THE ALASKA DAILY
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL.aAII., NO. 3259.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TiURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
RUSSIANS ARE ATTACKING SWISS
Prominent Democratic Congressman Dies at Home
Man Dying from Broken Neck
Reveals True Alaskan Name,
Romance of Life Is Unfolded
MEMPHIS, May 31.—When told
ha was dying from a broken neck and
spine received in an automobile acci
dent, J. W. DeVinney disclosed his
real name as ibeing Michael Dinoen,
one of tho founders of the town of
Valdez. Alaska, and a leader in the
Yukon rush of '98.
According to friends summoned to
hia bedside a story of a romance
which culminated in marriage is re
vealed
iDineen, while In the Klondike, was
attracted to a picture of a pretty
■woman in a newspaper which found
Its way to the gold fields.
Me came south 15 years after he
had amiassod a fortune, located the
woman and found she was married.
Later she was granted a divorce,
■went to Detroit and there married
Dinoen.
Later she returned to Tennessee,
then moved to Mississippi. When
Dineen came South again he learned
she had entered suit for divorce, but
tSifj later waa withdrawn.
RECEIVERSHIP
FOR K. K. KLAN
ATLANTA, May 31,—David M.
ItJttcnhouse and others of Philadel
phia, today filed a petition for a re
ceivership for the Ku Klux Klan.
charging gross mismanagement on
the part cf W. H. Kvnns. Imperial
Wizard. They also charged the
Wizard and W. J. Simmons, Em
peror, entered into oollusion in set
tling the recent controversy in
volving control of the organization.
Judge Humphries signed an order
temporarily 'restraining the use of
any Klan funds and cited the de
fendants to appear June 9 and show
cause why the petition should not
be granted.
Japan Protests
Recent Court
Ruling on Liquor
WASHINGTON. May 31. — The
Japanese have Joined the group oi
foreign nations which have made
representations to the State Depart
ment in connection with the Su
preme Court's recent ruling on
liquor on ships. Ambassador Hani
hara presented the Japanese view;
verbally on Instructions from Tokio
NEW YORK, May 31.—The Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeals todaj
ruled the government need not up
prove the alcoholic contents of whir
key or whether it Is fit for beverage
purposes in cases when indictments
charge violation of the dry law's in
wl».ich liquor is specified as whiskey
“IRENE" STAR IS TO MARRY.
>Ec£-itfo/ Day Sorxv<zt*
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Edi'th Duy, star of “Irene,” of .musical comedy fame a few years
I ago, is pictured above with Fat Somerest, an English actor, Whom
she is to marry soon, according to Broadway report. Miss Day’s
recent divorce from Carle Carlton, theatrical magnate and manager,
i of New York, now has .become effective. Somerest was named as
co-respondent by Carlton, w*ho sought 'to have the English actor de
ported, hut finally dropped thoj© proceedings. Someret-t was di
vorced at the same time by his wife, who was known as Mar
i garet Bannerman, a Canadian actress, who named Mls3 Day in her
! divorce proceedings.
Allies Lose on
One Agreement
With Turkey
• j L.AUSANNT, May 31— A fight '
] for judicial safeguards for tor
i j eign residents of Turkey, which
1 ! the Allies lost, is being con
i ] tinned by Joseph C. Grew, Amer
I | lean representative.
The Allies .insist that while !
j j they have lost their main point
! in the agreement safeguards
; will, however, be provided be
| fore the agreement i3 made
j ; public.
| WASHINGTON, May 31. — Ur.
j Jaimes McBride Sterett. widely
j known Kpiscopal clergyman and
i university Instructor, shot and killed
himself this afternoon.
WOMEN ARE TO CONVENE NEXT
MONTH IN EAST FOR PURPOSE
CHANGING U. S. CONSTITUTION
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Mrs.]
Sophie iL., W. Clark, executive secre
tary of ■the Women's legislative
Council, with offices in the Huge
(Building. Seattle, and Dr. Edna V.
Dale of Yakima, have been asked to
represent the state of Washington
at the confCTcmce in Seneca Falls, N.
Y„ July 20 and 31, or officers of state
‘boards, members of notional and
local councils, founders and l'fe
members of the -National Woman's
(Party, a gathering the national head
quarters here declares "will mark
-what la probably the entrance upon
the Hast stage In the fight for equal
ity."
