THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE TSEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3157. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTSl
MANY ARE INJURED BY EXPLOSION
Alaska Given One Million Dollars for Road Work
SENATE ALLOWS
A.R.C. $1,000,0001
FOR ROAD WORK
Increases House Appropna-.
tion $535,000—Included
in Army Measure.
A total of $1,000,000 for the con
struct ion of roads and trails in
Alaska by the Alaska Road Commis
sion is contained in the Army appro
priation bill which was reported to
the Senate earliei this week by ths
Military Affairs Committee, accord
ing- to advices received today at
local headquarters of the Commis
sion. This is an increase ot $535,-,
OOO over the item which was in-1
eluded in the Army bill as it was
pasred by the lower House several
weeks ago. !
The item as approved by the Sen
ate Committee's icport is $t37,iiii‘>[
Jew than the total asked for by (he
Commie*ion and approved tlr-t by
the Secretary ol War and lute,* r.yj
President Harding and recomtnendon j
by him to Congross. It is expected
that the Senate will approve the
item as brought in by the commit
tee. There is some reason to doubt
the willingness of the House to ac
cept this amendment as it stands but
it is reported that a compromise may
be effected in conference which will
give the Commiseon at least J750,
000. It. is however, said to be por
r.tble that the entire amount may
be approved.
Tlte action of the Senate commit
ted is said to have been based large
ly on the statements of Col. Jame?
G. Stecse and estimates of the Com
mission showing the dire need for
more money than the House had al
lowed. It was shown to be virtually
impossible to provide for all the
necessary maintenance work with
3465,000 and that there would be
nothing at all to carry on new pro
jects or complete those already in
procesi of construction.
Nobody Seems to
Want Any Silver
Money Now-a-days
NEW YORK, Fob. 1.—Declaring
that the “paramount danger of the
silver mining Industry lies in th
remorseless increase in thp discon
tinuance of the use of silver as
money," Francis H. Brownell, vice
president of the American Smelting
& Refining Company, has published a
letter to United States .Senator Key
iPittman. In this letter Brownell de
nies the smelting companies are not
Interested in the effort to form n
silver selling and credit organiza
tion.
Government Will Get
Big Sum on War Fraud
DETROIT, Feb. 1.—Judge Arthur
J. Tuttle today signed orders for
the receivers of the Lincoln Motor
Oar Company to pay the government
$1,500,000 in full settlement of over
payment* on war contracts.
Italian State Militia
Will Wear Black Shirts
ROME, Feb. 1.—'Premier Musso
lini's newly organized state militia,
which Is mainiy enlisted from the
Fasclstl, is built upon the plan of
the National Guard organizations in
the United States. Service in the
Italian militia Is voluntary, and is
unpaid unless on active service. Its
members follow their regular pro
fessions and occupations and drill In j
their spare time. They are to be j
used In case of civil -disorder while, |
in the event of war, they will b |
merged into the regular army.
Already the new organization 1? j
filled with former soldiers and men j
who participated in the recent his
toric fascista coup, when Premier
Mussolini was called to head the gov
ernment. Preference, In choosing
the personnel of the new force, is
given to Fascistl. Moderate Na
tionalists. Fiunwj legionaries and
those of “proven Italian faith" are
given the second consideration.
Units of the new militia will be
placed in every town. Just as Na
tional Guard units are distributed in
the towns and elides of America.
While no definite orders have been
Issued regarding the uniform of the
new force, it is expected that the
black shirt of the Fascist! will be
adopted. It has been pointed oat
that tho black shirt Is now tradi
tional, just as was the red shirt in
Garibaldi's time. The men In the
new body are said to favor the black
shirt in preference to any army uni
form, for it was in those shirts they
made their celebrated march on
Rome.
Tho new militia may be called to
garrison duty in tho Italian colonies
in Africa. There they would super
sede the regular army, the units of
which would be returned to Italy for
training In war tactics.
In a recent communique It was
stated that the purpose of the new
militia was to absorb all the military
organizations of the various political
parties. Even thef Fascisti them
selves, unless enrolled In the new
militia, will be disarmed. The com
munique declared thaK“no state can
tolerate ' tho existoneo of political
parties, militarily organized."
