ALASKA
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
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VOL. XXII., NO. 3327.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1923.
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PRICE TEN CENTS.
WAVE STRIKES
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OCCUPATION OF
RUHR SECTION
DECLAREDLEGAL
Premier Poincare Replies tc
Recent Note of Lord
Curzon—Cites Treaty.
CHARLSVILLE, France, Aug 20
Premier Poincare In a speech her*
devoted his remarks to refutation
of the arguments contained in Lord
Curion’s recent note regarding repara
tlons and the occupation of the Ruhl
being Illegal.
Premier Poincare said the "Ver
sallies treaty is authority for the
legal occupation of the Ruhr."
The French Premier reiterated the
desire of France to- come to some
agreement with the Rrltish govern
ment over questions in dispute.
W. C. T. U. Will
Celebrate
50th Anniversary
COLUMBUS, Aug, 20—The Wo
mean Christian Temperance Unior
will celebrate the fiftieth year of its
existence by coming back to the statf
’ that gave it birth—Ohio—for its ar
nual convention.
It was Just about a half cen'urj
ago that "Mother” Thompson at Hills
boro, Ohio, surrounded herself witt
a'band of militant women intent upor
one thing, the putting out of buslnes
of liquor selling establishments. Frotr
that informal organization grew lh<
Women’s Christian Temperance Un
Ion which now has organizations jr
every state of the United States am
reaches into 57 foreign countries.
The “Jubilee" convention will bi
held here September 4 to 14. Twelvi
hundred delegates will attend.
Important aspects of the meeting
which will have law enforcement ai
its theme, will Include a possible pil
grlmage to Hillsboro, a street pa
geant, and a "march of allegiance t<
our flag and country," in which 5,00l
women are expected to participate.
British Columbia to
Continue Fish Patro
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug 20—Air
plane patrol of the fishing waters o!
Northern British Columbia has beet
so effective that it will be con
tlnued throughout September accord
ing to announcement made toda;
by officials. It is said the patrol ha;
had a moral effect and preventet
many breaches of regulations.
Dawson Celebrates
Klondike’s Discover]
DAWSON, Aug. 20—A display o:
Yukon products including minerals
vegetables and grains featured thi
exercises last Saturday when thi
27th anniversary of the discover;
of the Klondike was celebrated. Thi
day was observed as a holiday ant
hundreds participated in the parade
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Prominent Northwest
Mining Man Is Dea<
SPOKANE, Aug. 20—Graham B
Dennis, for 30 years leader of de
velopment in mining In the North
west and organizer of the Northwes
Mining Association, died here Sat
urday of apoplexy.
pf »i HOLD CONVENTION
VANqOUVfirt. \B. C„ Aug. 20
Rapresentatives of the Liberal part;
in British Columbia will meet in con
vention hers this fall to decide upoi
matters of party policy knd part;
leadership. The present British Co
Iumbtan Government, under the pre
mlershlp of John Oliver, is Liberal
POST OFHCE ALERT TQ PROTECT
PUBLIC A9MNSTALL SWINDLERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20—The Un
ited Statue government takes consid
erable care In protecting the bank
accounts of Its citizens, and many
and vari#4 are the schemes it is
called upon to use in order that the
gullible will not lose their savings
of years. But perhaps the most
interesting of all Is the method of
the Post Offlce department, which
issues "fraud orders” to eliminate
from the malls the circulars and ad
vertisements of the >get-rich-gul6k
swiAdlers. ' **<*>'• ' <
How much this system actually
■fives Investors during a year it is
almost Impossible to estimate. In one
recent Instance, as the result of a
single fraud order. 21,000 letters,
each believed to contain a dollar bill,
were intercepted and returned to
the senders.
When investigators of the Post Of
fice suspect an individual or com-1
pany of sending through the malls
letters or advertising matter of a
fraudulent nature, inspectors are
given the case to gather evidence.
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: WHAT CHANCE HAS A POOR CRIMINAL WITH THIS?
