THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
‘ALL THE 1\EWS AU, THE TIME’
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VOL. XXL, NO. 3141.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CEOT&
FRENCH FLAG IS TORN DOWN BY
GERMANS; APOLOGIZE FOR INSULT
WOMEN JURORS i
WEEP IN CASE
CLARA SKARIN
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Attorneys. Ask tor Quick Ac- \
quittal of Girl Charged
with' Man’s Murder.
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BULLETIN—SEATTLE. Jan. 13.
—The case of Clara Skarin. charged
w.th the murder of Ferdinand
Hochbrunn, wealthy but eccentric
man, went to the jury at 2 t’clock |
thir. afternoon.
fe^'VrnLiE. J.m. 13. The eight
women on the Jury wept at the. trial,
et Clara Skarin as lohn J. Sullivan,
lor the defense said:
“I thank the good Lord who put a
gun In the hands of Clara Skarin
and put strength in her two thumbs
to pull that trigger which saved her
honor from Ferdinand Hochbrunn."
■During the arguments yesterday. |
Deputy Patterson eh out e d:
“The girl ia a murderess and a j
liar.
John F. Dure, counsel for the de-1
tense, summing up his final argu-i
meat for (Sara Skarin, scathingly tic-!
nouftceid Attorney Von Tobel. .saying;
that he “crucified himself on the
capes of Hochbrunn’s gold."
(Attorney 'Dore pleaded that the
Jury iwlng in a verdict of acquittal
quiokl.- and “don’t take minutes; you
should acquit the girl in a moment
and aheild give her a purse for the
good she has done."
Clara Ikarin appears tired and is ^
pale, secining near a breaking point'
after the ordeal of the week Site;
kept soft'y as her attorney pleaded |
her cause!
The wptiren members of the jury !
frequently raised their handkerchiefs I
to their f.ves to wipe away the tears,
tprlngin^.to them.
United States Imports
Show Tremendous Jump
*V'ASHING TON, Jan. 13.—Imports \
lri.o the United States in October,|
«• hith was the first month under the
<ieiw tariff law, aggregated $310,000,- j
000 as compared to $298,000,000 Ini
September and $281,000,000 in An- j
< gust. This is according to figures I
made public today by the Depart!
went of Commerce.
Salvation Leader,
Arrested, Resigns
NEW YORK. Jan. 13.—The Sulva
tion Army announces that it had ac-(
cep ted tho resignation of Capt. Rheha
Crawford, who for a long time had
been one of its most zealous work
ers in the theatrical district.
Captain Craiwford recently was ar
rested for violation of the traffic or
dinance while conducting a meeting
in a crowded street just off Broad
way. She never appeared again.
TOLEDO. Jan. 13.—‘One man was
killed and several injured seriously 1
when a Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train running over tho Pore Mar
quette tracks crashed into a freight ]
train nea.r tine Michigan state line.
KING GEORGE IN DANGER IN GREEK REVOLT.
Fears are felt' for the lives o' Kin* George anil Queen lCliza
beth of Greoce, following the re rent Greek revolt. George was the
second son of the deposed Constantine and is shown, with his
Queen, returning from the recen' coronation of her parents, the
King and Queen of Rumania.
GREAT CLASH
IS PREDICTED
President of American Bar
Association Speaks on
American Government
CHICAGO, Jan 13—A crucial test
of the American system of govern
ment and society will come sooner
or later in a clash of doctrine of in
dividual liberty with the philosophy
of collectivism. John M. Davis, presi
dent of the American Bar Associa
tion umT former Ambassador to Groat
Britain nuulo this statement last
night In an address before the Chi
icupo Bar Association.
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Claims Hunger Mad Wolves
Threaten Parts of U. S.
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| NEW YORK, Jan. 13. W. T. Horn
■ uday, director of the Bronx Zoo, gave
ia warning that the northern pari of
the United States was threatened by
I an invasion of pecks of hunger-mad
i wolves.
j Hornaday said the wolf packs have
, increased in Canada because of the
'drop in fur pricos and tho absonve of
bounties. He cited havoc among the
; domestic wild animals of Ontario
and the killing of five men there this
i winter.
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Bandits Get $31,000;
Blow and Rob Safe
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 13 The
store rife of Bridges & West, a
|Norwood, was blown open during the
| night and $30,000 in Liberty bonds
land $1,000 in cash wa.> the loot #
cured by the robbers, who escaped.
