ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
ALL THE NEW'S ALL THE TIME”
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VOL. XXII., NO. 3243.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
RUSSIA
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THREATENS
TO FIGHT:
BRITISH
RESENTED
INDIANS MAY <
CLEAN CHINA
; OF BANDITRY
Movement Understood on i
Foot to Fight Bandits—
Joint Inquiry Proposed
LONDON, May 12.—Advices have
fceaa received that a movement Is 1
under way in Peking to borrow 50,000
Gorka troops from the Indian govern
ment to "make a clean sweep of ban
dit ridden provinces of China." •
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AGREE TO INQUIRY
WASHINGTON', May 12 —The Chi
nese govorument lias agreod to a
Joint inquiry 'by representative of
foreign governments as to the causes i
which made possible the capture of*!
foreigners by the train bandits.
The investigation will be made un- i i
der tho direction of the Council of j i
Ministers which has decided that i
the responsibility for the bandits’ \
operations must be established and I
also to ascertain whether any collu-i
sioo eaiata between the Chinese ban-'i
dits and the Chinese authorities. jj
AMERICANS SI ILL HELD
WASHINGTON. May 12.—The i
American Legation at Peking advis-,
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Battleship Omaha Makes
Record Run from Hawaii
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 12.—The |
battleship Omaha has shattered cruis-j
ing records between Honolulu and*
San Francis jo, pass .ng through the |
Golden Gate last night 75 hours and |
11 minutes from the time shei
weighed anchor in Honolulu harbor.
Waterhouse Loses Suit
For Large Sum; Appeals
SEATTLE. May 12.—The jury, in'
the case of W. T. Laubo, trustee in j
bankruptcy for the defunct Water- j
house Company, last night returned a
verdict for the defendant trustee;
against Frank Waterhouse for $187,-i
985- The case will be immediately j
appealed.
The case arose through the con-,
struetion of the ship ,E1 Aquurio for;
the government during the warf
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Frank McMcnamy Named
On Interstate C. Com.
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WASHINGTON, May 12.—President j
Harding has appointed Frank Me-j
Mona.my, of the District of Columbia, |
member of the Interstate Commence i
Commission, succeeding W. K. Dan-j
tele, resigned.
dhief Executive’s Trip to
ifi if. if. X if. if. if. if.
Alaska Now Seems Probable
ALASKA TRIP
IS PROBABLE
FOR HARDING
fermane Sends Out Another
Dispatch Indicating Presi
dent Is Coming North.
SEATTLE, May 12.—A Jermane I
lispatch from Washington to the
(cattle Times says:
'It is now oretty definitely deter
nined that President Harding will
nake the Alaska trip.”
It ia understood he will go one
vay by water through the Panama
(anal.
Precautions are being taken to
ake all political aspect from the]
ourney, says the dispatch.
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HARDING PLANS
ARRIVE JUNEAU
ABOUT JULY 9TH
Washington June 20—
All Plans Tentative.
Tentative plans tor President Hard
ing's WoBtem and Alaska trip sched
ule the Presidential party to arrive In
Juneau shout July 9, according to a
♦"Icaram received today by Qov. Scott
C. Bono front George B. Chris.ian,
Jr., Secretary to the President. Final
plans for the trip, it was stated, have
not been made
Mr. Christian's telegram said:
"President tentative plan contem
plates leaving Washington June 20.
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Schedule Calls for
WITNESSES IN HOUSE OF DAVID PROBE.
<^d^rv9o:
>kV. Mat*. <
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Mr. and Mrs. Bert JohnrSn arc iraipcrtant witnesses tor the
State of Michigan in its investigation into charges of gross im
morality in tlie House of David Cult, at Benton Harbor, from
which "King" Benjamin Purnell, its leader, has vanished. Johnson
testified at the hearing in St. Joseph that he had on one occasion
rcccued his sister from three black-robed figures in the night and
that one of the masked men was Purnell, who sought to abduct
the gill because she would not submit to his fode. Mrs. Johnson
admitted she was afraid of the cult and urged that none of her
testimony be published, as she believed she would he killed. She
' admitted, however, that she knew of tJie immoral practices of the
cult merribers.
MOVIES WILL TELL HISTORY
IN BIG EXPOSITION IN SOUTH;
FLOATS BUILT FOR A PURPOSE
LOS ANGELES, May 12.—An in
tern atflomtl exposition presented all
over the 'world at once, though actual
ly staged within the borders of
(park in Los Angeles, La the unique
achievement contemplated by direc
tor* of the American Historical Re
ryue and Motion Pictures Exiposlto®
scheduled to be held here July 2 to i
August 4 In commemoration of the
100th anniversary of the Monroe
Doctrine.
