"ALL THE NEWS’ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3230.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1923.
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PRICE TEN CENTS.
PACIFIC COAST
LOGCERS WILL
n FIGHT L W. W.
Workers Who Walk Out Will
Be Refused Re-Employment
—Continue Operations.
TUJOOMA, April 27.—Loggers of
the Pacific Northwest met here to
day, determined upon a fight to a
finish against the Wabbly strike. A
.majority of the operators deckled to
mmtlnue operations with reduced
forces and expect that shortly many
men nohw striking will return.
A majority of the operators also
decided to refuse re-employment to
any members of the I- W. W. who
desire to return when the strike is
over.
1,600 ARE OUT
BAN PFI»RO. April 27.—Fifteen
hundred longshoremen and seameu
have quit work following the general
strike order of the Wobblies. There
have been no disorders. ^Police re
serves are cn the wa’tertroitt to guard
against trouble.
STATEMENT OF TWO SIDES
SEATTLE. April 27.—Although the
Wobbly headquarters claim 1,000 wa
terfront workers have quit, port au
thorities ilate yesterday said there
was no visible affects of a strike.
Hundreds cf Wohblies from the
camps are pouring into the city but
the sftuation was quiet last n.ght.
At Everett several ships have been
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MORBIDSIDE
OF CULT LIFE
IS TOLD JURY
More Rotten Facts Regarding
“House of David” Is
Given Grand Jury.
ST. JOSEPH, Mch., April 27.—
Benjamin Hill, aged 24 years’, and
Mrs. Lillian Hanaford, aged 32,
were Intercepted as they were try
ing to flee from the “House of
David” colony they told the grand
jury today investigating the colony.
The two witnesses told the grand
jury that none of the cult knew the
present whereabouts of Benjamin
Purnell, the leader of the cult.
Hill and Mrs. Hanaford testified
that they were childhood sweet
hearts but the elders told them their
love was forbidden in the lust of
flesh. In the lottery. Hill drew the
name of a girl, 15 years of age, and
married her while Lillian married
Hanaford who was old enough to be
her father.
Mrs. Hill left the colony and ob
tained a divorce first telling Hill
that Purnell had improper relations
with her before her marriage. Will
iam Hanaford, husband of Lillian,
was left behind when she and Hill
fled from the colony.
Strikers Threaten to
Dynamite Buildings
MONTREAL, April 27.—William
Ross, president of the Asbestos Cor
poration of Canada, at Thetford, has
appealed to the Attorney General for
protection, asserting 600 atrikers in
the twines are disorderly and unruly
and doing damage to the pits. It is
said the strikers drove 40 constables
from the property of the company
and are threatening to dynamite the
principal buildings of the mine prop
erty. The situation is said to be
serious.
RADICAL SALES TAX MEASURE
DEFEATED BY SOUTH CAROLINA
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COLUMBIA, S C„ April 27—(By
Associated Press.)—A deluge of tele
grams, coupled ■with a storm of news
paper criticism and venbal complalntB
hy constituents, recently turned the
South Carolina state legislature from
what was regarded as probably the
most revolutionary piece of tax legis
lation ever attempted in the state and
possibly in any state in America.
The state 'Senate, seeking means of
raising revenue needed for public
buildings at the six state colleges
and universities, the penitentiury and
the various reform schools and pub
lic institutions, decided at the llth
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| Seattle Speakers
Urge Fish Reserves
I For Alaska i
SEATTLE, April 27.—Speak
ers at the meotlng of the Al
aska committee oi' the Chamber
cf Commerce urged the neces
sity for an executive order cre
ating salmon reserves. Bishop
P. T Rowe said he approved
'She order because something had
| to 'bo done to save the fishing
industry from total destruction.
THANE LEAVING
FOR JAPAN TO
CONTRACT PULP
Leaves lor Orient Next Month
to Sell Initial Output
of Thane Plant.