Diss.it,Isifi'ed with the slow progress
made tn removing the so-called In
equalities from the statutes of the
Individual ■states, Alice ‘Paul is now
directing the efforts of the Woman’s
Party toward changing the Federal
constitution
"To continue the laborious method
of work in individual states would
{(tic* yews of seqdteas qffont, we are
now satisfied.” said Miss F’au.1 after
casting up the accomplishments of
pa.r.y workers In the various state
Legislatures last winter. "An amend
ment to the constitution would re
move all Inequalities in the law in all
states at one time. It is preposter
ous that today women are still forced
to demand that thay be accorded the
same recognition given men in the
law ”
Therefore, the most important dis
cussion at the Sonoca Fails confer
ence will center around the new plan
to change the Federal constitution.
The conferers will also go over all
data gathered during 'tho last 12
months concerning tho status of
women in the law and it he work al
ready accomplished in removing dis
criminations ■against women.
The conference will commemorate,
further, the first equal rights conven
tion. hold 75 years ago in Seneca
Falls by Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lncretia Mott and a tiny group of
eirppoptern,
BACKSLIDER
IS ATTACKED
Former Member of Fascisli
Is Attacked at Night on
Street in Rome.
LON’DON. May 31.—A dispatch
from Rome to the London Times re
ports an attack last night on Depuuty
M.issirri, a former member of the
Fascist!, who yesterday in the Cham
ber of Dephttes effectively appealed
i to Premier Mussolini to return to
j constitutional methods.
iMJ’awuri was walking along the
street and was struck in the back of
the head and rendered almost uncon
scious.
A young officer of the Fasciatl
militia has boon arrested In connec
tion with the attack.
British Cruisers Are
Off Murmansk Coast
MOSCOW. May 31—Appear,Atee
noa-r the Murmansk Coast of two nfit
lsh cruisers and several armed trawl
ers is reported In local newspapers.
The newspapers say that Lord Cur
»>n continues to Inaist that Russian
represents Uvvj the withdrawn from
Persia.
MRS. LEEDS MUST SELL
NEW YORK APARTMENT
NEW YORK, May 31.—‘Mrs. Flor
enco H. Leeds, tile “other woman”
In the famous Stillman divorce case,
who h«« declared that she has been
cast off 'by James Stillman, the ex
banker, announces that she is forced
to “ell her Park Avenue apartment
to get money with which to support
her 4-year-old son, Jay.
Mrs. Leods alsta said that she may
accept the offer of Mt3. Annie lirqu
hart Stillman to g[ve her son the
chance that he is entitled to as the
half hroth'er of her children. The
women are ea,:d to have become
Sniends through their common exper
ience with Still man.
CLAUDE KITCHIN
PASSES AWAY IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Former Minority Leader of
House of Representa
tives Dies Today.
WILSON, .N. C.. May 31.—United
Status Representative Claude KitehIn,
of North Carolina, dormer minority
Leader of t'ho lower House in Wash
ington, D. C-, died this mrrning from
a stroke of paralysvs which he taf
fered three years af)o.
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NEVER LOST TEMPER
In the many years of his services
In the 'Htouso of Rerj ripentativc 1, in
cluding four years aw Us leader dur
ing 'the Democratic control, Clauds
Kkchin never once lost h.is tamper
In the thick of bitter and stormy de
bate. His ihig, round, red face al
ways was lighted with a smile or a
grin “as ho, 'aSa tight wed the enemy."
and Republicans often declared that i
Kitchin kept smiling "as he operated
on thorn ibofore the country."
Back in the days when he was a
struggling young North Carolina law
yor, Kitchiu's toitpv wu < like that
of a wild man, «3 "Tie himself ex
pressed it. One day a country trial
Justice decided a case against him
and Kitchin started to clean up the
court. It was alt exciting moment.
Vicious In Debate
“And then it suddenly occurred to
mo." ho told friends later, “that If 1
expected to got alonu I had to put
ten on tot irOftd h.V»>~w bridle on nvy
tongue. Right ithcn and there 1 de
cided I would never get mid with
anybody again."
