THE
ALA SKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
ALL THE 1SEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXL, NO. 3214.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANS
EXPLODE
TIME BOMB
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HERRIN MINE
RIOT VICTIMS
GO UNAVENGED
Possibility Further Cases Will
Not Go to Trial—No
Chance for Justice.
i MARI ON, MI,, Ai -il 9.—All rem-in
lag orltn'iua.1 indictments growing out
of the Hon in riot have been no'.le
pros.-cd following the acquittal of the
alz defend jut s Hast Friday night in
tho second trial.
The Jury deliberated less than sev
en (hours.
CAN OBTAIN NO JUSTICE
CHICAGO. April 9.—JusUce can- !
not bo obtained in Williamson county, j
At orney General Brund.ige said, din
cus sing the Herrin mine riot care. ;
OFFICIAL TALKS
'SPRINGFIELD. lid., April 9, -
President Fanrlngtou, of tho Illinois
Mine Workers, characterized the ver
dict of -the six defendants in the
second Herrin riot trial an a "spier
did Victory and oao that confirms
my belief of the innocence of our
Indicted members."
NEW INVESTIGATION
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 9—It is
announced that an invontHgaUng com
mittee of t.he State House of Repre-j
sentatlves will start an investigation
-from another angle this week, to de
termine the responsibility for the
Herrin killing’s.
NO FURTHER PROSECUTION
WASHINGTON, April 9 -Officials
of tie Department of Justice said
.they would not initiate Federal prose
cutions against those charged with
responsibility lit the Herrin riots who
escaped conviction in the second i
trial.
Rhondda ’Miners Go
Back to Work Today
CARDIFF, Wales April 9.—Strik
ing minors «u tho Rhondda coa! fields
at a meeting Saturday night settled
thlelr difdicultlies and rimmed work
rodaiy. Tho mines employ about
48,,000 .men. It is said that practic
ally 'all non-union miners now have
Joined the aiinon.
Tacoma Aviator Killed
In Fall at McCook Field;
DAYTON, April 9.—Capt. Richard
Derby, 29 years, of Tacoma, was in
stantly killed Saturday afternoon on
tho McCook field when his plane fell
1,500 feet.
Seattle’s Car
Lines Loses Over
$4,000 Each Day
SEATTLE, April 9—The final re
pot- for tho March finances of the
nuuni'clpjil street .railway system under
tho reduced fjro of 5 cents .shows the
city -ha» lcct $138,725 or approxi
mately $4,475 dally since March 1.
Tho patronage increased one-half
per cent over the February business
and 7Vi per cent over March of the
previous year.
Tho council is meeting this after
noon to discuss tho situation.
WIFE OF SECRETARY WEEKS IS VERY ILL.
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Mrs. John W. Weeks, wife ofthe Secretary of War, who was
accompanying her husband on a tour of Florida, was luken se
riously ill and rushed to Washin {ton on a special train for treat
ment by specialists.
TWO CABINET SECRETARIES
ARE COMING TO ALASKA ON
VISIT DURING NEXT SUMMER
Favor Land Bonus
And Oppose
j Fish Reserves
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AXC HORACE. April 9.—The '
Alaska American Legion in con
vention here displayed strong
sentiment in favor of a land j
bonus for veterans and opposi
tion to federal fish reserve •.
Near East Conference
On Peace Will Resume
OClNISTAiNTINOrt#E, April 9. The
Turkish igovornment reply to the Al
lied 'Invitation for resumption of the
Near East peace conference at lain
-.unne hius arrived hero from Angora
it is understood the note accepts the
invitation with reservations on cer
tain Allied proposals, regarding suit
|ects to be discussed.
Young Man Accidentally
Shot, Machine Gun Practice
OBNTRAUA. Wash., April 9.—John
Leuendusky, aged 18 years, was fa
tally wounded yesterday morning as
:he result of the accidental discharge
jf a machine gun while members of
ho Contralia Tank Company of the
National Guard was holding target
irractice. The range -is noar here,
uouandusky was a spectator and was
lit. He is said to be dying on the
iterating tuhle.
