THE ALASKA. DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3200.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Resigns From School Board
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Dr. DeVighne Gives Reasons
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Too Many Meddling People
Dr. H. C. DeVighne, president or the Junoau Sehoo! Board, has re
signed, although he has another year yet to serve of his three-year term.
The resignation was presented at the last mooting of the Board, b-ul
was not accepted, but Dr, DeVHghne stated today that somebody must ac
cept it as he is "through."
“Life is too short to he bothered with meddling -persons," slid Dr
DeVighne today. "There are many ,n Juneau who know they ran run
tho schools, although they have never had any exp rionco. These persons
refuse to au-gp! any verdict c& the School Bond. They want just wh.it
they think they want regardless of the opinions of scores of others, or
the opinion of the School Board, wnoae membeis study closely all mittei
relating to the government at the school.
“Many parents consider only their own children, and are n it broad
enough to bear in mind that a public school is made up of all sorts and
conditions of children, consequently th'tir complaints and criticisms arc
many, often ridiculous, seldom progressive, generally personal.
“Tlir.re are many in Juneau who protest again it what they call the
self-perpetuating School Board,' which means that the two hold-over mem
bers constituting a majority, are in supreme autnority and come in for
criticism. Just new 1 happen to be one of the hold-overs. There is an
other member of the- School Board, whose term also expires at this time
In view of all this dissatisfaction, I believe that those who want to ran
tho school be given an opp. itunity, and for that reason I am resigning. so
two new members, constituting a majority, can be elected, providing, tho.o
aiming to control the school can docido among themselves whom they
should place on the Board.
“The 'faculty -in the Junoau, Public Schools is as good as that in any
other city of this size anywhere. The teachers have come to their positions
after years cf study and experience along elucaBional linos. They should
be helped instead of criticized. Parents should be broad enough to know
that the child is not always necessarily right. There used to be u time
when a child, pm 'shed in school for infraction elf the rules, would be
again punished upon arriving home, Ilf tho parents were acquainted with
the facta. Now it seems that the majority cf parents believe tl>;it the
child is always unjustly punished and -they proceed at once to find fault
with the school, instead of probing the circumstances.
“No sir! Life is too short to serve on a Board, where everyone wants
the administration to be to his or her personal liking. Let those who are
more capable than I of pleating everyone, run the schools of Juneau”
BELGIANS JAIL
SIXTY PERSONS
Germans in Occupied Area
Are Arrested by Var
ious Belgian Patrols.
ICUEiH. March 23.—Sixty persons
aro reported to have been arrested
by Belgian patrols at Gladbach and
Uottrcp on charges of possession of
•jopies of newspapers prohibited in
unoccupied Germany and which are
ortl'dden in the occupied zone. All
traffic between unoccupied Germany
and the Ruhr is iprohibited between
8 o'clock at night and 5 o’clock in
the morning.
President Harding Takes
Trip in Shinny Lizzie
DAVTONLA, March, 33.—While the
Pioneer stopped at TituswiUo 'for
gasoline, President Hurdling went
ashore an I took a notion to sop the
town. He h'.red a shiny new flivver,
with a driver, a voutli in khaki
tPouserR, flannel shirt and no hat.
The President climbed into the luck
seat with secret service men and
toured the place, later returning to
the Pioneer.
Rhineland Occupation
Bill Be Re-submitted
(PARIS. March 23.—The Allied dele
gates to the conference on the coal
at the AmerteansRhinoland army has
suggested a new payment plan. As
sistant Secretary of Treasury Wads
worth lias been handed this plan,
which will be transmitted to Wash
ington.
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CORPORATION ATTORNEY DIE8
CHICAGO, March 23.—William Witt |
Guerl.v. general counsel for the Chi-1
dago Surface Linos since 1914, and |
one of the best-known corporation'
attorneys In the United States, died
here of heart disease. He was born
at Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
LABOR UNIONS
STEPPED UPON
Efforts to Curtail Production
and Reduce Hours Fail
at Convention .
