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VOL. XXI., NO. 2320.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANY PLANNING NEW REVOLT
Women Urged to Link Together to Fight Disloyalty
PACIFICISM !
COMES UNDER
RANKING FIRE
Congress of Daughters of
American Revolution
Shows Up Disloyalty.
WASHINGTON, Aptil 16. — Bol-'
thevism and Pacifiism were brought
under a raking fire at the opening
of the session today of the annual
convention cf the Congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion.
Mrs. Grille Maynard Minor,
President General, asked the women
to link together in a battle against
influences working to destroy Am
erican institutions.
Mrs. Minor declared more than
8,000 teachers were not only dis
loyal to this country but are using
their positions to disseminate dis
loyal doctrines to discredit Ameri
can ideals.
Senator Pittman Takes
Issues with Department
WASHINGTON, April 16.~Senutnr
Pittman h33 notified the Treasury
Department he would dispute the fig
urcs of the director of mint, showing
only 20,000,000 ounces of silver are
remaining to be purchased under the
Pittman act. The Senator declared
14.000.000 ounce! have been illegally
charged against purchases and the
Treasury must buy 34,000,000 ounces.
Senator Pittman asserted foreign
sliver was (illegally bought.
Asks Requisition for
An Alleged Murderer
OLYM.PJA, Wash., April lfi.— Gover
nor Hart has Issued a requisition on
the Governor of Texas for the return
to Tacoma cf D. E. Corrigan, alias
Frank Marsh, charged with first de
gree murder of Geo ego Marsh. Seattle
taxicab driver, near Tacoma on April
3. The Texas suspect, according to
■the authorities, has the car belonging
to Marsh and which disappeared fol
lowing the crime.
Washington Pioneer
Has Passed Away
SEATTLE, April 16.—Joseph W.
Beal, pioneer resident of Washing
ton (territory and state, died here,
aged 81 years. He crossed the plains
in 1852, coming to California, and
came to Washington territory in
1866. Ho became engaged in the
shipping business and for many years
was a resident of Anacortes, Wash.
Only Moonshine
Is Being Sold
In Seattle Now
SEATTLE, April 16— Prohibition
Director Roy Lyle in a statement re
garding the recent order of the Can
iadlan government refusing “deep
sea" clearances to liquor vessels, said
the order has already stopped the
flow of liquor from British Columbia.
Bootleggers, saild Lyle, are now
(turning to (the vilest moonshine and
adulterated whiskey.
“There Is 'hardly any good liquor
on sale in Seattle today," said Lyle,
"and mo3t liquor on the market Is
ddetored moonshine, alcohol colored
with todine."
PRINCESS JOLANDA AND COUNT D'BERGOLO.
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# Count ^ 2)er£oto.
Princess Jolanda, eldest daugher of the Italian rulers, and
Captain d'Bergolo, of the Italian cavalry, were quietly married in
Koine on April ti. The wedding was a simple affair owing to the
recent death of the bride’s grandmother. Queen of Montenegro.
COL GOTWAIS NEW COMMANDER
1 ALASKA AMERICAN LEGION; NEXT
i CONVENTION RE HELD AT SITKA
Former German
i j Crown Prince
Growing Insane
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laONDON, April 16.—Former
| German Crown Prince is suf
fering ifrom Insanity, according
to a Wderingen dispatch, saying:
“Two noted Berlin alienists 1
1 j state the Timor Cr;.,va Prince
1 has turned to religion and con
I t ducts revival services many
hours long with his servants.’’
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SUGAR PRICE
PROBE STARTS
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Two Steps Are Taken by
.' Government Indicating
Plan of Investigation.
I SUGAR PRICE ,?m A TINO—
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II NEW YORK, April 16.—The gov
ernmen.t has taken two steps which
'revealed the course of action In the
! sugar price investigation. The first
I was whefa an agent of the Depart
ment of .Justice visited New York
ctjffee and sugar men. There will be
a conference sometime today between
these coffee and sugar nytn with
United States A'torney Hayward- At
the same time, sugar men have been
asked for detailed information re
j garding transactions since January 1
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Confesses to Murder;
Is Given Life Term
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j KALAMAZOO. Mich. April 16.
i Rev. Father Charles Dillon, confessed
slayer cif his superior. Rev. Father
Henry O'Neill, entered a plea of
guilty today and was sentenced to
l.fe imprisonment.
