THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL WE NEWS ALL WE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 3242.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
RUSSIAN DELEGATE TO PEACE
CONFERENCE IS ASSASSINATED
WOMEN ARE
OPPOSED TO
WORLD COURT
General Federation Will No
Vote Approval of Pro
posal of President.
iATUANTA, May 11.—iDcclaring sin
•twould not 3tand tor the Federatloi
Indorsing President Harding's pro
posal tor Am'erriean participation it
the World Court.” Mrs. Thomas G
Winter, of Minneapolis, president o
the General Federation of Woman'
Club*, announced a resolution wouli
be so modified that it would make 1
clear that the principal and not an
(peclflc proposal was approved. Mr
Winter said she feared a charge o
partisan (politics would be mad(
against the Federation.
ADMITS G. O. P. SPLIT
MiAJflSFTEL.D, Ohio. May 11. -Ad
mission there is a division In th
Republican Party ranks was mad
last night iby Postmaster Genera
Netw In an address here.
(The Postmaster Grtieral made
ptoa for iparty solidarity agains
‘‘blocs of Individuals with pet theorie
and fragmentary factions."
(Now asserted that as the resul
of the Harding administration ther
is expected to be an early reductlo
on Federal taxation."
Pioneer of Klondike Is
Badly Injured in Wrecl
■SEATTIjK, May 11;— Angus Mi
Donald, transfer man and a piones
of the Klondike, is suffering broke
arms and ribs and also cuts sui
tarined when his automobile era she
Into a street car late last night. Th
machine was (wrecked. MoDonal
was first taken to a 'hospital, the
to his home.
Lightning Strikes Big
Transmission Statioi
•PARIS, May 11.--The Eiffel to-we
transmitting station was put out o
commission late yesterday afteruoo
toy a bolt of lightning striking th
antenne 1,000 feet above ground- Th
entire apparatus crashed to th
ground Officials expected to hav
the repairs finished by Saturda
night.
LASCELLES OBJECTS
TO FILM STAR ROLI
•LONDON, May 11.—Viscount La:
celles. Princess Mary's husband, ol
jeefcs to being called a film star. H
has appealed to the Home Office t
prevent release of a film of th
Bramham Manor hunt In Yorkshir
in •which tie appears as M. F. H
iThe producers deleted many sul
titles at Lascelles’ request but whe
he siaw the announcements of releas
he asked them to cancel the film.
The producers refused and wli
exhibit the picture unless Viscoun
Lascelles gets action from the Horn
Office or an injunction from th
courts.
03 Gusher in Texas
Still Burning Fiercel;
OORStTOANA, Tox-, May 11.—'Th
Hughes-McKee -well explosion of Wed
need-ay night, which cost at least 1
lives, continues to gush forth it
giant torch of fire, fed by a constan
•flaw of 15.000 Parrels of oil u.:n
30,000,000 feet of gas.
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MINNESOTA TO INVESTIGATE
CONDITION DISABLED VETS;
»T. PAUL. Minn.. May 11.—Min
nesota has begun an investigation o
tbe condition of disabeld ex-servic
men following charges made by th
American Legion that 1,774 veteran
are fighting a lo-sing battle with tu
'berculosis ibocauso of the failure o
the government to build a hoapita
for tubercular World War fighters.
Of the 1.744 tubercular veteran'
600 will die unless the governmen
takes steps immediately to build a
adequate hospital, Stafford Kin?
(Minnesota adjutant of tihe Legion, ha
elated following a recent survey cot
ducted by the Legion. Anothe
BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF 87,000,000 ESTATE
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A fierco logal battle, between 'brothers ami ^liters, is being
waged in the Albany (New Yonw) counts ‘Tor the management of
'the $87,000,000 estate of the late Anthony N. Brady, traction and
ipawcr magnate. On one hand are NJchoku F. and Jaimes Co* Brady,
.guts of BhaKly and executors and trustees of the estate. Stand
ing with them uro Mrs. Genevieve G. Brady, wife of Nicholas F
Brady; her stator, Mrs. Jaimes C. Farrell, and their niece, Miss
.Marcia :Ann Guv It, of Santa Bar bam, CaU'tornia- Opposed to them
a re the Other .two sinters—Mrs. Francis P. Garvin, wile of the for
mer Custodian of Alien Property, and Mrs. Ctrl Tucker, both of
Now York. To complicate matters, Mr. Garvin’s sitter la Mrs. Gene
vieve G. Brady, who has repeatedly urged her brother to drop the
unit to oust .her husband and his brother, Garvin acting for his
w'lfo, alleges it,ho Bradys have not been justified in their handling
rtf the immense estate.
