ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXII., NO. 3233.
Y
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
Labor Conditions Are Good
in the United States Today
UNITED STATES ‘
UNEMPLOYMENT
CRISIS PASSED
Statement of Facts Presented
from Various Sources
—Reports Are Made.
(By the Associated Press.)
An actual shortage of workers In
some class of labor, including farm
help, exists In 23 states of the
Union, while In 21 other states the
unemployment, so prevalent In
1820-21, hat been completely ab
sorbed and in only four states does
general unemployment exist, accord
ing to figures, statistics and report?
gathered from labor leaders, indus
trial commissions and state and Fod
eml employment agencies from all
of the 48 states of this uountry.
Increases in wages are noted In.
ao many states and in so many dif
ferent trades *«d occupations that
mr mtet-.tauL<x><
that dlreotion. These include nn 11
per cent Increase to 200,000 pack
ing house employees, a 15 per rent
Increase to carpenters, a 12 Vi cents
an hour Increase to common labor
ers and a general Increase among
steel workers, all In Chicago, and a
12 Vi per cent increase to 200,000
workers In the woolen and cottoii
mills of Netw England. The reports
also show a general increase In
wages in Michigan and an Increase
to the building" trades, metal and
machinery workers in New England.
Increase In wages of ranch hands in
the northwest; carpenters in Ken
tucky, farm labor in Iowa and Min
nesota; bricklayers and plasterers
in Montana and plasterers in Buf
falo are also shown. Bight thousand
Bethlehem Steel Company men have
received au 11 per cent raise. Com
mon labor is at a premium in Ohio,
textile mill workers and the plast
erers have received Increases in Vir
ginia, and the wages of miners
have been increased In Arizona.
High Wages Paid.
In addition to these, the reports
Show skilled laborers getting $1.25
an hour and plasterers $1.50 an
hour in St. Louis, the hlghert wage
ever paid there for this class of
work, .while negotiations are now
on In New York between contractors
and tbe 'building trades for on in
crease in wages of bricklayers, car
penters, plasterers, plumbers and al
lied trades by $1.00 to $2.00 a day.
Tbe street car men In Boston are
reported to be on the verge of ask
ing for more money, while the shoe
workers in Massachusetts have an
increase in wages pending before an
arbitration board. There la also a
movement on In Boston among the
building tradee to ask for more
money.
One State Cute Wages.
Reports from only one state shows j
that wages have been lowered. This
ie Louisiana, where the pay of com
mon labor has been sharply cut.
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ushop sirs America regular
PIMHSEFORWOMEN; PROVES IT
CHdGAOO, May 1.—'Tho poorest
tcom in the United States la in
ftnltely (better off than the peon wo
men of South America, Bi3hop W. F
Oldham, of Buenos Alrca, declared
at a meeting of tbo employees and
Matt of tho Committee on Conserva
tion and Advance of tho Methodist
Episcopal church hore.
Bishop Oldham has just returned
flrora South America and Mexico. He
•aid: “You can rate civilization from
tho iplaice that 'women bald • In that
particular country. There used to be
aa Idea that woman had no real
place in tho world.
“If thort are any young women
here mho arc discontented and wish
ing that they wero rich, think of
SCHOLASTIC STAR ADVOCATES MARRIAGE.
Morwyn Hcald. 2fi, shown here with his wife wnd ibaby, Bianca,
is a student at Northwestern University, Chicago. Me lias Just
broken tihe third consecutive scholarship record o£ 'the uni vetsi'ly,
and he lays all his success to the fat't that 'he is 'married. For the
'last thrco 'semesters he has raised the scholarship records, the last
time with a record of 94.2.
TURKS MISSING
TROOPSiFRANCE
HAS PROTESTED
LAUSA.W'F, May 1.—France has
frankly informed Turkey »he does
not like the concentration of Turkish
troops o>n the iSyrPan frontier and
that the French may enlarge on the
French force in Syria.
General Pelie, French High Com
mander, who yesterday Invited Isiuet
Pasha to luncheon today as a ges
ture of friendship, has informed Is met
that France is also aggrieved over
the Oil ester concession because Tur
key gave the Chester syndicate what
alreidy had been given France.
