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ALASKA
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VOL. XXL, NO. 3185.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
JUNEAU
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BORN IN
NOME, SHOT
AND KILLED
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HUBERT WORK
STARTS WORK
IN NEW DEPT.
Former Postmaster General
Begins Duties as Secre
tary of Interior.
MAKES STATEMENT AS TO
WHAT HE EXPECTS TO DO
Pays Tribute to His Predeces
sor for Efficiency of His
Administration.
WASHINGTON. March fi.— Or. Hu
bert Work has ti.ikpn the oath as' Sec
retary of Interior ami taken hi* of
fice.
In a statement, Dr. Work said:
"Tine same strictly business me
:hods tbit prevailed in the Tost Of
fice ,Department during my incumb
ency as Postmaster General, wilt
applied to the Department of In
tenior to the end that its functions
may be exercised with the same ef
ficiency that characterized tne ad
ministration of my distinguished pre
decessor.
“I tv|U continue the open door
policy adopted at the Post Office De
partment so the public may ‘ook in.
if Jt wishes, and see how their own
business is transacted.”
NEW TAKES OFFICE
WASHINGTON, March Former
Senator Harry S. New. of Indiana,
has assumed the office of Postmas
ter1 General.
Dwight F. Davis, of St. Louis, has
been formally installed as Assistant
Secretary of War.
Herrin Riot Defendant
Named as Shooting Man
MARLON, 111., March 6—William
Cairns, testifying for the prosecution
kb the second Herrin riot trial,
pointed out Phillip Fontanelti, one
of tlhe defendants in the presen* ease,
as the man. he saw shoot into tan
body of John Shoemaker, one J the
non-union men killed.
Crowder Presents His
Credentials to Cuba
HAVANA, March 6.—General Crow
dor has piijsonted Ills credentials as
Ambit: isador to Cuba from the United
States.
BALTIC RUM RUNNERS REPORTED
HAVING SPLENDID MARKETS NOW
COPENHAGEN. March 6.-Rum
not specilically the sugar cane prod
uut of Jamaica and Cuba, but rather
any kind of alcoholic beverage strong
er than claret and beer, is the basis
of a smuggling trade in the Scandi
natvian countries and Finland, that
rapidly is assuming national proper
tlqns.
iMost of it cornea from Germany
There lit-costs one crown a liter
and it finds a ready sale elsewhere
at -six crowns; hence there, is a fine
margin of profit for the rum-run
nor. Finland is a dry country, sc
-there is no question of the market
Norway also is dry, but with certait
limitations Spain and Portuga
compel her to accept a certa.ir
amount every year of wines like por
and sherry, else they would not buy
her fish, and Norway must sell hot
tisth. Sweden has in operation n
system of rationing which permit
limited consumption, while in Den
mark there is no limit whatever
every man can delink as much as In
can afford -to 'buy. But here thi
-duty is fantastically high, and cos
is the only prohibitive agent.
Cargoes Are Lost
Occasionally the -runners lose
cargo, but this matters, not so ver;
much, for the profits easily take car
of any such incident.
The customs police on shore hav
-been strengthened, and the author
ties are watchful, but nevertheles
the smugglers are having It nearl
all thair own way. The reason woul
aee-m to be that they are Just a Lltt-1
bit smarter than their opponents, &n
fiuocoed, in some eases, in kcupin,
a.t least one jump ahead of them.
For instance, there was the ease of
the German who double crossed the
Norwegians. The Norwegian customs
people were seeking a good, speedy
boat to keep the rum runners away,
and they found a German in Imbeek
who had just wli.it was wanted. A
seaworthy motor boat, 110 feet long,
good accommodations, and with a
guaranteed speed of liO knots. T'.e
price was right, too, and in Germ :n
! marks to boot. So a sale was ma !e
j much to the satisfaction of the Nor
wegian customs authorities. w'.tc
sought congratulations on th‘ir n
orgy and business acumen.
Beat Customs Boats
The new boat was taken out fit
tiho first time, with high hopes. B’d
the rum-running boat she found pi
sea was a speedy craft too She rat]
a circle around the customs boat
and then disappeared in the rog si
28 knots an hour.
An investigation only proved whai
, the Norwegians had begun to su?
. pect. The Lubeck German had soil
them a rum-runner discarded be
cause she was so slow, and withir
the same week he sold the 28-kno
boat to the smugglers,
i A recent Amertican visitor in Hei
' singfors, Finland, was asked by hi'
; waiter If he laid in his supplies
“Stand on corner of - and
i streets at 12 o'clock sharp." sail
- the waiter, “and' they will fix yoi
^tip." The American followed instrur
rations. Two minutes after 12 hi
1! was accosted by a stranger speak in;
i good English who took his order fo
1 liquor, and later delivered i? at hi
l hotel, ,
RED SPY TELLS OF DOUBLE-CROSS.
