"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET1
VOL. XXII., NO. 3287.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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CITY READY FOR 4TH CELEBRATION
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the gov
erned."
(Front tho Declaration of Indspcndenc* t
AMERICAN IS
TORTURED BY
NIPPON MEN
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Lieutenant of U. S. Naval Re
serves Makes Serious ;
Charges in Frisco.
t -
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—Tor-'
ture culminating in taking him be
fore a bring squad was applied to
him by Japanese in Shanghai in an
effort to obtain Information they be
lieved he possessed concerning the
United States, acording to Laurance
C. Gallagher. IJeutenant in the
United States Naval Reserves and
second mate on the Standard Oil
tanker Algonquin. This is the state
ment Gallagher made to the authori
ties here. He declared he had noi
information valuable to his question
ers who refused to believe him. Gal
lagher said the firing squad used j
blank cartridges
Villagers on Siberian
Coast Face Food Shortage
NOME, July 3.—It is learned
from authoritative sources that iso
lated villages on the Siberian coast
are facing a food and ammunition
rhorta^l' as the result of the atti
tude at the Soviet authorities
against foreign traders.
Haney Takes Oath as
Member U. S. Ship Boardj
WASHINGTON. July 3.—Bert E.j
Haney, of Portland. Oregon, has;
been sworn in as a member of the
Shipping Board succeeding former]
U. S. Senator George Chamberlain.
SEATTLE. July 3.—Harold Noice,
former member of the Stefansson
expedition, has arrived from Toronto
enroute to Nome where he hopes to
charter a vessel to rescue the men
of the Stefansson expedition maroon
ed oh Wrangell Island.
i Foch Sends
! Independence Day
| Message to A. L.
INXVIANAPOIjK, July 3.—
Marshal Poch, in an Independ
ence Day message received at
the headquarters of the Am
erican lajgion declared that
Prance, at the present time,
was lighting for the same prin
ciples as the American i.egion
upholds.
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NO REVISION
OF TAX LAWS
SAYS SMOOT
Makes Prediction Regarding
Next Congress—Revi
sion Not Justified.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—United
States Senator Heed Smoot, who Is
to become Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, predicted today
there will be no revision of the tax
laws at the next session of Congress.
He said the surplus of the last fiscal
year in final revision would show
about $87,000,000 which he de
clared "would not justify a revision
of our revenue laws as nearly all
of the surplus came from import
duties which exceeded our fondest
hopes."
More Private Plants
Are Seized by French
DDSSEUDORF, July 3. — Three
plants were taken over by the
French today, one being the branch
of the Krupp Txtcomotive Works at
Sogaroth near Rsaen. These are the
first, seizures under General Degout
te's decree authorizing the occupa
tion force* to take private property
for reparation purpomn.
SELECT AIRMEN
TO BLAZE TRAIL
AROUND WORLD
Two Aviators on Flight from
New York to Nome, Nam
ed as Pathfinders.
WASHINGTON. July 3.—Llcuten
ants Clifford Nutt and Clarence E.
Crnmline, army air service, have
been designated to make the path
finding trip as a preliminary to the
proposed flight around the world.
Both aviators participated In the
flying expedition from New York to
Nome in 1920.
Crumline is going to England,
Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands,
France and Italy.
Nutt will go to Japan, Kurile
Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska and
the Philippines.
Each aviator will make many side
trips so as to determine the best
landings.
Pope Will Attempt to
Straighten Out Germany
ROME, July 3.—The Stoffanl, a
icmi-official organ, declares that ac
cording to information obtained at
the Vatican, the Pope has Instructed
the Papal Nuncio in Berlin to make
representations to the German gov
mcnt with the view of securing a
cessation of passive resistance In the
Ruhr region.
Claims Ford Is Popular
Man for U. S. Presidency
DETROIT, July 3.—Henry Ford is
the choice of the people of the
United States for President and he
would win easily if nominated either
by the Republicans or Democrat*,
but he stands little chance of the
nomination. This is according to
Senator Copeland, en route home
from the Wetlt,‘
Development of Natural
Resources Advocated By
President at Spokane
SPOKANE. July 3. — Last night
President Harding delivered one of
his Important addresses of his tour
to a crowd overflowing the armory
In this city. The armory seats 3,000.
