THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
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VOL. XXII., NO. 3297.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
NEW GERMAN DEBT MOVE BLOCKED
Harding is now Within 150 Miles of Arctic Circle
HARDING HAS
REACHED END
I OF RAILROAD
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Arrives at Fairbanks, Farthestj
Northern Point Ever
Reached by President.
TAKING RIDTtODAY OUT
OVER RICHARDSON TRAIL
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Presidential Party Will Re
turn to Seward Over
Government Railroad.
FAIRBANKS, July 16.—Somewhat
fatigued ty the 400-mile trip into
Interior Alaska and tearful of lowj
water fer the eteamer in the Tan-,
ana River, President and Mr*.
Harding, shortly before noon today, j
called off the contemplated 90-nuh
trip over the Richardson Trail and
instead will return dirmtly to Sew
ard from here, leaving this after
noon.
FAIRBANKS, July 61.—(By the
A&eociated Pres9.) —..lust before his
arrival here last night, President
Harding told members of bis party
that the rail trip, Seward to Fair
hanks, had given him a new vision
of Alaska. He said he had been
impressed not only by the match
less scenery but by the wonderous
possibilities of the great valley re
gions?, heavily forested and covered
by luxuriant vegetation, wild grasses
and bright flowers, pink, blue and
deep purple.
President Harding has reached a
point farther north than any Ameri
can President and with his arrival
here Sunday night be was within
160 miles of the Arctic Circle. His
arrival marked the end of two and
one-half dayR' ride over the Alaska
Railroad.
Makes Short Trail Trip.
Having reached the northern end
of steel tjje President proposed today
to go further into interior Alaska
by autonioblle. About the time peo
ple in New York and Washington
are having dinner tonight and the
people of the west are qutting work!
for the day, President and Mrs.
Harding and a portion of their
party will start from here on an
automobile trip of 90 miles over the
Richardson Trail to McCarty on the
Tanana River. The ride will take
five hours.
It was originally intended the
Presidential party Bhould go over!
the trail 320 miles to Chltlna and
there take a train on the Copper
River & Northwestern Railroad to
the port, of Cordova, but the trip
was abandoned, as there is a possi
bility of it being too' strenuous,
much to the regret of Mrs. Harding
who has been urging the trip. As
now planned, the party, on reaching
McCarty, will go aboard the river
steamer Oen. Jacobs and steam down
river to Nenana where Tuesday
evening it will board the train for i
the 24-hour return trip to Seward.!
Secretary Wallace and U. S. Forester j
Greeley, however, will make the en-!
tire trail trip.
Arrived Last Night. |
The Presidential party arrived i
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University of Texas May
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Become Rich Through Oil!
AUSTIN, Tex., July 1« —Students
and officials of the University of
Texas, who for several years have
dreamed of extensive improvements
for the school may have their dream
fulfilled .by the magic of oil. A $6,
000,000 Improvement program has
been outlined for some time. The
board of regents has taken steps to
obtain loans for the improvements,
but it was not until a tew weeks ago
that hope developed for other sourc
es of rbvenne.
. It is admitted by university offi
cials that should a producing oil
field be opened on the school's
land in West Texas it probably would
be one of the richest schools In the
nation. Reports of a gusher in Rea
gan County were made recently, but
it rettainsfbf the field to be proven.
University officials' are reluctant to
WHITE HOUSE LAWN LOOKS LIKE BATTLEFIELD.
ii
^The front yard of the White House, ill VfJUhington, lgoks like
a battlefield these days, with trenthes running in eVef-y direction.
It is only the work of plumbers, who are digging openings for new
pipe lines, while the President an i Mrs Harding are away.
YUKON LIQUOR
BEING HELD-UP
Matter Is to Be Brought to
Attention of President
Harding, Says Black.
VANCOUVER, B. C„ July 16.— ,
The fact that *100,0(10 worth of
liquor consigned to the Yukon Is
held up here because the United
States refuses a permit for It to be
transported across the panhandle
strip in Alaska will be brought to
jlie attention of President Harding
during his tour. This is the state
ment of George Black, member of
the Canadian Parliament from the
Yukon, who is hero enroute to Daw
son.
