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VOL XXII., NO. 3329.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1923,
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Curt Reparations Reply Made Curzon by Poincare
FRENCH REPLY
GIVEN BRITISH
ON REPARATIONS
— |
Premier Poincare Makesj
Pointed Statements in An
swer to Curzon s Note.
PA1U3, Aug. 22. — The French
reply to the reparations note of
Io»d Curzon lies been delivered to
the British Ambassador.
NOTE IS DELIVERED.
LONDON. Aug. 23.—The French
reparations note has been delivered]
to the Foreign Office.
WHAT NOTE SAYS.
PARIS. Aug. 22.—Premier Potn-I
caie’r reply to Lord Curzon's re
parations proposals states Germany.
can obtain evacuation cf the Ruhn
only by paying leparaticns and can
be aciittyed of lessening of occupa
tion tigori! by ceasing passive re
sistance.'
The French Premier says Ger
many cannot win reductions in the
amount owing France unless Allied
credits are given in equal amounts
on war debts.
Premier Poincare also expresses;
the belief the Allies can agree to
methods of bringing about the ex
ecution of the Versailles treaty by
.continuation of courteous negotia
tions.
RECEIVER FOR
OIL COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22. — A
suit lu bankruptcy charging misap
pioprlatlon of 1238,000 of the com
pany funds and requesting the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Joe
B. Kurmau Oil Syndicate, No. 2,
raid to control six acres in the Santa
Fe Springs Field, has been tiled
by six of 6,000 stockholders. The
company was capitalized at |500,
000. It is asserted in the suit that
no effort to get oil was made after
a eerios of tent lectures and other
high powered inducements were
made for the purchase of stock.
Great Military Spectacle
Is Seen in Dublin Today !
DUBLIN, Aug. 22. — The great
est military spectacle in the history
of the city featured the observa
tion of the anniversary of the death
of Michael Colllins. Ail branches
of the service were represented in a
parade which stretched for ten
miles.
Japan to Begin to
Scrap Naval Boats
TOKIO, Aug. 22. — It is officially
announced that scrapping of war
ships In conformity with the Wash
ington treaties will be started im
mediately.
“COLD STAR" MOTHERS TO
CONVENE IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 22—Governor#
of every state In the Union have
been asked by the Kansas City chapter
of the War Mothers to seek in each
state the “gold star’ ’mother who
made the greatest sacrifice in the
World War, with a view to sending
her at her state’s expense to the na
tional convention of War Mothers in
Kansas City, Sept. 28 to Oct. 5, ac
cording to Mrs. Howard Boone, head
of the local chapter.
“Twenty-three governors have al
ready replied,” Mrs. Boone stated.
“Most have promised aid, although
■Ome of them declare selection to be
a delicate task."
Mrs. Boone said that the War Mo
thers have decided that the extent
of a mother’s sacrifice, by virtue of
which she should be selected, wonld
be gauged by the number of sons or
daughters who died in the service of
•thefr country, li» the, World War.
“This might not prove a strictly ac
■ ...
curate basis for judgment," Mrs.
Boone declared, “but it is the best we
could devise.” Mrs. Boone lost a son
in the war.
The delegates sent by the states.!
Mrs. Boone declared, will be the|
guests of tile Kansas City chapter1
of War Mothers.
Among the military men or promi
nence who have been Invited to at
tend the convention are General John
Pershing and Admiral R. E. C’oonti,
chief of operations of the United'
States navy.
Mrs. R. E. Bigny. of White Plains,
N. Y., national War Mother, will ad
dress the convention.
Among other incidents in the pro
gram now in process of formation
will be the dedication to Jackson
County, Missouri, men who died in
the war, of a huge granite boulder
which will be set down amid the
trees of Missouri’s first “memory
mile,” near Kansas City.
WARLIKE LEADERS OF SOVIET RUSSIA.
Here aro tho three men in whose hands rests the military
power <»f the .Russian Soviet, which is building tip a huge fight
ing machine. Let to right, they are: Sklianski, personal secre
tary to Leon Trotzky; Leon Trotzky, Soviet Minister of War. and
General KauenefT, Chief Commander of the All-Russian Red Army.
