THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3260.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE I. 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CEtfTSt
FOREIGN CAPTIVES OF CHINESE
BANDITS MAY BE FREED SHORTLY
“Carpet Bag” Government of Alaska Flayed by Joslin
Congressmen on Way to Alaska
Told Things; 1 Senator Replies
SEATTLE, June 1.—Falcon Joslin speaking a a dinner given Hie vidting Congressmen at the
Arctic Club raid Alaska has a “carpet bag" govern rnt that never haa worked and never will.
“Thirty-six bureaus under six departments h indie the affairs of Alaska. Their representatives
travel over the Territory on summer vacations like o.erlords rather than servants of the people." sail
Joslin. *
Scnatcr Francis E. Warren, of Wyoming, res onding in behalf of the visitors, said they hud come
to lisLm rather than to talk.
Senator Andrieus A. Jones, of New Mexico, however, attacked what he termed ‘ the policy cf con
aervation."
Senator Jones said restrictions
placed upon the opening of Alaska
were a great detriment to the west
ern country and declared:
“Alaska must be developed upon
a large scale.'’
£. J. Mather, vice-chairman of the
Alaska Committee of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, listed as the
problems to be solved, a change
from governent regulations protect
ing the fishing industry, better
transportation facilities, protection i
of fur seals, laws touching mining
development, government assistance!
to agriculture, settlements of water!
power questions, opening of the
pulpwood industry and provision for
additional lighthouses.
“The greatest need of all is popu
lation and capital, ” said Mather.
“Capital is now Alaska shy. This
Congressional party will be in vain;
unless capital is attracted to the
Territory.”
The Congressional party divided
into two groups early yesterday
afternoon, one going to Camp Lewis
for an inspection and the other to
the Br mrrton navy yard. The mem
bers of the party reassembled here
hut night.
DRAG WORK ON
INLAND ROUTE !
NEARLY ENDEDj
Work of Coast and Geodetic i
Survey Steamers in Al
aska Is Reported.
SEATTLE, June 1.—R. B. Derick
con, superintendent at the Coast and
Geodetic Survey, announces that the
survey steamship Explorer has com
pleted drag work for pinnacle rocks
and alii or these obstructions have
been removed (from. the inland pas
sage qf Alaskan points except in.
Cross (Sound, which the steamship |
Explorer is expected to complete i
soon.
The survey steamship Surveyor is!
xnaipiping and clearing the channels
about Baranof Island and Sitka
Harbor.
The Discoyeror is in Shelikof
Straits and oflf Kodiak Island.
The (Pioneer is in the vicinity erf
Oaid Day.
RELIGIOUS RIOT;
TEN ARE KILLED
(MEXICO CITY, June 1 —Ten were
'klRed and 17 wounded In a religious
Ttoit last night in Dirango City. The
snob attacked the Provincial Palace
and disarmed the mounted police,
who opened fire. All places of amuse
ment have been closed and the sol
diers are ipatroUing the streets.
Tornado Strikes Part
. Of State of Wyoming
SHERIDAN. Wyo., June 1.—One
poraou was killed, one house demol
ished and many ranch buildings dam
aged by a tornado which early this
■gaming swept a wide (path near La
riat. according to reports received
tars. _
AMERICAN WOMAN KILLED IN FRENCH AIRPLANE
CRASH.
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.Six persons, including Miss Juunita Dates, daughter of a for
mer Mayor of Ithaca, New York, and Laurence Schwab, of New
York City, were killed when a passenger airplane, flying between
Paris and London, was consumed by flames near Monsures, France.
STRIKES IN
RUHR REGION
NEARLY ENDED
Men Are Returning to Their
Work by Thousands—
Better Police Force.
DUSSBLDORF. June 1.—Ruhr
strikes affecting half of the workers
of the diistrtct have apparently nearly
run their course anti t!he men are
returttlng by the 'thousands.
Need for a better police force is
being met by .reorganization of the
local force subject to French restric
tions.
SMUGGLERS ON RHINE
MANNHEIM. June 1.—Smugglers
along the Rhine are using raffs to
avoid the Franc o-Belgian 10 per cent
tax on goods.
iSofldiers tired last night on a party
of Roxheim citizens attempting to
cross the river (from Dalatlnate with
goods, wounding sevoral, one of
whom died
RUMORS OF PEACE
CHICAGO. June 1.—Indications
nhat Prance and Germany are near
a settlement had bullish effects on
the gTatn marked.
James M. Cox Purchases
Another Ohio Newspaper
CANTON, Ohio, June 1.—Jaimes M.
Cox bas purchased the Canton News,
Democratic daily newspaper, Increas
ing (be number of newspapers Owned
by him to four.
