ALASKA
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3326.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
MANY LIVES
ARE BELIEVED
LOST
ARE SUNK
BIG CANADIAN j
* , BANK FAILS;
Home Bank of Canada Sus
pends Payments—Many
Bad Debts Reported.
TORONTO, Aug. 18—The Home
Rank of Canada has suspended pay |
manta and the affairs of the institu-;
tlon have been plated in the hands j
of a curator by the Canadian Bank
era Association.
The directors received a report
showing a serious amount of bad
debts among the assets and decided
the resources were so badly impair
ed that no readjustment of capital
or reserve could meet the situa
flow.
The annual statement issued May
41 showed deposits amounting to
122,000,000. I
SPUROIN BEGS
TO SURRENDER
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CHICAQO, Aug. 18—William C.
Spurgln, fugitive president of the
Michigan Avenue Trust Company
here, who fled to Mexico a few days
before a bank examiner closed his
institution on July 21, 1921, Is re
ported to be begging for a chance to
return to Chicago to face justice.
'Spurgtn, according to advices re
ceived at El Paso, Tex., from Mex
ico, Is broke. He had boasted that
he would wrest a fortune out of oil
and mining fields of Mexico, return
to Chicago and pay his $1,600,000
shortage, dollar for dollar.
The former bank president's em
ployees are in mutiny, according to
the reports. He is all surrounded
by the ring of desperadoes who, it
is said, were his bodyguards when he
carried at least $56,000 on his per
son. But they are not his bodyguards
any more; he is virtually their cap
tive.
Spurgln, El Paso reports say, owps
these men money and they watch
him closely. He is' afraid they will
kill him.
Believe. T&nker Struck
By lightning; Wrecked
NEW YORk, Aug. 18—The scorch
«d body of n man apparently a sea
man picked np among wreckage or
the oil strewn waters of the Carib
bean Sea ,lias caused the owners ol
the tanker Swift Star to decide the
vessel, which .mysteriously disap
peared with 28 aboard, was struck
by lightning.
Kiel Canal Is Open to
Vassels, Foreign Nation!
THE HAGUE, Aug. 18—The Per
manent Court of International Jus
tice, in the case tilvolvlng the us*
of the Kiel Canal by foreign vessels
decided agalnat Germany and it
favor of Great Britain. The Cour
ordered damages paid to the owneri
of the steamer Wimbledon, whlcl
was prevented from entering th<
canal in 1921 during hostilities be
tween Poland and Russia.
MILLIONS EASY, ASSERTS WIDOW
, WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED FEAT
LOg ANGBLES, Aug. 18—Making
‘a million a year isn't such a diffi
cult feat, according to Lottie E.
Morse of Fullerton, who is credited
■with the remarkable achievement of
having added that much to her wealth
in twelve months through oil Invest
ments.
Mrs. Morse had money before she
made the million—lets of it. She
risked most of it to mSke the million,
and she admits it takes some nerve
to do that
Coming from DeDs Moines. Ia..
twenty-three years ago, Mrs. Morse
and her hustuihd rented a farm soiith
of Santa 'An*. She helped him plteh
hay and plow, with her baMea con
veniently "parked” in a fence corner.
Orange trees were planted ant
they proved profitable and tn a fev
years the family was independent^
well off. Then the Union Oil Com
pany sunk a well on the farm ant
brought In a 4,700-barrel piodueei
In March. 1922. It added greatl;
to the family's wealth.
When Mrs. Morse became a wi
dow shortly thereafter she had t(
handle the family's business ant
she resolved to do what she coult
to add to her resources. She leaset
1,000 acres of prospective oil lant
between the Ranger and Brecken
ridge fields a year ago. for whlcl
she since has been offered 1500,00'
more titan It costi-iher and whlcl
she.- values at *1,000,00—apd el
pacta to get It before she sells.
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COOLIDGE’S SONS ARE HARD AT WORK.
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‘fj C aivtr v Cool
When fTo-idcnt Coolldge wint to Washington to lake up the
reins of government his two sons ilid not accompany him. One,
Calvin, Jr., aged 14, Is shewn here holding some of fefac tobacco
leaves he has just plucked on the Dickinson & Day farm, at Mat
Held, Mass., where he is working this Summer at $H.50 a day. Me
puts in lull nine hours daily under a hot sun, attired in khaki
bre: cites, old shirt and well-worn shoes. Mis employers didn’t
know who he was until after his father took the oath of office.