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TDf J\i basirt
This "soul searcher” 1b the latest scientific machine to he em
ployed in criminology in San Francisco. It is known scientifically
as the Capillary Electrometer and is the invention of Ur. Albert
Soheider, of the Criminology Department of the University of
California. The suspect is asked to quote the first words that
come to his mind, following a word suggested by the‘ questioner.
The suspect's mental vibrations, transmitted through his fingers,
are recorded, and if they jump the professor assorts it is a sure
sign he is guilty.
INDUSTRIAL BOARD OPPOSED TO
BONUS AS AN “UNFAIR BURDEN”
I Hero at Mine
Disaster
Goes Insane
j EVANSTOX, Wyoming, Aug. 20
—John Pavllson, coal miner, 1 ;
who saved many lives and was
, proclaimed the outstanding hero
; in the Kemmerer coal mine dis
aster, was brought to the State ! j
Mental Hospital here today. He
is insane as the result of his j
| ,| experiences. \ ,
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CONFESSES TO
BERGDOLL PLOT
German Newspapers Claim j
Robert Sperger Has Con- j
fessed—Intimations.
’ HEIDELBERG. Germany. Aug. 20—
[ Southern Germany newspapers Bay
; Robert Spencer, wounded in an at
tempt to kidnap Grover Bergdoll, has
J made a confession said to be com
plete in every detail.
Going back for months, to Paris,
where it is alleged the plot was
hatched, Spencer claims that the list
I of American Army officers found in
his baggage, were more or less in
terested in the Bergdoll case, ac
cording to the newspapers.
Call Firemen from Other
Cities to Fight Blaze
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LAWRENCE,yMass., Aug. 20—Fire
starting late last Saturday afternoon
in the Continental Products Company
building and which threatened to con
sume many wooden warehouses, was
finally controlled with an estimated
loss of 1100,000. Assistance of fire
fighters from nearby towns were
called when the flames started to j
t pread.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20- -Opposition
to the proposed bonus for World
War veterans, on the grounds that
It Is economically unsound and would
Impose an unfair burden on tax pay ora, 1
Is expressed in a report just inatl'-j
public by the National Indus' ;ia!
Conference Board.
The report Is the outcome of re- i
searches conducted In anticipation of,
reintroduction of the bonus bills in
Congress in December.
“The principle Of granting special
compensation to special groups for1
losses or sacrifices inc urred in a com
mon emergency," says the report “is
unwise and antisocial, and fraught
with dangerous possibilities.”
The findings were reached after
consideration of data obtained from
the American Legion, the I’nlted.
States Treasury, and other authorita
tive sources.
“The proposal,” the report con
tinues, "cannot he justified on grounds j
of equity and fairness to the veter j
ana or to the general population,!
while it would lay upon the eoun-!
try a financial burden which would
adversely affect (he interests of the
nation as well as of the veterans, and
might tend to hamper the nation’s |
necessary efforts In behalf of the In
capacitated and aged veterans of
the future.”
The report estimates the probable
cost of the bonus at $1,000,000,000,
and adds that the proposal “wholly
Ignores" the $350,000,000 already re
ceived by some veterans in State
bonuses.
“Direct comparison between serv
ice men and civilians Is false,” It
asserts, "because the factors on which
such a comparison must be made can
not be evaluated in economic terms.
They were an inevitable result of
war and were the result of the chancel
of selection for service. Those at
home were equally subject to this
chance by virtue of the selective
draft.”
Reviewing the argument that the
bonus Is an economic need, the In
vestigators hold that on these grounds
other classes whose earnings did not
equal war-time living costs would be
equally Justified in asking adjusted
com penBation.
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Dry Weather Coses
Pulp, Paper Mils
PRINCE RUPERT, Aug. 20—On ac
count of water shortage the pulp
plant of the Whalen Pulp Company
at Swanson Bay closed down com
pletely last week and the plants of
the Pacific Mills at Ocean Falls were
to close Completely if the water situ
ation did not show immediate Im
provement, according to word brought
on the steamer Gardena.