WOMAN REPROVES MEN FOR LAX
LAW-MAKING; LAWYERS WANTED
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 9.—
Miss Elizabeth Rainey, Indiana's only
woman member of tho general assem
bly which recently closed, says that
after attending a party caucus she
■told one of the caucus members that
"‘Now I have more respect for the
Dadtes’ Aid Societies."
“Of course, one cannot tell what
occurred 'in 'the caucus. It was tnv
first, and It was one of the real
thrills I got out of Che session.” Miss
Rainey added.
In describing her experiences as
a legislator Mi3s Rainey said she
ttook her seat with the feeling that
she was title only representative who
knew nothing about the workings
of the legislature, but it did not
take her long to discover that about
75 per cent of tho members were in
tho same fix- "During the first half
of the session," she continued, “vir
tually all tho activity was carried on
iby sr* or seven members, but by the
end of the session it sometimes
reoaied that every member was de
manding recognition at the same mo
ment.”
'M'iss Raltnoy was unfavorably im
ipressod by tlh-e scant attention the
representatives were able to give
the various bills. Some of them were
»o long, she declared, that the legis
lators had to takp the word of the
author as to what the bill proposed
to do.
Women are equally competent with
riven for legislative service. Miss
Rainey contended. She expressed
amusement at what she formed the
antics or the men on the last day of
tho session, when many verbal com
bats tdok place and physical encoun
ters wore narrowly averted. “I have
i had some amusement trying to fig
ure out w<liait would be said of a
group of women which behaved as
dtd the members of the House on the
: last night,” said Miss Rainey. “No
excuse. 1 a;m sure, could have been
found for them.”
iMiss Rainey declared It was her
opinion that thore were not enough
lawyers In the legislature. She does
sot care for a second term.
I OKLAHOMA CITV, April ft Secro
Itary o' Interior Work h.is definitely
| decided lie will make a lour of Al
iasku during the coining summer. Sec- i
I ratary of Agriculture Wallace h is ac- i
ieepted the Invitation of Secretary
Work to accompany him, it is au-l
i pounced. |,
Secretary Work said -the plans of:i
I Pre.-ideat Harding's trip have not
I matured, but his last liaformabion was
I tho President would like to make the
| trip if ipossilile.
Secrda’-y Work says lie plans to !
leave Washington, I), C., early in :
I June and will \ -it the larger na
itional pjirk* in the Well, also sev
eral reclamation projects before go- i
Ing to Alaska.
IS ARRESTED
FOR MURDER
Sailor on Submarine Suspect
ed of Slaying Rabbi in
San Francisco.
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j OAKLAND, Apr FI 9.—C. K. Hicks,
i sailor attached to submarine S-liti,
j has been tarrostod and held at Mare
Island on snapieion of being the main
who killed 'Rabbi Lafel in a San
Francisco hotel last Wednesday.
Police officers claim Hicks fits -
the description of the' man who was <
last seen with tAo young Rabbi.
HICKS IDENTIFIED i
VALLEJO, April 9 — Louise Hewitt,
; an 18-year-old runaway delinquent, of
I Isas Angelos, has identified C. O.
i Hicks, yeoman, ws the man who regis
tered u.s H. B. Hickman at a San
Francisco hotel the day before Rabbi
Lofol was assaulted.
The police say his -writing Is the
same as of that of the man register
ing as H. B. Hickman with Lafel at
another Ihotcl where tho rabbi was
fatally beaten.
Man Is Charged with
Slaying Wife in N. Y. ,
-NEW YORK. April 9.—James Bland- ,j
ing. a barber and husband of Mrs. ,
| Irene Blanding, one of two women (
found murdered with their throats .
cut on a lonely road last Saturday
morning, Is under arrest charged with |
manslaughter. Blanding's assistant |
has also boon arrested. Both men .
are held under $25,000 ball. Mrs. '
Blanding and Miss Bessie McMason
were tho two women slain. The i
police bolievo tho murder was com- '
mitted elsewhere 'and then the two
bodies wore thrown from an auto
' mobile.
