THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. XXL, NO. 3144.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FRENCH TO FIRE
GERMANS WILL
ON RIOTERS;
EXPEL FRENCH
:
WOO IS LOST
IN MAIL HOLDUP
NEAR IDITAROD
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Big Interior Robbery Unoffi
cially Reported — Offi- i
cials Refuse Comment.
That a mail nboety involving the
loss ot $30.0C0 in cirh was pulled
off within the past ten days or two!
wctk3, was the report made by a'
uassengcr on the Alameda when
that vessel was in port westbound
yesterday. local officials declined
to c: niment on the matter, neither
Henving nor confirming the report,
which came from reliable sources.
mo mooeiy i. -aid 1 o have taken I
place at the Schirniler Roadhouse,
16 miles from Iditarod. on tlie trail
between them and Ophir. This
place Is understood to he a night
station and mail "cache" used by,
mail carriers operating between!
Kobi, on the Alaska Railroad and
the upper Kuskokwim districts. Two
dog tea mo, loaded with mail, arc
said to have been at the roadhouse
on tlio night of the robbery. One
was driven by Chester Brink, well
known ofldtimor of the Interior. The
name of the driver of the second
mail team had not been learned. In
addition to these men. at least two
other guests'wore stopping at the
roadhouse.
The money reported stolen is said!
lo iiave been either consigned to
Tom Aiken or to have been shipped |
by him. It. was in the torui of cuv
Veney. the denominations of the bills!
tict-ig unknown her?. It was also re
ported that Federal Deputy Marshals1
and representatives of the Post
Office Department are enroute to,
the scene to conduct an investiga
tion As far as is known no arrests
have been made.
Attempt to Reduce Size
Of U. S. Army Fails Again
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. An at-!
tempt to reduce the army failedi
today when the House defeated the'
amendment by .Tones, of Texas, to
the Army bill fixing the size of the
army at 100,000. 11
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Movie Star Arrested for
Having Narcotics; Freed
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NBU’ YORK. Jan. 17.—After she
was discharged on the charge of
having narcotics in her possession,:
Juanita Hansen, movie star, said she
had been an addict but had been 1
cured. M'iss Hansen declared the 1
police framed her arrest.
Bill to Reduce Fees
Of Alaskans at U. of W.
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OLYMPIA. Jan. 17.—Representa
tive Totten, of Seattle, today intro
duced a legislative bill reducing the t
registration fees of midents at tjicji
University of Washington from i
Washington and Alaska to $1 in-.!
stead of $15 anti Increasing the Tees,:
of students from other states frotril
$50 to $100. '
RUSSIAN DELEGATION AT LAUSANNE.
Thin photograph shows the d te.sai ion representing Soviet Ku set a, at the hausanne Conference on
Near East questions. The man in the front row. at the lalt,, is Kakivsy. Next to him is M. Tchit
rheiin. leader of the delegation aid the ;ourth from the left is M. Vorosky.
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Rejected in Love;
| Former Student
| Commits Suicide
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| OAKLAND, Jan. 17. Harold
Campbell, formerly a student
1 of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. sulfided today by shoot
ing himself with a shot pun. It
| is stated the reason for the sui
cide followed proposals of mar
i rluge, repeatedly rejected, by a
1 student of the University of
California.
Campbell was the son of a
t w< altl'.y r.i teller of MiyRoM.
Oregon.
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HARDING HAS
SEVERE m
■’resident Cancels All Lngage
rnents and Spends Day
in Bed.
WA.-HIXOTON. Jan. 17, President
larding cancelled all engagements
oday in order to remain in lied on
icoount of an attack of the grippe,
rhis Is said to ba merely a precau
ionury measure.
iSocretary Chrisijan, after a visit
0 the President's room, raid the
'litef Executive "felt very little
verse Lira n yesterday," but would
ipend the day lying down.
Ceneral Sawyer described the
’resident's illness as a slight at.
ack of grippe “such as about every
>ody in town is having."
The President has a slight fever
ntermittently.
Jobbers Burn Their Way
In Bank Vault; Big Loot
SPOKANE, Jan. 17. Robbers
rho burned their way into the vault
if the Bank at Fairfield. Wash.,
luring the night , escaped with
IB.000 in Liberty bonds and other
1 gotiuble notes, jewelry and cash
recording to advices received her<
iv long distant telephone.
PARIS STREETS ARE TO BE NAMED
AFTER AMERICANS! RECHRISTENING
PAJUS, <Xa. 17.—The participa
tion of tiie Amenican Expeditionary
Kotce in the European w.tr will be
duly commemorated in the mnmen
elature of the streets of Paris.
