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ALASKA
EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME'
VOL XXL, NO. 3215.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUJdAY, APRIL 10, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WAGE AGREEMENT FOR FISHERMEN
IN ALASKA IS FINALLY REACHED
WESTERN TRIP
OF PRESIDENT
*■ NOT DEFINITE
Tentatively Set for Middle of
June—Depends on Health '
of Mrs. Harding.
WIAISHIXCTON, A,priil 10.— Presi
dent Harding Is back at his desk in
vigorated by bis vacation trip and I
ready to shoulder the accumulation I
of official 'business.
While the middle of dune is lentil-1
tively set for the beginning of the
President's Western tour, with the
•possible extension to Alaska, he has
not definitely decided to take the
trip and wlM defer decision for a few
weeks until lie feels assured Mrs.
Harding is able to stand stn h an .x ■
tended journey.
While Mrs. Harding is greatly ini
proved, the President feels the jour-1
ney would be wearing and wants her(
to be in the best of health beforej
starting.
HARDING HOPES TO
COME TO ALASKA
—
The hope that nothing will in-1
tervene to prevent his proposed visit j
to Alaska Is expressed by President,
Harding in a letter to Secretary of’
Alaska, Karl Thiele, copies of which !
were transmitted to the Legislature!
today. The communication was an !
acknowledgement of the Legislature’si
formal invitation to the President
to vieit the Territory.
The letter, to Secretary Thiele,!
written under date of March 28tli,l
follows in full:
“I have received your telegram,!
on Ibehalf of Ihe Legislature of the|
Territory of Alaska, transmitting
House Concurrent Resolution X’o. 1,
extending greetings to the Presi
dent of the United States and an
expression of most cordial senti
ments regarding his intention of I
visiting the Territory during the
doming season. I have been much
pleased at 'this testimony of the sen
timents of the Legislature of Alaska
and would be glad to have you ex
press to the Legislature the assur
ance of my very sincere reclproca-j
tion. 1 am earnestly trusting that|
nothing will interpose to prevent,
the visit. to wh^eh I have looked j
forward ever since I have bean !
President. It has 'been among my!
most earnest wishes that the Ad-:
ministration might be able lo give
substance of the hopes so long en
tertained by the American people,
regarding ithe deevlopment of Al
aska. 1 profound trust that noth
ing will prevent the proposed visit.”
Big Army Dirigible
Makes Splendid Flight
BELLEVILLE, ill., April 10.—The
TC-1, the largest dirigible of the
army, on a trial flight to the Scott
Field, nearby, from Akron. Ohio, 500
miles, made it in 14 hours and 25
minutes. I
Seeks to Nationalize
British Industry.
: ' r _«
Philip Snod wan, deader of the
"imtel! actual" group in the British
Labor Party in Parliament, has
created a sena'a;ion in England by
introducing a bill for the nationali
zation of British industry. A con*
dinned socialist and disbeliever in
cj.jl ial'ism. he asserts it will be
several generations before social
ism Will rule the world.
RUINATION OF
RUSSIA LAID
TO BOLSHEVISM
Former Premier Shows How
Economic Ruin of Russia
Has Been Accomplished.
PAR’S, April 13.*—The renewed
interest of Western Europe in the
Russian problem is evidenced by an
article contributed to the magazine
Revue des Deux Monde a by Count
W. Kokovtzoff, who was Russian min
ister of finance in 1S94 in succession
to Count Witte, and who filled the
post of premier under the Czar from
1911 to 1914.
Kokovtzoff takes up the present
Russia n economic situation from
tCoutlnued on Pago eereo )
Building Permits
In United States
Break Records
NEW YORK, April 10—One
billion and one-quarter dollars
worth of building permits were
Issued throughout the country in
January, February and March, j
the greatest for a similar period
in the history of the nation. I
This 13 the announcement made j
today by S. W. Strauss & Co. j I
GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING RULING
OF COURT ON COLLECTING TUXES
■WASHINGTON. April 10 — A ques-|
tkm which threatens to revolutionize!
the tax collecting: methods of the;
country, according to the government,;
•mob may be decided by the Supreme.
