THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3265.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTSL
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FAINTS FROM HEAT, FALLS, KILLED
NEW REPARATION PLAN SUBMITTED
Harding Gives New Expression on Wor Id Court
NEW PUN ON
REPARATIONS
IS PRESENTED
German Government Replies
with Amendatory Note
on Reparations.
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New Reparation
Plans Proposed
By Belgium
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| BRUSSELS, June .—It Is un
| derstood Premier Poincairr has
accepted in person the n. n Let
; gian reparations plans bn* ask
j ed time be At: -ej French n
{ perts to exam In' an I make a |
\ report. Details of the plan3
j are not given.
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BERLIN, June 7. — Germany'*
amendatory reparation* note which
was handed to all interested govern
ments this afternoon, proposes a
system of annuities totaling approxi
mately 1,200,000,000 marks annual
ly if an international loan is not
available for immediate capital pay
ments.
Annuities would become effective
in 1927. The amount would depend
wholly upon the degree of Germany's
economic recovery.
The memorandum ssks that a gen
eral conference be held at which
Germany will be admitted and make
full explanations of conditions.
The memorandum reaffirms Ger
many's readiness to meet repara
tion obligations and as a guaran
tee for the annuities the government
pledges the Federal railway system
will be capitalized at 10,000,000,000
marks yielding an annual bonded
interest of 500,000,000 marks and
further 10,000,000.000 marks will
be guaranteed by 5 per cent mort
gage. recurity for which will be
furnished in personal holdings in
the steel industry, agricultural and
shipping. Gold obligations will be
assumed by banking and commercial
interests, also by real estate person
aHy held. _
Young Man Is Beaten
By Mob; Probably Die
(LOS ANGELES, Juno 7. — Frank
Sinclair, a young man who hag been
at liberty under bonds charged with
a statutory offense against a young
•woman, was taken from his home
last night by a party of marked men,
bound to a post and gagged, then
beaten with a wire cable until un
conscious- Physicians are of the
opinion that ho will die. The men
left a note stating they were not
members of any secret organiza
tion but in the future would give
sftnSUar treatment to other offenders
against women.
BASHFUL SUITOR WINS HER BY RADIO.
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Mrs. Pearl Surtess, pretty widow of Montreal. Canada, knew
all the time that Robert Edwards, Ottawa financier, loved her, but j
he was too bashful to speak in person, and she went, around the
world on a cruise aboard the liner Samaria. When the big ship
was nearing San Francisco for its first call in the United States
she received the proposal by wireless. When the ship reaches New
York the world tour for her will end in her marriage. ,
SEATTLE MAKES
: BID FOR VISIT
FROM HARDING
Will Provide Him with Fast
Craft to Overtake Trans
port Henderson.
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SEATTLE, June 7.—The local en
teertainment committee has Invited
President Harding to spend a day
here on hts way to Alaska. He is
scheduled to leave Tacoma on July
5 on tlie transport Henderson for
Alaska The local committee has
offered to furnish a fast boat to
overtake the Henderson promising
the President ho will lose no time
in arriving in Alaska. It is sug
gested that he devote the day to
■horseback riding, golf and resting.
NEW YORK, June .—Four armed |
bandits held up Barnet Goldstein sj
jewelry store and escaped with $70,- ■1
000 worth of jewels.
MANY LONDON SWINDLERS ARE
THRIVING ON TIMID VICTIMS;
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(LONDON. June 7— (By Associated
Press) — Swindling; has tarfen ‘.he
place of violence as the most prev
alent type of crime, says Sir Leon
ard iDunning, Inspector of Constabu
lary for England.
■'Crimes of violence have steadily
decreased for years," says Sir Leon
ard in a report. “Modern crime Is
civilized and educated because the
criminal of today Knows that it is
safer and more profitable to swindle
hundreds than to rcb one by knock
ing .him in the head."
It has belen stated that there are
hundreds of professional criminals in
England whom the police are power
less to arrest. Many of these people
derive very large incomes by trading
upon the credulity of a certain sec
tion of wealthy people. In the vast
majority of oases the criminals are
never proeocuted either because of
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the difficulty of proving the fraud
igainst them or because the people ,
eictimized do not want public!.y.
The London spring social season .
Is the “open sesame" for the Kng
Hab “raffles," and they lose no op
portunUy of adding to their in-omea ]
through defrauding the wealthy- (me i
Df the most popular means during ih • i
last few years has been for the crimi- 1
nal to gain entrance to various so-- •
rial affairs and make it a point :l i
being seen in the company of w:ll- i
known people. Then they p'oceed to i
organize entertainments, beg dona
tions for hospitals, and by other
means to raiiee large sums supposedly
for the benefit of war veterans, but
which never gets beyond the pook
ets of the organizer. The t-Oiice
claim to have knowledge of a n-e-'al i
hundreds of such schemes hot they :
are unablo to act as the vtlt.ins re-' i
fuse to appear In police cotvt. i
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To Transport Money
j By Aeroplane;
! To Fool Robbers
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ST LOUIS, June 7. -- The j
Federal Reserve Itui Is c *:i• 1
slidering transportin . ■* ■ *'>’ |
airplanes so as to r**" ce th-: !
interest loss ■ 1 cut llie num
ber of robberi-is. TliU is 1 urn- ^
ed here today.