The municipal council soon will
resume the taJk of renaming: some
200 of the city's thoroughfares and
h cording 'to Proneh custom, the lead
ing ligures of the war will be freely
honored.
ffhus far only fleneral Cal lien i, the
defender of Paris. Gu.vnomer. the
“Ace of Aces." in aviation ansi Col.
Bonnett. who distinguished himself
al riois-ons. have been honorpd. Gen
et :1 Ptrsh/ng was on the list that
wa.. under consideration when the
»votk was suspended on account of
objections to the abolition of old
names because of sentimental or bis
tor cal reasons. Pershing, Clenjen
c *.*11. Focli and other leaders are op I
tie ne.w list, however,
Tiicr* still remains a -core of
Greets in Paris wttli German and
Austrian names that may never bn
hanged. included are Die ru“s Bee
thoven. Gluck. Meyerbeer. Richard
Wagner, Mozart, and Paintin', the
riie dc Vienne and the Plat- Bud t
aest. Streets that decall great Ger
man musicians ahd poets probably
will be left unchanged.
It has been decided to rechristen
.11 streets that were named after
he owners of the property through
which they were originally cut. In
iddftion there will be a hundred and
tifiy new streets opened in conse
quence of the demolition of the
city fortifications, which will furglsh
ample opportunity to honor the great
est heroes of the war.
Paris streets and squares with an
American name at present are Ave
nue President Wilson, rues Lincoln,
Franklin. Louisiana and Washington.
»nd the Place des Rtats Unis.
Titled Beauty Begins
Her Stage Career.
Hon. Lois Smart, daughter of
j Lady Arlington, with a long lino
t of British “blue blooded” ances
I try. liu« entered 1 lie theatrical
! profession, as Hosvtta, in "Harlc
; quin,” in London. She lias been
called Kngland's most beautiful
: woman.
DEBT FUNDING
WORK STOPPED
British Commissioner Must
Return to London for
Government Talk.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. The
British and American Debt Commis
sions have reached a point in the
negotiations "vhero it is virtually
agreed that progress is impossible
until ihe British Commissioner re
turns to Uindon to confer with the
j government.
NO DISRUPTION.
I .OX DON, Jail. IT. It is emphati
cally denied in official 'inurteis (hut
there lias been any disruption in the
debt funding negotiation* but the
proceedings hate been merely de
layed.
“Every Day in Every Way”
Wet Days Seem Nearer Now
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 17 W. H.
I Stayton. head of the Association
Against the Prohibition amendment1
in a statement today., said Unit]
“every day. in every way” thp pros
pect of m mIifii ations in the dry law
were becoming “belter."
Slayton declared the election fig
ures of eight stales showed n mil
jority of tiic country. li.aOO.OOO, were,
for light win ■ and beer.
t Declines to Submit Herrin
Massacre Case; Challenge^
MARION. III. Jan. 17. The prose
cution today dr lined the offer of1
the defense to submit the fate of]
five men charged w ith thp murder.
of Howard Hoffrnan. massacre vie
tim. to the Jury immediately with-i
out argument or instructions.
PROHIBITION
BILL COMING
UP IN MEXICO
Considered Likely that New
Congress in May Will
Have Wet Tussle.
MEXICO CITY. Jar.. 17.— Th<>
"W! Is” are breathing a trifle easier,
new that it is impossible for u
“bone drv” bill *o r ' ’ t
tito pre tit m ■ ewlun t»f Con
Stllf
De
the
tion
off!
gress, which adjour.
o.Pinber Stt. Aithw- ’’
j small fear that >
| pass Ur- v •. . . •>. w •
I pet ted in many <fii.trtors that
•‘dry" element, r '-eiving ittspir
| front certain high government
j ciils, would attempt to hare attch a
| bill at least brought up for dtscus
jsion. lint other legislation ititer
jvened. and a new liquor law was for
I gotten.
i It is now eons; tered likely that
| when Congress meets In regular ses
i situ next May, .1 prohibition hill will
1 be Introduced and the various or
I gaoitsat'ana in lit republic dealing
'with !h<' manufacture and sale of in
j toxicant s aro already conducting a
vigorous campaign to counteract the
“dry" propaganda.
j A "bone dry" .Mexico is not gen
Ireally considered here as even a re
mote possibility, bit P is believed
that lira tic regulation of Lite low
cantinas will be undertaken. These
rusorts ate frequented by the poor
classes, who obt on a murderous
drink known as pulque for .1 taw
1 cents a quart. Pulque has frequent
ly been described us the “curse of
| Mexico," and legislation to restrict
1 itr- -ale is regarded as necessary.
