ALASKA
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DAILY
EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 2348.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
73 KILLED
WHEN FIRE
DESTROYS
SCHOOL
DURING COMMENCEMENT
Captives of Chinese Bandits to Be Killed Tuesday
BANDITS ISSUE
WARNING ;DEATH
( BE. METED OUT
American and British Cap
tives Will Be Killed Un
less Troops Withdrawn
U. S. MINISTER ISSUES
ULTIMATUM TO CHINA
Bandits Reported to Have
^Aade New Attack—Cap
tives Reported Taken.
SHANGHAI, May 18.—American
and British captives will be shot
next Tuesday if the Chinese troops
are not withdrawn according: to the
final ultimatum delivered by the
Suchow bandits from their strong
hold and brought by Marcel Berube,
Frenchman, released for the purpose
of carrying out the ultimatum.
U. S. MINISTER S EDICT.
TSAO CH,WANG, May 18.—Am
erican Minister Schurman stopping
hare enroute to Shanghai from Pe
king, issued an ultimatum to the
Chinese officials here seeking the
release of the foreign captives to
“get the captives and talk .terms
afterwards, otherwise there will be
drastic action taken.”
NEW BANDIT ATTACK.
SHANGHAI. May 18. — Bandits
have attacked Tawenkow, 90 miles
north of Linchong and seized a num
ber of captives according to reports
received here.
PLAINTIVE APPEAI. -
SHANGHAI, May 18 —In a plain
tive message to the outside world, a
group of Chinese who were captured
and later escaped or released by the
Suchow bandits, deplored lack ol
Interest in the fate of the Chinese
captives while every effort is being
made to secure the release of the
foreigners.
Father Lenfers. priest, who made
a second visit to the bandit’s strong
hold in behalf of the captives, told
The Associated Press, today there Is
little chance of the captives being
released for Borne time.
Hundred Rebels Slain
In Battle in So. Amer.
BUENOS AIRES, Jfay 18.—One
hundred Brazilian rebels have been
tallied and many wounded while re
itireating before the state trqops in
Rib Grande do Sul
MANUFACTURERS OF COUNTRY .
ACCEPTING STANDARD FORMS
NEW YORK, May 18.—(By Associ -
ated Press.)—iTho business of life,
at leati that portion of it having to (
do with the manufacture, sale anti t
uso of material things, has become t
so complicated in recent years that t
more than 200 national industrial as- a
social ions and government depart- r
niAts are now engaged in a cooper- t
atflve eftort to straighten out the s
tangle. The straightening process i
has taken the tofm of simplification. *
unification, and standardization of
raw materials, of manufacturing pro
cesses, and of finished products. c
The far reaching proportion this r
work assumed during 1922 Is re- r
vealed in tho year book of the Amer- 1
lean Engineering Standards Com- a
mlttee, a federation of the industrial, 1
technical, social and governmental
agencies engaged in national stand- t
ardilation work. The projects un- c
der way range from Standardization r
of ithe proportions of bolts, nuts and f
rhrets *o the standardization of the r
dimensions of motion picture films; '
from standardization of the methods i
of testing automobile headlights to i
standardisation of methods of test- \
Ing wood, steel, or Portland cement; i
from standardization of methods of 1
ampling coal and coke to the stand
irdization of 'the mo! hods of testing
otto-n fabrics; from the standardiza
ion of rulas concerning electricity
ictera to standardization of the
tanner in which Holograph, telephone
nd other electric wires cross each
ther at overhead intersections on
he stroota and roads of the United
dates. In all. more than 120 such
'rejects have beon completed or are!
ow under way.
-Even the language of industrial
-nd technical men has become so
omplleatod and confused ill the
aptd development of science and in
ustrv during recent years that It
as become necessary to simplify
nd standardize words, Choir mean
igs and symbols.
The Standards Committeo reports
hat the national movement for tn
ustrial standardization accomplished
tore during the la3t year than in any
receding year, and the work has now
cached 'the stage of mass production,
’rade associations and general com
lercial bodies have -shown decidedly
ncreaised interest in standardization
irork which, In Us earliest stages,
fas considered of, Interest prlnclpal
Ir to engineer*.
