THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS 4LL THE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 3266.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
0. S. NAVAL CRAFT IS WRECKED
OFF ALASKA COAST; CREW SAFE
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HORDE OF CATERPILLARS MOVING
IN OREGON ;ORCHARDS DESTROYED
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j Plan Suggested
Tq Get Capital
To Come to Alaska ,
SEATTLE, June 8—J. F.
Cal threat h, secretary of the
American Mining Congress
which meets in Milwaukee in |
September lias advised the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce |
that an effort will be made at j
tihe convention to have Presi- !
dent Harding focus national
attention on mining possibili
ties in Alaska iby outlining the |
Federal policy toward mineral |
development in the Territory
I and thus interest capital.
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NEW GERMAN
REPARATIONS
PLAN IS N. G.
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French Government Views
Latest Proposal as En- ,
tirely Unacceptable.
PARTS, June 8.—Tho Gorman rep-1
artfions offer made yesterday is en-i
tirely unacceptable to the French gov-,
emmant circles. It is declared that,
the offer nValces no appreciable ad-!
vances over previous offers and can
not even be discussed with Ger
many because, as declared in Brus
sels yesterday, passive resistance in
tbo /Ruhr must be abandoned before
negotiations of any kind can start.
BRITISH HOLDING OFF.
LONDON, June 8.—British diplo
mats are reluctant to express an
opinion on the newest German offer
beyond saying certain points have
been considered and It is reported
they are in advance of previous pro
posals.
It is said the British Government i
would favor a settlement of the Al
lied. differences with Germany 'by
an ihternattonal conference on the;
Berlin proposals or by adopting Sec
retary of State Hughes' suggestions
that Germany's capacity to pay be
detenninted by international com
mltee of experts.
Plead GuHty to Fraud
And Trial Abruptly Ends
FORT SMITH. Texas, June 8. —
Tho trial of J. W. “Hog Creek”
Caruth and L. V. Reynolds, Jr., was.
abruptly closed yesterday afternoon,
the defendants pleading guilty to us
ing the mails to defraud in selling oil
stock. Each was sentenced to one
year and one day in Leavenworth
penitentiary and fined $5,000.
Head of Anti-Saloon
League in Wash., Dead
SEATTLE, June 8-—George D.
Conger, aged 66 years, head of the
AnLFSaloon League in this state, died
yesterday alfternoon after a brief ill
ness. Ho leaves no relatives in this
Section of tho country. <
ALBANY, Ore.. June 8 —A horde
|of caterpillars more than one inch
[deep moving eastward, delayed an
Albany-New port train one hour and
j 25 minutes last evening. Sand on
lhe locomotive was exhausted trying
to intake the grade.
Orchards have been destroyed ac
cording to reports.
One man near Kddycic.le is re
ported to have been forced to move!
from Iris home on account of the
army of caterpillars.
CUT EXPENSES
OF GOVERNMENT
SAYS HARDING
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President in Leter Endorses
Economy Consistent with
Good Government.
MINNEAPOLIS, June S. Presi
dent Harding in a latter to M. B.
Lnmbie. Secretory of the League of
'Minnesota imuiriaipaliMcs, declared
that overv possible means be em
ployed to prevent an unnecessary
cost of government.
“There is no more important mat
ter confronting the public officials
anywhere than enforemont of the
1 utmost measures of economy consis
tent with good administration," says
Prosident Harding m the letter.
“This has boen the fundamental in
the national administration's policy
I cannot too strongly endorse every
effort your league may make to car
ry the policy realism of this policy
in all administrations."
Wets Abandon Hope
Of Winning
In Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis., Juno 8. — The!
Tuckor bill repealing the state dry
law which passed the Assembly yes
terday will havo to pass a “dry" state
Senate to obtain the signature of the
governor who has announced his
opposition to the wets- The wets
have already abandoned hope of fin
al passage but expressed satisfaction
over yesterday’s victory.
'Religious Bill Causes
Riot; Ten Persons Dead
EL PASO. June 8.—A bill limiting j
the number of ministers of any one
denomination lin Chihauhau to 25 has1
been introduced in the state legisla-:
turo according to advices received
here from Chihauhau.
Father L. G. Solue, of the mission
here/haa been informed that the bill
la the copy of one which caused a
riot in Durango City last week when
ten 'were killed und seventeen in
jured.
'Chihauhau contains more than 40
Catholic priests
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PITTSBURG, Kan, June 8.-Alex
ander Howatt, deposed leader of the
Kansas miners. ha3 boen arrested on
a serious charge preferred by Mrs.
Inga Sorenson, of Chicago, In behalf
of her 6-year-old son. Howatt de
nies the charge.
