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VOL XXII., NO. 3251.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
PASSED
SOCIALISTS PARTY DENOUNCES
FASCISTI MOVEMENT IN U. $,:
COMMUNISTS ARE HARD RAPPED
NBW YORK, May 22—The Social
1'3-t Party cbnvenivn has p.issed a
reeblotion denouncing the Fa-sols tl
nvovejment in this state and opposing
•ay atiemtit to found a movement
'in Uhls country
, ,fThe conrventiion delegates also
passed a resolution pledging support
to lalbor systems in • schools for
stalkers.
Another resolution was endorsed
expressing hope that the interna
tional conference now in session at j
Hamburg would result In the forma- |
tIon of a great international organl-|
cation comprising Socialists and i
Trade Unionists.
iRolbert Halbcrnvan, of Mexico City,J
delegate, again denounced the Soviet j
government. declaring the “Common-,
istls were never any good in Russia,
Mexico or the United St iles. They i
are Jutft as impudent and as big liirs
111 one place as another.”
RECOGNITION OF MEXICO
Ait today’s sevsion. Who Socialists!
passed restitutions danimding the1
United States recognize the present!
government of Mexico. protesting
against imprisonment of approx!-;
mutely 40,000 Socialists in Sovlt:
Russia and asking the Soviet govern
ment to albU'ndon its policy of "prose
cuting” persons who hold political
views at variance from the govern
ment.
, Anchor .resolution demands amnes
ty for so-called "poMtioal prisoners"
now held in Federal prisons in this
tatntry and deploring ‘^persecution”
dlf Upton Sinclair and demanding the
repeal of the California criminal
syndicalism statute
Bandits Unsuccessful
In Getting Bank Roll
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.—John!
Davis ,gaed 28 years, and Ralph j
Oarltale, hank chauffeur, were ae
riously wounded in a pistol fight!
late yesterday afternoon when Davi-I
and two other bandits made an un-i
successful attempt to rob the col-|
lection car of the Wells Fargo-Ne-j
v&da National Bank. Carlisle was'
driving the bank's oar.
Drug Company Cashier
Robbed by Auto Bandits
LOS ANGELES, May 2 2.—Auto
mobile bandits nhot Dave Antink,
cashier of the Sun Drug Company
and escaped with $3,800 Antink
was carrying to the bank In a
Batched. Anttnk's injuries are noti
serious.
'Aviators Macready and
Kelly to Fly Eastward
iSAiN DIEGO, May 22 —-Lieutenants |
Macready and Kelly completed plans
today and will start'on their return
trip Tlhursdny, going east by easy
stages with Washington, D. C., as;.
their destination. I
Deathbed Wedding
Pleases Mother.
Mothers- prayers are sometimes
answered. Mrs. Anna Semon, lying
on a cot in Boston (Massachu
setts) City Hospital, prayed that
she might see her son, Benjamin,
married before she died. But
Benjamin had no sweetheart. Be- ;
fore his mother died, however, ]
'he met Miss Beatrice Newman. 1
it was love at first sight, and i
■they were married at Mrs. Semon’s i
bedside.
PROHIBITION
NOT CERTAIN j
PRESENT TIME:
Task of Making Country Per-:
fectly Dry Still Unfinish
ed Says Report.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 22.—The
Presbyterian Assembly today adopt
id Bryan's resolution demanding that
svery Presbyterian minister and
:hurch official and member, also
Faculties and students of church
ichools, sign the pledge of total ab
stinence.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 22. — Dr.
Charles Scanlon of Pittsburgh, gen
eral secretary of the Presbyterian
Board of Temperance and Moral
Welfare, today presented the 42nd
mnual report of his board to the
Presbyterian General Assembly. In
urning the boards' affairs over to
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WILL PAY HOMAGE TO SOLDIER
DEAD ABROAD ON MEMORIAL DAY
HARIS. May 22.—(By Associated
Press)—'Memorial Day this year, ac
cording to plans now .being developed
•by the Over seas Memorial Day As
leojalation and the American Legion,
wril be the occasion foT the final con
nctora'ljon of the graves of the 30,587
American soidiiers whose bodies will
reft forever In foreign soil.
