THE
ALASKA
DAILY
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3178.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
WOBBLIES ATTEMPTING TO START
TROUBLE IN
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ARRESTS
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NEW MILITARY
ACTION TAKEN
RUHR VALLEY
State of Siege Is Declared in
Bochum—Tanks and Ma
chine Guns Stationed.
ESSEN, Feb. .6.—-The rtortn cen
ter of the occupied Ruhr Valley ha:
shifted to Bochum 'because of the
general hostile attitude of the popu
lace and a state of siege has been
declared there.
The French have moved ten tanks
and numerous machine guns to th<
center of the town and civilians art
prohibited from loitering in t ht
ttieeis after nine o'clock at night.
Latt night, over 500 persons were
arrested for disregarding the orders
of the French hut most ot them were
released today.
The French forces have taken over
the headquarters of the Chamber of
Commerce and searched the building
fer secret documents.
RING IS CLOSED.
I)USSEEDORF. Feb. 28.—As part
of the plan for closing the customs
ring around the Rhineland. French
troops today took over a small nrip
of additional territory on the right
hank, of the Rhine. This completely
cuts off the occupied area from un
occupied Germany.
Aeroplane Delivers
Liquor By Case;
Arrests Are Made
SPOKANE. Feb. 26. — A huge
aeroplane from the north landed on
the municipal Held here yesterday
afternoon and the pilot transferrer
several cases of liquor to a waiting
automobile and then flew away. The
police arrived on the spot before the
auto got away and arrested the oc
cupants. Frank Kepe and B. H.
Kerner.
POSSE CAPTURES
PAYROLL ROSSER
CAiME RIDGE, Ohio, Feb. 26.—Andy
Var'jgkey has been captured by a
posse in the Deep Gully Hills in
Southeastern Ohio and Is now in the
county jaRl charged with robbing
Charles Moss, paymaster of the Ob
yon Coal Company, caf $16,000. The
money was found shortly before the
posses surrounded Vesoskey and cap
tured him. Moss was shot in the
arm when Ve.-.'oskey held hint up, but
the wound is not a serious one.
Remington Was
Victim of
Bootlegger's War
LOS ANGELES, Fob. 26.—The po
lice say they have addillonal infor
mation supporting their theory that
Earl Remington was slain on his
own doorway on February 15, a vic
tim of a bootlegger's war.
BAD INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM IS
PREVAILING IN CHINA SAYS
REPORT; CHILDREN WORKING
‘CHICAGO, Fob. 26.—Tlie industrial
system In China today Js the worst
in world history and is cans inf? un
rest and the organization of labor
unions, according to Roy. Sherwood
Bddy, who just completed a survey
of lindustrial condition there and re
ported to the Committee on Conser
vation and Advance of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, here.
According to the report, Chinese
adult male laborers receive from five
cents to 80 cents per day and Chi
nese miners, who receive only 5 cents
per day. have organized ‘labor unions
In some 'places, to better their con
ditions. which, tihoy assert, are such
that they cannot buy 'both rice and
clothing with that meagre pay. The
miners work 10 hours a day under
ground and work seven days a week
•H3 is thn custom lin Chinese factories,
the report says.
According to the survey. boys of!
r*in 1 yours of age aro employed by [
fhiou sands tin various factories and in l
40 poncor piilk factories in Chefoo,
25,000 bt>ys and young men work lllj
hours a day for wages averaging 0 |
eenits each. Boys are working in'
such factories because ‘Dbe-Jr parents
cannot afford the necessary ;! cents;
per day to feed them, the report con |
tinues. They receive only their food !
and clothing.
Small girls are likewise employed j
hi tiha factories tin countless numbers, I
many of them working among ma-j
chines unprovided with most element-;
arv safety devices, and frightful acci
dents are by no mentis rare, Dr
Eddy reports i
FORMER CABINET BELLE LEAVES HUSBAND.
Mrs, Nancy Lane Kauffman, daughter or the late Franklin K.
I.anc, who was a member of President Wilson's Cabinet, is r port si
to have left her husband, Philip C. Kauffman, and gone to California
to enter the moving picture field. Miss Nancy Kane, at 17. wa; one
of the reigning belles of Washington at the time of her marring ■ to
Kauffman, member of a very prominent and wealthy family. The
wedding was attended by all official Washington and the Diplo
matic Corps.
GERMANY READY
TO TOSS HANDS
UP INTO AIR
—
i German Nation Is Losing
Hope of Russian Commerce
^ —Struggle Tough One.
| BREST-L.TTOVSK, Poland, Feb. 2fi.
