THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE HEWS AI.L THE TIME”
VOL XXL, NO. 3139.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY II, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENT*
HEART OF RUHR
WITHOUT FIRING
AREA ENCIRCLED
OF SINGLE SHOT
TRANSPORT OFF
TOMORROW FOR
YANKEE FORCES
War Department Sending
Transport to Europe for
U. S. Forces on Rhine.
FRENCH ARE GREATLY
DEPRESSED BY ACTION
Washington Claims France
Was Warned Regarding
Reparation Program.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11. — The
Tran: pot St. Mihtil sails for Europe
tomorrow noon to bring bark the
American troops new in Europe
This is the official announcement
made today.
FRENCH DEPRESSED.
PARIS. Jan. 11. — The French
Army and people are depressed ovei
the order for the American forces
to leave the Rhine.
The French fear (his is an oper
expression and construed as a re
buke to France on the eve of hoi
independent action.
FRANCE Wao INFORMED.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.—Author
native intimations indicate Franc*
was Informed that her plans fo
forcible measures in Germany woulci
result in the withdrawal of thi
American troops and that with
drawal is an expression of disap
provai of the French reparations
program.
ENGLISH COMMENT.
MANCHESTER, Eng.. Jan. 11.—
Commenting upon the withdrawal o
the American troops on the Rhine
the Manchester Guardian to-daj
says:
“The withdrawal raises the furth
er question of the reparations sit
nation.
"America and England are non
very much in the same way o
thinking.
“If it is right for America t<
withdraw, probably it is rigli
for us.
“The same arguments apply ' ti
both countries."
BRITISH ON RHINE
PARIS, Jan. 11.—It is understoo.
here that British troops will replace
the American forces on the Rhine
Old Painting; of Value
Are Found in Canadi
OTTAWA. Jan. 11.—The Bear Riv
er. Nova Scotia, branch of tht
Great War Veterans' Association re
cently bought an old residence in
Bear River and started to fit it m
as a club house.
Hidden away in a corner the clut
members found two dust-covered oi
paintings. Cleaning revealed pic
lures of Halifax and Halifax harboi
in tho early days, presumably 1
well known English painter who a
one time visited Halifax and used tc
go fishing at Bear River.
The pictures are valued by ex
perts at $10,000 each. An effort it
being made to buy them and tak<
them to the United States, but th
veterans hope to be able to effec
thoir sale in Canada, where it is de
sired that they remain.
Wants Alaskans Protected
From Horde, Wildcatter
•SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Capt. J. F
Pratt, retired, who began surveyini
the waters of Alaska 30 years ago
spoke at the mooting of the Alask
committee of the Chamber of Com
nrerce today and appealed for prc
tectlon of Alaskans from a horde o
wildcatters which will swope dow:
on the country as soon as "well f
naneed oil concerns bring oil froti
the Alaska wells.”
Forty-five Miners Are
Trapped; Believed Deai
BERLIN. Jan. 11.—Forty-five mil
era are trapped and believed to b
dead as the result of an explosion li
n coal mine at Hindenbnrg, Uppe
Silesia,
TRIES DEATH TO PUNISH HERSELF.
SJJM3P
George 0. Baker, of Oakland, Cal., tried to kill himself when
pretty Mrs. Lottie Clark, a divorcee, jilted him. He left a note
blaming himself for wrecking her home, adding: ’ A man who
steals another man's wife most s .rely pay." His daughter, Hazel,
1 w ho had lost track of him, rushed to the hospital and aidqd in nurs
ing him hack to health, daring th? divorcee ever to come near him.
FORMER KING
CONSTANTINE
PASSES AWAY
j > _
Dies Suddenly m aicilly Where
He Had Fled Following
Abdication of Throne. <
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PALERMO. Sicilly. .Tan. 11.—For-J v
I mer King Consentin'*. of Greece, v
died suddenly here today of cerebral ,
j Iwmorrhage. • r
I Constantino had been suffering [J
from artorio sclororls and nephritis
j but death came qurto unexpectedly s
■Constantine had planned to start j t
for .Viples tomorrow with his family, c
later going to Florence to make his t
• permanent, home there. a
.1 Queen Sophia and throe of his n
daughters wore at Constantine's bed- l;
1 side when he died.
HAD STORMY REIGN
The reign of Constantine f. ns
King of the Hellenes was brief, dat
ing only from March IS. 19l;t, wlien
his father, Ceorge I., was assassinat
ed in Saloniki.
nriof ns the roign was, Constan
tino hail enjoyed prior to the he
ginning of tho groat war in 1914, a
period of remarkable popularity and
had increased the territory if tlit
Greek monarchy by over 6n per cent.