The President was introduced by
Oov. Louis F. Hart and cheered hear
tlly.
President Harding advocated the
gradual development of the nation's
natural resources rather than pre
serving them in their 'original stale,
as the only Christian policy to which
America dare commit itself.
The President declared that lock
ing up the publico, domain as "a
treasure house of potential worth''
would prevent it from being ready for
use when needed. He urged the
use of water for both irrigation and
pefwer.
Policy of Reforestation
President Harding advocated Ilia
policy of reforestation that would
preserve the national interest while
permitting the use of timber us
needed. He outlined no specific rec
lamation plan
The speech last night was the
first made on the Pacific slope. It
Independence Day Warning
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Sounded by Bar Association;
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Makes Plea Against Hysteria
BONE ANNOUNCES
OFFICIAL PLANS
LOCAL GREETING
Official Prpgrajin for Presi
dential Party Here Cov
ers Almost 24 Hours.
July 9, 10:00 a ni.—Recep
tion in harbor. Committee j
aboard Alma' to meet Mender- |
eon. Procession to Oovernor'3
House under escort of the Am- j
erlcan Ucgion and Detachment
| of Soldiers from Chilkoot Bar- |
I racks. Children in white to I
greet President and Mrs. Hard- j
ing with flowers at intersection j
I of streets. Possibly brief speech
| from porch Governor's House, j
| Public reception at entrance of.
| Governor's House.
| 11:00 a. m.—Trip to Men
j denhall Glacier.
2:00 p. m -Conference at
I City Hall of citizens and Sec
| retaries Work, Wallace and
j Hoover. Presentation of gold
j card to President at Governor's
j House. Presentation of gold
desk knife to President by
j Scottish Kite Musoiih, Presen
] tation to Mrs. Harding by Elks. j
| Gift to President by Indians. \
4:00 p. m.—Visit to Alaska
Juneau mine by Cabinet Offi
cers and newspapermen. (Inter
| hide for rest and sight-seeing.) !
j 7:00 p. m. -Dinner to Presi
tial Party at Governor's House, j
Concert by U. S. Navy Band |
from veranda Governor's House.
| 9:30 to 11:00 p. m.—Recep- |
i tlon to Federal. Territorial and
j City officials. Citizens' eommit- j
tee and wives, and visiting I
] newspaper men at Governor's i
| House.
July 10—9:30 a. m. — De- I
' parture or Transport Henderson |
for Seward.
;i
The official program for the local
visit of President Harding and mem
bers of the party on the Transport
Henderson indicates that the time
of all members will be fully occu
pied here. It was announced this
morning by Gov. Scott C. Bone and
has been prepared in co-operation
with Mayor I. Goldstein and the
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Drinks Own Medicine
And Dies Martyr
To Science
TOKIO, July 3. -Taking a dose of
his recently discovered medicinal
preparation which he believed to be
a cure for hookworm. Tachu Oku
mura. attached to the Epidemic Dab
oratory, sacrificed himself to science.
Mr. Okumura. with others, had
been working for some years In an
effort to find a cure for the disease.
It is believed he was making a test
on himself when the fatal dose
was taken.
DM,I.AS. Tex., .Inly .1 —(By Asso
cited Press.) The government of the
I United States can endure only
through a reasonable amount oi
i thought and timn devoted to Itf
| requirements liv citizens who lovt
it and wish to have it preserved in
I ail its force and integrity, declared
II an Independence Day message made;
I public last night by the citizenshipj
committee of the American Bur As
; sociation.