ASK SUPPORT
TO PROPOSAL
OF HJRDING
Large Church Council Issues
Call for Support for
World Court Issue.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Fed
eral Couqcfl ef the Churches of
Christ in An»eriea has Issued a call
to 125,000 of Its congregation to sup
port President Harding’s proposal
that ifhe United States enter the
World Court.
The call said:
“The day of a great decision for!
our country and the world has ar
rived. Today, around the euith, the |
peloplo know that if nations are to
survive, they must subject their in
dustrial wells to establish processus
of law ’’
AGED SEATTLE
BANKER DIES
SEATTLE, June 1.—Edward C.
Nonfelder, aged 70 years, president j
of the Pcoplai Bank for more than
20 years, a pionoer of Seattle, died
last ni-gtit after vtlong illness.
B. C. Noufelder came here in 1886
from Victoria and was manager of
Stih'wabacher Brothers until he be
came connected with the Puget
Sound National Bank In 189V.
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8,000 Children
Bombard Harding
With Flower*
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WASHINGTON, June 1.—Late j
yesterday afternoon. 8,000 chil
dren gathered at an American
Leagus parity to serenade Preai- |
dent and Mrs, rigging, broke
i from their ' teachers, rushed
through the marine guards be- ;
fore the program ended, and
I rushing across the field, laid a
barrage of flowers it :he Presl
| dential party.
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WET ISSUE IN
NEW YORK IS
BEING ARGUED
Governor Must Sign or Veto
Enforcement Laws of
State by Tomorrow.
ALiBANY, June”l. %5overno'f#th!lh,
wlho must decide by tomorrow night
whether to sign or veto the repeal
of state prohibition enforcement act.
listened .for four hours yesterday to
arguments of the wets and dry* at
a public hearing.
Augustus Thomas, playwright, de
clared that it was the duty of citi
zens to obey the will of the majority
so long as this will did not invade
the citizens' right, but after that it
wue his duty to fertet.
Thomas asserted prohibition out
raged tihe principles of the American
government.
Col. William Hayward, United
•States District Attorney of Southern
New York, taut cured without the
knowledge of President Harding or
Attorney General Daugherty and ar
gued for the veto.
A letter from Samuel Goinyers
urged approval of the repeal.
Oldest Newspaper in
U. S. b to Suspend
NEW YORK, June 1. Frank Mun
ney, who recently bought the Globe
amt Corona civ ini Advertiser, the old
est dally newspaper * in the United
Slates, announced they will cease to
exist after next Monday, June 4.
Refuses to Restrain
State on Astoria Tax
SAGEM, Ore., June 1.—Judge
George C. Bingham, of the MarLon
county Circuit Court, has dismissed
the action of 8. .H, Diefendorfer, of
Portland, to restrain the state from
remitting the taxes of the city of
Astoria as a fire relief measure.
Call Off Strike to
Refute Charges Made
BRU89EGS, Juno 1.—The National
Hallway Union men have called o4f
tho strike which frag paralyzed trans
portation in recent weoks. The
union mode the decision to clear the
momtbors of the charges the strike
was forced by Gerrmw money.
Prince Rupert Halibut
' Catch Over Two Million
PRINCE RUPERT, June 1 —The
'halibut catch during May In this
district totaled 2,641,700 pounds of
halibut. The highest price during
the month was 17 cegts.
Mother Goes Insane; Kills
Two Children then Suicides
TRINIDAD, Colo"T Jane 1.—Mrs.
John Yauk, suddenly going Insane
over the recent death of her hus
band. shot and killed two children,
a hoy aged 9 years and a girl aged
6 yters, seriously wounded another
child -and than committed suicide.
Negotiations for Release of
Smell©w Bandits Started Today
TSAO CHWANO, June 1.—Negotiations for th. release of the 12 remaining foreigners held as cap
tives by the Suchow bandits are now entering a fiml stage and it is expected they will be all freed
within a week.
Today the government officials commenced ic nlisting the bandits into the army in accordance
with the demands of the outlaws.
The biigands are thus being transfened a soldier for each rifle and revolver turned in by the
bandit chief.
A minor hitch developed at noon today in tin negotiations when the brigands demanded $1,000,
000 reparations for some of the villages dcrtioyed but it is believed this sum can be cut to $100,000.
HALTED WEDDING STIRS NATIONAL CAPITAL.
!Krtf.Elca.tvor HteWxjrjO&yiie
n \
Nancy Hcryf
On ilie very day set for her wedding to Lieutenant F. Wiseman- j
Clark, British naval officer, and while tile wedding guests were as- j
sembling;. Miss Nancy Hoyt, dmugter of Mrs. Henry M. Hoyt, social
ieadur of Washington, l>. announced that she had broken iter
engagement and there would be no wedding. Miss Hoyt Is under
the care of physicians. It is reported the parents of the young
naval officer had a hand in breaking the engagement, being indig
nant because of an alleged "slight” to their son, although the offi
cer himself used every endeavor to have Miss Hoyt go through with
the ceremony. It Is said there is no truth in the statement that
Ills parents were enraged because they had not been told of tho
elopement of Miss Hoyt’s sister, Mrs. Philip Hitchborn, with K.