His attitude of opposition toward
the Entente powers when their
troops occupied part of Greek t rri
tory in the Macedonian campaign
against the Teutonic .allies, however,
brought hint Into conflict with the
statesmen of Greece and resulted in
the establishment of a provisional
government headed by Eliphtheries
Venizelos, whom the King had driven
fro ii the post of Premier.
Throughout a long series of n -r i
tiations and conflict with the Entente
commanders Constantine was oft"'i
acrused of being pro-German in sym
pathies, largely, it was charg - I. a
a result of the influence of Qu"~:i
iSophia, sister of the German Em
peror, whom he married in 1*189
Constantine declared throughout that
he desired only to maintain neutral
lty and that he was actuated no. by
Pro-German sympathies but by con
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‘ Two Men Killed in Raid
For Liquor; Seizure Made
AUSTIX. Tex., ,Ian. 11 —Two men
11 wpre killed, one man was captured
-jand 200 quarts of liquor were seized
- j In a gun fight between smugglers,
f I customs officials and Texas rangers
11 near Bracketville, late last night.
> Leader of Squadron in
Air Is Killed; Collision
I SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 11.—Lieut.
IjFanda R. Johnson was killed today
In a plane in which he was leading
i- n squadron when ho collided with a
p “spad,” piloted by Sergt. 11 J. War
i r.er, who dropped 2,000 feet but was
r not injured P,oth machines were
wrecked.
J, S, GOLDSMITH
TAKES HIS LIFE
Former Manager of Big Seat
tle Wholesale Concern
Takes Poison—Suicide.
SEATTLE. Jiu. 11. .Jnin<’s S
Goldsmith, former manager of
Schwabacher Brothers, was found
deal la t night in a shack on the
waterfront with half a bottle filled
wllh poison on a shslf nearby.
Goldsmith had suffered business
reverses since ho resigned from the
Schwabacher past in 1914.
Goldsmith loft his home on Marlon
Street last Monday morning, saying
he was going to his office where he
operated a merchandise brokerage
business with his brother. A. S Gold
smith, of 'Portland. Goldsmith did
not appear at his office that day or
later.
J. S. Goldsmith became manager
of Schwabacher Brothers, grocery
wholesalers, two years before the Se
attle fire, in 1SS9. lie was a care
ful manager and built up the con
cern to a great commercial standing
in the Pacific Northwest. For sev
eral years he was president of the
Seattle Chamber or Commerce, and
for 10 years was president of the
oid Soattle Athletic Club
Submarine in Distress;
Reported to Be in Tow
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—'Submarine
S 19, distressed off Cape Hatteras
last night, was taken in tow oarly
this morning by th ■ submarine ten
der Savanna, according to a wireless
dispatch.
Major General Crowder
Ambassador to Cuba
WASHINGTON', Jan, II, The
House has approved the Senate reso
lution making it possible for the ap
pointment of Major General Crowder
to be United States Ambassador to
| Cuba.
Settlement of Debt
Question Is Certain
WASHINGTON. Jan. U.—ehair
j man Mellon, of the American Debt
Funding Commission, today said he
felt certain an agreement on the
funding of the British debt would be
reached before the British Coinmis
j sion sailed for home, which would be
nn January 20.
Protection for Women
In Industry Is Urged
WASHINGTON. Jan 11.—Protec
jtion for women in industry from ex
I ploitation a1 to wages and hours,
| also working conditions. removal of
j mothers from industry, were the key
notes of an address by Secretary
of I.abor, Davis at the opening of
the conference of Women Industry
today, called bv the Women's Bureau
(if the Department of Utbor.
THIRTEEN MEN
NAMED IN LA.
HOODED CASE;
Witnesses Give Names of
Those Who Participated
in Night Raids.
BASTROP. La., .Tan. 11.—'Thirteen
men have been named by witnesses
in tbo open hearing hero as engaged
In disorders by a hooded band a',
night.
Harry .1. Noel, automobile man of
this city, late yesterday afternoon
testified that Jeff Burnett, under ar
rest now on a charge of murdering
Watt Daniol and Thomas Richards,
was one of two unmasked men who
held him up on a road the same day
Richards Is alleged to have been
questioned as to the attack on Dr
McKoin.
Mrs. T. F. Richards, wife of the
■lain man. testified her husband liatl
been taken to the Monroe Road on
August 19, questioned about the at
tack on Dr. McKoin, and re*eased
when he said he knew nothing about
the case.
Fred Higgenbottom, who declared
himself as a member of the Ku Klux
Klan. a charter member at that, and
is still a member, asserted on the
witness stand today that he attend
ed meetings of the Klan. but could
name but one official, Ca,plain Skip
witb, Dialled Cyclop*, in the More
house Parish.