Noice at Nome; Going to
Rescue Marooned Men
NOME, July 16.—.Harold Noice ar
rived at Nome yesterday on the
steamer Victoria from Seattle en
route to Wrangell Island to rescue
Allen Crawford and assistants who
have been marooned there two
years. Noice said he would char
ter a boat here and proceed to
Wrangell Island regardless of any
obstacles. He believes the Canadian
government later may Tielp finance
the trip but so far Stefansson Is the
only financier.
Salesman Robbed of
$200,000 in Jewels
DETROIT, July 16.—L. Leudan,
jewelry salesman, was held up Sat
urday night at the door of hlB room
In a hotel and robbed of jewels
valued at $200,000.
express themselves regarding the
probable Income of the school from |
the field. On returning from an in
spection or the Santa Rita well which
has caused much discussion. Dr. J. A.
Udden, head of the university geol
ogy department, declared that pros
pects are favorable for a producer,
although he would not hazard a guess
as to the value of the field. All per
mits on the University block have
been taken up as a result of the
Santa Rita prospects.
The state university holds title to
72 sections of land in the Reagan
county district. The income of the
ftnd under the state law. Is used for
permanent improvements. The state
legislature probably would make pro
vision for other uses in rase a large
income Is derived.
| Gridiron Club Holds
Farthest North
' Meeting at Fairbanks
(By Associated Press.) •
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 16. J
j —The Gridiron Club, the Nation- ;
' al Capital’s famous organization .
of newspaper correspondents, |
held the farthest north meeting
in its history at midnight, Sun- ,
day in the "Land of the Midnight |
Sun,” 150 miles from the Arctic j
Circle.
Eight members of the club from j
among the newspaper correspon- !
dents accompanying President i
i Harding on his Alaska trip, gath- I
j ered at the Tanana Club with
| Scott C. Bone, former Washing
1 ton newspaper man and now Gov
{ ernor of Aiuska. The meeting
I was thus participated in hy near
j ly one-fifth of the club's mem- j
bershtp of 50.
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HOT TIME IN
PHILIPPINES
Secretary of Interior Resigns
and Reported Others Are
to do Same Thing.
MANIIjA. July 16.-The Philip
pine political fights were reopened
yesterday with the resignation of
Secretary of the Interior J. P. laur
els. According to reports in official
circles, all other secretaries under
Governor General Leonard Wood
have also notified him they Intended
to quit.
Laurel's resignations was filed as
soon as Gov. Gen. Wood ordered the
reinstatement of Ray Conley, of tho
Federal Secret Service office, who
was recently cleared of charges of
bribery preferred by Laurel.
Mayor Fernandez, of Manila, to
day added to the political complica
tions by handing in his resignation
as a protest against the reinstate
ment of Conley.
Two Irish Republicans Are
Deported from Australia
SYDNEY, July 16. — Two Irish
Republicans, Father Michael O'Lan
agan and Sean O'Kelly, arrested
here in April on charges of sedi
tious activities, were deported on
the Mongolian today bound for Lon
don via India.
Fast Train Is Derailed;
Three Trainmen Killed
SALT LAKE. July 16. — Three
trainmen were killed and other per
sons injured, several seriously, when
a locomotive and three cars of the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake passenger
train were derailed and overturnad
near hear last night.
PRESIDENT AND
SECRETARY WORK
LAUD COL MEARS
President Drives Golden
Spike—Lauds Builders of
Alaska Railroad.
(By Associated PreM.)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. .nBy 1C. —
Splendid tributes to Pol. Frederick
Mears by President Harding and Sec
retary Work marked the ceremony
of driving the golden spike formally
completing the Alaska Railroad at
the north end of the great steel
bridge across the TaiumaRiver uear
I by Nenana late Sund#r. The Presi
dent's address was brief in Which he
said he was happy to thus honor
such monumental engineering work
and paid a tribute not only to Co
Mears but also to the others connect
ed with its construction.
The ceremony was presided ove'
by Secretary Work as head of thf
department under which the road was
built and is now operfj ing. The spike
driven by the President was that
presented by the^citl^ns of Anchor
age to Col. Mears whjj sent aft north
for the occasion. »
Marks Frontier Pasting.
In opening the ceremony, Secre
tary Work said:
"Representing the Government de
partment which was charged with
supervising the construction of the
Alaska Railroad, It is a pleasure t<
report its completion. No one would
have cwifbcUirnjJ the project
waB entered upon that the Nation’s
Fhlef Kxecutive, himself, would drive
the golden spike. This simple cere
tnony and this spike become histori
cal.. They complete and dedicate
to public service 473 miles of com
merclal highway and mark the pass
Ing of the last frontier.