The message was issued over the
signatures of K. K. I,. Saner, chair
man of the committee, Dallas, Tex
as: Walter George Smith, Phila
delphia: Andrew A. Bruce, Chicago;
Wallace McGamant, Portland, Ore
gon. and John Lord O'Brien, Buffa
lo. It asserted that since before
the world war there have been ten
dencies and elements creeping into
American life and government,
which would undermine the founda
tion stone of liberty, it continued:
Tendency to Depart
"On the one hand there has been
a tendency to depart from the repub
lican or representative form of gov
ernment to legislation by popular
vote tn such ways as are represented
by the initiative, referendum and re
call. the primary system of selecting
candidates for office, insidious at
tacks upon the Supreme Court of
the United States and other forms
of hasty legislation whereby spasmod
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HOMAGE PAID '
TO PIONEERS
> BY PRESIDENT
President Joins in Celebrat
ing Blazing of Oregon
Trail—Speech.
MEAC’HAM, Ore., July 3,—Presi
dent Harding stopped here today on
his Alaska trip to pay homage to
j the memory of the sturdy pioneers
who founded Oregon and saved to
the Nation the great Northwest.
I Speaking at the exercises com
memorating the eightieth anniversary
. of the blazing of the Oregon Trail,
the Executive declared the American
, people owe to those pioneers a debt
, of gratitude which they never can
repay. Their victory, he asserted,
( proclaimed the strength of resolute
I purpose to do for themselves, not
! asking the government to do, but for
, government only to sanction or per
, mit.
Imperial Domain
"We may reasonably do more to
day." he said, "than rejoice in pos
I session of the imperial domain which
they revealed, and the life they
made possible to the verile, aspiring
and confident Northwest. I find
new assurances In recalling the hero
r Ism, the resolution, the will to con
* quer of these pioneers.
’ "I wish I might more effectively
visualize them. Not very long ago
I saw a covered wagon in the mov
• ing picture. I sat entranced. There
‘ was more than the picturesque,,
1 more than sorrow and dlscourage
' ment. more than appealing charac
1 ters and enthralling heroism. There
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colic lulled a niuo hour visit to Spo
kane during which he visited the
dam site of the Columbia River
Basin irrigation project. lie left
for Meat ham. Oregon, where he par
ticipated in the Oregon Trail cele
bration.
Pilots Locomotive
Coming here on his special train,
President Harding Tor half an hour
realized his boyhood ambition to be
come a locomotive engineer when
at the invitation of Engineer Arthur
Blundell, the President piloted thi
big electric locomotive from Falcon
to Avery. Idaho, over the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul line.
Before starting on Ills prepared
speech last night, President Hard
ing read a telegram from Director
of the Budget Lord informing him
of the surplus of $.110,000,000 at tin
end of the fiscal year.
Departing from his regular pre
pared address, the President re
ferred to his experience driving the
electric locomotive on the railroad
and predicted electric transportation
had demonstrated In the country the
use of water power.
Appeals World Court
The President concluded his ad-1
dress with an appeal for the World j
Court urging "irresistible expressed!
conscience of the country which will]
lead the Senate to say ‘aye aye, we
want this court.' ”
DOUBLE SHIP
TAXATION BE
ELIMINATED
British Government Takes
First Action on Income
Taxes of Shipping.
I-ON DON. July 3.—The House of!
Comm one in a report at a stage of'
the financial bill unanimously adopt
ed a clause moved by Sir Willicm J. I
Hicks, Financial Secretary of the
Treasury, relieving profits of ship
ping companies which are subject
to income tax in foreign countries
from income tax in tills country.
There is a provision that a re
ciprocal exception must be agreed to
by the foreign country concerned.
Sir William explained that the
clause, which is new in British leg
islation, is intended as the first step
toward elimination of double taxa
tion among all civilized nations.
Militant Mexican
Beauty Dies
Of Her Wounds
MEXICO CITY. July :t. -The Joan
d'Are of the Mexican revolution,
Ramona Flores, is dead from the
effects of a waund sha received
during one of the battles in which
she was engaged against the troops
Of Vletoriano Huerta in 1913.
Known popularly as ‘T,a Coronellu"
Ramona first saw active service in
the ranks of General John Carrasco.
