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VOL XXII., NO. 3250.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENT&
BRITISH
RESIGNS
American May Negotiate Release of Bandit Captives
CHINESE BANDIT
OUTRAGE GROWS
MORE SERIOUS
Roy Anderson May Be Sent
to Negotiate Release of
Foreign Captives.
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Ameri
can observers in China have re
ported to the State Department that
further negotiations between thej
Chinese government authorities anti
the bandit leaders ie futile unlees
there are foreign representatives on
the Chinese delegation.
The American observors suggest
that Roy AnderEon, American of
long residence in China and inti-;
tnately familiar with conditions, be,
choecn to negotiate with the ban-j
elits and be clothed with plenipoten
tiary powers.
SIX POWER GUARANTEE.
WASHINGTON, May 21. — The
diplomatic corps at Peking, accord-!
lng to advices to the State Depart-]
meut, has been notified by the Chi
nese bandits that those foreigners
still held captives will be Bhot un
less troops are withdrawn by to
morrow. This is the advice re
ceived in a cablegram from U. S.
Minister Schurman.
The bandits are unwiling to agree
to release their prisoners as long as
troops are kept in the field against
them.
The terms of the bandits also in
clude a guarantee of their security
by the six foreign powers.
BANDITS-SOLDIERS CLASH
IT®EJNTI8TN, 'May 21.—'One officer
and five Chinese troopers of the regu
lar army were killed in a battle be
tween the soldiers and bandits hold
ing 14 Iforeigners (prisoners.
The military governor of Shantung
bag ordered 1,500 additional troops
to join the campaign against the
band ft s.
‘Mrs. Manuel Versa, wife c,? the
Mexican manufacturer, has been re
leased iby the bandits, leaving 14
men, the only foreigners, now pri
soners.
AWAIT8 DEATH CALMLY
SHANGHAI, May 21 —>Dr. H. Mer
tens, physician, returning from a re
lief mission In the Shantung Moun
tains, has reported that it is the
concensus of opinion among th? for
eign ca/ptivt3 that foreign interven
tion is the only possible means c,f
affecting the release of the prisoners.
Cheveliar Musso. a captive, has
sent the following message:
''Immediate steps »hould be taken,
otherwise <we will all ibe killed. My
state Of health is bad. 1 await death
calmly."
HONGKONG, May 21.—It is re
ported the American gunlboat Pam
panga hats (been fired upon by sol
diers below VVechow. Official quar
ters are unable to confirm the re
port.
BOLD OFFENDER TURNS UP
ROBIN IN SOUTH AFRICA
LOINiDQN, May 31.—(By Associated
Press.)—Inform a'tlan has reached
London from Johannesburg of the
arrest there of Carl Ludwig von
Velthelm. It is said that South
Africa want's to get rid of hLm and
that he Is to be deported.
iNoithiag has ibeen heard from von
Veldheiim since 1918. but none of
those who are familiar with his ca
reer are surprised that ho has turned
up again. There has been enough
of crime, adventure and romance in
his life to provide material for a doz
en exciting works otf fiction. He is
'pre-eminently cut out for an adven
turer. Had he lived in an earlier
time he mfight have been a very suc
cessful 'bandit or iplrate or revolu
tionist. ‘He Is built on a big scale
and ,1s well equipped with brains,
audacity and cotfrage, and has not
been a hit squeamish aibout ways and
means
Von Velthelm is six feet four
inches In height and a strikingly
v handsome man. A previous marriage
never stopped him from marrying
another woman, uor when he was
hard up did he hesitate to run very
serious financial risks to raise the
oi^h he needed. He was 'born in
Brunswick M yeti's ago and started
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out iu3 a sailor, but ho found that life
on the ocean was too (monotonous to
suit his tastes. He abandoned the
sea (by 'the simple and summary pro
cess of deserting his ship, and took
to title land.
CaTl Ludwig (first came into the
limelight of publicity of an interna
tional scale by shooting Woolf Joel,
a nephew of the famous Barney Bar
nato, at Johannesburg in 1898. It
was after he 'had called at Joel’s
office and demanded money of him,
which Joel refused. When charged
with the murder he secured acquittal
on the plea of self defense.
But “easy 'money” had now ■ ob
tained a fatal attraction for Von
Voltheim. ’Same years later he called
j at (Solomon Barbate Joels’ office in
i London anti threatened to do for Mr.
Jlool unless ho (handed over $80,000.
London i3 the worst place in the
! world to raise money In that way,
i and Von Volthehn was sentenced to
I 20 years ipenal servitude.
