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THE ALASKA. DAILY EMPIRE
'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXI., NO. 3201.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 24 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
ICE GORGES THREATEN BIG FLOOD
ALASKA WILL
BE SUPPLY OF
WORLD'S FURS
Report Is Filed in Seattle by
Southeastern Alaska Fur
Farmer j— Prediction.
'SEATTLE, Match 24.—The fashion
centers cf the world wJM .find the
future supply of furs in Alaska, pre
dicts a report to the Alaska Depart
ment of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce by Ernest Kirkberger, who
is engaged in fur farming in South
eastern Alaska.
Klrltbcrgcr says the supply is so
depleted that priors havo risen 400
por cent in 20 years. He declares
fur-bearing animals are semi-domes
tic and states the only way to supply
tiho market is on the Islands off the
coast of Alaska, their natural habi
tation
The report says the government
maintained fox farms on Pribilof
Islands for a quarter of a century
with groat success.
UNCONDITIONAL
EVACUATION OF
RUHR IS ISSUE
Chancellor Cuno Makes
K lown Plan to End Pres
ent Conflict in Europe.
MUNICH, March 24.—Chancellor
v\:n«j d'scltred unieptriltional evacutt
jf the Ruhr is tha fundamental
remises front which any determine
t. filming to end the present con
.ikt must proceed.
Chancellor Cuno declared the Ocr
r,.,j people were stoutly opposed to
i t. suggestion of a buffer stare front
ut the Rhine and said the world
by Mis lime realizes she disarmed
imp; itanee of Germany requesting
security rather than France which
now commands the world's greatest
Itnd forces and the most powerful
rw fleet.
UK JAPANESE
VIOLATE TREATY
Claims Made Japanese Get
ting Into Canada in Il
legal Manner—Charges.
Vancouver" b. c.. -March 24.—
Charges that the spirit of the treaty
between -Canada and Japan of 1B2I
is being violated -in Japanese Immi
gration to Canada wero ma-de in the
House of Commons by W. O. Me
CJuarrle, of New Westminster, and VV
W. MciNoi-U, of Corrtox. McQuarrk
declared mere Japanese were enter
ing Canada illegally than legally.
NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN
OTTAWA, March 24—Premier
King today informed the House ol
Commons that Canada was nogotiat
1-ng with Japan for a -modification ol
the treaty under which not more
than 400 Japanese laborers are al
lowed to immigrate to Canada yearly
Mlnistor of Immigration Stewart an
nounced tho proposed legislation
would abolish tho head tax on Chi
netto and limit thoso entering to dip
lomats. students and merchants.
REPARATIONS SCHEME PRESENTED
TO INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER ;PLAN ;
SUBMITTED BY AMERICAN AT ROME
WASHINGTON, March 24.—The proposal that European business men!
work out a plan for a reparations settlement based on American financial
cooperation was laid before the delegates at the meeting of the Interna1
tional Chamber of Commerce, now in sescion at Rome, by Fred I, Kent,
of New York City, a banker and American delegate.
A summary of Kent's address is published here. It contains the sug
gestion that a portion of the allied indebtednecs, in units, be' exchanged
for -positive agreements" between the Allies and Germany on reparations
and that these “include the amount and times of payment, also what
plans can and will be lived up to.”
As the next step it is suggested that a loan be made to Germany of
sufficient sire to restore the economic silua'ion cn a sound basis.
NEW PORTRAIT OF DUKE OF YORK’S FIANCEE.
This is a new and exclusive ptrliajt of Lady Eliza betli Bower,
Lyons, w'ho is soon to marry the Duke of York, second son of the
British rulers. The Prince of W ales will act ue best man.
Woman Claims She
Nursed Mint Bandits;
Lips Are Sealed
DENVER, March 24.—Pearl Cock
eri'Ll, hold at Albuquerque, New Mex
ico, has ‘confessed she nursed one
of the bandits shot during the Den
ver irtint robbery. Chief of Police
Williams snake this announcement.
The woman said she knew all of the
i bandits Involved in the robbery, but
| refused to divulge their names or
| where they are living.
| Government Is After
Railroad Money Now
WASHINGTON, March 24. The In
terstate Commerce Commission or
dered all railroads to report by May
1 the earnings of the last year and
to pay the government, under the
transportation act, half of the
amount by which the earnings exceed
ed 6 per cent on the return invest
ment. No payments have bean made
so far.
PENNILESS SUICIDE BELIEVED
TO BE SON OF SO. MILLIONAIRE
CHICAGO, March 24.—A key to a
room da a lodging house* found on
the body of a suicide prevented a
burial in the ipotter’s if fold and led to
the body's partial Identification as
that of a son of one of the wealthiest
families of the South.
