THE ALASKA
“ALL THE NEWS A h THE TIME”
VOL XXI., NO. 3155.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESD V Jt\Nl ARY 30, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ARMY MAN MISSING WITH CASH
Claim Germans Using Money to Foment Trouble
BORAH RENEWS
HIS PROPOSAL
FOR TALKFEST
Continues Working Upon In
ternational Economic Con
ference — Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Jun. 30.—Senator
Wiliam E. Borah today renewed hi.s
proposal for an international econ
omic conference to be called by
President Harding.
Senator Borah submitted ltis pro
posal as a separate resolution and
at. Borah's request*it was laid aside
for consideration after the pending
farm credits legislation is out of the
-way in order to prevent any undue
delay. Senator Borah said, however,
lie would probably move an add the
resolution as an amendment to some
bill already under discussion.
PLAN DEFEATED.
DENVER, Jan. 30.—The State
Senate today defeated by a vote of
16 to 10 a resolution urging Presi
dent Harding call an economic and
disarmament conference with leading
nation?, of the world.
LEGISLATION
TO GET SPEED
Republican Senators Plan
Night-' Sessions to Rush
Through Measures.
WASHINGTON. Jin. 30.—In an
effort to rush through certain legis
lation before the end of Congress,
ihe first step toward development of
ibis program was taken by Senator
Lenroot, who has given notice that
lie will propose that unanimous con
sent on an agreement to vote on the
iiiral credits measure. This proposal
•will be made tomorrow. Should the
agreement fail, the Republican lead
ers are ready to resort to night ses
sions.
California Anti-Alien
Land Law Is Attacked
LOS AXUELES, Jan. 30. Tujttri
Tagarni. Javanese, has attacked the
California anti-alien land law in a
proceeding by the state to dispossess
him of a plot in the harbor district.
Tagami asserts the law is invalid
because it separates alien classes
and discriminates against and con
flicts with the treaty between tiio
United States and Japan providing
for the leasing of land for commer
cial use.
Burglars Make Haul
From Jewelry Store
FT. LOUIS. Jan. 30. Burglars loot
ed the jewelry store of Henry A.
Koch and escaped with jewelry val
ued at $20,000.
DISTRUST AND DELAY ABOUNDS
IN EUROPEAN POLITICS; VIEWS
iBRAGUE, Jan. 30.—Dr. Eduard
Benes, the Czechoslovak Minister of
Foreign Affairs, has published in the
newspapers of this city his views on
the present political and economic
situation in Europe.
Uncertainty and distrust among
the states of Europe characterize
political relations at the present
time, he declares, in Russia the in
ternal situation is not clear, and dis
trust exists between Russia and his
neighbors. Any immediate solution
here seems improbable. The Ger
man problem centers on Germany’s
relations to France, and protracted
negotiations seem inevitable.
The Lausanne conference will h ird
ly solve the outstanding questions of
the Orient, iDr. Benes asserts. At
tempts to revise the peace treaties,
especially the territorial clauses,
constitute a further cause for dls
satislaction. But it should he. re
membered that these treaties are a
necessary basis for the solution of
political problems. Reparations and
1 the inter-AJlioi! debts aro .1 not li«r
factor in the situation, and a hand)-!
cap to the attempts at reconstruc
tion iu Europe.
The victory of democracy, an out
come of the war. will be lasting, the
Minister continues. The philosophi
cal thinking of today seems to be
moving in two directions, national
istic and democratic.
Democracy wishes to avoid future
international conflicts through inter
nal social problems. Europe finds
itself In a long convalescence, and
I the solution of all the European
I quest ions will require many years.
What is needed is an atmosphere of
I political tranquility, which can be
| achieved only through the recogni
tion of the peace treaties as the
| basis for any further action. In eco
! nontic matters it is necessary to
work hard, to establish a new sys
tem of commercial treaties and to im
prove the internal administration.
This, the Minister said, is what
Czechoslovakia is especially seeking.
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WHEN FRANCE DECIDED TO INVADE THE RUHR.