ONLY A CHANGE THAT HARDING
i WILL COME TO ALASKA DURING
? SUMMER; POLITICIANS TOO BUSY
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SEATTLE. May 11.—A Jermane dispatch from Washington to th
Seattle Times- says:
‘•There is just a chance President Harding will make a trip to th
* West thi3 year ”
Jermane declares the trip to the -West and Alaska may be abac
r doned because the President is embarrassed by insistence of Republlcai
! organizations everywhere that the trip serve to some political end.
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CLAIMS MOUNT
WAS GOING TO
QUITJOLLEGE
Girl Gives Testimony Before;
? Grand Jury in N. W.
University Case.
'CHICAGO, May U.—Heighten j.
sj Mount, student of the Northwestern [
University, who disappeared follow-1
1; ing a class rush in Saptember, 1921. |
t j and whose body was recently found
2 [ under a dock on the Evanston wa
3 j terfron't, expressed his intention of
| departing on the night of the rush.
|This was the testimony given before
the grand jury today by Miss Doris
Fuchs, friend of Mount.
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Widow of Famous >
Confederate Is Dead !
i NORFOLK, Va., May 11.—Mrs. J. !
t E. Stuart, widow of the famous Con
I .federate general, died at her home
'here last night after a short illness.
I
J
. chargo which the state will consider
[ ia that more than 1.0(H) ex-service
j men, suffering from tuberculosis anil c
> denied hospital rare, not only are p
i being sacrificed through neglect but a
. also arte menacing public health in c
[ their communities by spreading dis- I
1 ease. i
Governor Pretis ordered the Invest!- ^
g.1tion after results of the Legion's
. survey wero presented to him. The c
t Legion will seek to obtain the ap- f
i pointmont of. a etr.te commission to a
;. go to Washington and there partlci- r
B pite In the senatorial Investigation s
- dr the United Slates Veterans' Bit- c
r renu this summer.
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Harvey Arrives;
Knows Nothing
About Resignation
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NEW YORK. May 11—Am- j
| bassudor Harvey declared here
j last night upon his arrival from
| England that die knew nothing
' about the reports he had re
' signed or planned to resign in
i order to direct the campaign for
the renonvination and re-election
of 'President Harding.
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FIRE AT VERNON
THREATENS TOWN
_
fWSr‘A'NGEIvHS, May LI—One mat
ras iburnid to death in a fire whlcl
ate yesterday afternoon swep
hrough the plant of the Gorman En
jineering Company, an oil concern
:t Vernon.
After destroying the Gorman plant
he flames spread to the 650,nOC
raJIon petroleum tank of the Paclfi
imerlcan Company, which was alsi
estroyed with a loss of $150,000.
The flames for a time threatens*
he entire 'Industrial district of Ver
on, a suburb.
)efi Written in Blood
Opens Students’ Strike
TOKIO, May 11.—Because a fen
f their fedlotw students In a Toklt
chool were “plucked" at the recen
nnual examination, 40 successfu
andldates -wont on strike, announc
ig their decision to the director!
a a l<$ter written in blood. Th(
writers declared:
“It was* the .fault of the student!
f the whole class that these unfor
.mate students did not pass the ex
mlnatkm. and out of sympathy the)
nfuae to attend school until th<
chool authorities reconsider theii
ecislnn and declare their friends
issed,”
AMERICAN TO
VISIT BANDIT
GANG IN CHINA
Roy Anderson Will Visit
Stronghold of Suchovv
Bandits—Negotiations
PUKING. 'May 11. Hoy Andcr
, fc>on, an American of Ions experience
in Chinese political ^affairs and hav
! Ins tho personal confidence of sev
| oral military leaders, announced to
j day he will personally visit tin
I Huchow train bandits in their
j stronghold for tho purpose of nego
| tiating the early release ^ihe cap
I tives held for ransom".
CAPTIVE RELEASED.
PUKING. May 11. — J A. Henley,
| of San Francisco, who was captured
| by the Suchow train bandits, has
I been released according to tho
I Mnrheng dispatch. Henley declare)
tho other prisoners were in good
' health.
CHINESE PROMISE
WASHINGTON. May 11. Tin
I Chinese government officials have
! promised U. S. Minister Schurman
i {hey will "consider general pol
j Icy for exterminatin' of banditry"
is soon as the 'present situation
: growing put of the tram kidnapping
I is adjusted.
MOVE AGAINST BANDITRY
SHANGHAI, May 11. — Tho
'Shanghai Rotary Bub has tabled
i tho international headquarters of
' the Artsoets-tPm «f gtetar.v Club, at
[Chicago, asking It to broadcast an
; appeal to the 1.300 Rotary Clubs,
demanding that foreign governments
! take some, action making banditry
|impossible in China.
CONCENTRATE DESTROYERS.
