THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXI., NO. 3219.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY. APRIL 14, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
Cin WINS FIGHT IN LIGHT CASE
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BIG DEATH PLOT IS REVEALED
MANY SLATED
TO BE KILLED
BY BLOTTERS
Scotland Yard Unearths Plot
in London—Irish Repub
licans Are Involved.
ILONTtON’, April 14.—Documents re
vealing pilots Involving destruction
of »fo and proparty in London is re
ported to have (alien into possession
of 'Scotland Yard as the result of
raids lasf night on r 3.-. Id cnees and re
s-ons pf Irish men and women su<
pceted of baing Republican sup
porters.
Among the plans found were plot it
to attack the lighting power sources
In efforts to release Irish prisoners
and attempts on the lives of high
police officials.
■The plots have such huge ramifica
tions throughout England and reach
od such a stage that a delay of on<
week by the police in making the
discovery might have resulted In tht
scheme being put tin operation.
DEEP STUFF is
BEING DEBATED
Einstein Theory Is Confirmee
on One Hand Is Dis
puted on Other Hand.
VtAlLiLiEJO. Ca»„ .April 14.—Capt. .1
J. iSee, profe-soi of astronomy of the
Navy Department and government
astroJNnner 'at Mare island, in i<
statethent “vigorously contesting” th:
announcement «bv W W. Campbell
president-elect of the University oi
California, that photographs taker
at Wallal. Austra.’ila, confirmed th
Einstein theory.
-Captain See assorts Einstein stok
the discoveries made by Henry Cav
endish. Englishman, and E. Von Sold
ner, a German, made 120 years ago
and disclosed fraud by copying tin
error Von 'Soidner made
Captain 'See said: "The Einstein
theory lis not confirmed and can.no>'
be confirmed."
CONFIRMATION
WASHUNGTON. April 14—Solent
Tsts of the Bureau of Standards en
gaged in checking Einstein’s theory
of relativity by experiments have ad
duced further evidence tending tu
prove rts correctness.
Train Held-up; Masked
Bandits Secure Whiskey
PEORIA, 111.. April 14.—A band of
heavy armed men last night held up
the northbound Santa Eo freight near
Morton and escaped in trucks with
alcohol and whiiskey valued at $30,000.
EDINBURGH WELCOMES ROYAL LOVERS.
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Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Byon. brido-to-be of the Duke of York,
second son of the British monarchs, is shown receiving a bouquet
at lnverlelgh, Scotland, where, accotnpaniod bv her fiance, she wit
nessed tlie championship Ruajby game in which the English team
was defeated by Sctoland. The Duke of York may be seen, in the
background.
Chickens in Road;
Auto Hits Them;
Mystery as to Shots
G'LENWOOD, La.. April 14—Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Barrett and Mrs. A.
B. Combs, of Pacific Junction, wore
shot and seriously Injured yesterday
afternoon after their auto ran ov. ;
cihkkemi in the road. R. H. Neilson,
a farmer, has been arrested- ' He
admitted he owned the e.hickaas, but
said he aimed at a squirrel with a
shotgun and did not know he Injured
any persons.
1 Four Hundred Missing;
Tidal Wave, Korean Coast
| TOKIO. April 14. Four hundrod
i persons, ‘Including a large number of
| fishermen, are missing as the result
of a tidal wave on the east coast of
!Korea. This is according to advices
to the Navy Department. The lota'
j number of lives lost is uncertain, but
St is believed to be large.
Tornado Wrecks Houses;
Injurys Many Persons
ALEXANDRIA, La„ April 14 Sev
eral persons were injured and lj
houses were wrecked and other dam
age done when a tornado struck
Meridan, 30 miles north of here, last
night.
ESCAPED LIFE TERMER HANGS
FOR MURDER OF WOMAN; FACTS
BROUGHT OUT AT TWO TRIALS
FLORENCE, Ariz., April 14.—Paul
V, Hadley was hanged yesterday at
sunrise for the murder of Mrs. Anna
{!. Johnson. Hadley maintained his
innocence to the last.
FLORENCE. April 14.—Paul V.
