THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXI., NO. 3221.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
RUHR GERMANS
TO WRECK
MAKE ATTEMPT
OFFICIAL’S TRAINS
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SHAKE-UP IN
COLORADO IS
t ORDERED NOW
Federal Prohibition Forces
Are Jarred—Five Agents
Are Facing Charges.
WlASHiJNGTON, Arril 17.—Internal
Commissioner Blair has ordered a
wholesale shake-up in tlie Federal
Prohibition forces in Colorado, in
cluding the suspension of five agents.
The cases involve changes of selling
liquor seized in raids in addition to
the suspension of the agents.
It is announced that George A.
Crowder, legal adviser to the Denver
r.f.ite. will be permitted to resign.
PRISMS ARE
TREATED WORSE
THAN ANIMALS
Charges Are Made to Florida
Grand Jury—Shocking
State of Affairs.
TALLAHASSE, April 17.—Preser.
ment has been made to the grind
Jury of Lee county charging that
prisoners of that county leased to
Charlotte county are required to
v.'ork from 12 to 14 hours a day and
walk very fast to and from work,
from one to seven miles.
Charges are also made that prison
ers are whipped for infractions of
rules and often whipped apparently
merely at the whim of some overseer.
The prisoners ore compelled to
■wear shoes regardless of size or con
dition and compelled to work with
open sores on their hands.
War Time Sugar Deal
Bobbing Up in Court
•NE!W YORK. April 17.—Arthur J.
Baldwlin. personal secretary to
Charles F Murphy, Tammany leader,
testified today in Murphy's suit to
recover ifrom Louis N. Hartog $17:7,
000. This amount was invested in
a glucose company. Hartog induced
the war time Food Administrator to
furnish the company 3,000 tons of
glucose to sell to the British to make
beer for the armies in the recent
World War. Baldwin said Hoover
was out of town at the time anil a
Mr. 'Sweet sent him to a sugar offi
cial whose name he could not re
member.
Alaska Soldiers to
Be Relieved; Go South
iStAN FRANCISCO. Apr;'. 17.—Head
quarters of the Ninth Corps area has
Issued orders for Company B, Sev
enth Infantry, to be relieved from
duty In Alaska on arrival of the
transport Cambria in June. The
company will be moved to this port
on the transport, thence by rail to
Vancouver Barracks for station.
Portland and Alaska
Now to Be Connected
PORTLAND. April 17.—This city
is to be a regular port of call for
the Buford, which wtLl make three
round trips from San Francisco to Al
aslta 'this season en route to Siberia.
This Is according to Capt. Louis
Lane, who is here today arranging
■bookings of passengers and freight
for the trips- The schedule permits
of the first direct communication be
tween Portland and Alaska for sev
eral years.
Pays Large Sum
To Woman
For Entertainment
NEW YORK. April 17—Miss Mur
iel Sharp, of Garden City, has sued
O. J. Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune
iRyan, under an alleged contract to
•pay her $500 a month to live at his
apartment and maintain 'a living room
where he could entertain. He paid
regularly for one year and then quit
last February. Motion for change of
venue from the Nassau county court
revealed the suit today. '
Murderer Says He Made
Wall Street Bomb.
Aldrich Scheme of Adminis
tration Rejected—Vote
Stands Four-Four.
The comminee substitute for the!
Aldrich bill creating a Territorial
.Board of Control was literally hanged;
I to death this morning wihen it failed
of passage on a tie vote. Aldrich,
I Brown. Hunt and Snodgrass voted
'for, and Ayer, Chamberlin, Diutond!
land Dunn against the bill.
| Ayer, Chamberlin and Dunn spoke1
I briefly against the bill, each declar-j
jing it w-ould pile up expenses of ad !
I ministration and accomplish nothing!
of material value. Mr. Dunn eharae-|
jterized the scheme as “impractical,!
| expensive and inoperable," adding I
j there Isn't a "chance of making ihat|
jsort of an office (referring to Con-1
I troller) 'work.”
