THE
AT. ASIC A
EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXL, NO. 3225.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
HIGH RIVERS ARE FLOODING LAND
CHARGES FALSE
SAYS REPORTER;
LIE IS PASSED
Folta Challenges Rust garth
Word—Countercharges
i Made by Reporter.
The chars: Attorney Genera
Rustgaxd that a pt'rt of the data or
the recent transportation heariugi
bad Ibeen obtained from him undei
false prepense by a reiporter takinj
tihe testimony, was callegorically de
nied yesterday afternoon in a iettei
,to President Hunt, of the Senate, ant
Cash Code, (Speaker of the House
written by O. W. Folta, the reportei
mentioned 'by Mr, Rustgard Mr
Folta not only denied that he hat
been guilty of deception, but if then
rwas any deceit practiced, the Attor
ney General is the guilty party.
The communication of Mr. Folta
giving in detail the circumstance
surrounding the taking of testimon;
and (preparation of the record of thi
hearings, follows:
“I have just been apprised of tin
contents of the letter addressed t(
you .by (Mr. Rustgard about my ai
leged deception in connection wjtd
the typewritten record of the liearin;
held before the Transportation Com
mtttee on the question of rates am
practices of steamship companies a
affecting Alaska, and as it seems t<
ibe sucth a dediberate attempt to mis
lead your body t'hait I wisli to m&ki
it known that 1 would welcome at
investigation.
Employed by Company
“When I was asked to report t'hi
hearings 1 made no inquiry as ti
wlho was to pay me, as 1 have learno<
that an n v rur hiffts; nn eillUlOVGl
without intending to pay him and ief
this to toe ascertained at the complfl
tion of my services. During tb'
preparation Of 'the record no one in
qulred about It except Mr. Rustgard
who by his inquiries and remark
certainly led me to believe that tin
Territory was to pay tor the repor
at least in ,pu.rt, especially since m
one representing the steamship com
panics made any inquiry whateve
about the record. Upon the conrple
tion of the transcript Mrs. Sharpie:
and 1 ascertained, upon inquiry madt
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Former Official Found
Guilty of Drug Dealing
SBATTL.E, April 21.—A Federa
jury has convicted Wesley S. Sescho
tanner customs inspector, on :
charge Of Illicit traffic in opium lr
connection with the recent shipmen
of narcotics Worth $50,000. Sescht
recently served a tea-m in the pent
tentlary for the same offense
clarapSups
NOW BELIEVED
1 TO BE LOCATED
Convicted "Hammer Mur
deress Is Suspected of Be
ing in Honduras—Claim
SACRAMENTO. April 21.—A worn
an dlosely resembling Clara Phillips,
convicted "hammer” murderess, whe
escaped ifrom the Dos Angeles county
Jail many monthB ago, is a guest al
a hotel in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
This is according to a telegram re
celred by Governor Richardson fron
the State Department at Washington
WILL INVESTIGATE
WASHINGTON, April 21.—As a
preliminary to a formal request foi
extradition, the State Department ha:
decided to open negotiations with th<
government of Honduras to establisl
the identity of the suspects residing
at Tegucigalpa, one suspected of be
in* Clara 'Phillips. The first stet
■will be to ask the government to
hold her pending investigation.
WILL A8K FOR AHntoi
liOS ANGELES, April 21.—Th<
sheriff’s office here will ask Governoi
Richardson to have the woman in i
hotel at Tegucigalpa, under the
name of Mrs. Robert Young, arrester
as Mrs. Clara Phillips. Orders have
also been issued for the arrest oi
her husband. Armour Phillips, who if
here. He i3 believed to have beer
sending her money. Jesse C. Carson
traveling with Mj-s. Young, is wanted
here for arson
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HEALTHY CASH BALANCE FOR CITY SHOWN
IN ANNUAL REPORT MADE BY TREASURER
Despite an unusual amount of work done for city improve
ment in the past year, and other extra expenditures, as well as a
reduction in receipts on account of the dropping off of tux re
ceipts as a result of the reduction of valuation of property by
the City Property Assessor and the falling off in mercantile license
receipts, causing a diminuation in the city's bank balance on
March 31, of $5,756.37, during the paft year, there is also shown
an increase in all other receipts, and a healthy cash balance for
the city in the annual report of City Treasurer B. M. Behrends,
mode to the City Council last night. The bank balance of the
city on March 31 of this year was $ 11 .368.89, as compared to
cash on hand amounting to $17,125.26 on April 1, 1 922.
