THE
ALASKA
BAILY
EMPIRE
"/ILL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
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VOL. XXII., NO. 3307.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923.
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DESTROYER
IN tO(i EARLY
AMERICAN BOAT
IMKES ESCAPE
FROM SIBERIA;
Officers and Crew of Seized |
Boat Overpower Soviet j
Guards and Get Away.
AMERICAN TRADING BOAT
ISKUM IS NOW AT NOME
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Red Guards Are Disarmed
and Placed in Irons—Es
cape Is Sensational.
NOME, July 27. — The trading
schooner Iskum, which has been in
terned by the Soviet government of
Siberia more than two months, ar
rived in Nome yesterday morning
from Anadyr.
Bid guards placed aboard the
(ohcontr by the Soviets to prevent
the ves.el leaving the Siberian
shores, were overpowered by the
tfficeis and crew of the Iskum.
The guards were disarmed and
placed in ifons.
The Iskum made the run for St.
Lawrence Island for supplies and
Inch water thence coming to Nome.
The overpowered guards were
tu'ned over here to the authorities.
It is reported that the Hudson
Bay’s boat Baychinto was ordered by
the 8oviet authorities to overhaul
the Iskum and return her to Siber
ian shores.
In an effort to overhaul the Am
erican schooner, the Baychimo,
while getting underway. went
aground.
It is understood that some one on
the Baychimo interferred with the
steeling gear of the boat sending
her a “round and letting the Iskum
make her escape.
The revenue cutter Bear is re
ported on the way here returning
to Nome from Siberia.
Boat* Are Seized.
On June 18 word was received at
Nome that four trading crafts of
American register had been seized
by the Soviet authorities at Hast
Cape. Siberia, on charges of violat
ing the Soviet trading laws.
The boats were the Iskiim, owned
by the Phoenix Trading Company oi
Tacoma; Blue Sea. owned by Oial
Swanson Company of Nome; Silver
Wave, owned by Jacob Hammer, ol
Seattlp; and the Belinda, owned by
the Arnold Castle Company of Nome.
The revenue cutter Bear was dis
patched to the Siberian coast in
an unofficial capacity to endeavor
to secure the release of the Ameri
can craft. The seizures of the boatf
was taken at Nome to mean it dis
couragement by the Soviet authori
ties for American boats to trade
■with Siberia. It was reported th<
Hudson Bay Company now has the
exclusive right to trade in Sibcriar
territory.
Cardinal Marins Reported
To Have Died, in Rom«
LONDON, July 27 —-Cardinal Nicole
Marins, died this afternoon accondint
to a dispatch received here fron
Rome.
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Declares American
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Greatest Flirts in
Girls
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World
PARIS, July 27 —Deploring the to ;
tal absence of genuine coquetry In i
the modern French girl, and complain-!
ing that the real mistress of the aji
clent French art of flirtation is nojv
the American girl, Clement Vautel.j
famous essayist urges upon the gov
ernment compulsory courses In love
making as a means to Increase the
number of marriages and raise the
birth rate In France. ,
“Where are the days of Celeiaine,,
Du Barry, Josephine, Sappho, am
other great coquettes who in a fev
minutes could twist the most re
doubtable misogynist around the!
little fingers?" asked Vautel.
"Let the French girls take a til
from the fabled American actressei
who capture millionaire after mi! 1 lion
aire simply because they let the met
do the wooing and do not make thel:
way too easy. The girl who sayi
ves the first time is doomed to un
happiness and ditorce."
Marine Corps Commander
Has New Aide.
Bl'igudicr-Goneral Logan Fe
land. United Staten Marine Corps,
hero of Beileau Wood and a doz
en other bloody fields of France,
has been appointed aide to Major
General John A. Lejeune, com
manding the_ famous corps. Gen
eral Feland was formerly head of
the Division of Operations and
j Training of the Corps and suc
' ceeds Major-General WV 0 Neville
j as assistant to the commanding
general. He has served with the
| Marines since 1899 and was
J among the first to sail for France.
! wrier* lie won the I). S. C. and
j the D. S. M. and the rank of
| Officer in the French I-egion of
, Honor.
WILSON MAKES
VIEWS PUBLIC
'Expresses Opinion on Current
Problems in Article in
Eastern Magazine.
BOSTON. July 27.—In an article
In the Atlantic Monthly. Woodrow
Wilson for the tirst time .since he
became ill. has made public his
views on current problems, entitled
"Hoad Away from Revolution."
The article says civilization can
not survive materially unless re
deemed spiritually. He attributes
!tho Russian revolution to depriving
|the people of those rights and priv
ileges which men must have to be
| "within the reach of happiness."