'As a result the police were in
communication with the family of the
late David R. Burgess of Mobile, Ala,,
who left a million dollar estate and
bad been prominent In society and
politics south of the Mason and
iDlxon line. They are holding the
body, which is believed to be that of
Jairvls Turner Burgess, the elder Bur
gess’ outcast son and erstwhile “re
mittance man."
No mark of Identification was found
on the clothing All that was lh the
pockets of the well-worn clothes was
a key to a lodging house, where the
police found a copy of the will of
David R. Burgess and other papers
which seemed to establish tho iden
| tity of the suicide as Burgess' son.
From Mobile disputehes it was
■learned that Jarvis Turner Burgess
j had a turbulent career. He was a
| wayward boy. 'it is «ald. who fre
jquently leaped the bounds established
: by his parents, with the result that
I he was sent to the Philippine Islands
[about 15 years ago. He remained
I there a short time, and returning to
[this country, alternately maintained
: his residence in Philadelphia and this
city, roving much of the time.
• The elder Burgess cut his son off
with $50 a month allowance
1 LATEST BULLETINS
BY SPECIAL CABLE 1 i
a-.-a ]
DENVER—Hope of having the life!
of United States Senator Nicholson,]
critically ill with stomach tumor, is!
at th« lowest ebb. Physicians an-|
nounce the patient is not expected to
live 24 hours.
I
PARI8—The state of Sarah Bern-'
hardt's bad health is causing the
greatest alarm. Physicians express
fears for the worse.
WASHINGTON—Mrs. Weeks, wife
if the Secretary of War, Is suffering
from Intestinal indigestion but phy
sicians declared when she arrived I
here today that her condition wasI
not serious,
PUTNEY, England—The Oxford,
crew, stroked by W. F. Mellen,
American, defeated Cambridge this |
afternoon over the four-mile course
on the Thames in the annual inter
varsity race.
SEATTLE—R. rvi. Semmes, direc
tor of operations for the Shipping
Board of the North Pacific and for
mer adviser to the Governor of Al
aska in regard to shipping problems,
announced he has resigned to enter
private business. His successor is
not named.
CONCENTION. Mont.—Right Rev. i
Abbott Forwin Conrad, aged 89, old-:
est Benedictine Abbott of the world,!
died here today.
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8AN FRANCISCO—The police are1
making an intensive esarch for Mrs.;
Edward Braden, wife of Colonel Bra- j
ren, U. 6. A., retired, who disap
peared Wednesday in Golden Gate i
Park. She is 38 years of age, at-1
tractive and prominent eocially and !
was In good health and spirits when '■
she disappeared. Boy Scouts may
be enlisted in the search.
SNYiDBR, Colo., March 24 —Three
men wore killed and one injured
when aldefl of a well eav&d In here
>lhU afternoon.
PLANES TO TRANSFER PASSENGERS IN THE AIR.
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l^awrence B. Sperry, well-known aesonautioal Inventor, has demonstrated at Mitchell Field, I.ong
Island, that Tt la perfectly feasible to have transcontinental alrplana transfer passengers to smaller
planes for landing midway between Flops. Sperry equipped his little machine with a three-foot rod,
mounted on his trap wing, and :o manipulated his airplane as to hook tho rod easily a number of
times In the bottom rung of a ladder hanging from the cockpit of a big de llaviland plane piloted
by Captain Clyde L>. Pinter, U. S. A. Both men wore parachutes In cuae of accident, but the feat
was easily accomplished.
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Conspiracy in
Sugar Tnde
Is Alleged
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WASH* >TON„ March 24 — ’
Charges tin* a conspiracy exists |
| lit 'the sugar trade to raise prices j
is said at the Department of
Justice to be of sufficient grav- i
ity to warrant a preliminary in- ,
qti'lry by tha department
A canf‘repce has been ar- j
ranged between Acting Attorney
| General 'Seymour and Secretary
of Commerce Hoover with a view
of joint, acoion.
MORE SUGAR DATA
WASHINGTON, March 21
Basil M. Manly, director of the
Peoples' Degialativo Service, In a
statement today declaring the
Department of Commerce Issued
j on February 9 a statement !
"wihich was immediately fol
lowed by tha pr-sent spectacle >
lar r'so in sugar prices.”
Manly declared ,tha Depart
ment’s statement headed "in
1921 and 1922 the world sugar
consumption was 500,00<i tons 1
, greater than production and
prospects are that it will be
"! 700,000 tons greater in 1923."
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DOUGLAS PEOPLE
PLAN RESTORING
OLD PROSPERITY
Mining Lompany Will Devel
op Property that Is Believ
ed to Be on Treadwell.