SEEKING METHOD TO INCREASE
HEIGHTH OF STUNTED CHILDREN
CLEVELAND, April 11—(By As
sociated Press.)'—^Search for some
means to make small, stunted boys
and girls taller, as well as a compre
hensive attempt to classify children
Tor the work to which they arej
physically and mentally suited. is1
new 'being made by the Board of;
Education of this city.
A ifew of the questions which the ,
Investigation, under 'the direction of |
Dr. Bird T. Baldwin, psychologist of
the University of Iowa, Is expected
to answer are:
At what age do children attain
tluir complete physical growth?
What Is the effect of physical con
dition on Intelligence?
If a child's weight can be In
creased by diet, what can be done to
tncrease his stature?
Every child in the five schools, a
total of 3,500. is to be examined
thoroughly, both 'physically and men
tally. The physical examinations are
already under way under the direc
tion air Dr. L. W Childs, director of
school health work in Cleveland, with
school physicians, nurses and dentists
cooperating. This Investigation will
be followed by a health campaign to
eliminate physical defects.
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^Special to Empire )
CORDOVA. Aipi'll 13. —Tin South
!eastern Alaskan delegates to the
American Legion convention held at
Anchorage are aboard the steamer
Admiral Evans and all declared that
the session was most harmonious
and 'success!'uU. The delegates are all
, pleased over the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:
Col. John C. Oatwals, Commander.
1 Edward C. Oldfin, First Vice-Com
mander.
Felix Beauchamp. Second Vice
Commander.
George E. Mann, Adjutant and FI
1 nance Officer.
Emeny F. Tobin, Historian.
Aaron E. Rucker, Chaplain.
The next convention will be held at
Sitka early next April.
The delegates to the convention at
San Francisco are John A. Talbot,
John C- Gotwals, George E. .Mann,
George W. Fawcett, (D. W. Stod
dard. Burr M. Snyder. A. H. Nordale
Aaron E. Rucker, Jrthn A. Roseen,
N. R. Walker, I. Goldstein and War
ren A. Taylor.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Reinauguration of I he floating cer
tificate In Western AJaska.
Bond a,11 post ifinance officers.
Urging the President of the United
States to visit Alaska."
Territory to furnish list of Alaska
service men.
Permanent, constructive and ade
quate legislation for Alaska fisher
les, guarding equally the rannery
tnen and fishermen, large and small.
Favoring enactment of legislation
for literacy test of voters at all
elections.
Endorsement of Boy Scout assist
ance.
ALASKA PATROL
FLEET COMING
Two Coast Guard Cutters Sail
for North—Others Are
Coming in May.
SEATTLE, April 10.—The Coast
Guard cutters Ha-ida and Algonquin
left yesterday for Alaska as the first
unit of the patrol fleet in Northern
seas this summer.
The cutter Bear will Join the fleet
In May, also the cutter Mojave.
The cutter Unal-ga is already at
Juneau.
All five cutters will remain In the
North until October 1.
Claims Clara Phillips
Located in San Salvador
LOS ANGELES, April 16 —The Ex
aminer today prints a copyrighted
story declaring that Clara Phillips,
escaped “hammer” murderess, has
been located in 9an Salvador
AMERICA WILL
KEEP SHIPS ON
THE HIGH SEAS
Ships to Be Constructed for
Foreign Trade Lines—
Proposition Outlined.
i WASHINGTON,' Lpr:i lti. -Presi
dent Hardin*? and tnember* of the
; Shipping Board, aftir a conference,
! have reached a detsfclun’' t > proceed
] immediately with th|i cSb^Truc'ion of
tlie Board’s foreign ftriide lines, then
'offer the lines and ships for sale
tinder authorization1 of the marine
I atft of 19?0, conditioned on a suitable
guaranty of maintained service,
i The program further provides that
'fif the government finds Itself unable
| to sell the ships and lines without
! "unjustifiable sacrifice," it will then
proceed to direct government oper
ation.
| In a statement frouj the White
House, the whole policy Is built upon
the basic principle‘that the Ifhiled
States should have a merchant ma
rine.
i Chairman Lasker, in a statement
I making plain the administration's
plan, considers 'the provision of nt w
tonnage an important feature and
i that this tonnage should be built
by American yards to maintain a sur
plus “as notice to competitors that
,the American people intend to keep
ait sea."
j [ Irish Irregulars
Expected to
Surrender Soon
•DUBLIN, April lfi,—An un- (
signed document found when I
; Austin Stack was captured last
' Saturday, indicate the surren- |
! der of tli ' Irregulars soon. An '
aptpeal and authorization to de j
Valera was made. iStack was j
recently de Valera’s chief aide.