ROME, March 23. The Industry
'Section ad’ the International Chum
her of Commerce now in convention
here, after a warm debate, adopted a
resolution by the American delegates
directed against efforts of labor
unions to curtail production and re
duce hours of labor.
The resolution is designed to -pro
mote use by various countries of
available manpower in productive
pursuits rather than by -t indiug
armies.
Seven Indicted for
Attempting Big Fraud
iHHUU jADBLPl LI A, March 23. Mat
thew F. Griffin. former head of the
United States Secret Service of the
Philadelphia district, and six others,
have been indicted in tho Federal
Court charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the government. The plot was
to substitute water for whisky and
alcohol in a large shipment to Greece.
It Is alleged the conspirators could
have made $300,000 has the pi ins suc-j
ceedcd.
Trapped on Island
When Ice Jam Formed
SIOUX CITY, March 23. Arthur
Johnson was drowned anil five fain-;
flies were trapped on Betz Isl ind. Ini
the Missouri River, as the result of
rapidly rising water. Residents of
Sergeant Bluffs organized rescue
parties. An ice Jam caused the flood.
REPORT SEVEN DEAD
SIOUX CITY, March 23—Seven are
reported dead in the flood on the
Mis. ouri River bottoms, south of |
here, caused by Ice gorges forming, j
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MARBLE GAME RESULTS IN FIGHT;
ONE IS DEAD; ANOTHER IS IN MIL
'CJjARKiSBURtJ. W. Va„ March 23.
—'Spring weather, a game of marbles,
brother ipartHsanehlp and the feud
spirit erf the hills, combined to pro
voke another tragedy in Nicholas
County, details of which has reached
here from Summersville, ceun'y seat
of Nicholas county.
Robert Williams, 20 years old, is
dead, and Everott Tat w son. 2G, is In
the county >ail in Suimncrville.
The tragedy took place in Rich
wood. home olf the principals, one of
the few towns that dot the wilds of
Nicholas county.
bate in the aJtemoon John Daw
son, 1ft. and Isaac Williams, lfi, were
playing a game of marbles. A quar
rel arose. One of the hoys is said
too have accused the other of "hunch-1
injt.” The game wm abandoned and |
each carried his vorslon of the disa- j
greement to hiis older brother.
Robert WHiiamu and Everett Law
son took up the quarrel of the boys.
They agreed to "fight It out."
A few blows had been exchanged
without olther belligerent suffering
serious damage, when Williams land
ed a hard right that rent his antago
nist to the ground.
A< Williams waited for his adver
sary to rise. Lawson, according to the
cluster or spectators who hod gone
along to see the .fight, thrust a hand
into a hip pocket, and when It
emerged it clasped a revolver. He Is
pllege.d to have sent a bullet through
the other's heart
CABINET ROW IS LIKELY;
2 SECRETARIES AT OUTS
UPRISING OF
INDIANS MAY
SOON HAPPEN
Piutes of Utali and Other
Tribes May Shortly Go
on Warpath—Advices
SALT LA K K, March 23.—The po.s
edibility erf ;t general uprising in
Southeastern Utah of Phi tas and
other Indians, a -, the result <f the
Bland incident, is not believed re
mote, according to advices from va
rious souroeft.
The iuj'.-e :lifter the r ne-gad c
iPfutos is hot on the trail. It is
sadd that if the posse moots the
gang a struggle to death will ensue.
The Piutes have always resented
the coming of settlers and the whites
ar;' su.i l to be determined to forever
end the danger of Indian attacks.
Forrest Working
For Capitol Bldg.,
In Juneau
SBATTI.E. .VI arc It 23.—George K.
Forrest. .Jirnean business man. who
addressed the Ma rk i committee of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
yes'erday afternoon, deplored ihe lack
of a Capitol building at Juneau and
asked that Seattle continue offorts
t.o get a Federal appropriation for
the structure.
