THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE 1\EWS ALL THE TIME”
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vul. XXI.,
NO. 3146.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 19, 1923.
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Defendants in Herrin Riot Case Found Not Guilty
MASSACRE CASE
ENDS IN FIVE
GIVEN FREEDOM!
—
Herrin Mine Riots Jury Re
turns Verdicts After 27
Hours’ Deliberation.
BULLETIN — MARION. 111., Jan.
19.—All five defendants in the Her-j
rin liot tiial were found not guilty
by a jury of Williamson County
farmers at 1:55 o'clock this after
noon.
The crowd, pouring from the court
room after the verdict was read.;
quickly gathered around the jurors
and congratulated them while the
defendants hurried to their homes.
James Weaver, one of the jurors
said that between 15 and 20 ballots
were taken before a verdict was
reached.
The jury deliberated 27 hours.
HISTORY OF CASE.
MARION, III.. Jan. 19. — (By Ihe
Associated Press)—The first five de
fendants brought to trial as a result
of the Herrin riots of June 21 ami
22, 1922. were charged with the
murder of Howard Hoffman, one of
the twenty non-union workers killed
during the disorders.
Indictments against seventy-seven
individuals, forty-eight of them be
ing being charged ■with murder and
the others with lesser offenses, wore
returned by a grand jury that made
its final report on Octoher 28 after
an investigation begun August 23
under the director of Edward J.
Brundage, Attorney General.
Most of those indicted were re
leased quickly on bonds totalling
more than $225,000 and signed by
ninety-six Herrin business men. Of
the forty-eight charged with mur
der, eight have been kept in Jail,
all of whom are facing trial Kel) 5
on another indictment.
Defendants Limited.
The number of defendants at the
first trial was limited to five tc
facilitate the obtaining of a jury as
both the prosecution and the defense
are allowed twenty preemptory chal
lenges for each defendant and it
was feaerd that an increase in the
number ot challenges would make
the picking of the jury virtually im
possible.
oeieunon oi me jury Degun on j
No\^ 8 and the first juror was ob
tained on No. 13. The jury was!
completed Dec. 8 and the taking of
testimony begun Dec. 12. The jurors!
were confined in quarters on the top,
floor of the same jail that has]
housed four of the defendants, oach
Of the jurors being paid *3 a day.!
Witnesses received $1.50 a day.
The five defendants who are union i
miners, .have been receiving $7.50 aj
day from union funds, or th* equiva
lent of what they would have earn-'
ed had they been at liberty.
During the trial, witnesses for!
both sides described the mine of the
Southern Illinois Coal Company,|
where the trouble started, as a shul-i
low ditch dug by a steam shovel on
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"EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY"—HE’S HERE.
Jyf Entitle Couc,. m
Prof or., or Rini’e (’one, famous French t< a eh re of rural by auto
,#.ug*e»lion. photographed upon Ills arrival in New York < * -y on
the liner Majevtic.'
ENDORSEMENT
IS GIVEN FOR
FISH RESERVES
Protection tor Alaska Salmon
Is Endorsed Strongly
by Halfertv.
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SEATTLE, J.in. 1ft. O. P. Hal
ferty, President of the Association of
Pacific Fishermen, made a statement
today answering the assertion big in
terests were favored by the regula
tions of the Kodiak and Afoguak
fish reservations.
“Unless the salmon of Alaska are
proteeted by government supervi
sion." said Halferty, "the fishing in
dustry in the northern waters will
become a thing of the past in a few
years.
“Creation of these reserves is the
first piece of constructive legisla
tlun the government has been able
to put through.
“in putting through this legislation,
somebody had to be hurt. If It hud
been in individual cases when -mall
operators had been wronged it sh mi l
have certainly been rectified, but the
Idea of reservations should net be
nullified in any readjustment."
NEW YORK. .Ian. 1ft Freni
Shecpshead Bay four tugs 1- f od
and water to the rum rnnn*. s f.e>t
in which 19 boat, were coir-Pd.