The photograph was taken at a rec nt military review near
Moscow, where more than 150,001) troops wore massed.
Famed Doctor Promises
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Everlasting Girlhood
LONDON, Aug. 22—The rejuvena
tion of women as well as men, and
without the aid of the beauty doctor
and the dressmaker, has been pro
mised by Dr. Voronoff, the famous
monkey gland expert. I)r. Voronoff
explained during the recent Interna
tional Surgical Congress that he was
making experiments at the present
time, and expected to be able to an
nounce the secret of everlasting girl
hood about November.
The announcement that he expected
to make grandmothers into debu
tantes caused a sensation among the
delegates, and many of them were
frank In saying that they believed It
utterly impossible. In fact some of
them said he ought not to do it, one
British Columbia Lumber
Company Mills Burned
VANCOUVER. Aug. 22. — The
mills of the British Columbia Lum
ber Company at False Creek were
burned late yesterday with a loss
of »350,000.
prominent social worker of London
declaring:
"What the doctors should do is to
find some means of preserving the
strength of women of seventy, so that
they could give the benefit of their
ripe experience to those in need of
it
"Women who have grown old natur
ally prefer nature to take its own
course. There are women who would
give anything to have their lost
beauty and youth restored, but they
are of the selfish type.”
Dr. Voronoff refuses to discuss the
subject further other than to say he
has progressed to the extent that he
is certain of success.
FLIGHT ACROSS
CONTINENT MAY
TAKE 12 HOURS
Aviator Believes that With
Aid of Speedy Winds,
Fast Time Be Made.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22—A 12 hour non
stop airplane flight from the west
coast to the east coast Is not an Im
probability, and there is every reason
to believe that this remarkable flight
will be realized within a short time,
according to Major R. W. Schroeder,
former holder of altitude records,
and one of the first aviators to ascend
to a height of more than 38,000 feet.
"To negotiate ihe distance between
San Francisco and New York in this
short time, the aviator must ascend to
a height of more than 30,000 feet In
order to get into what is railed the
anti-trade winds,” Major Schroeder
said in explaining his theory of the
flight. "These winds blow at a ve
locity in excess of 100 miles an hour
and with the aid of the plane motor
humming at a speed, say 160 miles
an hour, the flight can be accomplish
ed, providing that all conditions are
favorable."
Major Schroeder pointed out that
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OPERATING HEAD
(DR ALASKA R.R.
SOON BE CHOSEN
SEATTLE. Aug. 8.’ - A special
dispatch to tlu Seattle Daily Times
from Washington says that Hie In
tenor Department Wil> t oon select 11
permanent operating head for the
Alaska Railroad. TheS tatemeut la
made uitofficially that a practical
railroad man of the States will be
’hot— n hot the opinion prevails In
'nine quarters that Col. Frederick
Altars can liavq the position If he
wants it. *
NIGHT ffilNG
IS SUCCESSFUL
CHICAGO. Aug. 22. Tin night
flying experiment of the norial t>n--v.
lice In a 28-hour test flight proved a
| success except for the unique woath
I er conditions at Laramie which held
the eastbound plane fogbound until
morning. At C|j« venue, this mull
ing, Flint UounstiA. with Ills west
bound pland, was having dlglculty
In getting off for Laramie because
of the low hanging mist.
Eastern Plans Leaves
HEMI'STEAlVAug. 22 -The second
westward flight of an airplane began
when the plane hopped off on sche
duled time for Han Francisco.
Starts From West
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 -The
second eagtboifc*‘aiiHue uyder
good weather conditions Inis morn
lug on scheduled time.
GOOUDGE MAY
EXERCISE HIS
PARDON POWER
Clemency to War-time Vio
lators May Be Extended
—President’s Views. '
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.—Presi
dent Coolidge told White House
visitors today he had decided to
adopt a renewal of the “attitude in
the matter of clemency to war vio
lators but recognized some of them
still imprisoned were only receiving
Just punishment for which they(
were convicted."