To carry out this Idea arrange
ments hlave been made to have Lin
coln’s Gettysburg address read at the
ceremonies alt all the eight military
cemeteries abroad. This announce
ment is made by Col. Francis E.
Drake, president of the Memorial
iDay Association.
The chief service of the day will
tbe a solemn memlorial ceremony in
iParia on <the morning of May 30,
(when the memorial tablets in the
Cloister oif the American Pro-Cathed
ral of the Holy Trinity to the mem
ory of the American divisions; the
(American Ambulance 'Service, and
(the Lafayette Flying Corps, together
nritih the plait ue at Columbia, are
Tbe unveiled.
This ceremony will be under the
presidency of Myron T. Herrick, the
(American Aimibawoador, and it is ex
■peeled thalt the great allied wat
Chiefs wlill amend. Invitations have
(been sent to Marshal Foch. repre
iseiii.ling Fitmce; Field Marshal Haig
ga.1 fknl Bestty, representing the
■army and navy of Great Britain; Gen
eral Baron Jiaoques, Commander-in
iChlef of the Belgian army; General
tDiaz, Italian Minister of War; Gen
eral John J. Pershing and AWin W.
Owsley. National Commander ot the
American Legion.
! As in previous years, the French
1'go’verniment Vill cooperate in all the
| ceremonies wit/h official representa
iittves and tnalaps at those burying
places where it is possible to have
j them
In the afternoon of May 30 im
ipresarve services will be held at the
Stireanes Military cemetery, Just out
ride of Parts. It is hoped that the
alllied commanders will attend these
(Servicers as well as those at the Pro
iCathedrai. Similar services will take
iplace at all the other cemeteries, and
t'heae will be in charge of delega
itionis from the Memorial Day Asso
ciation and the American Legion.
. The pl'ans provide. as in the past,
' [for the placing of flowers on every
'soldier's grave in France, Belgium
land Gre'alt Britain. The Ijondon Post
]cf the American Legion has assumed
the responsibility for decorating all
the graves a't the Brookwood ceme
tery. the orffy place in Kngland where
American soldiers are buried. Sim
ilar plans have been made to deco
rate (the graves of American soldier#
at Waereghem, Belgium
Movie Star Will
Receive Million
| Dollars a Year
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CHICAGO, May 22.—Under j
a contract signed by Carry Se- j
inon, a movie star, and the j
Truart Klim Corporation, Se
mon will receive $1,000,000 a i
) year for three years. This is ,
| the largest individual, contract
over closed in motion picture
history. It callB for the com- ■
pletion of six super reatures i
and comedies.
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CITIZENS UNITE
IN REQUEST FOR
STRYOFORDERS
Telegram Sent Secretary
Work Asking Transfer to
Be Held in Abeyance.
REMOVAL LAND OFFICE
PROTESTED; MEETING
Records Cited to Show Local
Business Heavier Than
to the Westward.
Signed by Mayor I. Goldstein and
vMuaMy al'l residents of Juneau, a
telogwjm, adapted at last night's mass
meeting and hot)raved today by in
dividual citizens. Will be senit at once
to Secretary Hubert Work of the
Department of the Interior, request
ing that the order transferring the
band OilfjceM front Jundau to An
chorage be suspended until President
Harding and tTie Sfx-rrtUTjr are on the
ground in .Alaska to .n>Eike a personal
study of ithe situation.