Personal negotiations with Oriental
concerns will be started in a short
I time by B, L. Thane for wood pulp
| and paper from the plant to be con
structed at Thane, according to tele
j graphic advices just received here by
H. L. Faulkner, legal representative
I of the Thane interests in Alaska. The
1 telegram indicates that satisfactory
progress is being made in the plans
for an early establishment of the
plant.
i Mr. Thane’s wire to Mr. Faulkner
said:
“Expect to leave San Francisco for
Japan on May 3, primarily to see
i whether or not we can contract for
wood pulp and paper in the Oriental
j market for the first two or three
’years." This confirms a report, re
j ceived here sometime ago that it was
, expected that the first of the product
of the Thahe mill would be sent to
^ the Far East.
Guilty Your
Honor; Judge
Fines Himself
SAVANNAH, Ga.. April 27. -Seven
! minutes late in court, Judge Guy B.
j.PBrk. of the Platte County Circuit
(Court, fined himself $1 for each min
ute as the first official act in open
ing sessions.
“'Guv B. Parks," he said, after It'1
had taken his seat upon the bench,
“you are accused of 'being seven min
utes late. Are you guilty or not
guilty?”
"Guilty, Your Honor"
“I hereby fine you $1 a minute for
each minute you were late,” declared
the Magistrate severely.
Western Man Appointed
To Veterans’ Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Director
of the Veterans' Bureau Hines has
appointed Fred W. Hamilton, of
Butte, assistant director of the Vet
erans' Bureau in charge of the new
inspection division.
Scaffolding Gives Away;
Six Men Hurled to Death
LONGVIEW, Wash., April 27.—Five
men were killed when a scaffolding
on the rodf of ‘the Hotel Monticello,
under construction, collapsed. A
sixth man saved (himself from death
by grasping a rope.
Lone Guard Prevents
Escape of 18 Prisoners
ST. LOUI8, April 27.—Eighteen
piisoners armed with Iron bars and
clubs attempted to escape from the
city workhouse early today but were
overcome by a single guard who
wounded six with buckshot.
hour on a sweeping nipasure which
Its proponents called a "sates tax
bill.” The measure carried with it,
however, a sweeping occupational tax
measure tha't did not stop at work
ers and (professional men making
comparatively comfortable incomes,
but also imposed a tax on more mod
est wage earners.
The measure as passed iby the Sen
ate taxed manirfactiirers, merchants,
retailers, (profession^ men and work
ers one-half of fino per cent on
their gross receipts from whatpvef
(Continuod fm P«R« Five.)
LAUNCHING NEW COAST LINER
;
The new 366-foot steamer de luxe, Alaska, to so Into tin Alaska aw vice in Juno, is shown here in the act of entering
Ihe water ;tt the Todd Shipyards in Tacoma a week ago last night. Mir.-- Francos Nowell, Juneau girl, is shown at the right,
having been sponsor. Miss Nowell is also seen below preparatory to christening the vessel. It will ho noted that tho vessel
is entering the water bow first, an innovation in launchings 01 the Pacific Coast. Willi:- tC. Nowell, father of Mir.s Nowell,
and agent of tho Alaska Steamship Company in Juneau, went couth to bo pio-uit at the launching of the now Alaska liner.
(Courtesy of Seattle Cost-Intelligencer.)
BOMBS EXPLODE
IN RUHR AREA
Greatest Damage Is Done
Since Occupation Forces
Have Been in District.
DUSSELDORF, April 27. -Five
amall bomb explosions in the Ruhr
during the ijight cut railway tele
graph and telophon * communications,
temporarily disorganizing traffic.
French Headquarters issued an off!
cial statement saying the explosions
caused ithe mipst serious damage since j
the beginning of occupation.
Germans made a series of efforts;
to run the customs barrier into Ger-1
many last night but failed. I.urge j
quantities of goods were seized.
Argument Over Fur Coat
Causes Man to Kill Wife
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., April 27.
