THE
V.
DAILY EMPIRE
‘ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’
VOL XXI., NO. 3156.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENT&
250 MEN ARE TRAPPED IN MINE
Belgium to Hand Ultimatum to Germany Tonight
BELGIUM WILL
MIKE DEMAND j
UPON GERMANY;
Last Appeal Will Be Made to
Germany on Matter of
Reparation.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 31.—The Bel
gium Finance Minister will present
tj the German povernment at 6
o’clock tonight an ultimatum de
manding, for the last time, that
Germany fulfill the reparations pro-'
piam as executed by the tieaty of
Versailles.
THREAT MADE GOOD.
DUSSELDORF, Jan. 31. — The
French this afternoon made effective
their threatened economic measure
f-tizine the entire customs service in
the Ruhr Valley.
CABLE IS CUT.
DUSSEI.DOKF, Jan. 31. — The
Cologno-Berlin main trunk line ofi
the cable of the telephone and tele-,
graph system, has been cut in sev-:
eral places near Essen city com-;
pletely, shutting off the remainder!
of Germany.
Ccbloa'4 reports JtN German civil
(Continued on Page Two.)
GERMAN CREDIT
FOR 2 BILLION
UNDER PROTEST,
Secretary Mellon Opposes
Bursum and States Posi- j
tion of Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.—Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, in a letter
to Chairman McCumbor, expressed
opposition to the Bursum bill estab
lishing a credit of $1,000,000,0(10 for
the Gorman government for the pur
pose of buying fo idstuffs in the
United States.
Secretary Mellon declared this
■would be contravention of tile Treas
ury Department's policy “that foreign
governments desiring to find finane
ing in tho United States should ap
peal to the investing public and not
seek government aid.”
Conference of Governors
Postponed Indefinitely
DENVER, Jan" 31.—The confer!
once in Kansas City next Friday of
Governors of eight Western states,
called by Gov. John J. Blaine, of
Wisconsin, to discuss progressive
legislation, has boon postponed in
definitely. This was the announce
ment made today. The conference
was called off because it was im
possible to hold it at such an early
date.
“TRUMPED UP" IS CYCLOP'S BLOW
IN ASSAILING CASE AGAINST KLAN
BASTRt P. La., Jan. 31.—Captain
J. K. Sld.jwkh. Kxt :ed Cyclops of
the Morehouse Pari. Ku Klux Klan,
and an attorney, w.r is expected to
defend tba»a ace of murder in
connection with laying of Watt
Daniel an< Thoi.u I ichards, has at!
last talke T. e . rport of tholrl
Interviews wat i it least one of j
the men s 1 In a'ive.
"The st > ci e s trumped np.i
built whol upon s I'Piclon and cir-j
cumstanfla .1 ice. them ost vital!
of which h- been * *ven by men
whose teat mo1 ly will prove to be val
ueless In cou* t.” the attorney said,
lie consented tto talk only after a
promise had bejn extracted that his
name woul1 not be Used.
Captain 9ktp,vHh asserted that
Richards still is alive. He sail! Rich
ard’s mother had heard from her son
within the last two months. H ■ also
reiterated whaT he had said at the
beginning of the investigation, that
the bodies found in Lake La Fourche
would have been decomposed hail
they been in the water from August,
when Daniels and Richards disap
peared, until December, when the
bodies were found.
“Knows Lot of Things!”
"Why has the state quit searching
for the torture machine?” he asked.
“Why, it knows there was no torture
machine. It knows a lot of things,
but it is not willing to tako the pub
lic into its conndonce about things
that it knows would hurt the case
which it has trumped up.”
CITY OFFICIAL
CIIFEN WARNING
Mayor of Mer Rouge Receives
Letter Advising Him of
Two Things.
MONROE, La. 'an. SI.—Robert L.
Dale, Mayor of Mer Rouge, an
nounced today ho had received a let
ter dated January 8. believed mailed
from Hot Spring*, Ark., saying:
"You are hereby notified to pack
up and get out of town within 10
days. Either leave or become a
corpse.”
REFUSE TO VOTE DRY
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 31.—The
legislature for the third time since
adoption of the eighteenth amend
ment refused to ratify it.
ALASKAN HEN SHOWS UP HEN
OF NEW JERSEY; CACKLES DEFY
AND JUST LAYS A DOUBLE EGG
Siamese twin eggs have startled
die Alaskan lien world.
Two full-size eggs, joined by a nar
*ow membrane, were laid by a White
Leghorn owned by W. A. Monge, o'.
Hood Bay recently. The eggs are
:he same size. They were preserv td
in alcohol by .Mr. Manze and sent by
aim to The Empire.
Air. Monge says his White Leghorn
is a jump ahead of tno '.ien owned
by Henry S. Winterhalter, chief sani
tary inspector of the board of health
at Bayonne, X .1, which laid two
eggs on the same day, one in tilt)
morning and the other in the even
ing. The story of this unusual feat
appeared in The Empire on Janu
ary 11.