'far rv&ff;*
This series of photographs was taken at ihe final split between
the Allies in Paris, after France had announced her intention of in
vading the Ruhr District — a move opposed by the United Stales
and England. Despite the break between them there was ap
parent cordiality between Premier lionar I-aw and Premier Ray
mond Poincare when Mr. Daw, accompanied by Lord Crewe, Britisli
Ambassador to France, left Paris. Marquis Della Torrette, Italian
Ambassador to Great Britain, was the Italian delegate. Sir Eyere
Crowe, Permanent Secretary tp U19 Britisli Foreign Office, was an
athe^ doingfifc*'a ' crfopfiritUM.
| New York Senate
Approves of Beer
And Light Wines
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ALBANY, N Y. Jin 30.
| The 'Senate liy a vote of 27 to
! 17 today adopted the Walker
| resolution to memorialize Con
1 Kress for modification of the
1 Volstead act so as to permit of
1 the manufacture .and sale of j
beer and light wines.
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MILLION TREES
TO BE PLANTED
DURING SEASON
American Tree Association
Makes Announcement—
How to Be a Member.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—A million |
trees planted in 1923 is the objective'
of the American Tree Association
just organized by Charles Lathrop
Pack, former president of the Ameri
can Forestry Association. The new
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JUNEAU YOUNG
LADY MARRIED
Laura McLeod Married in
Ketchikan to Ralph Bar
tholomew, War Veteran.
(Special From Chronicle.)
KKTCHMCAiN'. Jiin. 3(1. Mias Laura
Sutherland McLeod, of Juneau, was
married here Saturday night to Ralph
A. Bartholmew at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Crowther, the bride
being a sister of Mrs. Crowther. The
latter, also of Juneau, was recently
married here.
The wedding Saturday night was
performed by Rev. C. M. Vanwarter
of the Methodist Church.
Ralph A. Bartholmew was in the
navy service during the World War
and is one of the active members
of the local ix>st of the American
Legion.
Miss McLeod went tu Ketchikan
from Juneau ever si weeks ago and
the news of her marriage will un
doubtedly come as a surprise to her
many friend-, here. The bride is a
very popular member of the younger
set in this city.
Teegerstrom Placed Under
Arrest in Klan Hearing
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.—Harold
Tcegerstrom, timekeeper of the Car
bon plant, who disappeared during
the latter part of December and. re
turned yesterday to his home at
Monroe, La, has been arreste! at
Spyker and held as n witness in the
1 resent charges against th<> Ku Klux
Klan.
Teegerstrom has been released on
a $,'>00 bond by Judge Odom at Bast
rop, according to later advices.
Firm to Film Plays
Of George M. Cohan
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 27.—Georg"
M. Cohan, th« famous American au
thor, playwright, couuioser and actor,
ha3 entered into a contract with Sol
Lcg-.or, Irving M. Lesser and Michael
Rosenberg of Principal Pictures Cor
poration. whereby that organization
will immediately start the filming
of the George M. Cohan stage plays.
The contracts have been signed
and delivered in New Vork.
The first Cohan production to be
made will be "The Meanest Man In
the World.” ono of Cohan’s most
successful plays.
USING MONEY
FOR STRIKES
RUHR VALLEY
Germans Reported Advanc
ing Money to Coal Miners
to Quit Their Work.
—
COBLENZ, Jan. 30.—A French
semiofficial Havas dispatch states
that German railroad men have been
granted advances in wages to the
end of February as an inducement
to gti them to strike.
One German, carrying a large sum
i in marks, has been arrested. The
authorities claim he ha< boon one
j of those used to encourage strikers.
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R. R. STRIKE COMPLETE
ESSEN, Jnn. 30 r The railway
I strike in the Ruhr VSrley is said to
j be complete and the few trains run
| ning are being operated by French
j crews.
OPERATORS STRIKE
: .BERLIN, Jan. 30.—Telegraph and
! telephone workers at Essen havo
! struck, paralyzing wirp communica
nt ion between that city and the
; capitol.
OFFICES ARE CLOSED
i DUSSELdtORF, Jan. SO—The telo
graph offices here n^e closed, the
operators refusing to work while
soldiers are posted iu the offices.