—John A. Carlson, plumbing con-,
tractor, confessed today that he!
murdered his wife last month by1
fritting on her in a shallow pond j
until Bhe drowned,
Carlson said he drove iiis auto
niobfle deliberately over a bank into
the pond and the car overturned,;
then he drowned his wife. He at,
first claimed it was an accident. The'
two had quarreled over the pur-,
chase of a fur coat.
Francis J. Henery Is
Charged with Frauds
SAN JOSE. April 27 Francis .1. j
Heney, former prosecutor in the fn-i
rnous Oregon 11 mihe,r fraud and San
Francisco grift cases, is charged ini
papers filed today in the Superior
Court with having defrauded his sls-i
ter-in-law and nephew out of the;
title to their vineyard in Santa Clara
county, valued at $220,000. The,
charge is contained in an answer filed
to the ejectment suit, j
Communist Congress
Adjourns; New
System Is Planned
MOSCOW; Aipril 27.- The Commun
ist Congress .has adjourned after ap .
proving Trotsky's plan to take over,
the heavy industries commission.
Fifty Communists have been named
on Premier Ja-nine recommendations j
to hive stric supervision over all!
branches of th government.
Chtiirmin Zinovn’ff, of the execu-*
tivo committee of the Third Inter
nationale, said iho Congress demon
strated the proletariat would not re-i
tire from dictatorship.
CHINA IS AGAIN
IN BIG STRIFE
Revolution Is 1 akmg Place in
South—Trouble Looms
in the North.
PfcJKINU, April 27. War attend-l
rd by general personal and social;
unrest is following the opening of
spring in China.
In South China a combination of
Wuannaneso and Kwangtmig inter
ests calling themselves Constitution-,
alirts and supporting Dr. Sun Yat 1
Sen have driven the Kwangsi from!
Canton.
Cp in North China various lead
er. are licensing each other of du
plicity and many other things,
which may lead to strife.
Eastern Washington
Coal Miners Return
SEATTLE, April 27. Two thou-'
Band workers in the Hosljrn. Cle
Elum nnd Tono coal fields will re-'
turn to work next Wednesday rep
reo ntatlves of the union and opera-;
tors declared today. This follows
tlie announcement the men had vot-'
ed to accept a reduction in the basic!
day wage scale to 7.50 from 8.20. |
MYSTERIOUS
FIREiTWELVE
ARE BURNED
New York Tenement Swept
by Fire—Seven of One
Family Are Dead.
NKW YORK. April 27. Fire of
■i mysterious origin in a pile of rub
bish in a 5-story brick tenement
spread through the building and
caused the death of 12 persons,
members of two families living on
the top floor.
Twenty persons were Injur'd.
Firemen made many Bpcctacul ir
rescues.
Seven of the Head were members
of the family of David Mendelbaum,
painter, who planned to move today
to a little farm upstate which he
had just purchased.
HONGKONG. April 27. H. C.
Rowjou, member of l he eta IT (f the
British-Amcrican Tobacco Company,
has been captured by robbers and Ik
held for $20,000 ransom.
Budget System
Makes Great
Change in U. S.
BLOOMINGTON, April 27.— |
11. M. Lord. Director of the I
j Bureau of the Budget, declared I
1 at the dedication of the now
| School of Commerce at the In- I
dlanu University, the budget !
| system lias transformed the j
United States to the biggest I
j busini'. in the world bringing |
it front a disorganized hapliaz- 1
ard unmethodical organization
to an efficient concern.
To Investigate
Firing Upon
American Boat
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Secre
tary of Htnle Hughes has instructed
Fred M. Ryder, American Consul at
Vancouver, H. to inveetigate the
firing on the American fishing ves- ■
eel Slloam hy the Canadian Fisher-I
les Patrol Boat Marlaplna which re-I
suited in the death of J. M. Yorke, !
member of the crew.
YORKE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
SEATTLE, April 21. -Relatives
have definitely established the fact
taht J. M. Yorke, killed In the
Slloam clash, was an American citi
zen of Provo, Utah. Canadlun auth
orities had understood he was not
an American.
