THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
’ALL THE NEWS THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3277.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
HARDING COMMUTES SENTENCES
TERRIFIC HEAT IS KILLING MANY
Warding Tells Why He is Making Present Alaska Trip
UNBROKEN HEAT
WAVE STRIKING
DOWN CITIZENS
—
Death Toll from Heat Reach
es 17 in Chicago—22 j
Are Dead in Ohio.
CHICAGO. June 21. — The heotj
wave continues unbroken here ani|
in the vicinity. The total number!
of deaths irom heat since last Mon-i
day reached 17 at 6 o'clock this
morning.
5 DIE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, June 21.—Fifteen
thousand persons, mostly women and
children, slept on the Coney Inland
beach last night to escape the warm
est weather of the year. Other
beaches and parks wcts tilled with
sleepers.
Five deaths fiom heat have oc-'
curred.
22 DEAD IN OHIO.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. June 21—The
death toll in this state sine: last
Monday stands at 22.
Scorching weather is expected to
continue for the remainder of the
week. i
The thermometer registered 92 in
many sections of the state yes
terday.
HOT IN BOSTON.
BOSTON. June 21. — The heat
ware hat resulted in several deaths
and many prostrations. Thousands
slept on the beaches and on Boston
Commons last night.
Amundsen Is Reported
Returning from North
CHRISTIANIA, June 21.—Ca.pt.1
Roald Amundsen is returning to the'
United States on the rchooner|
Holmes according to a despatch;
from Nome, tathe Aften Posten. The
despatch says Amundsen's plane was1
damaged in a trial High!.
Anti-Prohibition Bill
Defeated in Wisconsin
MADISON, WIs., June 21. — The
Shale Sen/ate has lei lied the Tucker i
bill, which had passed the House'
and which would repeal the Sever
son State Prohibition law. The vote:
was 19 to 12.
Mexican Situation Is
Reported Clearing Up
WASHINGTON, June 21.—An of- j
ficial report from the American com- J
mlasioners sent to Mexico to discuss
questions involved in recognition of ;
Mexico indicates the conference. :
which was recently reported as dead
locked. Is proceeding more favorable
and the atmosphere is clearing.
Million-Dollar Policy for
Flying Ace.
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Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker,
former daredevH race-track driver,
later America’s flying ace in the
World War, has concluded ar
rangements with Lloyd’s, of Lon
don, for a njillion-dollar policy to
cover accident or death only while
he is flying. Rickenbacker plans
to make trips of inspection to his
automobile plants by airplane, it
was stated. American Insurance
companies have refused fthe risk.
The annual premium ds $5,000.
Rickenbacker says auto and train
travel is far more perilous than
flying.
GERMANSMUST
WORK IN RUHR
PLANTS;0RDERS
Requisition of German Forces
Is Now Planned by the
French Authorities.
DUSSELDORRK, .Tune 21. — The
French authorities arc preparing to
enforce Germans to operate ail Ruhr
industries the output of which will j
Je turned to tlie reparations account.
\ decree to this effect is said to he
n the course of preparation and will
ie promulgated within a few days.
A jail sentence up to 15 years wili
»e the penalty for the Germans who
refuse to work in the plants and
sabotage may be punished by the
leath penalty after courimartial.
NORWENA BIRD SAID YES TO
QUESTION MADE BY EGYPT'S
CROWN PRINCE; WEDDING HELD
CAIRO, June 21.—Cairo is gossip
Ing again. The Inhabitants ha<
barely recovered from the Tutank
hamen affair when a scion of th<
Egyptian royal house secretly mar
tied an English girl.
The bride was Miss Morwens
Bird, and the royal bridegroom is
Prince Said Halim, second cousin o!
King Fuad. The minute the rega'
relatives of the prince heard about
hie love for an English maid of an
other faith they began making ob
Jections, but got nowhere with them
The prince simply took his sweet
heart into a Moslem religious court,
went through the ceremony and ran
away to see Europe in the fashion
of honeymooners.