Mr. Coolidge’s other son, Jack, aged 16, is u buck private in the
Citizens’ Military Training Corps, at Camp Devons, Ma s.
HIGH-SALARIED WOMEN HOLD
IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT POSTS
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! I. W. W. Injunction
Case Is Taken
Under Advisement
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| SACRAMENTO. Aug 18—At
the conclusion of the arguments
in the Superior Court, Judge
Bulck took under advisement the '
decision whether a permanent in
| Junction would be issued curbing
I the activities of the Wobblies in
| California, continuing in the mean
time the temporary injunction.
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DENY CHARGES
j OF KIDNAPPING
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i Americans Arrested in Ger
many Deny Implication
in Bergdoll Case.
MOSBACH. Germany, Aug. 18
Hoover Griffiths and Victor Nellson
both Americans, at the preliminarj
hearing here denied all charges ir
I connection with the alleged attempi
to kidnap Grover Bergdoll. Grit
fiths made a point that his automo
! bile had hardly enough gas to go tc
I Heidelberg whereas he was act used
J of planning to take Bergdoll to Baris
HANKOW, Aug. 18—Rev. Mlchae
i McHugh and Rev. Daniel Ward
'Catholic priests kidnapped yesterdaj
j by Chinese bandits, have escaped
^ They disguised themselves in Chi
J nese clothes and made their get
1 away.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1R (By As
soclated Proas)—Women are becom
ing a larger factor than ever In
the running cf the government.
When Miss Louise Stanley assumes
office us chief of the newly-estab
I fished bureau of home economics of
i the Department of Agriculture Sep
j etmber 1, there will be more than
i half a dozen high-salaried women
‘assisting in the activities of the ira
tion. Miss Stanley's work will be
to direct service to workers in rural
communities and assist In every way
possible the task "of the nation's
homemakers. She comes from the
University of Missouri.
Women now in executive positions
in Washington are scattered through
many government departments and
bureaus. Some of the higher paid
are: Mrs. Mabel Walker Wllle
brandt, assistant attorney general,
$7,500: Mrs. Helen M. Gardener,
civil service commissioner,' $5,000;
Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman,
chairman of the Kmployee's Compen
sation Commission, $4,000; Miss Mar
garet M. Hanna, chief oMthe corres
pondence division of the* Stats De
partment; Miss Lillian Atcherson,
the first woman member of the
Diplomatic Corps, and Miss Mar
garet R. Wilson, chief of the trading
j with the enemy division of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
NAVAL TREATY
IS EFFECTIVE
State Department Sends Out
Notices—Vessels Which
Are to Be Scrapped.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18—Under
arrangements made by Acting Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt, the
State Department has given notice
that the naval limitation treaty is
effective through ratification and
orders have been sent to builders and
principal metal dealers giving pro
cedure under which the reduction of
the American navy is to be accomp
lished.
Twenty-eight capital ships, with
an aggregate tonnage of approxi
mately 750,000 tons, are to be drop
■ ped from the American navy under
j the treaty. The ships to be scrap
! ped include eleven under construc
tion, seven of them battleships.
Ranches Are Raided;
Stock Is Driven Away
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1 CALEXICO, Aug. 18—Bandits raid
ijed ranches within a five mile radius
i j last night and escaped over the bor
i'der with horses, mules, wagons, har
dness and implements valued at $14>,-'
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SAN PEDRO OIL
FIREiUBSIDES
Damage Estimated at One
Million Dollars — Heroic’
Fight Made La t Night
SAN PEDRO. Auk IS The fire
subsided shortly «UfT 10 o'clock
last night with damage estimated at
$1,000,000.
The scenes of yesterday^ (lisas
trous Are are guarded by soldiers,
firemen and policemen. The last
danger was decreased when the
flames partially' subsided but they
may be renewed with a clfange in
the wind.
Officials of the General Petroleum
fcompany today gave their opinion
that combustion did not cause the
explosion but the fire was the re
suit of Incendiarism.
OIL BOILS OVER
SAN PEDRO. Aug. 18—The mili
tary reservation at Fort McArthur
was surrounded by a gulf of flume
at 7:30 o'clock last night when blast
ing oil boiling over the tank spilled
Into the canyon soi>th of the tank
farm and escaped Into the sea. a roar
ing mass of fire.
A large fordo oI firemen and work
men with tractors and trucks then
started desperat# efforts to stay
the burning flow with dykes.