The Douglas Mining Company, com
posed of llocal people a; Douglas
I which owns 13 claims on Douglu!
Island, situated just hack of the towi
[ of Douglas and less than one mil*
from the famous Treadweil mines
i has completed plans for the develop
inent of the lodo which was discov
I ered last fall, and which caused con
[siderabie excitement at that time. Ir
[order to do the development It hut
I been decided to sell a limited amount
I of etock an the $100,000 .corporation
! that has been formed. It is pro
| posed to start work on the proport)
, April 1
The development planned by ths
j company, as set forth in a circulai
I letter sent out to Gastineau people
: will consist of "a crosscut tunnel, up
j proximately 100 feet in length; cut
| ting the 80-foot ledgo at an approxi
j mate depth of 70 feet, from which t
I drift will be run, with crosscuts al
[•intervals blocking out the ore as th<
! work 'progresses. A road will b<
built from the town to the property
j a distance of one and one-fourtl
j miles. Included with other improve
I events, planned by i.he company, wtl
be 'the erection of a reduction plan
[suitable to handle the output fron
the workings. Later in the season i
power plant and other equipment wil
be added. A crew will be sent ou
In a few days to put the camp I*
order."
The printed matter of the Douglai
Mining Company says:
“The Douglas Mining Company 1,
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WORK OF NEXT CONGRESS BEING
OUTLINED; SEN, WATSON MAKES
STATEMENT AS TO LEGISLATION
Scandal Breaks
Out in Army Camp
At San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 24.—
! Mrs. Agnes Karnes Ramie, joined b.v
1 her husband. Captain Edwin H
Rande. of the 2®th Infantry, has sued
; Col. Arthur Conger lor $100,000 dam
| a'ges. It is alleged Conger attempted
| to break up the home of the Rande*
! by attempting to force Rande to so
eure a divorce with tlie threat, that
■if he did not lie would lk» made to
resign from the army.
WITNESSFOR
GOVERNMENT
IS ATTACKED
‘ Communists Defense Opens
With Attack on Depart
ment of Justice Agent.
ST. JOShiCM, aiiun., March 24.—
William Z. Foster's defense against
I the charges of criminal syndicalisms
' has opened with an attack on the
! reputation and creditability of Fran
1 els Morrow, Department of Jusllci
j agent. who was the chief witness fot
the prosecution.
| Depositions taken at Camden and
Philadelphia wore introduced in ar
effort to show Morrow had a poor
reputation for veracity and had at
tempted to -stir up riots at Socialist
street meetings.
Charles K. Ruthenborg, secretary
of the Executive Committee of the
Workers’ Party, was :hc,first witness
I for the defense of Foster. Ho test!
' fled regarding the Communlsl
Party at the present 'time and gave
the history of the radical movement
from 1847 to tlio present, covering
Karl Marx’s theories.
Samuel Gompers Leaves
Hospital; Had the Fli
NEW YORK, March 24-Samuc
Oompors. president of the Amoricai
Federation of Labor, left the hospita
today, wihere ho has boon eonflnsf
for severail wricks on account of In
fluonza. He said work in Wash
ington would permit of only a few
days’ rest at Atlantic City before re
turning to his desk.
Photograph of Spirit
Taken at Funeral, Clain
I/)S ANGELES. March 24—Twt
of the three platos us'd In an effor
to photograph the spirit of Mrs
Mary Falrfiold Me dicker, assoei.iti
pastor of the Central Splrltuallsth
Church, placod beside her casket a
the funeral today, showed evidence o
spirit in form. Tho third plate wai
spoiled in developing, her co-rellglon
1st* announced.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., ,March 24.
1 —.Revision of the transportation act
land llberaMiatlon of tho immigration
] l.nv will bo among tho first manors
laid before Congress when it moots
| next December, as a part of the ad
I ministration's legislative program,
said Senator Watson, of Indiana, one
of tho administration Headers, today
Senator Watson announced th i
tariff would not bo touched.
Senator Watson declared that Pre
ident Harding, In bis speech-making
tour, will oppose further extension
of preferential primaries, and discuss j
I future shipping Industry.
The tentative pla%r, call for 20 stop
I on the President's tour.
POLITICS VS. GOLF
DAYTON I A, Fla.. March 24.—Unit
ed States Senator William K. Borah's I
recent assertion that tho formation
of a third party appeared not im
probable apparently has not disturber
tho serenity of President Harding’
i vacation cruise. Politically Inclined
members of tho party read the re
ports of Borah's statements with In
terest but comment was not forth
coming. in fact the question of goli
Is more Important to President Hard
ing and his friends than politics at
the present time.
