THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3292.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENT&
PRESIDENT HARDING WELCOMED
TODAY BY CITIZENS OF JUNEAU
AlfiJSilEDGED
BY HARDING TO
ALASKA INTALK
Here to Learn How to Aid
Alaska, Says President—
Secretaries Speak.
MIND NOT CLtoSED SAYS
WORK; CONFERENCE ON
Secretaries Confer with Local
Citizens at City Hall
This Afternoon.
(By Af«cciated Prcaa.)
President Harding In an address
to the citizens of Juneau, delivered
soon after his arrival here today
from the side porch of the Gover
nor'a Mansion, pledged himself and
hit administration to aid Alaska.
Speaking for his entire party, the
Chief Executive declared “it is our
purpose to know you better and have
you know your government better.”
Then turning to the school children
of the city, several hundred of whom
were grouped before him, he pre
dicted that because of their sturdy
appearance and because of the as
sistance they would receive from
their government they would succeed
.w*>ere their parents had failed.
®f‘T know that their government
will help them more than they have
helped you,” he added, speaking to
the elders.
The President began his address
by a reference to the rain, which
at the time was falling steadily,
saying “there must be a lot of Bap
tists In Juneau." He Went on to
assert that while he was sorry for
the sake of the people of Juneau
that it rained he really was glad
himself for he had heard so much
about the probability of rain in
Alaska and until today no rain had
fallen. * *
"We continually admire your won
derful scenery,” he continued. “Stur
dy, majestic, stalwart, immovable,—
these are the only words which de
scribe the marvels of this wonder
land of ours."
Mr. Harding said he had found
the people of Alaska as sturdy and
as stalwart as the scenery of the
Territory gnd added amid applause:
“I am proud of you as citizens of
the United States. It is good to
know of Alaska. It is our purpose
to know you better and have you
know your government better.”
Mind Not Closed
“Our state of mind is one of In
quiry,” declared Hubert Work, Sec
retary of the Interior, who made a
brief talk following President Hard
ing. “I have, of course, have cer
tain preconceived ideas regarding
the Territory, but my mind is not
closed on any question.” he added. He
said he was here to find out things.
He realised, he said, that as far
as the representatives of the de
partment were concerned there had
been no complaint, but that the sys
tem of administration bad been a
“little bit cumbersome."
Wallace Wants Information
“We have heard lots about red
tape in Alaska and we want to get
at the whole thing while we are
here,” declared Secretary Wallace,
of the Department of Agriculture.
He said that the Department would
either show a real reason for its
requirements and procedure or change
them. “We are hear to look, listen
and learn and not to talk,” he
added.
“We are here to get acquainted
with the human element of the Al
aska situation,'* declared Secretary
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Farmer Treasurer of
U. S. Goes Broke
When Firm Foils
NEW YORK, July 10 —John Burke
former treasurer of the United
States, three times Governor ol
North Dakota and a member of the
defunct firm of Kardos ft Burke
appeared at the office of District
Attorney Branton and has been of
fared Immunity If he will appeal
before the grand Jury as well at
aid the prosecution In every wa>
he could. Barks declared he wai
broke, haring lost everything in th«
falters of the firm.
TWO MEMBERS OF THE !
CABINET WHO ARE
HERE TODAY.
:Dr. Hubert Werk, Secr:tary of the
Interior.
Hemy Cantwdl Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture.
HENRY FORD TO
! 8E SUED, LIBEL
—
Editor of Jewish Paper Will
Prosecute Case—Unter
myer Is Retained.
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NEW YORK, July 10. — Samuel
Untermeyer has been retained by;
the prosecution in the suit lor libel j
against Henry Ford by Herman j
Bernstein, editor of the Jewish Tri
bune. This became known here I
when a letter from Bernstein to
Ford was published.
The suit is based on attacks against
Bernstein in a series of articles on
the Jews, published in Ford’s Dear
born Independent.
The letter invited Ford to accept
service in New York City and said
if he failed to do so by July 14
"I shall assume you neither facili
tate personal service nor authorise
I retraction and shall act accordingly.”
American Charged with
Heading Chinese Plot
SHANGHAI. July 10.—A warrant
I has been issued for the arrest of
Lawrence H. Kearney, American,
charged with being head of the plot
for the wholesale smuggling of arms
into China from Russian and Jan
aneae sources.
Fire, Explosion, Causes
Big l<oss in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, July 10. — Fire
j following an explosion, destroyed the
i plant of the Interstate Refiners, Inc.,
] with a loss estimated at $200,000.
: The cause of the explosion has not
! been determined. Flames shot up
| wards ISO feet.
Death of Lethal Case Is
Upheld by Nevada Court
RENO, July 10. — Constitutional
death by lethal gas upheld by the
Nevada Supreme Court, will be ta
ken to the United States Courts,
according to counsel for two Japan
ese sentenced to die. It Is an
nounced papers will be filed In the
Federal Court at San Franclaco.
SENATOR BORAH !