The tank, containing 500,000 liar
rels of oil, exploded yesterday fore
noon, from spontaneous combustion,
threatening a wide sedion. 1 lames
spread in all directions.
Wed at 18, Dm*ced
At 20 and Still Too
Young to Marry
ST. CLAIKSVILLE, O., Aug 18 -
Wedded at 18, mother of an 18
months-old son, divorced and yet. ac
cording: to Ohio laws, too young to
marry again.
That is the position in which Mrs.
Bertha Seal Sayer found herself
when she applied for a license.
In 1920, Mrs. Seal Sayer, then 18,
married Clarence Sawyer and last
year they were divorced.
The Sayers recently fell in love
again, however, and decided to re
marry. But the clerk at the court
house invoked Ohio’s new law which
says that women younger than
twenty-one must have their parents'
consent before they can wed. Bertha
argued that if she was old enough
to murry three years ago she is oh!
onough to marry now.
“Times have changed,’ 'said the
clerk.
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Women War Veteran* to
Be Admitted to Homes
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 18—Women
who served during the world war
will have the right to be admitted to
homes for disabled veterans, accord
Ing to a letter received recently
by Lemuel Holies, national adjutant
of the American Legion, from George
H. Wood, president of the hoard ol
managers of the National Homes foi
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
While present facilities Of th|
homes have not been designed nor
intended for the care and treatment
of women, executive officers will be
instructed to meet this new demand
on the service, Mr, Wood’s letter
stated. Honorable discharges from
the army, navy and marine corps
were granted to approximately 50,
000 women who served In the last
war. Homes for disabled volunteer
soldiers are located in Ohio, Wis
consin, Virginia, Kansas, California
Indiana. Tennessee and South Da
kota.
The legion has endeavored to oh
tain this privilege for former service
women as a part of its campaign
in the interests of the disabled.
Officials of the aa-servlce men’s or
ganlzatlon have- expressed gratifies
tlon that the ruling has been made
SEES SAFETY » PARACHUTES
LONDON, Aug. 18 — Gathering
his figures from all over the world
E. R. Calthorp declares there were
90 crashes of airplanes during the
six months ended June 30. One hun
dred and six persons were killed ir
these accidents,. and 64 jvere In
Jured.
Mr. Calthorp says it is only bj
the introduction of parachutes, and
the enable’u*s of-Cham, that fatal!
ties can* he materially jraduped.
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FROM MODEST COTTAGE TO WHITE HOUSE.
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Above'is shown the mod eel diMle $4()-n-month Ccltaafo home of
President Calvin Coolidite, at Northampton, Mas?., which ho left to
become V'ice-Presldcnt and now President / of the United States,
with the White House ub his officiut home.
CAPTAIN ROBERT BARTLETT TO j;
EXPLORE ARCTIC WATER ROUTE;1
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Hornets Force
Suspension
! Of Lumbering
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i NELSON, B. C„ Aug. 18—Hor
I nets have forced suspension of
lumbering around Erie, British
: Columbia, harassing the workers
i and creating great accident risk.
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ARREST SHERIFF;
SERIOUS CHARGE
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1 A MARILI.O, Aug. IS Sheriff Jess
Whitaker, of Potter County, has been
arrested on charges of conspiracy and
' being an accomplice In the kidnap
ping, tarring and feathering of E. C.
' McDonald. bridge worker, last
Wedifrsday night. The charges were
filed by Captain Hamer, of the Texas
Rangers.
a * ' Epidemic of Floggings
i Austin, tax., Aug. 18—in an ef
fort to stop an epidemic of floggings,
1 Acting Governor Davidson has des
patched a detachment of State Ran
gers to Port Arthur where two citi
zens were whipped last night. The
rangers already at Amarillo have re
ported several arrests.
| Two Negroes Lynched in
Georgia During One Day
ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. IS Two ne
groes charged with attacks on white
women were lynched in this state
yesterday. One was lynched at
Bleckley and the other at C’oone.
Saunders Resigns as
t Head Piggly Wiggly
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j MEMBHI8, Ang. 18 Clarence Satin
j tiers has resigned as President of the
Piggly Wiggloy Corporation and the
directors have accepted It.
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Spokane Hottest Place
Yesterday in the U. S
SPOKANE, Wush., Aug 18—Rpf
kane with g maximum temperatur
Iof 9®,2 ■ degrees yeslertbcy, was th
hottest place in the United States.
Washington, a hr. is -captain!