James R. Mann, a vetoran repre
sentative from Illinois, who often
crossed swords with Kitchin In the
House, declared on the occasion of
the hitter's retironvcnit as Democratic
loader, that he was vicious in debate
because his attacks, like bricks In a
'towel, were wrapped in sun ties,
Kitchln’.s greatest fight with his
legislative conscience came when the
House was called upon to declare war
against the German government in
1917. Congress was wildly excited.
Word passed back and forth among
members that the majority leader
would vote again - It. Later, on the
afternoon of April 6. members of the
loader's family and some of his most
hitimafo friends were in his office.
For onoo the leader had lost his
*mille. He was woaj-y and 'fagged
from loos of sloop. He told tha
group that ho cotlld not bring his
conscience to the point of voting for
wair, that his right of leader be
cause of it would be challenged, but
that he didn't care 'because his heart
apoke against H
Stood Against War
Then he went to the House cham
ber—with every seat filled and a vast
'throng Jn the gallery—and during a
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WOOD PUNS
CHINA TRIP
Sent to China.
WASHINGTON. May 31 11 was
r ottera-rs} fiore today that the ap
projohtug visit of Governor General
Wood to China .is not related to the
bandit activities of that nation. It
Ik paid the trip was arranged long
Ibefore the piosont bandit situation
arose.
HE KNOWS NOTHING
SAX FRANCISCO. May 31—Flnlev
Johnson. Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines, en
route to 'Manila on the army Lrans
■port Thomas, has wirelessed the As
sociated Press denying knowledge of
tho contemplated trip of Governor
General Wood 'to China or of the ru
mor that Johnson will be Governor
Gonrrail during, the absence pf Wood.
PORTLAND. Mat' 31 -Ben W. Oi
cott, former Governor of Oregon, has
accepted a position in the credit de
partment of the Bunk of litaly, in
San Francisco. He will move at
once itrom Salem to S*n Francisco
Governor General of
to Be
i
IS ACCLAIMED ITALY'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
E/ter>a, TadLdLta.
Envious of New York's declaration that Martha Gonzales, the
perfect :!4," is tille American Venus, Rome, Ituly, has pronounced
Miss Elena Tod did as “Venus of the Holy City," adjudging her the
most perfectly formed and most b utiLiful Woman in all Italy.
BUILDERS WOULD SLASH COSTS;
CONSTRUCTION HALT PROBABLY
TO BE CALLED OVER THE U, S.
NEW YORK, May 31. A recoin-!
menlatioo that all new building con
| struct ton be deferred for a few'
| months, to relieve a “serious situation
throughout the country,'' was con- i
I taJned In a resolution adopted by
representatives of virtually every,
branch of the building industry from
various states w ho met to discuss |
the situation at the home of Franklin;
R. Roosevelt.
CaJiling a halt to new construction.
It was declared, would bring down
"steadily mounting costs" in the In-1
dusftry. It was urged, however, that;
■projects under course of construction
he carried to completion.
| The meeting was called to con-;
aider with the Board of Directors of
' the American Construction Council,
, of which Mr. Roosevelt Is president.
I tli ■ present abnormal condition of the
; building industry 'and to t ike action,
i that possibly might reieive the situ- -
| at! on.
! Groups represented Included bank
1 ers, transportation, architects, eon-j
tractors, fh ctenin.l dealers and manu
facturers, bond and Insurance inter
i asts, • l.nbor, and Federal, state and.
t municipal authorities. The findings I
! of Tact in regard to present Condi-1
tions were unanimousfly adopted and
the meeting passed the following
1 recommendations:
; “First, that banking interests cur-1
| tail the financing of speculative |
'building until af'er the dose of sum
i mer.
"Second, that wide publicity be glv
| on to the increasing trend of con
struction costs, both of labor ami mu
' terlad.
“Third. that governmental, munlcl-t
pal, sitate. county and town inn
struct Ion departments be urged toi
delay their work on such as possible
until Saptember or October
“Fourth, that the cooperation of j
newspapers and trade publications be i
sought to keep i ho public informed
of the monthly lucres-os in construc
tion costs and that they be request
ed to exercise their influe.nce in
curbing the demand for construction I
until the early months of fall.”
VANCOUVER. B. C., May 31.—
Definite word has been received here
that President Harding will spend
'two hours in this eity on July 26
on hie return fropi his trip to
Alaska,
I
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j Submarine Squadron
j is Coming for
Cruise to Alaska
I -
WASHINGTON, May 31.—*.