ALASKA MAIL ROBBERY MAY
BE SOLVED; ONE ARREST HAS
BEEN MADE IN THE INTERIOR:
Noted Soprano Comes
for Debut in U. S.
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Mrt'Dl?«nkarclt'
\;i
Miss Delia Reinhardt, In private
life Mrs. Delia Reinhardt Schut
zendorf, who has met with much
Etiocess abroad as a lyric soprano,
has arrived in New York to join
the Metropolitan Opera Co., of
which her husband is a promin
ent baritone.
Somebody Must Find
Substitute for Taxes
WASHINGTON. Hob. 1.—The issu
ance of tax exempt securities must
crease or the government must find
a substitute for its surtaxes on in
comes Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon declared today in u letter to
clarence H. Kelsey, chairman of the
taxation committee of the Chamber
of Commerce of the state of New I
York.
Declares Federal Reserve
Bank Decidely Unamerican
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 1 —Ed
ward oward, Congressman-elect o'
Nebraska, and former secretary to
William Jennings Bryan, told the
House of the Oklahoma Legislature
today that the Federal Reserve Bank
was an "un-American institution.'
Howard eulogized the Non-Partisan
League.
ANCHORAGE, Feb. 1.—Thomas H. ]
O'Brien tun been arrested at Kobe
on a charge of stealing $201) in gold
from Vivian Howard at the time
$30,000 disappeared from the mail at
the Schlrmler roadhouse, IG miles |
from Iditarod, on the trail between j
there and Ophir, during the early i
part of las; month.j
This arrest may lead to the cap
ture of the mail thieves, according'
to advices received by the U. S.
Marshal's office.
It i-s claimed the woman's money
was found on O'Brien's dog sled j
The arrested man is a bookkeeper f >r
i diedging company and only came1
to Alaska recently.
On January 17, The Empire printed
an exclusive story lliut a robbery had
taken place on the Iditarod Ophir j
trail and postal authorities were on
a steamer then bound for the west-!
ward on their way to the Interior, i
RUSSIANS TO
SWARM INTO
ALASKA SOON
Remnants of Counter-Revolu
tionary Bands Plan to
Invade Alaska.
MOSCOW, Feb. 1.—Maxim Lilvi
noff, assistant commissar of Foreign
Affairs, in a note to Secretary of
State Charles E. Hughes, declares
that according to information re
ceived by the Russian authorities,
remnants of counter-revolutionary
bands in Siberia intend to cross into
Alaska this spring and dispose of
their furs.
The claim is made the fur3 have
been looted from the Russian ter
ritory.
Liltvinoff declares Russian maraud
ers, with plunder, have been enter
ing Alaska unhindered and he ex
presses the hope that the American
government will bar admission to Al
aska of all Russians not possessing
proper Soviet documents.
HENRY CLEWS
PASSES AWAY
Prominent American Banker
Dies After Illness of
Several Month*.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1—Henry Clews,
prominent banker, died late yester
day afternoon after an illness of
several months.
Henry Clews was born in Stafford
shire, Eng., In 1840. He first studied
for the ministry hut left school and
entered mercantile life in New York
City whither his father had taken
him on a visit. After the panic in
l-tf"i7, he organized the banking firm
of Stout, Clews & Mason, which
later became the Livermore, Clews
& Co,. At the outbreak of the Civil
War, Clews was appointed govern
ment financial agent for the sale of
bond Issues to continue the war.
In 1877, Clews organized and since
then headed the firm of Henry
Clews & Co. Twice Clews declined
the portfolio of Secretary of the
Treasury and also the Republican
nomination for Mayor of New York
City.
The funeral services of Henry
Clows will be hold in the Grace
Episcopal Church Saturday, accord
ing to announcement made this fore
noon.
Many Claims Are Filed
Account Bridge Collapse
KELSO. Wash., Feb. 1—Claims
against Cowlitz county arising from
the collapse of the bridge on Jan
uary 3, In which 20 are believed to
haw lost their lives, already total
$200,000. More claims are expected.
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j France Plans
j Separate Pact
With Turkey
-LONDON, Fef). 1 -France, In
a note to lho British govern
ment, reserves the right to un- (
dertuka separate negotiations
with Turkey in event the Latis
; mine conference tails to make
peace in the Near East.