BANKER RESIGN8
MANILA. April 9—E. W. Wilson, i
formerly San Francisco banker, has <
resigned as flenoral Manager of the ]
Philippine National Bank. .
MOTHER LODE
STOCKHOLDERS
RRINCINR SUIT
Complaint Filed fot Account
ing from President and
Secretary of Company.
SEATTLE, April 9 A ,-,uit for an
accounting has boon tiled !>>■ the.
stockholders against James W. God
Drey, president, and C. L. Warner,
secretary, of tho Moth r Lode mines,
in Alaska.
Attorneys filing the; srit allege
frtatnl totalling millions of dollars
has been perpetraited
The complaint charged Godfrey and
Warner, concealing the valuable off
duoot from the Kennccatt tpine on uh
Mother lode adjoining toe Bonanza
mine,, persuaded the Stockholders to
ec’l the property to the Mother Lo J ;
i'oalition Mines Co. taking l,^2-r>,U00
shares ,ln the latter as* payment
In 1919 and failed to distribute the
shares, but allowed the corporation
rights under this state's laws.
In 1920 the two ofticials moved
:o New York City, opened an office
costing $">0,000 annually anil so-let the
stock to other persons and have
made no accounting.
Catholic Clergyman Is
Executed by Russians
WARSAW, April S.—Squads of in
’a nt ry anld cavalry are patrolling
he streets following demonstrations j
tigaitist the government occ.islotie!
>y the execution of Vicar General;
lirte-h'k.iv:te-li. of tlio Roman Catholici
■hureh.
STRICT CENSORSHIP
BERLIN. April 9 -According to!
vord received hero from what is eon-1
detered a reHwhle . e, strict -en- j
lorship now prevails at Moscow. |
>V<h!!e no reason Is given, it might
nean disorders as a result of the:
execution of Butehkavate-h or the i'on
lit'on of Lem Inc.
ANTI-JEWISM OUTBREAK
WARSAW, .April 9. Three hundred
jeersons involved in anti-Jewlsh out
>reaks last Saturday have been ar
esled. Large* numbers of Jews were
njured and - ibis has served to in
en°Tfy the excitement in Jewish
Hiarter3.
Bursts in Flame and
Crashes to Ground
LOS ANGELES. April 9.—Edward
WaLone, aged 24 years, pilot, was
tilled, amel Kerschel McKee, was prob-1
ebly fatally injured when their plane
turst into flames 200 feet above
ground and crashed to the earth here
esterday afternoon.
Export Lumber Trade
Requiring Mills to
Operate 24 Hours
PORTLAND, April 9 --For the first
>ime in the history of the luml>er
ndustrv, the Oregon mills located In
he Columbia River district have
bund it necessary to operate 24
tours a day. This Is required hi or
lor to keep tip with the demand for
imber products from the Orient.
UistruWa, South America and other
■xport points.
NO CONVICTIONS j
CLAIMS FOSTER
\lleged Communist Claims
Prosecution Will Not
Win Single Case.
CHICAGO. April 9.—William Z.
■'osier, whose trial »t St. Joseph,
dicta.. last week, charged with violat
ing the u.nti-syndicalisin laws of the
tato of Michigan, resulted in a Jury
lisagrnanrent, told an audience gath
ered here to celebrate the Jury ac
ton last night that lie did not be
;ov© the prosecution would be able
o convict a single Communist who
ittonded the Communist convention
n Berrien county last full.
turn Runner Sinks Off
Coast of Massachusetts
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, April
I.—The stoumer John Dwight, of
Jew York, carrying a cargo oj bottled
ile boileved dostlncd for New York,
ank Saturday afternoon in Vineyard
Tound. Fishermen recovered nine
todies of the crow. The water is
trewn with barrels of bottled ale i
PONCE DE LEON CELEBRATION AT ST. AUGUSTINE.
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Goode-.
