THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
•ALL THE 1SEWS ALL THE TIME"
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VOL. XXII., NO. 3298.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENT*
CALIFORNIA PLANS FIGHT ON I. W. W.
Farm-Labor Candidate Elected Senator in Minnesota
CHARGES OF DISCRIMINATION
, BY CANADIAN RAILROADS MADE
, BY PEOPLE, INTERIOR ALASKA1
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Complaint Is Placed Before
Secretaries Hoover and
Work at Nenana.
TO INSTITUTE INQUIRY
PROMISE MADE NENANA
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Claim Made that White Pass
Discourages Travel to
Yukon River Points.
NENANA, Alaska, July 17. — (By
Associated Press.)—Secretaries Hoov
er and Work, of the Commerce uud
Interior Departments, respectively,
promised the Nenfcna people yester
day they would jointly institute an
inquiry through their departments
and the Washington Government, to
determine to what extent, if any,
Canadian railroad authorities operat
ing the White Pass & Yukon Route,
and said to be co-operating with the
Canadian Pacific, or discriminating
against American transportation sys
tems in Alaska.
The complaint of discrimination
tyu made by R, O. Southworth, pub
ttglfrr of the Nenana News. South
worth said he would file with the
Secretaries, Information supporting
his charft.'
Secretary Hoover expressed belief
that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission might have jurisdiction under
a provision of the law covering un
fair practices of competition between
common carriers in that the White
Pass A Yukon Route travels 20
miles' through Alaskan territory, be
tween Skagway and Whitehorse.
If discrimination was stopped,
Squthwortik , said, many passengers
would ePteV inner Alaska by the
Yukon river route and he charged
travelers were at present discouraged
by the Canadian authorities, who
otherwise would use that route and
contribute to the business of the A1
aBka Railroad which connects with
waterway transportation at Nenana,
N. Y. Anti-Saloon
Superintendent
Makes Charges
NEW YORK, July 17.—William
H, Anderson, Slate Superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, now
under grand jury investigation on
charges of grand larceny, forgery
and extortion, has appealed to
Governor Smith for an opportunity
to submit at a hearing by the At
torney General or some other offi
cial, proof that District Attorney
Branton had promised to put "And
erson out of business" declaring that
such a step "would make me Gov-{
•rnor."
Hawaii Is to- Fight For
▲ AX AAA AAA
Rights As U. S. Territory
HONOLULU, July 17.—A convert
ed campaign to obtain recognition
of Hawaii's status as a territory
and its rights to the benefits and
privileges enjoyed by the states, as
aet forth In the measure adopted
by the recent legislature, which Is
known as "Hawaii's BUI of Eights,"
Is being waged by Governor Wallace
It. Farrington and other territorial
officials.
The territorial government is mail
ing to the governors of all of the
states and to each member of Con
gress a copy of the “Bill of Rights,”
which was approved April 26. A
letter requesting aid in obtaining
the recognition sought accompanies
each copy.
The bill, containing 16 printed
pages, reviews the history of the
Islands from 1843, when ann julicti
to the United States was consider >d
for the first time, until the p: sent
day.
"This declaration and its method
of 'promulgation are extraordinary,
uofqufe ln the history of legislation"
the’document says. '"The reason for
this, procedurs is that an extraor
Mrs. Caruso’s Foster Sister
Married Abroad.
Mies Anna Marie Bolehi Benja
min, foster daughter of the late
Park Benjamin and foster sister of
I Mrs. Enrico Caruso, has been mur
1 ried, in London, to Arthur L. Full
j man. New York attorney, who rep
| resented her foster father in all
I 'business dealings. Mies Bolehi
| was taken into the Benamin homo
when she was 12 years old, and
when Mr. Benjamin died he left
his millions to her, disinheriting
his own children.
PARDON tIVEN
EDITOR MAGEE
i SANTA FE, July 17.—Governor
[Hinkle has pardoned Carl C. Magee,
i editor of the New Mexico Statoj
| Tribune, convicted last week of j
i criminal libel of Chief Justice Par-j
| ker, of the State Supreme Court, and
I on conviction of contempt in the
| Third Judicial District Court. In
i each case Judge J. Leahy sentenced
I Magee.