WASHINGTON. May 11 - The
’!concentration of three destroyer di
I vial on* at Taingrto, Shantung Pen
,Insula, is noted in the naval orders
i today. It is officially declared this
"Iconcentration is not in connection
'Iwlth the bandit raid but merely a
routine movement of the Asiatic
Istntion as directed more than u
11 month ago by the Navy Liepart
| me tit.
Minister Schurman reports today
jthe Chinese government is trying
through natives in the vicinity of
iLincheng to get food, clothing and
|other supplies through to the pris
|oners. Schurman said It is under
Istood the bandits arc equipped with
|automatic firearms.
Ten Cent Car
Fare Certain
In Seattle
(SEATTLE. May 11.—The Public
f Utilities committee has approved the
10-cent street car fare with Indica
tion there are enough votes of the
countllmon to paas it next Monday
over tho veto of Mayor Brown.
appointTnew
CHAIRMAN OF
! SHIPPING BOARD
Chicago Man Is Named to Be
Successor to Lasker
Who Has Resigned.
WASHINGTON. May 11.—The ap
pointment of Edward P. Earley, ol
Chicago. former vice-president of the
Emergency Fleet Corpora rion, to
succeed A. ,D. Lasker at chairman ol
I the Shipping Board, is announced at
tlie White 'House. The appointment
becomes effective on June 12. when
i Lasker's resignation tates effect.
Mrs. Obenchain to Be
Questioned on Jailbreak
LOS ANGELES, May 11.-Mrs.
Madalynne Obenehain, free after
three Juries disagreed regarding her
guilt of the murder of J. Belton Ken
nedy, 'will (be questioned by the Dis
trict Attorney'3 office if the oper
atives can locate hw concerning the
escape of Mrs. Clara Phillips from
the country Jail here.
SECRETARY HUGHES NAMES MEXICAN MISSION.
urn
Secretary of State Hiinhen lias named tho mon on till" American
Mts.ion to Mexico to negbtia'te for roroivnitlon by America af t".i■■
Obrcgon refstmo In tho southern republic. Jolin Barton Payne, ,f>r
•mer Secretary of the Interior and Holw head of the Am 'man It I
Crows, and Charles B. Warren, ofotroit, former Amba.ijadur to
Japan, are two of the members.
NEW ALASKA FREIGHTER WRECKED
ON UMATILLA REEF. IS ABANDONED
BULLETIN—SEATTLE, May 11.—
Early last night the Coast Quarc
' cutter Snohomish reached the seem
j of the wrecked freighter Lake Geb
hart and took off Captain Cus Swan
son and the two other men atandint
by the vessel as the boat was be
ginning to break up.
•SEATTLE. May 11 -It seur.1 b;
the tug Humuncctmt early yostrrtla.i
morning. 2'1 survivors of the sire
I freighter Lake Gebhart reached heri
last night.
| Gus G. Swanson, master; K. A
Wfokilahl, chief engineer, and uni
seaman remained aboard the La k
Gebhart to assist in efforts to sal vagi
stores and cargo aboard the boat.
Hula Hula Dancer
Gives Testimony
House of David Case
j ST. JOSEPH, Mich., May 11. A
• Hula Hula dancer from the "House
, of iDavid" amusement park tost ifie
1 today before the grand jury invest 1
j gating the cult that Benjamin Pur
1 nell, leader of the colony, made tin
pro]ier advancers to her In the pantr.i
i of the 'Shiloh IroWfc of Purnell las
I Julv.
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I Appeals to Soviets
!To Go Slow on
British Ultimatum
IXINDON. May It.- An executlvi
of the Labor Party, mentbor of tin
British Parliament, has tplegrapheii
the Soviet Government begging it tc
refrain from any action tending tc
use force pending negotiations <,r
the recent British ultimatum.
Author of Robert’s
Rules of Order, Diet
NEW YORK. May 11. Briga'lle
! General Henry M. Robert, retired
author of the Robert’s Rules of Order
tho standard 'parliamentary work
died here, aged kfi years.
He commanded. the party whlcl
explored the military route from Van
copver to Puget Sound in 18«0;
eerved through thelCIvil War as u.r
engineer of defense of Washington
Philadelphia and New Bedford.
Cy Williams Hits Out
Tenth Homer of Seasoi
! PHILADELPHIA. May 11 — C;
Williams of the Philadelphia Na
lionals. hit out his tenth homer o
the season in the third inning o
jthe game against St. Louln.
I Effort! to salvage thg vesjcd liavi
j boon given up and the big craft ii
a total loss. Three boats tried ti
1 pull the Lake G'Jbhcrt off UmatilL
Heel, which nhe ft ruck the rock'
early Wednesday morning en route
from San Francisco to Seattle. Dur
ling the attomipt to pull the frelghtei
off t'he rocks, two hawsers were
part oil.