' “Champion Trust Buster”
of America.
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David I„. Podcl, Assistant to the ,
I Attorney General of the l nited j
j States, with offices in New York, ;
j has earned the title of ‘'Champion 1
I Trust Buster.” He has charge of
the prosecution of violators of the
I Sherman Anti-Trust Ivaw. His
i most recent victory was the con
! viction of the members of the
! Sanitary Pottery Association, in
| the Federal courts in New York.
He also convicted the Tile Trust
and the Terra Cotta Trust.
defeatTbryan
FOR MODERATOR
Ohio Presbyterian Wins Elec
tion at Annual Conclave
Held in East.
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 18.—Dr. |
Charles F. VVlshar, of Wooster, Ohio,
was iato yesterday aiftcrnoon elected
Moderator of the Presbyterian As
sembly, which is now holding the
13.9th annual gathering.
Dr. Wlshar was elected by 541
voles on the third ballot, defeating
William Jennings Bryan, who polled
! 427 votc3. All other candidates with
drew before tho third ballot was
taken.
Friends of Wishar argued that an
ordained minister should direct the
activities of the church and that
Bryan's views and theory of evolution
would rmitigato against unity of
ehiu rc h os
Bryan lead on the first two ballots.
JURY ACQUITS
WOMAN QUICK
TIME ^MURDER
Tells Story of Abuse on Stand
—Claims She Was Ab
ducted at Point of Gun
BULLETIN—KLAMATH FALLS,
May 18.—The jury today acquitted
Mrs. Nicholson in 45 minutes.
KLAMATH FALLS. May 18.—Late
yesterday afternoon Mrs. Mabel Nich
olson, kin trial for the murder of
Robert Green. at Summit, a stage
station, on December 2. declared on
tho witness stand he abducted her
ul tho po.nt of a gun from her home
In Ellonsburg, Wash., making her
wnito a note saying she was leaving
of hor own free1 will.
Mrs Nicholson a a id she became
acquainted with Green when he went
to her home to deliver liquor to her
husband.
Tho woman testified Green abduct
ed hor and took her to Bond. One
day he said flip would never see her
little daughter again. Previously he
had tried tt> force her Into a life of
shame, but she resisted. Green be
came so orual that she cauld not
stand him any longer and she shot
him in tho ho-fl 1 one day when in
the presence of two men ha started
to make hor do his bidding and be
gan disrobing her.
Canada Moves for
Tariff Reciprocity
OTTAWA. May 18—W. S. Fielding,
Mllntstar of Finance, in his budgel
speech announced steps which he
said ho hoped w.auld load to reciproc
ity with tho United St.itas. He pro
posed to include a clause in iho Can
adian tariff authorizing any Cinadian
minister to enter (into negotiations
with a represon'ativo of the United
States with a view to making a
commercial agroemonV
Mr. Fielding further proposed that
If tho president of the United States
under authority off the U. S. Act de
termined to reduce by 50 per cent
the dutoes on cattle, flour, wheat,
floats, barley, potatoes on in a; turnips,
hay and iflsh. tho Canadian goeem
ment should be authorized to make
compensatory reductions.
Miss Reba Hum’ Will
Run for U. S. Congress
SPOKANE, May 18— Mass Reba
Hurn, an attornev-at-law and first
woman member of the Washington
State Sooalte. has announced her can
didacy for the Republican primary
nomination for Cong reus to succeed
Judge J. Stanley Webster, who re
signed to become United States Dis
trict Judge. She has six men op
ponents for the nominetion, Includ
ing Rufus Woods, editor and manager
of the Wenatchee World.
Judge 9am B. Hill of Watervllle,
who was a candidate against Web
ster last year, will probably receive
the Democratic nomination
Congressman Candidate
As Successor to Nelson
'MINNEAPOLIS, May 18—Thomas
D. Schall, member of Congress, an
nounced todav he will file his can
didacy tor the United States Senate
to succeed Knuto Nelson, deceased.
Earthquake Reported;
Many Injured Is Claim
GUAYAQUIL. May 18—Two are
kniown to havo been killed and many
Injured by an earthquake last Sat
urday ait Quito 'and vicinity. Much
property damage resulted.