Miss Bird since the war has been
one at the bright figures of Cairo’s
lallrooms. Her father was a Colonel
datloned in Egypt before the war.
The prince, who Is 26, already has
he reputation of being a good proph
»t and a recklpss man with hia
lurse.
Hia talent for getting rid of money
ame to public notice when he waB
tent to England before the war to
itudv under army tutors. He was so
extravagant that he had to be sent
away to Switzerland, where, in those
times, there were, fewer opportuni
ties for getting poor quickly.
His penchant for prophecies was
recognized during the war when he
persistently wrote to the newspapers
that Turkey and Oermatjy were go
ing to fall. As everyone knows, this
forecast came about, In a manner,
so the prince Is now a prophet with
same glory la bis qwn land.
HARDING WILL
HELP ALASKA;
MAKES SPEECH
President Tells Gathering in
West Virginia Purpose
of Northern Trip.
ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.
June 21.—President Harding: made
his first rear platform speceh last
night at Grafton, West Virginia. The
President said:
“I am RC'ing to Alaka to the
Government may know better how
that Territory can be helped in
revealing to ycu this trt mire land
of ours which is nearly as huge as
one third of the United Slatc3 main
land and wh:?s Hunt nous >
sources are yt t undeveloped. I
know you will help the Govern
ment in this.”
The Prc idential party airivr it
St. Louis tonight and the speech
by the Prerident will be broadcartsd
from the St. Louis Po3t broadcasting
station and will be taken cn the
wires and rebroadcasted so every
rado fan in the United States can
listen in.
President's Itinerary.
The detailed itinerary of Pre anient
Hardin’s woettbourul Journey and -also
the journey alter Ills return from
Alaska include* the following cities:
Today in St. bouiti; Kansas City,
tomorrow, lluitchinron. Kansas. June
23; Denver, Colorado, June 25;
Cheyenne, Wyoming, June 25; Salt
bake City, Utah. June 26; Pocatello,
Idaho. June 28; Idaho Kalla. Idaho,
June 28; Butte, Montana, June 28;
Helena Montana, June 29; Spokane,
Wash., July 2; Men chain, Ore.. July
3; Ptortland, Oregon. July 4; Ta
coma, Wash., July 5. then to Alaska.
u n me noimnwuru isw|ig |r ne
President's program Includes:
Vanvouver, July 26; Seattle,
Wtish., July 27; San Francisco, July
31; 1-os Angeles, Aug. 1; San Diego,
Aug. 4.
En route to the Coast, Mr. Hard
ing plans to visit Zion and Yellow
stone Parks, and on the homeward
Journey down the coast will go to
the Yosemite National Park. Tho
visit to Moacham, Oregon, on July
3 will be in eonneoton with the
Oregon trail anniversary celebration.
Confesses Setting Fire
To Secure Insurance Money
EVERETT. Wash., June 21.—Peter
Aschendrenner, railroad employee,
has confessed according to the au
thorities, with having set fire to an
apartment house in Portland last
Monday to help his sister-in-law
collect insurance. Tho fire caused
heavy damage and a number of per
sons were overcome by the smoke
and others slightly hurt.
Ten Burned to Death in
Chicago Tenement Fire
CHICAGO, June 21 — Nine ne
groes and an unidentified white man
were burned to death and 30 were
injured when a fire swept the three
story frame tenement ait the corner
of Twenty-Second and Fderal Streets
this morning.
Later Joeeph Smith was arrested.
He admitted operating a still In
the basement and left a gas Jet
burning with the flame only four
inches from the ceiling. It is be
lieved this flame started the tire.
DAWSON, June 21.—The Dawson
News announces the establishment
of a daily newspaper at Mayo and
outside news will be received through
a radio station to he installed by the
government. Dawson will also have
a radio station according to the
plans.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 21.