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KETCHIKAN BOY
DROWNS:CHEEK
Body Is Recovered as Result
of Dog Barking Near
Scene of Accident.
(Special from Chronicle )
KETCHIKAN, June 7. — Ralph
Bonjntst, son of Mrs. J. T. Close,
of Ketchikan, and grandson of Harry
Carrol. Qity Comptroller of Seattle,
was drowned late yesterday after
noon while on a picnic north of
Ketchikan about four miles.
‘'Rod" Campbell, w’oll known Se
attle boxer who recently fought Joe
Manila and who is in training for
a liout here on July 4, was with
Rerquist and for a time It was
feared ho had been drowned but
was later found up the creek.
Berquist probably jumped from
one rook to another, slipped and
hit his head on a rock and drowned
while unconscious.
The body would r.ot have been
found except for the barking of
his dog which stood on the bank
and kept barking for half an hour
until searchers reached the spot.
The dog is the son of the dog which
was the only livting thing escaping
from the Princess .Sophia when that
craft was wrecked in Lynn Canal
several years aago.
Murderer of Wife
Takes His Own Life
HARTFORD. June 7,- John A. Carl
son. of New Britain, who confessed
to the murder of his wife by sitting
on her bond in a pond, hanged him
i»elf In his cell last night.
WORLD COURT ;
IS FEASIBLE
FOR AMERICA!
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President Harding Declares
U. S. Should Join World
Court—Reasons.
WASHINGTON. June 7.—Presi
dent Hardin# declared in a letter
made public here today that my ac
cepting membership in the World
Court, the United States "may make
the largest feasible contribution to
civilization while at the same time1
surrendering nothing of the advan
tages of independence now enjoyed
by the American pestle.”
The President’s letter was ad-'
dressed to Thomas (L Gailor, of Ter.-1
nessee, head of the National Council;
of Protestant Episcopal Churches j
who had written to fiSsure the Presi-:
dent many thousands of citizens;
deemed it a matter of honor to the;
American nation to in some way
contribute influence to help rebuild
the countries of Europe.
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DEFICIT OF
ALASKA R. R.
WILL BE CUT
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Department of Interior Makes
Statement on R. R.
Finances.
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WASHINGTON. June 7.—The de
ficit of the Alaska Railroad will he
decreased about. $300,000 this year
or to about $700,000 according to
tho Department in an announcement
made today.
The operating expenses will be
reduced by $100,000 or less while
the revenue0 will be Increased by at
least $200,000. * **
The total deficit of the Alaska
Railroad to date is stated to be $1,
055,000.
According to a financial state
ment from the headquarters of the!
Alaska Railroad at Anchorage the
Investment as of March 31, this
year, is as follows:
Road - $46,054,701.55
Equipment 3,666,263.14
General expenditures.. 2,173,619.66
Miscellaneous .... 2,390,569.47
Total $54,287,153.47
The Income and expenses, calen
dar year 192 2 is as follows:
Operating income .$ 720,000
Operating expenses . 1.810,000
Operating deficit . 1,090,000
Less free service to other
Govt, dopts. 81,000
Revenue passengers car
ried 38,0001
Tons of revenue—-freight
carried ....... 41,000
The last item Is exclusive of the
railroad's own construction material
BANDIT CASE
IS HELD UP
SHANGHAI. June 7—Three 'lays
have passed since any press report
has been received regarding devel
opments! hi the negotiations for
the release of the Chinese bandit
captives. A private wire however,
aatid negotiations were progressing
favorably.
NOTHING DEFINITE
WASHINGTON. June 7. — The
State Department - announce- that
U. S Minister Schunman has ca
bled:
“No definite indiration how long
It 'Will be before Americans and
pther Chinese bandit rapt ires are
released,"
AIDS HUSBAND HELD FOR MURDER.
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Mrs. Raymond O. Bennett, Jr. he ires;' and former film slar. Is
almost constantly with her husband, In the ja>ll at Tampa. Florida
to wf.lch he was taken on a charge of flavins shot and killed Her
bert M. Caruthers during a quarrel in a restaurant, at Tampa, at
an after-theatre party of which Mrs. Bennett was hostess. Ben
nett is a member of a prominent Chattanooga (Tennessee( family
and is a former noted athlete. He is expected to plead self-defense.
Shrine Patrol
Serenades
Woodrow Wilson
WASHINGTON. June 1Tha *
Shrlner Patrol of Greenville,
South, Carolina, serenaded Wood- ,
row Wilson last nlight fiy play
mg “Dixie.-’ At Wilson’s re- 1
quest the hand played the “Star
I Spangled Banner” Wilson wav
ed an acknowledgement- The
' Shriners Rive three rousing
J cheers.
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CLAIMS 6.0. P.
IS LOSING OUT
Special Congressional Elec
tion in Iowa Proves it
Says Cordell Hull.