Public opinion generally condemned
i the sentence as too severe and Von
Veltheim waa released after serving
15 years and interned as an enemy
alien. In 1918 he was repatriated to
Germany and from there made his
way again to South Africa
SUES TO REGAIN HIS BRIDE.
Clyde Lint ,of Chicago, has entered suit for $50,1)00 attains;
liis father-in-law, J. G. Trunibley, alleging alienation of the af
fections of his bride, who -was Alias Eleanor Trumbly. Lint al
leges that his father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law for
cibly took his bride from his home and that he has been unable to
get in touch with her since.
CONNECTICUT MAN WANTS TO
BE PRESIDENT; CABINET NAS
ALREADY BEEN PICKED OUT
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Planning All-water
Trip on Return
For President
WASHINGTON. May 21.—
: Chairman A. D. -Lasker. at the
U. iS. Shipping Board, has per
fected plana for President
Harding's return from his Al
a.ikun trip by water. He will
transfer ait iSan Francisco to the
steamer President Harrison and
at Panama will transfer to an
other Shipping Board vessel to
i stop at Porto Rlra en route to
Washington.
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National Defense
Problems Are
To Be Studied
WASHINGTON, May 21—CJosei
cooperation between the Army and
Navy Departments in .problems ot
National Detail so u*re provided in an
order banned directing the command
ing genoirals of the army corps and
commandants of the naval district ta
appoint a “permanent Joint planning
commlttes" to study questions ot de
fense and other vital subjects.
j SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 21.
I—David S. Beach, of Bi idgeport,
| Conn., aspires to bo president of the
| United States, and Mrs- Beach wiwts
i the jci. of vice president. He haw
I already selected hi's cabinet. In a
| letter received by state authorities
i here, Mr. Beach stated that he and
j Mrs. Beach plan to run on the
| '•People's National Independent Cor
| poration ticket," and requested that
the Utah 'ballots for the 1924 elec
tion be made accordingly.
i Among the chief principles of the
. new iparty is the elimination of all
| state governments and governing ct!
i the land under one central govern
, ment.
| In amtlcipatlon oi occupying the
I White House, Beach Informed the
Utah state officials that his cabinet
j lineup twill be as follows: Secretary
lot State, Charles E Hughes; Secre
tary of the Tree ury, Henry Ford;
Secretary of Wtttr, General John J
Pershing; Secretary, of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt; Secretary ol
Commerce, Robert M. LaFollette;
Secretary of Agrlculrure, William E,
Borah; Secretary of Labor, John J.
! Davis; Secretary of the Interior,
j Hiram Johnson; Postmaster General,
- Josephus Daniels; Attorney General,
j Samuel Untermeyer.
State Supreme Court
Judge Runs for Senate
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ST PAUL. Minn.. May 21.—Judge
Oscar Hullam has resigned from the
State Supreme Court and will become
a canuidate for the Republican
nomination of United States Senator
at the special primary election June
18 to succeed Senator Knute Nelson,
deceased.
'PETERSBURG
MAN SOUGHT
SEATTLE, May 21.—Ernest ScSioen
j wald, president and manager of the
j Petersburg Packing Company, is
j sought on a warrant awtorn to by his
! wife 'oharg’jnig he knocked her down
1 and kicked her. Mrs. Se.hoemwald
j has a divorce suit pending, filed last
j November.
School Disaster Death
List Increased to 77
j CAMDEN, .May 21—The death list
j resulting from the burning of the
| school building at Cleveland last
week! was increased to 77 today. It
is announced that perhaps it may
the impossible to ever ascertain the
exact number of dead. ' si-.
COPPER PRICE
CASE DECIDED
SUPREME CODRT
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Government Not Compelled
to Pay Over Twenty-three
and One-Hait Cents.
WASHINGTON, flay 21—The Su
preme Court, In the case 'brought hv
L. Vogclstein & Co., today decided
the government cannot be compelled
i pay for copper purchased durlnr
the war at the (prime in excess of
23Ms cents a pound,* which was fixed
as a fair and reasonable amount.
The company sought to recover the
difference between 23*a- cents an I
26.88 cents which ft was claimed was
the actual cost of the copper fur
nished 'the government.
President Harding Will
Make Speech in Seattle
WASHINGTON. May 21 Presi
dent Harding plans to make his first
address after leaving Alaska, at
Seattle. He expects to reach San
Francisco on Aij&utit 2 and make
one speech. He *111 stop enroute
to law Angeles at Yosemlte National
Park, it is announced.
Day Resign! as Umpire
Of Claims Commission
WASHINGTON. Zl.-^Eormer
Supreme Court Justice William 11.