1 Mugee was sentenced to serve 90
days on each of four counts con
secutively making a total sentence
rtf da va
EVERETT, Wash.. July 17.—Mrs.
! Belle Johnson, telephone operator of
Beattie, member of a picnic party,
was Sunday swept over Wade Falls
i on the north fork of the Skyklm
jish River, and drowned. The body
has not yet been recovered.
dinary and critical situation facn.
Hawali—one unique in history."
“For quarter of a century Hawaii
haB occupied the legal status of full
and complete political union with the'
United States as an integral part
thereof, hut a misunderstanding
appears to exist in the Congress
and in some of the executive depart
ments of the Federal Government
as to the status, which has at times
resulted In the classification or treat
ment of Hawaii as If it were an
"insular possession" in a derogatory j
manner to the dignity of this terrl- j
tory.”
The document declares that “Ha-1
wall is in no senso the ‘property’ j
of the United States, inasmuch as
Hawaii became a part of the union!
by voluntary agreement as an Inde-1
pendent nation, having sovereign |
; powers co-equal with those of the
United States." By the manner of
its entrance "Hawaii acquired cer
tain inalienable rights, contractual,
eqnitable and moral, to the mainten
ance of which the good faith of the
United States are pledged,” the mens
ure asserts. c ■
MAGNUS JOHNSON
IS ELECTED IN
STATE ELECTION
Farmer-Labor Candidate Wins
in U. S. Senatorial Race
in Minnesota.
BULLETIN—ST. PAUL, July 17.
—Twenty-nine hundred and thirty
nine precincts give Johnson 244.107,
Preus 182.422, Car ley 17.176.
ST. PAUL, July 17. — Magnus
Johnson, Farmer Laborite. was elected
yosterday aa United Slates Senator
from Minnesota and will fit wit'll
Henrik Shipstead elected last fall.
Both have announced their inteu-|
tion to affiliate with the "followers]
of Robert M. La Follettee" in Con
gress.
Though Jubilant over his victory
the "real dirt” Senator was more]
concerned today about "haying to be I
done" than things personul. He let
drop a few remarks, however. He Is
willing to let it be known in a]
semi-official way he is "against the I
World Court" and the League of
Nations or "any other foreign en-j
tauglement” for the present.
He professed not a desire for |
reetgnition of Russia though "be !
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ALLIES-TURKS i
RAVE REACHED
AN AGREEMENT
Treaty Is Expected to Be
Signed This Week—Get
Open Door Policy.
BULLETIN— Lausanne, July 17.—
The Turkish peace treaty will be
signed July 34 or July 25 according
to present expectations.
LAUSANNE. July 17.—The Allies
and Turks have reached a complete
agreement on all remaining points
brought before the conference here
according to announcement.
The American insistence for the
open dogr policy won utter a strug
gle. The Allies agreed to keep the
confirmation of the Turkish petrol
eum concessions out of the treaty
and drop the request for preference
rights to future Turkish concessions.
An official meeting is to be held
Wednesday to confirm the agree
ments. The treaty is expected to
be signed this week.
12-MILELIMiT
MATTER IS UP
WASHINGTON, July 17.—It the
State Department fails to establish
by negotiations the right to search
rum runners 12 miles off shore, Sen
ator Thomas Sterling, of South Da
kota. will revive his bill to establish
that right.
Senator Sterling made this an
nouncement today holding that the
authority of Congress is ample re
gardless of the attitude of foreign
governments.
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Alaska Coal to Be
Shipped to States
SEATTLE. July 17.—E. L. Bedell,
President of the Alaska Bituminous
Coal Company and former publisher
of the Anchorage Times, declared
here today that Alaska coal mined
at the Moose Creek field will invade
the market of the Pacific Coast early
next Spring. Bedell said the coal
will be carried 'In ships owned by
a 'syndicate of Alaskans.
Woodrow Wilson Not to
Be Called in Morse Trial
WASHINGTON, July 17.—It has
b«en decided not to call former
President Woodrow Wilson to testi
fy In the Morse Shipbuilding trial
now In progress here. A subpoena
was issued last week to be served
if Wilson was to be called. William
G. McAdoo will testify during this
week, lt‘ was announced today.
