THE
ALASK A
EMPIRE
*LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’
VOL. XXII., NO. 3328.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
U. S. FLAGSHIP IS AGROUND IN FOG
MEXICAN REPORT
IS HANDED OVER
DY COMMISSION
U. S. Representatives Give
Secretary Hughes Plans
for Recognition.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Charles
B. W’arren and John B. Payne, Ameri
can Commissioners conducting Mexi
can negotiations, have presented their
report to Secretary of State Charles
E. Hughes.
Later the American commissioners
called on President Coolidge.
Both Warren and Payne declined
to discuss their report except to say
It presented a basis for consideration
In looking toward resumption of diplo
matic relations said to have been
mutually agreed on as perfectly ac
ceptable to the Mexican government.
Both commissioners said they hoped
the report would be accepted and
action taken by the United States.
STRIKE FACES
THEATRE
IN NEW YORK
Motion Picture Machine Op
erators to Strike for
Big Wage Increase.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21—Theatre own
ers today, through the Chamber of
Commerce, announced the purchase of
a $1,000,000 policy to Insure f>40 mo
tion picture houses In Greater New
York against loss by property dam
age In the strike threatened Septem
ber 1 by the Motion Picture Machine
Operators’ Union.
The announcement said the theatre
owners would not grant the In
crease demanded by the operators to
$76 a week from $50, and $89 from
$59.
FARMERS GOING
BANKRUPT, CLAIM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Secretary
Wallace declared today that thou
sands of American farmers are go
ing bankrupt with wheat selling
considerably below cost of produc
tion. Thousands of others, said Wal
lace, will be able to hold on only by
the most grinding economy.
Secretary Wallace said the prices
of farm products must be Increased
if the present prices continue for
products other than agricultural.
Motor Bus Goes Into
River; Americans Dead
NICE, France, Aug. 21—A motor
bus employed In the regular service
into the Alps, fell Into the river Var
near Guillaumes late yesterday after
noon. Six persons were killed and
thirteen injured, all believed to be
Americans. i
Rev. Hiram Grant Person and Mrs.
Person, of Newton, Mass., Charles
H. Gray and two women, as yet uni
dentified, and the driver of the bus,
were the six killed.
SAYS LIBRARIES BAIN FAVOR
AS HOME TRAM SCHOOLS
CHICAGO, Aug. 21—American peo
pie are using their libraries as hotm
universities for self-education Instead
of for amusement, according to Car'
H. Milan, secretary of the American
Library association, who points to the
employment of educational advisers in
the largest cities as proof of his as
sertion.
"People are Intent these days on
gathering useful information," said
Mr. Milan. "At Detroit, Milwaukee
and Cleveland the demand for instruc
tive and informational books has be
come so great that superintendents
of adult education have been ap
pointed to care for the ambitious.
“What makes adult Americans so
eager for technical information? The
game thing that Alls onr universities
and colleges to overflowing. The li
braries are meeting the increased
demand by drawing up reading
courses in various fields for the use
of beginners—business, science, poli
tics and Journalism.
“One woman In Cleveland, nearly
70 years old, uses the library to
learn how to do needlework which she
sells for a living. A man In the
same city lost his Job and studied in
the library until he knew e#ough to
apply for another. He got it. and
held it. A laboring man became chief
in his department of a factory by
study at night.
“Some people, too, read Just forj
general Information. But naturally |
the greatest Interest of library pa^
Irons Is to equip themselves for tech-j
nlcal work,"
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Senator Brookhart Is Sued
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For Libel and Thirty Gents
DES MOINES, Aug. Ill—Former
I Secretary of Agriculture Meredith
has Instructed his attorneys to file
j suit against United States Senator
| Ilrookhart of Iowa for libel and 30
| cents damages.
The suit is based on recent t barges
made by Brookhart that Meredith
i _„_,
"sat in Wall Street and helped
produce ihe greatest panic In farm
prices in the history of agriculture.”
Meredith said: ”1 estimate Brook
hart's effectiveness at 30 cents so
have instructed my attorneys to flic
p•’it for that amount.” Jr'
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MRS. COOLIDGE PREPARES PRESIDENT’S LUNCHEON
C&Xvizv CooU<^gfe
Under the press of business that feel on him when ho assumed
the Presidency, Mr. Coolidge has been actually too busy to go
to the dining room for a real luncheon since he has been in
Washington. Mrs. Coolidge, practical housewife, insists thet Mr.