TAKES DEFENSE
FOR PRESIDENT
Idaho Senator Comes Out
Supporting Harding’s
World Court.
REPLIES TO STATEMENTS
MADE BY UTAH SENATOR
Borah Analysis Speech of
President at St. Louis
and Makes His Points.
BOISE. Ida., July 10. — United
States Senator William E. Borah
has come to the defense of ' frp.&i-\
dent Harding in u statement reply
ing to Senator William H. King, of
Utah, who in a speech last Satur
day in Salt Lake City,. called the
President ‘'insincere" and declared j
his advocacy of the World Court
“had deceived the people."
Senator Borah, In his statement.
Asserted Senator King's "deep abid
ing affection” for the League of
Nations 'may have “unconsciously col
ored his Judgment.”
Senator Borah declared: "I feel
the President has pointed the way !
for the creation of an effective in- j
ternational judicial tribunal. His pur
pose if realized will strengthen the
tribunal and make it far more of- J
fectlve and useful in the cause of
peace.” — » j
ON ST. LOUIS SPEECH
Continuing the Idaho Senator said: '
"President Hardings speech at St.
Louis, which caused and is still
causing so much discussion and to
which Senator King adverts with
some severity, disclosed one central
thought and that was the complete:
divorcement of the World Court from
the League of Nations, to separate
it from the influence, pressure tnanlp- j
illation or control of international'
politics.
“Everyone j ought to be in favor
of this whether he is for th» League j
(Continued oil Pag* Six.)
Dawn to Dusk Flier
Fails Once, Is to
Try Flight Again
ST. JOSEPH, July 10. IJeut. Rub ]
Bell L. Maughan. dauntless and srnll-1
Ing, declared that he would make j
another dawn to dusk New York-;
San Francisco flight within a week. ‘
He will fly back to New York to
morrow or Thursday. He said the
accident to his plane that broke
down yesterday afternoon was caused !
by a clog in the gas line and also
two steel tubes were injured in
landing when he made a sharp
turn to avoid striking a cow as
he was forced down by a dead en
gine.
Maughan left Mitchell Field, New i
York, at 3:58 o’clock yesterday morn
ing on his attempted dawn to dusk j
flight, coast to coast.
Anthracite Mine Workers
Issue Wage Ultimatum
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ATLANTIC CITY, July 10. — The
Anthracite Mine Workers of Penn
sylvania have refused to agree with
the operators that the present coal
miners’ wages continue after Aug
ust 31 in the event new contracts
are not negotiated by that time.
The miners propose an agreement
to provide that any agreement
reached later will be retroactive
to September 1. The miners have
Issued their statement in plenty of
time for the operators to make a
new permanent contract.
Editor in Contempt of
Court; Must Show Cause
LAS VEGAS, July 10.—Cart C.
Magee, Editor of the Albuquerque
Tribune, has been cited by Judge
David J. Leahy, of the Eighth Ju
dicial District, to show cause why
he should not be sentenced for con
tempt of court. The contempt charg
es arise out of attacks Magee made
in the paper on Leahy during the
trial of Magee on a charge of crim
inally libeling Frank W. Parker,
Chief Justice of the State Supreme
Court.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF UNITED STATES IN JUNEAU TODAY.
I German Bees Are
Flying Back to
| Fatherland; Woe
| BERLIN, July 10. — French |
: apiarists arc complaining through
j the French newspapers that
| swarms of bees delivered to them
! by the Germans under the Ver
■ sallies treaty, are rapidly fly
; Ing back across the Rhine.
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TURKEY MAKES
BLUNTREQUEST
Three Nations Are Asked to
Move Warships from
Waters of Turkey.
LAUSANNE, July 10. — Turkey
wants France, Italy and Great Brl
tain to move their warships from
Turkish waters simultaneously with
the British land force*. This is re
quested to be done within six week?
after tile ratification of the treaty
at Angora.
The Allied representatives have
referred the question to their home
home governments.
German Government Has
Caused Money Depreciatioi
LONDON, July 10—The Reich
[stag's committee which baa conduct
PRESIDENT HARDING ADMITS HIS
ADMIRATION FOR APT IMPOSTER
! ftl an inquiry Into the depredation
of the German currency, has report
ed declaring tho government itself
is responsible for the tremendous
depreciation. This depreciation is
particularly tbrougl) extensive pur
chases of foreign coal liy the rail
way administration without notify
ing the Relchbank, the report nays.
Famous Slave Station
Of Indiana Destroyed
PETERSBURG. Ind., July 10.— An
other station of one of the must
famous Institutions that aver reached
into Indiana—the underground rail
road for running slaves into the
Northern States—<has passed. Eire
recently destroyed the landmark.
The house, located in this vicin
ity, caught fire because of a dofec
j live flue. It originally was owned
by John Posey, father of Frank B.
j Posey, former representative in Con
1 gress, and was the home of the
Posey family in the days preceding
tho Civil War. Many escaped slaves
were hidden in its secret cellar and
tunnel and assisted in getting into
Canada, according to old-time resi
dents. *
The residence stood on a high
bluff along White river, commanding
a view of the surrounding country
I for many miles. It contained sccrel
closets, secret cellars, and in the
war period a secret tunnel led tc
the river.
