THE ALASKA DAILY
Empire
“ALL THE NEWS AU. THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3163.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEBT FUNDING UP TO CONGRESS
ALLIES ISSUE DEFY TO TURKEY
Last of U. S. Troops in Europe Again Back Home
LAST VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR
RETURN TO U. S.
Soldiers Stationed on Rhine
Arrive Back Home Late j
This Afternoon
WILD SCENES WITNESSED
AT LANDING IN SAVANNAH
Whistles and Sirens Shriek—
Thousands Cheer—Sold
iers Yell with Joy. ;
BULLETIN—SAVANNAH, Feb. 8.
—The last cf the American troops
to retain frcm the recent world war,
and stationed in Europe, touched
liome soil at 2:40 o'clock this after
noon.
FIVE YEARS FROM HOME.
SAVANNAH. Fc b. 8.—For many
of the soldiers arriving here this
afternoon from Europe on the U. S.
Army transport St. Mihiei, it was
the first sight of the United States
in mere than five years.
While whistles and sirens shrieked,
thousands at the dock cheered the
'veterans .t ho o.isw. red yell after
yell from the transport until the
enthusiasm grew to an extent which
marked the first soldiers returning
home after the signing of the arm
The soldiers danced frantically
about the decks and threw their
hats into the air.
The wives aud children of 24 of
the veterans clung to the rails and
gazed at the land which will be
their new home.
The transport brought W08 offi
cers and men.
BANQUET IS HELD.
SAVANNAH, Feb. 8. - Shortly
after the arrival of the transport
St. Mihiel his afternoon and at a
banquet honoring the returning of
ficers, Governor Thomas W. Hard
wick, of Georgia, said:
"Every thoughtful and well in
formed American citizen ought to
commend President Harding for
bringing our soldiers home from
Germany under conditions now exist
ing there.”
NORTH TO INVEST MONEY
IN SOUTHERN FACTORIES
MARION. N. Feb. 8. Negotia
tions are pending tor the Investment
of more than $100,000,000 by New
England cotton mill interests in cot
ton mills of the South. One of the
stipulations of the Northern capital
ists is that the additional mills be j
operated by the Southern inanufac- |
turers.
Wainwright Preparing
America for War.
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It is significant that, with Eu
rope on '■the verge cf a volcano,
AEristant Secretary of War Wain
wright lias started from Philadel
phia on a tour all over the country
to perfect War Department plans
for industrial mobilization in tl.e
event of war. He will visit Cin
cinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St.
Janus;, Louisville, Rochester, iluf
falo. Cleveland, Detroit and Pacific
Coast cities to consider local
plants to take over in an emer
gency.
ARMS TREATY
BEFORE ITALY
Chamber of Deputies Ap
proves Limitation—Bal
lot Is 1 aken in Secret.
ROME, Feb. 8. — The Chamber cf
Deputies today secretly balloted and
formally approved the Washington
arms treaty which was Informally
indorsed yesterday.
SOON BEFORE FRENCH
PARIS, Feb. 8.—The Washington
naval limitation treuty will be pre
sented shortly to the French Parlia
ment with the recommendation for
ratification but with the understand
ing limitations of the French arma
ment should be accepted as estab
lishing a principle.
AMERICANS LIKE DIAMONDS
In 1922 Americans bought diamonds
In London valued at $7,618,388,
against less than $2,000,000 the pre
vious year.
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNITING
TU RESTORE PEACE IN WURLD;
ANNOUNCEMENT IS MACE; PLAN
TU ESTARLISH HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—Concrau
plans to muster the linked effort
of the Christian churches of tin
world for the restoration of worW
peace and tranquillity are behind th
announcement made today that R'
Rev. James De Wolf Perry, Bishoi
of Rhode Island, has accepted the
chairmanship otf the executive com
mit-tee of the Episcopal Church Com
mission on the World Conference or
Faith and Order. He will tonwrr *
establish headquarters in Providence
Rhode Island, to begin work on tht
detai ls of a Conference of Churchmet
representing 78 Christian donomina
itions in the United States, Europe
Asia, Africa, Canada and Australia,
which will meet In Washington it
May. 1925 Planned originally u
restore unity among the Christias
churches throughout the world, it is
tho earnest belief of those behind
the movement that a supreme dirty
confronts the church today of restor
ing peace and order through a prac
tical application or the doctrine cf
Christian Brotherhood. in a href
statement. Bishop Perry says:
"For the uniting of a divided world,
the leadership of an united Chris
tian church is necessary. The World
Conference on Faith and Order wil1
bring Christendom together for the
first time in many centuries to con
sider -the differences which nave
stood in the way of unity; not In
the sTJinlt of controversy, but in a
sympathetic desire on the pari of
every church concerned to under
stand the position of every other
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GOOD TIMES
F 0 R INTERIOR
OF NORTHLAND
Vast Area Is to Be Opened
and Connected With
Government Railroad
COLONEL MEARS READY
TO COME NORTH AGAIN
Head of Alaska Railroad An
nounces Traffic Deals
on Yukon River.