AMERICAN LESION ESTABLISHES
NOME FOR SOLDIERS' CHILDREN
DETROIT, Jan. If -(By (lip As-,
■opiated Pres*) — Maintaining Uie,
Slogan of "doing .something different!
every year," the Michigan depart-!
ment of the American l.egiun Is
about to establish on a six-acre tra^t
about 20 miles northeast of Flint
a home for the children of former
service men of the state* who either
died in the war or who, through war;
Injuries, are unable to provide fori
the youngsters.
When the Michigan department:
■was organized about three years ago
the leaders resolved that each year
the organization in this state should
do something that would set it apart
from similar I,eg ion groups in other
parts of the country.
Welfare Department.
The first year saw creation of
welfaie department that Is regarded
by National legion chiefs as unique.
Tho second year saw establishment
at Camp Custer, near Battle Creek,
of the Koosevelt Memorial Hospital,
where tubercular former service men
receive care. The institution is op
erated entirely by the Legion for
former service men. Every employee
of the institution served during the
war. It is the only hospital of its
kind in the world.
Tho now venture is regarded by
Michigan Legionnaires as the moat
important undertaking so far. Sev
ern 1 hundred orphaned or dependent
children sre to be acred for. The
children are to he divided into
groups of from six to ten each and
every group will be placed in charge
ti tMjtintteq on cage seven t
Ambassador Harvey
Back in U. S.
George Harvey, American Am
baeeador to Great Britain! has re
turned to Hie United States to re
port to President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes.
WALLACE REID
TO BE LAID TO
rest tomorrow;
“Chaplain of the Movies”
Will Read Episcopal Serv
ice — Condolences.
U»S ANUFJLRS, .Ian. 19. The1
funeral of Wallace Reid, movie actor;
who died yesterday afternoon, will
be held at .1:tlb o'clock tomorrow,
afternoon. The place for the funerall
had not been decided at noon today. |
Rev. Deal Dodd, well known "chap-i
lain of the movies" will read the
Episcopal burial service.
The death of Reid was caused hy
a nervous breakdown said to have
been due to a tight against the nar-<
colic habit, has plunged the movie
colony hero aityi movie studios
throughout the country in the deep
est of gloom. Ileal during his movie
Career has acted in many of the
studios and was known personally
hy practically all movie actors and
actresses. Possessed of a sunny dis
position, always full of pep, he madej
hundreds of friends.
Scores of telegrams and oilier mes-!
sages of condolence have beeu re
ceived hy Mrs. Wallace Reid from
personal friends, actors and heads of
moving picture companies, '
MOVIE ACTOR
ARRESTED IN
MURDER CASE
Los Angeles Min Under Ar
rest in Connection with
Dancer’s Death.
COS ANGEL HIS, .Ian IS. Huger U.
Clark, movie actor anil assistant <1.
rector at a movie stmlm here, has
*;n arrested at the request of the
I San Diego police, charged with sus
picion of being the slayer of Erltzie
Mann, well known Oriental dancer.
Clark's auto showed evidence of
bloodstains. He admitted he knew
ho girl but said he hart not seen
her sine,' November, when they sepa
rated because she attempted to bor
row money.
M.iss Mann was found dead last
Monday night near Tortey Pines, out
from San Diego. It was first be
lieved she hud taken her own life,
but the authorities after investigat
ing, pronounced it a ease of murder.
Another Arrest Made.
SAN DIEGO, Jan. IP.— I)r. J. I,
,)aeons, of the Public Health Service
i! Camp Kearney, has been arrested
n t„c investigation of the death ol
Fritzie Mann.
Tat gir'ls mother a the inquest
•oi >a'. ed her *l:v|ghi^ was murdered
l y tile man with h”r and she flam
the man at the Jury hearing.
Dr. John J. -Shea. who performe
the autopsy, testified at the coroner'.
■nq.itst that Mis Maun was in ,•
t'elicate condition.
,"r. J a eons admitiod he met Mis.
Manat last Frida> night and dls
c isscd her condition.
ACTOR IS RELEASED
SAN DIEGO. Jan. 19.—Late this
afternoon Chief of Police Patrick an
nounced be is satisfied with the
alibi established by Roger l\ Clark,
movie actor, arrests I in L03 Angeles,
but said lie would make a thorough
investigation with Clark's relations j
witlt Miss Mann.
