THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
VOL. XXII., NO. 3239.
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENT&
CHINESE BANDITS DEMAND OVER
MILLION DOLLARS RANSOM MONEY
CLAIMS PUBLIC
IS SUPPORTING 1
WORLD COURT
President Harding Declares
Membership in World
Court Is Now Certain.
lATLAlNTA, May 8.—•'‘Tile national
!h«art, cnnsdence and Judgment are
ail Ike enJUited 'in the movement for
American adhere nee to the World
Court," land "attainht these we need
never Ifeiar that aay apposition w'il
prWa.il," President Hkmling declared
In a Muter read ajt the mid-biennial
Ootmoil of the Generali Federation of
■Women's Clulbs.
Tlie President continued:
“NMt 'Since I have been President
ihas there bedn in connect ion with j
any great question of public policy
do impressive a denomination of sub
aftiaitt Sally unified public cooperation."
ELECTION IS
ON TODAY IN
QUEEN CITY
Councilmen Are Being Chos
en—Other Matters Before
People at Polls.
SEATTLE, May 8.—Voters are to
day elec1 ling throe counetlmen, two
mdmlbers otf fiho sc'hiolol board, a port
Ooirtmissilaner and corporation coun
ald.
The rotors aro passing also upon
ftva propositions, inoluding a $500,000
bond isisuo for constructimg a bridge
leading no the University of* Wash
ing.jn stadium; purchase o-f the 20
aicre Jt'.e of the Skinner-Eddy Cor
tjtofaltiion to be liv'd for public porl
dwedotpmemt; authorization to use
$93,000 -wotih of bonds originally vot
ed for the Smith Cove improvement
liar tihe ipurlahlawe of the Skinner-Eddy
plant site; bond issue of $750,000 for
sdbool buddings, and an extra levy
df three mills Per school buildings.
iln'terous't tins centered about the
iSlrtnm ar-Ectdy purchase, which has
aPoused a hot fight, the Tax League
Warmly orrosiing the proposition.
flihreo ootxncllitnen are being ehosen
flpom the POllowiLng six wiluo were suc
Ceaslful in the April primaries:
lOQiver T. Erickson. incumbent;
Robert. Hesketh, incumbent; S. E.
Rath bum, ifomvor city treasurer;
Philip Tindall, Ineumlbent; Claire S.
Colcgi'ove, restaurant man. and J. E.
latcivondon. former official of the
Qaimien's Union.
iT. J- L. Kennedy wias nominated I
WcftlporaMon counsel without opposi
tion in the April primaries.
25 WOBBLIES
ARE DEPORTED
(BONNERS FeAiRY, Idaho, May 8.
—An oUttdiatlly organized citizens'
doammlttlee seized 25 alleged Wobblies
totdaiy and deported them across the
Montana line 10 miles distant.
The imen promised never to return
across the (boundary
The onmimMt.ee comprised 20rt busi
ness men 'and vdtierans, emp.oyees
of the Bonners Ferry Cumber Com
pany. They organized tor thy an
nounced ipurpcse of preventii.g tne
WMbbUes imUkimg Bonners Ferry »ro
Northern Idaho headquarters.
GOVERNMENFS III
SUGAR CASE II
NEW YORK, May 8.—The Circuit
Court Of Aippoals has taken under
advisotnont the Federal government's
tpettltion for u temporary injunction to
TiejttraJn the Now York Coffee. Sugar
Enchlangc and Clearing Association
tfno™ trading 'in raw sugar futures un
lees backed up 'by actual ownership
apd .'tontml of the coirnnorilty.
“JUST MRS. NORRIS,” SAYS $38,000,000 BRIDE.
ffirr 5? Ife°. J/& 'Worri & ^
'I’Tiat ’’CTafe's heTress” won’t go any more, folks. The former
Miss Dolloru Angell, who inherited the $38,000,000 estate of .John
VV. (“Bet a Million”) Gates, wants the world to know that she is
Mrs. Lester Norris, housewife, now. She said so when she arrived
at her $B0 a month home on Main Street, St. Charles, Illinois, with
her new husband, a Chicago commercial artist, wiiose father is a
St. Charles undertaker. A| »
FOREST SERVICE CHIEF RECEIVES
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
WASHINGTOX. n. C.. .May S. Col
oni 1 WSWiaim B. Gr-colcy. chief of the
Forced Service, U. S. Department o
Api'Jeult'ure, racedved the Distinguish
ed Scrv'ico Medal from the War Do
■partment on Aipril 25 for exception
ally meritorious* end (Uftlivgiu'sdiec
services during the World W.'r. Col
on el Grooloy, who war with the Per
eat Engineers in France from August
1917, to July, 1919, a!so has received
the UogCon of Honor from the French
government and the Distinguished
Service Order from Great Britain.
