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“ALL THE NEWS AIT THE TIME”
VOL XXL, NO. 3162.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
BRITISH ADMIRAL ORDERED TO
SMYRNA; TURKS ISSUE ORDERS
ALLIED TREATY
MAY BE SIGNED
, BY THE TURKS
New Proposition Is Made Re
garding Near East
Peace Conference.
PlAR!i3, Feb. 7.—Advtieos received 1
here from Lausanne state the Near
Kas/t Pe ice Conference ’has not yet j
teen officially terniiniatod.
Ismet Pasha. La ready to accept
an Allied treaty if the Turks are per
mitted to discuss farther economic'
clauses at the resumption of the con
frrence in another month.
It -is raid Ismet Pasha has re- j
celvcl frem the Angora government |
tIni3 suggestion from the hoa.i of the j
Nationalist delegates.
FRANCE GOING ALONE
PAIN'S. Feb. 7.—Premier Poincare,
after a consultation with Bombard
and other French delegates to the
Lausanne conference, decided that \
as a stumbling block in the peace
u e go :i alliums was c aused by the Brit-1
ish Cabinet's decision doc lining t'(
rxclud•> economic clauses from the I
trea'y, he would attempt at once t '
secure for France a special treaty
with Turkey. Accordingly, Premier1
IPoinearo has telegraphed Ismet
I’asha requesting him to stale im
mediately Ulna) con titions Turkey is I
prepared to sign.
ACCEPT PROPOSALS
LONDON, Feb. 7.—>A Renter's -db-j
patch says it is confirmed in well
informed quarters thiit the Turks .
have made Marquis Curzon proposals j
for separate peace between Turkey
and Great Britain.
TURKEY MAY SIGN
'LONDON, Feb. 7.—-France has noti
fied Great Britain that the Ottoman !
delegation at Lausanne has agreed:
to sign all peace terms.
Rockefeller, Senior,
Is Feeling Better
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.ORMUND BEACH. Feb. 7.—John |
Rockefeller, Sr., ha3 entirely recov
ered from 'his Illness of the pa3t 1
three or four days, according to an
nouncement made at his residence'
here.
SAVE FORESTS
SAYS HARDING
President Expresses His
Views as to Required
Forest Legislation.
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WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—President
Harding in a letter to Represents- !
five Clarke, of Now York, member!
of the House agriculture committee,!
urges enactment of legislation for
conservation of forests. The commit
tee is constidering a tentative bill
proposing cooperation botween the
Federal government and states in a
comprehensive policy for reforestra
lion and timber consorvation.
APPROPRIATION
FIGHTSTARTS
Senator King Opens Struggle
Over Rivers and Har
bors Appropriation.
WASHTNOTIN, Feb. 7—A fight!
has already broken out on the
$50,000,000 rivers and harbors provi
aion in the army appropriation bill.
Senator King, of Utah, declared
today that both tho Senate and
House committees absolutely ignored |
the recommendations of the Budget
Bureau.
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FRANCE HAS 100.000
MEN IN RUHR DISTRICT
BERLIN, Feb. 7.—It is learned here!
trom French sources that FYance now
lua more than 100,000 armed men!
in the Ruhr and that she intends to
Mcren.se the number to 250,000 and
bn prepared for any eventualities.
PRESIDENT HARDING'S TRIP TO
ALASKA MIGHT BLAST HOPES OF
HIS FOES; SECRETS LEAK OUT
Senate Inquires Into
McNary Appointment.
A special Senate sub-committee
has been appointed to Investigate
the financial dealings of James G.
McNary, K1 Paso (Texas) hanker,
recently appointed by President
Harding to he Comptroller of the
Currency . It is said hank exam
iners and others had told of specu
lation in Mexican cotton by the
bank official.
RESISTANCE TO
FRENCH FORCE
IS ADMITTED
German Government An
nounces Sentiment Is
Against Occupation.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Through
•ho Embassy here, the German gov
ernment has denied formally that ps
policy of resistance to French octet
potion ban been modified.
The Embassy docl,t,ro.3 that on Fat
“contrary unanimous resistance or
the part of Germany is steadily grow
ing."
CUNO ON TOUR
BERLIN. Feb. 7.—-Chancellor Cun >
has returned to Itorlin after a ton;
of the occupied area. Cuno -and he
was convinced of the determination
of the population to resist the French
coercive measures just as strong a«
when the occupation beg..n.
