THE
HA1LY EMPIRE
"ALL THE .SEWS AI ‘ HE TIME"
VOL. XXI , NO. 3132. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALLIED PREMIERS NEARING BREAK
WET LAWS ARE
DEMANDED ;60V.
1 SMITH SPONSOR
In Personally Delivered Mes
sage, Asks for Legislation
for Wines and Beer.
BULLETIN—ALBANY. Jan. 3.—
The repeal cf the state prohibition
fnforcement statutes was proposed
in the fiist bill introduced in the
State Legislature when it opened
here today.
ALBANY. N. Y . Jan. 3.—Personal
ly delivering his message to tins New
York legislature. Governor A lb ;rt K.
Smith today recommended the pass
age of a resolution urging the legis
lature machinery at Washington, 1).
C., be set in motion immediately to
bring about a constitutional amend
ment permitting light wines and
beer.
Governor Smith also took the in
itiation in this state for a Federal
legislative amendment requiring sub
mission to the people all future pro
posals to amend the Fed oral consti
tution.
Governor Smith urged the repeal
of the motion picture censorship
law, restoration of the direct prim
ary, municipal home rule and muni
cipal control of public utilities.
OHIOAGAINST
KU KLUX KLAN
Three Bills Introduced in
Legislature Bearing
Upon Klansmen.
COLUMBUS. Jan. 3.—Three bill.,
aimed at the Ku Klux Klan wate in
troduced today in the Ohio legisla
ture. One bill requires the Klan to
file with the Secretary of State a
list of all officers.
Another bill makes assault by a
masked robed person punishable by
from one to 15 years.
The third bill would make a felony
the crime committed by a masked
person and punishable by death.
IRISH STRIFE
IN NEW YORK
Republicans and Free Staters
Stage Scene — Mayor
Hylan Ducks Out.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3,—Irish Rc'
publicans contesting with Free Stat
ers for possession of the Jrish Con
lulate. picketed today in front of
the City Mall. They carried placards
declaring that a Police Lieutenant
had ariulted Muriel MacSwincy.
Other placards declared that Sir
Baril Thompson, of Scotland Yards,
had been brought to New York to
teach the police “black' and tan
methods.''
Mayor Hylan escaped during the
disturbance through a side door of
his office and drove off in a last
automobile.
Canton Government Will *
Unite with New Regime
PEKING, Jan. 3.— The Foreign
Office has received a telegram from
Canton saying that the Canton
Government, which was founded by
Dr. Sun Yat Sen. had derided to re
unite with the Central Government.
hooting Case in
Dismissed
PRINCIPAL IN SHOOTING CASE.
■PUP
E>*2fyl CAVa-f^
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Mi3. Beryl Curtis Ward, wife r.t' Walter S. Ward, millionaire
New York baker, insisted her husband told the truth in the mys
tery of the death of Clarence Peters, former U. S. Marine, and that
no woman was involved in the case. She denied rumors she con
templated bringing divorce proceedings. Mrs. Ward is shown in a
striking new pose. Ward, who was Polit e Cominiloner of New
Rochelle at the time of the shooting, is shown with a group of |
« ffieers of the New Rochelle |>olice force.
In Again! Out Again!
Chicago Man Puts
On Freak Stunt
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I | CHICAGO, Jan. 3. -Stanley |
Kyees started on New Year* j
Day wearing a straw liat II'1 j
was arrested for disorderly ((in
duct and released, lie wa- ad
vised to wait for summer before j
adopting Ills strange headgear, |
lor this time of the year
Asks that Alien Tailors
Be Admitted to the U. S.
i _
W.A Sfi ■ NGYiY.n, .inn. .1 -Entile
Twycffora. representing the Nat "dal
: Association of Merchant Tailoi- ap
, peared before the House immian’ion
[committee today and advocated a
flexible immigration law permitting
j admittance of desirable aliens for
any trade in which there is an m
nounced labor shortage regard!ft- of
file present 3 per cent quota. Twyef
I fora said the present law was w cit
ing a hardship on the tailoring i-d
ne.ss.
CANDV AND JAM ARE VALUED
MORE HICHLY THAN FINE GOLD
HON'OLUbi:, T. 11, .Ian. 3.—
Rapa, the island where men ire out
numbered considerably by women
residents, also is the islim where
Jam and candy are far more preaiou
than much fine gold, according to
J. K. C. Stokes, scientist attached
to the Bishop museum, who conduct
ed an extensive tour of investiga
tion of the Austral Islands in con
nection with i lie museums efforts
to establish the origin of tfie Poly
nesian raep.