In thp course of his remarks, For
; rest said one Federal office for every
150 white citizens was in the Terri
itor.v. He tokl the eommltt ■ a he was
optimistic over the outlook in ail
sections of Alaska this y u1 nnd pie
diced that the coming summer would
sec many important developments and
projects.
George T Jackson, of Hyder, dis
cus :ed mining prospects. Ernest Kir
berger. fox farmer, said the industry
wits becoming stabilize I.
CULT LEADER
IS FOXY ONE
GRAND RAIM'UV March 23 -In
the trial of former ni8inbe:s to re
cover property. Mi *. Hazel Weurlh,
former High Priestess and preacher
of the cult of th? “.Israelite of thei
House of David. " testified 'that Benja
min Purnell, head of the colony in
Renton Harbor, honied 40 girls in
the basement of his home at Shiloh
when lie feared a visit by Federal
inspectors.
Mrs. Weurth said I’urnoll put)
men's coats, vests and trousers in
each of the girls' rooms to give the
Impression they had husbands living
with them.
PIONEERBURIED j
BY BOY SCOUTS
BUTTE. Mont.. March 23-Boy
Scouts of Butte gave burial lo John
Korn, one of the founders and the
last resident of 'Highland City, once
a prosperous placer camp in the
hills 10 miles south of here.
The aged pro.-poctor was found j
dead in his cabin, with h:u dog watch-j
5ng his body- It took a rescue party
20 hours to get idle body through the
snow to Butte.
When it was announced that no]
relatives of the old miner could be!
found, that he had no visible estate j
and that he would he buried at coun -
ty expense, the Boy Scouts took hold I
of tho situation. The summer camp]
of the 'Butte troops had been neari
Kern’s cabin and from him they had
learned wood lore. Contributions;
from the .boys raised the money for
a coffin and a burial fract. and eight |
Boy Scouts were pall-bearers.
EDITOR~TO*XlD HAYS
NEW YORK. March 23. -W.il I H.
Hays, executive 'president of til? Mo
tion Picture Manufacturers and Dis
tributors of 'America, announces tho
appointment of Arthur (Crock, editor
of the Eouisville Courier .Journal, as
an assistant. Mr. Kroc.k will begin
his duties in New York April 1, Mr.
Hays said.
KARLSRUHE IS SEIZED BY FRENCH TROOPS.
French troop* have seized K rw-ruhe in reppir-al for allied Sabotage in the area already occu
pied in the Ruhr. Karlsruhe is the capital of Radon . ml one t>r the nr t imp . mt manufacturing
cities in Germany. This photogr i|»h iiuwr. a scene in Karlsruhe taken from the former car-tie of tho
Grank Duke of Baden.
Beauty from Japan at
British Court.
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l^ro-C TaW-y? OWmofo '
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Mme. Tttke/.o Okamoto, wife of
M. Takazo Okamoto,* Firet Secre
tary of the Japanese Kmbassay, in
London, is the daughter of Haron
1 layasiii, the Japanese Ambassa
<(pr to (treat Britain. She Is
shown wearing her formal court
dress for presentation to the Brit
ish rulers.
HYDER MINE , !
OPTION SOLD
SBATTLE, March 23. -Maurice 1).;
Leoliey today announced the sale ofj
the option of the Daiy-Alaski Alines
Company property to H. S Denny, j
mining engineer of London. England.;
The property, developed by Bat!
Daly, with J. J. Kahn, of Vancouver, I
1!. is In the Salmon River valley, j
12 miles north of Hyder., extending!
to the Canadian line, where it ad
joins the Premier mine, which Daly,i
backed by R. K. O'Beiil, of Spokane, |
developed. j
The agreement provide- for oper-l
■utbon or for purchase at a Pout
$»:.o,ooo.