Not Improve Service
; Referring to the provisions of the
jbill making the offices of Treasurer ;
jand Controller elective, Mr. Dunn
said he believed in the idea of hav-J
[lag the people elect their officials,
and would be in favor of ■■ircting;
| such Officials as mentioned if it count
i'be shown that It would result in bel-i
! Lei service being given the Terri-1
tcry, hut he was doubtful o such
i result being obtained. "I might bo
i willing to favor the theory, cut tho
, sru tnc is not practical," he liech.re i.
If passed, he argued, the ,n- .-.sure
would only establish an office of
eonlllct. It would bring about con
flicts between the Governor s office,
that of the Secretary, and -he Con
! trailer’s office. Linder present cuu
ditions, he said, it Is utterly im
possible to create such an offico 1
and make it one of coordination. Ho
was favorable to full Territorial form !
of self-government or. better, state-j
hood. From a financial statement, j |
however, he contended the Territory i
is not yet able to assume the bur- ]
dens entailed therein. The only
; practical solution, he added. Is to
[leave things just as they are for a
while longer.
Ayer Quotes Riggs
Senator Ayer quoted certain ex- 1
[tracts from a letter written by tor
! mer Gov. Thomas Riggs to O. D. j1
Cochran, member of the lt>21 session 1
i of the Legislature, on the election of j
an auditor, or controller. This let-;1
ter has been used by supporters of
the Aldrich plan in support of the
idea. Mr. Ayer’s quotations were
extracts which, he said, had not been
quoted by supporters of the measure
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I . Herbert L. Wilson, mail rob- 1
ber, master criminal and con- 1
victed Blayer, lias confessed, in
the lx>s Angele3 (California) Jail,
where he is awaiting execution
for murder, that he manufactured
the immense bomb which was ex
ploded in front of the Stock Ex
change, in Wall Street, Now
York, killing 39 persons. He says,
he sold the bomb to a man known
' as Max Wolfe.
CONTROL BOARD
BILL LOSES ON
FINAL PASSAGE!
REPARATION
CONFERENCE
DEADLOCKED
United States Demands Prior
ity in Reparations for
Rhine Occupation.
PARIS, April 17 The American
demand for abs >lute priority in
German reparations to pay tht> oast
of the American Rhineland army oc
c.upation con-t inue.l dead locked in the
conference here. This is according
to w ell informed quarters. Elliott
Wadsworth, Amtt.cin representative,
dorian (1 tiiat the statement the cm
ference had broken tip was not war
ranted.
FEAR SHORTAGE
OF LABOR; LAW
IS TO BLAME
Steel Corporation Is Against
Present Restrictive
Immigration Law.
—
WASHINGTON. April \~y — It is;
stated at the White House thati
President Harding believes E. H.|
Gary, Chairman of the Board of
the I'nited States Steel Corporation;
is quite correct when he told the
corporation stockholders yesterday
that a serious labor shortage is:
threatened through operations of the
restrictive Immigration law.
DEFENDS BILL.
WASHINGTON. April 17. Chair
man Albert Jo1uih.ii. of the Housej
Immigration Committee vigorously,
defended the restrictive immigration j
law today and said the corporationi
seeking a modification of the law
on account of foreign labor "seems,
to be doing very well with the net!
earnings of $<10,000,000 last year
despite a JO per cent wage in
crease.”
Former Governor of
Mississippi Jailed
OXFORD. Miss., Ape! 17.—Theo
dore U Bilbo, former Governor of
this state, went to jail today to
serve 30 days for contempt in the
Federal Court. He entered a guilty
idea for failure to appear as a wit
ness last fall in the suit of Miss
Frances Birkhead against Gov. Lee
M. Russell.
Representative Webster
is Slated for Judgeship
WASHINGTON, April 17. — It'
was announced at the. White House,
today that J. Stanley Webster, of
Spokane, representative in Congress
from tile Fifth Washington Dis
trict. has been selected for Federal
Judge of the Eastern District of
Washington.
Jury in Murder Case
Of Dancer Still Out
SAN DIEGO, April 17.—1The jury
in the trial of Dr. Louis L. Jacobs,
of Camp Kearney, charged with the:
murder of Fritzi Mann, Oriental,
dancer, which began consideration
of the case yesterday, was still de
liberating at noon today. Apparently
the Jury Is hopelessly deadlocked.
