THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. kxil., NO. 3324.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1923.
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BIG BOOTLEG GANG ROUNDED UP
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Appointment of Slemp Said
to 1b@ Jobbery Endorsement
COMMUNISTS IN
GERMANY START
MORE TROUBLE
Strikes Are Ended in Berlin (
but Situation Elswhere
Is Precarious.
BERLIN, Aug. 10—Although thi'j
Communist strikes here are ended,)
the situation elsewhere is precarious j
according to reports received.
The Communists control the town
of Holmstedt, having disarmed thej
police.
Many persons are reported to have j
been Injured during the clash be^
tween the Nationalists and Commun
ists at Amstadt.
Strikes at other points are crip
pling public utilities.
COMMUNISTS STORM JAIL
BERLIN, Aug. 16—Communists to
day stormed the jail at Dattelin, dis 1
armed the police and have taken pos
session of the town. The militia
has been summoned from nearby
towns.
Urges U. S. to Elect
Ford as Experiment
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WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., Aug.
16. — A recommendation that the
country elect Henry Ford as Presi
dent as "an experiment” was made
by Charles P, Steinmetz. Chief Con
sulting Engineer of the General
Electric Company, in answering
queettono put to him at the Babson
Business Conference hefe.
‘‘The T'nitrd States badly needs a
business man for President," said
the blectrical wizard, “and the most
successful man in the world today
is Henry Ford."
Elks Endorse Scheme for
Harding Monument, Seattle
EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 16—The
State Elks’ Association has indorsed
the project to erect a monument to
the late President Harding in Wood
land Park, Seattle, where he spoke
to 40,000 boys. Each lodge of Elks
in the state will help raise a portion
of the $26,000. the projected cost of
the monument.
Trade Balance of U. S.
Shows Splendid Amount
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—An of
ficial roport on July exports and
imports has been issued by the
Department of Commerce and the
figures show a favorable trade bal
% ance of $26,000,000.
Coolidge Took Oath
Before Father.
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Vice-President Calvin Coolidge
was sworn in as America's thir
tieth President at 2:47 o'clock on
the morning of Friday, August 3.
The important, yet simple cere
mony was performed on the ex
tenrlve Coolidge farm near Plym
outh, Vt., by Colonel John C.
Coolidge, the new Chief Magis
trate’s father, who Is a notary
public.
DEAD FACE ON 1
CHURCH WALL
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Profile of Famous Oxford
Dean Appears Under His
Memorial Window.
OXFORD, England, Aug. 16—The,
face of Dean Liddell, who died more;
than twenty-five years ago, is gradu-i
ally appearing on the east wall of
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. j
The mortar and cement in the wall
are drying up with age in such a way;
as to leave a white patch of cement,I
the size of a man’s head, standing
out from the darker color of the
wall.
Exact Features Show
This patch has now assumed the
exact face and features of the famous
jdean. The face appears in profile,]
I The chin, nose and head of the dean.j
'with the bald crown on the head
] and the curly white hair below it,;
isre clearly formed on the wall. It'
ils expected that as the mortar and
cement continue to dry up the face
will disappear.
The phenomenon nnnears all thej
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MRS. HARPING IS FOURTH OF
LIVING WIDOWS OF AMERICAN
. PRESIDENTS; FACTS ARE GIVEN
CHICAGO, Aug. 16—Mrs. Florence
Harding, widow of Warren G. Hard
lng. Joined the ranks of presidents’
widows, is the fourth of those women
who have been the ‘First Lady of
the Land" who are still among the
living.
President and Mrs. Harding cele
brated their thirty-second anniversary
during the recent westward trip.
Mrs. Harding was Miss Florence
KHng of Marlon. She was married
to the President when he was prac
tically unknown, on July 8, 1891.
Other former “First Indies of the
Jjand” still living are the widows of
Grover Cleveland (now Mrs. Frances
Folsom Cleveland Preston), Benja
min Harrison and Theodore Roose
velt.
Mary Scott Lord Harrison, widow
of Benjamin Harrison, is the oldest
of the presidents' widows. She was!
born In 1868. She was married twice.
Her first husband was Walter Er
sklne Dimmick. the son of Samuel
E. Dimmick, the then attorney-gen
eral of Pennsylvania. She married
Mr. Dimmick in 1881. He died In
January, 1882.
She was not married to President
Harrison until April 8, 1896, three
years after he hart retired from the
presidency. She now lives at 158 E.