CAULS IT GERMAN LIE
’•1 ARWftW; Report* that
[Poland intends to send workmen to
[the llnhr Is denied hv official author
ity and it is declared the reports
i were sent out from German sources
with tlie Intention of creating art
itagonlsm to France.
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CATHOLICS TO APPEAL
lUiKUIN. Jan. JO -Representative
| of all Catholic organisations in Ger
I mmi occupied let rltory have decided
I to appeal to Catholics of the world
land to all mankind against the
i French “in the interest of justice,
I peace and reconciliation." This is
[according to a dispatch from Cologne.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
PARIS, Jan. 30.—Many French
newspapers this afternoon print edi
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Deny Aitken Squandered
Fortune on Former Wife
SKATTIsK. Jan. 3d.—’Friends of
| Tom Aitken deny that he squandered
I his first fortune on his former wife
[or was without financial resources
warn he went to Alaska about 1014
His friends here declare his form r
wife, who was an arlist in Chicago,
was divorced by Aitken and that he
is now happily married. The denial
of his first romance is made by Ait
keu's friends in connection with the
story that he and his partner have
sold their copper property in the
Mount McKinley district to the Gug
genheim* for a -u:ii reported to lie
*1,000,000.
Reports that Tom Aitken expended
a fortune on a former wife from
which lie was later divorced ailil re
turned to the Territory in 1914
without funds, are entirely without
foundation declared Henry Roden
well known local attorney and for
mer counsel for Mr. Aitken. Mr.
Roden represented the lal ter in the
settlement with the first Mrs. Aitken.
Ait ken's first wife was a Chicago
newspaper woman The marriage
was not a happy one and a separa
tion was arranged whereiby Aitken
paid a lump sum. said to have been
Ilh.OOO, to the woman who obtained
n. divorce, hater Aitken was wed a
second time. The present Mrs.
Aitken has spent much of the time
in Alaska, accompanying her hus
band in his trips between his various
mining properties both winter and
summer. They are now euroute Out
bid e after spending tlie summer in
tlie Interior and will probably pass
through Juneau on the next steam
er from the Westward. Aitken Is
Interested in several mining prop
erties in the Interior, the most pro
ductive of which is a dredging ven
ture in the Flat country where it. Is
reported something near $750,000
was taken out during the past
season.
MRS. HARDING IS ALMOST WELL.
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Her physicians declare that unless there Isa totally unexpect
ed relapse, Mrs. Warren G. liartlng, First Lady of the Land, for
whom millions prayed when she was so critically ill, will he suf
ticienty strong to go south with the President on March ti Shu
has practically abandoned the us.* ol' iter invalid's chair.
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| i Falls Nearly
i 19,000 Feet
i And Recovers
j MOUNT OLrKMONS. Jan. 30. |
i -Unconscious b cause of the
| severe (did. Out. .1 i:iio-» II
[ Summers, at Selfridge Field,
i fell today from an ultltud'B of
| 10,000 feet to within 4(H| I'eet
j of iho earth whan lie rec>y«rc i
| his. senses sufficiently to rig.it |
j his plane. Summers landed
| without injury to the machine
1 or to himself.
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NEAR EASTERN
REFUGEES ARE
IN BAD PLIGHT
[Famine and Disease Menace
Hundreds of Thousands—
Picture Is Painted.
I ('ONST ANTIN'DIM.K. Jan. 30. One
hundred thousand refugees are se
riously ill or dying oti the enact-,
of Asia Minor. Thrace and the <Jr»eh
mainland. No nation as such ha
come forward lo help them Privat
relief organizations eem helpless t >
cope with the entire problem. If i
t io vast. Greece is face to t ice
, with a social cut istr iphe. Interna!
: order and security are menaced by
the hordes of starving and distracted
fugitives pouring into the country.
