ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3269.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JUNE 12, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
FOREIGN
BANDITS
iS OF CHINESE
RELEASED TODAY
Harding May Seek Modification of Volstead Act
PRESIDENT MAY
SEEK CHANGE IN
U. S. DRY LAWS
Will Probably Ask Congress
to Act When it Reassem
bles Next Fall.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Then
are increasing indications in hig’'
official circles that President Hard
Ids might ask Congress, when i
reassembles in the fall, to modlf;
the 'prohibition law as it affeeti
carrying liquor aboard on foreigi
vessels in American waiters.
It is understood President Hard
ing Ibelieves Congress never intendei
the government would be confrontei
v/ith the situation now facing thi:
country resulting from the liquo
ban.
Under the present circumstances
however, the President sees no pos
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DRY RULING
MUST STICK
Customs Officers Receivi
New Instructions from
, Treasury Department.
Washington, June 12. — Th
Treasury Department has informei
Customs officers in new instructing
that they must stand pat on the de
cMon and enforce the Supreme Cour
ruling barring liquor from foreigi
vessels and declaring that furthe
misunderstanding must be avoided.
KEEPS LIQUOR ABOARD.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 12.—
The French steamship Indiana ar
riving late yesterday, was allowed t<
retain a quantity of intoxicant
after Customs officers examined thi
stock of liquors and wine which i
used as rations which had bc?i
sealed while the ship was in Seattle
The Indiana leaves today for Van
couver, B. C.
LEAVES LIQUOR STORES.
VICTORIA. B. C.. June 12.—Tlv
steamer Africa Maru, arriving frou
the Orient, left all liquor store
here until tho return from Pugc
Sound. On the trip across the Pa
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26 EXPEDITIONS ARE PLANNED
BY SCIENTISTS FOR SUMMER IN
VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD
CHICAGO, June 12. — Twenty-sin
scientific expeditions from nine col
leges and universities of the Middle
West will be working in various aortf
of the world during this summer
according to reports received froir
these institutions made public here
In addition to the nine expeditions
being sent from the University oi
Chicago and seven from the Univer
sity ol Iowa, as announced some
time ago, Ohio State University, The
University of Oklahoma and Pnrdue
University each will have two expe
dltious working for them, while sin
gle expeditions will go out from In
dlana University, Earlham College
Notre Dame and the Indiana Stat<
Normal School.
Ohio State University will send Dr
W. C. Mills to Investigate the mode
of Hvlng of prehistoric men in Ohli
a thousand years ago and Prof. Rob
trt F. Webb will head a party o
students who will study rock forma
tion, stratigraphy and plateau con
structlon in Arizona, Colorado am
New Mexico.
The University of Oklahoma wll
send one,expedition under the leader
ship of fir. Samudl Weldmsn, t<
study ore deposits in the Miami re
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FRENCH GIRL FLIER BREAKS RECORD.
Mile. Andee Pe.vre, pretty French
aviatiix, lias created a new world’s
altitude record for women fliers. She
piloted her plane to a height of
15,000 feet before officials of the
Aero Clutb of Southern California,
f at Loo Angeles, and came also with
in 5,000 feet rtf-the world's record
1 I for height attained by fliers of either
sex. Site used a 6-cylinder, 70-horse
power baby sport plane and was in
» the air an hour and ten minutes,
the sealed barugraph of tier machine
I tentifying she had reached an alti
tude of 15.000 feet.
EXPLANATION OF JOY RIDE WILL
BE DEMANDED DECLARE DEMOCRATS
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I Borrows $5;
| Purchases Gun;
Suicides j
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I FRESNO, C'al., June 12.— |
| Burrowing $5 from a friend, j
Abraham I-incoln Crown, aged i
50 years, shot and killed him- j
self with the revolver he pur- j
chased with the money. Crown i
| had been ill for several months, j
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DUSSEL.DORF, June 12. — Six
Germans were killed and three
wounded by soldiers at Dortmund
Sunday night according 'to a French
official bulletin.
gion and another, under Dr. V. E.
