THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIMET’
VOL. XXL, NO. 3176.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
Foreign Debt
Money Is All
Right for
Soldiers’ Bonus
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Chairman
Fordney ioC the House ways and
means committee, told the House
members that Secretary of the Treas
ury Melton said he had no objections
to use of the money received from
the foreign debt for payment of sol
tilers' bonus after the money was in
hand.
MELLON MAKES DENIAL.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Secre
tary Mellon, when his attention was I
called to Fordney's remarks said he
had no recollection of having made
the statement.
Mellon pointed out that he had,
always taken the position that the:
principal of the foreign debt at least |
must be used to repay redeemed
Liberty bonds.
shippInTbill
ARMISTICE HAS
BEENDECLARED
Agreement Is Made Behind
Closed Doors—Measure
Seems to Be Doomed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—The Sen
ate shipping bill fight is near an end
An agreement has been reached be
hind closed doors and a temporary
armistice has been declared in the
filibuster which has blocked business
since last Monday.
It is agreed to adjourn at 6 o’clock
tonight and to take minor bills for
about two hours tomorrow, then pro
ceed with the shipping bill but with
the possibility of a vote meantime on
the motion to recommit it. Leaders
concede the bill “is as good as dead’’
not later than tomorrow *s the vote
for recommittal would put the meas
ure to “interment with proper obse
quies."
HEADED TOWARDS DOOM.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 23.—Buffeted
by another day of filibuster in the
Senate, the administration's shipping
bill last night appeared to be headed
toward its doom. It now seems like
ly that not later than Saturday a
motion will be made to recommit
the bill for further legislation or re
place it with another bill.
House Filibuster.
The filibuster started in the House
Wednesday by oponmits of the bill
proposing the Government purchase
the Cape Cod Canal ended late last
night after Republican leaders made1
it known they would not press tlie
measure at the preesnt time. This
purchase was strongly recommended j
by Secretary of War Weeks.
DEMOCRATS OF
MICHIGAN ARE
! IN CONVENTION
Henry Ford as Presidential
Candidate Overshadows
All Other Business.
DETROrT. Feb. 23 —The possibility
elf Henry Ford being endorsed as the
party’s Presidential candidate in 1924
overshadowed other business of Mich
igan Democrats whan they met today
in a state convention.
A platform has been adopted and
candidates will be nominated for
Michigan state offices.
Santo of 'the Democratic leaders
expressed fear today that the pro
posed endorsement of Henry Ford
might cause a split and turn the oon
VBli'tion from a jollification of the
party's success last November into a
divided canrp.
Wages to Be Advanced
In Building Trades
- -
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 23.—Wage1
schedules for skilled men in the
building trades will be increased
from 80 cents to 31 a day effoctive
on April 1. Tills is according to an
announcement of officials of the
union.
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Legislature of Oregon
Has Finally Adjourned
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 23. — The
House yesterday pased the Senate's
Income tax bill and the Qovernor is
expected to sign it promptly.
The state legislature adjourned at
9 o'clock last night after being In
session four days overtime and the
members drawing no pay.
GUARD CATHOLIC CHURCHES;
ROUND UP COUNTERFEITERS
I
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CARROLLS OF CARROLLTON ARE PARTED.
Mr. and Mra. Charles Bancroft Carroll, of the historic Doug ho
re^jn Minor, ancestral seat of the Carrolls cf Carrollton, near Hal
itimore, have been parted b> a divorce decree granted Mrs. Carroll
who charged her husband with misconduct with an unidentified wo
man. The two children were awarded to Mis. Carroll.
HUNDREDS OF
MONEY MAKERS
UNDER ARREST
! International Plot Discovered
by U. S. Secret Service
—Plot Is Big One.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.—With an
intcraalicnal ring of counterfeiters
uncovered by Secret Service opera
tives who laid bare its operations
and workings yesterday, it was today
declared that between 100 and 600
perrons connected with the ling in a
dozen different countries, are under
arrest.
The authentic;, are today prepared
for a court fight to send the counter
feiters to jail for the maximum term
| of 45 years.
The declaration is made that be
tween $1,000,000 and $10,000,000
worth of counterfeit money has been
floated by the immense gang of
bogus money makers.