Robbers Make Big Haul
And Make Escape Unseen
WILSONVILLE. Ore., May 18
Robbers early today burned away a
lock on the vault of the Farmers'
Bank and oscaped with cash and se
curities valued at $20,000. The
rabber* escaped unseen.
STUDENT BELIEVED SLAIN IN COLLEGE HAZING.
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SEEK SWEETHEART OF MURDERED STUDENT.
iT IfrtbuaT't aW M?lw,re_
Mount, a n<-iiman at Noi-mwtern i.niverslty, near t.'iiicastt, war* ut -
appeared during the freshmen-sophomoti dan rtifh. in 1921, lias been found under a breakwater on
the shore of Kvanston, Indiana. The 'body was covered with rocks, und the i lice assert acid had
been thrown over it to prevent i lentiiication . lie had evidently bo n ti. 1 with a rape similar to
those used by the aophorrfoies in *hrlr hazing. The pol{£e a- trL h : died as a remit of the hazing
and that the sorhomdres hid his body to escape punishment.
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Miss Doris Fuchs, a trained nurse and sweetheart of I^eighton Mount, freshman student at the (
Northwestern (University, Evanston, Illinois, whose body was found in a breakwater in Dake Michigan,
is sought to throw some light on the murder, which is believed to have*-lu- n commited by aopho- <
more students in a class rush. At the time Mount disappeared Mist Elicits was quoted as saying lie ;
had professed his love for her an 1 that she thought*bc hail committed suicide. t
ATin ATIfll PTr '!■--——■—H AA1
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oiAn Amine
IS ARRESTED
STUDENT CASE
j“Chuck" Palmer Taken Into!
Custody in Connection
Mount's Disappearance.
| CHICAGO, 111.. May IS.—Charles
j ''Chuck" Palmer, star athlete, a sen
| ior student of tin1 Northwestern Uni
: vorslity, lus b u n arrested in connec
i tion with the disappearance of Lelgh
! ton Mount.
1 Mrn. Violet Nachman, former friend
[of Palmer, told the investigators
i that shortly after Mount disappeared
1 in September, 1921, Palmer told her
he knew where Mount wan, but later
j said lie could not talk about it. Pal
! mor was a roommate of J. Allen Mills
! when Mount disappeared. Mills was
loader of the class rush, who also
I dropped fronf sight shortly after
' Mount disappeared
90,000 ARE TO
STRIKE JUNE 1
One Dollar a Day Wage In
crease Is Refused in New
York—Men to Strike.
NEW YORK, May 18—Demands of
tho Building Trades Caw noil, claim- i
ing 90,000 mem be ra, for a $1 a day ;
advance and a collective agreement:]
for one .war, were refused today by j j
the executive oommfttoo of the \
Building Trades Employers’ Associa
tion.
Thomas B. Clarke, president of;
the Building Trades Council, an-;
nounecd a general atrlko on June 1
Will bio the 'result of <ttio refusal tp
meet the demands.
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Golden Spike for
| Harding Be Sent
|, North at Once
SBATTLE, May IS Col. Fred
erick Mrars, arriving here lute
yesterday after ending tils da
tie with the Alaskan Englneor
| ing Commi- lion, aid the gold >:i
spike which President Harding
will drive nit Anchorage or on
tho Tanr.na River bridge, rig- ]
| nif.ving the completion of the
Government Railroad, would be
| aetfl North on the first steamer.
TREATMENT OF
JAPANESE MAY
CAUSE BREAK
\mbassador Hanahara Make
Declaration in Speech
in New York City.
NEW YORK. May IS -Ambissada
Hattutoarj, a/ldre.: lag ulia Japanj.-.
Society hero today, declared tha
rent mend of I he Japanese in fit
■ountry many times was apt to ciis
urb the friendly relation < bat woo
ho United Stale a and Japan.
The Ambassador said Japan dl
tot d. pire to scud more Im.ngr<ut
wit the question Is wholly "discrlniir
itlon or no discrimination,” bit an, I 01
■olor and nationality,
Recognition of
Mexico by U. S.
Up to Obregon
MEXICO CITY. May IS- Tb
Chamber of Deputies today voted b
131 to 9 to indorse President Ohrt
tonia method of handling the qu«;
;lr>n of recognition by the' Unite
States.
