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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET* _
VOL XXII., NO. 3281.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1923. _ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
NATIONALIZING
OF GOAL MINES
NOT APPROVED
President Harding Expresses
Opposition—Discusses Re
cent Miners’ Strike.
—*AIT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 26
—Resident Harding and his party
arrived shrilly betore nocn for a
12-hour visit aft r an automobile
lide from Ogckn. The President was
given almost a ccntinous ovati:n
duing the 43-mile lide and hun
dicde gathered at every small town
and along the loadeide to cheer,
wave flags and strew izz.s in his
path.
CHEYENNE, June 2(i.—President
Harding in a rear platform speech
last evening expressed the opinion
that some of the operators wer» us
much to blame for the coal strike
last year as the men who struck.
The President said the operators
had promised to produce all of the
coal needed if the law was enforced
adding:
"Law enforcement was provided
but no coal was produced. There
can be no coal mining in free
America under force of arms."
The President declared opposition
to nationalising of the mines and
predicted the United States coal
commission would give the country
g new understanding of the question
and point out a solution. He called
attention to the relief given the live
stock industry by the War Finance
Corporation.
Sugar Tariff Issue
In a five minute talk at Greeley,
Colo., late yesterday, the President
defended his course in not lowering
the tariff on sugar, saying an inves
tigation had persuaded him such ac
tion “would have little to do with
the decrease in the price of sugar
to the American consumer but might
destroy the American sugar industry
itself to which the American consum
er must look for stabilized prices in
the future.”
Sweeping Changes in
Department Are Seen
WASHINGTON, June 2fi.—Sweep
ing changes In the organization ot
the reclamation service is seen In the
announcement by Secretary Work ot
the abolition of the office director,
effective July 1. D. W. Harris, for
mer Governor of Idaho, will assume
charge of the service, with title of
Commissioner.
Former Governor Davis has been
connected with the department as
•pedal assistant secretary for about
three months. The retiring director
of the reclamation service, Arthur P.
Davis, has been a civil engineer and
topographer in the government ser
vice since 188S. He was appointed to
the director's position in 1811.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.—
When the case of Caldwell Richard
son, navy deserter, charged with the
murder of Rabbi Alfred Lefee on
April 4, was called this afternoon,
the date moved for dismissal on the
ground of Insufficient evidence. The
court will decide on Friday. Rich
ardson admitted the killing claim
ing extenuating circumstances.
Sweden Is to Help America!
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Celebrate the Fourth of July
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, July 26.
—Commemoration of the fact that
Sweden was the first country to sign
a commercial treaty with the United
States after their independence had
been won, will take place in Gothen
burg this year at the first Swedish
celebration of the Fourth of July,
the festivities marking the culmina
tion of "Sweden-Amerlca week,"
which is a feature pf Tercentennial
Jubilee Exposition now being given
here.
About 6,006 visitors from America
are expected to participate In the
teetivitleg. This festival will be hon
VG;*su£jK
TROUBLE HITS HARD AT BANKER’S WIFE.
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Troubles have multiplied for Mrs. Elaine l.ce Harris, pretty
27-year-old wife of Beverly D. Harris, prominent financier and f ir
mer Vice-President of the National City Bunk. Her personal prop
erty and baggage have been attached in St. Lcuia by the Sheriff
on a writ secured by I-eo Merriweather, the attorney who repie
eented her in her fight to disprove the charges made by her hm>
iband in his action to annul their marriage. Her alleged inability
to pay counsel fees of $3,000 brought about the attachment of her
property. A hearing of her husband's charges are being conduct
ed In the Missouri city.
Alleged Poison Pen
Letter Writer
Pleads Not Guilty
NEW YORK, June 26.—George
! i Maxwell, President of the Au
i thor, Publishers und Composer’s
| I Association of America, stirren- j
j dered last night and entered a !
I plea of not guilty to writing
i the “poison pen'' letters to Al- j
! | len A. Ryan, financier and oth
N. Y. FINANCIER
COMING NORTH
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j Member of Firm Financing
Bering Rivei; Field Exten
sion Reaches Seattle.