Coolidge partake of nourishment and prepares a light luncheon for
him in their private apartments in the Hotel Willard, serving
it to the President at his desk.
•f
Alaskan E. C.
Has Passed
From Existence
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—The Alas j
kan Engineering Commlslson, for I
years the mainspring of the territory's
administrative machinery in Wash
ington, passed quietly from existence
yesterday to be succeeded by the
organization known as the Alaska
Railroad. The change is solely one
of designation according to officials, i
South Dakota Treasurer
Resigns; Rumors Denied
PIERRE, S. D., Aug. 21—W. S.
O'Brien, State Treasurer, has re-,
signed. State officials denied the ru
mor of a shortage in his accounts.
Treasury Official
Is to Be Promoted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21—Gerard
B. Winston, of Chicago. Assistant
Secretary of Treasury, will become
Under Secretary upon the retirement
shortly of S. Parker Gilberry. Jr., ac
cording to announcement of Secre
tary Mellon.
POSTAL BILL
OF LEAGUE IS
IMMENSE ONE
GENEVA, Aug. 21—The recent ’
movement aiming at the reduction of I
the running expenses of the League;
of Nations, especially the salaries,]
probably will not concern Itself with I
the League's postal charges, which
form a considerable item.
The League of Nations is undoubt
edly one of the biggest mailers in
the world. With 52 nations affiliated,
and with each kept constantly inform
ed of League activities and furnished
regularly with copies of all League
reports, the League's mail bag as
sumes almost incredible proportions.
In addition, voluminous reports on
multitudinous matters Interesting the
League stream in from all quarters
at the globe, forming a storehouse of
(Continued on Pag* Six.)
Severe Earthquakes; *
People Panic Stricken
TEHERAN, Persia. Aug. 21—Five
severe earthquakes were felt at Tur
bat Ihai Dari according to dispatches
which say the inhabitants arc panic
stricken. Heavy floods also caused
iamage with many casualties.
McAdoo Club Organizer
At Work in Montana
GREAT FALLS, Aug. 21—J. A.
Davis, of Berkeley, Cal., who has an
nounced himself as the manager of
the organization of "W. G. McAdoo
Clubs of the West,” to promote the
nomination of McAdoo for President,
is here seeking to insure the support
to McAdoo by the Montana delega
tion.
Community Hotel Contract
In Seattle at Last Let
SEATTLE, Aug. 21—The contract
ror the construction of the Commun
ity hotel has been let by the Com
mnnlty Hotel Corporation at $3,250.
000. The hotel is to 1>e completed by
next Jilljr,
t?
WrlO WILL BE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO SUCCEED HARDING?
By virtue of his office Pres ilc::t Calvin Coolid.se becomes a likely candidate for the Republican
nomination in 1924, which political', agree would have been Riven to President Harding if he had
lived. It is likely that Senator Hiram JolniEon, of California; Senator Robert M. I.a F.llotte, Gov
« 1 iK>r H rank 1). l>o\vden, of IHinrle; Secretary of State Charles I'.vuna JiuRhcr, Governor General
I.eonurd Wood, of the Phlllppin is, and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover will all be boomed
by their followers for the honor of leading the party in the 1924 campaign.
NEW AIR- MAIL
SERVICE BEING
STARTED TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21—A 28
hour mall service hdtweeti Sail Fran
cisco and New York was Inaugurated
when Pilot Wilson hopped off a mid
ute before 6 o’clock this morning
carrying 6u pounds of iirst class mail.
Reaches Reno
RENO. Aug. 21—Pilot Wilson ar
rived here and Pilot Blanchfteld hop
ped off on the second lap of the new
air mail route, to Elko, at 7:50
o’clock right on schedule time.
Reaches Elko
ELKO, Nev., Ang. 21—Pilot Blanch
field arrived on schedule time and
Pilot Scott hopped off for Salt Lake.
The weather continues moat favora
ble. '
Off From East
HEMSTEAD, N. Y.. Aug. 21—A
westbound 28-hour mall airplane1 hap
ped off at 11 o'clock this afternoon.
The plane carried only 3.500 letters
although more than 26,000 letters had
been received for the trip.
Pilot C. E. Johnson insisted In
making the trip although he suffered
last night from a severe bronchial
attack with high temperature.