—.{pines Folger. son of the late coffee
magnate, shot and killed a burglar
•t his home this morning. Thousands
of dollars worth of jewplry were
found in the pockets of the dead
man's clothes, including some stolen
from the home of Col. D. C. Jack
ling. mining magnate. Jackling's
home was robbed on June 10.
PRODUCER TO WED “FOLLIES” DANCER.
Mins Mart ba l<orber, premier dansetice of the /ue*,.e]d “Follies." will bo Mrs. Carle Carleton. No.
2, Bread wa\* ‘f*NWv York) Has KWirtl," CarlM’wi, prominent theatrical ’producer, who rcwntly returned
from abroad, baa declined to discuss the rumor, but persons who should know have stated that the
engagement will soon be announcul. lie was formerly the hiisbuirl of Miss Edith Day, musical com
edy star, whose marriage to Pat Somerset, the English actor and co-star with her, resulted from a
completed entanglement of heart-3trings. Carleton '‘discovered" Mice Day, made her a star and later
divorced her.
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| Eye Witness to
; Murder Declares
> He Only Lied
CLIFTON, Ariz., June 21.—
B. H. Rouw today formally ad
mitted Ills entire Btory that he
witnessed the killing of Leigh
ton Mount, student of the North- |
western University of Chicago, j
i was false. Rouw said he invent
j ed it in the hope of “'copping
; something'' worth while. ills
| retraction came after lie refused
I to sign a written statement
] which the officers told him any j
| misstatement would render him
| liable to a charge of perjury. |
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SEIZED CRAFT
IS RELEASED
American Schooner Iskum L
Allowed to Proceed by
Soviet Government.
NOME, June 21- The American
I l ei'll Ilf-, *>* iiwinr I »• nil'll! 1»| I lie I nee
nix & Northren Trading Company,
eeized by 1lio Soviet Government at
Bast. Cape for alleged violation o(
trading rights. Is reported to haw
arrived at St. Ivawretiee Island From
Siberia with important mail. The
crew promised to return for trial
and two Soviet guards are said te
be abroad the lskum to Insure lh<
return of life boat.
CHAMBERLAIN
IS TO RETIRE
SAI-KM. Ore., June 21. — Cornier
United States Senator George K
Chamberlain. wlio is resigning from
the Shipping Hoard on July 1, hat
released all of Mb friends from sup
porting him for his return to tilt
United State* SenaAe. Chamberlair
made a statement he had been ir
public service fbr 30 year* and musi
now work for the rest of his lif<
■to support his family and himself
BRITISH SEALS ARE ON DOOR
! OF WINE ROOM OF LINER NOW
COMING TO U. S.; NEW ISSUE
*'
Out Again, in
Again, Then
j Released
i
j KANSAS CITY, June 21.— Kdwin
■ R. Bergdoll, who was released yes
j terday afternoon after serving sen
tence for desertion during war time,
was immediately arrested on leaving
the Leavenworth penitentiary on an
indictment charging conspiracy to
evade the draft law. Bergdoll was
released on a bond of $10,000.
Members of Graduating
Class Stage a Protest
AMHERST, Mann., June 21. —
Twelve members of the Senior Class
of Ahihert College refused to accept
their degrees at the commencement
exercises today and left the building
as a protest toMie forced resignation
yesterday of President Alexander
Melklejohn. The students ami friends
of the President claim he was forced
out on account of Ills liberal tenden
cies.
Senator Reed Takes
Swat at Bureaucracy
8AN' FTLfNCISCO, June 21.
United States Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri, at. a luncheon
here today, scored that he termed
the growing tendency toward c/wi
|trol of business and home by (lov- i
! ornmen/t bureau commissions oow
ixwed of "lame ducks, ward heelers
and political tramps."
Russian Refugees Are
Uppish; Put in Brig
HONOLULU. June 21.—Officers of!
the transport Merritt, which has ar-j
rive«l with Russian refugees etiroute1
to the United States from the Phll-1
I ippinra, paid tliey had been compell-j
j ed to confine several in the brig
i because they would not work on the
i ground they were the gunstR of the
American Rod Uross,
SOUTHAMPTON, June 21. The
White Star liner Olympic has left
for New York with wine stork tor
the return trip. The wine is in a
special room and four seals of the
British Uustoms Servlee are on the
loor.