Intervention Suggested
To Stop War in China
PEKING, May 1—B. Lennox, ad
viser to President LI Yuan Hung,
as recommended intervention by for
eign diplomatic representatives to
preveht civil >war now threatened be
tween factions headed by Chang
Tsoi in aind Tsac Kun. Lennox de
manded that foreign diplomats de
mand pledges and adhere to treaty
stipulations.
tho mass of womon in the poon class
In South America who aro not as
respected es tho women of the
Unltod States. Tho poorest of you is
rich whan compared with those.”
Tho Bishop 9aid that tho ownership
at millions of acros of land by rich
landlords was detrimental to the ad
vancement of Iho peons. The peon
woman, especially in South America,
ho declared, live tin lifilo shacks In
small villages and are degraded speci
mens oif humanity, depressed, with
absence elf all hopo, ambition and
aspiration.
“There should be no discontented
women in America because they are
woR -Oared for, and have good homos,"
Bishop Oldham concluded.
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Well, What Do You
Think? Yukon
Plans Spring Wheat!
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DAWSON, May 1. The Yukon
has passed inlo the April wheat
planting 'column with the sow
ing of spring wheat during the
last week at the Dominion ex
perimental farm seven miles out
from here. Several siveciet- of
grain and all hardier vegetables
have 'been raised with success
for several years.
Sixty lunulas were barn this
soring It am it he first flock of
sheep ever wintered here. The
sheep are owned by Josepih Joll
cer, who has a ranch on the
Klondike River near here.
FIRE REVEALS
BIG ROBBERY
County Court House Wreck
ed by Fire—Treasurer’s
Safe Is Robbed.
! OMAHA. .Vi n v' 1.—Fire wrecked
the (Lincoln County Court House at
North Platte, following which it was
discovered the safe of the county
treasurer 'had been looted of $«0,00ft,
of which 11..200 was in cash and the
renhainder in ibonds and securities.
This Is according to telephone ad
vices.
Latter ft vt.tis said the securities
taken 'were not negotiable.
Firemen declare the blaze was of
Incendiary origin.
Man Implicated in Big
Embezzlement Arrested
NEW YORK. May 1— Secret Ser
vice membor i of the bomb squad
boarded the incoming liner AmerW-an
Legion today and arroarted Phillip
Welsertoval, of New York, in con
nection wi'th tho embezzlement of
$300,000 from tho American Express
Company In a scries of International
•ransraotions Involving forged mani
fest*.
MAY DAY IS
i QUIET; LABOR
ALL WORKING
II. W. W. Star! Nothing ir
Seattle or Other Parts of
N. W.—Celebrations.
! SEATTLE. May 1. — M-.y Das
! fa.iled to bring any special demon
stration on the part cf the I. VV
I W. in this section according to re
> ports at noon. Several thousand
: W'obblies tnet. in the annual picnt<
at Henton Junction, nearby, but tilt
Jgathering was orderly and pence of
ficials expected no trouble.
Several additional logging campt
throughout the Elute closed down
hut mills are so far unaffected
SOCIALISTS CELEBRATE
BERLIN. May 1.—Semi-holiday
;condition!; prevailed today through
out Germany. Parades and assent
! biles were held in various parts of
| tlir country, mainly by Socialists
• and ('emmuniats.
ALL FACTORIES WORKING
] HOME. May 1.—For the first time
in nejrly fto years business was
as usual today, all factories work
ing and shops open. every one
working .
PARADES IN LONDON.
LONDON, May 1.—Parades and
!various marches featured the Muy
'Day celebration here.
STRIKE STARTS.
! INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn..
May 1.—Muy Day witnessed the ln
stitution of a strike of 1.300 men
|in two companies here to support
i their demands for increased wages
in the lumber ami paper mills.
'FLOODS RAOE
! NEW ENGLAND
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BOSTON, Muss., May 1.—Rivers
in the New England states swollen
Jby heavy rains, have been rampag
| dig several days Several dams have
; been carried away and bridges and
'railway tracks washed out.
