buildings and
Grounds, and others who hold Im
portant committee assignments.
List of Party
The personnel of the Congression
al party as recently announced from
Seattle Includes:
Senator A. A Jones and wife, of
New Mexico; Senator Frances E.
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CHICAGO VICTORY MAY WIN
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
CHICAGO, May 10.—The Demo
cratic victory which resulted in the
election of Mayor William E. Dover
i and 'title entire icket running with
(him, in iy result in this city's being
selected by the Democrats as the
l National Convention city In 1924.
San Francisco, Cleveland, St. Louis
and other dales will make a fight
for the convention.
BIG DEAL TO
GO THROUGH
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SBATTL.E, May 10.—Tho Seattle
Port Commission has ‘telegraphed the
Shipping Board that It Is ready to
go through with tho agreement to
purchase the Skinner-Eddy plant site
there for $600,000. in accordance with
tho vote of the people at the election
on Tuesday.
Tho mamtbers of the Commission
assort that a more minority is needed
to secure the toon da voted originally
for the improvement at Smith Cove
for the i&kinncr-EJddy project.
Soviets Finally
Induce Women
To Banish Veils
MOSCOW, May 10.— Communistic
party workers say they now are at
ia3t having some effect in their cam
paign to modernize the Moslem wo
men of the Near East.
•I't took hundreds of communist
“missionaries’! nearly two years In
some localities to. persuade the wo
men to remove their veils and par
ticipate in 'politics. Now. In Ad
jorbtjan alone, however, more than
22,000 women have boon organized In
industrial activity, while workshops
for feminlno Mohammedans, where
they iaro taught that ittoe role of wo
man is far different tnom that ol
the usual Moslem conception, have
iheen o#ta>bllshod toy- hundreds in
Turkestan. Bokhara and elseswhere.
DAVISON FUND TQrfSRING BRITISH SCHOLARS HERB
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Mrs. Henry P. Davlsion, widow of 'the lalte partner of J. Plerpont
Morgan, has established a trust (and to bring si* English scholars—
three from Oxford ami three fn ni Cainfbrhlge- to America each
year for posltgrudtKite work, in o dor 'to more closely establish Anglo
American 'friendship. The slitden s will go to Vale, Prlncotoa and
Harvard.
SEATTLE LABOR COUNCIL MUST
RESCIND SOVIET ENDORSEMENT
OR QUIT AMERICAN FEDERATION
! i Will Hurry Sugar
| I Case Direct to
! ( Supreme Court
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WASHINGTON, May 10.—An
i aippeal will be 'taken to the
Supreme Court in t:he .shortest
| iflinie 'possible from the New
I York derision denying the gov
ernment's Injunct'toon u> prevent
I | sugar (Speculation. Attorney
I I General Daugherty made this ,
| I announcement today.
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NEW YORK MAN
SHOT IN PARIS
PARIS. May 10—James M. Perme
| loo. of Now York, cashier of the Paris
Branch of the Guaranty Trust Com
; pan.v, was shot dead at; he was walk
j ing homo through one of the princl
! pal m roots last night while detectives
were waging a 'battle with a bandit
, gang.
j It is not known which side shot
Permcloc.
ACQUITTED
SAN FRANCISCO. May lb.—Twen
ty-four 'buildtag contractors and Id
building material firms were acquit
| ted last night by a Jury in the t rim
ittal department of the Supreme
| Court on a chargo of violation ol
I the Cartwright anti-trust act.
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| WILL BEGIN BUILDING
$10,000,000 BRIDGE AT
SAN FRANCISCO BAV
SAN FRANCISCO. May 10.—Con
etruotikm of 'the San Francisco Baj
bridge from Little Coyote Point. Sar
M'ateo county, to Alvarado, Alamodt
county, will 'bo commenced withil
90 days; und finished within threi
yours, awarding to announcement
following the signing of the contrae
at the office of William H. Metson ii
; tt ho Batbao building,
j The '.signatures of Col. Frank E
I bridge Wobb, who obtained the frar
j chi sc for the 'bridge, and Bayle;
Hfpkina, president. of the Coast Cot
struction Company, completed th
formnlltlea of owirdlng the $10,000
000 contract for the structure.
! WASHINGTON. May 10- Thu On
I ,r 1 Labor Oouwcl] of Seattle has'
boon notified by the LetrisaUive Com
mittee of the American Federation of
Labor. that it must oilhar rescind I
On In (lor mil ont of Soviet rule In!
Ru-m or discontinue affiliation withj
the American Federation of Labor.
Tho domnnd mode on ".bo Seattle
Central Labor Council is that It
(•case referring coninmnHvitions from
the Atnerldan Fed ration to subordin
iit-» committees on political action
that it- "comport itself in accords lice
with the policies and principles" of
'he Federation.