Court of the United States.
Involved is an ancient practice!
which the Federal government, until!
recently, was always able to enforce;
when it touched the pockets of Its j
citizens. This policy consisted of re
quiring the taxpayer to turn into the
custody, of the United States treas
ury the tax assessed against him.
•leaving him, as his only recourse,
•its payment “under protest,” and the
Initiation of litigation to recover what
he contended had been illegally col
lected. The court of last resort has
been called upon to determine wheth
er this time-honored ■tax-collecting
method shall continue to prevail, or1
whether the taxpayer ihas the right
io withhold payment of the tax as
sessed until the soundness of the
government’s demand can be deter
mined, by court procedure if neces
sary
No specific taxing statute is under
4
attack, but the Is3ite presented in
the controversy is whether iny court
can restrain the collection of u Fed
eral tax. Many objections htv * been
urged to the government's iuji ;*enca,
that the taxes It assesses must be
p...d, leaving its right to the n to he
tested later. Aside from Ih * disad
vantages which attach to suits agiinst
the government, those who followed
ilie government's mandate and paid
taxes “tinder protest,” foun 1 that
successful suits on the court of claims
did not always result In the prati.pt
recovery of the money. Aft-.r a
judgment is obtained Congress must
appropriate before any money can
be refunded, and experience lias
demonstrated that Congress cannot
be hurried in such matter. With a
fair degree of good fortune the suc
cessful litigant could reasonably hope
that dlls posterity of the second or
third generation might obtain a re
fund of money (illegally collected'
from hint.
When E. I. duPont de Nemours A
(Continued on Page Five.)
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STEEL COMPANY I
BOOSTS WAGES
i
Increase in Wages of I 1 Per
Cent Announced to Be i
Effective on April 16.
NEW YORK, April 10.—The United
Staten Steel Corporation today an-1
nounced a wage increase of 11 per
j cent effective April 111 for day labor
er* employed by its subsidiary cam
. panics.
More titan laO.DOO are affected.
Pay for other workers is to be
equitably adjusted.
The increase mikes the pay of la
! borers 40 cents an hour.
AMERICANS ARE
INVITED TO THE
NATION’S PARKS
National Park Service Mak
ing Big Preparations for
Season This Year.
WASH I Mi i o.V, A,nr" IS. -Prepara
tions to handle a million and a halfj
visitors £n th ■ national parks this
year have been made by th N'.tional
Park Service.
Public canvp grounds for the m a tori
[camper a n b'ing attended; hotels
and permanent camps are increasing
facilities for band-ling visitors, and!
the transportation lines are adding!
much new equipment, in announcing j
the opening anil closing dates for the
parks, Secretary Wn.i i , the In
terior Department sends the follow
ing invitation to the .American people:
“With a lavish hand nature has
moulded throughout our land the
most magnificent and a we-tnsprtring
scenery, surpassing in beauty and j
grandeur that of feed by any foreign
country. The e spots —our national
Iparks—have been set aside bv the
American government to be main
tained un-toilched by the Inroads of
civilization so that you and your
children may enjoy them.
"Hoads have been built through
deep-cut canyon *, across towering
mountain ranges, ‘ beside rippling
streams filled with fighting trout, and i
Into primal forests. Hotels and camps
have been erected to provide com-i
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Stefansson Wants
Canadian Sovereignty
Over Wrangell Island
OTTAWA. April 10.- Vilhjalmur j
Stefansson urged upon the Cabinet
to use Wrangell Island as a base for j
an air route to the Orient at a con- ’
ference last Saturday, It ha., been i
learned.
Stefansson, whose party occupied J
the Island in 1H14, urged Canada tot
declare sovereignty over the Island, j
Ottawa Journals Indicate the Canadian
altitude appears to be that of a
colony not wanting to take action in
dependent of the mother country, j
Stefansson is exacted to go to Lon- ,
don to present his case to the British ‘
government.