Robert A Bartlett, commander of
the Roosevelt on which Peary made,
tits voyage when he discovered the
North Pole, announced today details 1
of a plan to explore the water route i*
northeastward from Alaskan waters,
throuRh the Arctic regions. Cap j
tain Bartlett proposes to leave 8e-!
attle next June or July, pass through ]
Bering Strait and drift with the lcej
to Greenland or Spitsbergen. He ex 1
pects the trip will take four or five:
years.
Disorders Are Finally
Quelled in German Town
LONDON, Aug. 18 Three Com
munists were killed and eight wound
I od during further lighting at Dat
' teln last night according to dts
I patches received here, ffhder Is said
i to have been restored.
RADIATOR STETHOSCOPE IS
NEW DEVICE TO SAVE COAL
CHICAGO, Aug. 18—The leaky ra j
dlator that sounds like a strike In a j
boiler factory must go. The research1
committee of the National Assocla j
! tlon of Building Owners and Manu ;
gers declares it has discovered means ;
of saving thousands of tons of coal
a year by preventing wastage of
steam.
The committee has Invented a
j stethoscope. It works quite like the
j one the doctor uses when he tests)
; your lungs or your heart. The es-j
‘ cape of steam in the radiator traps
j can be gauged the way Ihp doctor\
finds out about a malfunctioning i
i heart. . I
TYPHOON STRIKES
HONGKONG WITH
TERRIFIC FORCE
Wind Reached Velocity of
130 Miles an Hour—
Steamers Wrecked.
HONGKONG. Aug. 18. — Heavy
lees of life is believed to have been
claimed by a typhoon which struck
the harbor here thia morning de
rtrr ying a number of ships.
It is feared many Europeans are
among the victims.
The British submarine E-9 sunk.
Only one member of the crew is
kn'wn to have been saved.
The steamer Ming Sang sank and
cnly two survivors are reported.
A number of other steamers n
cluding the Empress of Australia
rode out the storm.
The typhocn was the worst since
that of 1906.
For a brief time the wind regis
tered a velocity of 130 miles an
hour, which is believed to be a
w: rid record.
A party of revenue officers ashore
made a gallant attempt to save the
rtcamcr Ming Sang but failed, near
ly losing their lives.
The Manila observatory flashed a
typhoon warning in advance, thus
averting an appalling loss of life.
Eamonn de Valera Taken
To Military Barracks
DUBLIN. Aug. 18—Earn on n de Va
ern lias been removed from Ennis
mil taken to the military barracks.
..liter the Irish rebel leader -will ba
nterned In Mount Joy prtsou.
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"our Unidentified
Killed in Accident
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LOS ANGELES, Aug- 18—Four un
lontifled persons were killed and a
Ifth is seriously Injured when an
ilectrie train struck their automo
>ile.
drs. Harding r
Leaves White House
For Last Time
WASHINGTON Aug. 18 <Jaietly
U»d almost unnoticed. Mrs. Warren
1. Harding left the White House for
he lust time yesterday, going to the
lome of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B.
McLean. The Coolldges are ex
acted to move into the White House
lext week.
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PACK IS SHORT
Bristol Bay Pack Pulls Total
Down—Pack Good in
Southeastern Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18—Ad
vices to representatives of the sal
mon packers here Indicated the total
Muska salmon catch this year will
»e below that of last year because
he Bristol Bay pack will he about
100.000 cases short. However, the
atcl^ in Southeastern Aluska is re
tried good.
France’s Silent Premier
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Spends Days in Writing
PA UIS, Aug. IS Premier Poin
care uses up more pens in a week ^
than did his predecessor, Hriand, in
a year, a keen observer of the French
foreign office said recently. The rea
son Is that Poincare speaks little,
but writes much. Hriand always had
a cigarette In his hand; Poincare al
ways has a pen. <.
The present pretnlfr receives very
’ few callers, and exc ept for Count
Perettl de la Rocca, director at the
- ministry, and Jils chief of cabinet,
i M. Hennitte, Poincare sees hardly
1 any one. Hfe remains »t his desk
throughout long hours—rrom 13 to
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13 hours writing. There Is not a
single document coming out of the
ministry of foreign affair^ whether
they be grave and solemn Instructions
to ambassadors or minor matters of
routine business, that the premier
does not see personally, and often
times corrects or amplifies in his
own hand.
| Hit* famous speech delivered at
Senlls July 15. written entirely In
jplt crisp, sharp handwriting which
Its peculiar to the premier of France,
went to the government printers
(.without a single correction of’ era
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