Reconstruction ot
Alaska Cable
Looks Favorable
BILLETIX—SEATTLE, Jan. 11.
—Late this afternoon the Chamber
of Commereo was advised the ap
propriations sub-commitee bad In
creased the proposed cable appro
priation to $7,60.000.
CABLE APPROPRIATION.
SWATTLE, Jan 11.—The Cham
ber of Commerce lias received a v/lre
from ,1. .1 Underwood, Washington,
1). representative, that the pros
pects are bright for an appropriation
for the reconstruction of the signal
corps cable between Seattle and Al
aska. The aub-committee on appro
priations has included a $600,000
appropriation in the War Depart
ment bill which will be reported
out within 10 days
The committee will further recom
mend the War Department authorize
a contract, a total expenditure of
$1,500,000, for relaying the cable.
II is stated here $600,000 would as
sure immediate relaying to Sitka
from Seattle and tlie remainder of
the amount would complete the
whole project.
Postmaster Arrested
For $50,000 Robbery
BDMOXTOX, Jan. 11.—'Postmaster
George S. Armstrong was arrested
today, charged with the theft of
$50,000 from the post office In An
gust, 1910. Armstrong stoutly main
tains he is innocent.
Flood Waters Again
Rising Near Seattle
SEATTLE. Jan. 11.—‘Flood waters
are again rising in the district be
tween Seattle and Tacoma and roads
and bridges arc again menaced.
SO THERE!
NEWAAK, X. J., Jan 11.—
Clarences of all nations are or
ganizing for war on the wags
who call them "sissyfied."
Recruiting has started in New
ark. following the call to arms
from Clarence .Massey, of Cleve
land. who declares he is a two
fisted, regular guy and tired of
being called ''mamma’s boy.”
"On the vaudeville circuits
and everywhere they say Clar
ence In falsetto.” says Massey,
"and certain of these smart
Alevs think a fellow has to have
a name like ‘Bull iSpivens' or
he's a mollycoddle.”
As the organization work goes
urn. it is reported lihat Perclvals,
Algernons and Llewellyns have
offered (o organize a brigade or
two.
TELL SISTERS APART BY RIBBONS.
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The Misses Eleanor and Alleyn O’Sullivan, beautiful Irish girls,
are so nearly alike even their own mother cannot tell them apart.
During: the dances on the liner President Van Huron, which
brought them to America on their first visit, it was necessary. for
them to pin different colored ribbons on their dresses so their
partners could identify them.
CLARA SKARIN CASE TAKES NEW
ANGLE; TESTIMOMY OF ATTORNEY
INCRIMINATES GIRL DEFENDANT
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North Dakota |
; Against Wearing
j Of Any Masks
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mSMARCK. N. 1) , Jan. 11. '
A bill to forbid any member of !
any organization to appear out
] title of any building in North ■
' Dakota “wearing a mask, re- j
1 g.ilia or other head covering so 1 |
j as to conceal the features to j
j prevent recognition" was intro- '
(Ineed in the state Senate to
day.
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REVOLT TAKES 1
PLACE ABROAD
One District of East Prussia
Demands Uniting with
Lithunania.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. — Ac
cording to official advices received
here a revolt has taken place in the
whole Memcl District in East
Piussia.
• The citizens are demanding the
territory be made part of Lithu
1 ania.”
The advices came in a telegram
received by the Lithuanian Legation
from the government at Kovnog.
League of Nations Has
Another Staunch Defender
i NEW YORK, Jan II John H.
Clarks, of Youngstown. Ohio, who
resigned from tho United Slates Su
prom - Court, to bettor serve human
ity, opened a campaign here last
night with an uddre- ; denouncing
partisanship for the defeat of the
League of Nations.
Clarke declared that defeat of the
League of Nations Wat a misfortune
and that not being corrected will ro
anlt in a jx-rmanent disaster for the
country.
SEATTLE. Jan. 11. Yesterday
aft moon when Attorney John P.
Don . for the defense, in his opening
arguments, charged that Attorney
Von Tobol, counsol for Hochbrunn,
had advised I'lara Skarin to leave
the country and keep silent regard
ing the murder. Von Tobel was not
in the court room.
It w i m illed, However, that last
September, after Prosecuting Attor
ney Malcolm Douglas had heard the
Skarin girl s confession, he made a
statement completely exonerating
Von Tobel of complicity and further
made a statement declaring the girl's
story was false in every detail.