SEATTLE. Feb. 8.—Colonel Fred
erick Mears, chairman ot the Alaska
Engineer Commission, constructing
the G. vernment Railroad in Alaska,
arrived here t 'lay from an official
trip to Washington, D. C., and will
leave fer his headquarters at An
chorage on the steamer Alameda,
sailing February 24.
Colonel Mears said plans for open
ing a vast area of the interior by
connection with the Government
Raiilroa.l are now being evolved.
Colonel Mears announced ‘that, the
steam la. :.i!s General Jacobs and Gen
eral Davis art to ply on tlit* Yukon
next summer between .Vernana and
St. Mich id, beginning from the mid
dle of May to June, i. These" ves
sels have bean turned over to the
Alaska Ftailroa 1 by the War Depart
ment.
A traffic agreement with the White
Pass & Yukon Route is now being
made for Yukon business, both;
freight and passengers.
| OHIO AGO. Felt. 8.—An in- |
| crease of 100 per cent In auto 1
! fafaXties in 1022 over 1921 in !
i 35 cities with a combined popu- :
j la ion of 18,000,000, Is reported
! today by the National Safety ]
Council.
! New York, Washington, Kan- j
j s,as City, Rochester and Cleve- ]
land are the largo cities show- 1
ing a decrease in fatalities.
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Auto Fatalities
Show Increase
Of 100 Per Cent
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GERMANS WILL
BE SHOT DOWN
7- . I
Capital Punishment Will Be
Meted Out to Those
Caught in Crime.
DU.SSEL.DORF. Feb. 8. —Germans
caught tampering with railroad equip
ment of signals or otherwise endan
gering the lives of travelers will be
executed. This announcement was
made today by the French military
authorities.
This threat is it he first of capital ;
runitfhment made by the occupying
authoriitles.
Sentries have been ordered to fire
on persons approaching crossings to
wards sta'tions lin the occupied area
and refusing to . halt when com
manded.
German men are threatening Ger
man women with shorn heads if seen
conversing with French soldiers in
tho occupied regions.
MORE AREA OCCUPIED
ELRERFELD, Feb. 8.—'Several ad
ditional towns in the Elberfeld tex
tile region have been occupied by
the French .Infantry.
METH0DI8T AID SOCIETY
TO HAVE BUSINESS MEETING
The. Ladles’ Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will
have a busHness meeting -tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock a-t the home
of Mrs. Anna Webster. All the mem
bers have been requested to be pres
ent. '
Pope’s Envoy Expelled
from Mexico.
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, ftfex- E n ut.JtoE'Ti (vppiu..
Monseigneur Ernesto Ft. Fillppl,
Apotf.olie Delegate to Mexico, lias
been expelled from Mexico by
President Obregon. Monseigneur
F’illppl declares Obregon objected
to the founding of an order of ti:e
Knights of Columbus and the
Catholic Daughters, in Mexico, al
leging the clergy were meddling in
politics. The Apostolic Delegate
went to Texas and will go from
there to Washington to await or
ders from Home.
henrTS
NOT SEEKING
G. 0. P. HONOR
Will Not Run for Presidency
Except as Democrat
—There 't ou Are.
ADRIAN, Mich. Feb. 8—H. W.
Raymond, brother-in-law of Henry
Ford, declares that Henry Ford will
not ask for both the Democratic and
Republican presidential nominations
as some of bis supporters have urged
him to do. Ho said that if Ford
runs for President at all it will be
as a Democrat.