She was born In Sinaloa about 40
years ago, and was a striking exam
ple of Mexican Indian beauty. IJur
ing; the last three years she was a!
patient in a local sanitarium, the
federal government meeting the tost
of her medical treatment.
WASHINGTON. July ,'S. - The
Comptroller of Currency has called
for the condition ol National hanks
at the close of business on June 30. |
BIG CROWD FOR
FOURTH BEGINS
COME IN TODAY
Town Set for Celebration
Change in Sport Program
Dr. Tigert on Alaska.
Everything it in readiness for to
morrow's Fourth of July celebration
with indications that the town will
be crowded with visitors from out
of-town points. Many visitors had
arrived this morning and others wars
expected, including the soldier con
i tingent from Chllkoot Barracks, be
fore evening.
The steamer Alaska, with 70 odd
"Eaglets” and other passengers on
board, will arrive here late tonight
and spend at least part of tomor
row in port.
Among the passengers on the Alas
ka is Dr. John J. Tigert, U. S.
Commissioner of Education, who has
accepted an Invitation from Mayor
I. Goldstein to deliver the address
of the day. He Is accompanied to
Alaska by W. T. Lopp, Supt. of the
Bureau of Education In Alaska, di
recting the education of Alaskan
Indians in Federal schools.
One Change Made
One change was made today In the
official program. The children's
sports and other games and races
will be lield on the Admiral Line
dock instead of at the City Park as
originally planned. This part of the
program will start at 1 p. m. It
will be concluded by 2:30 p. m. giv
ing everyone time to go to the Park
for the baseball tournament.
No baseball schedule had been
announced late today by Manager
JackWoodard. Just how the teams
would play could not be decided un
til the arrival of the soldier team
from Chilkoot Barracks. It was due
to rent 'i here at 1» p. rn.
Officials of (he day are: Henry
Roden, General Chairman; Jack Hays
Marshal: Hon. John J. Tigert, Ora
tor of the Day; B. A. Rosselle, Dec
laration of Independence; Official um
pires, R. I-. Bills and H. J. Fisher;
General Sports Committee, F. A. Met
calf, Grover C. Winn, Claude C. Hel
(Continued on Pago Bight)
BIG TRANSPORT
READY TO BRING
HARDING NORTH
Henderson Goes to Tacoma
for Presidential Party—
Officers Aboard.
RRBMKRTON, July 3.—Brilliant
with fresh paint and glittering
brass, the trunsport Henderson left
today for Tacoma where President
Harding will board It on July B for
hiB trip to Alaska.
A luxuriously equipped glass en
closed observation deck has been
built hack of the bridge.
The President's simply furnished
room is all ready for him. This
I room is for Colonels of the Marines.
Tlie vessel carries a compliment
of 13 officers and 460 men and
v 111 be commanded by Captain Allen
Huc.banan, who eommanded a de
stroyer division during the World
War and won a Congressional Medal
of Honor.
The Kxecutive Officer will be
Lieutenant Cofhmander 8. L. Hen
derson recently Port Captain of
[ Balboa.
The President's Honor Guard will
he a detachment to two officers and
173 Marinos under command of Cap
| tain P. T. Steele.
15,000 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS
GATHER TOMORROW; BRYAN AND
OTHERS ARE TO MAKE SPEECHES
DES MOINES, la.. .July 3.- -I)es
Moines has completed preparatlouit ‘
for the entertainment of more than
25,000 visitors during the 20th ill-,
ternatlonal Christian Endeavor con
vention, to be held here July 4 to
0. The convention. It is said, will
be one of the largest religious gath
erings of the year. The delegations
alone will number nearly 15,000.
William J. Bryan, William G. Me-|
Adoo. .fames J. navls.Serretary of <
Labor: .Sherwood Eddy, Gipsy Smith,
Dr. Francis E. Clark and Sir Lionel
Fletcher are among the widely known
speakers slated to address various
sessions. Mr. Bryan's address is to
he given at the State fair ground,
Sunday, July k.
A great parade of delegates on
Saturday evening July 7 will be the
spectacle of the convention. Ac
companied by hands and guards.
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