Official Notice Given
Of Summers’ Transfei
i SEATTLE, July 27.—M. B. Sum
| iners. now in Juneau, ig to replact
'Weather Forecaster George N Salis
bury, of Seattle, soon after Septem
j her 1, Chief Marvin, or the Weathet
j Bureau announces in Washlngtor
I according to advices received tier*.
! Congressman Blanton
Acquitted Libel Cast
COMANCHE. July 27 —Congress
man Blanton has been acquitted o:
libeling former Congressman Calla
way in the recent election.
BUFORD PARTY
WILL BE HERE
NEXT MONDAY
San Francisco Business Men
Reach Ketchikan — Re
main Juneau One Day.
(Special to Umpire.)
KETCHIKAN. July 27. — The
steamer Buford with t He business
men's party from Sun Francisco
aboard, is here. The Buford will
reach Juneau Sunday and remain
j there ull day Monday.
H. A. Snow. African explorer, la
aboard the Buford, and has a won*
iderful picture of wild life which be
is showing free to school children.
i None should miss this picture.
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DOGGONE WEALTHY!
WASHINGTON. July 27—A
woman with 13 Pekingese dogs
worth $75 each does not need
temporary alimony, Chief Jus
tice McCoy ruled in the Dis
trict Court today.
Justice McCoy declined to
grant alimony to Mrs. Ida Olga
Deslo. who asked for a limited
divorce from Salvatore Deslo,
Jr..
The husband informed the
Court that when his wife loft
him she took two building as
sociation accounta totaling $4,
000, about $75 in cash, an au
tomobile and jewelery worth
$600 and 13 dogs. He said Ills
wife had been a waitress before
their marriage and denied he
refused her money for house
hold expenses.
Confidence Voted
In Chief Justice
Of Supreme Court
ATLANTA, July 27.—The Georgia
State Senate today adopted a resolt!
tlon voting confidence in William
Howard Taft, Chief JuHtice of the
Cnlted States Supreme Court. The
resolution said: “The life and char
acter of Mr. Taft has been a blessing
and benefaction to the Nation."
HEIRS OF ABDUL HAMID
WILL FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
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! CONSTANTINOPLE, July 27. —
American lawyers may soon begin a
legal battle to establish the right of
the heirs of the late Sultan Abdul
1 Hamid to oil properties and real
[estate in the territories, now de
'taclied from Turkey, estimate^ to
be worth $600,000,000. The heirs
of the former Sultan include four
' princes and four princesses, und they
!are headed by Prince Mehmed Selim
jEffendi, presumptive success of ,the
j Caliphate.
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FAR AWAY BORNEO OFFERS
EASY AND CHEAP LIVING
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! LONDON, July 27.—British North
Borneo appears to bp as near para
'dise as it Is possible for the tax
j burdened man of today to get.
No Income tax Is collected In the
district. There is only a nominal
land tax. railway fares have not
been Increased since 1011, tobacco
i is cheaper than in any other place
in the world, chickens sell for a shill
ling apiece and whiskey for eight
shillings a bottle.
[punctuality now marks
TRAIN SERVICE IN ITALY
—
ROME, July 27. The spirit ol
[discipline which the Mussolini gov
■: ernment brought in with It Is no
' I more concretely illustrated than on
the railroads and in the telegraph
» service of Italy. Trains in rtaly
i are now run one time—one can even
■et one’s watch by them—and the
i time of transmission on internal and
’ freight telegrams has been reduced
i to one-fourth of what It was before
- the advent 'of Italy’s young dlctatoi
to power.
Great Military Display Is
Presented at Vancouver in
Honor of Visit of Harding
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VANCOUVER, July 27 President
anil Mrs. Harding disembarked from
r.he iransporl Henderson and stepped
foot on Canadian soil here at 10
o’clock yesterday morning.
The arrival of the Chief Executive
of the United States wus made the
occasion for a military display ex
celling anything previous on the pres
ent presidential trip, i
As the Henderson tJeained through
the narrows Into lturiYrd Inlet short
ly before 10 o'clock yesterday, she
was given a salute by the British
light cruiser Curlew and destroyer
Patrician.
Second Salute.
When the President stepped down
the gang plank he wuh greeted by
another salute fired by the tistli Bat
tery of the Fifteeth Brigade Field
Artillery and taken up by the Cur
: lew.
j The President was received by the
FRENCH -ffiMJ
TO REPARATION
NOTETOMORROW
Some British Suggestions Are
Accepted- Passive Resist
ance Must Cease.
PARIS, July 27.- The French reply
to the British reparaUona note which
will he delivered in London tomorrow,
Saturday, accepts some of the Brit
ish suggestions and asks further light
on others.
The reply maintains the principal
French Belgian declaration that pas
sive resistance must cease in the
Rlntr district before any undertaking
is possible with Germany.