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Fire at Baltimore Today
Causes $750,000 Damages
I1ALTI.MORK Jan. 17 A repeti
tion of the conflagration or 1904,
when practically the entire bttsl
Br< sectilon was destroyed. was
threatened for time today when
two five-dory buildings la the elo h
i ins warehouse district were de
droved with an estimated loss of
' $500,000.
The Rock-hill College was also
i destroyed, whit h brings the total
id linage by fire to $7'»0.000.
No U. S. Proposals on
Reparations Settlement
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—Secre
tary of State Charles K. Hughes,
commenting on the report that Rol
and Hoyden, Cniled States H“pre
s.entative on the reparations commis
sion. had submit!' d a plan for set
tlement or the reparations problem,
said the report was a “purely per
inal'' memorandum prepared by
Roytien at the request of the com
missioners and in no sense embodied
i plan lor settlement.
New Turkish Caliph
Gets $3,000 a Week
C ON ST A NT IN f) I TaH, Jan. 17. The
allowance of the now Ojliph. Abdul
Modjld Effendi, has been fixed at
the rate or $12.hno a month Allow
ances will be paid also to other mem
bers of the Imperial family, but not
to those who are related only ■by
marriage.
Protest Is Made to New
' Fishing Regulations of
Hoover; Hits Little Ones
SEATTLE. Jan. 17.—Independent
fishing concerns are protesting, it
is learned, against the regulations
made by Secretary gf Commerce
Hoover and Fish Commissioner
O'McIley under the Harding declara
lion for the Kodiak and Afognak res
trvations.
The complaint is made that the
regulations are in favor of the Al
aska Packers' Association and North
ACSitin Fisheries Company.
I. M. Foster, of the Alitak Com
pany is now in Washington and Ottar
Hofsti.0, general manager of the
hatmai Packing Company, left for
Washington today.
It Is asserted that the licenses of
1523 forbid fishing where the inde
percent fishing concerns made the
meet of their catch last year.
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A. P. A. MAKES PROFIT
I SAN FRAN*'1,800, .1 in 17.—After
,w.» successive years of unprofitable
operation, during which time all
dividends had to be met from the
1 reserve, the Alaska Packers' Associa
tion achieved a net profit of $9,13,7(17
ro. i last year's operation. This
. ;e according ro th" annual report of
President William Tlmson.
A good United States and Austral
.an market for canned salmon is
given us the reason for a gootl shovv
• ing.
NURSED FIRST LADY OF LAND TO HEALTH.
7 jSt L.V«5‘ rxi-l u*. < E't)VVI'
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When the nation was waiting with keenest sympathy word
from Mrs. Warren (S. Harding, desperately ill in the White House
in Washington, it was Miss liuth Powderly -who hovered constantly
at the distinguished patient’s bedside, using all her professional
skill and tenderness to bring back to health the First Lady of the
Land. Miss Powderly, acted for the nurses of the Garfield Hospital,
in Washington, presented to Mrs Harding these flowers as an ex
pre.-rlon of their gratification at her recovery. Mrs. Harding is a
member of the Board of Lady Managers of I he hospital.
PRESrS PLANE
NOW SALVAGED
Parly Headed by Deputy U.
S. Marshal -Flying Ma
chine Not Damaged.
DAWSON. Jan. 17.—A party head
'd by Deputy United State- Marshal
Clarence Dud-ney lias salvaged the
plane in which ('. (). Crest lighted
near Fugle on his flight from the
Hast to Siberia last summer. This is
u cor ling to word brought here.
The plane is now 70 miles from
Kagle and the brush is he ng dear d
rwav. The plane was not Injured
viiien Crest landed.
Loiters from Crest to friends
!u if say he will fly over Alaska
and the Yukon sometime this year.
'Commercial Liquidation
Reflected in Good Way
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 That
commercial liquidation begun lnte In
1921 and continued far Into 1922 is
reflected in the report of franchise
ax on Federal Reserve flanks. The
earnings last year were $1,850,000 as
ompared to $59,974,000 ill 1921.
Wants to Know if A. L.
Going to Enter Politics
WASHINGTON? .Ian 17. The de
mand that tile executive officers of
the American Legion declare whether
ihe organisation intends to enter pol
itics was made in the House today by
Wells Goodykoontz, of AVest Virginia.