WASHINGTON. July 10.-(By As-1
j soi-Jatf’d Press.)— President Harding j
I has confessed to a < haracteristlc of-.
[ten ascribed to Americans by for-:
[ dinner* a fondness for being bun-j
j coed when It is done painlessly. I
The confession was made in a1
letter written to Colonel George B.|
j Christian, father of the Secretary!
j to the President, and has a back-1
| ground extending into the days when1
Warren G. Harding was editing the!
Marion Star. It was then that a|
’stranger dropped into Marlon one'
day. called on Editor Harding and.j
introducing himBelf as a member of I
the Virginia branch of the Harding
family, mentioned that his cash in
hand had unexpectedly ran low and
that a small loan would he useful.
The President then as now- was
proud of the name of "Harding,”
i and he extended the loan.
A few days later Mr. Harding met
Judge Scofield, a leading citizen of
i Marlon and a dose friend, and told
j the story of the stranger's call.
When he had finished Judge Sco
field announced that he had been
visited on the same day by the same
J gentleman, who described himself as
| a distant cousin named "Scofield,”
and a member of the Scofield fam
ily of Virginia. The judge like the
editor, extended finuni ial aid.
Third Man "Touched”
Mr. Harding and Judge Scofield
had many a hearty laugh over the
incident, and they, laughed even
more heartily on learning several
weeks later that Myron T. Herrick,
v
t
(Continued on Page Taro.)
CHEERING CROWDS
GREET PRESIDENT
AND FIRST LADY
President and Mrs. Warren G.
Harding Pay Visit to
Juneau Today.
PARADE IS HELD WHICH IS
LARGEST EVER SEEN HERE
Welcoming Extends Down
the Channel and Continues
Throughout the Day.
(By Dorothy E. Haley.)
Greeted ljy hundreds of cheering
people. President Warren O. Hard
ing and Mrs. Harding were wel
comed ot Juneau at 10 o’clock this
morning when they arrived in the
nupital city, on the U. S. Transport
Henderson on their fourth stop on
their Alaskan tour. From the upper
deck of the Henderson the President
and Mrs. Harding, with Uov. Scott
C. Bone, who joined them at Met
lakatia, returned smiles and gestures
of greeting to the people of Juneau.
Gray, overhanging clouds and a
heavy rain had no place for
dampening of the spirits of the
Presidential party or the people who
greeted the party at Juneau. Mo
tion pictures and still cameras were
used by local photographers and
those aboard the Henderson and a
number of pictures were obtained.
President Lands.
A moment of silence spread over
the waiting crowds when the Presi
dent stood at the head of th« plank,
head bared and eyes lifted, as the
navy band aboard the Henderson
played the National unthem. Im
pressive and stirring, as the marine:!
from (lie Henderson and the de
tachment of 80 soldiers from com-,
panics K. ami F. of Chllkoot Bar-,
rucks, stood at salute the scene held
tiie cruwds until Hie President, a
smile on hie face, descended the
plank, when cheer upon clieer arose
and the little children with arms
full of wild (lowers, who forming
tui aisle through the warehouse for
the President broke into shrill and
happy cries of greeting as they saw
htm walking toward them and re
ceived greetings from him for them
alone.
Having preceeded the President Jo
the dock, when she was greeted
with cheers of welcome the First
Lady of the Land, returned the wel
come with charming greeting
and expressions of delight in the
people and the city.
The President and Mrs. Harding
met the committee from the Otti
xens' Committee at the foot of the
plank and then proceeded to the
automobile in which they rode dur
ing the parade. They stopped often
as they passed to their car, to greet
tho children, addlug to the happi
ness of each as they gave a word
land a smile of greeting.
I Members of the Presidential party
(Continued on Pag* ICIght I
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I Reception at Governor's
Mansion Final Event
| Local Program Tonight
The final event on the pro
gram of the Presidential greet
ing will be this evening from
9:30 to 11 o'clock when Gov.
and Mrs. Scott C. Hone will
receive Federal, Territorial and
Municipal officials, members of
the reception committee and |
wives of these Individuals, and !
! friends of Gov. and Mrs. Bone, j
and visiting newspaper men at i
Governor's House. The Hender- |
son will leave for the Westward j •
I at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning, j
| The President and Mrs. Hard- i
Ing and several of the members |
of the official party were guests |
of Gov. and Mrs. Bone at lunch- !
i , eon today. Other members were |
guests of Mayor 1. Goldstein 1
and R. E. Robertson, Chairman (
of the General Committee, at !
the Oastineau. and visiting news
papermen were guests of the
Reception Committee at a lunch
i eon at the Arcade. At 4 p. m.
| a number of the party were t»
I ken to the Alaska Jqneau mine - t
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