The only prominent leader, ex- !
■ I rrpt de Valera, left at liberty
I now is P. J. Huteldge.
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BRIDEGROOM
: WILL BECOME
i U. S. CITIZEN
Max Oser, Husband of Ameri
can Heiress, Announces
Americanization Plan.
GBXEVA, April 16— Mr. and Mrs.
Max Oser have purchase da large
] farm near Yverdon at the southwest
end of Lake Neuchaoel, Switzerland,
■planning to spend six months of each
I year there and six months in the
, United States. Oser Is a former
Swiss ridirut master anil has mar
ried Mathilde McCormack, heiress of
{Chicago. Oser intends to become a
j naturalized American citizen, it Is
I stated.
Kidnapped American Is
Released; Ransom Paid
MEXICO CITY. April 16 Oliver
1 K. Krull, American citizen of Trini
! dad. Durango, wh.o was kidnapped
! last week, has boon released after
■payment of $5,000 ransom. This is
the announcement made here today.
Freedom of
Religious Thought
Is Upheld
OMAHAA, April 16.- The fourth
annual Educational Conference of
the Protestant Ep'scopal church, con
sidering the question of freedom of
religious thought, went on record as
oppsased Ito “that narrow position
whlc'h ignores the fruit of modern
knowledge and results uf scientific
research.”
The resolution stated that such a
iposition Is not that of a church, “but
It should be remembered this freedom
does not permit denial of the ar
1 tides of khe Christian faith as con
| tained in the Apostles’ Creed.”
GIRL WHO SLEW WEALTHY CLUBMAN.
Mias Helene Ziegler, 2ti, livin' in a palatial Riverside Drive
(New York City) apartment with her wealthy parents, was court
ed for years by Frederick W, Bur.iliam. immensely rich contractor,
4-’ years old. When she learned that Burnham was a married
man and was going to cast her oY, she went to his office and shot
him to death, then killed herself.
REPUBLICANS
NOW THINKING
I ASDEMOCRATS
Plan to Join World Court Is
Beginning of End of
American Isolation.
M.
ile
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of
j ST PAUL, •.pr" it; .lampf
| fox. at a .1 -fferson Day banquet,
j t'lart (I Hit* proposal .(;» enter
1 W.'fki Court s “th» beginning
end of American DoLiti'j,;. ’
; Cox assented that Hie "wo, a
I (inversion is over.”
; Tlie speak r begged his hea -era to
| not crow over tiie ccmfUFion o! th
| Reptihl km ns, but to rejoice because
I "thousands of Republicans are com
ing ito view International questions
as viewed by the Democrats."
STEP AGAINST WAR
•SEATTLE, April lti The national
eon von don of Men Voters has passed
a resolution favoring “participation
by the United States in the per
manent Court of Justice, believing'
this is the first step toward out
lawry of war.”
The resolution urges I he govern
1 nient fake further step.-- to eliminate
j t'he causes of war by association with
i other Pattons for the maiinten inee of
an abiding peace and endorses the
American entry into the League of
, Nations.
! The resolution iput the convention
on record a* favorlhg < ailing an In
ternational conference to con* dor
(further steps to eliminate causes of
•war.
The policy of open door diplomacy
was approved by the convention.
SCHOOL BURNS
LIKE TINDER;
10 ARE DEAD
Heroism Is Displayed by Boys
Who Carry or Drive
Others from Building.
SACRAMENTO. April 18 —Ten j
Japanese boys and girls were asphyx
iated when the Foreign Language
|School, operated in connection with
the Buddhist church, was burned dur
• ing too night. Thirteen others es
caped through heroism of two Japa
nese who carried or drove the chil
dren 'to safety.
The children had attended a picnic
yesterday and were tired out. The
building burned fast and like tinder.
A. BONAR LAW
NOT TO QUIT
HIS POSITION
Formal Statement Is Issued in
London — Political Cir
cles See Loophole.
LONDON, April 1.1 'Thu Prime!
Minister of Ragland, A. Bonar I>:iw, j
has no intention whatever of resign-:
ing," said a statement issued late* i
'oday front No. 10 Downing Street,!
the official residence of the Premier.!
Th: denial, hoowever, la generally
regarded In political circles as not :tf j
fecting the report that his intention
to remain In office depends on his j
health. - !