The telegram. Which repeals brief
ly the pontinver.it expressed at lust
night's mooting, declares that al
though the need of Anchorage for a
land office is recognized, the govern
ment is not jut'i'i’ied in taking away
the only such cCIX-e in Southeastern
Alaska .to airpifly ifcv. r?ed; that ths
need of Sotslb-das.era Alaska is great
er than that of Anchorage. Figures
Obtained from official records are
sntbrnlttcd in the telegram to support
this contention
No Entertainment Plans
The mass meeting devoted its en
tice attention to the lin'd office ra
m-oval question. The quastlon of en
tertainment of the President, mem
bers of Congress, and other prom
inent Visitors, was touched on .briefly
but without any concrete program
being sUbm'fJted. The committees
working with Mayor Goldstein, it was
stiaiteid, had not had time to formulate
plans for entertainment.
Mlaiyor Goldstein called the meeting
to order and in reduced H. L. Faulk
ner as permanent Chairman. The
latter bricifly reviewed the band Of
flop situation, referring to the order
of transfer and the protest of the
local Bar Association to the Presl
dent and Secretory Work. He called
particular attention tto the latter's
retply, which, a'fltor saying that the
order tor transfer had been signed,
added, “removal of other offices
ntft yett determined upon."
This (phraae. he ea'id, is believed to
Indicate that the Department of the
Interior is corvider'ing removal of
the capital. Till 3 Is a matter of
grave hnpoirtance to rail of Southeast
ern Alaska, he doclared.
Local Business Heavier
The band Office business of South
ea.fte:*n Alaska. Mr. Faulkner pointed
out. is heavier than that in the An
chorage district. Mining claims
which have boon patented and on
which applications are pending from
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CLOUDBURSTS
FLOODS LIND
CUNTON Okla.. May 22.—Dam
age to crops running into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars is be
lieved to have resulted from a series
of cloudbursts in Western Oklahoma
last night.
Today all riven* in the district
are flooding the low lands and
thousands of acres are under water.
Communoation wMh the district
Is interrupted and efforts to verify
the reports of property damage and
loss of life has failed.
An unconfirmed rumor says 17
lost their liven east of I/eedy and
three Jives were lost at Butler.
" WINS BRIDE BY CROSS - CONTINENT HOP.
matker, X/ieutKjZlt}r*»4
Lieutenant Cskley Kelly, U S, Army Air Service, has long been in love with Miss Mary Wat
son, a pretty Ban I)lego( California) girl, but she wouldn't marry him until lie bail flown across the
continent ^“non-stop flight. When lie and Lieutenant MicRsady, in tills Itrst attempt, were forced
down at Indianapolis kelly vowed he’d succeed. In their next attempt they flew from New York to
San LW'Ogo in 27 hours, and Miss Watson was there to greet her fiance. Mrs. Maclleadv. mother of
the other filer, was worried only because ehe thought ttie soup "John” carried from New York wasn’t
as good as she avoulfl have made It.
Prohibition Finds Support in
Seven States of Western U.S.
Lord Birkenhead
To Address American
Bar Association
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LONDON. M'ay 21'. -Lord Rirkeu
,head, former Lord Chancellor and
i one at Great Uriia'ins’ moat brilliant
hlegal mtlnds, will **11 early in Au
j.gitat for the United Suites, where he
I (will deliver this year's annual ad
j .dress to the American Bar Associa
utlon. The <’ inadl.tn Bar Association
Jaldo hopes to have the former Chan
licellor address its members. Lord
! Birkenhead will remain several
j months in America and will make a
j firsthand Btuidy of all phases of
; American life.
SHERIFfIdEAD ;
CHARGE BANDIT
WITH MURDER
ALBANY Ore., May 22.---Sheriff
Dunlap, shot In a running tight
Sunday afternoon with auto ban
dits. died late yesterday afternoon.
A charge of first degree murder was
Immediately lodged again*! George
Parker, one of the bandits who was
caught shortly after the shooting.
Threats of lynching were hoard last
night and guards were doubled
around the jail.
Signing of Debt Pact
Now Said to Be Near
WASHINGTON. May 22 Actual
signing of the Anglo-American dnbt
settlement appeared to be near as
the result of a meeting of the Ameri
can Debt Funding Commission. Which
gave consideration to tho latest Brit
ish suggestion for a alight change in
the details. The spokesman said
nothing objectionable was found in
the British proposals.