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Photograph "hews Albert Ballln, alia.-- Bel a now, who has been
making startling depositions in Chicago against heads of nations Iv
prominent detoctive agencies and against William J. Burns, of the
Department of Justice. He allege; he was employed as agent pro
vocateur to stir up anarchist plots, so t he agencies might get jobs
of guarding financial institutions and financiers. All the men he
lias named have Indignantly denial bb charges, lie is sh< \vn here
being questioned by Attorney Frank Walsh, who will use his dis
pocition in defending alleged radicals facing trial at St. Jo.epli,
Michigan.
! Giant Bomber
Crashes to Earth;
Lieutenant Killed
JiHW YORK, Tirch •>. Stanley
| SniiMi w is killed and Major Foiled
Bradley probably fatally injured
| when a giant bomber, in which l.ey
| bad just left Mitchell Field for 11
j linois, crashed to the ground.
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Former Typographical
President Passes Awa>
COLORADO SPRINGMarch 6.—
Mars den iScott, former president
j of the International Typographical
, Union, died here yesterday aft moon
Family Is Asphyxiated
By Disinfectant Fumes
CHICAGO, Martin 6.—William Krut
jzenberg. wife and four children, were
asphyxiated during the nighl by
1 fume* of an adld used a.s a tl:»in
Ifeetant by a proprietor of a restaur
lant under their apartment.
OREGON NIGHT i
RIDING TRIAL !
NOW STARTED
jPripcipal Victim Carried Into
! Court on Stretcher—Iden
tifies Mob Members.
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I MEDFORD, Ore., March G The
,trial of the nlslir ridlrg case has'
i caraouoiM'cd. although .1 F. Hale, prln
jclpal witness, was i illy too 111 to
leavo hU room. Attorney General
| miliequist declared in his opening!
: statement he would have witnesses
j UlenHify .1, F. Bray, defendant, as one
,of the 'participants in the “Hale
! hanging."
Joseph F. Hale, alleged victim of
! the night riding, was brought to
court today in an ambulance and was
I carried into th" court room on a
stretcher.
Halo testified from his cot. idenli-j
]ifyting I)r. Jouett F. Bray and par
1 tiallly identifying J. P. Hittson as!
| members of the mob engaged in the
l “hanging" episode, bat Hale was un
, aible to identify Howard A. Hill, third
defendant.
Hale testified that X B. Bunnell,
j of Medford, was a member of the
! mob- Bunnell was not indicted.
1 Hale said that after being taken
I by the mob. a rope was placed around,
hlis neck and, 'throwing one end of
the rope over the limb of a tree,
the members of the mob questioned!
him. Hale said he was asked about
; his relations with two young women. |
Halo denied any wrong. He said hej
was told to dismiss his lawsuit
1 uigainat a. certain Medford man and!
! then leave town.
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TEN THOUSAND
Former Congresswoman from
Oklahoma Is Sued for
Making Remarks.
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WASHINGTON. March 6.—llias
Alice Robertson, of Oklahoma, whose
term in Congress expired Sunday
noon, vita* sued lute yesterday by
Benjamin E. Cook, her former secre
tary, for $10,000
Cook charges Miss Robertson with
having said in conversation he sold
her auto without authority and pock
eted the proceeds.
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i CHICAGO. March fi -A new $15.
. 000.000 skyscraper hotel, auditorium
■ ;and banking building will be erected
; In Chicago, on the site of the pres
• ent Auditorium Hotel. The latter
i,has never been profitable. It has
paid hut ^ne dividend, in iso.1).
INVITATION TO
HARDING FIRST
ON HOUSE LIST
Shepard Resolution Passed
Today Under Suspended
Rules—Goes to Senate.
The first resolution to be acted on ,
jy the House in the present session
is an invitation to President Harding
io visit the Territory during the com
ing summer, which was introduced
cy Representative H. R. Shepard this |
morning. It was passed by a unani- ,
nous vote under suspension of the I
rules and will be sent to the Senate
For action as soon as notice of or- |
ganization is received from that body.1
Passed as House Concurrent Reso-1
Inti; n No. 1, it roads as follows:
"Resolved, that the Territorial
Legislature of Alaska, :in sixth bien-l
il'al se-slon a combled.-*, extends great-i
•rags to Warren G. Harding. Presi
dent of the I’nlted States, and, cor
dially appreciative of his intended
v-ilsil to the Territory, pledges to him
a warm and patriotic welcome, and.
tor an on behalf of tire people of
Alaska, now most heartily renews the|
invitation tendered by the Legisla
ture of 1921. and earnestly expresses I
the hope that the visitation will be
made as ipianned, believing that it
will be of great and enduring benefit
to the Northland.