BRIDESMAIDS GO 6,0000 MILES FOR WEDDING.
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f Bnjesmavfls |
When Mias Elsie Hathrop, Nov York Clly heiress, became the bri^l o in London. of H. K. Taylor, also
of New York, her bridesmaids all journeyed from the United States to stand with her. In the Kruno
are: Miss Cecily Cassely, Miss Sylvia l.athrop. Hister of The bride, an 1 Miss Helen It ice. Viacom tosso
de Sibour, formerly Miss Violet Solfridge, daughter of Iajndons' more hunt prince, was another of the
attendants.
| Earth Tremors
j Starts Rocks Down
Mountain’s Sides
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| EVERETT, July 17, - Earth : 1
tremors were t'»-lt In the vicin- i 1
ity of Barrington In the moun
taineous suction of this county, | i
following other shocks Satur- j
(lay afternoon. It is reported by j
the Higgins Mountain fire look
out that one of the shocks Sat
urday was severe enough to
j send rocks and timber down the i j
mountain side.
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PROHIBITION
IS SHOWN UP
BY BRITISHER
Government Publishes Official
Paper with Memorandum
by Ambassador.
LONDON, July 17.~-The Govern
ment has published an official paper
embodying a memorandum by Sir
Auckland Geddes, Ambassador at
Washington, on the effects of pro
hibition in the United States.
Sir Auckland said prohibition on
the whole has l»een effective In the
rural districts but less effective on
the Eastern seaboard and vicinity
of the Great Lakes, where powerful
organizations of smugglers effected
a regular traffic.
Sir Auckland declared lie had been
informed that home making liquor
was on the decline on account of the
poisonous qualities of the product.
He said an increase had been com
puted at 40 per cent, in savings ac
counts since prohibition had been ef
fective. He further said that so
many other factors were Involved
that it was Impossible to estimate
how much prohibition contributed
to the restoration of economic eon
dltions after the war. -
PRESIDENT IS !
RETURNING TO !
ALASKA COAST
Making Trip from interior
Out Over Government
Railroad to Seward.
HARDING GIVES VIEWS
REGARDING INTERIOR
Several Members of Presiden
tial Party Are Making
Trip Over Trail.
ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD
ING’S SPECIAL TRAIN ON THE
ALASKA RAILROAD, July 1".—(By
the Associated Press.)—After assur
ing the people of Fairbanks of his
"official and personal interest in the
solution of Alaskan problems" Pics
Ident Harding with Mrs. Harding and
members of their Alaskan party turn
ed their faces southward late yostOi
day and traveled hack ovei tho A
aska Railroad after having spent
nearly 24 hours in Fairbanks, t.i •
most northernmost point of iheir
trip.
Both the Chief Executive and Mrs
Hording left Fairbanks last evening
greatly impressed by the agricultural
and mining industry, of which rhu
city, sometimes known as the "Chi
'digo of Alaska," is the "enter
They were both disappointed a. not
being able to travel over the Rich
ardson trail as originally planned
The President only gave up the
trail trip when Mrs. Harding showed
the effects of the strenuous A .i .kan
tour with long daylight hours and
short nightly rest.
Harding Expresses Regret
Their disappointment was made
keener tty the elaborate preparations
over the ?,()() mile trail by Col. .fames
G. Steese, Chairman of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, to whom
the Chief Executive expressed the
deepest regrets.
Secretary Wallace and a small
portion of the party were enrote
oyer the trail, today, howeyer, and
wilt Join the major portion at Val
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lContinued ott r»«« *g|«ai .
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i Germany Turning
j Out Marks by
I Billions an Hour
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BKIcm.n, juiy 17. - Forty-one j
printing plants working day and
night disgorged 17,503,01!i,142 |
marks of fresh paper money ev- j
ery hour for the first week in
July according Jo figures avail
able today. j
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Member oi Large Soap
Manufacturing Firm Dead
PASADENA, July 17.—David G.
Gamble, aged 75 years, member of
the firm of Proctor & Gamble, soap
manufacture! s of Cincinnati, died
here late yesterday afternoon.