SEATTLE. June 26.—Milton Ayres,'
of New York, member of the bank
ing firm of Ayres & Company, fi-;
i naming the extension of the Alaska!
| Anthracite Railroad, arrived last!
| night enroute to Controller Hay to1
j inspect the projects.
Ayres declared the proposed ex-!
tension would quadruple the shipping'
' facilities .for the Bering River fields
to tidewater. The extension will be1
I completed by next October.
Conservatives Winners
In Ontario Election;
TORONTO, June 26.—Conservatives j
made a clean sweep in yesterday’s I
Ontario election, defeating the Unit-!
ed Farmer-Labor and Coalition which
has held power for the last four;
years.
| ored by the presence of the King
| and the Crown Prince of Sweden.
A historical fact of significance
to Americans will be recalled at the
unveiling of a statue of Gustaf III.,
one of Sweden’s most famous kings.
He showed great sympathy for the
cause of the American colonies dur
ing the Revolutionary War, and, af
ter the war was over, it was he who
authorized the signing of the new
Republic’s first treaty of commerce
t»nd, amity with any nation, even
antedating England in recognition
The new statue ta a gift from Amer
ican citizens to Sweden.
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PRESBYTERIANS
START ON TOUR
NORTH TOMORROW
Hundred and Eighteen Min
isters and Laymen Leave
Seattle on Jefferson.
SEATTLE, June 26.—To study the
needs of the Presbyterian Missions
in Alaska, a party of 118 ministers
and laymen of the church sail north
tomorrow on the steamer Jeffersou
to make a tour in charge of Rev.
Paul O. Stevens, of Los Angeles.
Rev. S. Hall Young, in charge of
Alaska missions with his headquar
ters at Juneau, arrived from the
north today fo accompany the party
on the trip to Alaska.
Rev. Stevens said today: “The
purpose of the tour is to interest
the church in our Alaska missions
and the necessity for increasing the
scope of the work. Our party will
survey the evangelical, educational
and medical work being done by the
Alaska missions and report back to
the focal congregations. The dele
gation will visit the missions at
Ketchikan, Metlakatla, Taku, Juneau,
Skagway. Hoonah, Sitka and other
points.”
INSULIN SPURS
m. o:s forward
SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.—Wil
liam Englebach, President of the As
sociation for the Study of Internal
Secretions and clinical professor of
medicine of St. Louis University,
told delegates to the American Medi
cal Association convention here to
day that the recent isolation of in
sulin in the treatment of diabetes
has been “an impetus to men who
are particularly interested to this
fascinating field of medicine. Dr.
Englebach said:
"Many of the acting principles of
other ductless glands which have so
much to do with the growth and de
velopment, both physical and nnnta1,
of the human body such as ad.ena
lin, pltultrin, thyroxin, etc., have
placed the disorders of these giands
beyond the stage of theory aeJ hy
pothesis."
Dr. Bnglebach gave a clinic at the
Franklin Hospital at which he dera
onstrated various types of du:tte*s
gland disorder!.
FORMER ALASKA
PRELAW FREED;
WAS TORTURED
Archbishop Tikhon, Released;
by Soviet Authorities—
Claims Wrote Apology.
BULLETIN—Riga, June 26.—News
papers here publish statements that
Archbishop Tikhon died in prison
on June 16. The newspapers claim
death was accompliaj|ed by poison.
MOSCOW. June Archbishop
Tikhon, former Alaska Prelate. Mas
been released. He has been held
pending trial on a charge of resist
Ing the Soviet authorities. Accord
ing to the report the decision cornea '
as the result of a letter which the
Soviet government claims Tikhon
wrote expressing regret at past ac
tions and declaring his readiness to
CLAIMS HE WAS TORTURED
LONDON. June 20.—Riga dispatch
es say friends claim Archbishop Tik
hon was reduced ti> a .jitate of irre
sponsibility by torture before he
signed the letter to the Soviet gov
ernment. ' »
Beer to Return
To U. S. Again
Ex-Solon Says
LONDON, June 26. — Albert B.
Kali, of New Mexico, former Senator
and until recently Seeretao of the
Interior, In an Interview in the Sun
day Timea on prohibition, expressed
the view that while the old saloon
days In the United States will never
return, light wines and beer v.i'!.