The rocks have penetrate 1 the ol
tanks t»f the Like Clobhart.
j Thp steamer Algerine is now at th<
I scene of the wreck and wllf attemp
1 to save seme of the gear and cargo
■! The Lake trcUhart, 2.810 tons, wa
recently purchased by the Alask
i Steam hiy Company far the Alask;
run.
YUKON ICE QN
DAWSON FRONT
HAS GONE 0U1
DAWSON. May 11. The Ice wen
out of the Yukon on the Daw u
waterfront at h:20 o'clock vesterda;
morning and by Monday it is believe:
steamers will be able to leave Hootla
llnqua and Lower LeHarge for Daw
son.
1 THACY. Cal.—The Pacific Oil Com
pany is completing a giant oil reset
. voir h< re for the San Joaquin conn
j ty district. It will have a eapacltj
| of 750.000 barrels.
ALASKAN MOUNTAIN CLIMBER TO
BE HONORED; MEMORIAL IS TO BE
ERECTED TO REV. HUDSON STUCK
SAI.T UVKK CITY, Utah. May 11
In memory of the man who firs
made the ascent of Mount McKinley
I the highest mountain on the .Vorti
I American continent, who during hi
eventful life had 'been cowboy, rc
(>orter, explorer, author and mission
ary. the Alaskan Indian friends o
Hudson Stuck are planning a ho?
pltal on a knoll overlooking the lam
of his Ufe-iwork on the Yukon, jus
| inside the Arctic Circle
Word to this effect has been rf
’ coived here by Bpisropal Church o!
- fk-ials. Archdeacon Stuck bavin
f served the greater part of his life a
F|a missionary of that church.
| The official records of Stuck's ns
IS SHOT DOWN
AT LAUSANNE
PEACE SESSION
Russian Soviet Observer Is
Assassinated at Laus
anne by Swiss.
KILLED INSTANTLY WHILE
DINING WITH TWO GUESTS
Assassin Arrested and Says
Crime Was Committed as
j an Act of Revegne.
LAUSANNE, May 11.—M. Vol
i osky, Russian Soviet observer at the
I Lausanne peace conference, was shot
land killed last night by an alleged
member of the Swiss Fascisti.
M. Aherns, head of the Soviet
Press Bureau here and M. Didwil
kewski. another Russian, were
I wounded.
J Vrlorky and his party were din
; ing in the Hotel Cecil when a young
: man seated nearby, walked over to
i the Russians' table and opened fire
without warning.
; Vclosky was instantly killed.
ASSASSIN ARRESTED.
The assassin was arrested as he
attempted to leave the hotel and
gave his name as Maurice Alexander
'Conradi, a native of Switzerland.
He admitted he had served in the
j Russian army.
Conradi later told the police his
' uncle and brother had both been
! tortured and murdered by the Bol
II rheviki in Russia and said the as
! is?rr.ination of VoJosky was an aet
1 j of vengeanoe.
RUSSIAN STATEMENT.
| The Russian delegation in a state
ment last night declared the Pow
l ers which organized the Lausanne
Peace Conference were morally re
: sponsible for the shootings because
‘they have created confusion in the
j nublic mind by their attitude against
; the Russian delegation.”
SABOTAGE GANG
i USES DYNAMITE
i
I KSSBN. May ix — Sabotage gangs
11 dynamited an important railroad
I bridge last night as un answer to the
I vordlct of the court murtial at Due
I eeldurf sentencing to death Albert
i Schiogetter, convicted of charges of
j s thot ago and espionage.
Transcontinental Non-stop
Flight Record World One
I SAN 1>I BOO, May 11—Rus3ell
j Shaiw. executive and vice-chairman
! of the contest committee of the Aero
nautics Association, telegraphed from
New York today that the recent
II transcontinental non-stop flight by
’1 Lieutenants Mac Heady and Kelly will
1 i be recognized as iho world's record
'ifirr “long distance and open circuit
•; flight."
i iBlfTTK. Mont* The graduating
- class of Butte High School will wear
caps and gowns of gray serge be
cause they are cheuper than new
clothes, A H. Douglas, superintend
ant of schools, announced here.
. | <:«nt of "the roof (»f the continent'’
tj.ire among the archives of the Ameri
.jean Geographical Society, of which
i lie wai a member, anil to which they
( were turned over on hi* death, two
-'years ago. hv the tOplscopal Church.
-1 Stuck was also a fellow of the Royal
f: Geographical Society. He related the
-(story of hi* iierilous adventure In
I "The Ascent, of Denali." the Indian
I! name for Mt. McKinley, published In
i 1914
.j Love of Adventure
It was probably from his dlstln
guisbed ancestor. Hendrick Hudson,
s that Stuck Inherited the love of ad
venture which carried him all the
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