R. R. STRIKE EFFECTIVE
DUSSELDOR.F. Fob. 7.—General I
Woyunxl and French .Minister of Pub
lic Work3 Leganutr, on their 'liird|
visit since the occupation of the',
Ruhr, found the railway strike > ef
fective they had to motor from Aixl
la Chapolbe.
The ■French plan to operate railway j
service sufficient to transport food!
and run about a 20 par cent normal!
paauonpor service. Every railroad in.
Franco is to send a certain p">r- j
con tap? of trained men from all de
partments to the occupied area
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TAFT AND HARVEY FOR
LOWER INTEREST ON DEBT
NEW YriRK. Feb. 7.—A World dis
patch from Washington says Am
bassador Harvey and Thief Justice
T 'ft are the two Americans who are
said to have told the Rrtltish gnvern
men' that the Unites) States accept
a lower interest rate than 3 per
rent on the British war deb’. The
incident took place last July on Jus
tice Taft’s trip to London. Taft
and Harvey lunched nt If* Downing
Street with Lloyd George, Bon.ur Law
lacing present.
By CHARLES MICHELSON
WASHINGTON, Peb. 7.—President
Harding lia* planned a visit to Al
aska and possibly to Hawaii during
tho luxurious summer time when he
hopes to have no Congress on his
hands. Kvory tlmo the trip is men
tioned a cold chill runs up and down
tho spines of half the Republicans in
the 'Senate.
These are the candidates for his
Job. They ill recognize that if* Mr.
Harding wants to run again. Messrs.
Mirant John on, Modill McCormick.
Jim Wat on and a score of others
might as well fold their booms away
in lavender, ar.d this goes also for
ex Govern r Lowdon, General Leon
ard Wood, Will Hays and all the
othor out idnrs who lhavp lit in mind
to be the legatee of the White Hon >
incumbent.
The relation 'between the Presi
d«n''s pilgrimages in the next Re
publican National Convention is fair
ly dose. The gentlemen mentioned
aro banking a great deal on Mr.
Harding's harassment and disappoint
ment, which have caused him at va
rious times to express his surprise
that any sine man who had ex ;
perienced the dovHmc.nl of being j
President should want to repeat the'
ordeal.
Banking on His Disgust
There are somo in the Senate who,
are tliking about Binding somebody
to take tho nomination away from'
Mr. Harding, who, they nay. is the
author of all tho political woes of
tho party. Bn: oven they know -that
this sort of talk will die away at
convention time approaches, and that
the President can run again if lie
wants to. So the hopes of the candi
dates expectant Test entirely on the
permanency of the President's deep
disgust.
Thai ils whero the importance of
the proapcc-1 ive errantry comes in. j
The President will go to tho Pa-j
etfic Coast on one route and return
by another. On his way he will
make many speeches.
When he has mot tho people face
to face at banquets, receptions and
mass mootings twice across the con
tinent, when ho his hem uplifted b\
(lie cheers and reassured by (.he
whispered words of the local party
groat, when he has read tho hos
pitable praise for his pooches dn the
newspapers, his weariness of the j ib
is likely do drop from him like a
garment and ho is duo to return to
Washington in the full faith .that it
would be akin to treason to abandon |
ic-uuiluuea on CagiToevenTj ’ I
ANOTHER CANAL
OCEAN TO OCEAN
BEING PLANNED
Success of Panama Canal
Forecasts Another—Prob
ably Nicaraguan Route.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Hope that
the profit from the Panama Canal
will ultimately enable the American
government to build another water
way across the Isthmus of Panama
was expressed at the White House
today.
Officials said nothing hud been
done but lit was disclosed that con
sideration has boen given upon bid
ding between two proposed routes.
One of the routes is the Nicaraguan
route, the rights of which are al
ready owned by the United States.
GERMANY PURCHASING
COAL FROM THE ENGLISH j
LONDON. Feb. 7. Orders for Brit
ish coal are continuing to such an
extent that they have caused a raise
in the price. Hugo Stinnes is one
of the heaviest purchasers. The or
ders, it Is said, are the direct result
of the French occupation of the Ruhr.
STILL FOR BOOZE
HARTFORD. Conn.. Feb. 7. The
Connecticut, legislature for the third
time ha* refused to ratify the pro
hibition amendment.
FIRST PICTURES OF OCCUPATION OF ESSEN.
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Qtc.1 Lg.ryi1 J/^txipojA- Degoug-tt^ mjcu £vicl&& ,w?*..