Traditional Policy at !<
Harvard to Be Maintained ;
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 10— [
The overseers of Harvard have voted
unanimously thar ‘ in the admlnistra ‘
t:on of the rule for admission to
Harvard College t.he traditional pol
icy will be maintained, freedom from j
discrimination on the grounds of race c
and religion.” 0
Horrible Crime «
It Confessed by ,
Louisiana Man
_
THIBODEAU, Da.. April 10.—Victor
Taber, aged 32, has confessed, accord
ing to Sheriff Lewis Stark, to the
crime of chopping off his wife's head
with an axe. Tabor told Stark his
wife disobeyed him, he having or
dered her not to leave home again
without his consent.
Taber Is quoted as saying: “I
had a pe.rfeot right to do it."
Peeling 'is running strong and
Taber may be spirited away to pro
vent mob violence. I
Seek Man in Death
of Show Girl.
Mere is the latest picture of
Mrs. Prances lane Beckwith,'
daughter of a prominent Phila
delphia family, a New. York showr
girl, well known among Broad
way's butterflies. who died of
acute peritonitis, following a
drinking party, in which she is
reported to have received injuries
Similar to those which caused tne
death of Virginia Itappe, for
which "Hatty” Arbuckle was ac
quitted in Hun Francisco. A flash
ily attired man who hud been
r en in her apt-' »*1V ir u*ing
sought by the police.
WOULD ELECT
PRESIDENT BY
DIRECT VOTE
Senator Dill Would Abolish
Electoral College—Talks
on Sugar Prices.
WA-IjLA WALiLA. Wash., April 10.
—Senator C. C. Dill, at the Jeffer
ton Club dinner last night, urged
.lie abolition of the electoral col
ege and advocated the election of
he President of Hie United States
)y direct vote of the j^ople.
Senator Dill blamed Secretary of
’ommerce Hoover for the high sugar
juices saying that Hoover should
lave Investigated.
BANK CASHIER
UNDER ARREST
Skipped in 1915 with Large
Sum of Money — Was
One Time Sensation.
PHIDADEpPHIA, April 10.—Corey
I Slaughter, wanted in Puebio. C'olo
a.lo, was arrested today at Phoenix
llle, Pa.
DENVER. Aipril 10.—Slaughter Is
runted on charges of looting the
lercantile National Bank of Pueblo
nd escaping wioh $52,182 w'hile act
tig as cashier in 1915. The flight of
laughter, who Is in the 30’s, was
t that time the sensation in the
at ion.
CHICAGO, April 1 o.—At a meet
ing of dairymen of bIx middle wsst
rn states representing 75 per cent
f the country’s production, it was
oted to unify the industry in one
entral sales agency.
i Military Ejects
106 Families
In 10 Minutes
PRANK FORT-ON-MAIN. April
10.—The Freneh-Algerian troops
! ejected 108 families within 10 1
minutes from the dwellings of j
| the German railwaymen’s colony ,
1 at Enren, according to reports |
! in German quarter*. The re- 1
I ports stated the eviction* were I
unnecessarily rough.
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NEW SCHEME TO
CONTINUE FIVE
CENT CAR FARE
i President of Seattle Council
Would Extend Bond
Limit Sixteen-Years.
■SEATTLE. A'rw.l 10 ('. M. pit*
gerald, president of the < ity Coun
cil. announced be would introduce a
resolution liut ilia Mayor and ct
officials negotiate with the hol.ie-s
aif the municipal street car bond far
extension of another It! years, thus
rodtic ng the principle papme.ua.
Fitzgerald said if this was done
j 5 cent fare would be made i.i pay
land lie asserted lie ha I b"“n pnm
i ised sufficient votes f: mi ecuncjl
men to pa-s tbe resolution.
A financial statement shows that
the car line has lost over $l.aO:t
weekly since putting in 5-ceat iar
fare.