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T-T1 P:
Foster Planned /
To Start
1 Revolution in U. S.
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| ST. JOSEPH. Mich.. March Z\\.
‘ —Francis a Morrow, Department
1 of Justice agent, today testified
! in tho Wrlliam Foster trial, . I
that (Foster returned from Mas- i
I cow last year to start a pro- . j
gram *ir a revolution In the |
! Crtltod States j I
1 Morrow said Foster made ties j
' statement at. the Communist con
I vent ion held here last Rummer. I
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WOULD WIDE DEMONSTATION
IS PLANNED Bf COMMUNISTS
FR AN K FO RT-ON-M Al N, March 23.—Communist demonstrations will
be held in all countries of the world from April 15 to April 22 as part
of an international protest week program directed primarily against the
occupation of the Ruhr.
This is according to a resolution adopted by the International Com
munist Congress.
Demonstrations are also to be m de against the Versailles treaty, the
danger of war. and Fascism.
T
Battleship Iowa
Is Sunk by
Shell Fire
1 ABOARD IT. S. S. MARY '
j LAND. March 23. Thu old hat
| 'tleship Iowa, radio, controlled, 1
1 was sunk by shell fire from the
! s upe nil-cud naught Mississippi in
! the final phase of (ho extensive 1
j battle drills of the l a I ted States
rieet. |
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RUM RUNNER
IS ATTACKED
YANCOIVEH, B. C.. March 23,—
Fonner subchaser Truellla, which
cleared last Monday with 1.169 cases
of bunded liquor to lie delivered to
Polbampo. .Mexico, wi. sc/. • I yob tor
day by customs officers swooping
down in a seaplane as the boat, lay
in a cove. /
The offHceis allege many, par Itages
were broken and empty eases were
piled on the shore. Ind i/ations wero
that some of the cases bad been
burned. They marge ini ration to
reimport the liqu ir Into Canada
without payment of du'y. Tile bout
and cargo, which will lie forfeited if
the charges nr ■ .proven, is valued at
more th in $90.1kH).
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR
WANTS EARLY MARRIAGE
NEW LONDON. Conn. March 23.
American young people postpone mar
riage too long, according to Prof.
Benjamin R Andrews of the chair
of Household Economies. Teacher*
('Allege. Columbia University. Speak
fug before the students of the Con
necticut College for Women on "Our
Homes," Professoi Andrews said he
thought matrimonial liife should be
gin at about 23 to 23 years of age.
Professor Andrews urged parent
and children to cooperate to provide
an endowment Insurance policy for
both girls and boys that would ma
ture when the child is from 20 to
23 years of age so that young people
would start Ilf * with an assured in
come for both bride and groom.
Henry Ford Purchases
Kentucky Coal Lands
LEXINGTON. *K*y„ March 23 It
became known here today that Henry
Ford has bought 123.000 acres of
coal land along the Kentucky River
1n Clay and Leslie counties The
pries1 is understood to he between
ii2.onn.ooo nnd $20,.ono.nnn.
TWO TRAPPED
BT BUZZARD
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ItBNVEfl, .March 23. Trapped by
a blizzard near Black Mountain
Craig, Colorado, laut Tuesday, ,|akoI
! Sorr’i". homesteader. and his 14 yoar
i old daughter, penished They were
1 attempting to 'reach shelter by ding
ing to the backs of their helpless
lu r-iM, which they unharnessed from
their buck board. The bodies of the
two were found by a searching party.
Salvation of
Russia Must Come
From Inside; Hoover
NBW YORK, March 23. "It is a
hopeless illusion" that the flow of
money or business towards Russia
would follow recognition of the So
viet government by t.he United
States. Secretary of Commerce Hoov
er Bays in a letter received by (!.
V. Illbbmrd, assistant general secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A. International
committee.
Secretary Hoover declared that
iRussia's salvation must come from
tbo inside.
ROW IMPENDING
AMONG MEMBERS
OF THE CABINET
Secretaries Work and Wal
lace Differing on Many
Policies Before Them.
