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VOL XXL, NO. 3222.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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REJECT PRICE
PROPOSAL FOR
ALASKA SALMON
Fishermens’ Union Turns
Down Second Proposal of
| Alaska Packers Asso.
ASTORIA. Auril 18.—By a refer
endum vole of 365 to 81 the Alaska
Fishermens' Union rejected tlie sec
ond revised offer of the Alaska
Packer?' Association for prices to be
paid for salmon in the Bristol Bay
district. The offer was $140 run
money. 30 cents for kings over 15
pounds, 15 cents for smaller ones
and 7% cents for reds and cohoes
At Nushagak River the price tc
be paid is 7 cents.
At other points chums will brine
2% cents and pinks one cent.
The men ask $150 run money
and 8 cents for reds and cohoes at
all points.
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LAST OFFER TO MEN
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18.—The
Alaska Fishermen's Union today or
dered reconsideration of its action in
rejecting the Alaska Packers' Asso
elation wage scale. The company
announced it had made the last oifei
to the men.
BUILDING COLLAPSES.
SALT LAKE. April 18. — Out
White woftian was killed and two
mon injured when a two-story t'ramt
hotel and office building col la pec
this afterri'dnn. One negro woman 1:
believed r.’ill burled In the ruins.
Methodists to Select
City for Next
Year’s Conference
OHrCAGt-t, April 18.—(By Associat
ed Press.)'—Within the next four days
the place of meeting of the Quadren
nial General Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal church will have been
decided. The book committee of
the church began its annual five-day
session here today, and before it
finishes its work on April 22, it will
have picked the place for Metho
distism’s great gathering next year;
it will have determined tile salary to
'be paid bishops of the church for
the ensuing year, and it will also de
termline what dividend rfha.ll be paid
retired ministers of the church out
of the produce of the Book Concern
for last year.
The book committee. considered
one of the most important in all
■Mcithodism, rs composed of 25 mem
ibeirs, 15 of whom represent the 15
general conference districts into
which the world territory is divided.
The other 10 come, five each, from
the territories immediately in the
environment of New York and Cin
clnnati, where the 'two main houses
of the Book Concern are located.
The total assets of the Book Con
tern, which started in 1789 on $600
of borrowed capital, aro now $6,282.
in America, and the largest denomina
470. It la the oldest publishing house
tronal publishing house in the world.
SAMUEL GOMPERS RAPIDLY RECOVERING.
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irr % JMrv, Slsurvuel Goirvper’.S” /*«.
Samuel Gompers, veteran labor leader, is shown here, with
Airs. Gompers. at Atlantic City, where he is recuperating from a
nearly fatal attack of pneumonia.
MUTILATE BODY
OF DEAD HERO
Turkish Soldiers Disfigure)
Body and Burn Coffin of
American Hero Warrior
WASHINGTON. April 18 The
State Department agent a designated
to investigate charges that Turkish
soldiers mutilated the body and de
stroyed the coffin of George Dilboy,
American soldier to whom a medal of I
honor was awarded after he was
killed itn the World War, have re
ported confirming the charges.
In a preliminary report the agents
said ‘ Those responsible for profana
tion apparently were actuated by
cupidity rather than malice or any
; international act of disrespect.'"
Miles Poindexter Given
Good Welcome to Peru
j LIMA, Peru, April 18.—Miles Poin
dexter, American Ambassador, and
Mrs. Pdindextcr, were greet ed by
representatives of the foreign office
and members of the American Society
upon arrival at Callao. The two were
I escorted here by special train.
Raining at Dawson;
Thaw Has Commenced
1 DAWSON, April 18. — The first j
rain since last fall began falling!
| here today and the thaw has chm-j
monced.
MINE EXPLOSION IN INDIA IS
BEING ATTRIBUTED TO GHOSTS
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PARBELIA, India, April 18.—(By I
Associated Press.)—'An inintiry into
the recent coal mine disaster here
■has brought 'forth descriptions of har
rowing scenes and stories of stead '
tafet courage, amounting onl occa
slons to heroism. The disaster, which j
was the most serious in the history!
Of coal mining in India, occurred at j
about 7 o'clock in the morning and i
was said to hate boon causr% by j
an explosion of coal dust. Of the :
89 workers who descended into the i
mine, 74 were „ikil led. The victims!
were all Indians, and included 1-’ l
women.
Indian miners who gave evidence!
wero vague aa to details. All re- j
membered hearing one or two explo-;
slons and seeing fire and smoke, but
for the most part they spoke of
having suddenly been struck sense
less. und of having subsequently re
covered suffieiont strength to crawl
in the pltctvblaek darkness to the bot
tom of the 1,506foot shaft, the deep
est ,1n fndia.