"Resolved, furtther, that a copy of
this resolutCon he telegraphed to the
President."
Convicted Mail
Robber Digs
Up Stolen Loot
KELLOGG. Idaho, March <’>. —E. J.
Hicks, sentenced last summer to ai
terrm in McNeil Island penitentiary j
for theft of mall two years ago, yes
terday dug up in two separate places,
near here, $8,000 In money. This
accounts for practically all of the,
$12,000 stolen.
ALLEGED KLAN i
KIDNAPPING IS
BEING PROBED
—
Grand Jury Is Sworn in to Get
Evidence in Famous Bas
trop Kidnappings.
BASTROP, Li. March 8— District
Judge Odom in charging the special
ly summoned grind Jury to investi
gate tire Morehouse kidnapping cases,
declared that if men are to form j
themselves into Illicit groups In de
cide who .to puni»h, there is no need
of courts or organized government.
J. O. Ryans. Okride farmer, was
appointed foreman of the grand Jury
to probe the alleged Morehouse Kl in
case.
Attorney General Coco will ask for
30 to 50 indict,meats ranging from as
sault to murder
It Is estimated that the number
rf Klansmein on the Jury runs as
high as six. but this feature is ap
parently not regarded as important
0‘S the. Attorney General will he will
tug to place the evidence before the
Jury even if it was composed entire
ly of Klansm'en as they have been
»wa>rn to discharge their duty.
Daugherty Is Making
Trip with President
WASHINGTON'. March fi.—Attor
ney General iDaugherty, weak from
his recent ilines.s Is a. member of
the Presidential party now on the
way to ‘Florida. Daugherty went to
bed immediately upon reaching the
•train.
Chairman A D Lasker, of the
■Shipping Board; former Secretary of
Inferior Payne, and Secretary of War
Weeks are members of the Presi
dential party hound for Florida.
SLEEPING SICKNES8
EPIDEMIC IN VANCOUVEB
ViAiNKTQUVER. March 6.— Fourteen
cases of sleeping sickness have been
reported in the city during the past
week or so. There has been one
death and the rest of the cases art
evpeeted to recover.
SUIT BRINGS “DIVORCE SYNDICATE" INDICTMENT.
Th< divorce milt of Mrs. 8yd my .1. Hirsch. tiled u year ago in
New Yoi k City, lias brought about the indictment of .lolin Berko
ivliz. charged vvitli operating a "divorce syndicate." She had en
gaged Herkowitz to shadow her husband. II is charged he employed
Mortimer Foss, who raid he knew Hirsch. to watch the young hus
band. Hater a raid was said to havo been made upon an apart
ment, In which Fcss declured he found Hirsch with a blond wo
man, llirseh vigorously denied the charge and proved an ulitii.
Iaitcr Herkuwlu was arrested, charged with procuring Foss to make
a false charge against Hirsch.
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Human Fly
| Plunges to
j His Death
i NEW YOItK, March 6.—With |
i a Broadway crowd standing
n«aiM?, Hienry R. Young, self
styled "human fly," plunged 10
stories to death lute yesterday
j afternoon. The death ‘plunge
j came when Young was trying to
scale the hotel MartiBque.
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HAWAII WANTS
BEER AND WINE
Resolution Introduced in Leg
islature Asking for Mod
ification of Laws.
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NONOMdU!. March «. An amend
ment to the National Prohibition lav.
to permit ttho manufacture and sale
or i <•& I>er cent beer and 15 per cent!
wine in the Hawaiian Islands is re
quested of Congress In a 'resolution
introduced in the Territorial I, -
lature.
New Discovered Clews
On “Hammer” Murderess
LOH ANOKI.KS. March «. Deputy'
Marshal Frank Dower left last r giit
for San Francisco to conduct an in
vestigation into newly discovered
clews in the cagp of Mrs. Plara
Phillips, convicted “hammer" murder
j ess. who escaped from the local
I county jail on December 5. An ar
! rest is expected, It is said.
Wyoming Oil Field
Lease Is Held Up
CHEYENNE. \Vyo.. March fi.
j After considering four bids for th ‘
j lease of section SW, Balt Creek Oil
I Fields, described as probably the
'riche-’ oil land in the world, the
Wyoming State I,and Board an
nounced a decision would be deferred
until March 15.
WILL WATCH
BATTLESHIPS
PLAY BATTLE
Secretary of Navy Denby and
Party Go South to Wit
ness Annual Maneuvers
WASHINGTON. March Secre
tary of Navy Denby and Admiral
Counts. Chief of Naval Operations,
and a party of Senators and Repre
sentatives, sailed Iasi night for Pan
ama Hay to witness the joint ma
m-nvtrs <if the AtUuntHe and Pacific
Fleets. Hattie practice with the
radio controlled battleship Iowa, us
tie oOjei V, will also be witnessed.