L—- ——i
SCREWS WILL
BE PUT UPON
GERMANY SOON
Strict Measures to Be Adopt
ed by France if Berlin
Fails to Act.
DIJSSELDORF, Feb. 1.—Comman-1
der-in-Chief Ilegoutte told the As-.c-j
dated Press today that martial law,]
early curfew suppression of 'he use,
of automobiles and censorship will
bo enforced soon If Berlin refuses
to come to terra.a lie said official
notifloatio nof this lias been given
(lie German government through di
plomatic channels.
SHUT OFF SHIPMENTS.
PARIS. Fob. 1.—France and Bfel-j
glum will tighten the hold around!
the Ruhr Valley during today and
shut off shipments pf and coko.
from I ho unoccupied Germany. This!
decision was announced list night;
to Germany by the French and Bel
gian Ambassadors.
ORDER EFFECTIVE.
DUSBEGDORF, Feb. l.—An order:
prohibiting the export of coni and
coke front the Ruhr to the unoceu-l
pied territory of Germany lias been
effective since midnight but no re
action from the Germans took place I
up to late this afternoon.
REPUBLIC OF
RHINELAND IS
NOW POSSIBLE
German Advices Show Up
Alleged Coup to Be
Played Along Rhine.
BERLIN, Fob. 1. -Separatist agen-i
clos and agitators in the Rhineland, j
in conference at Coblenz since the
departure of the American troops,
have bfton drafting plans for a
proclamation of the Rhineland as a
Republic. TI1I3 is according to a
Coblenz dispatch
It is said tho contemplated coup
will be carried out with the i^id of
the French and Belgian military
forces who will promptly proceed to
proclaim martial law, seize the lines
of communication and evict German
officials.
Bursum Bill Is Shoved
On Table by Committee
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.—The Bur
sum bill, which would authorize the
retirement of disabled volunteer of
ficers of the veterans of World War
on the same basis as officers of the
regular army, has been tabled by
the House military committee.
GOV.lEifin
MAY RESIGN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The early
rctire-ment of Governor E. Mont
Roily of Porto Rico, whose admin-is
'ration hat been attended by con
itcnt controversy, is forecast in of
'ictal quarters for week*.
Rumors are that Reily's poor
health is the cause for Its retire
ment. if it does come, and he may
not stay in Porto Rico long.
DENVER, Feb. 1.—Wyoming has
ratified the Colorado River treaty,
making the third state of seven to
do so.
IS TORN FROM ARMS OF WEEPING BRIDE.
One Ihhi)' after Joseph K. Gor
don, t hea.tric.i I manager, impressed
his loving kiss upon the lips of
hts bride, Doris Katon, 1 * year-old
prlnin donna .in I os Angelo, . he
was arrested. Kugenie Da I’l ire
alleged in her warrant she hud in
trusted $10,000 to Gordon in lHltl
and that, he hud failed to return it.
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cUosepk, J£ Giotvtoii^ 3
Obii'lJT JzytxtojX*
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND SAYS
FISHERIES BUREAU ROTTEN;
ATTACKS FUR SEAL CONTRACT
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WASHINGTON’, Fob. 1.—Delegate
Dan Sutherland, from Alaska, at a
hearing of the Senate Commerce
Committee on the bill by Johnson to
limit the size of fur seals taken, de
clared the Bureau of Fisheries was
“rotten from the top to the bottom."
I) dogate Sutherland urged the an
nulment of the contract privilege of
the Foulke Fur Company of St. Louis,
which he declared dictated to the
officials of I he Bureau regarding
sealing in the Pribilofs.
This claim was denied by the De
partment of Commerce and repre
sentatives
pany.
of the Foulke Fur Com
1 Los Angeles Citizens
! Shivered Last
j Night; City Frosted
1 - j
| LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1—This '
j city awakened this morning I
after ono of the coldest nights
in the past 18 yoars, according i
to the weather bureau station. ' j
The thermometer registered 36 j
degrees above zero, while sub- | ;
urbs report lower temperatures.
Frost covered the entire city | !
this morning.