Mr. Behrends report follows in full:
RECEIPTS
Balance cn hand, April 1, 11)21 $ 17,125.26
Received from City Clerk 78.046.tt5
Received from Clerk C. S. Court .. 0,417.44
Sale of coal 17,173,03
Wharf earnings . 8,544.34
interest on daily bank balances 338.60
TOTAI. ... '$130,944.62
DISBURSEMENTS
Amount of regular warrants redeemed $119,575.73
Balance on hand, March 31, 1923 11,368.89
TOT A!
$130,94 4.62
SENATOR SNODGRASS IS GIVEN
: GRILLING BY FAIRBANKS PAPER
[IT-*
> , Stock of League
ji | Of Nations
1 Is Now Going Up
^ GENEVA, April 21.— Officials '
' of the League of Nations be
' ! Hove their stock is going up
with the Irish Free State ap
plying for admission. Turkey
, also coming in when peace is
signed tit I>.iusranue. and the
United (States displaying inte.r
; est in the c irt of Internationa!
' 1 justice.
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SNODGRASS AIRS
BOARD TROUBLESj
BEFORE SENATE
r I -
: Explains Why Introduced El
ective Measure—Resents
Too Much Pressure.
Pinal action on the Snodgrass bill,
1 making the office of Commissioner
' of Education elective, was delayed in
the Senate this afternoon when on
the motion of Senator Snodgrass it
was tabled. It was considered In
second reading yesterday and sched
i uled to be disposed of today.
Troubles of some of the members
of the Territorial Board of Education;
were given a thorough airing in the|
liSena'te yesterday afternoon when
Senator Snodgrass took the tloor in
;defense of his bttl to make the of
, fice of Commissioner of Education
elective instead of 'being filled by
appointment by the Board. He ad
. mitted he had been converted to this
| view within the past 30 days.
1 The discussion occurred during the
'Senate’s consideration of Mr. Snod
j grass' bill in second reading. He
[admitted, that as a member of the j
.Board, be came to Juneau very fa
| vorable to the present law and “to
i the present encumbent of the office,"
j favorable to raising the salary and
in every way favorable to the de
; partment of education. He disclaimed
any desire to put into politics, but
alleged that politics had already crept
in. "J have come to the conclusion
that it is almost impossible to keep
anything in Alaska out of politics,"
he declared. He said he had been
convinced when be came here that
it was not desirable to have politics
mixed with the department of educa
tion. but that now he believed the
j besit thing to do is to let the people
! t fommiauMAnar
Explains Entrance of Politics
Mr. Snodgrass subsequently ex
plained his assertion that politics
: had been creeping in the schools by
j staying that owing to the delay of the
jRoard in making an appointment re
ports began to be circulated that it
| was "acting irn a prejudiced” manner
which he disclaimed. Such reports,
however, he added, “caused those
most effected to become alarmed.”
Shortly afterward, telegrams began
to come from far and near.” The
(Continued on Page Two.)
(Special to The Empire.)
FAIRBANKS, April 21.—Continent
ing on the anti-educational activities
of Senator iM- D. Snodgrass at Juneai
the News-Miner says:
“TPaus Senator Snodgrass of th<
Fourth Division is on record in tin
Legislature against literacy in foui
ways—first, foi illiterates who car
neither read nor 'write English vot
Ing, in Alaska, anil organizing theii
own municipalities and running
them on a par with literate tnunici
palities.
“Second Against t lie payment ol
sufficient salaries to competent Sn
perintendents of Education in A1
aska.
“Third—Aguiti3t the Alaska college
hating possession and control of it?
own funds, thus making it unable tc
pay its own hills until they have been
sent to Juneau and acted upon there
"Fourth—-Against the right which
at least 80,000 college presidents pos
sess to select their own teaching
force out of their experience and op
portunittes and delegating that right
to the college trustees who are ah
polllicall appointees and of whom
there might not ibe one who was evei
inside a college in the pursuit ol
education.
“If Senator Snodgrass, in thus seek
ing to handicap educational facilities
and requirements in Alaska, repre
3ents in spirit or in truth the people
of this district who sont him to Ju
neap as to their ideas of education
the oldest newspaper in the Interioi
has spent 20 years here without hear
ing from any other man any inCi
cation he 'is for such propaganda oi
work. We hope that the member:
of the Legislature will unite in de
footing any attempt of Senator Snod
grass along the line of embarrassing
Alaska's educational Institutions”
The Educational Committee of the
Fairbanks Commercial Club today
wired President Hunt, of the Senate
and Speaker Cole, of the House, pro
testing against the Pcf'lcy bill pro
posing that the Territorial Treasurer
be made ex-officio treasurer of the
Alaska College.