Famine an I disease are st ilting
through Anatolia. Thrace and the
Aegean island* Women and chil
dren are dying everywhere. Kveu
so great and precious a thing as
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DEMAND BARS
OF PRISONS
BE KEPT UP
WASHINGTON, jun. "■) A pro
f- - in President Harding against
the relea ■* tif tilts "so-called pollti
•al prisoners" lias been made by tlie
Inter illiiMl Veterans’ Association,
who-'' membership of fifteen million
miln„' the American Legion and
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GARDENS RECOMMENDED FOR
COMBATTING OF RADICALISM;
WOMEN TAKE INITIATIVE
\KW VOHK. Jan. 30 I’lanfug of
p pi. ns. both flower and vegetable.
c iiii’un* of %'omhatting radicalism
.a ; i,.p make a "nation beautiful,"
li • b. ■ n assured through the efforts
... !h" General Federation of Worn
i flubs, President Harding and
o! , h -li government officials hive
g;. . n their official sanction to the
movement.
Nil..mal Garden Week. is the
ni ai'incnt has been named, will be
da . rveil during May, although the
exact date has not been fixed. Wom
en's clubs in all sections of the
l nited States will cio|irrate with
c \ , organizations and schools In
the planting and cultivation of gar
dens. and special lectures are con
templated.
A man or woman with a garden is
more t intent ed and does not have
lime to become reactionary, accord
ing to officials supporting the tnove
I mont. It also has an educational
value for school children, in that
they Hiifulre a knowledge of botany
idiI a love of beauty.
City of fit la Is will be urged to join
in the program by enlarging or Im
proving civic parka. Another phase
will bo the urging of the preservation
of natural beauty spots.
National economy will be another
result. It was said. Home dwellers,
by planting of vegetable gardens, will
provide themselves wait abundant
fresh food stuffs, and a continuation
of the movement would teud to in
crease prosperity as a whole.
Among various agencies sponsoring
Garden Week are the Oepartment
of Agriculture, Federal Commission
of Kklucatlon; the National Plant.
Flower and Fruit Guild: National
Congress of I’ arent Teachers Associa
tion: National Society for the Preser
vation of Wild Flowers: the Ameri
can Horticultural Society, and the
j National Florists' Association.
ARMY OFFICER
MISSING WITH
LARGE AMOUNT
Langley Field Officer Draws
$43,000 Out of Bank and
Has Disappeared.
BULLETIN—HAMPTON, Jan. 30.
—Late this afternoon Captain Cota
and four enlisted men were found
near Big: Bethel, gagged and bound
hand and feet. The auto was also
found badly damaged.
Capt. Cota said he and his guard
were kidnapped by two men as they
left the bank. The bandits escaped
through the woods with the money.
HAMPTON. Va., Jan. 30—Mili
tary, state and county authorities
are trying to locate Captain Norman
Cota, Chief Officer of the Langley
Flying Field, and his guard con*
sisting of a First Sergeant and two
privates.
Captain Cota drew $43,000 from
the 'First National Bank this morn
ing and he and his guard hare not
been heard from sinoe.
No trace has been found either of
the big army car used by the men.
From the First National Bank to
the Langley Field is a distance
urually covered by auto in about 10
minutes.
More than three hours elapsod
before Captain Cota and his men
were missed when the search was
ftarted.
Chicago Graft Sendai
Is now Coming to Head
CHICAGO. .Tan. TO.—Cuplases have
been Issued for the arrest of Frfd
I Lundin and 23 others charged with
conspiracy to defraud in the sum of
$1,000,000. The men are alleged to
t have been grafting from the school
l board by illegal conversion of checks
: from the hoard, city and state,
j Lundln. who Is believed to be in
I Cuba. Is said to be Ihe power behind
| the throne in the Thompson ad*
I ministration.
I Late today Clarence Darrow an
! nounced he had been engaged ns
! Lundin's counsel, who Is now en
I route to Chicago and will demand an
{Immediate trial on the charges pre
i ferred.
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Movie Star Will Be
Operated Upon Today
LOS ANOELBS, J.ia. 30.—Viola
| Dana, stricken with appendicitis late
! yesterday and taken to a hospital,
will be operated upon late this after
i noon. Viola Dana is a well known
! screen star.
Plane Drops from Tail
Spin, Aviator Injured
i HONOLULU. .Ian 30.—First Lieut,
j Rupert Julien. enlisted man. was
I probably fatally injured today when
‘his plane, in a tail-spin, dropped 700
feet.