The citation accompanying tlie con
ferring of the Distinguished Service
M. M mentioned Colonel Greeley's
long service with the American force-*
in France, where from June, 1918,
to July, 1919. Colonel Greeley super
vised the operations of all forestry
trtoopn in France.
Mr. E. A. Sherman, Associate For
ester of the United State*. In a state
ment given out -today eailled attention
to the faot 'that by a singular coinci
dence Colcnci Grocilev received his
decoration from the War Department
during Forest Protection Week
"It is more than fitting that Col
oncJl Grealoy's services to his countrj
in war times should be emphasized
till rough the bestowal of the Dtstln
guMhed Service Medal during Forosll
-Protection WeOk. in the success ol
whidh (ho is so deoply interested. 1
am cure that but few men, if any
have done more to ‘advance foroJtrj
in this country th .n (hilond Greeley
who as head of the PoreSt Service It
no less figihtinK 'for his country in
ifi'gshiting for conservation of our* for
osits than he was -in those stirring
days of 1917 and 1918.”
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5,000 Churchmen Are
Held Prisoners
I Of Soviet Russia
RIGA. May 8.—The Soviet J
j prisons iin Runt)la contain more
than. 2,0,00 onthodwx priests and j
] luishaps as well a-s 3,000 priests i
of other ootrfoasions and laymen j
in -prison for religious reasons, ;
it Is said tn Soviet circles.
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Permits Convicted Man
To Move for New Trial
VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 8.- At
torneys for George E. Whitfield, yes
terday utonvicted dt the murder of
ll-tvear-oid Anna Nosko. were today
given until nexit Monday to file a
•motion If or a new trial.
JUNCTION IN
NDER ADVISEMENT
Eli Moorhouse Takes
His Life in Wenatchee
WENATCHEE. Wash., May 8.--EH
Moorhouse. prominent public account
'ant of 'Seattle, who wits hero at
tending the 'blossom festival, com
mitted suicide. The motive has not
Iboran determined.
BREAK-UP ON
■ YUKON IS NEAR
Ice Reported Breaking in
Number of Places—push
ers Have Hard Trip.
DAWSON, May 8.—Tiie ire In the
! Yukon River |3 reprttted breaking at
;'a nmntbr.r of piwas and navigation
(Is exported to bo open Wltjhin a fort
night.
The Klondike River ripened Sunday
but the main river hare is fitill hold
ing but may break within another
iveok.
Tbo -last mushern over 'tihe Ice are
arriving, reporting hazardous exper
'cnees.
F. (’. Dunlap. F. R. Galttls and J.
Gndmnndifton, for Faiinhanks, rcipoirt
they broke ihranch Ithe ice several
I times.
Second Man on Battleship
Dies from Scalds Received
SAN PBDRO. Cal,, May 8.—Joseph
Soloman. 'fireman, has died as the
result of wakis received hare Satur
jdray w.hon the steam, evaporating plant
Ion the battteohlp Now York exploded.
1 Til is iis the second death. Five oth
ers 3tv in serious eopdillon
France to Demand Reparations
From Germany be Paid in Full
'PARIS, May 8. -One of (He high
‘ nat spokesman of the French govern
i ment revealed today that the Franco
I Bert g tan reply to Germany link a the
i question of reparations with that ot
title I rat era Hied debts of a total oi
133.,000.000,000, gold marks fixed It
1921 by the Allies as Germany's in
ddhtednesa.
'France demands 'her share of tin
j irhedtil.t 1 payments of 50,000,,000,bD(
'marks or 26,000,000.000 to be gill wit!
as tire minimum Hoi in addition such
liart of tihe remainiirT 80,000.000,00(i
gold mark® as correspond to the
sums aisked 'by her in payment at
war detbts to the United States and
Grelait Britain.
The spokesman Mid that If the
United States would reduce any par;
of her war debt then France Is ready
to reduce 'in proportion so. much of
her share of 80,000,000,000.
HONOR CANNON
ON BIRTHDAY;
GIVES_ ADVICE
“Uncle Joe” Gives Message
to People—Says Support
Your Govttyitfnent.