ICE A6E IS BEGINNING AGAIN
ARCTIC EXPLORER BELIEVES; HE
■LEAVES SOON FOR POLE TO SEE
WISOA8SET, June 8.—Captain Don
ald B. 'MacMillan, who will sail from
here June 18 on the schooner Bow
din to resume his Arctic explorations,
announces that one of the purposes
of tho expedition is to determine
whether or not thore is beginning an
other Ice age, as the advance of gla
ciers in thb last 10 years would In
dicate.
Other purposes aro study of ter
restrial magnetism and atmospheric
electricity, botany, ornithology and
obtaftring a series of photographs of
birds and animal life. Thirteen thou?
and feet of motion picture film also
will be in tbo Bowdoiu’s outfit
’Long copper strips aro being at
tached to the hull of the ship to be
used for ground connection for the
radio receiving and transmitting sta
tion being Installed.
Whether communication through
the north lights will be possible will
be determined. as tbo MacMillan par
ty is going beyond the lights to win
ter either at Capo Sabine if ice con
ditions -permit, or at Jones Sound.
| The former is ahont It degrees from
I the north pole
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS WHO WILL ARRIVE HERE NEXT WEEK.
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The above picture is of several distinguished viators who will be in Juneau next week with
the Congressional Party. The picture is republished through tho courtesy of the Seattle Post-in
telligencer having been ecured by tho Associated Press office in Seattle for The Empire.
Upper left—Congressman Joint F. Miller, Seattle, sliowing Miaa Elizabeth Anthony, daughter
of Congressman I). R. Anthony, of Kansas, where the transport Cambrai war to dock at Seward,
on the northern trip. Upper rt'ght—A. .1. Fleken, chairman of the entertainment committee, Se
attle Chamber of Commerce, greeting wife of Senator Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming, Dower,
left to right. Senators E. E. Kadd. North Dakota; A. A. Jones, New Mexico; Warren, and Rob
inson of Arkansas. The insert, lower right. Is Brigadier General Brlant Wells, General Stiff
Corps, in charge of the party.
SEATTLE CENTRAL LABOR BODY
TAKES ISSUE WITH FEDERATION
OF LABOR ON RECENT CHARGES
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I Three Ton Alaska
| Nugget Is
Offered to Seattle
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SEATTLE, June 8. — The j
Galena Bay Mining Company
has offered the Seattle Chamber j
of Commerce a copper nugget !
weighing three tons to be plac
| ed on Pioneer Square If a
; transportation company, will
j bring it here. The company
’ offers to move the nugget free
| next winter sixteen miles from
I Strelna to the coast.
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First Tornado
Appears in State
Of Washington
DAVENPORT, Wash., June 8.—A
tornado, believed to be the first In
:hls State, demolished a barn four
nlles southwest of here late yester
iay afternoon and did other damage.
\ heavy rain followed.
MKNOCKS
12TH HOMER
NEW YORK. June 8.—Babe Ruth
knocked out his twelfth homer this
jfternoon in the third Inning in the
frame against the White Sox with
Michael Cvengros pitching.
PARIS. June 8.—Former Premier.
Vivianl suffered a fainting spell
while pleading a case in court this
ifternoon and was taken to his
home on a state of collapse.
'j SEATTLE, June 8. Challenging
| the right of the Vmoriean Federation
I of Labor to interfere in the mattei
, tho Seattle Central Labor Council
of the national organisation declining
to change the attitude favoring thf
recommendation of the Soviet gov
ernment and favoring reopening tradt
.relations with Ru la.
The latter however emphatically
| denies recent ch irgos of President
I Samuel (lompers tiiat tlie local coun
oil “endorse Soviet Dictatorship in
Russia and gove friendship to the I.
W. W. or endorsing the Communist
doctrines."
The letter declares the council has
nothing to repndi >to on that score
as requested by the American Fed
eration of Labor.
Tin; Seattle Labor Council voted tf
sever relations with several local
unions disapproved by the Fe lera
I lion
U. S.fllflflTORS
BREAK RECORDS
SAN DIEGO. June 8.—It is offic
ially announced naval air fliers can
I testing here have established 17 new
1 world's records, most of them speed
i and endurance records for planes
| with various loads.
China Demands Apology
And Indemnity; Outrage
! PEKING. June 8. The Chinese
| Foreign Office inis sent a note to
jTokio demanding an apology, indom
iniiies and punishment of the Japan
ese comma offer snd Japanese mar
ines who shot down supporters of
the Chinese boycott at Clrangha,
Ptvwince of Hanan, earlier this
month,
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Madame Nellie Melba
Enters Politics.
rDattie Ifeltia MMa. j
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Madame Nellie Melba, the fa
mous diva, has entered politico In ,
Great Krltain, and aa soon as she ,
recovers from a recent Illness, it i
is reported, she will announce her
candidacy for a Beat in the Houbc
of Com mop a.