Here are tirst photographs of tlie actual occupation of Batten, home of the great Krupp Works, by
the French troops. The Fourth ■Cavalry Division, under General Lamport, was the first unit to push
into the city. General Degouette, commanding the French troops in Germany, is shown, with ills stafT,
in Keren, diecu;-!v.g the disposition of his forces and guns „
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, Dr. Cook, Arctic
1 Explorer, Faces
Dry Law Charge
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FORT WORTH, Tex., Fob. 7.
—■Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic
| explorer, has bora arrested by
j Federal! authorisios on a eharg"
of having liquor in hiH possus- j
j sion. He was released on $."»U0
| bond, His attorney issued a
I statement denying tiie charge,
and saving the arrest was
I caused by 'his wife, who filed
j suit for divorce.
| Mrs. Cook, according to Dr. |
| Cook's lawyer, knows the for- j
j ntor explorer is under investi
gation by Federal authorities in
connection with his oil promo
tions, and ho tears hi3 wealth
will l>o tied up by the proceed
ings.
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MANY LIVES
CLAIMED BY
LYNCH LAW
Over Four Thousand St run]
Up in Recent Years
by Various Mobs.
WASHINGTON, fob. 7. N ?v id
incl Colorado arc included In l:
states which were free from lynch
ingi during the last 10 years. Till
Is contained ir. a tateinent issues
today by a commission of the Churcl
of Rice Relations i>r the Kedera
Church of Christ in America.
The statement issued today give
an analysis of lynching statistic
from 1S85 to 1921.
The victims included 1,111 whit'
men, 17 white wornem, 3,001 negri
men and OR negro women.
The statement - iys the nnmher o
white men lynched lias decreased rar
1<11v since 1900.
MUST DIG UP
POUOHKKHPSIE, N. Y„ Feb. 7
Supreme Court Justice Morechause
today handed down a decision restoi
ing alimony of $90,000 a yea.r to Mri
Anne Stillman pending the appeal n
James Stlillman in hi* divorce suii
The court also allowed $15,000 for ac
ildtonal expenses.
BREAD LINES ARE DISAPPEARING;
FEW MEN UNEMPLOYED AT PRESENT
j Found Dead
; While Taking
| Their Honeymoon
POCATHIjLiO, Idaho, Feb. 7.—
Two bodies identified ns those
of Mr. and Mrs. Jaek Wood,
| of Idaho Falls. wr,ro found in
a refrigerator ear at Montpel
ier. It is beKeved the young
j couplo started out on a “tramp”
; honeymoon, found the refrigera
tor ear door op1 :i and
(dimbod tin. Death was probab
ly catisod from the fumes of a
‘ charcoal burner which they had.
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Filipino Independence
Measure Is Postponed
I WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. Senator
■ Kins, of It: ah. save notice today hf
I would post pone Fil ipino Indepo-ud
I Blue as a rider to tile war depart
mentV appropriation bill. The ridei
provides for Ihu declaration of dm
dependence after the general elec
j lion and constitutional convention.
DEBT FUNDING
NOTE DELAYED
i President Will Present His
Statement to Congress
>' Sometime Tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON. Feb 7 President
' Harding has postponed until tomo •
1 row Ills statement to Congress ,nk
I Ins; modification of Hk> debt funding,
f; Tilts delay permits of final approval
-1 of Hie funding seitlement recently
I negotiated between Great Britain
' and the I'nited State*.
Eight Lives Are Lost;
Landmark Is Destroyed
rj WICHITA. Feb. 7 -Eight bodies
■ are believed to be still buried under
. I the debris of the Ghetto building, old
f landmark, destroyed here by fire
.! Three bodies h ive been removed
, from the ruins, making the known
dead 11.
CinCMX), Foil. 7.—(By the Asso
rated Press. I—Bread linos In the
nttid-wo: t have been nearly elimlnut
od and un employment greatly re
duced this winter according to re
ports front state labor departments.
; industrial comniiasions, employers'
tss m rations, and employment bu
; reaus
The caines woro given as Im
! proved industrial conditions, mild
I winter and considerable out of doors
I work for common labor. An e*cep
i t'ion win reported ai Cincinnati in a
i floating negro population, out of
work, whoso presence is attributed
partly to migration to northern j >bi
during the rail strike last summer
and partly to layoffs from work on
two envernment dams near the city.
Th • Northwest generally reports u
| Ionian I for lumberjacks, w ith c >n
siderall'o call also for building work
! rs and common laborers.