Meantime, coun. •! for Dr. Jacons,
als# arrested in connection with the
girl's death, has applied for a writ
of habeas corpus.
Oil Leasing Case
May Prove Scandal
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WASHINGTON, Ian. 19.—Question j
by U. S. Senator Smith W. Brookliurt, I
Harry Sinclair admitted that the,
stock of the Mammoth Oil Cimpany j
he received in re1 urn for the Tea[>ot |
Dome naval lease was signed by;
Secretary Hall and worth about $100,
01)0,000 now.
Would Unify Systems
Of U. S. Transportation
CHICAGO, .Ian. 19.—-Unification
of all of America's tran 3*01 Litton
sy.-tuns, including railways, water
wave and highways, is urg -, in a
resolution passed by the American
:t".d Guilders A-delation.
The object is declared to be to
“secure the people transportation
in 'it best anil i lie ipest foru "
President Harding Shows
Improvement;Is Secluded
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 19.—President
Harding continued taj improve today,
belt he is under the doctor's orders
and will remain in seclusion at the
White House until entirely recov
ered from his attack of the grippe.
Tile President transacts no business
and -pends mo-t of the time lying
down.
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Three Naval Men
Drop 2,000 Feet
And Only Injured
AVALON, Jan 19.—(Lieutenant Wil
liam II. Rohrbach, naval pilot of
Norfolk. Virginia, and two other nav
al officers were injured when lit?
Seaplane T-5-L-2, which fell 2.000
feet was splintered to 'tyts on the
rocks off Catalina Island.
ROMANCE OF TOUR OF SPEEJACKS.
Mr-r* Co jpijtva.I-JSgg’irvsot
<$ £>erxiar<£ T. H$enr, Jr.
I lie culmTnaTTon of a romance iliat ripened under the warming
influence of the South Sens became known with the announcement,
in Boston, of the engagement or Miss Corlna S. Higginson, (laugh
ter of a millionaire family there, to Bernard K\ Rogers, .Ir., of Chi
cago, an insurance broker and popular member of the younger so
cial ret. lie met Miss Higginson while she was touring the coun
try in a l.lberty Loan drive. A year ago he started on the now
world-famous cruise of the !(8-foot yacht Speejacks, owned by Al
bert Gowen, of Chicago. When the yacht touched at Sydney, Aus
tralia, Rogers was homesick until lie chanced upon Miss Higginson
in the streets -and now they are to marry.
CHINESE BOY
IS WINNER OF
A. L. CONTEST
Will Receive $750 from Am
INDIANAPOUS, Jun 19. -Ah Sins'
Citing, of Kwa Oahu. Hawaii, 14 year- ,
old hoy of Chinos ' extraction, won .
.he first place In the American Lc-1
Sion's essay contest among American |
school ohlldren.
The subject w is “How can the I
American Legion best serve the na .
tion?"
The second place was awarded to
Miss Pauline Virginia Chastain, o'
Indianapolis.
Smuggler Is Caught
By Odor of His Wares
MEXICO CITY, .van. 19—Highly
scented toilet soap is a dangerous i
product for smugglers to handle.
Proof of tliis is LJie sudden demise .
several weeks ago of Martin Villa
real, veteran Mexican smuggler, who
ran afoul of customs guards at i
Neuvo l«areik> and was killed.
Trfe guards were aroused to actlv .
Itv one day when breezes blowing!
iff the Kio Grande wafted a strong
si ent of perfume. Investigation
stiowed Villareal was attempting it
crossing from the Cnltod States with
IS burros, each of which was carry
ing as many boxes of toilet soap as
ii . back could hold. In the ensuing
skirmish Villareal wits killed and Ilia
soap confiscated.
Customs guards along the ftio
Grande say that toilet soaps and
silks are the smugglers’ favori'as.
next to liquor-running.
erican
rican Legion for Essay
Girl irr Second Place.