PROPOSITION PASSED
SEATTLE, April 10.—Unanimous
ly and without discussion the Cnua
ioil tins passed the Fitzgerald re o
11 lit ion asking the city officials to
j dismiss witli tbe bondholders for on
| extension of time fn paynien' of
jibe bonds of the municipal street
jcar system. The proposition is to
[lie laid betore the Old Colony Trust
•Oo., of Boston, which is said lo hold
| the ibonds as security for the murt
; gage contracted by Stone & Webster
before the sale of the system 10 I ho
i city.
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Cracksmen Blow Vaults
Of Vashon Island Bank
SE.VI I’LE, April in.- -Cracksmen
last night blew ,he vaults of the
j Vashon State Bank on Vashon Island
and escaped with .in unie-terminad
| amount in valuaibles. The safe In
i which small cash was kept was not
molested. There were tfiloO in the
' safe.
Gov. Gen. Wood Approves
Of Shaforth for Senator
DENVER, April 10.—Governor Gen
eral Leonard Wood, of the Philip
i pines, has gone on' record reeom
i mending Morrison Siiafroth for the
seat in the United Slates Senate left
; vacant by the death of Senator Nich
. at son.
Canada Is to Sell Part
Of Her Merchant Marine
OTTAWA, April lit.—Twenty-seven
of the ti4 vessels composing the fleet
or Canada’s government merchant ma-|
rine is to be offered for sale, accord-1
Ing to announcement made hero to
day.
.. nnll
Hard Blow by High Court
WASHINGTON. April 10.-The Su-!
preme Com; In a derision stains that1
anticipated profits loot through can i
celling war contracts cannot be re
ceived from the Federal go7e>c.nent.
Would Have
Holidays All
Fall on Monday
HONOLULU, April 10.—Complete
dislocation of the calendar, at least j
so far as holidays In Hawaii are
concerned, is sought in a bill in
troduced Into the tiouse of the tor-1
ritorlail legislature by Wilillam J.
Coelho.
The bill provides that ejeh holiday,
observed In the territory, Christinas,!
Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, New ;
Years and all ethers, shall be cole- '
brated on Monday and that it be de ;
dared on the Monday nearest the,
date upon which It ordinarily would j
falll.
The purpose, Coelho explained, l« 1
to provide "two days o' feasting and J
rest every time a holiday cornea
along."
In another bill, Coelho suggests
that certain dates be designated as
•he times at which historical events
happened in Hawaii. He explained
that no one now living can give
testimony as to the exact dates of
thdie occurrences, and that such
dates must ibe established (or the
benefit of court proceedings.
Urges U. S. to Enter
League of Nations.
Cectl“ ‘
**—*—*••——-~. -.i.. S'1*'
lx>rd Uabort Ccail, noted Hiil
l*h statesman, is visiting the
United States in an effort to have
the country enter the league of
Nations, declaring that is the
only solution of world problems.
Soviets Are Denounced
By Director of K. of C
\V.\SlMIlN.'(fTON, Apr 1 10. Sup. >m
Cfrector .It .nw A. Flaherty at th*:
conclusion of 'the meeting of ii;e Si,
■preme Directors of lie Knights m
Columbus, made a •tatement dc
noc.ncing tbe recent Soviet act In
executing Catholic clergymen.
'Flaherty said that In contrast, be
tween the brave and noble attitude
of the martyred priest and blah ops
with t'heir bloodthirsty persecutors
the acts committed are worse than
'ha| oened Inning the reign of terror
in France."
Pullman Schedules
To Be Investigated
WAlSHUMvTON; Atpril 10- Til) In
ter-state Commerce Commission has
ordered an investigation into the
property and reasonableness of the
present surcharge against passengers
who use Pullman equipment and n
general schedule of rates for Pull
man car service.