Both these plants had been operat
ed at part capacity fbr a month
owing to lack of water, and the stor
age supply of the Whalen Company's
plant becomes erhausted at that,and it
announced that It would remain
closed at least a month. Last week
the Ocean Falls plant resumed at full
capacity with the purpose of closing
down completely as soon as the stor
age supply became exhausted. "”J
M'AOOO GIVES
VIEWS ON TWO
GENERAL LAWS
Esch-Cummins Bill Has Es
tablished Vinous System
—Tariff Mtacked.
SEATTLE, Aug. 20 William G
Mi-Ailoo lii a statement for use In
the campaign for itie seat in Con
grass vacated by Stanley Webjtei
and made public here sali),^ "the
Each-Cummins railroad bill has cs
tabllshed an unsound and vintAi- sys
tern of rate making resulting*n ex
cessive freight and passenger rates
lo the great Injury of the agriculture
business generally. The. Kordney
McCumber tariff iakn economic abor
tlon and sets up aifNhsuid theory oi
Isolation which souks th* American
farmers at home ami dittos them 8
remunerative trade abroad."
Hotel Burns Early
Sunday; Nine Dead
TORONTO, Aug. n,o Nine persons
were burned to deifnt and at least
75 were injured in a Are which de
stroyed the Wawa hotel at Muskoka
Ont., early Sunday morning.
K. K. K. Enfperor Willing
Clarke Take Full Charge
ATLANTA, Aug. 20 William Sim
moils, Emperor of the Ku Klux Klan,
has telegraphed Edward Young
Clarke, at Indianapolis, offering the
latter full and complete executive ad
mlnistratice authority over all mut
ters pertaining to t|e Klan and Ka
mella. If Clarke •*ttcu |0 Atlan
ta and assume control. This la ac
cording to the Atlanta Journal.
PRICE OF FOOD
SHOWS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Ang. 2" The re
tail price of food averaged two per
cent higher In July than in June
while during the year ending July
15 general advances amounted to
four per eent. The. average family
expenditure for fobd Increased In 43
representative cities and a decline
was shown In six cities including
Portland, Oregon.
July Employment Showed
Very Healthy Undertone
WASHINGTON./-Ang. 20--. nation
wide survey of the employing'!' situa
tion Indicates a ‘‘healthy i.idcrtone
and a splendid spirit of optimism
prevails throughout the industrial
field," according to announcement of
the Labor Department.
The Pacific Coast cities shovel an
Increase In employment duii>’fc the
month.
Ten Persons Drown;
Cause Is Mystery
ST. PAUL, Augi to—Ten persons
Including the entire family of N'lcho
las Marttnellt, boat buildet, were
drowned when a newly constructor
launch suddenly sank in th* Missis
sippi. The cause of the silking Is
not determined as all aboxul were
drowned.
SEE8 NO POLITICAL
REMEDY FOR FARMER
NEW YORK, Aug. 20—Senator Jo
soph W. Robinson,.Democratic Senate
leader, declared, before sailing for
Europe, that he could see no politi
cal remedy for the farmers' sltua?
tlon. He said there was too wide a
spread between the price of farm pro
ducts to the farmer and the price
of foodstuffs to the consumer and that
he would support anything that would
serve to lessen the spread. He could
see no specific remedy for it, how
ever, and evidently thought price
fixing Impracticable. He favored a
reduction of the tariff in order to re
duce the cost of what the farmers
must purchase.
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NEWSPAPER EDITOR
BUYS' COSTLY HOME
NEW YORK, Aug. 20—Arthur Bris
bane, Hearst editor, has purchased
the former town residence of Mrs
O. H. P. Belmont at Madison Avenue
and Fifty-First Street, New York, for
about 1500,000.
GOVERNOR DAVIS IS WILLING TO BE A CANDIDATE.