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DUNE UUI Lined
ITINERARY FOR
HARDING PARTY
Calls for All-night Stay Here r
-1 entative Tour Plan
Is Sent President.
Pros'demt Harding and his party
will «pand part t>r a day and one
rjlglht In Juneau if the 'tentative itin
erary submitted by Gov. Scott C.
Bono is adoropted and carried out by
tho President. The President's party
:s scheduled -to arrive ubuut July
Si or lo, (Spending on the time of
departure from Seattle a>nd wheth
er or not stops ure made at Victoria
and Vancouver.
Scheduled stops at 14 towns and
villng ■ ranging from two hour* to
the mlost of an entire day are ar
ranged in tire Governor's plan as sub
mitted. Side trips from J-uneau. Fair
banks, Cordova, Skayway and Junc
tion points on the A'lasku Railroad
are also suggested. Govornor Bono
will moot the party either In Seattle
or Ketchikan.
Itinerary In Detail
Tii ■ Governor proposed th»f tho
party leave Seattle July 5, at 10 a.
m„ proceeding along tho British
Columb.'u ( .»•«•„ with stops at Vic
toria, Vancouver and Prince Rupert,
desired Jt is planned to reach
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ALASKA COAST SURVEY PARTY IS
,. ON WAY NORTH; BASES PLANNED
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SAN 1)1000, May 18.— The collier will recommend naval and aircraft
Guyami. carrying a special detach- operating ba**os.
nwMit of ttava! aviators and two The OuyamSi will be joined at Sew
Davlcs-Douglas torpedo planes, has ard by a mine swooper and a coast
left to make a comprehensive sur- guard cutter.
vcy of th ■ Alaska coast. The expedition Is expected to r'e
Tbo e*poijKtjim Is under command main In tho North tor' several
of Rear Admiral John V. Chase- He months. ,,i.
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CHILDREN AND
PARENTS DEAD
IN HOLOCAUST
School Building Is Destroyed
by Fire During Com
mencement Exercises.
FRAME BUILDING BURNS
LIKE TINDER; TRAPPED
Stairway Collapses and Many
Are Crushed — Whole
Families Blotted Out.
BULLETIN—CAMDEN. May 18.
—The death list increased to 73
with cne missing' late this after
noon when two additional bodies
were found in the ruins.
CAMDEN. N. C.. May 18— lire
art night destroyed the sehoolhouse
it Cleveland taking a toll of 71
lives.
Commencement exercises were
picgrctring when an oil lamp on
the stage overturned and the flames
quickly spiead.
A nairow wooden stairway lead
ng from the second story, where
he commencement exercises were
leld. collapsed causing many deaths,
i numbei being crushed to death.
BURNS RAPIDLY.
The frame building burned rap
dly before outside aid could be sum
noned and nothing remained but to
ollect the dead and give medical
are to the injured.
The death list reads like a roster
f the families of the community,
vtral families being virtually ex
eiminated.
In almost evrey instance where
>a rents are listed among the dead,
rom cne to four of their children
ilfo perished.
PANIC BREAKS OUT.
The dead include 40 children, 16
nen and 15 women.
There were more than 300 crowd
id in the room when the fire
taited.
little effort was made to fight
he flames.
The crowd immediately became
anic stricken and rushed to the
xits, mothers bein^f trampled under
Ect with their babies in their arms.
Services will be held for all vic
ims late this afternoon.
fice-President of Boy
Scouts Dies Suddenly
LOS A.X(iMLlOS, May 18.—Arthur
setts, vice president of the National
found 1 of Boy Scouts, a nationally
loted merchant, died hare this fore
toon after a short Illness. Letts was
11 years of age.
’fanning Homes for
Veterans of Mines
Salt LAKE CITY, UUn, May 18.
Founding of a home far aged min
rs, who are without funds neces
ary for their self-support, is under
onsideraLkm by members of the
ommlttce on mining of the Sait
..ike Chamber of Commerce- All
lombcrj of the committee Imve ex
Tcs'sed themselves as favorable t >
he plan- and doflnlta action towsr I
obstruction of such a building is
ooteplated, It Is said.