The magic of motion pictures, It
self perhaps the chief exhibit of the
exposition, Is to make this possible.
While previous expositions have
'been visited by cameramen, this ex
(pasition, produced by the motion pic
ture Industry itself, will live its real
life on the screen; Just as fllmi
playe, actually enacted on the studio J
lot. really function on theater screens
(hundreds or thousands of miles away.
Each day floats presenting episodes
In the history of all the Americas
•nd pageants hi which heroes of the
past live again, .will move across a
•huge stage built In. the center of
the new Los Angeles Coliseum, to be
photographed tor motion picture audt
encos everywhere at tho ganve time
they are witnessed by the spectators
sealed in the big amphitheater here.
In 30 days of such presentation
it is planned to depict the highlights
of American history, such as the dis
covery of America, the first English
settlement, the first continental con
gress, the foundling of the army and
navy, the Declaration of Independ
ence, and so on.
The sotting of the exposition will
be in the form of a Spanlsh-American
city, picturesque in coloring and
grouping. The main settings will
face on a broad esplanade that wid
ens, half way between the main en
trance and the peristyle of the Coli
seum. into a circular court, guarded
by tall towers and surrounded by a
colonnade. Tho stage in the center
of the •Coliseum will be unique In
construction. Two hundred feet
square, of the Aztec temple design, it
will consist of three graduated lev
els, the highest of which will be
used for 'bands and orchestras, the
next for spectacles and ballets, and
the main level for floats and pa
geants.
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In Mexico to
Talk Friendly
Relations
j MEXICO CITY. May 12.— !
Churles B Warren and John
| Barton Payne, American com
missioners to negotiate with j
| the Mexican government to es- '
: tablish friendly relations, have :
I arrived here.
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Contract for Construction
Cordova Federal Bldg. Let
SEATTLE, May 12.—The Warrack
Construction Company of Seattle has
been awarded the contract for erect
ing the Federal Building at Cordova,
Alaska, which 'will cost $90,000. The
building will be of reinforced con
[ crote and will have quarters for the
I post office, court houao and Jill.
! Work will bo started immediately and
the contract calls for complete con
j struction during the summer.
DETTROIT, May 12.—W’hen ar
raigned on a charge of purveying the
stuff that cheers. Milton Dovine, 20,
told the court ho was totally ignor
ant of the passage of the eighteenth |
amendment and Its melancholy off-1
i spring, the Volstead act. He was
| admitted to probation.
JESS WILLARD
TECHNICALLY
KNOCKS OUT
I F, JOHNSON
Kansas Comes Back to Pugil
ism with Vengeance—
Johnson Unable to Come
Back for 12th jBound.
FIRPO KNOCKS OUT J.
M’AULIFFE IN THIRD
Fulton Loses Bout with Re
nault on Foul—Results
of Other Bouts Today.
BULLETIN—RINGSIDE. May 12.
—Jess Willard, the great lnink of
a man from Kansas came back in
pugilistic fame when he technically
knocked otft yFloyd Johnson, of
j Icwa, a man only l,alf his age, in
the eleventh round of their sched
uled 15 round bout this afternoon
in the Yankee Stadium.
Willard sent Johnson crashing 'o
the canvas with a right uppercut.
Jchnton was unable to return foi
the 12th round.
Willard was the aggressor
throughoout 11 rounds and pun
I islied Johnson unmercifully.
Only Johnson’s youth and wonder
ful stamina enable# Him to last as
, long as he did.
Johnson fought willingly and
gamely but the Big Kansan came
back to pugilism with vengeance
and was unbeatable.
Johnson had no chance.
NEW YORK, May 12.—Close to
I (10,000 persons were In the Yankee
| Stadium this afternoon -when the
first bout was called In the big Milk
I Fund Hoxlng Tournament,
i There was a colorful group of eo
]ciety folk and fighters, besides many
jother notables including Kermit
'Roosevelt. Jim Corbett, Harry Wills
land Mike McTigue.
First Bout.
I The first bout was between Harry
I Drake, 185, of England, and Joe
McCann, 202, of Newark.
Drake won the decision after four
; rounds of punching McCann with
heavy lefts avoiding' McCann’s right.
Second Bout.
In the second bout, “Tiny Jim”
Herman, 218%, of Omaha, beat A1
I Reich. 206%. of Now York, to the
; canvas in the sixth and last round
;of their bout. Reich attempted to
rise but was too weak and was
counted out
Third Bout.