Stokes said that offers of money
bad no effect upon natives .of Rapa
-d- 4:
when they were requested to fitain
specimens. relics and other ie
ntents of a lost civilization. Bn hose
were forthcoming Instantly whon
! camly was offered in exchang". As
a result, the supply of eandj »on
was exhausted. Then Mrs. Stakes
came to tho rescue. The natives
would furnish no more spe ! ivns
unless they were supplied with
.sweets. Mrs. Stokes hit upon m.ik
j ins jam out of the oranges which
grow in abundance on Rapa
Stokes said that the jam was con
sidered more valuable than the
candy.
JEWEL PARTY i ;
CHLOROFORM
Woman Reports Robbery at
High Jinks for Ten in
New York—Arrest.
NEW YORK. .Jan Mrs. I, ••)•! !
S< hoellkoper, wife of a Buffalo bhri-i
ness man staying i: the Kitz-Carlij
was chloroformed anfl robbed of
$150,000 of jewelry in a f i shionabl '.
apartment hoit-c >ti We-. Fifty-sec-1
ond Street on New Year's Eve. Tills j
was the report made last nigh:. to)
I tile police.
Frank Carmine, host at .the party I
| where i! i>- said over $1,000,000 w >rth
I of jewels were u irn by ii;s 10 guests
i Mrs. Schoeilkoper leung one. was ur
| rested early this morning.
Former Head of Bond
House Is Under Arrest
OFffCAGO. Jan. 5. Fred Krlobel,i
former head of the bond house of j
Kriebel Company, of New York and I
Chicago, which failed last March, I
! was arrested this forenoon on a
! Federal indictment charging use of
the mails to defraud.
! The firm failed for $2,308,001.68!
| with cash assets of $140,000 in no. -s j
land $500,000 in qu< uanible papers, j
Former American Consul
Charged with Embezzlement
—
HAN ANTONI), Jan. 3. Randolph •
Robertson, former American consul ,
at Nuevo I.aredo, Mexico, h is b ‘en i
arrested on a charge of emb .■/./,ing 1
$13,000 of gov rnmont funds. This I
is according to government officials.!
BUSINESS FAILURES IN 192?
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Business
failures for 1922 totaled 22.400 ac
cording to Bradstreets. This is 11.9
per cent more than in 1921 arid 164:
per cent more than in 1980. J
W'HiITE PLAINS.
Tho announcement 1
that the Supreme (
missed the Indictment
ter S. Ward with- tl
Clarence Peters, lust .\1
expressions of satisfact
liands. The court he
prosecution invaded the
rights in delaying the tri
Jar. :t
yes lord,
had dt.- ■
:gtqg W a l
i, irjer ot
1 with •
.’rim all,
!l h tho j
iic.di.nt's
STORY OF CAt
WHITE PDA INIS, N. Y
Walter S. Ward, son of
Ward, a millionaire baker
the central figure in one o;
baffling murder mysteries
when, on May 20. he vv i
lrge S !
e most |
i year j
K-pd into.
Sheriff Werner s office in Westches
ter county courthouse here and con
fessed he had killed Clarence Pet
ers, a former navy man.
The body of Peters, poorly clad,
with a bullet wound through the
chest, was found lying abou six fee:
off the road near Kentico reservoir
early on the morning of May lli
imp week before Ward made his con
fe.ssion.
In the pockets of the clothes were
a few pennies, part of a pack of
playing cards and nothing else. 1.
navy shirt gave the only blue, and
by it, aided with finger prints, Pet
ers was Identified and toe sheriff
tried to find his slayer.
Tile week passed with n j results.
The body was sent to Haverhill.
Mass., Peters’ home, for burial—tho
case was practically dropped. Ami
then Ward came in, admitted he
killcvd Peters and was promptly freed
on $10,000 bail.
Case of Blackmail
The baker's son told a story of
blackmail sir part of a story. He
eald that a man known to him as
“(•liariie Roos,” another known only
(Continued on Page Five.)
SECRETARY FALL
TO RETURN WEST
Following Resignation on
March 4, Will Go to Ranch
and His Cattle Business.
BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Jan.
3.—The mention of the name of
Senator Kellogg-, of Minnesota, in
connection with the vacancy in the
Cabinet through the resignation of
Secretary Fall caused Kellogg to for
mally make a statement ‘ there was
net the slightest foundation” to such
mention.
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 3. Following
the announcement from tho White
House yesterday by President Hard
ing that Secretary of the Interior
Department, Albert It Fall, would
resign March 4. Fall attended the
meeting of the Cabinet and his
resignation was briefly discussed lr
all present. Expressions of regret
wore heard from all Cabinet mem
bers.
All those In close touch with Ihe
(Continued on Page Two.)
TAX QUESTIONS
UP IN INDIANA
Financial Problems Before
State Legislature When
Convenes Tomorrow.