DELINQUENT GROUPS IN COLLEGE
ARE FOUND TO FAVOR EAST UFE
EVANSTON, III.. July 17.— ffly As
sociated Press.)- Too little sleep,
too much play, not enough study,
too much leisure; fast eating and
diversified thinking are factors that
devitalize students and are respon
sible for the "delinquent groups”
found in every university, accord
ing to a report made public by Pro
fessor Delton Thomas Howard of!
Northwestern University.
In Northwestern alone, out of
1,635 students in the college of
liberal arts, Professor Howard has
found a ‘‘delinquent group" of 265
composed of 166 men and i)l> wo
men. In other words, he points
out, 16 out of every 100 students
do not "pass.” But delinquency
does not necessarily Imply lack of
Intelligence, the professor found.
“No result of our study,” the
Northwestern professor writes. “Is
more significant and interesting than
the discovery that the average In
telligence of the so-called delinquent
group is quite as high as that of
|the general student body.” r
Students found to be delinquent
j are put on probation at Northwest
jern and have to make, good or be
| dropped from the roster.
“The. probaturners,” the invest!
Igtor reports, “devote more time, as
WOBBLIES IN
CALIFORNIA TO
BE RESTRAINED
Temporary Injunction Against
I. W. W. Activities Is
Granted by Court.
BULLETIN—SaCHaMENTO, July
17.—The temporary injunction re
straining the Wobblies in this State,
has been rranted.
PETITION FOR INJUNCTION.
8ACRAMKNTO. July 17. — A pe
tition cl' an injunction restraining
the Wobblies from functioning In
the State of California has been filed
in the Superior Court by District
Attorney Henderson.
Permission to sue in the name ot
the people was granted by Attorney
General Webb.
The petition alleged the Wobblies
are organized to overthrow the gov
ernment of the State and Nation and
that they teach violence as a means
of terrifying capitalism.
PLACED EN DUNGEONS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—Four
teen of the 27 Wobblies sentenced
to San Quentin last week from Los
Angeles following conviction of crim
inal syndicalism, refused to work
and have been put in dungeons.
Fifty-five Wobblies are now In dun
geons, all having refused to work.
Washington Telephono Rat* •
Case Goes to High Court
TACOMA, July 17.—A legal-bat
lie for higher telephone rates In
Tacoina, Seattle and Spokane, will
no to l he Supreme Court of the
United States, Judge Edward E.
Cushman hero having allowed an ap
peal on his decision against the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany In connection with the State
Department of Public Works.
Naval Ships May Be
Scrapped at Navy Yards
WASHINGTON, July 17. — Acting
Secretary Roosevelt conferred with
navy yard commandants today rela
tive to the feasibility of scrapping
at the yards those naval ships which
are to be abandoned under tha arms
and limitation treaty.
Hail Stones « "I
Like Golf Balk
Fall in Oregon
BEND, Ore.. July 17—Hail stones
as large as golf balls fell last night
and shattered the globes of the
street lamps. House windows rattled
and as the hall fell on the roots
people were unable to hear each
other. The hall stones ripped auto
mobile tops and dented hoods.
a whole, by their own confessions,
to athletics, social activities, out
aiile work, leisure, than tto the
freshmen: less time to sleep, cam
pus activities, tueals, classes and
studies,"
Among the total group of men
Interviewed, 15 were thought to be
handicapped by "mental immatur
ity." Commenting on this Profes
sor Howard remarks:
"These are hoys who hav"-, for"
,tho most part, been reared under
'easy circumstances and who have
never been required to view Ufe
[seriously. Sui h students have a
distinctly childish attitude towards
their classroom work, have no in
tellectual interests, no definite am
| bttlons, no sense of responsibility.
| In most of these cases, as might
j be expected, high-school preparation
j has been superficial and Inade
; quate."
1 Illness, family troubles, and flnan
| dal worries are among other cauia
i es leading to students being put on
| probation.
i Professor Howard drew attention
| to the comparatively high percent
, age, of delinquent students, using
hi» figures to illustrate thq serlmpi ,j'
jsUuMlou jn American university-,
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