Von Tobel Testified
Thi forenoon Attorney Von Tobel
took the witness stand and testified
he had deposited $l,7f>0 in gold In a
bank last June, but explained It had
been accumulated through a long
period to settle an estate In Aus
tralia.
Yon Tobol said that after limit
brunn'- death, he first saw Clara
Sk ■ rin in November, when he went
to her to discuss Hochbrtinn's
mystorioil* disappearance He said
gh-- told him Hochbrunn had left
her money in gold to pay th • work
men and in two or throe days later
showed him a letter purporting to
be from Hochbrunn. written in Port
land, aging he was going to Cali
fornia.
Telearams Are Produced
Von Tobel presented a telegram
to Clara from Portland, saying Hoch
brunn was sick and going to Call
torn in I. iter Von Tobel said he
rr - ved a letter from California, pur
porting to have be<‘n written by
H ichbrunn. containing instructions
wh ch lie obeyed.
Girl Had Gold
Tw-> managers of telegraph offices
ti rifled that within two days ol
Tfochbrunn's death. Miss Skarin
bought money transfers, paying foi
th m with gold. To one rlie Is al
lleaed to have said:
i "| i his out of my safety de
posit box.”
To the other telegraph office man
'tiger -he said:
“Mr unde died and left m<
; $2fi.nnn.’’
CONFESSION OF GIRL
I When Clara Skarin was arrested ii
Oikljnd for the ulurder of Ferdinam
H-'chbritnn. she made the followin;
i .mfession to Lieut William R Kent
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FRENCH OCCUPY
RUHR AREA;NUT
A SHUT FIRED
Occupation Forces Encircle
Valley—Essen Is Occupied
—All Is Quiet.
REPRESENTATIVES OF
GERMANY CALLED HOME
Germany Announces Will Not
Longer Negotiate About
Reparations.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY. Jan.
11.—The French are encircling the
heart of the Ruhr Valley marching
into Essen this morning.
French troop* began patrolling the
streets of Essen, sentries took their
positions at the entrance of the
Krupp works and tanks are in com
mand at the City Hall Sauare. The
infantry pickets hold tne varioat
railroad positions.
Before noon the occupation of the
region was practically completed the
entire maneuver having been carried
out without the firing of a single
I shot.
QUIET IN E3SEN.
PAR IS. Jun. 11.—According to ad
vices received from official military
sources, Essen , is quiet, the stores
am open, tramways are running and
the factories are in operation and
the «'or sins people ,ie vusy wWt
their usual routine.
AMBASSADOR RECALLED.
i J1EFU.IN, Jan. 11.—The German
government announces that the Am
bassador to Paris has been recalled.
Ills Infractions are to return here
I at once with ail of his attendants.
MINISTER ORDERED HOME.
BERLIN, Jan. 11. —The Gorman
! Minister. to Belgium lias been re
| called according lo official an
nouncement.
NEW GERMAN STEPS.
| AMSTERDAM, Jan 11.—Germany
I today took the following measures
Immediately after tile French occu
pation was accomplished according
to official advices:
Peace treaty is broken.
Germany will no longer negotiate
with the Reparations Commission
| unless the Injustice of the occupa
i Lion is removed. ■
| I'se of alcoholic liquors be re
| duced.
Sunday will he declared a day of
I national mourning.
BELGIANS ON MARCH.
Ml 'ELM KIM. Jan II. — French
I patrols filtering through the brldge
I heads in the area of occupation last
I night have reached here.
Belgians are advancing through
Ruhort.
DEGOUTTE ON JOB.
Dl'SSKLDORF, Jan. 11.—General
Degoute, commander of the French
forcer, arrived here last night and
all drivers and owners of trucks and
autos were instructed to be ready
to transport French troops within
j half an hour after getting the order.
—
UGLY DEMONSTRATION.
! ESSEN, Jan. 11.—A civilian mob
i if 6,000 assembled at the Kaiserhof
Hotel last night, demanding the ex
pulaion of members of the French
commission.
Dr I.other. Mayor of Essen, per
suaded the demonstrators to go home
ringing patriotic songs.
—
ITALIAN DEBT REPUDIATED.
BERLIN, Jan. 11.—-Germany has
1 denounced the concordat with Italy
| under which she would have paid
Sun,noo.000 marks for redemption of
Germany property in Italy.
I CONFIDENCE IN POINCARE.
PARIS. Jan 11 — The Chamber
or Deputies this afternoon voted
confidence in the government of
Premier Poincare, the vote being
478 to 68.
PROTEST PRESENTED.
LONDON, Jan. 11—The German
Ambassador this afternoon presented
to the Foreign Office, the Germans
\ formal profest against the French
action in occupying the Ruhr Val
’ ley as a violation of the Versailles
Treaty