ALASKA DEVELOPMENT
BONE OF CONTENTION
Both Secretaries Coming
North to Study—Con
gress Will Get Facts.
SEATTLE, March 23.—A Seattle
Times dispatch from Washington,
D. C., says a Cabinet row is again
impending through apparently irre
conciliable differences between Sec
retary of Interior Dr. Hubert Work
and Secretary of Agriculture Henry
C. Wallace.
“Although warm personal friends,
the two secretaries hold entirely
fundamentally different views on
the development of public lands.
These differences are already be
coming pronounced.
Farming Opinions.
“Secretary Wallace has the firmly
and irrevocable fixed opinion that
the United States Iras an abundance
of farms and decidedly favors a
closed idea.
‘ Secretary Work has altogether a
contrary view and believes the more
fprms opened the greater will be
the prosperity of the nation as a
whole.
Alaska Mooted Issue.
“Besides the differences in views
on the question of farm lands the
two secretaries are widely at vari
ance on how Alaska should be de
veloped. Secretary Work is for op
ening up and Secretary Wallace
rather favors a strict governmental
control of all industries there, par
ticularly the timber industry.
To Study Alaska.
"Alaska is going to have a con
spicuous place in the limelight at
the next Congress and that is why
Prtsident Harding is planning p.
rip to the Territory. F;r the simi
reason both Secretary Work and
Secretary Wallace are figuring cn
visiting Alaska this summer. Each
wants to come back and give Con
gress the benefit of first hand in
formation."
Looks as if Liquor
Will Get Another Slap
CHRISTIANIA. March liit.—Thu
Lifting, section of the Sinorth
ins. lun adopted !i bill prohibition
he ivy wiiii'i. The bill ha.s been pie
viously ^approved by the Odelsthing.
UNEMPLOYMENT PEAK ON PACIFIC
COAST HAS BEEN PASSED; REPOST
SAN I'ltANCISCO. Cal.. March 23- !
- Tlie peak of unemployment through
out the Pacific Coist has been passed. j
according to J. A. Kelly, San Fran-1
.cisco, district dime tor of the employ
ment service. United States Depart
ment of Labor, in his report for Feb
ruary. made public here todav.N
The building industry continues to
flourish, the import says; Iron and
[steel, lumber and shipbuilding are
now fast approaching normal; while
[the opening of spring farm and orch
ard work has caused a noticeable re
! duct ion in the surplus of unskilled
| labor.
An abstract of Mr K#lly’s survey
of conditions in C ilifornia, Oregon
, and Washington follows:
California
"The ■’opening of spring farm and
I orchard work has caused a slight re
Idtiction In the unskilled labor sur
1 pins. This demand, however, can be
, met try local labor markets Many
■ tra.ns.ents are moving throughout the
I state, seeking employment. The
(lumber industry is, for the most part,
j operating to r apacity, and in some
(places overtime and night shifts are
| the rule. The building industry con
tinuos to flourish, especially in the
larger cities. A shortage of plaster
ers. plumbers and finish carpenters
Is reported. There Is a demand for
moulder', pattern makers and ma
Llilniists. Decided improvement is re
ported in the Sau Joaquin Valley oil
fields. Shipyards have added con
Riderablv to the number of their em
ployes. but are operating chiefly oa
repair work.
Oregon
“Despite heavy raius and snow,
lumber production is fast approaching
normal, r ills for help are beginning
to come from agricultural districts.
Unemployment is confined chiefly to
commercial and unskilled lines. Near
ly .ill industries are operating. A
large building program will follow
(lie winter season
"The peak of unemployment was
reached in February. Indications
point toward early absorption of all
idle, except in commercial work.
Building programs uro being outlined
in all the I irger cities. March will
again see operation of logging camps
and inland mills, far shortage la
confined to a few localities only.
Optimism prevails in every quarter.”