PAST YEAR SATISFACTORY ONE
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS; GOOD CHEER
CHICAGO. Jan. 13.—Legal disabili
ties of women In the United States
have been reduced to "a few siiver.
in tjhe body politic which can be ex
tracted by a fine noodle,” according
to Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCul
loch. a member of the Chicago bar
and chairman of the committee on
uniform legislation of tho National
League of Women Voters.
‘‘The needle was applied to many
disabilities through laws enacted in
1931. and although 1922 was not reg
ularly a legislative year in most
states, considerable leglsaltion to es
tablish equal rights was enacted,”
Mrs. iMcCulloeh stated.
The legislation of 1922 which was
regarded ns conforming with the pro
gram of the League, has been tabu
lated for the League by Mrs. Carina
C. Warrington, an attorney of Fort
Wayne, I.nd., and may be summar
ized as follows:
Federal, act providing independent,
citizenship for married women;
Georgia, removal of common law dis
ab.Hties relative to holding office or
performing civil functions; Ken
tucky, act facilitating jury service bv
women, age of consent raised to 18,
wife abandonment made felony for
which extradition may be demanded,
women made eligible to office; Mas
sachusetts, women made eligible to
office: New Jersey, mothers' pension
law amended; Rhode island, com
mittee created to determine to what
extent statutes abridge women's
rights; Virginia, property rights act
passed, mothers’ pension act amend
ed. suffrage act amended to provide
that for purposes of voting the resi
dence of a married woman shall not
be controlled by residence of her
husband, commission on simplifica
tion of stato irtid local government
authorized. •
The League opposes blanket legis
lation,
New German Premier
Is Business Man.
pDr.^J/t 1 ft a nv Cu zvO ■
w---~-_-jccdu
This is the latest photograph of
Ilr. William Cuno, newly appoint
ed Premier of Germany. Dr. Cuno j
is General Director of the Ham- |
burg-Amerieai Lines and Is a welt I
known figure iti world transporta
tion and business.
RUM RUNNING
ON BIG SCALE
I Customs Inspector Laughs at
Prohibition Statement on
Liquor Smuggling.
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—William
R. Sanders, Chief of tlio Inspection
I Service of the Customs Service,
which last Thursday captured four
rum runners off tin Jersey Coast,
characterized as "laughable” the de
nial of the Prohibition Enforcement
officials that rum running was on a
large at:ale.
CLAIM IT ISN’T SO
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13—Prohibi
. tion Commissioner Haynes has re
ceived from the New Jersey head
. | quarters tin official report declaring
-itliat press dispatches regarding the
II landing of a huge amount of liquor
i near Highland, as "erranoouB, abso
i lately."
No Change in Debt Law
To Be Made at Present
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—President
Harding and Republican House lead
• ers, after a thorough canvass of the
- situation, deckled that this was not
:jthe time to seek an amendment to
, the debt funding law liberalizing
• ‘terms of settlement bv nations owing
j the United States
TURKS PREPARE j
TO RESUME WAR
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Breakdown of Lausanne Con
ference Will See Resump
tion of Hostilities.
WALLETTA. Malta. Jan. 13.—A
Reuter’s despatch from Smyrna says
the Turks are feverishly preparing
to resume hostilities in the event oi
a breakdown with the Lausinne con
| ference.
CALLED TO COLORS.
I ROME, Jan. 13.—The Minister of
War has called to the colors the re
Inuits of the second class of 1902
who reside in all countries in Eur
; ope and along the Mediterranean
with the exception of Russia.
IMMIGRAtiON
HEADQUARTERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
New Districts Are Created for
Entry—Alaska Comes
Under New Rule.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. Hi. More
Ithan one dozen cities which hereto
fore have been merely points «r
entry Cor immigrants, have been
raised to the rank of district head
quarters, the Immigrstjon Service an
nounced today.
| The cities include Winnipeg, Man
| treat, Spokane, Situ Diego, Sill
1 bake, Ran Antonio and Omaha.
New districts have also been ere
I ate'l to cover Aimka, Porto llico
I and Hawaii. ,
POPULATION OF
MEMEL REVOLTS
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Civilians lake Reins of Gov
ernment in Own Hands—
Lithuania Blameless.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13— A ilia-!
pali’li from Consul Edwards, at
Kovno, rp|K>rts tho movement In j
Mom cl, declaring a separate terri
tory, was a “revolution of the civil
ian population of M mel of Lithuaa
ian descent."