Only 3,009 Jobless
V Columbus the State-City Free
■ FinploymoT Bure hi estimated 3,000
men out of wnrk compared with
! ili r lf>.non a year ago. The F
i plovers Association of Detroit, rep
I recoiling Til firms, reported in iniil
j .1 ninary 194,697 men and women em
ployed, and estimated the employed
i it 1100.900 to 350.000. It said more
j ire employed now in Detroit than
before in the city's history.
T ie Asi’ooia.ted 'Employers of In
dianapolis reported employment so
nearly normal that no effort h as been
rnaili* to chock the total out of work.
I Wolf; r • organizations in Louisville
, reported no authoritative* figures, hot
1 -1 (I the unemployed were not nu
' me: ei< At St. Louis the State Labor
nute-.ni estimated about 5.000 out of
I work compwrod with 45,000 last win
ter Some formin' brewery workers
w r > rep uteri among the unemployed.
Illinois Report
Fur Illinois tho stale Department
of laabor estimated 14 5 per cent
more employed, amounting to 1)0.000
i r >ns. than a year ago. The State
Lalior Commissioner of Iowa esti
matod the unemployed at less than
20.00U, compared with 40,000 last
: year.
i The r. B. Bmplovment Bureau at
Milwaukee estimated t.he number
! <•'i; d work as small, while the State
Industrial Commission office at Madi
• >•1 reported employment conditions
fa rly - it.Lfactorv, due to heavy log
i: ng and to building At Croon Rtv
employment managers speaking for
| the Fox River valley noted an uu
i.recedonted call for lumberjacks Du
luth reported building operations ab
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TROUBLE SEEMS
LIKELY; TURKEY
AGAINST ALLIES
Orders Are Issued Prohibiting
Warships to Enter
Smyrna Harbor.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 7.—Ad
ntrial Sir William Nicholson, aboard
tiho British cruiser Curacao, hus
been ordered to Smyrna.
Tho orders wore tissued after Al
lied Admirals conferred on the no
tice rtiven by the Turkish govern
ment that after tomorrow no foreign
war .‘hips exceeding 1,000 tons may
enter tho Imirbor at Smyrna.
Tho Allied High Commissioners
havo handed a protowt to the notice
to the representatives of the Angora
government.
MORSE TRIAL
IS POSTPONED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.—The trial
of Charles Morse, his three sons and
oighit others, on charges of consplr
at y to defraud the government In
connection with wartime shipping
contracts, has been postponed until
February 1!)
RAID VLLACE
.
! BELFAST, Feb. 7.—Fifty raider*
invaded the village of Belturbet to
| day, bombed tho Link and other
i buildings, assassinated one school
• teacher, killed a store keeper and
; wounded another.
QUEER ANIMAL
IS SPOTTED AT
SEA;SOME FISH
Huge Beast Has Ears and
Nose Like Pig—Histor
ians Are Puzzled.
NEW OUK. Keb. 7 -Captain John
Roberts 'brought In the liner Baltic
witli the story of a new deep-sea
animal whose like no mariner ever
had reported
The beast. Captain Roberta
averred, had ears and a nose like a
pig; was nine feet in girth at the
thickest discernible section and was
12 feet long above the water line,
with an unestlmable number of feet
, submerged.
Chief Officer Williams, Second Of
ficer Orienrod and Fourth Officer
Sales also saw the monster. Captain
Roberts said, and they are going to
write to the American Museum of
Natural History a letter describing
it in detail. They searched volumes
of deep s i lore without finding any.
thing that resembled It.
Attaches of the Natural History
Mo-cum -alit th‘\v were at a loss to
catalogue the queer seafarer. Cap
lain Roberts explained his Inability
I to provhtp a more accurate descrip
tion as due to the fact that the mon
ster, on sighting the Baltic, displayed
I every evidence of fear and rushed
| iwuv, swimming alternately on the
i surface and below it. Black and a
I .lull brown were its colors, he said.
! .1 T Nichols, head of the Depart
j ment of Fisheries at he museum, re
cently s iib>d on the Baltic and is ac
quainted with its officers
‘‘From what I know of these offi
cers." he said. "I know that this
monster lived outside of their imagi
nation. But the information they
furnish is too meager to permit of
classification The information at
hand leads me to believe that the
monster was not a fish, a porpoise
or a whale. It might have been a
species of Northern seal, of extraor
dinary proportions. Passengers over
the North Atlantic might not see one
of these Northern seals in a century,
as they seldom get free of the Arctic
tee This chap may have drifted
down Into the ship lanes on an early
adventuring iceberg."