GREETINGS TO
IRISH SENT BY
U, S. PRESIDENT
|il III.IN, .Fitn. lit. Freeman's
Journal today prints a message from
he President of the I’niteil States,
ne follows:
President Harding, In behalf of
he American government, expresses
he sincere hope that the people of
he I’-'.sli Free Stale, whom long
itandin; ties of kinship and affec
ii.ii liind ho many Americans, may
•i.ie> tin- bleswtngs of peace, pro*,
peril.', and happiness."
MILITARY IN
RUHR VALLEY
SEIZE MONEY
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i Money of Dusseldorf Branch
of Reischbank Is Appro
priated by Frenchmen.
PITS AND MINES ARE
BEING TAKEN OVER NOW
Customs Districts in Rhine
land Occupied by French
Military Inspectors.
BULLETIN—DUSSELDORF, Jan.
19.—The French authorities today
appropriated the money of the Dus
seldorf Branch of the Reischbank,
rounded up autos and depositors who
had gone to the bank and withdrawn
their money, seized the money with
drawn and also retained possession
of the autos.
All banking institutions closed
their doors claiming they were un
; able to continue business due to the
seizure of the Reischbank, shutting
| off the supply of marks.
SEIZE STATE MINES.
ESSEN, Jan. 19.—The aeisore of
the state mines in the Ruhr by
! fortes of Dotupahon b-gun «t Berg
mauds, Olueck and Westerhold pita
near Buer. The pits and mines were
reized by the military.
One man, Manager Ahrens, was
' arrested for refusing to deliver coke.
RING IN RHINELAND.
COBLENZ, Jan. 19.—Five French
! Chief Inspectors took over the cus
toms districts in the Rhineland to
1 day making a complete ring around
| the territory. The same procedure
i will be done within a few days in
! the Ruhr Valley.
Customs funds, forest and coal
; taxer will also be seized, it is said.
TERMS IMPOSSIBLE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.—Roland
j Hoyden, unofficial American repre
sentative on tlie Reparations Com
miseion, told the commissioners on
January 9 that the terms of the
treaty of tlie Versailles, Imposed on
German, had heen demonstrated to
bo "Impossible.”
This is according to an official *
text of Hoyden's statement made
public today.
MORATORIUM DISCUSSION.
j I'AKIri, Jan. 19.—Formal discus
sion of Germany's request for a
moratorium scheduled to begin to
morrow was postponed in an effort
by Italy to mediate between Paris
and Merlin. This is the reason
given out unofficially.
MINICOLA. Jan. 19. — Lieutenant
Alexander Pearson today set a new
record flying from Dayton, Ohia, (o
New York Fie landed in four hours
land four minutes after he hopped
I off from the McCook field.
CALIFORNIA IS FORMULATING
NEW SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR
ALL MINES IN STATE {SYSTEMS
HAS FRANCISCO. Jun lit. Now
safety mining regulations Tor all
mine- in California, the most im
portant of which will he the adop
tion of a system to give instant
wu.-nTm to all men tiniler-groum! in
event of fire, are being formulated
her. by representatives of the gov
ernment, state, mine companies and
organ oil labor anal will be an
noiim <1 next week, according to n
8.:.lenient made here today by It M.
Wolf I In, superintendent of safety. In
ti a trial Accident Commission.
‘To prove that th-> 47 men who
s.u rificed their lives in tile Argo
naut m tie fire in Jackson, Cal., on
Vimisi SI. 1922, did not die in vain,
these new regulations are being
drafted." was the expression of one
fnemher of the committee of 11 now
rtrattlng thf new regulations for
California jiiin;1 operjtlon
Th ■ system of underground warn
ing will bo handled in three ways,
Mr. Wulfltn explained. First, through
stench warnings; second, through
telephonic eomtnnn.eation; third, by
a system of electric light flashes.
Stench Warning Systems
, “The stench warning system will
bo the most vital." said Mr. Wolf
Un. “This will be accomplished by
putting ethyl mercaptan or methyl
mercaptan in the compressed air
line connection at the surface of the
mme. • In event of fire, these chemi
cals will lie released through the air
compression system and in a minute
I or two will penetrate every foot of
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