■ —'Marvli 2 will fc? the fifth annl
| versany ot the treaty of Brest-Lltovsk
j Joffe and Radek and their Bolshevik
: as'-ioe^T'.es penned their signature tin
i willingly to the hateful pap- r after
j General Hoffman had pounded the
're-aly table and announced the Ger
mans would advance Immediately!
upon Petrograd and Moscow if the I
Bolshevlkl delayed longer.
That treaty was superseded by the
treaty of Rapollo, which Ue,\ tany
and Russia siignod so unexp" to l!y
during the Genoa Conferom la
spring But the business rei.iti.ms i
'wh'cli Germany hoped would i -salt in’
in exchange of considerable am nn* ■ |
jef Herman manufactured goo i for
Russian raw materials have be a d,s-J
j^ppointting. German busine-- ,p n]
|cannot deal with the Bolshevist trad -
; commissions any more sucre ' ai.y |
ap ji.1 catty, than the business rn.-n of
Iet.icr nations which have not <v .b
lished treaty relations with Benine's
government.
Bolshevists Costly
Germany has found the Bolshevists
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War Seems to
Be Sentiment
Of Turks
LONDON, Feb. 2li. Turkish
newspapers in Con tantinople
| publish despatches from Angora
announcing that the majority I
| of the National Assembly sup
| port the military demands and
the rejection of the Lausanne
peace treaty.
REGULAR WAR
OUTFIT TAKEN
IN NEW YORK
Police and Department of
Justice Agents Make
Peculiar Seizure.
NEW YORK. Fob 26 The police
and agents of the Department of
Justice Saturday night seized 76
cases of hand grenades, rifles, am
mun. tion and explosiv m wuit h were
being unloaded from a truck Into a
basement near the waterfront in the
Chelsea district. Later 100 addition
al cases were found secreted in a
river front lodging house.
TWO UNDER ARREST.
NEW YORK. Feb 26. -While the
police and Federal agents continued
Investigation into the discovery of
large quant Hoes of ammunition in
the basement of a West Twenty
fotirth Street lodging liuiise, Joseph
O'Hryne, proprietor and Edgar lloey,
are held In bond for examination on
March 1. They are charged with
unlawful posession of firearms.
Rockefeller Foundation
Elects 2 New Trustees
NEW YORK. Fell. 26. — The
Rockefeller Foundation lias an
nounced tlie election as trustees Dr.
Ray Lyman Wilbur, President of Ice
land Stanford I'nlverrity, and Will
iam Allen White, of Kansas, writer
and newspaper editor.
Electric Train Hits
Elevated; Scores Hurt
CHICAGO. Feb. 26 One man was
was killed and a score of passengers
werp injured when an express train
an the Chtraato North Shore & Mil-j
waukee Elect ide road crashed intoi
the roar of an elevated train.
M NART CANNOT
BE CONFIRMED
Evidence Submitted Against1
Nominee for Comptroller
of Currency.
WASHINGTON, Fob. lit; A de
tailed statement of the charges and
evidence against Janie- G. McNary,j
New Mexico auit Texas bunker, nom-l
inul d to bo Comptroller of Cur-1
rency, lias been sent to President
Harding by Senator Couzens, Re
publican, of Michigan chairman of j
the Senate Bankinfe Subcommittee I
which has been considering the nom-l
i nation.
The statement says the evidence]
was secured from bank examiners
and others regarding banking tran-j
unctions, of McNary and others, offi
cers of the First National Hank of
B1 Paso, Texas, of which he was
President. Much correspondence on
the subject of general banking and]
the methods pursued between Me-;
Nary and the Comptroller's office'
was gone over. From this evidence.
Senator Couzens stated confirmation
was practically out of the question i
Whether Harding will withdraw]
the nomination in view of the evi
dence remains uncertain hut the
general prediction among Senators ii
that confirmation before the end of
the present session will be Impos
sible.
Senator Norris Wants
To Know \bout Wealth
W ASHi.no i. fib. 26. Sena
tor Norris .of Nebraska, today in-,
,troduced a resolution providing for
an inquiry to determine the amountj
'of ownership “of chief kinds of
i wealth" in the United States. On
objection of Senator Smoot, consid
eration wan postponed until tomor
J row.
Rumors of Irish Peace
Again Being Circulated
DUBLIN, Keli 26.—Reports from
Irish Provincial centers indicate a
revival of peace efforts. Rumors
emanating from Bantry and West
(fork assert a settlement may be
i reached in the course of a week lie
tween tlie various parties concerned,
which will ho honorable to both and
t entailing no humiliation to the Ile
, publicans.