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LITHUANIA ~
IS CALLED
Little Country to Be Given
Ultimaftim Regarding
Irregular Troops.
PAULS, Feb. 1.—A strong node'
equivalent to an ultimatum, approved
by the rouncil of Ambassador-', will
be sent to Lithuania demanding that
within a fixed time all Lithuanian
troops of irregulars he withdrawn
from the Haltic district at Memel.
League of Nations’
Proposal Is Accepted
PARIS, Feb. 1.—-Czecho-Siovakla
and Hungary have accepted the pro
cedure proposed by the Council of
the League of Nations to settle the
boundary dispute between them.
USE OF CHECKS
MAY HELP SOME
AMONG BRITISH
Declaration Made that Habit
Is Improving Financial
Situation.
LONDON. Fob. 1. Tlio Bngllsh ure
boginnii,.'. to believe tholr habit of
using checks moro and more, and
cash ! ■ and less. t$> pay tholr way
through life, has boon one of the fac
tors in the recent opart of the pound
In its r.ice to catch up with the
dollar. Of courso, it has not roue hod
• he point where people write checks
Indiscriminately, just as a matter of
national pride, but all the newspa
pers have boon (tiving serious con
oid; ration to the thought that the
oh ck-wrlting habit, over becoming
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GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED
IN ALASKA; COMPARISON MADE
WITH FORMER MINING REGIONS
9EATTIJ8, Fob. 1 — V dispatch
from Washington .says Director Fos
ter H. Bain, of the Bureau of Minos,
has issued u bulletin saying “Mask i
today is readier of access and oX
for* more real opportunity than did
the I<ake Superior region when the
first attempts were made to de
velope the Interior tlvat made Michi
gan and Minnesota wealthy.**
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STORAGE TANK
EXPLODES; 40
PERSONS HURT
Explosion Occurs in Business
Section of Massachusetts
Town Today.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. l.--An
xploricn cf a storage tank in the
Springfield Gas & Light Company in
ured 40 persons this afternoon and
us.d ccnfucicn and wreckage in
a business section.
Office workers and persons on the
reet were struck by debris.
Workmen in the plant were sc
iousl.y injured but no fatalities hare
ecn reported.
Automobiles in the streets were
ub deep in wreckage.
A group cf municipal buildings
titering about the City Hall in the
xplosion were damaged and many
tty workers were injured.
)EBT FUNDING
SOLUTION NEAR
British Cabinet “in Principle ’
Accepts Proposals of
AtnfifV"!!
wvs: : \ -U j, V*-"* t<bass
‘bir l¥Bi • MUtaSifS u iin.
See re tin., os si.I- n * >» r »•
that th:‘ . rulslt f ’
id “In principle" the debt refunding
proposals made by the American
Debt Commission.
PLAN ACCEPTED
IX)N DON, Keb. 1.—It is officially
t.ited that British government offi
lals consider the terms of the war
lobt funding have boon complotoiy
locopted by yestorday’n action of
he British Cabinet While tho words
in principle” are used in informing
Washington, the terminology meroly
i>cniiits tho British Amhafisador to
omplete unimportant details in con
loctlon with tho negotiations.
CALLS MEETING
WASHINGTON, Keb. 1.—-Secretary
MoWon has called a meeting of the
Vmerlcan Debt Funding Commission
or this afternoon to make pians for
irosenting to Congress tho Amori
in-British agreement accepted in
laondon.
injunction Against
Sheriff Wanted
8y Union Mina's
CHARLESTOWN. W. Vu„ Feb. 1.—
The United Mine Workers’ organiza
.on has asked the Federal Court to
ssuo an Injunction preventing Slier
if Chapin, of Logan county, assault
ng or interfering with the members
f the union, also forbidding him
'runt accepting funds from the oper
ators or other sources to hire depu
•les for the purpo3c of intimidating
‘union minors or organizers."
150 MINERS
ARE KILLED
LONDON, Feb. 1.—Latest informa
tion regarding tho {Jeuthon mine dis
aster, wirch occurred late yesterday
•fterniKin by fire damp, following an
xploslon, says 150 miners are known
o be dead. Fifty are still unac
counted for.