BALTIMORE ELECTION
ENCOURAGES DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON. D. ('., May 22. -
The result of thn municipal election
In Baltimore this month, like fhat in
Chidago latft month, ha.s encouraged
the Damocrits to further interest In
■the preparations for next year’s
nomi naif ions. The Democrats made a
clean sweep, electing their cindl
daaes for Mayor and the other of
fices by more than 2T>,000 plurality.
•The City Council in overwhelmingly
Democratic. While the Democrats
Usually carry Baltimore, the majority
this year was the largest in the his
tory of the town,
SAN FRANCISCO. M.ty 22,— ( By
Apsoeia'ta'd Press.) Saveu Western
states, during rocortl sojlions of
their legislatures, passed measures
affecting the euforcrincnt of prohibi
tion. They are Nevada, Wyoming.
New Mexico, C dorado, Washington,
Oregon and Montana. Four others.
Oabjiomii. Idaho, Utah ind Arizona,
did nett adopt legislation to this end.
The record is as follows:
California
Three bills directly relating to
prohibition were introduced in the
1923 so»»;jn of the legislature of
California, and all three died ia
committee. One was a repeal of the
“ltttle Volstead,” or Wright act,
which makes the Volstead act and
any future amendments thereto the
law of California; another was a bill
requiring i*har:rta edits and others
legality dealing in liquors to seil
them at a reasonable profit; the
third intend'd to limit the rlgk, of
search and seizure.
Nevada
The repeal of two laws considerji
so drastic that they could not ho en
forced. and the adoption of tile Vol
stead act as Ithe prohibition oafoivt
ment law for tbe state, wis the way
the prohibition problem was handled
by the Nevada legislature. One of
the measures repealed was the
“bone dry” act prohibiting the manu
facture, sale, or importation of any
(Intoxlc ifting liquor. which was an
Initiaitiive act adopted by the people
In 1919.
Wyoming
Two laws passed by the 1923 Wy
oming legislature detailing mainly with
prohibition took effect April 1 One
provides Wat continued and open
violations of any law in any county
will constitute prim i facie evidence
of tiulfeasince in office on the part
of county attorneys, sheriff'-', or
other pnu a officers and makes them
subject to renfova! by the governor
without trial or hexring. The other
requires these officers tq mike
monthly reports to the state law i\n
forceinoof commission; r conceriji'Vg
all violations and complaints and tiio
dl-aporltion tiiude <f each.
New Mexico
Under a law passed by the New'
Merloo legislature, VlcSaitors of the
liquor law may be prosecuted in
State courts; also officials may
search automobiles w it hoot warrants
If they have reason to lielieve the
law is being violated.
Colorado
Bills affei-'ing prohibition as pissed
; hv the Colorado legislature Included:
Milking purchaser of Illicit liquor
■ guilty of a rn.lsdeniea.nor excerit where
| 1m 1urns 1-ale's evidence; providing
i for abatement as nuisances of road
houses outside the cities; making
| anyone appearing Intoxicated in pub
(Cohtipped 9B tftw l
Congressional Party
Coming North;
Goes to Frisco
I.OS A NO ELKS, May 11;’. Secre
tary Weeks and the Ids Congret
slonal party will leave for San
Francisco today to remain in tiiej
Bay region for three and one half:
days. Secret my Weeks then returns'
tc Washington while the remainder'
of the party sails for Alaska, stop-j
ping ai Seattle. The party w111 |
remain in Alaska ten days, return
ing to Seattle by June 21!.
Moro Religious Fanatics
Said to Be Suppressed1
MANILA, May 22.—upprosaion of I
■the Moro religious fanatics uprising!
on the Inland of Bata, In which 25 j
maddened natives, including Kabara,|
their leader, were killed by a de-j
talchmont of the insular constabula-'
torv, is believed complete. I
Snpwslide Sweeps Down
Mountain; Four Are Killed
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DENVER, Colo., May 22. -A xigan- j
tic snow-slide 'weeping down the!
moiintainsidp struck the west end i
of the tunnel of the Denver & Salt;
Lake raihiord between Corona and 1
Dixie I Juke, kite yesterday afternoon,
killing four member* of a working,
party and injuring two others.