FREDERICK TOWN, W. o.. May 1
—Heavy floods, the worse exper
ienced since 1887 have caused dam
age estimated at more than $ 1
000,000 In this Province with con
ditions steadily becoming more
serious.
'May Day Means Nothing
To Workers Says Gompen
WASHINGTON, May 1--Comment
Ing on ■the observance of May Day,
Samuel Gonupers, irresldent of the
American Federation of Labor, lust
night said May Day means nothing
more to 'workers than to any oLher
Americans.
Minor Changes Wanted by
British in Debt Agreement
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The Treat*
ury Department has received sugges
tlons from Great Britain for changes
In the debt funding agreement. Sec
retary Mellon declares the changes
are of minor Importance.
Holders of Seattle
Car Line Bonds May
; Extend Refund Period
j SEATTLE, May 1—Indications thal
the ihoJders of tho municipal car line
bonds will consider extension of the
refund period ito 32 years instead o
16 yoars havo been raceived in :
telogram from A. W. Leonard, presl
dent Puget Sound Light & Powe;
Company, who wont to Boston do eon
suit the trustees.
American Ships Can Sell Liquor
But Prohibited from Having Any
Aboard While in American Port;
Foreign Ships Under same Ruling
EXPELLED FOR USING LIP-SIICK.
~T%,at‘ll 'PttgyW-y , , 1
I'o.in ruw in lvui bio, Aricunsu , has been expelled
from llin Km bio High S hool for U3ing a ltp . rick. The expulsion
resulted in a lawsu.i. Too < .is,; was awealod from the ( : iy Comity
Circuit Court to the Supreme Cji rt, where .Miss Ptigrsley s expulsion
wms sustained.
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TO SURVEY COAST OF ALASKA
DURING SUMMER FOR GENERAL
SCHEME OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
Facing Gallows,
! Woman Makes
Statement
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j FBRM'IE. I!. .May 1. Mrs.
, ’ Florenea L.issandr.t. sentenced
to hang tomorrow with Emil
j PLeareflo for the muffler of Con
' stable A. O. Lawson., has issued
a sta'tamont that she had no
weatpon iwhen Ploarello killed
I Lawson The woman says Pte.tr
' ello handed her one after the
j i shooting and told her to K*' > > It.
Mrs. Lussamlra's statement his
| been fireil to Ottawa In bohkt
of an approval for clemervo
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NEW RELIEF ACT
I PROVES BENEFIT
S TO VETS OF WAf
I WASHINGTON', May 1 (Bv Asst
ctatod Press.)'-Numerous benefit
not before within the roach of di
ah led ex-service men wore granted I
I tho now veteran relief a •: passed dtti
I Ing -the last day.' of ih • tilth Got
gross, says the United S' lies Ve
orans' Bureau
Many of the prt»v! oti- of the not
law are sponnirod by vet ran ' c
gantxa-ttons. One of the m t impn
taut, R is said by the Veterans' B*
reau. provides, in effect:
1. That every officer and enlist?
man or any .neraon in the active ser
ice under the War and Navy I>o;i.,
ments, who was discharged or w);
resigned prior to the establishment i
the Veterans' Bureau, August 9. 19if
and every such per.ron in the ae.tii
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I WASHINGTON', May 1. A I hoi
ough survey of the Alaska Const wll
be carried out this summer by tb
u ivy wiith a view rollerting topo
graphical ami hydrographical d.tti
necessary In a general scheme fo;
naftional defense.
I Hear Admiral Chase will proeee
to Alaskan waters in June at t’i
i lie.ol of a i'liiiiil'a which includes th:
i aeroplane carrier Langley.
: Several min. sweepers and a cans'
j guard cutler will begin the work.
Florida Flogging Case
Gets Judge in Wronj
TALHAH ASSEIO. Fla., May 1
Oovernor Hardee 'has reco'nmendei
to tlie Senate the r.-moval from offici
1 of C nmiv Judrn 1!. F Willis on t
I eh i re • of an j H’ea sa net* growing mu
of t!ie d. ith of M ir"tin Tabert, can
vlct. at the leasing ci.rnp of the Fat
man Hii'iiii'r Company at Clara. Ta
baht ili-i'd from 'the affects of a fl’g
ging administered for slight infrac
lion of the iron clad rules.