Hadley, escaped life termer from the
Oklahoma state penitentiary, travel
ins through Southern Arizoma in No
v mber, 1921. under the name of
William S Estaver, asked for a ride
in au automobile driven by Peter
Jehnson. Denver contractor, who was
traveling to California with his wife,
Mrs Anna C. Johnson.
On the highway southwest of Tuc
son. Mrs. Johnson was shot to death
and her husband was wounded.
Empty shells found in the tonneau
of the car were declared by the
state's witnesses to have been fired
from a gun found on Hadley s person
when he was arrested later walking
toward Yuma, Ariz ,
Johnson testified that Hadley fired
the shots which killed Mrs. Johnson,
hut Hadley maintained that the party,
had Ibeen fired upon by bandits con
cealed ad the side of the road and
that he had returned the fire.
In Hadley's first trial at Tucson
the Jury disagreed, hut in the second
trial he was found guilty of murder
and sentenced to hang August 18,
191'2. The case was taken to the Su
preme Court and a stay of execu
tion resulted The Supreme Court,
however, denied Ijie appeal, which
was based on the admission of cer
tain evidence, and set the date of the
execution for April 13.
According to the information fur
nished Arlaona authorities Hadley
was convicted of murder in Oklahoma
in connection with the killing of a
sheriff and escaped from the Okla
homa prison when he was granted a
leave of absence to visit his mother,
who was ill. It was not until after
his first trial that Hadley’s identity
as an escaped prisoner was estab
lished.
RECTOR SHOT
BY ASSISTANT
Michigan Clergymen Engage
in Quarrel—Bullets Fly
and One Man Killed.
KALAMAZOO, Mich.. April 14.—
Father Charles Dillon, assistant rec
tor of St. Augustine’s Pariah, shot
and killed Father Henry O'Neill. r>u ■
tor. last night. The two C) r-rrele.l
at dinner, Dillon alleging .it ■ rector
treated him like a hay and ordering
Dillon from tin- place. Dillon went
cut and got a revolver and entered
the room and commenced shooting, as
according to Dillon, the rector picket
up a salt cellar to hurl at him
SLAYER IS INSANE
CHICAGO, April 14.—Bishop Gal
lagher. of Detroit, who is here, ex
pressed the opinion that Father Dil
lon is insane. He said Dillon en
dured great hardships in Spain, Italy
and the Philippines after the Car
thusian order, to which he belonged,
was expelled.
Another Irish Republican
Captured by Free Staters
DUBLIN, April 14.—Free Staters
'have captured Austin St wk, former
Republican Cibinet member at Clon
mel. This iis officlatlly stated.
Gunman Is Shot and
Killed in Seattle
SEATTLE, April 1,4.—N- Inaphila,
with the reputation a< a gunman,
was shot and killed last night by
M. Muraymi, restaurant proprietor,
who said Iniphita attempted to extort
money front him undc-r pa,in of death.
Muraymi declared he shot in self
defense.
Sues Steamship Company
For $25,000 for Damages
SEATTLE. April 14.—George F.
Hughes hus sued the Alaska Steam
ship Company for $25,000 damages
alleged sustained in May, last year,
when a cargo sling of the steamer
Skagway struck him. causing serious
Injury.
Conference to Be Held
On Liquor Enforcement
WASHINGTON, April 14 Presi
dent ‘Harding is to invnte governors
of several states to meet him here
dn May and discuss nooperatlon of
Federal and state authorities on pro
hUbition onforeemont,
FROC FACTORY GIRL TO GRAND OPERA FAME.
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From a factory girl to fam? in grand opera is the career o' Elis, b h Wakefield, an English
girl, who has scored a triumph w th- the Carl Rosa Opera Company, In 1. uid.on Miss Wakefield was
once employed in a clothing factory Her recent appearance in “Samson et DOlilia" was called a fin
ished performance by London music critics.
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i Germany Claims (
Great Amount
Paid Allies
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WASHINGTON. April 14 —The ,
German treasury da 'artment lias
transmitted figure* indicating
Germany , has paid the Allies in
cash, ships, land and materials
to the amount of 100.!M>0,000,000
marks. The allowance ifor re
, linquishment of Alsace-Lorraine
! is included.