AM 'Id.yW
4IIbs Catherine L. Ounova was chosen to play the pant of
Queen Isabella, in the Ponce de Leon celebration, nt St. Augus
tinc, Florida, April 1. 5 and 6. She is a descendant of Spanish no
bility who settled in Florida in 1565. The celebration marked the
anniversary of the discovery of Florida In 1512. 0. P. Goode
played the part of Pedro Mende* do Aviles, rounder of the city
of St. Augustine, 1 ho oldest city in the United Stales. A. M. Tay
lor played the part of Ponce de Leon, searcher for the “Fountain
of Perpetual Youth.”
liULUNtL MtAKS
CANNOT REMAIN
Secretary Weeks Refuses to
Grant Request for Mears
to Stay in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, April ft. -Secretary
o-f War Weeks li.s overruled the re
<*ue<t from Alaska that (' Frederick
Mears he allowed to remain iu charge
of construction work on the Alaska
Rullroa 1 after his present assign
ment expires on May 1.
Secretary We 'ks said Colonel
Mears 'has he n ordered to report
tor duty with the Ninth (' :-ps, head
quarters at Sin Francisco.
Tlic Secretary Indicated that he
regarded ‘Colonel Mears' work in Al
aska virtually completed or at leust
advanced to such a atago where Col.
James (}. Stoc-se could take it over
without disadvantage.
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To Ask for Receiver
For “House of David”
LANSING, Mali., April 9.—Legisla
tive, Judicial and executive branches
of the .state government have filed
action against the "House of David."
The legislative action joinel into
the action of tlhc state witli a hill
permitting the state to ask for a re
ceivership of it he colony 's property
pending the outcome of the quo war
ranto proceedings.
Benjamin Purnell, head of the col
ony, liu3 disappeared and It is ru
mored he is in Austria.
Saturates Clothes With
Oil, Then Burns to Death
MIAMI. Fla., April it Craved with
pain from iorg Illness, Mrs. Helen
Sims, aged 4t> yeans, dronohed her
clothing with kerosene and then sot
herself afire. Screams attracted at
tention of neighbors hut the woman
burned to death before assistance
could aid her.
Political Bosses Are
Sent to Penitentiary
ROCK ISLAND, 111.. April 9.—
Mayor H. M. Sehrivor. former Chief
of Police; Thomas Cox and Lawrence
Podlgo have born convicted of con
spiracy to sell and protect lawless
privileges. The three men have been
sentenced to the penitentiary for In
determinate terms. AH three men
have been powerful in local and
state politics for several years.
New Concentrator to
Be Built at Anyox
VANCOUVER. B. C , April 9 -Work
will commence immodiutaly on the
construction of a Sfiutl.OOU eoncentra
tor Wiith ‘a daily capacity of L50C
•tons at the Anyox smoltcr, the
Grand by Consolidated announced to
day.
SALMON PRICE
i. NOT SETTLED,
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Fishermen Unions Reject;
Latest Proposals—Fleet
Is Being Held Up.
i ASTORIA, Ore., 9.—It i-s an
noimccil (ho ft-hcrmen's unions of j
I S.m Franr'.-co. Soatt'lo and Astoria!
| referendum vote, by <07 to 41. re—
Jcrtc 1 the revised proposals of the j
: Ala ika Harkovs' Association regard- J
j ing the i .lire to be paid for salmon |
' it 'the Alt".'Vi parkins points this I
1 com ins season.
i It is expected conferences will be i
■ resumed Imnvr llatoly, meanwhile the1
ASaeki . aimon fleet la lu-id up at i
various Pacific Coast poln.s.
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Two Million Dollars
Worth of Wine
Is Seized in Raid
NEW YORK. April 9.—Late Satur
day night pr hibiliou agents made
one of the largest raiids since the
[Volstn.i l act has boon effective. The
'agents sei»od 10.000 cases of chaan
! pagr. >. wines and fhvo liquors valued
[at $2,000,000. Seven men were ar
| re:i ed.
SEN. HITCHCOCK CLAIMS U. S.
j WILL JOIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
GREATE8T CONCERN OF
NATION'S SAYS HARDING
AUOUSTA. Ajuril 9.—’In an in
I formal spoerh here* President
Harding mh »<l the domestic af
fair t are now thr> nation's great
est ooneorn.