Labor Decision Handed
Down on Defunct Bank1
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17—The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals has decided that contracting
firms which produced material espe
cially designed for the ScandlnaVlan
Amerk'an Rank structure at Tacoma
could file liens on the assets of the
bank.
George J. Gould, Sr.,
Is Reported Improving
CAPE MARTIN, France, Apr 1 17 i
—George J. Gould, Sr., ill from pneu -
monia, Is greatly Improved, accord
ing to attending physicians.
FKAR GREATER OUTBURSTS AT HOME OF KRUPPS.
Kr’upp
T>4,t'thcL Kfixpp
S Ji£,rv* J<Cx*u<pp
votu G> ol'U e, rv
txiicI Ha,ttoix?^v
This airplane view shows tha immensity of the Krupp workj, at Essen, scene of a bloody en
counter between the French and Qcnnan workers, in which eleven Gormans were slain l*y mact’.lne-ymi
gre. Far bloodier outbreaks are feared, for the 50,000 Krupp workers assert they have been goaded
to desperation by the French. Herr von Hohlen* husband of Bertha Krupp, chief owner of the plant,
has been advised to leuve the distrttc, but has refused. "My men stuck by me: l shall stick by
them." he said to an interviewer.
Destiny of Homan Race Is
Practically at Issnie Now
President Harding Claims
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Russian Not
Invited to
Peace Conference
LONDON, April 17.—'The So
viei Russian government has not
been invited to participate in the
renewed Near Hast conference
at Lausanne This statement [
was made today by Spokesman
McNeill of the Foreign Office
A
ALASKA MAIL
SERVICE WILL
BE DISCUSSED
SEATTLE, April IT. — improve
ment in tlte mail service in Inter
ior Alaska and the general condi
tions surrounding the mail service
to and in tho Territory will In- eon
tsidered at a conference of postal
authorities to tic held this week. I
This announcement was made today j
by YV. C. Vandervoort, Superintend-i
ent of Mali Service,
ENGLISH TAXES DROP
LONDON, April 17.—The Chan-'
cellor of the Exchequer, announcing
the year's budget, said the corpora
tlon tax will be reduced by half, the
income 'tax reduced from five shill
ings to four shillings.
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Communist P«rty
| In America Joins
j Workers' Party
NEW YORK. April 17—Tho j
I Communist Party in America |
I has dissolved itself and diverted
| membership to the Workers’
1 Party of America, which it
j recognizes as tho only affili.t i
' tion in the United States of the
Third Internationale. This is j
j the announcement made here :
j today. j
SENATE AMENDS
RESOLUTION TO
FIGHT RESERVE
_ I
Cuts Expense Fund from
I $10,000 to $3,000
Pension Bill Passes.
Tho Senate tills morning amended
the resolution authorizing the At
torney General to test the validity!
of the th.h reserve system in Alaska
by cutting down the appropriation
asked for, from $10,000 as origin
ally sugestcd to $3,000. The vote
for tho reduction was unanimous.
The resolution, which passed Its
second reading today, was offered
yesterday by Mr. Ayer by request.
It reads as follows:
“He it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
Territory of Alaska that the Attor
ney General of the Territory is
hereby authorized and directed to
take such steps as he deems proper
to test the legal validity of the
various fish reserves created in the!
Territory of Alaska by Presidential)
proclamations and to take such
other steps as he may deem neces
sary to defend and render secure!
the common right of tl slier I es of
the people of Alaska and the right
of the future state or states created
rut of the Territory of Alaska, and!
to such ends and for such purposes
he is authorized to engage counsel
to assist him and to defray the ex-!
peases In such proceedings together!
with counsel fees, and he is herebyl
authorized to incur the expense for)
such purposes of not to exceed
$:t,ooo.”
Ayer Not to Support.
Mr. Ayer gave notice that he
would not support the resolution on
final passage. “I voted for House
Memorial No. 1, (the Grant Fish-i
eries Memorial) against my best'
judgment in order to get it out of;
the way and done with. I thought!
that would tie all. Now comes this
tiling. Who knows what will come)
next?" he said, fie was opposed to
such attacks on the President and
the Federal Government, he said
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WASHINGTON. April 17—In pay ,
ing a tribute to the principles of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution, President Harding, in an ad
dress at the annual Congress of the
organization, appealed for an open
mind in approach to problems con
fronting the nation.