Day has presented his resignation,
effective immediately, as umpire of
the Mixed Claims Commission. Day
| said the commission is facing an
| unusual amount of work, and he be
lieves ia younger and stronger man
j should take charge of the duties as
■ umpire.
U. S. AVIATORS. ,
ARE PRAISED
I Secretary Weeks and Con
gressional Party Recognize
; Macready and Kelley.
SAN DfEGO. May 21— Secretary
Weeks, here with a large congres
sionaJ party, in a speech to the Sen
j ators and Congressmen surrounding
1 him, while congratulating Meuteaants
Maorefady and Kelley, Who recently
flew across Che continent, expressed
regret that 'the government makes no
provision for adequately honoring
such conspicuous service.
When the congressional party ar
rived there last Saturday afternoon
on the transport Chant, a squadron
of airplanes headed by the famous
T-2, piloted by Macready and Kelley,
acted as escort.
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AT LOS ANGELE3
LOS ANOEUBS, May 21.—Secre
tary Weeks and the Congressional
party arrived here early this after
noon. The battleship California gave
a salute of lit guns.
The party will spend the night
here and the transport Grant will
leave for San Francisco tomorrow
night.
GUILTY OP MURDER
BUTTE. Mont., May 21—William
C. Jenkins, aged 57, has been found
guilty of second degree murder for
killing Bert Wall, ex-service man,
during a drinking i apree alt Wall's
house.
24 FANATICS
ARE KILLED
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.MANILA, May 21.—Twenty-four
Moro religious fanatics on the Island
of 'Pata. near Sitlu, were killed to
day Iby a detachment of the insular
constaibutery. according to dispatches
received tby Governor General Wood.
Tho fanatics numbered about 300,
all followers of Alcb^ra. religious
leader. They attacked the constabul
ary detachment in Ute village of
Klput.
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SHE INHERITS FATHER’S MILLIONS.
{Tt-org-Vaie? ^ P. Da**~j
Florence Argali Yates, the 13-year-old daughter of P, H. ,Yates
of Milwaukee, became the nolo heir to his $13,000,000 estate when
hi died recently at the ate of 00. Mr. Yates was ht.ul of the
Yates Machine Works of Beloit und Ontario, the largest wood
working machine plant In the world. Florence is a high school
girl at Beloit.
PRESBTERIAN REPORT APPROVES
LEAGUE OF NATION; MEMBERSHIP
IN WORLD COURT ALSO ENDORSED
U. S. Has Big
War Claim
Against Germany
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WASHINGTON. May 21. Am- | |
erica's bill ot war claims against i
j Germany is approximately $1,475, |
000 us ipresentesd to the claims i
commission for settlement.
| Americans are also the larg
est Individual claimants, claims
resulting from the ‘sinking of I
the Lusitania totaling $22,000,000.
Germany has already admitted
liability.
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FLU STRIKES
THE INTERIOR
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N BN AN A. May 21 frvfluanza Is
taking a 'toll of Indians in the In
terior, according to reports received
here. Four Indians died last week.
Col. Frederick Mears
To Summer in Seattle
.SEATTLE, May 21. Col. Frederick
Mears declared here that President
Harding's trip to Alaska will blaze!
the way for tourists on the Northern
rotate and it is destined to become the
world's most famous sightseeing trip.
Colonel 'Mears is seeking a house
here near a bathing beach and will J
spend 'tlhe summer with his wife and!
children when they arrive from An
chorage. He lias a four months’
leave from tho army.
Los Angeles Official
Says Woman Is Clara
TEJGlfLOKiALPA. May 21.—Deputy
Sheriff Walter T. Hunter has arrived
here from Los Angeles and positively
identified the woman held here as
Clara Phillips, the "hammer Murder
ess," who escaped from the Los An
gles county Jail last December.
Sheriff Wounded in
Battle with Bandits
ALBANY, Ore? May 21 —Sheriff
Dunlap was shot and seriously
wounded and two automobile bandits
were wounded In a runnng fight
through the city's streets yesterday.
Both outlaws were captured after
they had taken refuge under a resi
dence here.