Prominent Man Is Fined
$1,000 ;Whi&ey Is Found
NEW YORK, July 27—Julian B.
Baker, said to be a brother of former
Secretary of the Navy Newton D.
Baker, was fined ft.000 because six
cases of whiskey were found by Coast
Guards yesterday on his motorboat
Modesty at Sheepshead Bay.
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Millions of Grasshoppers
Blown Over Canadian Town
PONTIEX. Saskatoon, July 27. —
A cloud of millions of grasshoppers
one eighth of a mile wide and sev
eral miles long obscured the Hky
above town yesterday afternoon,
blown along by a breeze. The grass
hoppers were about 100 feet above the
ground.
New Mexican Rancher U
Killed on Mexican Border
EL PASO. Tex., July 27 —K. E.
Newman, rancher of the San Andre3
Mountain Motion, near Tula Road,
New Mexico, ha* been killed south
of the international line at Colum
bus, New Mexico, according to a re
port received here.
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I GAMBLING IS PROHIBITED
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ROME, July 27.—No gambling 1
' game of any kind will be per- !
! mitted In Italy after August 1. I
1 This order has been issued by
General De Bono, Director-Gen- |
i eral of Police. In a circular !
! letter addressed t® all Precets I
in the Kingdom.
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combined uifaid of Honor from ihe;
Curlew and Patrician anil another
guard with the King's ami regl-j
mental colors, two military bauds:
anti a detail of the Royal Cauad.an !
Mounted Police.
Formally Welcomed.
Formal weliome was extended at
the piet hy officials of the Uiaiiniouj
>V Canada. Province of Brit.sh Co !
lumbla ami City of Vancouver.
After a tariff response. President
Harding, with Mrs. Harding a id olltei
members of his parly, w re escorted
fo automobile* for a parade (Urougii
the idly to Stanley Park wh re rli<
Executive delivered the principal ail
dress of the visit.
The parade was even more re
spieml ant a* a reception than the
reception at the pier
In the fore part, marched Hie If nit
3d States navy hand and rh“ lien
demon s eampany of marines, but)
being invited to participate liy th(
Canadian government.
Guests of Government.
Returning from Stanley Park. Pres
cient Hauling was the luncheon guest
of the civic- government of Vancou
ver.
The remainder of the day's program
railed for a'long International golf
match bet veeu President Harding am.
I. H King, Minister of Public Works
representing (be Dominion gov
.nunt. reception and embarkation t.
i .'lfi o'clorkMast night for Seatl. .
Hsiory Is Wade.
VANTDl’VKM. B. . July 2T. -
Keaiizlng that history is being ra:id
*hen Hauling, the first President 0
'hi- I'li tod States to step on Cuuadla
toil, visited the city. Vancouver gsv«
i 111 it most impr salvo roceptiou.
VaufOliver nonspapertnen declare'
li" g-eefing «ns equal to that ac
erded (he Prince of Wales three
ears ago
German Mark Hits
Low Level on
Foreign Exchange
| NEW YORK. July 27.-' — |
| German marks sold on the for- |
! eign exchange market today at |
i HO cents per million. The nor- j
j in a I rate, prewar, was 211.8 j
| cents each.
SEN. JOHNSON
CALLS HARVEY
ON POLITICS
Wrong Statement in News
papers Arouses Ire of Sen
ator from California.
NEW YORK, July 27. United
States Senator Hiram W. Johnson
took cognizance with emphatic, denial
of the story in the newspapers this
morning that Ambassador George Har
I vey said Johnson had predicted John
j son would he elm ted by a landslide
If he received the Republican uotnina
jtion for President.
i Statement Corrected.
HONG BRANCH, July 27. Ambas
| sador Harvey corrected the statement
attributed to him in New York news
papers, saying lie had referred tc
Henry Ford and not lliram Johnson
when he spoke of a ‘ landslide.”
Victim of Highwaymen
Dies from His Woundi
EVERETT. July 27.—Finley Me
Foe. lumberman of Hamilton, slioi
when two bandits held up tliret
automobiles on the Pacific Highfwa)
north of hero last Monday night ant
the occupants robbed of $3,000. diet
last night in the local hospital.
Catholic Priest Sentenced
To 4 Years, Federal Prisoi
DENVER. July 27.—Father Wglte
A. Grace, priest of a Catholic chord
at Arvada, was- today sentenced ti
two years In the Federal prison ot
each of two counts for forgery of ap
plications for liquor permits. Th<
sentences ar» to run concurrently.
NEW YORK. Jul* 27 — Georg
Turnbull, pioneer mining man ant
railroad builder, assistant to Ja;
Gould, died today at Rcqjelie, Nos
Jersey. He was 78 years of
FAIRBANKS MAN
DIES OF KNIFE
WOUNDS;ARREST
D. ,L. Squires Dead as Result
of Cutting Affray—John
Baylose Arrested.