FORD CANNOT WIN
NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Norman Hap
good, editor of Hcarst’s Magazine.
Bays Henry Ford will run for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
but thlt.t .he cannot win the presi
dency. He thinks it possible but not
probable 'hat he will win the Demo
oci l!n nrknuintit inn
CONGRESSMAN SAYS BRYAN
WILL BE STRONGEST LEADER
WASHINGTON, Fob. 8.—A prom
inent Democratic Congressional lead
er who refuse:! to permit the use of
his name, who recently conferred
with William .1. Bryan, declares the
latter will be the most powerful
tender in the Democratic National
Convention in 1924. He alto ex
pressed the opinion that William G.
McAdoo would be <the Presidential
nominee.
UNDERWOOD WANTS IT
BOSTON, Feb 8.—A Washington
special io the Boston News Bureau
says Senator Oscar W. Underwood of
Alabama ds out for the Democratic
Presidential nomination. He Is re
ported to have nia i ? various trades
with that in nvind, and among tljase
is his resignation of tho minority
leadership in the Senaite.
LONDON, Feb. 8—The trawler
"Conan Dovle,” owned in Hull, re
cently land s! a catch, the result of
a week's voyage, which brought
*’8,000 to the owners. This is a
record for a week's catch at this Lime
of the year.
ORDER NAVIES
TO RESIST ANY
TURK ATTACKS
British and French Govern
ments Send Sharp Ulti
matum to lurks.
WARSHIPS ARE NOT TO
LEAVE SMYRNA HARBOR
British Rush Five More War
ships to Disputed Turk
ish Territory.
LONDON, F(b. 8.—After a con
ference this afternoon between Brit
irh and French government officials
it was agreed in round terms as pro
posed by the French that neithei
government order their warship:
form Smyrna or any other Turkish
port.
A notification was immediately
sent to Turkey stating the Britisl
and French warship commander:
have been instructed to defend them
selves in case of any trouble oi
attacks.
DISPATCH WARSHIPS.
CONSTAN'WNCn/ti. Keb. 8.—4t li
understood the British have went flv<
chips to Smyrna front here, Dur
<lane 11 oh and Malta.
The destroyer Edsull is reporter,
to be defined by the Turkish author!
ties as outside of the class baire
by them In the harbor of Smyrna oi
account of her tonnage and nou
trallty. The Edsull Is an Americai
i boat.
The order of the Turks issued t<
the Allies yesterday was that n<
i warship of over 1,000 tonnage woul<
j he pcimitted in the Smyrna harbor.
LONDON, Keb. 8. — The Urltisl
| intend to pay no attention to thi
threatening Turkish ultimatum tha
Allied warships leave the harbor a
j Smyrna immediately.
If is stated authoritatively tha
the British authorities take thi
stand there is nothing in the armis
lice agreement prohibiting the pres
ence of •warships.
LEVIATHAN TO BEGIN
RUNNING NEXT JUNE
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WASHINGTON, Keb. 8. — Th<
steamship Leviathan has been allocat
j ed to the United Staters Lines anc
will be placed in the New York
Cherbourg and Southampton service;
before June 15. Negotiations havt
been concluded with the London &
Southwestern Railway for berthlny
space.
Pardoned Girl Slayer
Will Aid Prisoners..
j j|y[ Graxgg' J/u.s'k. »<rc. fi[|
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Grace Lusk, former school
teacher, of Waukcslui, Wisconsin,
sentenced to 19 years in prison
for kiHi 11 k Mrs David Roberts, wife
of a physician with whom she was
in love, in lit 18, lias been granted
i a conditional pardon, in order to
rcguln her shattered health. She
declares she will devote the bal
ance of her life to prison welfare
work and reform.
COALCOMPANY
WITH SOUL IS
NOW FORMED
i Engineers Establish Concern
Which Is Unique in
Commercialism.
i CLEVELAND, 0„ Feb. 8.—The es
tablishment of coal mining companies
"with a soul’’ was the announced aim
of Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eilglu
1 ears, and his brotherhood associates
when they made a $2,000,000 invest
' ment in the Coal River Colleries Com
pany last June.