(DANVILLE, till., May 8.—"Uncle
Joe" Cannon received an official wel
came home when 'his fellow towns
Imcn eelribr.ited tils 87tih birthday and
ibis ratram from bis final session in
Oongresw. He issued a. massage, con
| chiding with:
I “Oif'en you will teal ithat you de
I'tect a great unaasinasB, an unrest, a
threatening undercurrent in this gov
I ernmerat. This is neither now nor
unusual. I have learned America
j must rise to meat hor iprrtbloms. Have
j faith iin ywur govamvmerat. Your t'at.h
-arts showed f.tilth. Work and support
'tihe government. Have faith and
r.'ihit will prevail "
Tariff Commission
To Start Big Probe
WASHINGTON, May 8.—The -tar
Iff ciotmm'js'i-Oon gave evidence today
of intention to go ahead as rapidly
| as poas'Me -with investigation to de
termine whetther 'tihe rates of the new
tariff aTe equi aitlo. It is said the
conn m l™sii«n pi ins lo send agents
abroad to obtain data for foreign
production trad do St-s an which li
base reports ftp the President.
jP. 0. Inspectors
After Big Gang
Of Forgers
NEW YORK, ivfay T—Post Office
inwpeutars ihave bean sent out or
the t'r'aiil of a band of forgers whe
sent over the woek-eind nearly lOf
chocks isiKgrogintlng more than $1,000.
000. actioni'panieid by Large orders of
stock (Irani ibrokers of New York.
PlhilliideilphIJa, Boston and Chicago.
Destroyers to Come to
Alaska with President
J>OS ANGEOBS, May 8—The bat
tle iflee't here Is making preparations
to escort President Harding's vessel
on the Alaska trip during the sum
mer. The destroyer division No. 36,
including the Gerry. Hull, McDottagh,
Frane. Holt. Sumner and Melvin will
profbaibly be seieicted.
i Progressives
Start Presidential
I Boom for Borah
I - i
I NEW YORK May 8. -The I
J executive eamuirMc® c*f "48" has
I pawed a resolution ewliiirg upon
I Uniited States 'Senator William \
I E. Borah to -be Progresdve can
1 dldn-te for Provident next year.
1 J. A H. Hopkins, executive 1
! ohuJmrtan, has been named chair- j
I union of the campaign committee. I
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! THAYER AND MRS. PRINCE NOT YET WED.
— rfv
79V Miss*. ce. 1
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lic.'pite reports lrotn Europe That Mrs. Tlardinn Prince, daugh
ter of VV I’ G. Harding, head of the Federal Reserve Bank, of
Boston, had lieen married, in Franco, to K. V. It. Thayer, Chair
man of the Board of Directors of the Slut/. Motor Car Company,
both denied it when they returned to Now York on the same
steamer, though they would not deny they intended soon To bo
married. Mrs. Prince secured a divorce ,iu Paris, from Frederick
Prince, noted Boston society man and war hera.
| SUIT FOR LARGEST SUM EVER
; SOUGHT IN COURT FILED TODAY
] Alaska Court
| Sentence Upheld
> | By High Court
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| | SAX lARAXOHSOO, May S. - .
| j The Sim Prim im Circuit Court 1
j i of Ai;::> ul li im iFfinnod the con- ;
: I vdetjr a i J. B. S urp-on, uf Ke:- j
I clkk-'n, Altask i, charged with at- j
■tem/i■' to transport !i<|iior from I
I Bri-i! It Columbia in tiro gaabout I
Sylph. Simpson »m sentenced
| i:o ono year in prison arid fined
)' $1,000.
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MAN WANTED
IN MYSTERY
I IS ARRESTED
Leader of Freshmen in Class
Rush of 1921 at N. W.
University Is Found.
CHICAGO. May 8. 3. Allen Mills,
fro mir.-nan of the North western Und
vors’i)y in 1021. the student who or
ganized 'the claws rush hold on the
Any Leighton Mound disa.ppmred, has
been found and is under arrest at
Akron, Ohio.
A grand Jury has Started investiga
tion of 'the mystery.
Mount's 'body was found las! week
ur. ler a dock at Kva.nston.
! Minnesota Mines
1 Must Pay Large
! Sum in Back Taxes
• 'ST. PAUL. May 8 Approximately
$5,000,000 (back taxes from minimi
ertmpanies operating in Minnesota
can be collected, according to a de
Melon made by the United State*
Supreme Court, upholding the statf
(law faxing 6 per cent, gross earning
y«f one niin-ed In the state.
WASHINGTON. May S. The Great
j Sioux Nation has tiled suit against
(the government Tor $700,000,000 in 40
i counts under the treaties ot ’51 and
I ’68. it is alleged millions of acres
I of land were IlidegMHy taken from the
Indlanet. The suit is said to in
I volve the largest sum ever sought ia
I courts.