Immigration Service
Shake-up in Seattle
SEATTLE, April 21. Following
Investigation and resignation of
Henry A. Monroe. Assistant Oommis-j
sinner of Immigration here, jt is an-!
nounced two Inspectors have been
transferred to other parts of the
country, and a Chinese interpreter
di-inined. Dissatisfaction with the
hundling of l. he Chinese immigration
Is given as the cause for the
shake up.
Called to Door
And Are Then
Shot Down
HAWORTH, Ok la.. April 21.—
Two unidentified men appearing on
horseback last night at the home of,
Thomas Kamil!, planter, called the
family to the door, shot and killed
I la mil, his wife and daughter, Mrs.
Tope, and the latter's 10-year-old
sun and her 5-year-old daughter,
and probably fatally wounded two
'other children. Another child os
leaped *° neighbors and gave tho
warning. Mrs. Tope had been
e- (ranged from tier husband for
rxiine lime. Authorities are working
on the case today.
SUIT AGAINST
BABE RUTH IS
DROPPED TODAY
Dolores Nixon Admits $50,
000 Damage Case Was
Result of Frame-up.
NEW YORK. April 27—Miss Do
lores Nixon, wfho recently brought
mitt against Babe Ruth for $30,000,
alleging seduction and assault, with
drew the case today.
The withdrawal came Just as Rob
ert MoChesney, who was to be ex
amined as to Miss Nixon’s record,
was about to bo called to give testi
mony
Hyman Bushel, Ruth's attorney, an
nounced he had obtained a confession
signed by Miss Nixon in which she
iufm'ltted the suit was the result of
a frame-up in which several persons
were involved.
Bushel will place all facts bafore
fi’ie District Attorney for investiga
tion.
At the time the suit was filed,
Ruth pretested his Innocence and
declared he would fight it to the
finish.
FISH PRICES'
ARE SETTLED
Alaska Fishermen’s Union
Win All Demands Made
on Alaska Packers.
ASTORIA. April 27. The Alask i
Fishermen's Union announced today
an agreement has been reached with
the Alaska BftckoTs' Association for
Bristol Bay whereby it had gained
every demand of their ultimatum to
the pickers. The men are to receive
$150 run uponey .and the fallowing
rates for fish.
Kings'—40 cents.
Reds and effhoos—8 cents.
Nushag.uk River—714 cents.
Other points—Chums 2V4 cents and
pinks lVi cents
BORMS
COURT FIGHT
Idaho Senator Opens Cam
paign Against Proposal
to Join World Court.
WASHINGTON, April 27.—United
States Senator William E. Borah,
opening his campaign against Ameri
can membership in the World Court,
Issued a statement as 'follows:
"I think that the stated proposi
tion tha' you can go into the
League's court and stay out of the
League of Nations the most remark
able over presentod to tho public. It
would never be suggested if personal
expediency did not seem to request
It."
ROOT ON WORLD COURT.
WASHINGTON. April 27.—Elthu
Rent told the members of the Am
erican Society or International Law
that President Harding’s proposal
to enter the World Court is only
a question of moral support and "we
would undertake to do nothing and
give nobody authority or power to
do anything."
U. S. Consulate at
Vladivostok to Close
WASHINGTON. April 27—The
American consulate at Vladivostok,
through which the United States
maintained representation with Bus- *
si.t. has been ordered closed. It is
understood the British consulate
there will also 'bo closed by the Brit
ish government.
Proposed Naval Yard
Wage Scale Held-up
WASHINGTON. April - 27- —After
receiving protests from labor organ
izations and naval officers in charge
j of various shore estimates, the Naky
[ Department announced today that
the wage schedule recently ordered
| to become effective in navy yards
I on May 1 will be recalled and re
I vised.
; SAN ANTONIO. Tex . April 27.—A.
; C. Watnon has established a new
I record for continuous dancing of 112
hours. >..