Euis Firpo. 212. scored another
spectacular ring victory when he
, knocked Jack McAullffe, 2nd, 200,
[of Detroit, In the Ihird of a sched
uled fifteen round bout.
Firpo sent a terrific j-olt to the
jaw shortly after the round started.
Firpo during the first round seemed
somewhat puzzled by his opponent's
shifty style but toward the end of
the second round began to drive
the Dftroiter to cover with power
ful rights and lefts.
The crowd wildly acclaimed the
Argentlan. It was several minutes!
before passage could be cleared to I
his dressing room.
Fourth Bout.
Jack Renauldt, 190%, of Quebec,
won from Fred Fulton. 214, on a
foul in the fourth of what wan to
have been 10 rounds. The referee
claimed Fulton fouled with a left
swing.
Renault had the best of the tight-1
ing up to the time the foul was
committed.
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MARY PICKFORD HAS BEEN
BIG MONEY-MAKER LONG
NEW YORK. Mat* 12.—Mary Pick
ford received a salary of $10,000 a
week from Adolph Zukor as long ago
as 1917, Alexander Llchtman, head of
the A1 Lichtman Corporation and
Preferred Pictures Corporation, testi
fied at a hearing before tho Federal
trade commission.
PRAGUE. May 12.—A commer
cial aeria (transportation company
is making tegular airplane flights at
the rate of eight a week between
this city and Paris, Warsaw and
Constantinople and return. Malls,
merchandise and passengers are
moved.
MOSCOW, May 12.—The Soviet Russian Government does not desire to break with Great Britain
but cannot countenance the British ultimatum such as the recent note of Lord Curzon.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ganotzky made this clear in a speech at a meeting here today.
Ganotzky raid Russia was ready to meet with aimed force any nation infringing on her inde
pendence.
The Deputy Minister stated there was a feelin, abroad that the British note, the assassination of
Soviet Russia Observer Vorosky at the Lausanne Pe ct Conference and the presence of Marshal Foch
in Poland, may mean another international combine against Soviet Russia.
FIANCEE CHEERS ACCUSED SLAYER.
|Scr^f-OfeutdelioAei? %M*FrErAfiaef ^x£T
\Vhtle First Scrgeint Claude Foster, First IJivision, ('. a. A.,
Is oil trial for Ills life In a Staten Island ( New York) court for
the killing of Private Martin Miller, of his own company, his fian
cee, Miss Frances Buhl, of Irving an, New Jersey, sJster of Fos
ter's "buddy,” is constantly at his side to cheer him up. Fos
ter and other eye witnesses deal ro he shut Mliler in seli'-defense.
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HflnVtT IS NUI
“DAMNED FOOL”
SO HE REMARKS
Ambassador to Great Britain
Replies to Pro-Eng
lish Charge.
XKW YORK. Mjv 12—Ambassado
Harvey, who arrived yesterday fron
England. regarding rumor* that h
would resign, said he knew nothin;
about them.
“Of course, I expect to resign some
day, but when 1 will resign I do not
know," Mild Harvey.
The Ambassador to Great Britain
stated he had accepted ati invitation
to_ return to England on July 4 on
the first trip of the reconditioned
Levlathufe.
‘Commenting on revolutions recent
ly introduced In the New York and
Massachusetts legislatures asking his
recall on the grounds that he wak
pro-British, Harvey said:
“As far as my pro-English sympa
thies are concerned, I am an Ameri
can, bi' not a damned fool.” i
WANT AMERICAN CASH
FOR ASIATIC DEVELOPMENT
NEW YORK. May 12. Representa
tives of Rear Admiral Colbv M. Ches
ter. who received a c.ncession of
fMi.OOO square miles of territory, car
rying mineral and mining rights in
Asia Minor, have approached power
ful financial interests in Wall Street
to obtain financing. It la stated that 1
the Guggenheim Interests and the
Lewlschns have been approached tn!
connection with the development of!'
lands believed to contain copper and !
other valuable ores, while the Doheny 1
interests have tbeen apphcached in 1
connection with petroleum land*. No
success was met with on the part of <
the Chester representatives, as »kep- i
tlcism prevails in financial circle* as
to the baric terms of the concession. '
Matters of international politics also i
are not to the liking of the financial
community.
ENGLAND DOESN'T OBJECT i
bONrXJX, May 12.--Roland Me- j
Neill. Under Secretary for Foreign |
Affairs, doclarod ,ln the House of
Commons that Great Britain bad no
objection to the Cheater concessions.