President Coolidge Is of the opin
ion that the question of amnesty!
is to be based on the belief no man*
should be held a prisoner because of
hie opinions expressed.
However, the President feels that
ret ognltion must be given to cir
cumstances under vsJiich the war
laws are violated in each case,
such as attempts to influence the
opinion of others or to stir up
general public opinion hostile to the
revernment.
PRISONER RELEASED.
L.BAEN WORTH. Aug. 22 — FranK
MOranz who was one of (.hq first
prisoners released by President
Coolidge left t:,e Federal Peniten
tiary yesterday with a pardon. He
was sentenced for the theft of an
automobile. He had been Btifferlug
from tuberculosis and was removed
to the local hospital after being
pardoned.
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President and Wife Now
Located in Wkite House
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Coolidge late yee
| terday took up their residence In
the White House.
! Girl Strangled
| To Death in
I Strange Manner
1 -
| BEND, Ore.. Aug. 22.—Her
j jacket catching on the handle
I of the door of the automobile, !
j Betty Jean, only daughter of j
| J. M. Llndley, was strangled to I
| death when abe fell from a |
bed in the car where she had I
| been placed while her mother |
j went vo a neighbors.
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MAN WHO “MADE COOLIDGE IS ILL.
’■ tif -
am
Inspect C&ua.-rct'
If there hadn't been a police
union In Boston there wouldn't have
been a police strike. And if there
hadn't been a police strike Calvin
Coolldge, then Governor of Masst
ckuectts, wouldn’t have had , a
c [I a rice to refuse to "arbitrate the
•lav/." At It waa, the Governor took
i firm hold In the crisis, ordered
Stale troops to do police duty and
refused to permit the strikers to
return to their posts. Overnight
oJoKti r Jl*
----rw \i,titsak
- .-... 1IUIIIIIUII IUII IU uic mc-l I DBlUvlIV/
followed. The man who organized the police union and led the strike
wrs John K. Melnnos, World War Veteran. Mclnnes, who banded 1,
40b policemen together, lost nls jib, along with 1,100 of his com
rade:-. lie i.s said now to be dvlrg of an incurable malady, 1n the
outskirts of Boston. Tlie then Ocvernor Coolldgo is shown inspect
ing tlio National Guard on September 16, 1919, during the strike.
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j Tries to Teach
Swimming;
Two Are Drowned
j SEATTLE, Aus. 22. — Fred j
Johnson, contractor whose |
l homo was until recently at ]
Greensboro, North Carolina, |
nml Mrs. Gertrude McKenzie, I
I of Long Beach, California, his |
| housekeeper, wero drowned j
yesterday afternoon while he
| was try in a to give here a j
swimming lesson in Green j
Luke.
JAPANESE SUB
SINKS; DEATH
TOLL IS BIG
Newest Submarine of Japan
ese, Back from Trial
Trip, Suddenly Sinks.
TOKIO, Auk. 22. — The newest
Japanese submarine, just returned
from a short trial trip, sunk ut the
dock at Kobe last night.
Elghty-flve members of the crew
are believed to have perished.
The captain, chief officer, five
dockyard engineers were saved.
The cause of the tragedy has not
been determined.
V. 8. GUNBOAT SINKS.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. — The
lintced States gunboat Gopher sunk
in 'he Gulf of St. Lawrence during
a gule today. No loss of life Is re
ported.
Reserve Officers Are
Hurt; Barn Collapses
CAMP MEADE, Aug. 22.—One of
J fleer was killed and 18 other re
serve officers in training here weri
Injured when an old barn ir
which they sought shelter from rail
collapsed -this afternoon.
BRISTOL BAY
PACK BETTER
SEATTLE. Aug. 22. — Reports
brought by the cannery tender Sho
Hk'-ff arriving here yesterday, in
dicated the fish pack in Bristol Bay
district less unsucceessful thiui pre
viously report.