An Alaska White Leghorn could
let nothing like that ge; by, says Mr.
Monge and so his hen proceeded to
lay two eggs ai rae same time.
CHILD WILL DANCE FOR PRESIDENT.
Baby Sylvia Fross, 8-year-old member of the National Stago
Service Club, will appear at the White House soon In “Cheer Up,
America!” In honor of Mrs. Warren G. Harding. Fifteen children
compose the cast of the show. .
tick At 4
FIRST PICTURES OF RUHR INVASION.
TV 'ct idv Tai i
J3c/oW:
Tre
These ere the ti.it pictures to
reach America of the fleet of
French tanks and attillcry that
was lined up at the May. nee (Ger
many) bridgehead, preparatory to
the invasion of the Ruhr District,
the march being actually begun on
January 11.
PULP AND PAPER i
MILL AT THANE
IS NOW CERTAIN
Organization Has Been Com
pleted and Big Works
Practically Assured.
All the arrangements for the
building of a pulp and paper mill at
Thane have been completed accord
ing to word brought from San Fran
cisco by W. T. Toleh, formerly man
ager of the Alaska Gastineau Mining
Company, and A. B. Goldberg, who
were in the California metropolis in
connection with the sale and pur
chase of the mill of that company at
Thane. Work on the pulp mill will,
be started as soon as the mill and
other property purchased by the
Ncithwest Steel and Metal Com
pany can be roved.
“You may tell the people of Ju
neau that there is no longer any
doubt abcut the erection of a large
pulp and paper plant at Thane,";
said Mr. Toleh to passenger* leaving
Seattle on the Princess Mary. ‘‘The
organization has been completed."
he said, "and work will begin im-j
mediately after the grounds are
available for work."
Mr. Tolch's statement was con
firmed by Mr. Goldberg, who say#
the pulp and paper company has
made contracts to market its pulp
in Japan beginning with the com
pletion of the pulp mill and pending
the erection of the paper mill.
Wealthy Woman Robbed
Of $250,000 in Jewelry
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 31.—Jewelry
worth $230,000 wu stolen from the
bedroom of Mrs. Divld C. Joyce, wife
of a millionaire Chicago lumberman,
while the family was dining last t
night. The robbery was reported to I
the police this forenoon.
Pension Measure Is
Approved by Committee
WASH LNiGTOv
ate pensions
ably reported
eluding pensioi
era ns which
The bill as pa.
of the Preside at
I in. 31—The Sen
'»i has favor
ip am bill, in
1 :vu War ve
os I dint vetoed
s tia, objection.-.
; rely removed.
Figure in $ :5,OO0
Lor* Suit Is Dead
OAKLAND, in, L.—.. ' a. Kodney
Kendrfcks, who i ntly '.led a suit
against Mrs. F I i S|»ro< ke!s Wake
field for $25,0 tamup s, alleging
that she alien. le a factions of
her hu-band, Tt m Kand'ick, news
paper artist. Is o hi*’. She was
25 years old. > >*i t Atlantic
City, N. J„ am; c a -d .In California
since her man
Recognition
Of Mexico Is
Now Urged
TOI’EKA, Jon. 31.--The Kansan
stato Senate today unanimously
adopted rewlutkons a-lvintj the Na
tional Adatl Iflsfra tints to do nil things
in ilts power to establish more
friendly relations with Mexico to
tho end tliut Mexico may "again take
her place among the foremost na
tions of the world.”
LABOR DISPUTES
EASILY SETTLED
Large Colorado Corporation
Has New Way of Settling
All Troubles.
DEXTER, Jon 31 Amicable ml-,
ju.stmonts of G60 labor problems arls-j
Ing among the employees of tho Colo-!
rado Fuel & Iron Company during
1922 were made as the result of!
joint representations at conferences
between employees and representa ;
fives of the company. This fact is!
reported today in the annual report
of the company.
In the -.settlement of the various
problems 515 wero settled affirma
tively to the employees and the re
mainder in the negative.
CORPORALS PULL
OFF HOLD-OP OF
ARMY PAY-ROLL
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Langley Flying Field Captain
Makes Charges — Men
Are Under Arrest.
MEW PORT NEWS. Va., Jan. 31.—
Corporals John S. Wood and James
S. Harvey, declared by Captain Nor-i
man I). Cotta to have been the two'
persona kidnapping him yesterday
ind robbing him of $43,000, the Lang
ley Plying Field payroll, were cap
tured last night 20 miles away. Most
af the money was recovered.
Captain Cotta and a guard of four
men wero kidnapped yesterday fore
noon after drawing the money from
the First National Bank. Three*
hours after, whPn the officer was
found lo be missing, naval, state and
Federal authorities took up a search.