Monnett, to investigate and study,
structural geology in the Arbuckle
mountains.
Indiana University students, under
Professor W. A. Cogshall will go to
lower California to* obtain photograph
ic records of the solar corona duilng
the total eclipse of, the sun Septem
! her 10. {
Earlham College students wiil
make the trip to Vellpwstone Park
for a summer field couorse.
Purdue University plans two expe
ditions within the boundaries of the
state. One will be to the sand dr-n-'S
, in Northern Indiana, while the othei
will be made to Southeast, .n In
diana.
Dr. James Burns of the Univ rs»y
of Notre Dame, assisted by He*' M
i McOarry, plans some excavlions
throughout the State of Mien .tun.
’ Dr. Burns also contemplates muring
a special study of the sand dunes in
• the vicinity of Michigan City. nd.
Indiana State Normal School stu
dents will make an extended jo irney
l for the purpose of studying tng.M
phy. Professor P. J. Breeze wdl he
i In charge bat the territory to b* ex
- plored haa not been announced.
WASHINGTON, June 12, — The
Democratic National Committee in a
statement predicts that there will
be a "Congre -tonal demand for an
explanation of the waste of the tax
payers money unla'3 Chairman A.
I). Lasker, of the Shipping Board
abandons bit; plan for a 11,000,000
joy ride on the Leviathan.”
i The statement refers to the six
day trial trip set for the steamship
after it is reconditioned for tho
Boston-transatlantic passenger serv
ice. '
President Harding is said to have
approved of the trip after Chairman
j Lasker showed by reports stating
that the performance of the ship
under service conditions must be
tested only by a try-out.
it is declared that Chairman Las
ker intends to lake 600 persons on
the trip for “play and pleasure."
Auto Stage Shoved .Of!
Road; Many Fatalities
SAN DIEGO, Jun el2.—One per
son was killed, 11 were perhaps
fatally hurt and six seriously In
jured when an automobile stage
bound for Tlajuana was forced off
the road by another automobile. The
si ago dashed into several trees.
NEW DECISION
IN R. R. CASE
8T. PAUL, June 12.—A decision
reached by the Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals approved the order of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
that the Southern Pacific Railway
retain «>ntrol by lease and stock,
ownership of the Central Pacific
Railway. This decision Is made des
pite the prior decision of the United
; States Supreme Court that the
Southern Pacific must relinquish
control.
Judge Sanborn told tho news
papermen he did not think the Su''
preme Court considered the trans
portation act under which the com
mission proceeded.
MEDFORD. Ore., June ’-2.—
Charles E. Fee, General Traffic Man
ager of the Southern Pacific, whpn
informed of the dee) si on of the Cen
tral Pacific' ‘said; ‘‘This means a
doubts track through Oregon:”
a.
Attack on Constitutionality
of Kansas Court Upheld By
Supreme Court, United States
WASHINGTON, June 12. — The
Supreme Court in a dfeclaion handed
down upholds the Cnprles Wolff
l’ft( king Companies challenge of the
Kansas Court Industrial delations of
Kansas on the ground’ twgt the bus:
ness of the company is Hot clothed
with such public interest as to givt
the State power to regulate wages
paid by the company.
William Howard Taft, Chief .Jits
tlce of the Supreme Court, in deliv
ering Jhe opinion, emphasized Hit
importance of freedom by contract
between employer and employee, but
declared this could le impaired by
legislature when the employers’ busi
ness wus affected by ptrtdic inter
est.
QUESTION OF STRIKES
WASHINGTON, June 12. — Th
power of a s'ate to prevent strike:
In essential industries by creating 11
court or (ommlsslon with Jutlsdic
tion to adjust labor troubles was
I challenged in the Supreme Court by
I the Charles Wolff Packing Company,
of Topeka, a subsidiary of the Al
lied Parkers, In a ease against the
Court of Industrial Relations or Kan
sas.