Officers on the Sheltkoff mild the
pack in the Immediate Bristol Bay
vicinity was perhaps only half nor
mal but In other parts of the dis- j
trift. was better, several canneries1
exceeding the pack put up last year. I
Cruiser Seattle
Floated; Goes
| To Bremerton
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SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—The cruiser |
Seattle, the flagship of the U. S.!
Fleet has been floated from Mar
rowstone Point. Puget Sound, where
she went aground In a dense fog;
yesterday morning, and proceeded to:
Bremerton where she will be dry-1
docked and a survey made <*s (0
di-mages. •
GAS WILL DECIDE WADS OF
FDTDDE AN EXPERT DECLARES
! The $2,000,000 spent on the re
NEW YORK. An?. 22 (By Assocl
; atcd IYphsi Whole armies put t(
; sleep and takt n prisoner In gas war
I fare In by p<> means an Impossibility
| 25 years hence, Col Raymond K
i Bac on, t hief of the Technical Divl
hIoii of the Chemical Warfare Service
(A. E. K. says In a description of the
possibilities of the future art of war
made public by the American Cheml
cal Society.
The 12.000,00(1 spent on the re
1 search organization did more toward
winning the war. Col. Bacon asserts,
than any other 1200.000.000 spent in
other ways. One of the great leRsons
1 of the war has so far gone almost
unheeded, according to Col. llacon,
■ who continues:
I “To say the uso of gas in warfare
miHt be abolished Is almost the
tamp as saying that no progress must
be made in the art of warfare to
ward making It more efficient or
more humane. If one reads of the
great battles of history, one will find
that the victorious general con
quered his enemy usually because of
the fact that he so chose his position
as to have his flank protected by
river, monutaln range or some natu
rally strong barrier.
“Much of the strategy of these bat
tles consisted In manoeuverlng so as
to obtain the advantage of position.
With the use of gas it Is possible to
saturate a piece of ground so that
no troops can cross it. and thus
make an artificial barrier for tha
1 (Continued oa Pica PI vs.)
COAL OPERATORS
AND MINERS NOT
ABLE TO AGREE
Parley Breaks Off When Op
erators Refuse to Gr?int
Wage Increase Asked.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 22.—The
pulley between the anthracite op
erator? anil the coal miners has
be; it broken off. The operators
definitely refused to grant the wage
Inert are demanded.
Preddcnt Lewis, of the United
Min* Workers declared that unless
something unforeseen intervened,
the miners would consider them
selves "out of employment,’’ on
September I.
It appears that the general opin
ion of the representatives of both
«ldes Is that only government in
tervention can prevent a tie-up in
the anthracite coal industry on the
first of next month.
Coal Stock On Hand
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Sufficient
stocks of coal are on hand to last
four months In the event of a strike
on September 1. This Is according
to a survey just completed.
Pacific Coast "
Defenses Must Be
Strengthened
BREMERTON, Au*. n. _ Mem
berg of the naval affairs committee*
of both Houses of Congress, arriving
on the transport Chuumont, declared
that the United State# must
strengthen the defenses on the Pa
cific Coast.
Alaska Company Sued
For $30,500 Damages
SAN FRANCISCO, Aag. 22—
Charles Sellow has tiled a suit in
the Federal court for damages against
the Alaska Cod Flshlug Company
and Union Fish Company. He alleges
he belonged to the crew on the
Ashing vessel Morena last year and
was sent ashore in a rotten dory
In Ixtst Harbor. He broke several
ribs when Ills dory was wreeked.
Sellow alleges he became uncon
scious and ‘came to” on an Island
"with a shaggy wolf with an open
mouth standing over my heat} ready
to devour me.”
The claim is made he frightened
the wolf away with screams. Sel
low lived on the Island three months
m roots und berries. He declares
the experience ruined his health.
FOR COOLIDGE
FOR PRESIDENT
GRAFTON, Vt., Aug. 22. — Ap
proj.imat'ely 160,000 former resi
dents of Vermont are voting In 47
other Slates actively appointing a
national organization to organize
"Coolldge for President Clubs.”
TIiIh Is according to John Barrett,
former Director of the Pan-Ameri
can Union.