The purchase was made during
the coil strike and Mr. Stone an
nounced that "there has never been
| a strike in these mines and there
'jnever will Ibe.”
i While the brotherhood, as an or
ganization, has nothing to do with
J bis coal mining property, yet the
; mines are owned largely by brother
j hood members and Mr. Stone Is
• ip resident of the company.
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CONGRESS GETS
AGREEMENT FOR
BRITISH DEBT
President Harding Personally
Attends to Matter Be
fore Congress.
PRESENT CONGRESS IS
TOLD TO ACT QUICKLY
Ship Subsidy and Soldiers’
Bonus Are Touched
Upon in Message.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8—
President Warren 0. Harding yester
day afternoon personally appeared at
a joint session of the Senate and
Bouse of Representatives and asked
for the approval by Congress of the
war debt funding agreement nego
tiated with Great Britain. He also
! appealed for action on the Ship Sub
sidy Bill.
In asking for Congressional agree
ment to the debt funding agreement,
the President declared that it was a
recommittment of the English
speaking world to validate con
tracts."
The President said, coupling hta
request for tho enactment of the Ad
i ministration KbU> H.;.iliri* Hilt..- with
the debt refunding- measure. that
'ample ttme remains for action on
both measures before the adjourn
ment of Congress March 4."
Opposes Bonus Bill Amendment.
Alluding indirectly to the pro
l«'.sals to attuch to the Concessional
Act of approval of the war debt re
fun.* ng measure a soldiers’ bonus
bill providing that payments from
l-lngland on account of the debt be
i used for bonus purposes, the Presl
| di lit reminded Congress that the
-wartime authorization for the loans
contained the stipulation that when
the money loaned waa repaid it
would he applied to the repayment
of Liberty Bonds and other Qovern
] ment Issues of indebtedness.
Ah a part of his statement on the
debt refunding measure, the PresI
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Bootleggers and Dry Men
Wage Battle, Snow Storm
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—One man
was brought hero in a serious con
dition with a bullet In his head
The wound was received In a buttle
•between 15 prohibition agents and a
"core of alleged bootleggers this
forenoon which took place in a
! blinding snowstorm In the fields and
; woods of Prince George County, near
Walnut, Maryland.
Washington to Play Host to
Mystic Simile During June;
Regal Week Being Planned
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Pacific
Cofl't cOdes know all about the an
nual con vert Sons of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, and therefore need
not be told that the national capital
Is to have a big time the first week
in June, when It will entertain the
convention of 1923. These conven
tions have been held ‘in three Pacific
Ooasit cities, first in Seattle, then in
Portland and last summer in San
Francisco. The temples from those
cities, and from Tacoma, Wash., and
Oakland. Cal.. In addition, are In the
list of those that already have
asked for quarters next June.
In North America—for the imperial
council has jurisdiction over the
Shrlners in Canada as well as over
those In the United States—there are
156 temples with an aggregate mein
I bership of 600,000. Of these, 118 al
1 ready have applied for quarters In
| Washington in June, 23 more than
| were i resent at San Francises. It i
■assumed that practically every oat
of them will be ropreaented here, and
that the total attendance will b
greater than any previous national
. convention in Shrine history.
Large Crowd Attends
The largest crowd attending any
previous session of the imperial criun
cil was about 300,000, in San F
cisco, laut year. Washington is pre
i paring for a crowd of somewhere be
| tween 300,000 and 400,000, and al
j ready the housing problem has be
I come the great problem before the
, local committee on arrangements,
j The total population of Washington
| s less than half a million, and it will
not be difficult to understand that It
j will require much preliminary w ork
|to make sure .that everybody has a
place to sleep and enough to eat dur
ng convention weak.
A housing comiruittoe of one hun
ired members is busy making a can
•a.-tj of the city, anil it has gone
i far enough to know that private
| homos will be opened up to visitors
n sufficient numbers to care for
warybody who may come.
Washington never his entertained
i crowd of that Mize, but it is going
it its task In a way that assures
■ uecoss. All available room in the
I hotels has been taken, but- that will
house only a small percentage of the
I visitors. Every hit of available park
1 Ing space in the grounds of the
| union railway station has been se
cured. and between 200 and 250 Pull
man ears will be stationed there dur
ing the week. In addition, space for
about 500 Pullmans has been pro
, videtl in the large railroad yards on
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