The Court is the first of its kind.
i Once before its life seemed threat
ened when Alexander Howatt, a lu
bor leader, refused to appear before
it while it had under (onsideratlon
an impending strike in the coal fields
of Kansas. A controversy over the
constitutionality of the law was
avoided at that time when Howatt
was held in < ontempt by a regularly
"onstituted judicial court for refusal
3 to obey an Injunction which it had Is
sued. The Supreme Court held Ills
commitment valid, hut did not puss
upon the jurisdiction of the Industrial
Relations Court.
Purpose of Court*
Kansas sought in < renting the
< ourt to solve the problem of inducr
trial unrest, and relieve Itself from
the disastrous consequences so often
attending labor strikes. .The law pro
vided that the tribunal should arbi
trate differences between employer
and ( mployee before a suspension of
Industry. The state described tile pur
pose of the- law to he the continuity
and ^efficiency of operation" in such
industries as supply the necessaries
of life, the preservation of the pub
lic peace, health and welfare, and
the prevention of economic waste. It
iPniitlnn*,1 on Par*
EXPLORERS BRAVE PERILS FOR SCIENCE.
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CkicV Tw-o Gutvr ^TtUte Calf :gylj
Captain Roald Amundsen, f>rcmost of polar explorers, is almost ready to “take off" from the
steam hip Maud (shewn hemmod In -by lee), In hie attempted to chart by ulrplane the regions bo
twun man's ‘ farthest North" an 1 the North Pole. If his plane fails he and his pilot undoubtedly will
perish. Captain Donald B. MacM Ran, who led an expedition into the Frozen North some time ago
to Investigate terrestrial magnet sin, i- new completing plans fer his latest venture —a Taring forth
from Wiscarset,' Maine, in the schooner Bowdoin, into the Arctic in an effort to determine whether an
other glacial era is coining. **
FEARS FOR AMUNDSEN
WI8CA8KET, Me., June 12.—Cap
tain Donald B. .MacMillan, here to
complete his crew tor his expedi
tion on the schooner Bowdoln to
Greenland, expressed fear that ('apt.
Amundsen, if he carries out his in
tentions to hop off on a polar flight,
will go to certain death.
Capt. McMillan said he believed
airships will soon be running regu
larly carrying passengers to the
North Pole but airplanes are not prac
tical on account of the absence of
landing places.
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Anonymous Letter Writer
Confesses to a Murder
YOUNGSTOWN, OUo, June 12.—
Chris Connell, whom the police de
clare is the author of anonymous let
ters threatening him if he did not
cease attention to Miss Helena
Drachmann and also of a note to
the police telling them where to
ilnd the body of the girl under a
culvert, has confessed slaying her
according to the authorities.
Chairman Lasker Delays
Resignation from S. B.
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Upon
request of Edward P. Parley who la
to succeed A. D. Lasker, chairman
of the Shipping Board, the latter
deferred his resignation to June 19,
one week from today.
PARIS, June 12.—-Prance will in
crease her sugar beet acreage 60,000
and her production UOO.OOO tons
thia year. This will cut down the
doftett in that country to 160,009
tons. Laat year fa was 260,000.
HARDING PLANS
19 SPEECHES ON
ALASKAN TOUR
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Busy Program Is Announced
—Will Speak Four Times
on Trip Down Coast.
WASHINGTON, June 12. Presi
dent Harding will make fourteen
addresses on his Alaska trie and
will speak In five Coast cltli* after
returning from Alaska, according to
an official announcement of the e%u
cutive's itinerary at the White
House.
The addresses enroute to the Coast
will be made in cities on dates as
follows: Kt. Louis, June 21. even
ing: Hutchinson, Kans., June 22, af
ternoon; Denver, June 25, morning;
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 25, afternoon;
Salt Lake City, June 26. evening;
Pocatello, Ida., June 28, nftrntng;
Idaho Falls, Ida.. June 28, afternoon;
Hutte, Mont., June 29, morning;
Helena. Mont.. June 29, evening;
Spokane, Wash., July 2, evening:
Meaeham. Ore., July 3; Portland. Ore.