President Harding declared
t he country’s international af
fairs are in hotter shape than
ever before. Ho predicted in
timo to come those parsons
who think America is not doing
justice to European nations will
j find America Is tilie “most just
: nation in the world.’’
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NEVfINTEREST CREATED
1 AITOUSTTA. April it. Members <
|tho proaMential party In-t Saturda
t road interestedly, but without con
I mont. Viee President Coolidge’s pr
diction Idle people would demon
1 Handing's ronominatlon and electlo
President Harding also read wit
interest unothor statement by Se
ator Hitchcock published locally, d
flatting the League of Nations won:
nover again be an issue in u prej
dent la I campaign but tho Unit*
§'States would eventually tie affiliated
with the League
Senator Hitchcock, according to the
^statement, said:
The United States is already drlft
j 1 nft towards membership and Hitch
• cock cited the President’s reconuivou
datlon tor participation 111 the lnter
. national Court of Justice in support
i of his statement.
Hitchcock averted the next presi
dential campaign will be fought over
| domestic Issues an^l business condt
, tionw will 'have a large bearing on
tho outcome.
Senator Hitchcock said that among
tho Democratic likely choices for
the nomination next year for Presi
dent are Senator Oscar Underwood.
I \VUH»m A McAdoo, Henry Ford Gov
ernor Smith of Sow York, and James
. M. Cox.
f | PRESIDENT 18 HOME
V WASHth'GTOX, April President
>-;HardHng and wife returned yesterday
’ ; from a five wockn’ vacation in the
<1 South The return trip was made
*■ | without Incident Mrs. Harding show
h pd improvement in health,
i- j President Harding Is anxious to
dispose of all matters of Importance
d : before him by the middle of June, In
i-1 time to start on his proposed We*t-\
d j orn trip.
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CANAL LOCK
DESTROYED
BY jERMANS
Time Bomb Exploded Today,
Destroying Lock and Tying
Up Ruhr Canal System.
ESSEN, April 9.—The explosion ,
of a time bomb this morning de
stroyed the lock of the Dormund
Embaiasses canal, nearby.
The canal is blocked and serious
ly interfers with the complicated
watciway traffic of the Ruhr.
This is considered the most se
rious piece of sabotage on watei
ways since the occupation of the
Ruhr Valley by the French forces.
FAKE~ SCHEMES
BEING EXPOSED
Oil Probe in Texas Promised
to Result in Sensational
Developments.
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 9.—
Declaring it will lake- more than two
years f.v the government to com
plete its investigation in the alleged
c-:i field fake promotion eases, prac
ticed in Texas and l>y which thou
sands of people in all parts of the
country have been fleeced out of
more tiha.n $100,000,000 annually, the
government is preparing to enter
upon the second week. Startling de
velopments are promised by the
probe, the officials claim.
Eldest Daughter of
King Marries Hero
ROMF. April 9.—Princess Yolanda,
eldest daughter of King Victor Bur
ma mi cl ant Queen Helena, ttrday mar
rlcd Count Galvl di Rergolo, Captain
of Cavalry, who holds decorations for
bravery in the World War.
Thu civil ceremony took placo in
the Grand Hall of the Quirlnjl Pal
ace followed by religious ceremony in
the Pauline Chapel, which was used
far tho religious ceremony for the
Erst time Since 1870.
Because of rlio recent death bf Yo
lando's grandmother, Queen Milena,
of Montenegro, both services were
simple.
Hay Set Afire; Four
Children Incinerated
IJBXVHR, April 9.—Four children
of the famtlly of J. W. Williamson,
wore burned to death yesterday In a
hay shed In which they were playing
when it was destroyed by lire. All
of the childron were under f» years
of age. The oldest boy, who started
tho fire with matches, escaped from
the building unhurt.
KNOCKS OUT HOMER
FORT WORTH, Tox., April 9 —
After twice fanning yedorday, Babe
Ruth knocked a homer in the exhibi
tion game against Brooklyn.