BOLD STEP
WASHINGTON, June 21. The
lispateh from Southampton is regard
id here as a bold step to obtain a
leflnite understanding on the ship
liquor status through a test ruse In
he American courts.
It is said the II. S. government has
'till authority to seize the. liquor
rut the qucstiou is how far should
his authority be exercised in view
jf the international law.
New Silver Veins Are
Found at Keno;Snow Gone
DAWSON, June 21. The discov
ery is reported of several rich silver
reins at Keno since the disappear
ince of the snow.
PRESIDENT HAS
OPENED PRISON
DOORS TOMRNT
Many Commutations Are
Granted by Harding Prior
to Leaving for Alaska.
WASHINGTON, June 21. — Ju*t
I before leaving Washington yesterday
afternoon. President Harding grant*
! ed 30 conditional commutations of
Federal prisoners, 14 unconditional
commutations and one full pardon.
The President restored civil rights
to 27 and denied applications of 84
for pardons or commutations when
the persons accused of offenses in
volved disloyalty during war time.
The denials include requests made
: by 20 Wobblies convicted at Sac
ramento.
NAVY BUILDING
PROGRAM READY
FOR APPROVAL
'Announcement Is Made of
| What Building Will Be
Requested of Congress
j WASHINGTON, June 21. — Eight
J cruisers, four river gunboats and
three cruiser submarines will com
j pose the building program the Navy
: Oepartinont will present to the Budg
j et Bureau and Congress at the next
1 session according to official an
1 nouncement today.
The gunboats are for the Chinese
river patrol and Secretary of Navy
: Denby said conditions required they
i lie completed as quickly as possible.
Secretary Denby stated that since
' the Four Power Treaty limits cruis
j era to 10,000 tons, the General Board
; has been instructed to consider plans
i for the most efficient cruisers within
j the limitation.
it is expected the eight new ship3
j will follow closely the design of the
j Detroit class which Is now being de
| llvered.
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Rain Saves Nine
Fire Fighters
From Horrible Death
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DULUTH. Minn.. June 21. —
Hemmed In on all sides by a rag
i lug fire, nine forest fire fighters
I j werP saved from death by the |
j | timely arrival of a heavy rain- j
, j fall. This is according to a tele- I
j phone message received from
| Orr. Tile fighters suffered only 1
! slight burns, according to the j
BOASTFUL SLAYER OF 33 GIVEN
SENTENCE; WIFE IS ALSO TO DIE
MOSCOW, June 21. I By Assoclat
'<! Press. I Vasili Komaroff. convlct
■t! of llio murder of 3.'1 portions, and
las wife, as his accomplice, have
>een sentenced to be shot.
Neither betrayed any emotion as j
he sentence was passed, but there
vaa loud applause from the crowd,
n the courtroom and cries that the:
lentence should be carried Into ef
’ect immediately, instead of waiting1
12 hours, the time the death sentence!
is to lie executed.
Vasili Komaroff. accused of the|
murder of 33 persons, was a tearful j
and boastful figure w hen placed on I
trial before a crowd that jammed,
Ihe I'alytechnie Museum and over-|
flowed into the street.
‘‘You have my confession, why
bother further?" Komaruff asked as
tie was called to the stand. But with
the Russian's usual sense of the dra
matic, Court officials, the crowd and
the prisoner alike settled down to
witness the show,
Komaroff cried in telling the story
:>f his early life. He said he had
gone to work in the fields at the
»ge of 13. lie grinned boastfully
when he told of the good times he
nail had In his later life, drinking
and carousing, hut said he wondered
now why he had killed so many per
sons. He stoutly asserted that his
wife, a trembling figure standing
beside him. had nothing to do with
the murders.
Alienists testified that the defend
ant was sane.