ANOTHER SIDE OF IT
BERLIN, Jan. 13 -The Lithuania
charge d'affairs ha ; notified the Ger
man government that Lithuania is in
no way connected with the disturb
ances at Mcmel.
ALLIES AT WORK
PARIS, Jan. 13. The Allied Coun
cil and Ambassadors are trying to
Induce Lithuanians menacing Memei
to stop thou* revolt
The Ambassadors are of tho opin
ion (be Luthuanian government can
Stop the movement if it ucts prompt
ly and vigorously.
Death Blow Is Dealt
Government Free Seeds
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—Free
seeds have received tho -final death
blow. The Senate, today on a point!
of order, made by Senator Lodge,
rejected the amendment of Senator!
Heflin to provide $360,000 for can-j
tin nation of distribution of free
seed i.
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! Great Britain
Regains Lead in
Shipbuilding
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' GLASGOW. .Tin. 13—OrPat
Britain re<ruinpd first place In |
world H’htp'biiikling 1n 1021’ with
i 1,043.500 tone.
I Germany was in second place
with 631.485 and the United
States wa« down the list with ’
259,474 tons. Daring 1910 Ih -
I United States load In ship-build- )
| ing with 4.750.000 tons.
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PRINCESS NOW A FARMERETTE.
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lluw have the mighty fallen! This* daughter of formor Czar
Ferdinand, of Bul'gara, has turns 1 to the noil and is now a farmer
ette, doing all t lie work on a little farm on which she manages
lo eke out her existence in Bavaria.
Xzr ~rz-f
Big Dry Chief
Is Coining to {
Alaska Next Week
| WASHINGTON, Jan., 13.— R.
! J. Matthew-. special asslst
I ant to Prohibition Oommlsslou
j er Ha.vnos, loaves tor Alaska
during tlie c om ins week on “Im
portant official business.’' The
| authorities declined to make
| anv further comment.
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NEW EVIDENCE
IN LA, MURDER
CASE IS GIVEN
Southern Planter Gives Testi
mony Involving Death
of Two Men.
BASTROP, I.a.. Jan. 13. William
Noraworthv, a Morehouse Pariali
planter, not a KUnamu-n, brother cf
a previous witness by the flange
name, tcetiflod in the open hearing
here that Captain Skipwlth In a con
ference referring: to Wait Daniels
and Thomas 'Richards, s>ild:
“If the* boys had not been so
smart, it was Lite Intention of giving
them a trial in the courts for shoot
ing at Dr. iMcKoln."
Norswo-thy said further that Skip
with stutod:
’"They got so smart and had too
much to say at a hall game and at
Jim .Vorsworthy's barbecue at Bone
boo that the boys decided they knew
too much."
Lawyer Testifies
William It. Stuckey, lawyer anl
formor member of the s'ate legDla
turn, who is an avow ■ I opponent oi
tlie Ku Klux Klan, declared -today
that the theory was prevalent in Mai
Rouge In connection with riie allege!
attempt to kill Dr. II M. MeKoir
was that MrKoin shot up his owt
car to gain support 1t the member
of the Klan.
The witness -aid lie had heart
Skipwlth remark:
“Every mail in tile Morehouse Pur
! :.-h who did not unit talking abuu
| the Klan should he whipped."
Conference Is Off
1: was announced this afternoon be
Cyclops Skipwith that the propose.
: conference with Attorney Genera
Coco has been abandoned.
liONDON. Jan. 13. A movie ru
munee. which began with a meetiui
in Dos Angeles, where both wen
working i/1 pictures, has culminatac
In the marriage of Peggy Hyland am
Fred Granville.
She H English unci he Is an Aun
tnlian.