Amundsen Gives Reasons
For Abandoning Flight
NOME, Aug. 21—Capt. Roald
Amundsen, who arrived last night
on the revenue cutter Bear, announc
ed he would attempt a flight over the
North Pole from Spitsbergen next
year. Amundsen said his plane with
which he abandoned his attempt to
fly from Walnwrlght had insufficient
power to lift two persons and fuel
for the trip over the pole.
American Schooner to
Return to East Siberia
SEATTLE. Aug. 21—The power
schooner Blue Sea, one of four Ameri
can trading schooners detained last
spring by the Soviet authorities at
East Cape, Siberia, is preparing to
return hurriedly. According to ad
vices received here, Americans are
to be more favored by the Soviet
authorities due to Instructions from
Moscow.
Governor Bryan Plans
For Supply of Coal
LINCOLN, Aur. 21-^-Oovernor Bry
an announced he has completed ar
rangements for supplying coal to
cities and villages through local com
mittees. The coal is to be sold below
the prevailing prices thus furnishing
state competition, for a municipal
roal yard in Lincoln and private
dealers throughout, the state.
MELLON GIVES
GLOOMY VIEWS
! Little Chance of Economic
Improvement in Europe
Says Cabinet Member.
| WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 — Th'
American government probably v.'il!
make no effort to hasten the debt
settlement agreements with Euro
pean nations us the result of inform
ation brought back to the Treasury,
by Secretary Mellon.
Secrotety Mellon said he sees no
I hope of an early settlement of thei
I reparations question and believes]
there is little chance of an economic]
improvement until the problem Is
solved.
SHIPPINGMARD
BREAKS TRUST
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 -R. P.
Schwerin, President of the Federal ^
Telegraph Company, at a luncheon
given in his honor by the Chamber of
Commerce, declared that but for the'
I Shipping Board, the British would ,
jhave a complete monopoly of the,
! transpacific trade. Schwerin com-1
mended Secretary of State Hughes
for support In the right of the Fed
eral Company in which he overcame
the British and Japanese opposition
to plans to build five wireless sta
tlons In China.
lAuto Dealer Is Killed:
Car Skids Off Highway |
EVERETT. Wash.. Aug. 21— C. C. j
; Dyer, aged 45 years, of the Dyer,
! Thomposn Motor Company, of Ta
| coma, was killed on the Pacific High-]
way south of here last evening;
when his car skiddeil off the road In
iattemptlng to pass a truck. Two girls
; in the car with Thompson, one of]
] whom was driving, were seriously
bruised.
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Brick Walls Collapse
During Fire; Casualties
j NEW YORK. Aug, 21—Two were
killed and 47 Injured seriously when I
| a 3 story brick dance hall and store
building in Brooklyn collapsed during
a fire burying a score of firemen and
j spectators. Many spectators were
j hurt by flying brick.
jAstoria Banker Dies;
Result of Breakdown!
—
| ASTORIA. Aug. 21—Charles Rupert
■ Higgins. President, of the Astoria N.-v
| tlonal Rank, died late yesterday. He
I was stricken soon after the confla
jgratlon last December. Friends attrl
jttute his breakdown to efforts to re
J habilitate the city.
BART THANE IS f
IN SEATTLE ON ;
WAY TO JUNEAU
——
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 Hart L. Thane, |
prominent Alaska mining engineer!
and former manager of the Alaska-1
Gast.lneau Mining Company, aecom-j
pan it'd by his wife and daughter, ar-i
rived today from the Orient after) '
a four month tour. i1
Mr. Thane will leave shortly for j ’
Juneau with two Japanese engineers 1
to look over property near there.
ATHENS, Aug. 21 -Turkish au <
thoritles are rounding up all Greeks I
and Armenians remaining In the in-: 1
terior of Anatolia, according to the 11
Greek government. Armenians are ’ i
being deported to Russia and then
Greeks are expected to be taken to j
Sarn.sun thence to Aleppo.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 21—Five
masked bandits looted tin- mall and ’
express cars of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas train near Okesa, Oklahoma,
early this morning and escaped with '
50 registered packages. The bandits i
iverpowered the train crew. The i
value of the loot is not estimated. 1 t
MODERATE DRINKING ENDORSED
IN LORDS BY KING'S PHYSICIAN
LONDON. Am?. 21—Opponents of
prohibition in Kngland have read with
Interest the recent remarks of Lord
Dawson In the House of Lords en
dorsing the use of alcohol by adults
in moderation. The occasion was tlie *,
second reading of Lady Astor’s tem-1 ,
perance bill. Lord Dawson is pby-!|
sieian to the King.