The work of rebcuo was carried on
under the most dangerous condi
tions. With the greatest care the
injured were brought up and given
medical attention. The walling of
rolativ.es who flocked In from the
countryside did not tend to relieve
the situation. The noise caused by
the explosion was heard at collier
ies for many miles
'A pathetic incident was related by
a middle-aged Indian miner, who said
that he and hi3 son were cutting coal
while his daughter, aged about 13,
was loading when the explosion oc
curred. “I was knocked down," he.
sold. "and do not know what hap
pened. I was unconscious. When I
recovered it was dark- I felt mytway
to the shaft. My daughter said: ‘I
am dying,’ and I carried her in my
arms and put her into the cage.”
The girl died shortly after being
brought to the surface.
The employees who were not af
fected by the explosion continued
their work in the mine. They at
tfrhtded the disaster to seven ghosts
whom they sought to propitiate by
the sacrifice of seven goats,
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Would Read Three
Senators Out of
Republican Party
NEW YORK, April
[ Senators Borah. Johnson and
I l.aKollette should leave the
| ranks of tile Republican Party
| and join the Democrats "where
I they belong." Nathaniel A. Els
j berg told an audience here last
| night after his re-election as
| President cf the National Re
| publican Club.
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AIR RECORDS
ARE BROKEN
Lieutenants Establish World
Flight Record Carrying
Certain Deadweight.
DAYTON, 0„ April IS. Lieu
tenants MaeCready and Kelly, in a
Fokker monoplane T-2, landed at
McCook Field late yesterday after
noon after flying 26 hours, 5 min
utes and 22 seconds establishing a
world record carrying a deadweight
of 2,240 pounds.
Lieut. Rutledge Irvine in a navy
biplane, gained an altitude of 11,
300 feel, the highest ever made by
a single-motored plane.
International Crusade
Against Russ Suggested
NEW YORK. April 18. —Cardinal
Mercler lias written the Columbia,
afficial magazine of the Knights of
Columbus, suggesting that the
League of Nations start an inter
national crusade against Soviet Rus
sia to wipe out barbarism and sale
guard civilization.
, “In four years of the World War
there were mowed down 10,000,000
human lives and in little more tha t
that time Bolshevist Socialism hus
sacrlfied from 20,000.000 to 30,
000,000,” writes Cardinal Mercler.
Husband of Movie
Actress Gets Divorce
LOS ANGELES. April 18.—A de
fault was entered today in the di
vorce case of Herbert Somborn
against Gloria Swanson, movie act
ress, as she failed to appear to
answer the complain. Somborn
charged desertion.
UNEMPLOYED RIOT.
BERLIN. April 18.—One person
was killed and 17 injured in dis
orderly demonstrations of unem
ployed at Nulhe.im, in the Ruhr,
when demonstrants stormed the
town hall with dubs and pistols.
The German authorities ibeat them
Off,
ARE SEEKING
BETTER PAV
Members of Big Union Are
Negotiating for Better
Wages—General Move.
CHICAGO. April IS. —'The Unftju rf
Railway and Steamship Clerks,
Freight Handlers ami Express and
Station Employees ate ne«jtlatiug
1 far more pay, followittljp advances !;>
i the steel and packing Mustries. The
members of the R:iilro;Hl Labor Hoard
; expect the movement to become gen
eral by summer.
GIVEN WAGE ADVANCE
SAN FRANCISCO. April IS. Two
jthousand employees of the .Market
Stroet Railway ware today given in
I creased pay, amounting to $2.10,000
[annually. Two cents an hour has
! been added to the sliding scale ot
42 to 52 cents.
DEFIES SOVIET i
TO HURT LABOR
Samuel Gompers Warn Labor
to Watch Out for Pos
sible Destruction.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Samuel
| Gompers in an addre-a before tbej
'National Clvl- >.♦ today di • ■!
, lied the Soviets to destroy the Am-’
orlcan Federation of Labor and him
self, as President, as a means of its
. "avowed plan to overthrow the gov
! eminent of the United States,
i Gompers declared the pledge;
made the government by labor dur-j
i inig tlie World War should be kept |
! and American labor should make
J good its promises.
Senator Robinson Is
Mentioned for President |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. April 18.— j
• Governor Brough of Arkansas has j
ipiaced before the Florida Legislature;
the name of Senator Joseph Robin
son, of Arkansas, for consideration1
Hn Iho matter of "President of the
(United States." Governor Brough j
said tbo Democrats would most eer-j
taiinly carry the next national elec-J
| tion.