WASHINGTON. June 7 - Cordell
Hull, Chairman of iho Democratic
National Committee, in a statement
today said:
“The rook ridden Highth Repub
lican Congressional District of Iowa
frt the special election last Monday
replied to the Republican claims that
President Harding is rapidly growing
In popularity and that wonderfu
benefits of the Republican tarifl
are attained by the farmers, bj
giving the Republican candidate fin
Congress a hare 1.000 majority in
the district normally Republican h>
from 8.000 to 9.000.”
The special election was for a
successor to Horace W. Towner, now
Governor of Porto Rico.
Judge Hiram Kevatis was elected
WISCONSIN'S
AGAINST “DRY1
l MADISON. Wis.. June 7. - Th
| State Assembly today voted 47 t
| 43 to repeal the state prohlbitloi
enforcement laif,
BOGUS WHISKEY ;
i LABELS,STAMPS !
FOUND IN RAID
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| NEW YORK, June ^—Thirteen men
'hive been arrested and millions of I
bogus government revenue stamps
‘and whiskey and Champagne labels,
j with plates from, which they were
I printed, were seized in two raids by
secret service operatives.
Officials said the men have been
flooding the country with bogus label,
and stamps.
The arrests are the most important
made for a long time.
WOMAN KILLED
AS RESULT OF
INTENSE HEAT
Faints and Falls from Two
Story Window — Heat
Wave Reported Broken
CLEVELAND, June 7.—Heat in*
directly caused the death of one
woman here this afternoon. She
fainted and fell from a second story
window.
HEAT WAVE STORM.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 7.—In a
heat wave storm, lightning and
thunder, which broke the wave
which has gripped the state for the
past week, two persons were killed
early this morning.
Four other deaths are reported fay
drowning due indirectly to the heat
wave.
Heavy rains laat night are report
ed to have done thousands of dol
lars worth of damage at Dayton and
three persons were seriously hurt.
Faulkner Takes Up
Removal of land
Office, in Seattle
SEATTLE, .luuo 7.—H. L. Faulk
ner. one of the leading attorneys
of Juneau, appearing before the Al
aska iBureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce, voiced strong pro
test against tho Presidential order
removing the United States Land
Office from Juneau to Anchorage,
“Without adequate inquiry into the
situation.'’
Attorney Faulkner declared much
noteworthy minting, agricultural and
timber developments was located in
Southeastern Alaska and the re
moval of the land office from Ju
neau would force 7a percent of the
applicants to do business 900 miles
from the scene of activities.
Search for Purnell
Is Fruitless One
<ST. JOSEPHS. Mich.. June 7.-With
a warrant sworn to by Gladys Bam
ford Hubei, of Detroit, charging
“King'' 'Benjamin Purnell assaulted
her during three years from the time
she was thirteen. Sheriff Brlnge
nian ransacked Shiloh witho”* find
ing iPurnell.
DREAM OF LOVELINESS AND YOUTH
GET TANGLED UP; CASE IN COURT
IS RESULT; MAGISTRATE IS JUST
XRW YORK. June 7. She was (o
I beautiful- She was young, she wa.
j dazzling, she wa n a dream of lovli
i ness. She was Mrs. K5va Wallace, o
I Freeport, L. I.. and when she was
in thp Adams Street Court in Brook
! lyn to press a complaint against t
I too daring admirer she lost hpr rase
| because she was so exceedingly fair
j Magistrate Bayfield himself told
I her so
I At first eh" story promised to bt
j one of the dullest, because one ol
j the oldest. But that was before the
magistrate and the reporters had seer
: the vision. All they knew to begin
I,with was that Clinton K. Kirth. 21
1 years old, o>t Brooklyn, was accused
lot having annoyod a lady in a theatre.
There have been dozens of cases
like that, and as a rule the defend
ants have been sent to the work
house.
I, Kilt this was so different The
•defendant proved to be a timid look
ing <*outh with poetic eves, Mrs.
Wallace said he had dared to change
his seat, taking the one next to hers
> For a trine he was content merely to
> sit there, but it was not th4t stage
i that attracted his eyes. Presently
Mrs Wallace sail, hts Hand touched
voi't*—and It wu» no accident- She
railed an usher and had him arrested.
When Magistrate Rayfteld had
ieard all this- -find looked upon Mra.
Wallace—he was visibly perplezed.
The “freshness" of the young man
had not been so utterly flagrant. The
Magistrate had not the heart to pun
®h him.
“Nature, madam, has made you
rather beautiful.” the court said.
•'Rather," murmured the Court at
tendant.
“Thus,” the Magistrate '••ont on,
‘you offer an unusual temptation. We
must remember that."
| “Unprecedented temptation, ’ i..e ez
| cited attendant corrected in a whis
per.
• Youthful folly,’ c -a1 '.Hied the
Magistrate, "must sometimes be over
looked. I realize that yo i have fall
en a victim on the altar of amour.
Naturally it is embarra ,ent when it
happens in a public p‘ > s I«u* tb-»
temptation was so grei ant, after
all, since he only t me ed your
I hand—”
, Then the Magistr >t • 5'ntly up
i braided the defendant p- I suspended
sentence, and up to a ir • hour Mr*.
Wallace had not sued tea Magistrate
for slander.