Heroes of *18 Pass from Stage;
Youths Yesterday-Men Today
MALE GUEST STOLE HEART OF
WANDA AND CAUSED HUBBY TO
MOVE; REGULAR MOVIE FEATURE
Here’s a Chance,
Girls; Plenty of
Men in Chicago
CHICAGO, Fob. 23— Girl. ) Chi
cago have better than an even ' hanct
to pick a husband. Census figures
just published show there are 3fi3,17i
dingle men in this city to 237,821
single women of marriageable ge, a
ratio of nearly three men to every
two Women.
In other cities the proportion is
slightly lower. Tin? proportion in
New York is approximately seven me,
to every six women.
In the entire United Sta is ther"
are 12.000,000 unmarried rien mil
21.000. 000 who are married There
are 10,000,000 unmarried wo.n i and
20.000. 000 married women. There arc
more than 4,0000,000 widows.
NEW CHURCH
IS PLANNED
FOR SOVIETS
Russian Government Asks
Methodist Episcopal to
Help Organize Church.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.—Tbe be
lief that the Russian Soviet govern
ment will adopt the social creed
of the principles of the Mothodist
Episcopal Church was expresesd to
day at tlie sixth annual meeting of
the Council of Cities of tlie Metho
dist Episcopal Church.
The announcement was made that
the Russian Soviet government re
quested the Methodist Episcopal
Church for the appointment of a
committee to assist in the reorgani
zation of the Russian Church to re
place the banished Gyeek OrUiodox
Church.
It is understood three Rishops of
the Methodist Episcopal Church will
be sent to Moscow next April to
assist the Russian Soviet government
in organizing a new Russian Church.
Former Ambassador of
U. S. Seriously III
PHILADELPHIA, Fob. 23 —C. Tow
er^ former Ambassador to Russia and
Germany, is ill with pneumonia and
in a critical condition.
ALBANY, M Y„ Feb. 23—Allen
Burton Hawley, hu-binl or Wanda
Hawley, blonde beauty of the screen,
answers the accusations or non-sup
port and cruelty contained in his
wife's sit ! tor divorce.
1 Hawley told of a train of events
j which culminated last suiiw»er, when,
ho declares, he surrendered ills Holly
wood home and his wife's compan-j
j iomship to a male truest who, he said,]
I turned out to be a love pirate. Haw-1
I ley has not decided whether he will j
I contest h.ls wife's action or file a I
I counter suit He said:
I “I do not want to 'o anything that
will prevent her from getting her]
decree. I am through with her. But1
If I should file a counter suit, I would
be 'forced to involve the name of a,
workman In a Hollywood studio.’’
A party last August was the turn-;
tng point in Hawley’s married life.:
He continued:
“One night list August two men!
j "tint! to visit at our home. T knew
ire of them, ami Wanda told me I
ought to know the other, for 1 had
met him before. 1 rould not remem
let having met him. however. When
ni dnlght cant© and the party started
t'{ : rrak up, Wanda surprised me by
suggesting that one of the men be
come our guest.
j “Out guest remained that night and
‘ he r.ext night, and the next. After
! several days he came to me and said:
j uut i, » uu na*t' v.-cu untun; uwcui, j
I ‘o me, and I want to Impose on you j
'[or more favors. I am broke, have no |
j lob and owe more than $1,200 and !
I a ill tell you frankly that when Ij
I tame here I did not know where Ij
■ was point: to pet mv next meal. The i
visit has been a Godsend, and I want!
j *o ask you if I can't move my things |
! from the little furnished room I have
(Continued on Pape Fiv-e.)
Man Who Placed Bryan
In Nomination Is Dead:
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 23.—'
Webster Davis, former Mayor of I
Kansas City, Assistant Secretary of
the Interior in the Cabinet of Presi
dent McKinley, famous orator and
prominent lawyer, died here last
night of Inflammation of the hear(.
He was 61 years of age.
Davie was a prominent Republi
can leader in Missouri until he quit
I the party on the issue of imperial
ism, and then he joined the Demo
crats He placed William J. Bryaa
In nomination for the Presidency at
tho Democratic National Convention
held at this place in 1900.
WASHING TO.S'. 1 n. 23.—<By As
sociated Press.)—.Men who shared
wlith Oeneral John J. Pershing, the
great adventure i:i France are pass
ing off the stage as America's defend
ers. Official charts show that tlieir
place already is boing taken by
younger brothers of the A. E. F-—to
morrow It will be their sons who
stand ready to fight far the flag.
The charts show thait of more than
3,000,000 discharged from the wartime
army tip to January 1, 1920, there
will be available In 1925 for Class 1
service—anil that means battle ser
vice, face to dace with the foe little
more than 600,000 veterans. By 19.10.
a decals after their discharge In the
prime of their fighting power1, only
423,000 will be ready again to shoulder
a musket.