EXPLOSiONT
ON CRUISER
HONOLULU, March 24 The Japa
neso cruiser Katorl has returned to
the naval base at Yokosuka, Japan,
following an explosion In which 12
tnombers of the crew were killed
\rcordlng to disputchos to tho Nlppu
Mjl, the explosion happened In rh<
•oiler room while the naval boat was
.'ruining in the South Seas.
>laval Agreements Will
Be Approved by French
PARIS, March 24.—The Foreign Af
’a.lrs Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies, after a long debate, agreed
in considering tho adoption of the
Washington naval agreements with
‘ out essential reservations.
Bank Teller and Guard
Held Up; Big Robbery
I
EAST ST. LOUIS, March 24 Ban
dits held up Samuel Parker, teller of
the Southern Illinois National Rank,
this noon and robbed the armed
guard of $40,000 at the oast approach
of the municipal bridge.
NEW OIL FIELDS REPORTED
RICHER THAN BAKU REGION
VI^ADIVOSmXK. March 24.—OH
fields recently located by a prospec
tor In Kamchatka will, It 4s claimed,
exceed the wealth of those of Baku
The government Is sending a eom
mlssloon f experts to Investigate. If
the reports of the value of the fields
prove true, It Is said that foreign
capital will be asked to participate In
heir development.
WATER RISING
IN RIVER; ICE
FORMS GORGES
Missouri River Is Rising and
Flood Danger Is Increas
ing—Dynamite Fails.
—BULLETIN—SIOUX CITY. March
24.—Resident* in the low lands in
the vicinity of Sergeant Bluffs,
Onawa, Yanktown and Vermillion
are fleeing this afternoon, leaving
all of their possessions behind as
danger of destruction of life and
property is declared moat probable.
The ice gorge at Sergeant Bluffs
is 11 miles long.
SroUX CITY, March 24. -.Flood
danger as the result of an ice gorge
n the Missouri River near Sergeant
muffs is increasing as the result of
a 14-inch rise iiu the waters.
Despite rumors that seven have
been drowned the. authorities claim
only ana has met death In the flood.
An airplane bomber was unsuccess*
ful in Ms attempt to break tho gorge.
•Date last night a new gorge
formed several miles north of Ser
geant Bluffs, materially increasing
tho danger to .settlors on the low
lands who fled to higher ground.
No suffering is reported among
the refugees, but a cold wave is pre
tlcted which promises to add to the
toritntsnoss of the situation.
Early today tho flood situation was
growing worse as both gorges wore
holding and all attempts to broak
them have failed.
Tho Floyd River, which flows
through the eastern part of the city,
is nearly hankful as the result of
the back water of tho Missouri.
HOUSE TAXES UP
FISH MEMORIALS
WITHOUT DELAY
Two Substitutes for Grant
Memorial Offered—Ac
tion Expected Today.
With every member of the Third
Division delegation protesting and
voting against It, the majority sub*
stitute for the Grant Fisheries Reser
vation Memorial was passed by the
House this afternoon by a vote of
12 to 4. The substitute was brought
into the House this morning and put
through under suspended rules.
Only one minor amendment was
adopted in the afternoon session.
Others proposed by Staser, Foster
and Keys were voted down with un
faltering regularity. The greatest
and virtually the only opposition to
the memorial came from the mem
bers of the Third, in which division
every flrh reservation thus far cre
ated is located. Murray, Foster,
Price and Staser urged against the
step. Foster, quoting from the mes
cage recently delivered to the Legis
lature by Governor Bone, declared
the passage of the memorial would be
a slap at him and at Secretary
Hoover. He said he was opposed
on principle to all reserves but that
in the Prince Wi'Vam Sound Jutri.t
it is recognized <iiat some drastic
steps are necessa-y to pre*e ve the
salmon supply and .he peop-* of Co.
dova, through Its Chamber M C-m
nerce and by oetition, he added,
asked Secretary Hbover to cre.n- a
temporary reserve of the Copper
River district to protect the fish un
til adequate legislation can be en
acted.
Charges Railroading
"I am against all reserves. 1 hata
them!" declared Mr. Murray, who
charged that the Ora at substitute
had been railroaded through Iho
House and that it abandoned the
broad principles of the matter in fa
vor of a local fight. Ualy denied that
there had been any undue haste In
the action of the House and Ross
said the Grant memorial had been
before the House more than 20 days.
To this Mr. Murray retorted that
the substitute "was reported to the
House this morning for the first
tlma and it is now on Its final
passage.”
Poster charged that the memorial
was merely designed for use by Dele
gate Sutherland as campaign thunder
in the 1924 political campaign. It
is not alined to accomplish any real
service to the fisheries, he added.
Mr. Price said In his experience In
three terms on the legislature be
had never found any two branches
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