“Never has mankind found diffi
culties of such a varied character or
on so huge a scale,” said the Presi
dent.
“The very destiny of the human
race and future civilization seems
to depend on our sincere and gener
ous broadminded acceptance of the
answers when found.”
The President advised that pending
the solution of the manifold problems,
the American people "hold secure to
those paths made by the fathers of
the Republic.”
grain Trading
FUTURE ACT IS
CONSTITUTIONAL
Supreme Court Makes Deci
sion in Important Case
—Up from Chicago.
WASHINGTON’, April 17 Tile Su
preme Court has declared in a de
cision that the grain future trading
act is valid and constitutional.
Federal control of the grain ex-,
changes of the country was brought
Into question for a second time in the
allaek by the Chicago Hoard of Trade.
ujKin the grain futures act.
After years at agitation for Federal
supervision over exchange quotations
In grain futures, based on the theory
'hat "gambling" through th“ use of i
the quotations by irresponsible “wire
houses" should be suppressed, Con
gress enacted a grain futures law
It was sponsored by the Farm Bloc
and Us object was declared to be ]
the stabilization of prices for the j
benefit of the producer by the el'm
ination of all speculative features
Federal control was based upon the
taxing power of the government, but
the Supreme Court held the law un
constitutional and an attempt by Con
t Continued o» rage Htn i
GERMANS TRY
TO KILL HIGH
CABINET MEN
Two Attempts Are Made to
Wreck Trains Carrying
French, Belgians.
PARIS, April 17.—A Havas dis
patch from Essen says two unsuc
cessful attempts were made last
night to wreck trains conveying
French and Belgian Cabinet Min
isters who are inspecting the Ruhr.
TIGHTENING HOLD.
ESSEN. April 17. — The French
and Belgian occupation officials
have been tightening1 the hold on
the Ruhr by the adoption of even
sharper measures than heretofore.
This is the result of the Paris con
ference between representatives of
Fiance and Belgium.
Rigoreut steps have been taken
to prevent all unauthorized rail and
canal traffic.
ABOLISH COMMISSION.
COBLENZ. April 17.—The Inter
Allied Rhineland Commission today
abolished the "commissariat of the
Empire" which is the Berlin gov
ernment's highest authority in the
Rhineland.
British Not Opposing
American Concession
i _
LONDON. April 17.—'The British
will not oppose the Turkish ratifica
tion of the concessions to the Amer
ican syndicate headed by Admiral
Chester unless there Is a conflict of
rights airoady given the Brk.sh sub
jects, Ronald McNeill of the Foreign
Office, informed the House of Com
mons yesterday. The American con
cession provides for railroads and
the opening of a vast section of
Turkish domain
U. S. PERFECTS
GAS MASK OF
LATEST KIND
WASHINGTON, April 17. — The
War i lepartmeut announces the
( lieaiir.il Warfare Service hus per
fected a new gas mask which Is
Impervious to poison* of all kinds.
The now mask Is equipped with an
attachment permitting ready con
versation by telephone. The mask
is ho comfortable that men may
keep it on for days and even sleep
in it. The mask, It is believed,
will be very successful In mine res
cue work.
Friday, the Thirteenth,
Cannot Bluff Editors
HOOD RIVER. Ore., April 17.—
Friday, July 13, Has been designated
for the opening of the State Editorial
Association convention here.
Yeoman Is Charged with
Murder of Rabbi Lafee
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 —C. B.
Hicks, yeoman of the U. 8- Navy,
has been formally charged with the
murder of Rabbi Alfred G. Lafee anl
has been placed in the city Jail.
ANCHORAGE FARMER
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
ANCHORAGE. April 17 F B.
Moffett, a farmer, suffering from 111
health, shot himself In the head, on
his ranch yesterday. His body was
found by neighbors.
Rum Runners Shoot and
Kill 2 Officers; Escape
NEW ORLEANS, April 17.—A
Deputy Sheriff and one Prohibition
officer were shot and killed In a
tight with rum runners early this
morning near Violet The runners
m tde their escape.