"Mr. President, these steel hands
you Join will almost connect the Pa
cific Ocean with, the Arctic Ocear
through the Yukon river. From this
great waterway will come travelers
and traffic and exchange the products
of this new principality with thosr
older countries."
Praises Col. Mears.
"Speaking for hardy workmen wh<
suffered cold and defied death, 1
present the work their hands have
wrought. It means more than wood,
stone and steel, although fabricated
with consummate skill into bridges
and tunnels and towers. It means
domination of the natural elements
and Is a monument to pioneers am’
a tablet to unconquered American
courage.
"|t has been said that every great
achievement is but the shadow of a
rnan. This great builder has wover
himself into the fabric of this great
railroad and enshrined in the hearts
of the people of Alaska the name of
Frederick Mears. Fifty-six million
dollars were expended by him In a
wild country with little supervision
but without avoidable error. In trib
ute to your executive cooperation and
your sympathy witli the hopes o'
Alaskans, Coi. Mears wishes you te
drive the golden spike presented to
him by the people of Anchorage, and
drive the tie that binds Alaska's com
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Former IQondiker, Pioneer
01 Seattle, Passes Away
SEATTLE, July 1«.—C. M. Mono
han. Seattle pioneer, died yesterday
afternoon at the home of his brother
Lee Monohan, at Renton. He lived
In Alaska aifll the Yukon Territory
for a number of years going north
during the Klondike rush. „
Five Germans iTry to
Yank Down French Flag
LEIPSIC, July 16.—'Five Germans
who said they oould not tolerate
seeing the French tricolor wave here
Bastlle Day, were caught lasooing
the flag on the staff at the French
Consulate intending to yank 1t down.
They were arrested.
Hearst Purchases Paper
In Rochester, New York
ROCHESTER, N. Y.. July 16.—
William R. Hearst has purchased the
Rochester Pos.-Express which will
be merged with the Evening Journal
it is announced.
HER DIVORCE COSTS HER $100,000.
It cost Mrs. Joseph 8. Wilson, of Chicago, .f 109,00ft'to gftt a
divorce In Nevada. Her father, the late Charles W. Ford, J'real
dem of tuc Konwood .National bonk 01 Chiestgo, set aside a fust
fund of that sum for her. the Income to he paid 'lier so* long as
aho remained married and lived with her husband .
LION'S SHARE OF HUGE RUM
PROFITS GOES TO SYNDICATE
McAdoo Says Ford
Can Run in American
Free-for-All
CHICAGO. July 16 — William j
| G. McAdoo, enroute to New |
t York, last Saturday night said |
; he saw no reason why Henry
| Ford should not run for the
I Presidency adding:
“The Presidential race is a
i great American free-fro-all.” |
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HARVEST FIELD
STRIKE COMING
l. W. W. of Northwest Plan to
Stage Five Day Pro
test Walk-out.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 16. — The
Industrial Workers of the World
contemplate a five day demonstra
tion against farming in the North
west which will "make the wheels
stand still" during the harvest ac
cording to Charles Gray, Secretary
of the Agricultural Division of the
organization.
GVav said, "the demonstration is
for the purpose of seeking the re
lease of political prisoners.”
The demonstration will be held
about the middle of September.
Auto Plunges Of!
Embankment; 2 Dead
WAU>AC9£, Ida , July 10.—Marry
M. English, fighter of Kellogg, and
William McKinley, hardware mer
chant of Kellogg, went over the
embankment at Heller's Park yes
terday afternoon. Three other occu
pants of the automobile were slight
ly Injured.
Plane’s Engine Stops;
Two Aviators Are Killed
VENICE, Cal., July 16.—Herbert
Wilson and Cecil Coates, aviators,
were drowned in the ocean yester
day afternoon when their engine
failed at an altitude of 200 feet
and their seaplane glided into the
water. .They were strapped to their
seats and unable to free themselves.
L)KTR01T, July 16. — Certain 1
powerful Interests control the avail
able supply of beer and liquor on
the Canadian side and the big money
is made there, according to the rum
runners who operate the tiny boats
which chug across ihe river here
with tlielr cargoes of Illicit bev
erages.