Two Mysterious Fires
Cause Tremendous Damage
KANSAS CITV. Feb. 26. — Two I
fires of undetermined origin in wide-;
l ly separated parts of the business)
district, yesterday afternoon caused]
damage estimated at $500,000.
Last Survivor of Light
Brigade Attack Is Dead
—
iLaOXDOX. Feb. 26. Thomas ',V. j
Shaw, the last survivor of the famous I
I/ght Brigade that charged to dj-j
at ruction in 1854. died here today, j
Representative
Is Accused of
Being Drunk
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The
House was thrown into an uproar
'late last Saturday afternoon after
Representative* (iallivan of M.issa* j
chunotts, in an a-sault on the pro
Mbit ion act, declared that recently l
a "dry member” of the Senate had;
bcinme too drunk to answer to a
roll call. Oallivan had to be re-j
strained by two colleagues from get '
iting on the floor.
Voice in New Jersey j
i Is Plainly Heard
Near Berlin
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bK'HTHKFKLD, Germany. | |
| Keb. 26. —This town, a suburb
of Berlin, last Saturday after- | |i
! noon hoard by wireless the '
voice of a woman singing in a ji
| department store in Nmwark. 1
New Jersey Both vocal and ) -
instrumental tones were distinct I
and audible. I i
CANADA’S CARNIVAL QUEEN IS “MISS ST. JOHN”
Miss Winifred Blair, who rep escnlr, St. John. New Brunswick,
has been acclaimed "Miss Canada" at the great Winter Carnival in
Montreal. Mist; Blair, who is a stenographer, is a charming bru
nette, 19.
AMERICAN MEMBERSHIP IN
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
JUSTICE IS RECOMMENED
BY HARDING IN A MESSAGE
I-, ■
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Unanimously
Recommend Probe
Of Veterans' Bureau
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1 WASHINGTON. Hob 20. Th •
special committee if the Senate
eonditetling a preliminary 'inquiry
into the Veterans' Bureau has ]
recommended unanimously a full
1 investigation during the recess ,
| of Congress.
BE DISCUSSED !
BY THE TURKS
Congress is Planned to Be
Held During March
Call Delegate Election.
(' ONST A.YTI NO I’LK, Feb. 20 An
economic congre, - of Turkey is ' i
ie held at Smyrna at a date next ■
nlonth yvt to bo nim-l The dot r. ■
rrdering tlio elect on of do! •gai.'s h i.
aeon isfiuod from Angora. I: pro
tides that (vrr> Ca/.j. or dUirlci.
till a U have flight delegates, one to:
•('present comma roe. another artisans,
mother workmen, the fourth a char- i
ere I company o' some kind, the I
’ifth hanking interests and the r> •
paining tin • • the agricultural cup1
nuniy. The delegates are to I
tamed by a comm Iasi: on over wli Vhj
ihall preside the highest local i Ivil
"filial and to lie composed of me n
tors if the local chamber of com
nerce, igrieulture. arts and the presi
lent and member* of the municipal
•emncil. | 1
The Congress will formulate recoin-!•
nendatitms fir the economic organ
station <-f the country to be present ,■
(1 to the Nat ion.il Assembly.
Ketnal I’a ha wilt pre-side and niak <
lie opening address
NEW YORK, Fell 20 The 1." '
llrs. Edith Kingdom Gould, wife if t
Jeorge Gould, left a gross taxable es- «
ate in New York of $1,090,020. Merit
i«j estate amounts to $1^.81,70i. L
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Senator
King, of Utah, today introduced a
resolution to carry out President
Harding's recommendations for mem
berrhip in the International Court of
Justice at The Hague. The resolu
tion evoked no discussion and went
>ver indefinitely.
WASHI.V(1 TON’. K il). 2d. Pre ■ :dc:it
Harding. in a special message Into
last Saturday afternoon, asked tht
Senate to authorize American mem
jwrshlp in the I’ermanent ( i n' of
[nitornatlional Justice organiz-d under
;he m.spices of the Iseagtt ■ of Xa
dons.
Such membership, how 'v r, will la;
•omlit inied on secern! "re ovations"
neluding one declaring tin "no legal
•ehil: ti on the part of tin United
■its' '(> tiro I/oaguo of Nations is
nvolvad."