INDIAN A, F*OOIS, Ind ., Jan. :!. A
gasoline tux of two (eats per gallon,
an increase ranging front f>0 to 100
per cent in aiitomobilfe licence fees,
thorough consideration of proposed
plans for improving education, ap
propriation of $1.000,000 to continue
the new reformatory building pro
gram. and general economy in ap
propriations. are included in lb
program which Governor McCray is
expected to present to the legisla
ture, which convenes tomorrow. Tax
irgislatlon. as a purely partisan
measure, may in■ introduced by th
Democrats, whose platform favored
"homo rule” *n control over tax I v
los and bond issues. Governor Mc
Cray and other Itepublicin lea I r»
believe such authority should remain
with the state t x board.
The elosenes >? Republican and
Democrat, division in the legislature
precludes the passage of a great
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PEACE CANNOT BE RESTORED
THROOGH MONET; GIVE JOB TO
EVERT MAN, PROSPERITY COMES
■HJTROIT, J.tn Henry Ford. ir
interview with a delegation of
'atcrnational Labe; Office of i'i
I , to of Nations, headed by Albor,
i * as Prance, declarod that a j >
very man was otto sure curs
tor ‘ trld unrest.
At said peace and prosperity
II i;l at b> restored through mon o
b a* ■ tuuii expansion of indugiry.
:mpr ■ uent of agrieilUnra and c lu
cat in the workers.
“All the money in the world could
be <iuntpori Into the son and so Ions
is men would put oms stono on top
if nnoili::r and till tho ground, we
would have products to barter and
aonvmerco would go on without In
erruptlon," Ford said.
“If every man had a job interest
ng to him, !i • would be too busy to
think of war,’- concluded the auto
nnnufacturer.
PERMING DECORATED BY NEW POLISH MINISTER j
"Polaivi de.corate-? (kanecal 1Resiling/**■ I;
The new Polish Minister to America, Dr. Uitiislnw Wroblew
ski. is shown decorating General John J. I’orshing with the Virtuti |
Militari n»d Polonia Kestutta, highest military tui<l civi ldncoru
tions of Poland.. Major-General Janos G. Marbonl. Deputy Chief of |
Staff. is watching the proceedings.
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WALLACE SEES
BETTER TIMES
FOR FARMERS
Agricultural Prospects for:
Present Year Given—
1922 Is Reviewed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. -Better I
limes for the farmers of the country ,
are fore-een for 192IS by Secretary!
Wallaco, who. in i statement today.;
reviewed agricultural conditions of j
1922 and sot forth llio prospects for)
the new year. In his statement, Mr.
Wallace said:
"Twelve months ago most of the
six million farmers of the United
States were starting on the ions hard
climb out of tiie valley of economic
depression. They have not yet at
tained the heights which are bathed!
in the grateful sunshine of prosper !
ity. Some, indeed, have .fallen by
tile way. Others are still In (he val
ley. Nevertheless, as we stop a hi
and look backward we can see tIt i
very considerable ground hit been
gained by the great majority, anti j
we can enter the New V#ar with re
newed hope and with that courage |
which comes from the realization!
that wo are r ally making progress. |
“A year ago. when speaking of lhe|
prospects for farming in 1922. I said
that while there was no rea-nt t
expect boom times for the farmer
in the near future, there w is promts *
of better times, both for the farmer
and for those whose business is
largely dependent upon hint. The
year has brought fulfillment of tlia!
promise. Speaking generally, times
are better, much better, than a war
ago. both for agriculture end far in
; dustry.
Crops Good on Whole
“Crops have been good, on ta ,
wiiiiIh. Prices of ill • major crops art ,
mostly considerably higher. While
there has been a corresponding ad ,
i vanee in the prices of the things th !
'farmer must buy. the total sum
[which farmers will receive for tie
l crops of this year Is greater by aj
[billion and a half dollars or ni ne
| than that whiih they receive | f >r
tli-' crops of last voar. This will
| certainly mean better times on the,
| farm, and farm folks will he able '
: ease up a little on the grinding co t '
omy they were forced t> p.-nokv,
j the preceding year
I "The labor cost of producing t'i"!
I 'Tops of 1922 was still further r■*■!
I duct’d There were some substantial ,
; reductions in freight rates. Much!
helpful legislation has been enacted j
I and more will be this winter. In
(Continued on Pace Two.)
Investigation
Into Drinking
| May Be Made
- I
I WASHINGTON', Jan 3. -Rep
resentative) Hill, of Maryland,
today Introduced a resolution >
calling tor an investigation of
' the Upshaw charges that some
(.li,vi mars and many high off 1
1 cials d * not ‘'practice prnhibi
! tlon enforcement which tli >y
1 proa, h."