According to these operators, this
('syndicate” or “system” us It Is
termed, qell at prices which permit
the runners and American bootleg
gers a comparatively small margin
of profit.
Thus, says these rutinem. the
large profit® In the rum running
across the Detroit River are a thing
of the past. barge profits, they
maintain, stllb are being taken In
the liquor smuggling business, but
the business has progresoed and
: been systematized until only those
vho control the traffic and crack the
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Premier Baldwin Finding
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Publicity New Experience
LONDON. July 16.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —- Stanley Baldwin,
Britain’s new pilot of the Ship of
Stato. lias won the admiration and
goodwill of all clauses by his simple,
unostentatious manner ahd his out
standing human qualities. He Is es
pecially popular among the British
land American newspaper men, who
have found him approachable and
unfailingly courteous. He has none
of the aloofness, tho superior man
ner or severe pride of position which
one is apt to associate with prime
ministers.
The journalists’ fondness for the
premier is reciprocated by Mr. Bald
win, for he realizes that his sudden
rise to fame is due In no small meas
ure to the sympathetic attitude
adopted hy them toward him
At a recent, banquet given hy the
British newspaper men ip his honor,
Mr. Baldwin said: “I am conscious
more than ever how the creation of
a reputation really Is your preroga
tive and your prerogative alone.
I Whatever reputation I may have to
ld ay I beg to thank you for it from
I the bottom of my heart."J
The prime minister (referred to
; some of the remarkable dualities at
tributed to him by the British and
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FRENCH BLOCK ,
NEW MOVE ON '
REPARATIONS
Premier Poincare Makes An
| nouncement Regarding Late
i Proposal of British.
DECLARES FRANCE WILL
INSIST ON OLD TREATY
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French Government Declares
it Is Through Making
Germany Concessions.
SENLIS, France. July 16.—Pre
Imif.r Poincare proclaim* that the
Fiench Government is unalterably
opposed and will reaolutely stand for
the complete execution of the Ver
sailles peace treaty with the German
debt at 132,000,600,000 (fold marks
as agreed upon by the Allies at the
London conference.
Premier Poincare also declared the
French Government is against any
international financial committee to
leplace the reparations committee.
The French Premier said France
has finished making: concessions to
Germany and is through temporizing
with that country.
This is considered to be the
French Government’s preliminary
answer to the British position with
regard to the occupation of the
Ruhr.
SETBACK TO NEGOTIATIONS.
LONDON. July 16.—British hopes
of assuming the Allied leadership
In negotiations for a reparations set
tlement with Germany are consid
ered boro as having been given a
Berious setback because of Poincare’s
speech at Senile.
Some British officials, however,
are not so sure the situation Is os
gloomy us the news from Paris seems
tj Indicate.
Mayor and Conncilmcn
Have Quarrel; 3 Killed
MEXICALI, Lower California, July
16.—Mayor Juan Loera, of Mexi
cali, and 14 of his adherents, all
heavily armed, are barricaded today
In the City Hal! where Saturday
night, In a personal quarrel, three
were killed and 20 wounded. The
wounded included the Mayor and
two Councilmen.
SEATTLE, July 16.—Janies, aged
7, and William, aged 6. sons of
William H. Paxton, prominent Wal
la Walla businer-s men were drown
ed while wading the shores on Lake
Washington yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Paxton bad left them for a
few minutes and they waded Into
deep water following their top sail
ing boat.
1 American newspapers, which he said'
It was impossible to live up to.
‘‘I have noticed in my brief car
eer in public life," said he. “that
some men like the limelight and
some do not. I have always found
that wherever the limelight Is
brightest thero is always a corres
ponding black shadow close to it.
land I have hitherto been able to step
Into that shadow whenever the lime
I light was turned on. But I Bnd
1 now that I cannot escape it. I feel
I very much like a small insect under
•i microscope. Everything that I do
or think or say is laid bare.
“I notice lately that certain per
severing papers have succeeded In
i dragging from obscurity ray father's
1 coachman and my old nurse. I am
| (liaukful to say that the revelations
| they 'have succeeded in dragging
I from them are such as not to blast
| my career yet. I have read the most
| amazing things about myself, pro
l flciency in arts to which I have
never aspired, and Ignorance of some
things of which I thought I had
borne knowledge. The unkindest ctit
of all was in the Nation, where , „
someone said-my schoolmaster tpld
me I had - nobralpa." . \J('. '