Tin President, in making tin re
M i cf the Senate, acted on the
-ceommt n lotion of Secretary of
st,.i .. ( "larles K. Hughes, who ad
(i- I the chief executive that with
ii" reservation stipulated the gov
ernment could safely accept the en
;ire court wilt bout “deviaiing from
rad tliinal | lick's.”
Tin President in the men age ask
tig such authority, pointed out that
in Pnlted States had a ( mpicuous
j.at In the anginal cone 'pi! .n of the
■oort and added:
"Our tl 'liberate public opinion was
rvcrwhelmingly In favor of our fit!'
mi tel pat 'on a red '.'.tending obliga
inn cf maintenance."
' Such actiion," President liarding
laid, "would n-1 I tu our consclou -
less parllicipatilon In tthe fortunate ad
canoement of Indtirnal i anal relation
ihrp to remind tip; world anew' we
ire rcidy for our proper part in
he furtherance of peace, adding to
lie stability of world affairs."
ACTION WILL GO OVEf*
WASHINGTON. Kb Tie at
Unde of Senators on tii admin tra-j
bn' sudden request fear authority
r r S. membership the Interna
innal Court of Jusliep^Tadod to de
ciop much more clearly today < xcept
r reaped ifnjunct ions that a>
ion w aid go over until the next
'ougros'i.
WASHINGTON, I). C . K t> 28
To* Kp| (opal Diocese of Wa -hing
r»n plans immediate completion of a
10.00(1.000 American National
<athedral, larger than Westminster
Lbbey in isondon,
WOBBLIES BEGIN
AGITATION ;MANY
| PLACED IN JAIL
Hundred Extra Police Are
Sworn in to Prevent
Trouble—Precautions.
CENTRAUA, Wash., Feb. 26.—
I Thirteen Wobblles were placed tinder
i arrest late Saturday night on a
charge of vagancy and the police
; wore in loo special police as the
| result ol' a gathering here of 20n
( VVoibblies.
The and den gathering here fol
lowed the arrest of Elmer Hmith,
acquitted in connection with the
Armistice Day shootings, for con
tempt of court In connection with
a police court trial.
Tlie mayor of Centralis is confi
dent lie can handle the situation hut
says he will ask for troops if the
occasion demands.
QUIET PREVAILS.
CENTRAI.IA, Feb. 26.—Quiet pre
vails lure uml the threatened in
vasion of Wohblles failed to mater
ialise.
•Many Wobbiies gathered here,
fearing arrest and subsequent
trouble, are said to be leaving the
town.
Agricultural Credits
*%•«« » *» » ••
.<* - 'ioure
_})'•■ )■•!>,__; - The
Wn-i-iilfiisui cred il* Btlf' .»
I would eslphlish two ui.v
(■.stems and aid tit fu.,..w ....
formally reported by the House
Bar king Commit ice
The lilll contemplate* twelve in
termediate credit hunks as independ
ent adjuncts of the Federal Farm
Band Hoard. The bill will be taken
up in the House tomorrow and the
hopes are expressed lliut it will pass
within one day.
BULLETS OR
FOOD, WHICH?
LONDON, Feb. 26. —Serious dis
turbances are report*! amoni; the
unemployed of Petrograd according
to a despatch to the exchange Tele
graph from Copenhagen.
Red troops trying to quell dis
orders have been received with
shout < ;"We had rather be shot
down than starve to death."
DR, UPDECRAFF
HEADS COLLEGE
Former Alaskan Official for
Federal Bureau is Presi
dent of Cornell.
MT VKKNON. Icwa. Pel). 26. Dr.
Harlan Updegraff, processor of the
i la itional administration of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has bean
. i I rr • • lent of Cornell College
here.
If Cmlegr.iff formerly had charge
< !' ;:i ■ r >niarMxmiion and extension
’ all a)c»l service and the rain
deer service while chief of tha Al
.ska D'\ Skin of the Federal Bureau
ti I?1 t alien 111 11110
Hughes Cannot Attend
Pan-American Conference
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 Se re
tire of State Char!,'; K Hashes has
hiti tel, decided that h? cinnot
letve Washington to attend Mu Pan
American conference in San 'ago next
lit,nth. lie says it is unpot-oblo for
run t> arrange his aft i . so as to
be able to attend.
Thousands of Dollars
Are Stolen from Mail
NKW YORK. Feb 26 Thousands
if d dlar- registered mail, were
stolen from tile New York Central
botwe n Syraeiise an I Albany, sev
eral days eg >. according to an an
nouncems n, made today by the post
office authorities,