WON'T TAX AMERICANS
Hi )NIK)\, March <5. Chancellor
of Kxch ipicr Haild win refused to en
tertain suggestion in the House of
Gammon- that Americans tie taxed
when enterinK England anil $2.50
when leaving a-s retort on the debt
terms.
ONE CENT TO S20t POOR INTO
CONSCIENCE FUND OF RAILROAD
SAX FRANCISCO, March 6.—I
Hobo* sonieolmes do pay full fare'
•lr:< rw rd for their brakebeam and
bo* tar excursions, aecordins; lo of
ficialH of the Southern Pacific ra 11
rotd ye tiers I offices here, who state
that tin* “conscience fund’’ of the
t'otnpany has become $ It < >S richer in
the past year Nor are all the con
tributionsn front hoboes;; former em
ploye and otJhers w'ho have stolen
■ I *s or property from the road have
been driven by their consciences,
iofficials say, to make restitution.
'I'll* contributions ranfto from one
cent to $200. The pennv remittance
•wtis from an employee, who stated*.
“I was overpaid one cent on my
pay cheek and as an honest employee
I return It.”
That for $2i»0 came from a rellg
l
Ions Institution at Ogdea. Utah. It
hail been turned over to the institu
tion by a man who said he had de
frauded the company of that sum and
wished to clear his conscience by
donating it to charity. The religious
institution decided it would be better
for the man's conscience to make
restitution to the corporation trom
which the 'money was stolen.
Six cents In postage stamps came
“from a child who failed to pay
carfare." An Oakland, Cal., man sent
10 cents, saying he had defrauded
the Southern Pacific of that sura by
sneaking past the gat Oman at the
■ Kerry building in Sun Krancisco six
j years ago.
The fund was established In 1907.
i Xo effort is made, to Hearn the idanti
I ty of the contributors.
ALASKAN BOY
SHOT; KILLED
IN SEATTLE
Nome Ginnivan, First White
Child Born in Nome, Shot
as Night Prowler.
WELL KNOWN IN JUNEAU
WHERE HE HAS WORKED
Identification Is Made by Sis
ter-Believed to Have
Been Drink Crazed.
SEATTLE, March 6.—Nome J.
Ginnivan, cf Juneau, fir»t white
child boin in Nome, Alaska, and
former student cf the University of
Washington, was shot and killed
early Monday morning by a ni^ht
watchman when found prowling
about the office of the City Dye
Works.
A key ring found on the dead
boy's body bore the name of John
Adkins but positive identification
was finally completed when Mrs.
Mary Holmsen, sister of Ginnivan,
raid the body was that of her
brother.
Mrs. Holmsen said her brother
was probably erased by drink and
had probably mistaken the City Dye
i Works building for another place
i where he had been attending school
; rrcently. to learn ckoriie*! in i valla*
tier wotk.
Mrs. Holmsen said Ginnivan plan
ned to leave on the Northwestern
I on Wednesday of this week to re
' ume work as an auto mechanic at
■Juneau.
Young Ginnivan was born at
!Ncme on January 1, 1900.
Noma Ginnivan lived in Nome and
Solomon until about 19115. when ho
went to Tacoma to school. He re
j turned to Nome twice after thut.
[time and had been coming to Alaska
I In the summers.
I.aert. spring Ginnivan came to Ju
j neuu and was employed at the Tee
liarlmr cannery. July 24 last he
■went to work as truck driver here
) for tlie Bureau of Public Roads.
| wljth (lie crerw on the Auk Bay sec
II ion of Glacier Highway, holding
I that position until November 30
[ when he went to Seattle.
Ginnivan is survived by his par
|cuts and two sisters who reside In
the States.
Nome Ginnivan made many friends
I in Juneau and was we'l known here.
Jerry Niseon, of the Bureau of Pub
| lie Roads, in charge of the crew of
which Ginnivan was a member said
of him today: "Nome Ginnivan was
one of tlie best lads and steadiest
| worker* i have ever known. We
| hoped to have him with us again
this season and had already made
arrangemenis for Ills return. His
death is a shock to ail of us who
knew him and were associated with
1 liim In our work "
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AUSTIN. Tex . March 6.—-Federal
| Judge J. Hutcheson has siet March
12 as the date of the hearing In the
■case of K V. Clarke, former Im
perial Wizard of the Ku Kltix Klan.
Indicted under the Mann act. Clarke's
'bond has been tint-reused from $1,000
t'j *.->..000.