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Asks Harding
To Appeal for
Sugar Boycott
CHEYENNE, May 12. Gover
mn Ross, of Wyoming, has tele
guaphed urging President Hard- .
ing to Issue an appeal for a {
sugar boycott as the only way ,
to lower the present high prices.
H-«
DRUG ADDICT
TO HANG FOR ;
SHOOTING MAN
HOS ANGELES. May 12.—Clarence
teid, aged 2n years, was today eon-! |
ietod of first degree murder for the j
laying of Charles Welngarten, trunk ;
Manufacturer.
Xhe jury did mat recommend the'
’.enalty, whk-h means that Reid will; 1
tang. ! 1
Welngarten was shot to death when (
te found two youths ransacking his :
Mother's trunk store.
Reid's defense was that he had ; 1
teen a narcotic addict since IS years <
.!' age and did not remember any- ]
hing on the night of the tragedy. 11
II, S. BOATS WILL OPEN UP ALASKA
IN RIGHT WAY {OUTLOOK PRESENTED
Washington’, d. c.. May 12.—
Ine more step in "opening up” Al
aska will be taken when the govern
in'! it begins operation of river horn1 i
in the Yukon ami Twnuna River* fhi»
.unimor, according to a bulletin from
lie National Geographic Society hors
econtly.
“Thus Fairbanks, interior melrop
ills of Alaska, become* officially the
dace where rails and rivers meet,”
;avs the geographic news bulletin
'Fairbanks marks the apei of a traf
’lc triangle with one leg planted at
toward, southern terminus of the
Ma*»kji Railway, and the other on
Bering Sea, whore flow the waters
>f the Tatiana and tho Yukon.
•'Fairbanks has its slogan, like t,
lister cities hack in the States. II
wants more roads and railroads, ami
he capital for development of its sur
rounding coal fields. Therefore itt
! appeal. about to be realized in part,
' Give us the railway and motive puw
! ;r, jml wo will pay the nation’s war
I debt.’
World’s Great Rlvpr
‘'The Yukon Is one of the world’s
j trreat rivers-. If its mouth were at
I New York City its source would be
i near Salt Lake City. The Tanana.
1 the leas familiar portion of the new
i government boat route, is the Yu
I kon's chief southern tributary. It
| drains the vast Tanana Valley, rich in
I sold, other minerals, and virgin farm
lands. This Imperial Valley of the
Far North, as large as West Virginia,
' now has a white population of less
j than 7,000. In a dozen years after
I ’he first substantial gold output, in
, 1903, yellow oru worth $66,000,000
! was mined.
J '^Steaming up the Yukon In sum
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BIG DEMONSTRATION.
MOSCOW. May 12.—All factories
of the government were instructed
to be closed today and the employees
staged a demonstration against the
British note.
Surging crowds filled the streets
but the demonstration was peace
ful.
ANSWER IS MADE
MOSCOW. May 12. — Early this
evening the Russian government
handed its reply to the British in
the recent ultimatum. It is under
stood the note proposes a conference
in an effort to prevent a break.
ICE FLOES ARE
HEAVY IN YUKON
DAWSON. May 12.—Millions of
ona of ice have swept past Dawson
since t lie break-up. Throe caribou
wore observed on one floe in the
niddle of the stream Thoy were
tillod when the 'floe struck a jam be
osv the town. Several hundred
tarlbou on other Ice floes swam
tshore as soon as tho ice broke up.
Pho Ice floes aro tho heaviest In
'ears.
VICIOUS BANG
IS UNCOVERED
K/ell-to-do Blackmailers of
New York Are Found—
Indictment Returned.
NEW YORK. May i2. Tho extst
nee in this city of a vicious band
if well-to-do clubmen who have spe
iiallzed for years in Bending to
vaalthy and prominent persons scur
•ilous loiters attacking their reia
.lvos and friends, was disclosed hero
oday when it became known that
3oorgo Max.well, president of the
American Society of Composers, Au
iiors and Publishers, has been in
llcted.
District Attorney Banton said the
.ctivitlos of tho bund had caused
>no or more suicides, disruption in
t least nine homes, incarceration In
isitne asylums or banishment of sev
ral persons.
Extradition will be sought for Max
rcll, who is at present in Europe.
Jody of Former Alaskan
Minister Is Found in Bay
SEATTLE. May 12—The body of
lev. Galen Wood has been found in
Dlliott Bay. Wood was a retired
’hrlstian minister who was for many
’oars in the ministry In Montana,
V.* bington and Alaska. Recently he
las bi-un acting as night watchman
f the Washington Tug & Barge Com
iany. It Is 'believed his death was
cddental.