KAI1UIANK8, July 27. - D. L.
Squires, lung time resident of thin
rll'Ulet. is dead, and John Mavlose
Russian laborer, is held on a charge
Jof first degree murder as the result
of a knifing affray on Steel Creek,
! nearby.
j The fight was witnessed by Mrs.
I Theodore liorak, a miner’s wife, In
front of whose cabin the men mot
and fought.
Squires struggled for a long per-1
iod with his Jugular artery severed
and with abdominal wounds which
wore inflicted with a potato paring
knife.
Thu clash Is believed the out
growth of a liquor dispute.
Squirm and Baylose both had
reputations with the knife having
served lime in the local Jail for
knife assaults.
First Flight of Kind
Is Made from Chicago
OAUDK.V CITV, N. J., J toy 27.—
Eddie Ktlnhom. aviator, and Charles
Dickinson. President of the Aero
Club of Illinois, and a mechanic, ar
rived at Hazel hurst F*leld this morn
ing in a junker all-metal plane
which lelt Chicago last bight. The
trip was made in eight and one-half
I hours and is the first three-passen
ger non-stop flight between the two
cities.
OREGON MYTH IS ACCEPTED BY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE, UNITED STATES
1 KlNrENK, Ore., uty 27.— President
Harding's apparent acceptance, In his
address at the opening of the Oregon
1 Trail Highway at MeaMiain, of the
1 discredited legend of Marcus Whit
1 man's "Saving Oregon," Is likely to
damage the historians' long fight
1 against the act eptance of this myth
as the truth, in the opinion of Dr.
I oseph St hafer, superintendent or the
i. Wisconsin State Historical Society.
1: who for twenty years was head of the
r history department or the University
' of Oregon.
Dr. Schafer, (s'the author of
several books on Northwestern ana
Pacific- Coast history, and has con
i ducted researches Into the history of
the Oregon boundary dispute between
1 the t’nited States aud (Ireat Britain,
said:
No Fault to Be Found.
“The thonghoful citizen will not be
| disposed to find fault with the presi
dent for utilizing in his Meacham ad
dress the beautiful anil dramatic leg
end of how Whitman ‘saved Oregon.’
To criticize him for doing so a? od
'historical grounds one would critk
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HARDING'S SHIP
RAMS DESTROYER
ON PUGET SOUND
rransport Henderson Collides
with American Destroyer
Zeilin Early Today.
DESTRO YERls^D AMAGED;
REPORT NO CASUALTIES
fwo Vessels Hit During Dense
Fog—Henderson Delayed
Reaching Seattle.
A HOARD TRANSPORT HENDER
■)N, July 27. — (By Associated
Teas I — The transport Henderson
©turning from Alaska with Presi
iont Harding and members of his
>ffii I a I party aboard collided early
today In a heavy fog with the de
stroyer Zeiliu, and according to re
ports received by wireless front the
ather destroyers escorting the Presl
ient's ah ip, the Zollln was taken In
tow by the destroyer Nicholas, with
ta stern stove In anti listing badly
.o port.
Tho colllaiou occurred shortly
before 8 o’clock this morning just
ifter tho Henderson entered Puget
Hound waters on the way to Seattle
from Vancouver. B. C.. the last stop
made on the return from Alaska to
tho United States. The two vessels
aid In the fog which was so dense
that lIto smaller craft could scarcely
be seen by I he officers on the bridge
»f the Henderson.
A wireless telegram passed be
ween the Henderson and destroyer
Curry, one of the two destroyers
which escorted the Henderson from
Tacoma to Alaska and return, was
ordered to stand by the crippled
ship being joined by the Nicholas.
L,ator advices from th$. Nicholas
suid the Zeilin might be beached on,
the shore near Port Townsend that
action being conditional, however,
on tlie extent of the damage to the
crippled ship and ability of the
Nicholas to handle it.
The Henderson was informed that
no casualties were sustained from
<he collision and after waiting a
abort time to learn the oxtent of the
damages, proceeded slowly to Beat
tie.
The Zeilin was one of twelve de
stroyers which were sent out to
meet the President as the Hendorson
approached Seattle. •
HARDING IS DELAYED
SEATTLE, July 27.—The trans
port Henderson did not dock until
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Working Toward
Elimination of * ! * I*
12-hour Day w
NEW YORK, July 27.- While the
United States Steel Corporation of
ficials were wrestling yesterday with
the plans for the elimination of the
much critlclser 12-hour day. Eugene
R. Grace. President of the Bethle
hem Steel, announced Ills company
was progressing along the same lines
and expected to begin actual readjust
meut of the work forces very shortly.