GAMBLING TO
BE CLOSED ON
MEXICAN LINE
Selling of Liquor on Border
Is Also Prohibited by
President Obregon.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex , April 14 —
It is announced tii.it the Matamoras
Mexican govern me rat has ordered all
gambling houses along the boundary
to close within 10 days. This is lie
Moved to 'be ithc first stop of Presi
dent Obregon In his policy to alio’
lsh gambling and liquor selling in
the border cities, including Juarez
and Tijuana.
WAGES GO UP
10 PER CENT
Two Hundred Thousand Men
of Packing Industry Giv
en Wage Increase.
OHICAGO. April 14.—The wages of
200,000 workot 3 in the packing in
dustry have boon Increased on an
average of 10 per cent. The increase
was negotiated with the Armour.
Swift and W.ilaon plant ; through the
employee;;' representatives plan and
adds $2,500,000 to the Armour pay
roll alone.
United Mine Workers
Indicted for Murder
CHARLESTON. April 14 - Harold
W. Houston, goner;.! dc. unci in West
Virginia for the United Mine Work
ers. and 20 others, have been In
dicted in Logan county for murdor
or accessory of ti e murder of T. <1.
Townsend.
Boy Is Electrocuted
While Flying His Kite
SIOUX CITY. April 14—Duray
Rock wood, aged 11 ye; r.s, was elec
trended today when a ‘thin wire at
tached to Ills kite oontneted with a
high power line,
WANT FORD'S
NAME PLACED !
IN PRIMARY
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Petitions Reported Being Cir
culated in Many States
for Ford for President.
| OMAHA. April 14. I'elltlrn.;
liar to those filed with til • Si;, re
i lary .ot titalo yest:>r I iv piling Hoary |
Ford's name on next years’ proaiden-i
1 tial primary ballot, are to be filed]
today in Idaho and are being circa ;
luted in Kansas. Minnesota. Illinois ‘
Indiana. South Dakota, ('dorado and
! other states.
Roy M. Harrop. president of the
American lCconomle Heogue, which is
tdrculallng the patitions, said Henry.
, Ford was not consulted, but the
: League “dratted" him.
••The largest business in the United
States is the government, and it
| ought to have business brains to
; run it. Ford is a worker of eco
nomic miracles and he should he I
\ President," said Harrop.
CLERK KILLED :
BY BANDIT IN
: SAN FRANCISCO
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Attempt Made to Hold-up
i Jewelry Store Proves
Fatal—Arrest Suspect
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] SAN FRANCISCO. April 14.—Er-j
(np*l Engdale, tged 311 ycurs, a clerk, i
; whs shot and killed last night in an I
| attempt in hold up a Jewelry More.'
]A man calling hlmsalX An tone Smith, j
■of Port Worth, was arrested after!
'a chase down Market Street and'
| accused of the crime,
j Kngdulo was shot through the heart I
(■when he rushed towards the bandit. !
Policeman Mahoney entered the!
j store and engaged in it scrap with
i the bandit, but the bandit escaped |
!a't the time by shoving his pistol j
'against Mahoney’s stomach.
Declares Soldiers’ Bonus
Will Pass Next Congress|
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CHICAGO. April 14—'Alvin M.
; Owsley. National Commander of the
i American Legion, in a datement
I here today declared 4he soldiers’
bonus bill will be |«i'sed by the next
Congress.
Tug Founders in Gale;
Five Men Lose Lives
I LEWES. Dei.. April 14 Three.
| wore drow ned and rt wo tiled from ex
j poaure as the result of the Sounder-j
; Ing of the lug .Tupitor and two coal j
jbargrs in u galo off ttm Delaware l
I Capes last night.
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Tidal Wave Hits
Hawaiian Islands;
Much Damage
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HONOLULU, April 14 Two
tidal waves were experienced
here yesterday afternoon at
1:45 o'clock. Tidal waves were |
! also reported from Walluku ant t
much damage was done.
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GREATPROTEST
OF RELIGIOUS
LEADERS MADE
Action of Soviet Government
in Executing Butcha
vitch Arouses People.