Whippers of Man Charged
With Attempt to Murder
LOS ANGKLBS, June 8.—The fath-i
er and two brothers of the Eirl Frank,
Sanceri Is accused of assaulting w-re
among four men arrested here last!
night on a charge of being masked i
members of a party which kidnapped
Sanceri Wednesday night and whip
ped him with a wire cable until he
became unconscious. Sanceri Identi
fied the accused and tjiey will he
charged with an attempt to commit I
murder- Physicians slate now that
Sanceri has a fighting chance to re-|
cover, hut at first It was believed he|
would die 1
CAPTIVES OF
BANDITS MAY j
BE FREE SOON
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Release of Eight Foreigners j
Held by Chinese Ex
pected Today.
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TS.YO OHWAN'tl. June 8 — Nego
tiations t'or the rcl-caso of the eight
foreigner;! held captives by tha Chin
ese bandits, is believed to have
reached the Diirnl stage an I it is con
fidently predicted they will t > re
leased iK>s«ibly tonight or Saturday.
Father Potte. inodical missionary,
who lias arrived here, said I. -on
Friedman anil L^e Soloman, who have
been 111 with malaria, have recov
ered, and I). Muoso, Italian, who
Buffered an 'infected leg, has also
recovered.
FOR FINAL SESSION.
TSAO CHWANG, June 8. Roy
Anderson, American intermediary
an<I Chinese Government envoy, has
left for the bandit's taronghold for
wtial is expected to be the final ses
sion in negotiations for the release
or tho foreign captives.
The Chinese commUnion is taking
additional clerks to complete the
enrollment of the bandits in the
winy, also hundreds of uniforms and
money to pay the arrears in wages
which tlie bandits claim due from
previous army service .
“Fake Faith Cure*” to
Be Probed for a Reason
SKATTIjK, June 8. Or. Chauncey
J. Hawkins announced today that
tlie Plymouth Congregational Church
will conduct a clinic with the aid of
five of the best known physicians
in the city and the physcological
staff of the University or Washing
ton to report on “fake faith cures"
and report they lie tabooed and that
the clergy have no part in healing.
MINE SWEEPER
CARDINAL HITS
ROCKS {WRECKED
United States Craft Is Total
Wreck on Chirikof Island
to the Westward.
SURVEY BOAT GOING
TO AID, HITS ROCK
Mother Ship Cuyama Arrives
at Scene and Crew Is
Taken Aboard.
BULLETIN—SEATTLE, June 5.
—Accoiding to latest radio advice*,
12 men remain aboard the Cardinal,
the others having gone ashore or
taken aboard the Disooverer. The
men still aboard are not in danger.
Salvaging of the ship's store* and
wares will be undertaken today.
The Cardinal struck a rock near
the middle of one channel on
June 5. The first shock disabled the
antenna. When repaired the spark
set was covered by water and the
first distress signals sent out was a
continuous wave length.
The Cuyama is standing by and
the Coast Guard Cutter Haida is
hurrying to the scene.
The Discoverer will take the men
to Unalaeka.
STRANDED ON ISLAND.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 8 — The
United Slates mine sweeper Cardinal
has stranded on Chirikof Island,
suot Invest fn Kodiak Island, in an
extremely exposed spot off the Al
aska Peninsula.
The U. S. S. Cuyama in charge of
Rear Admiral .1. B. Chase, command
er of the fleet base force is speeding
to the Cardinal's assistance. The
Cuyama was al sea wthen radio mes
sages for assistance were received.
FILLING WITH WATER.
SEATTLE, June 8.—The Card!
mil's compartments and tanks are
filled with water according to radio
advices.
DISCOVERER ALSO HITS.
SEATTLE, June 8—The U. 8.
Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer
t continued on Page seven, i
PRESIDENT TO
REVIEW FLEET
WASHINGTON. June 8. — Presi
dent Harding will review the battle
fleet oft Soattle on July 27 It was
announced bv the Navy Department
today. Order* have been issued for
the concentration of various units
of the battle fleet in that locality.
GY WILLIAMS
OUT OF GAME
ST UOimS. Juno 8. -Cy Williams
the Philadelphia Nationals home run
king of this season, is expected to
ho out of the game for some days
by a mysterious pain in his neck. He
was com polled to louvo the field In
the fourth inning yesterday aftfer
noon.
REPUBLICANS ARE PLANNING
SERIES OF CONFERENCES TO
BE HELB IN VARIOUS STATES
WASHINGTON, Juno R. A pleni
potentiary organization for work at
next year’s Republican convention
will be started within the next few
weeks in a series of regional confer
ences between Chairman Adams of
Hie National Republican Committee
and National and State committee
men.
eTho.'-e conferences will be held at
various i>oints throughout the conn
try. the first sot being In Boston
next rTucsday. Other conferences
will be hold in New York Cincinnati
Chicago, Denver and some point
on the Pacific Cocst,
Before the conference Chairman
Adams will discuss tho general poll
tlcal situation und plans of the Na
tional Committee with President Has
ding.