I No Agreement on Armament:
At Pan-American Conference
SANTIAGO. May I The declaim
’ of the J\tn-.Vraorfcan conference seek
fng agreements on armaments ha
1 definitely lirok u down. It is foum
to be impossible to reooncile tin
’ I views of the various delegations.
Washington Telephone
Case More Complexei
,1 TACOMA, May 1.—Judges slttin
,. \ on blanc in the Federal Court la!
t-i yesterday refused to make i>ermanei
, the injunction prohibiting the at a!
,r I of Washington forbidding a raise <
l,! telephone rat era in Seattle, Tacom
eland Bprtka.no, ithus throwing tfc
I whole controversy into the stul
I courts.
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The Su
i preme Court in a decision overturns
I Attorney General Daugherty's ruling
against serving liquor on American
ships but at the same time held the
; ban prohibiting American and foreign
ships from bringing liquor stocks into
American ports under bond.
Both the legal and enforceable de
cicion is regarded as the most import
and yet rendered with regard to pro
| hibitlon.
Justice McReynolds and Sutherland
. dissented, Sutherland giving an opin
ion that foreign ships could oriug
liquor into port under bond.
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REDRAFT REGULATIONS
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The treas
ury will begin Immediately to redraft
the prohibition regulations insofar as
overturned by the derision of the
Supreme Court.
Secretary Mellon said ho would
not 1 mnnod faitely apply the regula
tions 'prohibiting foreign ships from
carrying liquor In bond, but will pro
mulgate regulation's to fix a date
whon it w'iil 'become effective
FORMER RULING TO 8TAND
WASHINGTON. May 1— Present
regulations cf the Shipping Board
^prohibiting serving of alcoholic bever
i ages on its ships at sea will be con
| tinned. Chairman Linker announced.
| unt il President Harding recalls the
I 'nstrudtlons. according to the decision
j of the 'Supreme Court, or until the
Hoard after a review of the ruling
reechos a definite dechiion.
Chairman I.isket late today defi
nitely indicated, attar a conference
with President Harding, that govern
ment owned ships will be kept bona
dry for some time at least, despite
tlie court decision.
SHIP9 ON EQUAL BASIS
NEW YOILK, May 1.—Ira S. Camp
i j bell, counsel for the American Steam
i ! ship Owners’ Association, says the
i Supreme Court ruling places the
American and foreign ships ou an
| equal basis.
CONTROVERSY STARTED
I WASHINGTON. May 1.—When At
torney General Daugherty ruled that
i foreign ships entering American wa
iter i must :bf dry, and that American
I ships .should not carry at any time
/anywhere Intoxicating liquors for
. j beverage use, he started a contro
.; versv w'hlcli In intensity excoeded all
others arising In enforcement of na
jtlonal prohibition since the 18th
Amendment wa-s sustained by the Su
preme Court.
Not only did (the foreign steamship
companies enter a 'protest, but the
American lines also strenuously ob
[ Jetted. The foreign companies saw
| In the ruling an encroachment upon
Itreity rights, a violation of interna
tional law and usage, a disregard of
, tho comity which they contended
should prevail among nations, and an
| vbanakmment by the United States of
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! Bind and Gag Women, then
Make Haul and Get Away
ATLANTIC OIT\\" May After '
^binding and gagging Mrs Florence
, Richards. her daughter and maid.
*;four armed men ransacked the se#
I = hor > home law night and escaped
_i with $8.rt<)0 in jewelry, silverware and
. other valuable*.
II Richards is president of a Phila
Jdelphra importing firm and part
; owner of the Washington Americans.
United States Wins
j In Rhineland Issue
PARIS. May 1 —The Allied dele
1 gates have reached an agreement to
S accord the United States preferential
I treatment for reimbursement of the
II Rhindland cosft for the army of oc
e! pupation
lf Americas legal position toward
a Germany. which has not been clearly
B stated, 'blit on which American rap
® resentaif.lve Wadsworth had a firm
' stand, remains for settlement.