NEW CHURCH SERVICE KEEPS
FAMILY GROUP TOGETHER ON
SUNDAY \ SUCCESSFULLY TRIED
CHICAGO, April 10.—How the fam
ily automobile may become to the
city church goer what the family
farm wagon has always been to the
rural worshipper. Is being worked out
at St. iMurk's church, a down-town
Episcopalian parish in Minneapolis,
the Rev. Phillips K. Osgood, rector
of the parish, told the church club
of Chicago in an address here today
The Sunday school as a separate
institution has bean abolished ill his
church. Dr. Osgood sold, and the
parents and c hildren aro brought to
gether for morning worship. Five
months' trial has convinced him that
the plan is a success.
When parents and children as
*emblp at 11 o'clock in the church,
the regular service of morning prayer
is conducted with some slight modifi
cations to suit the changed program.
A five minute sermon for the chil
dren is then delivered, followed by
the offertory, and then while a hymn
Is being sung the children retire to
the parish house where they have 30
minutes of class Instruction. Mean
while the regular sermon is preached
for the edification of their elders.
When the regular service Is end
ed, the children are waiting for their
parents, the family automobile i»
iloaded, or the family group proceeds
•to street cars, and all return home
ready for Sunday dinner.
“Tlte chief object of this plan is tc
restore the family pew to Its tradi
t tonal position," continued Mr. Os
good. “We found that because ol
our situation on tho edge of the
down-town district, many of our par
ish children wore not attending our
school. But the d-ififieulty was not
so much that the children were going
elsewhere for instruction, as that the
family unit In worship was eundered,
or that ultimately we lost the entire
family because parents so naturally
; follow their children.
“The great fault of tho traditional
I Sunday school was that It did not
train chldlren in church going It
I could no more do this thau a black
i board diagram could teach a person
; to swim The only way to teach
church going is by going to church.
, The only way to learn how to swim
i is to get into the wator and swim.”
Mr. Osgood said tho attendance
of the children bad been increased
130 par cent In the five months an I
that the tegular attendance of par
j ents at services bad been well ahead
, of the same period for preceding
• years.
‘The presonco of the children has
j vitalized the service,” ho added.
'iPirmertly wo were .1 rather staid
I down-town congregation, but that con
Idltlon has changed."
] The plan has been supplemented
by activities for the children starting
it 10 a. m. so that parents who de
sire may attend adult blblc classes
I assembling at that hour.
Whtlo tin- bible classes aro in ses
, slon. children who care to do so may
1 occupy themselves with modeling.
) m ip-maklng. extemporaneous drama
tization of Biblical stories, and slm
IUar activities under the supervision
of an instructor.
ALASKA WAGE
SCALE FIXED
FOR SEASON
Packers and Fishermen
Reach Agreement—Salmon
Fleet Is Sailing Today.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 10.—The
Alaska Packers' Association an
nounces that an agreement fpr
wages has been reached with the
fifhcimen engaged in the industry
in Alaska and the salmon fleet held
at San Fiancisco, Astoria and Seat
1 tie will sail north to the Ashing
stations during today.
The fishermen's wage schedule is
$150 run money and 75 cents an
|hour for overtime; one and three
quarters cents a case at Kenai and
one and one-half cents a case at
Chignik.
Bristol Bay is not covered by the
agreement but it is expected this
I agreement will be settled at once.
Last year the run money was
$140.
The difference in case pay is due
to the government limitation of
the pack per cannery, 50,000 cases
at Chignik and 40.000 at Kenai.
The scale established is for the
Alaska fishing industry.
D. C. Minimum Wage Law
Held Unconstitutional
—
, WASHINGTON, April 10. The
minimum wage law by which Con
'jirc'f.i sought to regulate the minimum
wages paid women and minor girls
ilu the !)i tric-t of Columbia is held
| unconstitutional by the Supreme
i Court of the United States in a de
cision handed down today.
i
Copper and Brass
Companies Report
Big Production
NEW YORK, April 10.—The
Anaconda Copper & American
Hr.iss Company reported today
their plants are now turning out
more products than ever before.
The officials stated production
was beating all records.
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