Luther Burbank Festival
Will Be Held on May 17
I SANTA ROSA. Gal., May 8. Two
I hundred thousand carodlepowT of
electric light w.ll be turned louse on
the pageant which will be a part of
the Rurbink Golden Jubilee and
Sonoma County Prune Festival here
May 17 20, inclusive. This Is the
anittnincotni nt of Richard K. Sibley,
‘ft director, who has arrived hero
'o supervise construction of sets for
he pageant, and to bo in general
rfhargp of the work Incidental to the
itaging of the festival
I
GOTHENBURG EXPOSITION IS TO BE
OPENED TOMORROW BY SWEDISH KING
(iOTHKN'HI’RO. Sweden, May 8.—
(By Associated I’r-.'si.l The Tercen
tennial Jubilee Kxposlllnn in Gotihen
burn will opon tcmorrow with gala
festivities which the King of Swedeu
*nd either mam ben-u of Lite royal fane
■ly are expected to attend This ex
oar.ition, which celebrates the 300th
inniveiK.iry of the foundtns of the
etty of (Sot h enbtirg by the famous
w«rr tor-klng, Guutavna Adolphus, has
been in pretpu nutton for a number of
veil" It will present exhibits of
Swfil. ;!i i| velopment. in Industry jud
conunnree, science and odueiitlon, art
and literature.
The iffrirt note in the festal open
ntt tomorrow will be sounded by the
church hol-lu nhlming throughout the
(dty at 7 In the morn ins The royal
•ruin from Stockholm ir> expected to
irrtve at 7:30. Two hours later there
will be Ta Dount services In all of
tilio elnin-hethe cathedral betas re
sarvrd for the royal party and in
vfted guest*. At 11 o’clock the royal
procession arrives at Ous'af Adolf?
I
BANDITS BEAT
WOMEN TAKEN
IN BIG RAID
(First Eye Witness Gives De
tails of Hold-up of Train
by Chinese Bandits.
FIFTEEN FOREIGNERS
STILL HELD CAPTIVE
Bandits Demand Large Sum
for Ransom — Chinese
Troops Continue Chase
BULLETIN—SHANGHAI. May 8.
—The Chinese bandits who raided
the express train capturing a large
party of passengers, demand 2,000,
CCO dollars Mexican money for ran
rom. This is according to a report
in official circles. In American
money this means the ransom is
over $1,000,000.
FOREIGNERS HELD.
SHANGHAI, May 8.—The follow
ing is believed to be a complete
list of foreigners held by- the
Suchow train bandits:
AMERICANS.
Major Roland Pinner, of Manila.
Roland Pinner, Jr.
Major Robert Allen, of Manila,
formerly of Tacoma, Wash.
Robert Allen, Jr.
F. Freidman. of Shanghai.
J. B. Powell, of the Weekly Re
| view of Shanghai.
Lee Solomon.
P. A. Henry, of Shangai.
OTHER NATIONALITIES.
Chevlar Musi, Italian.
Eliad Theodore Spahiere, British.
Emil Gcnsburger. French.
F. Vereea, Mexico.
F. W. Pratt, nationality unknown.
WOMEN MISTREATED.
SHANGHAI, May 8.— Lloyd Leh
bras, of the China Press, former
Idaho and Illinois newspaperman,
who escaned when 1,000 bandits
held-up the Shantung Express on
the border kidnapping American and
(Continued on Pngs Blxht)
MASTERS MUST
SHOW MANIFESTS
Important Decision on Pro
hibition Case Made by
U. S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON, May S The Unit
ed Stiit>': fan compel masters of
vessels arriving ifrom foreign ports to
submit manifests showing all articles
• aboard, including (those whose Im
| portutifon is prohibited This Is ac
cording to a- decision of the Supreme
! Conn in the case of Wesley Sischo,
: masiter of a vessel which reached
i Sonitjtlo He claimed he did not have
j to show a man if out of forbidden
! goods.
hijuare, where special commemora
tion rvlcM will be held, ini: 1 uiting
|.the rendition of the firat part of the
i Jubilee Car.tu.ta. composed for the
'occasion, and the placing of a huge
wreath at tho foot, of the Gustavus
j Aa loll) hum statue.
The gfentes to tho cxiH>sttlon grounds
I wMil be ooramontously opened for tho
entrance of the King ait l o’clock,
[after which the royal procession
passes through tho plaraa and ave
1 nuej of the exposition to Memorial
Hall, one of the most .strikingly beau
tiful lbuildings of the fair. Here will
be given a apodal recaption, includ
ing t.he rendition of the second part
| of tho Jubilee Cantata by a chorus of
j 1.000 School childroin. At the end of
l theme ceremonies the King signs his
i name in .the me mortal register, and
j't.he exhibits are declared open to the
.public
j The day’s festivities close with a
historical pageant and parade through
tho .streets of Gothenburg.
The exposition eloees September W,