Snodgrass’ Explanation
Referring to tihe foregoing dispatch
Sonator Snodgrass said that his
record on all the matters referred ti
had been printed in The Empire. He
(Continued on Page Two.)
TOWN DESTROYED;
1,000 HOMELESS
BLUBPIBL.I), W. Vu„ April 21.—
More than 1,000 u-re homeless and
property valued at $1,000,000 was de
stroyed by fire during the night when
the town of Burke, 25 miles west ol
here, was wiped out.
May Take Federal
Action Against
Rum Runners’ Fleet
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Federal
action against the rum-running fleet
which has been operating extensive
ly off the New Jersey coast is prom
lsed. This Is according to state
ments from the White House, where
It was stated t.hu question was the
main topic at a meeting of the Cabi
net held late yesterday afternoon.
I
WASHINGTON U
WINS 2 RACES
FROM CAL. UNIV.
I . •
OAKLAND, Cal., April 21.—T.ie
University of Washington made a
; clean sweep today when the .ariity
and freshmen crews defeated the
University of California crews in 'he
annual boat race.
The Washington varsity won thro
| race by six lengths over the tnr-c
• mile course.
The Washington freshmen defeated
the Bears three lengths over the two
jmile course.
Both California crews started wil'i
' a lead over the Northern buys, out
the Huskies overcame the leads w ih
in a few minutes.
6ILLETTF0R
WORLD COURT
i WASHINGTON, April 21.—Proai
I j dent Harding’s proposal that the
United States •enter the World Court
I was given unreserved endorsement
j by Speaker Olllett, who made a for
! mat statement today Hi* declared
j misunderstanding was responsible for
I the position taken yesterday by Rep
resentative Wood and other Republi
can leaders in saying It would In* a
mistake for the Republican party to
urge the proposition as sentiment
was even stronger against it than
ugainst entrance to 'the League of
Nations.
;Rome Celebrating
2,678th Birthday
HOME, April 21.—The relebru
tlon today of Rome's 2,678t.h birth
day Is perhaps the most solemn in
the city’s history. Premier Musso
lini decree establishing April 21 as
Labor Day instead of May 1. Thus
the city’s birthday becomes a na
tional holiday. The feature of the
celebration today was administra
tion of the Fascisti oath to the na
tional militia.
BRYSON ARRAIGNED
THIS MORNING; TO
ENTER PLEA MONDAY
Ernest Uryson, indicted by the
Federal Grand Jury for murder in
| the first degree, was arraigned this
morning In the I' H. District Court
and granted until Monday morning
i to enter a plea. He is represented
by H. L. Faulkner.
Johnny Jackson, indicted for lar
; ceuy in a dwelling, was also ar
raigned this morning and granted
' until Monday morning to enter a
: plea. The court appointed G. E.
Winn as his attorney.
Charlie Johnson, against whom
| two true bills were returned by the
'grand jury, for forgery, entered a
| plea ot guilty to the one charge in
i valving a sum of $1,150.44, In the
! District Court this morning and will
■be sentenced by Judge Reed Monday
i .orning next. The second charge
i against Johnson, involving the sum
jef about $30 was dismissed. John
! non was represented toy J. W. Kehoc,
j appointed by tt«e court.
| The Grand Jury made no report
■ in tiie court this morning and ad
! jburn tills afternoon's session, to
! convene again Monday jnorning.
'HENRY ISH1KAWA IS
DEAD FROM PNEUMONIA
Henry Ishikawa, 14 years of age,
died at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon at St. Ann Hospital from the
effects of pneumonia. He had been
ill in the hospital the past two
weeks. The boy lived his entire life
in this vicinity and had spent the
past three years in Juneau. He
attended the Government school
and was a popular member among
his school fellows. He was em
ployed at the Elks' Bowling Alleys.
Henry Ishikawa was born In
June, 1908, at Klllisnoo. His
mother died when he was small and
he made his home with his sister,
Mrs. Oscar Boyd, who survives him
here. He is also survived by his
lather who resides In Portland.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at
the Presbyterian Native Church.
P.ev. David Waggoner will officiate.