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Bank Robbery Suspects
Are Arrested in St. Louis
ST I.OUIS. Jun. 2 The police
announce two men have been ar
rested as suspects of the |'J7,000
robbery of a messenger of the Drov
ers National Hank at Kansas (Tty
on December 12. Both men have
been living expensively and calling
tin in elves stockmen.
HANG NEGRO
IIATI'IKriHUJUi, Miss., Jan. 3.
Twe iu t'iw* masked men took Ban
Wcb-der, negro, from u passenger
train at Lawrence somotlme during
the niuiil His body was found this
inor-iing hanging from a bridge.
BULLETIN—PARIS. Jan. 3.—Lata
this afternoon the Conference of AI
lied Premiers took a,hasty adjourn
ment.
This action, according’ to unoffi
cial statements, was taken to avoid
a break which appears certain.
Adjournment was taken until to
morrow.
LAW AGAINST
TAKING OVER
GERMAN LAND
Official Statement Made by
British Premier on Ques
tion of Reparations.
PAKIS. .Ian. 3. Premier A Bonar
I>ii.\v, in the first ill red statement
on reparations since lie headed the
British government, was made her*
today.
Premier Law said:
"You can get certain amounts of
money by taking immediate posses
sion of Germany hut you can't take
ovre Germany and re-establish her
finanolal stability.
"This is not a political but a busi
ness question.”
Tlte British Premier expressed his
desire to co-operate with France but
feared public opinion of the two
countries would prevent it.
Plans of British.
Several days ago Information was
received bore that the Prime Min
ister of Great Britain would bring
to the Paris Conference of Premiers
a complete plan upon which the
British Cabinet passed judgment in
the hope of obtaining a Frencli
agreement for a final settlement of
the reparations problem.
This information came in a des
patch from Co ml on fys follows:
"Ilf.'aU- of yfrj dJnwar ta?w'» re
ptiratinn plan were not available,
bat It is believed it will set down
Germany's total obligations at ap
proximutily one-third the Versailles
Treaty figures.
"The British desire that the
French give Germany a fair trial
under the new scheme which. If It
is not productive of the desired re
sults. would be supplemented by
French schemes involving coercive
methods.”
REBELLION IN
INDIA COMING
Campaign of Disobedience to
Be Launched—Indians
on Side of Turks.
GAYA, British India, Jan. 3.—
The Kiiilufat conference in its con
cluding session here today decided
to launch a campaign of disobed
ience if Great Britain again par
ticipates In war against Turkey and
would Include a propaganda against
recruiting and a refusal to subscribe
to uny war loans.
The conference resolved to recruit
a legion for service under the An
gora government.
WORLD IS NOT COMING TO END;
LONS LIFE OF SON PREDICTED
s'Ti m'KHO!/JI, .l.i n. 3. -The smi
can keep on shining a: ih • pr - nt
rale for another 80.000,000,000 y sirs,
uml iium.ia cnltnro is to perish it
will not be for lack of sunshine.”'
Th: "artting and whinisii.il state
ment was made in the cour.-e of a
re ' lit lecture by Hr Svante Arrhe
nils, the Swedish authority on,
astrophysics, in which he explained
certain theories and discoveries r :
pantin'; solar conditions.
"Suppose the sun were i in is of j
coal." said Dr. Arrhontn- In or.! t to!
illustrate hts problem. “(living forth I
heat energy at Hie present rate, it'
would then have lastc I only 1,000
years, or about as long as tic period j
of known human history, lint since
there were living thing- of some
*ktnd on earth at least 1,000,000.0001
years ago. and since there has evi
dently been very litti • deterioration
of Hie son during that period of
tone, any theory of the expenditure
of '.dir energy must provide for up
ward* of one hundred billion years."
Though it is difficult to interpret
lir. Arrhenius in popular language,
it may ho of interest to state his
general theory. Heavenly bodies be
gin as cold nebulous masses of hydro
son. helium and tile called ne
buliunt. I. slit then arises ttmmsh
r.ulioai-t'v;t The hydrogen is con
loused fa form the other two ele
ment-. helium ant nebullutn. and
from tit'so develop a whole series of
heeler elements, the most abund
ant of which is iron. After this
3t has been passed, the radloac
th e eli'tuonts again resolve them
selves into mi statute elements and
produce helium. This chemical pro
cess, going on in cycles, accounts for
the lavish production of light and
heat by the sun.
Whit becomes of dead suns and
stars’ I>r. Arrhenius replied to this
question that celestial bodies which
have burn d oui may flame up again
In ca-o they happen to wander into
nebulous regions where condensa
tion and production of hout again
tiksi place. Thus he explained the
discoveries of new stars which are
f-cquontly announced by astrono
mers.
Hr. Arrhenius paid a tribute to the
sncceaiful work of American astro% f
outers, remarking wistfully that, in /
addition to bright skies, they are ,
also favored by ample funds for,
research nnd expediinent. /
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