Millions trooped to the colors in
the World War, but oven the 18-year
olds among them will bo men weight
ed with cares and responsibilities by
1945. They will have married or
will have acquired other rependeats;
they will be broken with years; many
will have died; others will be work
ing at tasks as essential as soldier
ing, and none will be left to man the
trenches
The bright day Iheir youth and
f'ghtlng power will be but an hon
ored heritage for their sons.
“Of the 3,128,670 officers and men
examined for discharge to December
1. 1919," says the colorless record of
the War Department, “2,931,.'i60 were
discharged without disability. It is
assumed that by 1925, or approxi
mately five years after discharge,
they will have attained the status
(having acquired dependents engaged
in essential occupations, incurred
disabilities, etc.) of average citizens
and would be available (held for ser
vice) In the same proportions as ob
tained with those registered under
the last draft."
A ntklif.nfi/vn P f)„.n„., !
(loath rate, coupled with knowledge!
gained of average conditions sur-!
rounding age groups involved by the.
calling for examination under the,
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t Continued on Png* neven.)
GERMAN SHOT
—
BOCHUM, Feb. 23.—Wo French
soldiers this afiernoon tired point
blank Into a crowd of Germans from
the Law Courts Building, killing
or.e man and severely wounding
two others.
MARTIAL LAW REPORTED.
BERLIN, Feb. 23.—It is reported
that martial law has been declared
at llochum where disorders have
taken, place as the result of French
soldiers firing on a crowd with
fatal results.
WILL REPLACE GERMANS
ESSEN, Feb. 23. — The French
have decided to replace all German
custom officials with French
throughout the Ruhr district.
SHEIK IN ROW WITH DETROIT.
RESTAURANT MAN.
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mMmv
msm
-ft-? £Kr-y IcuclolpkaiivXitlO *«rc.
Rudolph (R U D O Ij P H is right, dnar reader, for Vajcntinn hen
l"sued a pronouncement to that effect) fs having a ine/ry war wflli
a Detroit, restaurant man who bus engaged him and his wife, the
former Miss Winifred Hudnut, daughter of the millionaire perfume
manufacturer, to dance .at 1750 a week. The restaurant man de
clare:) Valentino Is a snob, and, besides, ho isn't drawing a lot of
pat rone. Valentino, who is barred by his contract from appealing
in the movies, rises up at the same time to say lie wants bis name
spelled K-U-D-O-h-P-H and that he’s a HE-MAN and not a sweet
yoqng thing sitting on velvet cushions and smoking perfumed
cigarettes.
STARTS FIGHT
ON MAYFIELD
TAXING SEAT
Defeated Texan for Senate
Makes Charges on Can
didate Who Won Race.
WAfl.HluNfl.TOM, Fob. 23. -Challeng
ing the right of Earle S. Mayfield,
Democrat of Texas, to take hD seal,
charges have boon presented to the
Senate and filed by Oeorge E. B.
Poddy, Republican, who ran for S*n
at.ir against Mayfield and wag de
feta ted.
The charges declare an excessive
and illegal exitondlture erf money wa,s
tniade, that fraudulent counting of
ballots resulted and claiming other
lrrcgulaj”lties.
Attacking the Ku Klux Klan, the
charges state the Klun concealed the
real designs under the cloak of pat
riotic pretensions or hid the plan
“subject to government of the con
stitution to the Invisible Empire."
The charges made accuses the Klan
of conspiracy to evade and violate
the Federal and state laws.
Dr. Cook Sues Paper
For Million Dollar;
FORT WORTH. Tex , ?ob. 21
Suit for $1,000,000 damages has be.-t
filed against the Fort Worth Press'
here by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who
claimed he discovered the North Pole
and who is now engaged in the o;’
business in this city.
The suit 'is based on an article re
cently appearing In The Press, which
accused Cook of fraudulent dealings
;n oil promotion enterprises.
Hand to Hand Fight
Fought in Darkness
NEW YORK, Feb.* 23.—-After a
hand to hand fight in the darknrst
of a sub-cellar, lighted only ty the
firer under two immense stills, three
prohibition officers today arrested
two mon for violation of the Vol
stead act and seized liquor and dis-(
tilling aparatus valued at $200,000.
CONGRESS WORKS
DORING HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON, Fob. 23.—All de
partments of the Federal government
except Congress suspended yesterday
Tor observance of Washington's bin a
day. Tho Senate and House re
mained in session, confining tasks in
cle.u ,ng up the legislative Jam of
matter.