The body 1b at the Home Under
taking Parlors.
14-YLAR-OLD FATHER QUITS SCHOOL TO SUPPORT
WIFE.
James Albert Chadwick, a 14-year-old pupil in Case Technical
School, of Detroit, is shown here with his wife, Mary Elisabeth, 19, i
The boy had been sentenced to provide $5 a week for tile support
of Ills wife and their three-weeks-old baby anil has had to quit,
school to go to work for the mono.’. Mrs. Chadwick has already in
stituted divorce proceeding*, charging non-support.
; PROHIBITION TRAVESTY IN 0. S.
KILLS MEASURE UP IN ENGLAND:
Claim Communists
Are Causing
Trouble in Germany
—
BERLIN, A [n il 21. Ne.wrpaporg!
here claim those engaged In disor
lers at Mulheini tre not unemployed,'
! but criminals under Communist lead-'
Jots formed as military organizations
[and armed.
EVERYTHING IS
READY FOR MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
I _
Delegations to Inter-School
Meet Arrive—Details
of Program Given.
6-.
The stage Is fcl lor the big Inter-J
;Schorl Meet to begin on next Mon-;
jday. Supt. J. 10. I.anz, Chairman.'
Board of Contr&l, stated this morn-:
, lug that till of the details have heen •
[worked out and all that is neccs-j
sury now Is for the dates to ar-^
j rive.
The program is to arranged that.
| the high and elementary school|
track meets are to he held on the|
flrrt day of the meet. Monday after
noon If the weather will permit.
Supt. Lanz said this morning that,
should the weather prove inclement,
on Monday the program for tho,
next afternoon Tuesday, will be
substituted. Should 'he weather)
still be bad on Tuesday the pro-,
gram for Wednesday will be held on
that day and so on till the weather
I becomes suitable for the outdoor
i track ineeis. The track meets will)
'be held on the first suitable duy In
| the week.
Monday's Program.
The following is the program for,
Monday In ease of fair weahter:
! 1:00 p. m. Track Meets — High
I and Elementary Schools. Pacific
j Coast Steamship Company dock.
7:.TO p. in.—High School Debate,
first round. Subject, "Resolved,
That the United Slates Should Sub
sidize Its Merchant Marine Hand
ling Foreign Trade.” Affirmative,
Douglas vs. Negative, Juneau, at
Elks' Hall.
9:00 p. m.-— Reception to all vis-,
Hors and the general public by the
Juneau P.-T. A. High School Audl
jtorium. All school rooms open to In
spection.
The following will be the pro
| gram in case of incelment weather
1:O0 p. m.—-Declamation, High
nnd Elementary Schools. Juneau
I High School Auditorium.
3:30 p. m. — Basketball, Elemen
; tary School Boys, Douglas vs. Ket
chikan: High School 0iris. Juneau
vs. Douglas.
7:30 p. in.—High School Debate.'
first round Sohieet. "Resolved.
Thai the United States Should Sub
sidize Its Merchant Marine Hand
ing Foreign Trade." Affirmative,
Ijouglas, vs. Negative, Juneau, at
' Elks’ Hal).
!»:00 p. in.—Reception to all vis
itors and the general public by the
Juneau P.-T. A. High School Audi
torium. All school rooms open to
innpeetion.
The Empire will huve a dally an
t
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I.ON'UON, April 21. Tile features
of ilie ilr’ba:«* yeaterdoy in (lie House
;>f Common- following which tile pro
hibition bill wax defeat .id, were 1
speeches condemning rhp working of t
ps'ohIhitiom in the United Status
Rear Admiral Sir Guy Unant de
clared Amaridans always broke state
law’s bin; never Federal laws until
the enactment of the prohibition
measure.
James Stewart, Scottish labor lead
er. said 'that in nine months he was
in the United States, he was unable
to find a golf elnb where drink was
not obtainable.
Prairie Fire Is
Surrounding Town
HURON, S JJ„ April 21.—Prairie
fires almost surrounding the town 1
have destroyed small farm buildings, f
bridges and some livestock witli a
resultant loss of thousands of dol
lars.
Weeks Resigns from
Republican Committee:
WASHINGTON, April 21. Secre
tary at War Weeks lias tendered ihls j I
resignation as a member of the Re-h
publican National Committee from;
Massachusetts.
BANK ROBBED
WINTERS, Cal.. April
masked bandits robbed
Bank of Winters and
$3,500.