Horace Wylie, which shocked Washington a few years ago. Mrs.
Hitchborn secured a divorce and married Wylie, whom later she
also divorced. Several years after the incident Hitchborn. despair
ing of regaining his -wife, killed himself.
MODERN GIRL IS AS SWEET AS
EVER, SAYS WOMAN, WHO DENIES
THAT FLAPPERISM IS MENAGE
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Colonel Greeley
i Predicts Big Trade
For Western Timber
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EUGENE, Ore., June 1.—Col !
| on el Greeley, Chief Forester of !
i the United States, predicted that j
! on account of the diminishing of ;
| timl>er in the East and Middle [
j West, the lumber business of
i Washington amt Oregon in 10
' years wflll be 10 times as great
! as now
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2 YEAR OLD
STRIKE ENDS
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TACOMA. June 1. -After a strike'
of/morn than two years' duration,i
' the union toal miners of the Pacific |
j Coast (Vnn-pr: ny and independent,
mines at Carbonado and Wilkcson.^
voted to end tho walkout and accept
the operators' terms.
Tho mines have boeu running on j
the. open shop policy during the past;
two years ami it Is doubted whether ;
the strikers will be takon back. <j
WAASHINGTON, Juno 1—“Fla.?
perism is merely an ago typical of
pit'Ih in .their teens ami not no se
rious us many would-be reformers try i
to make ft," Ito the opinion irf Miss I
Julia Latbrcp, recently classed us one
of the 12 greatest living American
women.
Mias Laithrop thinks there is little
to say about the modern girl be
cause they are quite as sweet and
gentle as girls ever have been.
“Modern dancing Is but a sign of
Che times. It is overdone. Many ]
things undertaken by our young1
folks today evidence energy.
“All this Is perhaps a natural d"
velopment cf the r age."
MacReady and Kelly Are
Off for Washington, D. C.
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DAYTON. Ohio. June 1.—Lleuten-'
amts Mac-Ready and K^elly hopped off
for Washington late this forenoon.!
where President Harding is expected
to extend congratulations personally
when the filers land there la'e this
afternoon.
MONTREAL. June 1-Henry
Brulle, a Swiss heed in connection
with the Beaver mint robbery, has
been released he establish'd defi
nitely ho ws3 not involved.
The bandits also hope to obtain
considerable ransom for Chinese
prisoners.
A majority of the outlaws are re
ported jubilant at the prospect of
beinjj enrolled in the army.
Pope Pius has cabled Father Den
fers. the aged German Catholic
piicst, instructing him to make ev
ery effort to secure the release of
Chevelier Musso, millionaire Italian,
an attorney of Shanghai.
FISH INDUSTRY
AT PEAK WHEN
HARDING COMES
King Salmon Will Be Running
and All Canneries Will
Be in Operation.
SEATTLE, June 1.—It is reported
here to the packers' associations
that king uslmoa are running in
Southeastern Alaska and the season
will' probably be at its height by the
time of President Harding's visit.
The fi siting industry, employing
15.(KM) men and with 130 canneries.
Is expected to be in 'full swing by
July 5.
Compara'tlvely a small catch Is ex
pected on account of Harding’s reser
vations and also being an £»ff Sear.
BI6 SHIP BID
STARTS PROBE
Shipping Board Committee
Asked to Confer with
Billion Dollar Bidder.
WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Ship
ping Board's committee on bids has
been instructed to confer with John
W. Slack, who made an offer of
11.000,000,000 for the merchant ma
rine fleet. The Admiral Line and
Pacific Mail Sleaiushiij Company,
identified as bidders for routes on f
the west coast to the Orient, whose
lenders promised results, requested
the conference with Slack, according
to reports here.
“SUMMER DREAM"
WASHTNTON, June 1—A thorough
Investigation hms convinced the Ship
ping Board there is no prospect of
John W. Slack's billion dollar bid
for vessels of tho -merchant marine
fleet ever being executed if accepted.
Chairman Lasker said the offer
has definitely been classed as a "sum
nirr dream.”
Seattle Plans New Way
Out on Car Line Purchase
SEATTLE. June 1.-—Mayor Brawn
announced today he is preparing to
ask the City Council to make a pro
posal to the Stone-Webster interests
to rewrite the earline contract lop
ping off $7,500,000 from the purchase
price with tho remainder, pins
amounts already paid on the princi
pal, Interest to be paid immediately
by the city selling bonds on the open
market to provide the amount.