1 Secretary Denby today official
ly approved orders sending a
■quudron of six submarines on j
] a cruise to Alaska starting '
I July it. i
| The Secretary also* signed j
an order for the abandonment
I of the navy and submarine base '
at San Pedro and a transfer of 1
I its activities to the now base f
| ut San Diego.
Hospital Destroyed by
Fire; Patients Removed
PITTSIH' KG H, fMay :: 1 The
Pittsburgh Children's Hospital was
tie raytd iiy fire tills afternoon, but
tlie 10U patients were removed
widely.
RUSSIANS IN
MOVE AGAINST
SWISS PEOPLE
Believed Program Being Car
ried Out for Revenge for
Vorosky Killing.
RERXE. May 31.—Although the
Russian authorities deny acts of re
vonige against the Swiss for the as
sassination nlf Relegate Vorosky aj
IJausanne, advices received here from
Swiss report Communists have organ
zed a program against them.
It is known that the chairman of
.the Swiss ocflony at Odetaa has been
killed and two other prominent Swiss
badly Injured.
Numerous Swiss have been arrest
ed In Potrograd, Moscow and Kiev
and Swiss stores huve been pillaged.
SUN YAT SEN
LOSES FIGHT
Leading General Is Reported
Dangerously Wounded
on Eastern Front.
CANTON. Maiy 31-Dr. Sun Yat
Sen's forces on the Eastern Kwang
lung front have suffered a serious
deftest and his strongest General,
j Shu Hung Chi, leading them, has
been diaagaroosly wounded, according
to ad vires received here.
One of Sun's active supporters has
gone over to the enemy and another
Is reported wsvorlng.
Sun is reported as having left for
the east fronlt, from which an at
tack on Cu^ton^is expected.
Major Allen
Is Released by
Suchow Bandits
SHANGHAI, May 31.—.Advices r9
rnlvod boro repoi* that Major Allen,
American, and W. S. >fth, of Manches
ter, England, have been released by
the Suchow bandits.
Clara Phillips’ Helper
Not to Be Extradited
SACRAMENTO. May 31 Jesse W.
Carson, itraded it Tegucigalpa with
Claira Phillips, “hammer murderess,”
will not be extradited, according to
Shcritf Traegor of Los Angeles. This
Is the information given by the sher
iff to Governor Richardson
Escaped Man Shot Down;
Last Act Is to Murder
NORTH BAY. Ont., May 31.—Leo
Rogers, who escaped from a court
room by the display of a cardboard
Imitation revolver and slew Detective
Fred Lefebro when surrendered, and
oTcapcd a second time, was killed
'by a porsp after Rogers hud sent a
bullet through the heart of Sergeant
John Urqnhurt, of the Provincial
police Rogers hud emerged front
the brush and wa» at his father's
house.
NEW YORK PRISON OFFICIAL •,
SAYS PROHIBITION IS CRIME '
BOLSTERERiCHANGE DRY LAWS
PHILADELPHIA, 'Penn., May 31 —
"Con gross will have to modify the
pri hibi'tjon law." said H. Ogden Chla
holm, prison official of New York, at
the luncheon of the Molly Pitcher
Club. BeJlevue Stratford.
“If we do succeed In ove.tvoming
soime of the evils of the 18th amend
ment. it will be through you women,”
he declared.
“It's an unfair ansi an unjust law.
If w» hid fewer hypocrites holding
pirW • office the problem would have
approached a solution 'by this time.
The men responsible for the law lost
sight of one quality of human na
ture « desire for reasonable enjoy
men;, coupled with an unquenchable
thirst.
"As a worker in prison I ought
to be bone dry. according to those
who think they know. I can honestly
say that prohibition i3 the greatest
crime balstcrer and unrest producer
■the country has ever suen.”
Me declared that Rhode Island
had a 100 por c ent .increase In prison
population last year; that Colorado,
Kansas and Nebraska have jumped
lover 50 per sent. Drunkenness, he
1 nu.id. inoroasod 40 to 100 per cent
Id New York; drug addicts in Sing
Sing over 700 per cent In two years;
four years ago ■murders averaged 34
datlv in this country; today, he de
clared. they averaged 40