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Governor Jonathan M. Davis, of Kansas, who is being boomed
for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency In 1924, said in
Chicago that while he was not actually a candidate he would not
refuse the nomination if proffered to him and that his political
future was In the hands of liis friends.
SEVEN GUNMEN
STAGE HOLD-UP
Resort Near Detroit Is Held
up Early Sunday Mbrn
mg — Shots Fired.
DETROIT, Atig 20 Seven gunmen
i early yesterday morning held up i
.Allendale Inn, In the suburbs, lined i
Ult 170 piu'NUUs and secured money ,
and Jewels valued at several thou
sand dollars.
Four persons, Including one wo
man. were shot and seriously In
jjured when the gunmen fired promts-1
| cuously into the crowd.
Five hours later, an automobile.
| containing seven men, believed to:
I have been the bandits, went through |
Monroe, 40 miles southwest of here,
at a high rale of speed. A motor
cycle policeman, who drew alongside
the car, was shot and killed by the
! occupants.
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Eastern Company Loses
Payroll for Second Time;1
j CINCINNATI, Aug. 20 -Two ban- 1
| dlts held up two employees of the,1
i J. II. Day Company and escaped with
j the company’s payroll amount.ug to •
i$14.500. Tills is the company's sec-!
| ond payroll robbery within a year.!
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Bear Fighter of Yukon
Passes Away at Dawson
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DAWSON, Y. T„ Aug. 20 Patrick j
Connelly, well known bear fighter of ;
the Yukon, died here last Saturday, j
Seaplane Does Dive;
Five Persons Drown
PENSACOI.A. Fla.. Aug. 20—Four
men and one woman were killed |
yesterday when a commercial se i
j plane piloted by Albert .1. Whitted,
of St. Petersburg, Florida, trashed
i into Santa Rosa Sound near Camp
Walton, 40 miles from here.
Dollar to Make Final
Bid for S. B. Vessels
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20 Robert
i Dollar, head of the Dollar Steamsjhlp .
•Company lines, son of Stanley dollar,
is on his way to Washington to snb- ,
! mlt final bids for the purchase of;
. liners and freighters operated on1
|fch* Paclflc by the managing agents
Including the Admiral-Oriental Line)
and Pacific Mall Steamship Company. |
Two Killed; Plane Faljs
In Bay at San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20—Em
met Tanner, aged 28 years, and Ro
bert Langdon. aged 21 years, were:
drowned In San Francisco Bay yes
terday afternoon when their aero
plane fell Into the water. Tanner!
was an experienced pilot, and was car- \
, rylng Langdon as a student flyer.
ENGLISH UNEMPLOYED
LONDON. Aug. 20—Unemployed In
Englaud July 30 numbered 1,195.600;
those working part time and drawing
'benefit. 66,900. J
Henry Ford Is
Sued for
$200,000, Libel
NEW YORK, Aiir. 2o Herman
Uornsteln, editor of a Jewish publi
cation and author, has tiled a $200,
10* libel suit against Hehry Ford
used on an article "Glimpse of Jew
-h International Politics" In the Dear
torn Independent two years ago and
tews dispatch's from Detroit quot
ng Henry Ford as saying he got hia
naterial from an article from Born
itein on the voyuge of Ford's peace
ihlp the Oscar Second.
WET FORCESTO
WAGE CAMPAIGN1
—
Want to Grasp “Balance of.
Power”—Key States Are
Are to Be Attacked.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. iO -The As
oclatlon Against the Prohibition
Vmendment has launched a campaign
o grasp “the balance of power” In
en or more states preparatory to
iext year's elections.
It is announced the plan Includes
hrowlng entire support of the or
ganization and sympathizers to the
larty willing to make concessions In
avor of repealing or modifying the
imbibition laws.