He said he believed that s rt of
an amendment ultimately woul I be
adopted which would permit wines
and beer. He said he believed the
American liquor policy was In dting
reprisals by Kuropean nations.
‘‘New York's anti-prohibition dec
laration shows that the United States
desires to amend the Volstead act,”
he declared.
National Committee of
G. 0. P. Seeking Women
WASHINGTON, June 26. — Chair
man Adams has requested each mem
her of the Republican National Com
mittee to appoint a woman in his
State to serve as assistant member
j of the committee.
PISTOL BATTLE
IN AUTO FATAL
Two Alleged Robbers Are
Killed, Policeman Wound
ed, Auto Is Smashed.
LOS ANGELES, June 26.—Two men
believed to be Ed Frohm and Mel
vin Bayles were killed and Police
Sergeant A. W. Bethel was wounded
In a pistol battle as an automobile
daahed down grade and smashed Into
the police station last night.
Bethel had arrested the pair when
he found their car full of furs and
Jewelry alleged to have been stolen
recently from a residence In the
Wfishiro district. Bethel ordered
Bayles to drive to the police station
while he rode In a rear seat with
Frohm.
Near the top of a hill, Bayles
turned and fired at Bethel who shot
Bayles through the head and then
killed Frohm when the latter at
tacked hint. Bethel was wounded In
the thigh.
A drug store clerk ran out and
Jumped to the wheel of the auto
when Bayles dropped dead. The
clerk guided the car through the
traffic but was unable to work the
brakes and It dashed Into the build
lng occupied by the police station.
WASHINGTON, June 26—Charles
W. Pugsley, of Lincoln, Neb., assis
tant secretary of agriculture for two
years, has presented his resignation
to Secretary Wallace and has ac
cepted the presidency of the South
Dakota College of Agriculture -and
Mechanical Arts, He will assume Ms
new duties Sept. W.
“TUT” DYNASTY HEIR TO WED MOVIE GIRL.
Maid
2Torm&*t<£
<$ iF^rirvce
liralvtm/
Peurl Shepard, u New York moving picture actress, In prlvuta
life Pearl Ginsberg, daughter of a furrier, has sailed for Europe. In
Egypt she will become the bride of Prince Mohammed All Ibrahim,
descendant of the Pharaohs, who declares he will forfeit his
lights to the Egyptian throne If necessary. The Prince, who has
been in America for several months, was seen often in Hollywood
with Mabel Normand, the Him actress.
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“CROAKERS IN CONGRESS" CALLED
TO TASK ON ALASKA RAILROAD BY
CONGRESSMAN FROM WASHINGTON
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U. S. Navy Band
! Coming North
With Harding
j SEATTLE, June 26. — The !
! United Staten Navy Hand, which i
came through the Panama Canal j
on the transport Henderson, will I
go to Alaska with President j
| Harding and his party.
The Henederson arrived at
! Bremerton Sunday night whore
it will be overhauled for the trip j
| to Alaska.
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DAVID RODGERS
DIES; OVER WORK
Wartime Shipbuilding Man
ager Wh« Made Record,
Passes Away in Seattle.
SEATTLE. June 28— David Kodg
srs, wartime manager of the Skinner
Eddy Shipbuilding Corporation, who
broke all record* in ship construc
tion, died during the night after h
long illness brought about by over
work during the war period.
David Rodgers was born 49 years
ago. In the last few years he at
tained a commanding position as
one of the greatest shipbuilders Iti
the world. He leaves a widow and
three sisters.
WASHINGTON, June 26—Secre
tary Weeks has authorized a survey
of the air route around the world
preliminary to a decision whether
the army air service will attempt
air circumnavigation of the gtabe.
SEATTLE, June 26.— Congressman
John F. Miller, of Seattle, told the
members of the King County Wo-|
man's Republic an Club at a luncheon
that “croakerH In Congress" predict
ing the Alaska Railroad would not
pay should remember the similar
prophesies respecting the Panama
Canal.
The canal last year earned $7,000,
000 profit, said Miller.
The party of Congressmen recent!®
touring the West and Alaska were
more impressed by Alaska and Seattle
than anything else they saw, said
Congressman Miller.