Nine Indicted; Grand i
Larceny Is Charged
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NEW YORK. April IS. Nine per-1
sons, including P P. Cosgrove, chair-1
man of the "Autonomous Industrial
Colony of Kuabns," and Unger Bald
win. president of the American Civil
I Liberties Union, have been indicted j
for grand larcen> on complaint of j
the American invostors in the Rus-1
ttian colonization scheme
Aviator Harold Harris
Establishes New Record
j DAYTON, April 18. -Harold Har-|
ris. flying a DeHaviland plane, estab
lished a new record yesterday far
1,1100 kilometers, making ihe distance ,
in eight hours and nine minutes or |
at a rate of about 114 miles an hour.
American Schoner Is
Caught Pearl Pirating
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MEXICO CITY. April 18—The Mex- ,
■lean gunboat Cinro de Mayo has ar- ,
rived at Ensom.da, convoying the ,
| American schooner Niagara, alleged ,
• to have been pearl pirating c»rf the j
coast of Lower California.
Special Election Soon
For U. S. Representative ,
TACOMA, April 18. -Gov. Louis F.
Hart announced he would call a spe
cial election in the Fifth Congres
sional District of Washington as soon
i as Representative Webster resigns to
• accept a Federal Judgeship to which
• he has been selected by President
Harding.
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SAN DIEGO, April l8._The Jury
in the case of Dr. Ixtuis I,. Jacobs,
physician at Camp Kearney, charged
with ttie murder of Fritzl Mann,
Oriental dancer, disagreed last night
and was discharged. The Jury was
out 4 8 hours.
FAIREST VANDERBILT HEIRESS TO WEI).
Miss Cathleen Vanderbilt, fairest of all tbe Vundcrbilt heir
esses, is to be the midsummer br .le of Harry C. Cushing 3rd, of
New York. Miss Vanderbilt is t ie only daughter of Mrs. Sydney
.1 Colford, who was married befo o to lleglnald. C Vunderbilt, Mr.
Cushing won honors for gallantry while an offir r in the A. iv F.
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Alleged Alaskan
Murderer Does
Officer Good Turn
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ANCHORAGE. April IS— j
i While convoying an Indian
j charged vvilli niunler from Fort
I Gibbon to Fairbanks, Deputy
| IT. S. Marshal E. B. Webster |
; wan stricken with appendicitis, [
i The Indian placed the Deputy S
| on hin sled and mushed more
I than 100 miles to a hospital I
| where a .successful operation
1 was performed.
RESOLUTION TO
FIGHT RESERVE
PASSES SENATE
Many Important Measures
Introduced—Soldier Bonus
Memorial Passes.
Introduction o ' II hill i and one
memorial, pas-sago of t , ■ resolution
bestowing broad powers on the 'I'
• riney 'General to proceed against
'he ifisli reserves, and passag • of
uh* amended Soldier Land li nns
memorial f-a'iucd the Sen ite - »s
sion tliir 'aor; : Several of the
hills are impo-t, at. including el:-rtl'.:i
by popular • otr of the Commissioner
of Education, creating a fish com
mission to handle and control Al
aska. fisheries, for the regulation of
the salmon canning Industry, inc.ru.,s
ing amounts to beniftciarles under
the mining compensation act of 1015,
and others
The Senate paused the resolution
empowering the Attorney General to
take such s’epu as he considered ad
visable to test the validity of the
fish reserves by a vote of five to
three. Aldrich, Brown. Dunn. Hunt
and Snodgrass voting for, and Ayer,
Chamberlin and Dlraond against it.
It authorizes the Attornel General to
expend $.1,000 in making the test.
Dimond Analyzes Resolution
Mr. Dimond said he opposed the
passage of tie* resolution on two
grounds, first, it bestowed power
entirely too broad on the Attorney
General, and. second, it called for
an expenditure of Territorial funds
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BISHOP TUTTLE
PASSES AWAY;
LONG ILLNESS
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Oldest Anglican Bishop in
World, in Point of Serv
ice, Died Yesterday.
ST. noiriB. A.: > r 11 IS - Right RevJ
Daniel S. Tuttle, presiding Bishop of
rlie Protest in! Wptseopil Church in
thi.1 Unltod States, the oldest Angeli
can Bishop in point of service in thei
world, (licil | itr yesterday afternoon!
after a long ilium*, aged 86 > fir*, j
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, presiding I
Bishop of tho Protestant Kplocopulj
Church, .1 Bieliop since 1867 and head
of tho iliooetie c»f Missouri sine,' 1S8(>,
wa i horn in Windham. X. V. January :
26. 1S37. Ilia father was :■ black
ninth
For year* Hi (hop Tuttle was a f i-1
miliar fgure in the streets of St.!