July 4, afternoon, and Tacoma. July
S, morning.
Returning from Alaska the Pres
ident will speak at Vancouver, B. C.,
July 26, evening; Seattle July 27,
evening; San Francisco, July 31, ev
enlng; Los Angeles, Aug. 1, evening;
and Ban Diego. Aug. 1. afternoon.
The address at Meachain. Ore., will
be in ,<connection with, the Oregon
Trail Anniversary celebration.
Long Standing
Church Controversy
| At Last Ended
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| POUT ARTHUR, Ontario, ,
| June 12.—After 2a years of |
j controversy, the General As- j
■ Keniibjy of the Presbyterian ;
j Church in Canada voted in fa- j
I vor, of amalgamation with tho '
, Methodist Convention and Con- j
gregational churches in the j
Dominion. The vote was 426 to |
FRANCE IS PLANNING GREAT
ELECTRICAL DEVELOPMENT ON
LARGE SCALE; PROGRESS MADE
PARIS, June 12.—(By Associated
! Press) — Electrification In France,
' held back by the war. Its devasta
tion and the upward swing of prices,
is now being furthered In many
ways by the government, and with
in a few years many pretentious
1 plans should be completed.
The greatest progress is being
j made in the devastated regions, for
| there villages and towns must be
'built from tiie ground up and an
electric Installation frequently pre
cedes gas. The government, in reim
bursing owners for destroyed fac
■ lories, urged from the first that
EIGHT CAPTIVES,
LAST FOREIGNERS
ARE FREED TODAY
■ Four Remaining Americans,
Among Prisoners Chinese
Bandits, Released.
TSAO CHWANG, June 12.—Eight
captives, the last of the foreigners
held by the Paotzuko bandits, were
released today.
The released men include Major
Roland W. Pinger, Leon Friedman,^
John B. Powell, Lee Solomon, all
Americans; Fred Bliss and Reginald
Rcwlatt, Britishers: Emile Gens
burper, Frenchman; C. D. Musso,
Italian.
A large number of Chinese cap
tives remain still imprisoned' by the
bandits but negotiations are pro
ceeding for their release.
The captives arrived at the Tung
Shing mines, nearby, bearded and
shaggy, They came down from the
bandits' mountain stronghold in
sedan chairs, on donkeys, or walk
ing and escorted by outlaw guards.
At the mines, where the bandits left
for the mountains, scores of rela
tives greeted the liberated captives
who found baths, food and clothing
awaiting them, and where also a
special train was ready to brin^
them here. It is expected that all
of them will go to Shanghai to
morrow.
ENDS CRI TICAL SITUATION.
WASHINGTON. June 12. — The
release by the Chinese bandits to
the foreign captives ends a critical
situation but there is every indica
tion the American government and
other piweis whose citizens ace
among the victims will now turn to
arming at such an understanding
with the Chinese government as
will insure sufety to foreigners in
the future.
It is undemood diplomats in Pe
king has already given thought to
the demands on Parliament.
LOCAL PROGRAM
COMPLETED FOR
VISITING PARTY
View of Juneau and Vicinity
Will Be Given Con
gressional Party.
PROGRAM
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' Glacier Highway trip at 10:30
I a. m.
Visit to A.-J. Mine, 3 p. m.
Banquets, 8 p. m.
Public Reception, 9 p. m.
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Plans tor Juneau's entertainment
of the Congressional party during its
stay here tomorrow and tomorrow
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manufacturers motorize their plants.
Water power development in the
| southeastern mountainous region is
• well under way. and power soon witl
j he available for the first stretches of
| electrified railroads. In Brittany, on
: 'ho Atlantic coast, the tide as a
rourco of power soon will be tested
I in an experimental installation.
Electric appliances ' for cooking
und cleaning, which came formerly
almost entirely from America and
Italy, are now being made in
France. Electric atoves recently ap
peared, but the French cook still
sticks to her hard coal stove. J“. “