The campaign is to be carried on
n the key states such us Massn i
•husetts, Connecticut, New York.,
r’ennsylvanla, Maryland, Ohio, 1111-i
lots. Wisconsin and California. i
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700 Are Initiated Into
Ku KIux Klan in Fog
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 -Fog
robbed the initiation Saturday night
if 700 .into the Ku Klux Klan near
Daly City, a suburb, of much of the
spectacular features. About 4,000
were present lint the fog vcas so hea
ry that the Fiery Cross could he
leen for only a few feet. '
Highest Airplane Landing
Field Dedicated Yesterday
DEAUVILLE, Colo, Aug 20—The
ilghest airplane landing In the coun
try was dedicated here yesterday
with appropriate ceremonies to the
memory of Lieutenant Halsey Ring
ham. who lost his life in an accident
while attempting to land his _ plane
lere a year ago.
Women Shorten Dresses
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When Stambuliski Dies
LONDON, Aug. 2'i—1The death of
Stambullskt, former premier of Bul
garia, seems to have had more than
a political effect in his country. No
sooner was it confirmed, says a Sofia
news message, than the women in the
cities began to order and make new
dresses, and to buy new shoes with
high heels.
This is all due to the - fact that
w r ,,
Stambullskl had ordered that women’s
dresses should be worn long, and
even described tha exact length.
He also ordered that all shoes should
Instructed to enforce these regula
have flat heels, and the police were
tlons.
Now the demand for dresses and
high heeled shoes In Sofia, 19 so great
that the shops cannot meet JjL
AUGUST RECORDS
GO DOWN TODAY
UNDER HOT SUN
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Thirty Years’ Record Smash
I ed and New Heat Record
for Season Made.
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With the mercury standing at
86 Vi at 1:55 p. m. today, all prev
ious local heat records for August
wore broken and a new hot weather
record for this summer was sat,
uccordnig to a statement made by
M. B. .Sinners, Meteorologist in
ohurge of the local Weather Bureau
station. This temperature, ho added,
j is within two and one-half degrees
I of ihe highest mark ever reached
by Ihe thermometer in Juneau.
In June thiB year a temperature
of 82 degrees was recorded which
was not surpassed until this ufter
noon. Yesterday the 80-degree mark
was reached. At noon today the
mercury stood at 74 and rose rap
idly until at 1:30 p. m. it stood at
85. Twenty-five minutes later it
had risen another one and one-half
degrees to 86 Vi.
The highest temperature ever re
corded in Juneau, as shown by
Weather Bureau records is 89. This
mark was first set on July 26, 1915,
and was equaled on July 28. 1920.
Records of the local station, aggre
gating 30 years, do not show in
any August. In that time as high a
temperature us was recorded today.
Amundsen Is Planning
New Transpolar Flight
ST. PAUL, Alaska, Aug. 20—Offi
cers of the revenue cutter Bear,
which arrived Saturday, stated that
Capt. Roald Amundsen indicated he
planned a new transpolar flight with
a better equipped plane using Spits
bergen as a base. Lieutenant Com
manders Parker and Eaton, former
navy aviators, are of the opinion
the Walnvvright attempt is a doomed
failure because the plane is not thor
oughly tested and the base has in
sufficient facilities and the personnel
inadequate.
Vancouver Club Is Held-up;
Players Relieved of $10,000
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug 20
Two masked bandits entered the
Seventh Battalion Club early this
morning, held up a score of card
players and escaped with $10,000.
One of the victims alone lost more
than $6,000.
ONE HUNDRED
ARE DROWNED
Oriental Typhoon Takes
Large Toll of Lives—
Scores Are Injured. ^
HONGKONG, Aug. 20—More than
100 persons were drowned and about
100 killed or injured at Macao as the
result of the typhoon last Saturday.
This is according to estimates com
plied by the authorities. Fifty Chi
nese junks and sampans capsized
and many persons were entombed
when buildings collapsed.
Thousands Are Missing
As Result Tidal Waves
TOKIO, Aug. 20- Seoul advices state
346 persons are dead and more than
1,000 missing as the result of recent
tidal waves and storm in four western
provinces of Korea. Property has
been damaged severely.