15th Street, New York City.
Grover Cleveland's widow, now
Mrs. Frances Preston, was born in
1864. Her father, Oscar Folsom, was
a law partner of Grover Cleveland
before the latter attained the presi
dency. It was as her father's as
sociate In the law practice that she
met Mr. Cleveland. They were mar
ried while he was President in the
White House on June 2, 1886, the
wedding being a historic social event.
Mr. Cleveland died June 21. 1908.
His widow on February 10, 1913 .was
married to Thomas J. Preston, Jr., a
manufacturer and professor of arch
aeology of Princeton, N. J., and her
home Is now In Princeton.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was the
second wife of the man of “the
strenuous life." Roosevelt was first
married to Alice Hathaway Lee,
daughter of George Cabot Lee of
New York, October 27, 1880. His
first wife died February 14, 1884. A
little more than two years later, De
cember 2. 1886, Mr. Roosevelt married
Edith Kermit Carew. Mrs. Ropsevelt
now lives on the Roosevelt estate at
Oyster Bay.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—The ap
pointment of C. Bascom Sletnp, of
Virginia, former U. S. llepreaentative,
as Executive Secretary, by President
Coolldge, has been the occasion of
the Democratic National Committee’s
fl -st attack on the new pr/'Sftlent.
The Democratic National Commit
tec, in a statement, says that the se
lection of Slemp was ‘tantamount
to official announcement that Coolldge
is a candidate for the Presidential
nomination In 1924 and that the ap
pointment is the first step to round
up the delegations of the southern
states."
The statement further declares
that Slemp was "exposed on the floor
of the House on December 15, last
year, in connection with the alleged
trafficking in offices by Republi
cans in the southern states."
The statement continues that "the
appointment of Slemp came as a sur
prise and a Bhock to the whole coun
try because it carries with it the
necessary Indorsement of office job
bery in the south."
GASOLINE WAR
HITS ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Aug 10—The gaso
line price cutting war has spread to
the entire Atlantic seaboard. Four
large companies announce cuts of
one to two cents a gallon. Further
cuts are expected if the price of
crude oil drops which is believed
inevitable.
Ku Klux Klan
To Purchase
University
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 10 Milton
Elrod, editor of the Fiery Cross,
the official organ of tlie Ku Klux
Klan, announces that negotiations
have been completed for the pur
chase of the Valparaiso Iiniverslty
at Valparaiso, Ind, for $350,000, the
amount of that institution's debts.
Elrod said the name of the Uni
versity will be changed to the Na
tional University and will be open to
students of all races and creeds.
U. S. Won’t Tell
Husband’s Income
CHICAGO, Aug. 16. — Alimony
seekers endeavoring to get the “low
down” on their former husbands'
income, will get no help from tho
government, It was announced by
Mrs. Mabel G. Reinecke, Collector
of Internal Revenue, today. She de
clared that the statement w»s made
necessary on account of the activi
ties of a woman's “alimony club,”
who have been haunting the Collec
tor's office with a view to finding
out the figures filed by their di
vorced husbands on their income
tax returns.
U. S. Senator Walsh Out
For McAdoo, President
HELENA, Mont.7 Au(t. 16.—
United States Senator Thomas J.
Walsh, speaking at a banquet here
last night, endorsed McAdoo for the
Democratic nomination for Presi
dent.
Appropriate $10,000
To Kemmerer Sufferers
NEW YORK. Aug. 18—The United
Mine Workers have appropriated
$10,000 for relief of sufferers In.
the Kemmerer disaster In Wyoming.
Fire Bug Confesses to
Crime; 10 Lives Lost
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 16—Officers
announced today that E. Padilla, a
Mexican, has confessed he set Are to
the Japanese Mission here last April
resulting in the death of 10 children.
Germany Given Warning
Concerning Resources
PARIS, Aug. 16—The Interallied
commission has formally notified
Germany that reparations constitute
a prior claim on resources which
Germany is expected to utilise to
guarantee the new gold loan.
POWERS SIGN PEACE TREATY WITH THE TURKS.
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For the first time In many years peace Is at hand In the Near Fast, the Allied Powers and the
Turks having signed u peace treuty at Liucanne, Switzerland. The photograph show's M. Ventxalos
signing for Greece, which loses considerable territory and many lights.