1' iptain Cotta and his men were
found gagged, bound hand and toot,
In a woods n»ar hero. The large
army automobile was later found
badly damaged. Captain Cotta told
the authorities that the two cor
porals did the deed and a net was
spread which ultimately drew them
in and they wero captured.
PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, Jan. 31 —
Lieut. Walter Hinton, flying his sea
plane from New York tn Rio Janeiro,
has arrived hero
DEBT FUNDING
PROPOSALS OF
U. S. ACCEPTED
British Will Accept American!
Offer—Statement Is Made
by Secretary Mellon.
1 .ONDON, Jan. 31.—Great Britain
has decided to accept the American
offer in regard to the funding of the
British .. war debt to the United
3tatea.
WAY OPEN TO SETTLE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. - Thei
British acceptance of the Americanj
deM funding suggestions, Secretary,
of tiie Treasury Mellon said today,'
opens the wuy for the immediate,
drafting of recommendations by,
President Harding for changes in'
tiie funding law to legalized forms]
suggested by the American proposi-!
tion.
Secretary Mellon explained, how
ever, that no public move will be,
made by the American Debt Funding!
Commlsron pendng receipt of official
notification of the decision. It is ex
plained the American commission Is1
in a position to begin at once an]
outline of the details which Presi
dent Harding could transmit to i
Congress.
Sol Bloom, Democrat,
Elected to Congress
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Sol Bloom. I
Democrat, lias been elected from the]
13th Congressional district to fill the]
vacancy caused by the death of Rep |
rpsen'talive elect HamueK Mark, Demo-]
crat. • tty |f 1
HALF Of ONE TOWN ADDICTED
TO NAHCOTICS IS REPONT MADE
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Jan. 31. Fed
eral narcotic agents who were here
•in connection with u state wide clean
ui> which so far lias resulted in 20
arrests in Louisville and the indict
ment of three physicians, a druggist j
and a veterinarian at Somerset, de-j
dared that startling revelations as1
to the extent of the traffic In Ken-1
tacky soon would be made. These
agents declared that while their in
vestigations had lasted a number of,
months, they had not even "scratch
ed the surface" In Louisville or other
towns throughout the state.
"In Somerset," one of the agents
said, "more morphine and cocaine
was used last year than in all the
hospitals of Philadelphia In the same!
length of time.”
Somerset has a population of only
5,000. One of the affidavits in pos
session of the narcotic agents state*
that "more than half the citizens of
the town use dope." A large num
ber of prescription* for narcotics
seized liv the agents at Somerset
bear the names of certain of tho
most prominent men anti women of
the town, it is said. These will be
produced at trials of the men now
under indictment.
One addict from whom agents ob
•ained much of their information, a
man who has traveled throughout the
country, gave an affidavit in which
he said there were more addicts In
Louisville and that narcotics hold
more openly than in any other city
in the country. The Federal agents
found that narcotics were as easy to
buy In most Kentucky towns as soft
di inks. •
Ninety per cent of addicts are
thieves, it was asserted, confining
their activities largely to shoplifting.
The large amount of goods stolen
from stores by thpse addicts to re
vealed In the statement of one who
told agents he had "lifted" enough
In one day to bring him IdOO from a
"fence."
MINERS CAUGHT
BY FIRE DAMP;
ALL MAY DIE
Two Hundred and Fifty Men
Are Entrapped—Fears
All Are Lost.
BERLIN, Jan. 31.—Fire damp,
following- an explosion, cut off 250
miners this forenoon in the Heinity
mine at Beuthen, Polish Silesia. Tnis
is according to a Central News mes
sage.
Several bodies have been recov
ered.
According to latest reports the:e
is little hope of saving any of tl e
miners cut off.
peaceIppTal
TO TURKEY IS
MADE BY CHILD
American Spokesman Makes
Strot*g Tc!k—Tufviey |$ •
Given Peace Treaties.
LAUSANNE, Jan. 31. — Richard
Washburn Child, chief American
■.pokesman, made a strong appeal to
day for peace at the Near East Con
ference on the occasion of the formal
presentation to Turkey of tho treat
ies drawn up by (he Allied Ppwers.
Turkey must be responsible re
garding the outcome of peace, stated
tho American.
The speech made u deep impres
lon upon the delegates attending
Uie conference.
UP TO TURKEY
ABOUT LEAGUE
Question of Jurisdiction on
Certain Matters PUced
Before Turks.
PARIS. Jan. 31.—After Earl Rat
four presents! to the Council of the
I/eagite of Nations the question of
tho frontiors of Anatolia anil Irak
and disposition of tho petroleum de
posits of Mosul, tho Council awaited
the reply of the Turks us to whether
the Jurisdiction of the League of Na
tions would be accepted.
NEW YORK. Jan. 31. — A
daughter was horn today to the
wife of Richard BarthelmeS, movie
actor. Mrs. Hart holmes Is known in
movie circles as Mary Hay.