21.—Two tin- i
the Citizens'
escaped with
t
1
HECKMAN AND GARFIELD MAKE
PROTESTS AGAINST GRADUATED
SCALE OF TAXES AS PROPOSED
Claims th.it tihe proposed scale of
graduated taxes would put the a tt:on
dinners out of business, to. • It
would seriously Impair the abtit'y of
packers in the future to ob >1 fi
nanclal support to conduct opera!
thins. and that in destroying Indus
try It would scare off capital now
looking toward Alaska for ».;ves!
ntents in other lines, featured the
Ways and Means Committee an* dec
ale Finance Committee's join, hear
ing last night. J. R. Heckman, Ket
ohikan, banker, merchant and can
nerv man, and Charles I). Garfekl,
secretary of the Alaska Hureau o'
the Seattle Chamber of Comtr.erce
were the principal witnesses appear
ing before the committee.
Mr. Heckman sutd that the hope
expressed by Chairman Ross, > the
Ways and Means Committee, that the
7.1-cent i>er euse tax on packs after
they reached 80,000 cases would be
prohibitive and prevent packs n ev
ce-s* of that amount, thus being u
conservation measure, is not wep
founded; that the canners ai.'r ted.
largely located to far southw'<tera
districts, wuujd continue to perk as
in the past, being forced to do so tc
etpialixe the enormous overhead costs
entailed in plant operation in th js j
districts. Consequently, he main
tained, the proposed schedules w ni' I
cause financial disaster to the can
ners without saying a single fish.
Industry In Bad Shape
The salmon canning industry as a
whole, said Mr. Heckman, has Ins;
money during the past four years.
Two or three advantageously located
canneries in Southeastern Alaska,
he admitted, have made some m nay
despite unfavorable conditions, hut
by far the larger portion have lost
on their operations amt are deeply In
volved at the present time. Many
companies, he added, have been tin
able to secure financial aid and are
bankrupt, out of business entirely.
He went into detail regarding can
nery operations and denied the alle
gation made at a former hearing 'hat
the canneries had added nothing to
the industrial! growth of the Terri
tory. He sjld Ketchikan tod 1/ Is
booming, its sawmills working large
crews in the mills and woods, aa I
oilier businesses and tndusirles there
active as the result of cannery oper
ations.
Answering the question of why can
ners continued to operate if they
are losing money, he said those who
can do so. are packing each year to
protect their Investment, which in
some Instances is of material value.
They continue to put up a pack each
1 year hoping to recuperate their
I losses. Speaking for himself, he add
ed, he -would dispose of his cannery
interests if he could find someone
who would give 50 cents on rhe dol
lar for bis investment.
The Alaska Packers' Association,
(Continued on nit Two.*
FLOOD WATER
THREATENING
SMALL TOWN
Railroad Bridges Washed
Away in Canada—All
Trains Being Held.
WPNNfiPBO. April 21.—The emits
wear, end of the city of Portage, on
the prairie, 40 miles from here, Is
under water this morning and mak
ing rapid progress towards the cen
ter of the town.
This is according to telegraphic
messages.
All trains are he’d nt stations in
the flooded area. Several bridges
have been carried away along the
Assrn.iboine and Red Rivers.
Meager reports state several lives
have been lost in the flooded area.
LJ. S. Seaplanes Will Try
To Make New Records
SAN' DUCCIO, April 21. breaking or
linking a world seaplane record will
>e attempted here by airmen of the
lircraft squadron next week
Fireman Jumps to Death
When Trapped by Flames
RAN ANTONIO, April 21 Trapped
»y flames In an exhibition tower,
wo firemen jumped. One was killed
.ml the o’her was badly hurt.
EGYPT NOW
FREE STATE
CAIRO, April 21,— The new Kgyp
ian constitution was sighed last
light 'by King Fuad. The constltu
lon declares the country Is a sov
irolgn state, free and independent,
nd succession to the throne Is lierid
tary. The official religion is Isla
nlc and the official language Arabic,
loth sexes a.ro to be educated nt
ree public schools,
FOOD DROPPED
TO STARVING
CHICAGO. April 2i.—Two planes
rom here flew over Fox Island to
lay aud dropped food to the occu
>ants. Aviators of one plane state
hey saw six persons on the l-dand.
Vine men and one woman are sup
>osed to be on the Island facing
ttarvation as their provisions gave
nit three weeks ago. according to
hree men who battled with Ice floes
hree days In reaching the main
ami for assistance for the islanders.