LONDON, April 14.—The attitude
of Bhe Soviet government toward the
Christian churches of the world as
manifested by the recent execution of
Vicar General Butchkavltch. of the
Roman Catholic Church, forms the
subject of an indignant protest issued
over the names of Archbishop Can
terburg, Archbishop York, Cardinal
Bourne, Rabbi Hertz, Bramwell Booth
and other religious heads reporting
nearly every section of England.
The protect calls on the religions
people throughout Ihe world to ex
press condemnation of the action of
the Soviet government.
BLACK BLAMED
FOR MINE RIOT
Severe Testimony Is Given
Before Illinois Committee
on Herrin Affair. 1
SPRINGFIELD. III . April 14 Col
Samuel N. Hunter testified before
the Legislature investigating commit
tee that he had informed Ad jut mt
General C, E. Black, on June 21, that
serious trouble was threatened in
the II-'rrin mine district and Black
replied:
‘•Let the <1 imn fools go to it and
maybe if they kill off a few they
will quit.”
Hunter blamed Black because
troops were not sent to Herrin.
Hooded Gang Case
Starts Afresh
In Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS. April if Attor
nov General Coco has drawn bills of
Information against hi oltizens of
Morehouse Pariah, charging crimes
Including kidnapping and conspiracy
to commit murder in connection with
tie* hooded gang activities. The bills
•will !»• filed in Bastrop early next
Week,
VALIDITY OF
ORDINANCE TO
i FIX RATES IS
UPHELD TODAY
Judge Reed Hands Down De
cision in Light Case—
Appeal to Be Taken.
The validity of the city ordinance,
, establishing rates for electric cur
rent for all uses in the city of Ju
I ne.tu w as upheld by Judge T. M.
Reed of the l’nit tod States District
Ctourt, in a decision handed down to
day in the case instituted last Octo
ber by' the Alaska Klectric Light &
Power Company, against the city,
i The suit was instituted by the com
! pany in an effort do set aside a
! schedule dt rates, (fixed by the Coun
; cil on September 16, 1922. after a
i controversy with the company over
the latter's establishment of new
fates, higher than those in effect for
several years past,
j In an exhaustive decision, in which
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HARDING PLAN
NOW APPROVED
| BY SEC. WORK
Secretary of Interior Makes
Public Address for Re
alignment of Bureaus.
i W ASHIXUTOX. April 14.- Serfe
| :nr.v of Interior Work, in a public
I address here last night, Indorsed
line Harding plan for realignment of
. government bureaus without reserva
! lion.
| Secretary Work did not mention
the disagreement between Pall, his
predecessor, and Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture.
i Secretary Work promised to co
operate with Wallace in currying out
Harding's plans and said:
“The Interior Department and Agri
cultural Department are units of a
great government and not govern
ments in themselves.
“Reforest rat ion should he properly
placed In a dopartmenlt for skilled
analysis of tree culture.
"The reindeer of Alaska are in
care of the Interior Department un
der the Bureau of Kducation, but
their place has not been properly
determined. They belong in a de
partment skilled in animal hus
bandry."
Wilson Against
Harding’s World
Court Proposal
' PHILADELPHIA. April 14.—For
mcr Prorlclcnt Woodrow Wilson la
1 opposed to Hardings proposal for a
| "conditional" American adhesion to
the loirroattonal Court of Justice,
!*i,y* it he Public Ledger today in a
copyrighted Washington dispatch
Former Proud oa t Wilson expressed
I the views in a letter to Arthur B.
House, of Kentucky, chairman of the
| Democratic Congressional Campaign
committee.
The lot ter says:
“I approve not of conditional but
unconditional adhesion to the World
Court though I think it would be
more consistent with the fame of the
l'niled States for candor and encour
age to become a member of the
League of Nathans and share with
| the other members full rasponslbll
II ties."
France and Belgium to
Get First Money; Plans
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PARIS. April 14 —The French and
1 Belgian governments have decided to
reimburse 'them solves for the Tluhr
| toccnipaltion expenses out of the
money from merchandise seized from
i the Germans. Any bajance left after
the military and engineering expenses
are paid w.ll be turned into the re
parations fund for th* ben-fit of afl
Allies.
Premiers have again emphasized
the determination to evacuate the
Ruhr only as Germany pays.