NKW YORK, April lfi Scenery |
and other stage property of Comstock j
t lies:, theatrical producers, unin*;
suffed and ranging from $1,000,000 to
(j„500.,000 in value, was destroyed by!
[ire which oatly vestorday swept a,
five- tory faotory building
PRUSSIANS
TO AGAIN BE
ESTABLISHED
German Keservlsts Are Leav
ing United States to Help
Out New Monarchy.
BLOOMINGTON, 111., April 10.—
Garland Powell, Americanism Direc
tor for the Ameiican Legion, in a
speech here this afternoon, declared
that hundreds of German reservists
arc returning home from the United
States as "piepartion for war
against France in a final stroke for
restoration of monarchy and Prus
sia nism.”
Powell asserted German propa
ganda in the United States is being
diiccted from Berlin.
Col. Jospeh W. Boyle,
Adventurer, Is Dead
'WOOIMTOr'K, Ont.. Alpril IS.—Col.
Joseph W. Hoyle. Klon<l;k.o pioneer,
avrtator, engineer and adventurer,
died suddenly of disease of the heart,
according to an announcement ot a
London cablegram received here
Hoyle was one of the picturesque
figures of the North for many years.
Tile famous ‘'Boyle Concession.'’
which cut a large figure in early
Klondike politics, was held by Him
At the outbreak of the war, Boyle
organized a contingent and went to
the war. Me became associated with
the campaigns in Rumania, and so
ingratiated himself In the favor of
the government that he was given a
Rumanian title to nobility.
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Big Robbery Reported
At Stanford Memorial
SAN JOSE Cal.. April 16. Jewelry,
ancient coins and relics valued at
about $100,000 wore stolen from ithe
Stanford I'nivcrslty Memorial .Mu
seum last night. The thieves are
believed to have secreted themselves
in the museum at dosing time last
night, rifled tile cases and escaped
during the night.
Auto Speed Fiend
Leaves Trail
Of Death
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I I’ITTSKIEI/D. Mass., April 16.
I A speeding automobile last
I night crashed into a crowd of :
' persons waiting for a trolley
tar. killed two persona almost ;
| instantly, seriously injuring two
more and carrying away a three- |
year-old child on the bumper
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WOMEN OF ENGLAND DETERMINED
TO WIN EQDALITY, DIVORCE ISSUE
LONDON'. April lfi. (By Associat
ed Press.)—Since English women
were give® th" vote som“ notable
vb **v't»s have been gained for causes
in which women are particularly In
terested. But there Is still much
fighting to be done and victories to
be gained, their militant leaders say,
before they can claim to have won
the great contest for equal rights in
which they enlisted long ago.
One of these battles Is expected
to be if ought to a finish in parliament
very soon. Its legislative designa
tion is tiie Matrimonial Causes Bill,
and ift finks to amend the existing
liny of divorce. It aims to give a
wife the right to divorce her hus
band on the same ground that ha
can divorce her.
As the law stands now in England
the husband can divorce his wife for
adultery. Rut a wife may prove her
husband guilty of adultery a dozen
tiroes over and she will not st .nil a
ghost of a chance of getting a di
vorce. unless she can prove him to
have been guilty also of cruelty.
"There arc thrpe reasons why this
bill should become law.'' says Mrs.
Wlntringham. who is supporting the
measure in the House of Commons:
“First, it is only a matter of equity
iad Justice us between a hu-band and
a wife. Second, at recaivpd the sup
port of an overwhelming majority la
the House or Commons on the oo
onsion of its second reading; and,
third, the removail of the inequality
Is demanded almost universally by
the women of this country.”
England lags far behind most
civilized countries In regard to giving
men anil women equality of treatment
with regard to divorce, as Mrs Win
tringham points out. That equality
is accorded by Austria, Bulgaria, Den
mark. Germany. France, Norway, Hol
land, Russia, Sweden and Rumania,
, in most of the British colonies, and
jin the United States.
' The great support the bill is re
ceiving.” adds Mrs. Wintringham, “is
perhaps due to these facts First
'and foremost, we must take account
of tits power of the women's vote.
Women have only two representa
tives at present who sit In parlia
ment. but that by no means Is the
measure of their political power. It
; is vastly greater. No party can now
I ifford to disregard women's votes.
“Then it has to be borne in mind
j that there is a growing tendency to
' day to consider the woman’s point
of view in all matters relating to
questions of equality between the
-exes. There Is evidence also of a
growing desire among n certain sec
tion of the community, both of men
and women, that women should rank
equally with men in domestic life,
and takd an equal responsibility."'