St.mi'ar notifications Iraye also been
sents lo the Mlnnesnolis Trades and
Labor Assembly. It Is stated here
i the latter organizations have ac
cepted the conditions demanded.
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HUSBAND LEGALLY DEAD
OAKLAND. Cal.. May 10 By a
decree loaned by Superior Court
Judge K. C. Robinson, Harry I.
Lc'shtner, huiband at Mrs. Grace
l LoiKhit.ner, Oakland ochiool teacher, is
| leg-ally dciad. Mrs. Leightner said
| she had mot soon her husband for ID
j yoars.
TITLED BRITISH WOMEN NOW
ADVERTISING FOR LODGERS;
“PRYING CHESTS" NAME USED
| IvOXDOX, May 10.—(By Associated
Press.) One of tho significant signs
of the times is the number or titled
women who are taking boarders be
cause they are hard up. They are
advertising for them. too. but they
do not cull thorn “boarder*."
They rrifor to them as “paying
guests" a term which, i: is said, has
! not yet obtained currency in America.
There is no real difference between
| 'boarders" ami “paying guests" ex
j rapt limit the latter are charged
| more. Boarders are regarded as
• quite vulgar, while paying guests are
! assumed to be people of some *o
1 Tial position.
tj One titled lady advertises that she
. j has a wide circle of titled people
I, among her friends and acquaintances
i j to whom she will introduce “paying
guests” anti that nobody will know
- they are nott her own particular
- fripnds. Tt Is added in tTic advertise
' ment that “liberal terms" are “ex
• pocted."
s "A lady of title" runs anotiier ad
- (crtisement.' will accept the ebaper
.page of a tew young ladle: ot good
2 MAJORS ARE
HELD IN CHINA;
SONS RELEASED
Majors Pinger and Allen Still
in Hands of Chinese Bri
gands in Suchow.
DEEP PLOT IS BELIEVED
BOTTOM OF KIDNAPPING
Bandits Are Believed Domin
ated by Dissatisfied
Political Element.
PEKING, May 10.—Majors Ro
land Pinger and Robert Allen, Am
cricanr, aie still held by the Chi
nese brigands but their sons Ro
land Piinger, Jr„ and Robert Al
len, Jr., have been released accord
ing to the latest official advices.
Yesterday it was reported both
majors had been released.
The theory is now fully accepted
in political circles here that the
kidnaj ping of the passengers on the
Shantung express is the outcome of
a larger plot than ordinary brigand
ing.
The bandits are said to be dom
inated by an element which is dis
pleased with the recent success of
the Chihli military party in the
Yangtsi Valley which is sponsor for
the present government of China.
The outrage is believed to have
aroused the prejudice of other na
tions against the government of
China.
WARNING ISSUED.
SHANGHAI, May 10. — J. B.
Powlel, Amerelan newspaperman of
Shanghai, one of the prisoners held
captive by the Suchow bandits, has
tContinued on Ps(l tltM.)
Plan Labor Home
For San Bernardino
SAN BERNARDINO, Oil.. May 10
—Plans have been completed by lo
•cal lnibor organizations for the erec
tion of 'a I.:il»or Temple hero to cost
$50,000. it is expected that the
'bui'ltting will bo finished before the
end of l ho year.
ARtyY OFFICERS
COME TO HUNT
SHATTER. May 10—Lieut Col.
Kenyon A. Joyce, of the General Staff
Headquarters, San Rrunelseo; Col.
Jtif.forr.on Graves, and Major Ered
or'.tk Hussey 'of the Reserve Corps
of San Fntnetseo are on route to
Kodiak to hunt bear. The party is
,presided with high power rifles and
movie cameras.
,oi ceding for whom^she wil! guaran
! ?e. exceptional social ad/.linages”
. itu1 “will organize dances, pathos and
! pntL rtalnments."
Another advertisement runs, “A
I lady rf title who used to entertain
ion a lavish mdale before the war but
! is no longer able to indulge her fond
ness for hospitality on such a gener
al ua scale ns formerly, will receive
some highly recommended paying
jguests at. large and magnificently fur
jiitehed ancestral mansion standing In
midst of beautiful and extensive es
tate Only people who have been
accustomed to moving In the best so
icio'tv will 'be received."
That is one way erf hinting that
ithe rates charged will be consider
ably more thalb at a first class hotel.
One advertisement that appeared
j recently read: “A few American
: young ladies whose parents can ap
preciate Value of a refined and culti
; v ii*ed English aerent received as pay
|ing guests by two ladies of title who
will Instruct thorn in the manner*
and deportment of people who move
In the best English society. Refer
I once* exchanged."
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