SWEDEN AND AMERICA ARE TO
BE LINKED BY RADIO; PLANS
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I OOTtHM.VBURG, May 22 For the|
rinat time in hint lory America and;
Sweden will be linked tby direct radio I
jconnection on June 2H, at tbe begin-1
1 tilng of the so-called “AnvaricB-week”I
of the Jubilee Exposition In Gothen
jibiirtr, when a direct radio nows aer
,.vk;e from America Is to bo main
tained, akvording to an announcement
just made here.
I Tim notable fealture of "America-i
, week" has become possible through
the kindness of the IT. S. Naval Com-1
inmniWationis Bureau, which has
agreed to allow the use of the gov
ernment st.ution at Annapolis. The
Swedish Department of Telegraphs
has undertaken to erect a temporary
receiving station at Kuog-*banku, near
tidthetpiburg. and to install for this
service one of the new sots of in
stillments, manufactured in America,
already delivered Had 'intended for
the big’npowered radio station now
being constructed at Orimeton on the
Weis' Cun sit of Stweden
A thousand word* a day of up-to
the-minute American news will be
flatbed across (the ix-wm and fea
tured in t.he contealt* at a dally
American news bulletin which will
be published by the Amcrlmn-Swed
Mi News Exchange, under the
auspices of the Swedlsh-America
Foundation, which has taken the In
itiative In osstuibiUhln* r-ho radio sta
tion now lining completed at Grlme
iton.
The demand for tho latest Ameri
can news published in English ait the
•G-othonburg (fair is expected to be
tvery great, judging from the thou
sands of accommodations that are
■being boobed by American traveler*. t
NO WORD FROM
BANDIT GAMP
ON REPRISALS
"Zero Hour” for Slaying
Foreign Captives Passed
—Troops Withdraw.
HARDING AND CABINET
DISCUSS CHINESE CASE
Only as Last Resort Will
United States Negotiate
with Brigands.
BULLETIN — SHANGHAI, May
22.—The "zero hour" for the ban
dits to kill all foreign captives has
pasjcd and no announcement has
been received from the bandit head
quarters.
Chinese government troops aro
withdrawing as demanded and the
nearest detachment of soldiers ii
now rix miles distant.
POSITION OF U. S.
WASHINGTON. May 22 — Presi
dent Harding and the members of
the Cabinet today decided that the
American government must be guid
ed by advices from United States
Minister Schumann in efforts to tc
cuie release of the captives from
the Chinese bandits.
The White House spokesman
said only as a last resort will th«
United States participate in direct
negotiations or take action relieving
the Peking government of respon
sibility.
BIG STEAMER
GOES ASHORE
All Aboard Comprising 436
Are Landed Safely.
ST. JOHNS. N F„ May 22—The
Cnnidian Pacific liner Marvale, 7,000
tons, went ashore yesterday morning
on Ihe Now Foundlund coast, 20 mile3
east of West Capo Race, according
to dispatches received early last
night.
These dUMpa tJches said the big liner
win* leaking badly and the passen
gers were being landed.
At mldn'.g'ht advices stated t he
passengers and crew of the Marvale
were safely landed at the village of
Rain* Shotits and all 436 persons
aboard were saved
Tornado Strikes Texas
Town; No Lives Lost
AMARUXO, Tex., May 22.—A tor
nado Htrw-k McLean, 40 miles ea3t of
here, late yesterday afternoon and
destroyed eight houses. Willed live
stock, but Injuring no human beings,
according to reports.
Two Policemen Killed
Arresting One Robber
policemen were killed and two se
riously wounded today when they
attempted to arrest Frank Sage
wanted for a $19,000 robbery in
Now York City last fall. Sase later
surrendered after being driven
from a house with gas bombs.
and Crew