! The railroad last year lost about
$1,000,000 but the hope was expressed
that settlers will be attracted to the
railroad district and the loss will
eventually turned Into profit, con
cluded Miller.
Cleveland's Son Wed
By Bride’s Father
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. June 26 -Rich
ard Folsom Cleveland, son of the
late President. Grover Cleveland, and
Miss Douglass (Jailor have been mar
ried here. The ceremony was per
formed in St. Mary's Episcopal
Church by Bishop Thomas F. (Jailor,
the bride's father. Bishop Gallor Is
executive of the Episcopal Church of
America.
PORTLAND. June 26. -Steamships
flying the flag of the Mexlcun Re
public will begin making regular calls
at Portland, beginning in August,
said .1. Garza Zartuche, consul gen
eral of Mexico for the Pacific Coast
states, who has arrived on an In
spection tour of consular agencies.
These ships, said the Mexican repre
sentative, will provide refrigerator
service to bring early food products
north from Mexican producing cen
ters. Large amounts of timber, ce-j
in out. flour and other products of
the Northwest should be taken out {
of here for the Mexican portal
SCORE KILLED.
BY STORMS IN
MIDDLE STATES
Details Slowly Being Received
from Disaster Accom
plished Last Sunday.
ST. PAUL. June 26.—Detail* of
, last Sunday’s great storm are still
jmeagre but it is indicated nearly
| one score of deaths will be reported
and great property damage result
ed.
Six were killed, 12 seriously In
ured and five slightly injured within
Bowman and Eastern Adams Coun
ties, North Dakota.
Three were drowned at St. Paul
and one drowned near Huron.
One farm hand was killed near
Goodwin, South Dakota.
Several other deaths are reported
from various sections of Minnesota
and Wisconsin from drowning and
electrocutions.
The accidents are all attributed to
storms.
Many houses and barns have been
damaged and livestock killed.
STORM SWEEPING COUNTRY
TORONTO, June 26.—From this
City westward a severe storm swept
across the country last night Isav
ing a trail of wrecked buildings,
broken telephone poles, levelled
buildings and crippling lines of com
munications. Details of the damage
are meagre but It is expected prop
erty destruction will be reported
reaching into the mlllione of dollars
with possible loss of life.
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Alaska’s Copper
Production Shows
Large Increase
WASHINGTON, June 2#.—Alaska's
copper production Increased to such
an extent last year that the value
of the Territory's entire mineral out
put Increased $2,600,000 over the pre
ceding year, totalling $19,506,306, ac
cording to the Department of Interior
statistics.
The figures showed 3,000 men are
engaged In productive mining and
about 1,000 more engaged in prospect
ing and developing gold and copper.
Other minerals produced In the
Territory of Alaska since 1888 reach
ed a total value of $497,985,278.
The coppor production last year
was 39 per cent, greater than the
year before.
SOMETHING
IS STARTED
Personal Staff of Henry Ford
Puts New Light on Inci
dent in Savannah.
DETROIT, tJune 2«. -Members of
Henry Ford's personal staff declared
there Is no significance attached to
the letter to citizens of Savannah.
They said the quotation published
from the letter is not complete and
assert the letter stated that while
Henry Ford does not object to acti
vities! of this sort, neither does he
give them approval.
The matter was given quick atten
tion following the dispatch from Sa
vannah yesterday. The dispatch
stated that Savannah citizens en
dorsed Ford for President and Ford's
private secretary replied: “In view
of interest displayed, Mr. Ford can
have no objection to their further
activities in this direction.”
WOULD CONSIDER PRESIDENCY
DETROIT, June 26.—Henry Ford
would give serious consideration to
the offer of a Presidential nomina
tion by any responsible persons or
party before accepting or rejecting
it. said E. G. Llebold, Ford's General
Secretary. Leibold said however,
no such offer has been made. \
END OF ENGLISH BETTING
STILL SEEMS FAR OFF
LONDON. June 26.—The special
committee appointed to help the
Government decide whether it will
par to tax betting, hertf another
public sitting recently and exam
ined several police officials. Their
testimony was against it.