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j Former Alaskan j
| |s Buried
In Furs
TEXARKANA, Aug. 16—In ac- i
I cordance with a request made j
prior to his death on Tuesday, the
| body or Dr. Fred M. Spiers, re
| ported formetly to have served
| as United ^States Commissioner
j in Alaska, whs wrapped In a
great coat of Russian sable
1 with fur lined boots and fur
! cape. These burial robes are
SEIZED CRAFT
REACHES NOME
; Trading Schooner Blue Sea
Released by Siberians—
Belinda Is Gunboat.
| NOME, Aur. 16—The Olaf Swell
' non companies trading schooner Blue
! Sea. which has been under seizure in
I Siberia, has arrived hero and re
' ports lhat Theodore Kartell, until
i reoently governor of the Anadyr Dls
, trlet, has been arrested and a man
, by the name of Burke placed In
! charge as a result.
Captain Anderson, master of the
; Blue Sea, believes the trader's prob
i lems will probably be solved eventu
! ally. However, he says, the natives
! are facing starvation because of the
| restrictions placed upon traders.
The trading schooner Belinda, of
j Nome, has been confiscated by the
J Siberian government and converted
I into a Red gunboat.
| Anderson says his entire cargo
was seized and ho was arrested.
! After an Interview with Inspector
! Koslof, from Vladivostok, ho was
I released however but he did not
j recover damages for the goods seized
I at East Cape.
SCOTCHMEN LIKE TO BET.
j LONDON. Aug. 16. — Hotting
among the thrifty Scotchmen it
done on a scale that has shocked
mombere of the House of Commons,
men who are accustomed to deal
with millions of pounds of the gov
ernment’s money every year.
A Clasglow' bookmaker admitted
to the House Committee on Betting,
appointed to Investigate the possi
bilities of the Government placing
a tax on horse race betting, that
he took in an average of 125,000
day, or more than $8,000,000 a yeat
in bets. This particular bookmaket
operates a credit account system ir
established offices, and his business
comes within the law.
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! Is Arrested on
I Charges of Haring
| Died 20 Years Ago
! PARIS, Aug. 16—A man has !
1 been arrested at Limoges on the j
| unusual charge of having died !
j twenty years ago.
| The man has traded in the
[ name of Veslan. but the police |
1 assert that Vesian died in 1903,
! and was duly hurled. The ac- |
I cused man, when confronted with
t these alleged facts, calmly pro
I duced papers of Identification. J
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LORD CARNEGIL TO M \RRY PRINCESS MAUD.
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Lord Carnegie, shown here wearing the colors of the Carnegie
clan of Scotland, of whom he Is t >o head, is soon to marry Prin
cess Maud, daughter of the Prin cse of Fife, a sister of King
George of England.
MARY'S AGE IS
I NOW QUESTIONED
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Father of Movie Actress Says
She is 30—Sister Says
She Is 21. .
LOS ANUKI.ES, Aug. 16. — The
(statement purported to have been
| made last night at Dallas by Homer
(O’Reilly, father of Mary Miles Mln
i ter, that Mary was 30 years old
j instead of 21, was flatly contradicted
! today by Margaret Shelby, Mary’s
j lrter. Miss Shelby said the movie
actress was born In 1902.
O'Reilly’s statement was In con
! noction with Mary's threatened mil
I lion dollar suit against her mother.
.Requests Safety
I For American
i Under Arrest
j WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—National
(Commander McFarland, of the Dis
abled American War Veterans, has
sent a request to Secretary of State
Hughes that “every precaution be
taken for the safety of our fellow
member, Hoover Griffiths, who is
under arrest at Eherhaeh, Germany,
for an alleged attempt to kidnap
Grover Bergdoll."
AID IS PROMISED
CINCINNATI, Aug. 16—The Ameri
can government will not only do
everything in Its power to secure the
lease of Hoover Griffith from prison
in Germany where he is held in con
nection with the? attempt to kidnap
Bergdoll, but will exert all means
I to secure the extradition of Berg
doll. This is according to a wire
from Secretary Hughes to National
Adjutant Lasance, of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
RIGA, Aug. 16.—After a fruit
less courtship lasting twenty-live
years, John Meklls, aged 66, shot
and killed Anna Demut, 50, and
th. n committed suicide.
He wrote an apology to the
woman’s relatives, saying that as he
was finally convinced that he could
not win her in this world he wanted
i to see if he could in the next.