NATION TAKING
STOCK OF ITS
FORESTSiWOODS
Chief Forester Greeley Pre
sents Conditions as Pre
vailing in the U. S.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—As never
bofore the world is taking stock of
'what it ncotl.i. t'liier Forester Wil
liam II Greeley says in his annual
report. Not the least indispensable
of these things is wood, hi- says, and
'to take stock of how much wood wo
! have and what we shall need is an
I important step In determining our
Jfutur- altitude toward our forests,
j “As a background to this broad
I Inquiry,” Colonel Greeley continues,
1 “forest service investigators have
! recently completed a unique and ex
haustive compilation of the forest
j -psourcps of the world One startl
ing revelation is. that so far as our
great s'rucural and all-purpose
wood- --the soft woods arc con
Icerned. we must become self-stiff'
i cient or go without. Siberia has
tgreu’ forested areas, yel if all the
j Siberian timber wore at the uiulis
j put "I call of tile Unite! Stales the
i quantity available for annual export
I would h irdly amount to one-fourth
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GERMANS TEAR
DOWN FLAG OF
FRENCH TODAY
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French Emblem Is Destroyed
I —Apology Is Demanded
and Is Given.
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LARGE GERMAN FACTORY
TOWN OCCUPIED TODAY
Reparations Due on Monday
from Germany Will Prob
ably Be Extended.
BERLIN. Jan. 13. — The French
flag: hoisted by the occupying troops
1 at Steele, outside of Essen, was torn
down today and destroyed according
to a despatch to the Vorwaerts.
The Burgomaster has to apologise
to the French commander and pub
lish a warning against excesses.
GELSENKIRCHEN OCCUPIED.
ESSEN. Jan. 13.—The city ef
Gelrenkirchen, three miles northeast
of here, has been taken over by the
French forcee.
Gelsenkirchen is the center of ex
tensive mines and has blast furnaces,
steel and boiler works and many
' large factories. . j
REPARATIONS EXTENSION.
j PARIS. Jan. 13.—The Reparations
I Comiuisriou today will grunt,to Get
many a further detay February
i i cn the indemnity payment of
i 600,000,OllO gold marks due next
I Monday.
| It is said the decision will be
: taken at the request ot Prance.
I While the official reason Is (o give
! the Ftench delegation more time to
prepare moratorium conditions it Is
believed the increasing evidence of
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| Hound Dog
I Involves Cabinet
In Discussion
I WASHINGTON, dan. 13.—
! The hound dog of tho Grand
Canyon was a topic at the
Cabinet mect.ng yesterday.
Postmaster General Work ar- ,
| good that tho lonely postmaster
of the Grand Canyon Park need- j
ed dogs to keep h!m company.
Secretary Fall, citing the In }
| terior Department rules against
,, dogs in National Parks, de
. | ! dared that sentiment must not
i | overwelgh the right.
,| j President Harding hud first
, i 1 decided in favor of the dog, but
. | after Secretary Fall had made j
, i his tmint. the President said he
I would decide after receiving
! I more information.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF
i AMERICA HAS GOOD YEAR;
ANNUAL REPORT IS MADE
| BKRUN. Jan. 13. - Fifty-six disputes I
jin Germ a n-Amerdcan trade were ad!
| bit rated by the American Chamber j
of Commerce in Germany during the;
.past year, it was announced at the
organization's annual meeting here
j recently. Reports of the secretary
, and treasurer show tha' the 13
i months constituted the most success
fill year in the two decades of the
I chamher's history. It will celebrate
ii, sip , anniversary this January.
A large surplus of funds was re
ported on hand after all obligations
had been met and the forecast was
made that the institution had a very
i productive year to come. One of Its
outstanding achievements in 19 7.1
• .was the development of a trustee
(count, through which accounts are
» :: iw handled for 15 large Amor.can
I nrci Iiuylng goods in Germany. In
I :n..- department the chamber n lids
ill money due on contracts, hanl'ug
. ov“r the payments at the tiai“ de
livery it made.
The chamber'* membership in
?i eased 84 per cent, during the year,
lie total active and associate mem
hers now number 1,609. At the gen
eral meeting Frederick W. King, of
f'hii igo, who has been abroad for
2i> years in the interests of Ameri- 1
can business, was re-elected presi
dent. Mr. King has been the orgaa
ls.ition's chief executive ever since
the armistice. G. H Wark. of the
National Cash Register Company,
Dayton. Ohio, was re-elected first
vice president, and all other officers
were retained in office.
It is said in American commercial
circles here that a period of read
justment in German-American trade
necessarily has set In following the
adoption of the new tariff in the
IFnlted States. This Is featured by a
revised selection of goods for the
American trade, with a study of
prices and conditions in order to de
termine what wares may find a pro
fitable market bore.