INDIANAPOLIS, iViay 21.—The
Prsrbyterians In annual session here
unanimously endorsed William Jen
nings Bryan’s resolution asking every
Presbyterian minirter, church mem
ber and teachers of all denomination
al schools to sign the pledge for to
tal abstinence
1N'.DIANAP0L13, May Li. Dr. Ar
tliu' J. Brawn, of Now York, sorre
tary of the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions, reported to the
Bresbyterlan (lensral Assembly as
chalptnaa of the Presbyterian com
iliission in cooperation with the
World Alliance for international
friendship through the churches His
report reads in -part:
’’The present program of the Amer
ican branch of the World Alliance
Is as follows: 'The time lus ootne
when America cannot he justified to
her own conscience cr In the sight
of God, if having seen the world ly
ing stricken, wounded and half dead
she passes by on the other side and
loonger holds aloof from full cooper
ation In the burdens, problems and
life of other nations.’ The religious
people of America, irrespective of
denominational and political differ
ences, should unite in the following
course:
"To endorse the informal coopera
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BERLIN ESTIMATES WORLD
POPULATION AT 1,804,187,631
HERDIN’. May 21. (By Associate*
Press.)—Scattered over the faco of!
the earth is a total population of!
1.804,187,631, only seven per cent of,
which Is in cities of more than 10*.
000 Inhabitants, according to statis
tics compiled here and based largely
on 1022 census reports. Only 30 of
tho 70 nations listed have cities of
or ahovp the 100.000 class, which is
the lowest count’d within the classi
fication of "large cities."
Approximately 40.uo0.000 of the
globe's inhabitants hve in the IS cen
ters having u million residents or
more each. About 90,000.000 live in
the smaller large cities, of which
there are only 393 in the whble
world. The average large city is
said to number some 320.000 souls.
Prom these figures, It is stated, every
45lh human resides in cities hous
ing millions while every 14th finds
his home In a large city of some sort.
New York is given as the largest
city in the world, with a population
of 5,620,048 London is second with
4.483.249, and Berlin third with
3,803,770.
Buroipe loads the contlntyts In
point of papuJutipn. It has six',<-Ities
In the million class, London, Berlin,
Paris, Glasgow, Vienna and Moscow,
and 193 With more than 100,000 In
habitants. V Of the European coun
tries, England has 53 large cities,
Germany 46, Italy 16. Prance 15 and
Russia 15.
It Is considered surprising that
Asia ha* more large cities than North
America. Six of the 92 Asiatic cities
house more thap a million apiece.
These are Shanghai. Hankau. Cal
cutta. Bombay. Toklo and Osaka.
Brltish-Indla Is credited with 30 large
cities; Cfhina has 20. so far as avail
able records show, and Japan's num
ber 19, including throe in her foreigu
possessions. -«
North America follows Asia with
79 large cities. Pour of these, New
York. Chicago. Philadelphia and Mex
ico Ctty, are pldt*M In the million
i class Of the nations on that con
tinent, the United States leads with
; 08 laTge cities, 12 of which record
! more than a half-million inhabitants.
Twenty-four large cities are locat
ed In South America, Brazil -having
13. Buenos Airos and Rio de Janiero
are the only millfon-rosldmu centers.
Australia counts eight Igrgp cities,
none of. which runs up into a million,
j PREMIER LAW
RESIGNS FROM
HIGH POSITION
Ill-health Is Given as the
Cause for His Action—
Resignation Accepted.
LONDON, May 21. — A. Bonir
i Law, yesterday resinned as Premier
I of Great Britain.
The official statement was given
out at his residence.
The statement declares that hia
j recent voyage had not improved his
health and cn recommendation of
i his medical advisers he had tendered
: his resignation to the King.
The resignation was accepted.
REGRETS EXPRESSED
PARIS, May 21.—Premier Poin
caie has telegraphed regrets to A.
Bonar Law over the latter's resigna
tion.
Auto Hits Telephone
Pole; 2 Persons Killed
SPOKA.N’K, May 21.—Mrs. Luella
Carlton gnd F. J. Hanks were killed
and Miss Margaret 'Jackson wag se
riously hurt when an automobile In
which 'they were rhllng early this
morning crashed into a telephone
pole.
Healy River Spur Bridge
I Is Wrecked by High Water
NBN'AiNA, May 21 —High water
has wrecked the railway bridge on
the Healy River spur, 00 miles south
1 of here. The accident ihas caused a
three weeks suspension of mining.
COMMUNISTS
.TURNED DOWN
Socialists in Convention Re
ject Appeal Received
from Workers’ Party.
XEW YORK, May 2t —The Social
ist party convention lust night unani
mously rejected the ainpoal of the
Workers' Party, which Is the Ameri
can branch of the Communists, for a
movement for a "united front." The
convention 'passed a resolution charg
ina the Communist Internationale
with "having sowed hatred and dis
sension among the 'Working classes to
the detriment of the Socialist party.”
The convention reaffirmed the
party’s positon favoring recognition
of Soviet. Russia, also favored a con
tinued alliance with the Progressive
(Troupa seeking to bring about the
formulation olf a National Labor
1 Party. ,