Tlie ofieial celebration of tho Sen
ate was in ceremonies at Washing
Bun’s .. at which governors
of all states had boon invited to listen
In by radio.
Film Corporations Are
Merged for One Purpose
NEW YOdtK, Foh. 23.—'The inter
national Film Corporation, of which
William Randolph Hearst is the hen I
and which also controls the Cosmo
I lit in productions, has merged with
the Goldwyn Corporation. The merg
r aii'..’cts only distribution of plc
‘ures. Keeh company continues pro
ducing films as separate organisa
tions.
N. Y. CATHOLIC
CHURCHES ARE
UNDER GUARD
Blue Coats Rushed to All Edi
fices—Suspected Persons
to Be Watched.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23. — Polite
guards, late yesterday, were ]
at every Roman Catholic Church in
Greater New York.
The blue coats were instructed to
: orcvtnt persons carrying suspicious
11 undies from entering the churchci
j and also prevent loitering.
The police authorities refused ts
l c.ive any reasons fer the order.
britishTebt
FUNDING BILL
UP TO CHIEF
_
Congresional Action Is Now
Over—Measure Goes to
President Harding.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23,—Tha last
croval of the British debt funding
^Ereemmt *w utkeu . . star day when
life House, without a roll call, ao.
delated the Senate changes in the
; bill.
The bill now goes to the President
1 nd becomes effective with liis slgaa
are as the British Cabinet has u!
j ready approved it.
As passed by the Senate, the bill
!contains two Important amendments,
as follows:
1. By Senator Robinson: Striking
' mt the provision that debts with
ther countries should not be settled
n more favorable terms than those
iceorded Great Britain and substltut
an autli TlztiMon for settlement
m such t« rms as the commission may
believe to be just, and requiring that
li proposed settlements must be ap
proved by Congress.
2. By Senator Harris: Amending
the original debt funding law to en
large the commission to eight mem
bers, the three n w members to be
appointed from the Democratic party.
Doth of these amendments were
i accepted by Senator Smoot, a mom
1 Irer of the commission, who was in
charge of the hill, and were adopted
without opposition.
Bill Provisions
Tlie bill provides for payment by
! Croat Britain of Interest at the rate
| of 2 per cent for the first 10 years
land 3V& per cent thereafter for the
remaining T>2 years, when the final
payments will lie made.
Naval Craft May Be
Used in Dope Fight
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 the of
naval craft to break up the smug
gling < f narcotics and also aliens
Into the t utted States Is propose.1
in a bill introduced by Representa
tive Summers of Washington.
GIRL’S DEATH IS TRACED TO
BLACKHAND; GANG LEADER WAS
JILTED BY VICTIM IS THEORY
BALTIMORE. Md., Eel). 23—The
murder of Bella Leman, whose body
was found near the Rollins Rol Golf
Club last July 13. has been solved by
the arrest of 17 alleged members of I
a Black Hand gang. A recruit in the
M.ufla actually did the killing. The
murder was ordered by heads of the
Black Hand gang because the girl
had Jilted one of the leaders, accord
ing to police.
With 17 Italians under arrest lr-re
and In Fairmont and Clarksburg, W.
Va., police are after two more mom-!
bers of the gang. Six other murders.!
according to polire, are charged
against them, and police declare they!
have evidence of u score of dynamite!
and murder plots."
I’atsy Corbi was arreateJ at h'.i,
Kline here Oorhi surrendered to po
ire utter the crime and challenged
hem to hold him. They let him go.
*ut never stopped watching him. Olh
•rs arrested are Amrelo Bun.i. k" own
is “Big Angelo," of Fairmont; Rlch
■rd Ferrl, alleged Faimnont luotleg
:er; Gus Jorgo. Fairmont; Philip
'anotaro. called "Big Mo3e Phil,-’ of
tiarksburg, alleged bootiegg. r and
tgent for the Mafia; Joe Sedgi, an
Italian business man. of Fairmont,
laid to be i Mafia leader; Philip M’c
u III. of Fairmont; Nick Sa.amaudl
• airiiHint, alleged agent of ta Mafia;
rohn Leccase, known as “Little John.”
meged bootlegger and egen* of tha
Mafia in Clarksburg; Joe Maleno,/
IVte Bisskaldl, Svlvatore Urso, kranlj
FJerri, Joe t'ahliastro, Frank Barbel]
man, Tony Musci and John Treco.