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j Government Is
| Going Into
Liquor Business
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I NKW YORK. Jan. 17 To |
| protect the public from poison- |
| ouk liquor bought in drug j
atores Hie government lias etc- |
elded lo bottle all bulk liquor
now hold in IkiiiiI and gitaian- j
i toe it aw to proof and quality
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I’l.KAS AN'l UROVK. rtah, Jan. 17.
Knur nion alleged to have been
hoboe wore killed early tliia morn
ing in a freight train collision on
the Salt Iarke Route near Valley.
MILITARY RULE
i TO BE ENFORCED
IN RUHR REGION
Iroops Are Ordered to Act
Promptly in Case of
Any Demonstrations.
GERMANS PLANNING TO
RETALIATE ON FRENCH
| Coal Mines to Be Confiscated
if Magnates Refuse to
Work Property.
ESSEN, Jan. 17.—The headquart
ers of the French Occupation Amy
notified the population cf Bochum
1 today that trccpa will act without
warning against any action directed,'
at the French troops. There wiH
be no impertinent whistling, shout
ing or any derogatory remarks per
, mitted.
1 The situation, according to official
i bulletins, is quiet today in the occu
pied area. ,
This afternoon the French Occu
pation authorities announced they
will begin the operation of mines in
| the Ruhr district tomorrow requisi
tioning German labor, if it is necea
j siiy. The announcement is made
that the magnates who refused oo
| operation will be prosecuted before .
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LABOR \ EAOEIti A.'lfci.
IK *'\ " 1C Ja.il t; — t.-lbui
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jrt.li i • ,n i ■ I'.otw#
Duseiriori oy (ionoral Ungoutte who
announced (lie derirp that the work
ers continue with the French Kuar
anfeeing payment if the magnates
persist in their decision not to co
operato.
TO EXPEL FRENCH.
I.ONDO.N, Jbii. 17. — A. despatch
from Berlin to the Dally ICxprein
snys Germany lias decided to expel
nil French civilians and establish a
state of war with the exception of
actual fighting.
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Millions in War
Savings Stamps
Are Not R^eemed
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 17—Offi
cials of the Twelfth District Federal
Reserve Bank announced here today
that there ts approximately $33,000,
000 in war savinas .stamps in the
district that luve not he«n present
ed for redemption despite the fact
that they ceased bearing interest
alter January 1. 1923. Thp states
in the district are: California, Ore
pun. Id iho. Cl ill. Nevada and por
tions of Arizona. Alask i and Hawaii
also are Included In the district.
Tiie lunik is sending out urgent
calls to have these stamps turned
In before the end of this week, so
ilia! (lie redumption money miy be
reinvested in other government se
curities b irlng Interest sr from
January 1
There was approximately $86,000,
Onu in - imps gold in the dhrtrtct.
Ahull! 40 per cent were redeemesl
before November 13, and of the re
m.’i'nder. approximately 30 per cent
were redeemed between November
13 and January 1.
AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS PLANNING
TRIP FROM BRISBANE TO FRISCO
SYUXKV, X. S. W. .Ian. 17 l,ieut. I
Viil It uulle and Kergetna Herbert j
Bmi’h. H. r M.. resident of Queens
land. will attempt an airplane trlpl
from Brisbane to San Francisco In j
Mar or Jimp, It war announced hero
today.
> .aft builders In Hnniand have
fi'Mcl a seaplane and the QueMlH
l.ind government has offered financial I
assistance, provided the citizens ofl
that »tute subscribe their quota to.
th- fund. The avHors to propose
tr fly from Brisbane to Fraser;
I lend, at Willett i>oint they will
Ip..vp the Qtte'it land coast. They
wi i th»n utilize .> landing places
:h string of Islands which stretch
a. rn-s the Paclf'c Ocean to the Ha
wailun Islands
Th» fIr.St- stag.' w ill bo 900 miles
1 i New •' i'm.!<•; a, then 800 miles
o Ftp A llif-h. if TOO miles will
brims :h»m tp t amoa anil another
ap of 700 itiilv* north will enable
Jteui <■> reirii ’..u Phoenix Islands.
I'li’ n-'X' stops v it. be made at Fan
nins Islnnl in ^ 'tf Palmyra Island
in I on .uldirtolial fight of 900 miles
will bring : tie m to the Hawaiian
•oi-I Efforts w il‘ he made to de
fer liniims until they haa-e reached
HonoluU.
To orm ilia i.. t siretch ot 2.100
in ie- between Hawaii and San Fran
r.scu it will bo a cessary for the
aviators to pink up rafts hearing
supplies i.f uas'l'.nr, oil and water.