Douiifl, and a popular preacher there,,
so well liked that his Ma Her sermon
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GRADUATED PACK
TAX DENOUNCED
AND SUPPORTED
Buschmann and Others Say
Is Unfair — Roden Up
holds Committee’s Plan.
The graduated saimon pack tax
schedule tentatively announced by
the House Ways and Means Commit
toe for the next biennium were char
acterized as unfair under present con
ditions and might impose Insuperable?
hand:ica.p.s on the salmon canning In
dustry. according to a statement made
last night by August Buschmann, of
I'he Deep Sea Salmon Company, and
superintendent of that company’.-,
plaint at Port Althorp. He was the
only operating cannoryman who testi
fied before the Ways and Mctns
Committee at last niRht's hearing.
Mr Buschmann declared that as
far as Southeastern Alaska is con
cerned th" margin of profit on the
pack is so small, market condition t
so unreliable, that radically increased
taxes milght and could easily operate
to make It limpossible for the canuers
to operate (at a profit. He submitted
a detailed statement of the packers'
coots, per case, according to grade of
fis-h, in support of his argument. This
statement, which appears in an ad
joining column, was not questioned
at the hearing.
Several Make Statements
In addition to Mr. Buschmann,
statements were made and statistics
submitted by other witnesses, in
cluding R. E. Robertson and H. L.
Faulkner, representing various com
panies; Henry Roden, and W L
Paul.
Mr. Roden argued that it is abso
lutely necessary to curtail the packs
of the larger companies in order
to prevent absolute extermination of
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G. N. to Spend Thirty
Million; Improvements
ST. PAUL., April 18.—Details of a
180,000.000 improvement plan of tlie
Great Northern Railway are an
nounced bv Ralph Budd, president.
Tho plan 'includes thousands of new
cars, more locomotives and more
trackage for hotter expansion and
improvement of terminals.
Associate of James J.
Hill Is Reported Dying
ST. PAUL, April 18 -Crawford
Livingston, aged 76 years, founder of
Livingston, Montana, and an assci
ate of the late James .1. Hill, is very
low and expected to die from heart
disease.
Fascisti Leader Is
In Bad in Mjunich
MUNICH. April is Adolph Hitler.
Fascist! leader, has boon summoned
to appear before the Leipsic Supreme
Court on charge of inciting hi3 fol
lowers to oppose Republican institu
tions.
HOME GIRL IS CHOICE OF MEN
IN SELECTING LIFE PARTNERS
SAN HEIIN'AKIHNO, Cal.. April 18 t
— The (,lrt-f:i-hinnod home girl la still1
the favorite whi'ii It cornea to a se-'
lection for a wife, according to let-'
ter- read from the pulpit here ro-1
! ceutly by Rev Walter C Loomis. -
pastor of the First Methodist Church.,
Tha pastor road letters from 19 young
[ men who wrote uliotit the kind of a!
girl each proferrt d for a wife.
One letter said: "She must put:
It gh value on the Integrity of her]
] character. She should be amiable.
' ultruiitH' and home loving, A mode-]
I rate and modest dresser. I would i
not expect to find my Ideal on a
dance floor."
Another specified: "In forming a
.contract for life much thought should
■ be given. My vision of a wife would
I be one about my height, slender,
| chestnut It sir. and of excellent oar
j rtage. The wife of my dreams does
not use lipntiek. rouge, nor any other
camouflage. She must not forsake
tier home for bridge or scandal par
ties.”
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Another preferred one like mother.
He wrote: “If 1 wero an artist and
were asked to paint the picture of
t.n angel, it would be a blonding of
my mother and what I would like
my wife to lie. Jolly as a robin but
earnest enough to fight a tiger Sho
must not be made up like a calcl
mined kewpie."
One young man in San Bernardino
proved he was a trifle tossy in hi3
selection hen he wrote: "The Ideal
woman for a wife should have these
qualifications: The voice of Melba,
the talent of Paderewski, the figure
of Venus, the grace of a sly ph. the
vivacity of a eorphyce. eyes like the
soft glow of a moon-light eye. an
alabarter like complexion, the virtues
of a nun. the charm of Cleopatra,
the mee,knees of Moses, the patience
of Job. the forebearince of Lazarus,
the zoal of a Trojan, the constancy of
Cacaar'd wife, the capabilities of u
char-woman, the purse of Het,ty
Green, and hair of her own."