The speaker always made the pro ,
viso that drinking must be moderate j
and indulged in at the proper time
to be beneficial. He told of a recent
public dinner which he had att 'tided,
saying In part:
"The centre table consisted entirely
of prohibitionists, many of them high
ecclesiastics. That table was the one;
dull, grey spot of the dinner, and if!
anybody wished to be converted from
uncompromising condemnation of al
cohol. he would have In < n converted :
by that scene."
Referring to Lord Astor’s speech In
introducing the bill. Lord Dawson
said It gave him the impression that ;
Lord Astor really desired to make j
out a case for the elimination of til ,
eohol. "I should be niore happy," he i
continued, “If I bad h'«rd from his.
lips one word of approval of alcohol'
In any shape or form. One cannot!
shut one’s eyes to the fact that while
quite a large proportion of th° people
who support this bill are people whoj
look on alcohol as a harmful thing j
in Itself, and especially harmful to;
youthful persons.”
“Under the conditions of modern
1 vilizatlon,” Lord Dawson went on,
'and in these days of concentration,
he constant endeavor to put 11! hours
nto six, it is obvious that at the
■nd of such a day the mind of man
;ets into one track. He has no up
Ift. There alcohol comes in very
veil. Alcohol in moderation—gets
hat man out of the track. It light
ms his ■ mental touch.”
The King's physician took the ex
ample of the working man. In these
lays of high pressure, who was en
gaged In the making of motor cars,
fie had. perhaps, been using precisely
Lhe same set of muscles for seven or
dght hours, and consequently had
seen using precisely the same cells
>f the brain. “Is it to be wondered
it." he said, “that at the end of the
lay his brain is in one track? I
mggest that there comes In the mod
mate use of alcohol. He iB uplifted.
3ood beer at that particular time of
lay would help him and not barm
line’ He added that a number of
people at the end of the day were un
able to digest their food because they
were too tired. “A small quantity
of alcohol,” he said, “makes them
reel haupy With themselves and happy
with the world.”
“There was no time in onr civiliza
tion," the speaker concluded, “when
alcohol, properly taken, served a
more useful purpose than now.”
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BIG CRUISER
GOES AGROUND
PUGET SOUND
Flagship Seattle Hits This
Forenoon on Marrowstone
Point—No Danger.
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 United States
cruiser Seattle, flagship of the U.
S. fleet, enroute to Astoria from Bre
merton, grounded on Marrowstone
Point, Puget Sound, in a dense fog
this forenoon.
It Is not believed the flagship i.i
endangered and according to wire
less reports It is expected she will
he floated at high tido tilts evening.
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Com
mander Ill-Chief of the fleet, and Rear
Admiral L. E. Gregory. Chief of the
bureau of yards and docks, are
aboard the Seattle.
FISHING BOAT SUNK
VANCOUVER, Aug. 21—Roy Hoff
man. of Seattle, was drowned early
today when the Seattle fishing boat
Defense was sunk when rammed by
he Canadian Pacific steamer Princess
Charlotte during a dense fog off Port
Townsend. Captain Janaon, master
af the Defense, was rescued.
Omaha to Make
Fight on High
Price of Bread
OMAHA, Aug. 21—Unless bakeries
■ut the price of bread, a plan will be
lubmitted to the city council for a
nunicipal bakery. This is according
o a statement made by City Com
nlssioner Hopkins to the World
[erald.
GASOLINE WAR
HITS SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 21 A number of
ndependent dealers here cut the
iriee of gasoline to 16 cents while the
ompuny filling stations maintained
he regular price of 1!) cents.
Company officials said there was
ittle prospects for a cut.
Ten Cents a Gallon
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21— Some of
he filling stations here sold gas as
ow as 1(1 cents but the standard
trades are still selling for 17 or 15
•ents to coupon holders.
Wife of Publisher of
Chicago Dies in Fire
TORONTO. Aug. 21 Mrs. James
AcNally, wife of the noted Chicago
publisher, died yesterday in the fire
vhlch destroyed the Wawa Hotel at
,akn of the Bays. She slumbered
o deeply on account of a sleeping
lowder that undoubtedly she faRpd
o hear rest uerers.