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RECOGNITION OF
MEXICO IS NEAR
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MEXICO CITY, A hi?. 16 Records;
of a conference between American
and Mexican commissions embody ;
ing an agreement designed to make i
make It possible for resumption of
diplomatic negotiations bctwoeen thej
two nations was signed at 2:15.
o’clock this morning.
Seattle Council Ignores
Request for Wage Advance
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SEATTLE,, Aug. 16 The Seattle1
City Council last night ignored the
request of the city employees for
universal wage Increases In pay.
PRESIDENT'S FATHER IN PATCHED
PANTS POTTERS AROUND HIS FARM
PLYMOUTH. Vt. Aug. 16—An
aged New England farmer in blue
shirt and trousers, short and patched,
is puttering around the house of his
old Green Mountain farm here, while
down in Washington his son sits in
the chair of the President of the
United States.
Old John Coolidge lie's 7S now—
Is "getting things straightened out”
to go hack to his home In Massa
chusetts.
"Or course. I’m glad Cal has met
success,” ho said, "hut I’m sorry
that the death of, Mr. Harding had to
be. »
"Cal always has been a good boy
and he deserves credit.”
Mr. Coolidge, senior, was the first
one down the steps when W. A. Per
kins, the telephone man from Bridge
water. pounded on the door at mid
night and informed him President
Harding had died. lie was iu his
night shirt and barefooted, but after
he had told “Cal and Grace” about
I it he went back and put on his shirt
I and pants. He was the first to greet
I his son as President.
84 IMPORTANT
ARRESTS MADE
IN CONSPIRACY
Department of Justice Rounds
Up What Is Said to Be
Large Bootleg Gang.
WASHINGTON. Aug:. 16. — With
84 persons already arrested at Sa
vannah under the conspiracy section
cf the prohibition enforcement act,
the Department of Justice officials
raid they believed they had SnaMy
rounded up ene of the largest, if
n:t the largest, bootleg forces in the
United States.
Other important arrests are fore
cast.
It is rtated indictments will be
fought under the Volstead act and
ale: under customs laws.
MUR DAY
NEARING END
Many Steel Mills in Pitts
burgh District Start on
Three Shifts.
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 16.—The 12
liour day In the blast furnaces, open
hearth and Bessemer converter de
partments of many etoel mills In the
Pittsburgh district saw the begin
ning of the end today.
The Inauguration of the three
bihlft plan started In such plants
us are able to recruit the required
number of workers.
For the present some of the men
In the rolling mills and other de
partments must work 10 hours but
those will only work eight hours
when additional men are found.
Jail Is Stormed by Mob;
Common Criminals Freed
BERLIN. Aug. 16 A dispatch to
the Allegetnelne Zoitung from Halle
says a mob stormed the Jail at Jettz,
smashed the doors and opened the
cell door liberating all prisoners,
most of whom were ordinary crimi
nals.
Urge Establishment of
Finger Print Bureau
DE8 MOINES, Aug. 16—Speakers
at the annual convention of the In
ternational Association for Identi
fication, urged the establishment of
a Federal Bureau where linger prints
of ('very man. woman and child In
the United States will be died.
RUHR MINERS GET INCREASE
DU88ELDORF, Aug. 16—Wages of
miners In the Ruhr pits are to be In
creased 215 per cent. The Increase Is
effective immediately and Is to be re
troactive from August 6.
LOAN FOR ARGENTINA
LONDON. Aug. 16—The Dally Mall
asserts the belief that an attempt is
being made In London to raise a new
loan for Argentina. The amount Is
reported to be £20,000.000.
It was in this regalia with the ad
dition or a coat, that he administered
the oath of office nearly three, hours
.later over the family Bible.
The Presidents' father doesn’t care
much about clothes and docs not be
lieve a man should shave every day
to keep up his reputation. He Is
quiet, like his son, and talks little.
He is not used to all the hurly burly
activity which has been going on the
last few clays. He was glad to get
the telephone out of the house be
cause It always waB bothering some
body. They put it in the night the
oath was administered.
He speaks in words of ono sylla
ble with that peculiar New England
falsetto that all the theatrical farm
ers have been trying to Imitate for
years. His sentences usually are
from one to five words in length and
are noncommittal. The father of a
President cannot be too careful with
reporters.
“1 guess maybe some day I'll go
down to see Cal.’1 he said. “Yes. In
Washington Yes, I'd like to see all
the White House. Yes, I guess may
be I'll go dowu some day." ,
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