THE AHA SKA DAILY EMPIRE
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“ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3169.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AMERICAN DESTROYER IS SUNK
BY TURKS; REPORT IN FRANCE
Ship Strikes Rock Near Victoria: Is Abandoned
IS DRIVEN ON
ROCKS DURING
SNOW STORM
Motorship Coolcha Strikes Off
Albert Head—Is Wedged
in by Rocks.
VICTORIA. B. C.. Feb. 15.—The
San Fiancisco mctorship Coclcha
struck in a chiving' sn wstcrm off
Albert Head, nearby, late yesterday
afternoon and was immediately re
ported taking water rapidly with a
jagged hole in the torwaid held.
Effoitc to back the motorship off
proved unavailing as the rocks
wedged the ship in tightly.
SHIP IS ABANDONED.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—A wireless
despatch leceived here says the Cool
cha, ashore off Albert Head, has
been abandoned by the Captain and
crew.
The men are repeated tc have
gene to Victoria en a salvage ship
allegging the Ccolcha is in bad
rhape.
LOSES RUDDER.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—A wireless
report here reports the steamer Nika
han lost her ladder in a gale 40
miles off Cape Flattery.
The Coast tluard Cutter Snohom
ish has gone to the Nika's aid from
Port Angeles.
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE.
ST. JOHNS, N. B„ Feb. 15.—Ves
sels arriving here report terrific
struggles in gales and amid ice floss
Off the Atlantic Coast.
Aviation Chief Is
Lost ,San Diego Bay
SAiN IMtEGO, Fab. 15.—E. M. Lov»
joj, aviaKon chief and machinist
mate of the Month Island air station,
■was drowned in San Diego Bay wh, • a
a seaplane he was piloting capsized.
Receiver Is Naued fa
Big Investment Concern
MlNiNIKAiPQUS. Feb. 15.—A r ••
eeiver has been named for th» John
F. Sinclair Company, an investment
firm, wftli a capital of $500,000. 'The
firm controlled about a dozen banks
in 'Montana and Minnesota and the
petition for a receiver declared sev
eral of the banks recently closed
their doors.
German Town Refuses
To Pay for One Clash
BERLIN, Feb. 15.—The munielpa!
rity ,’f Gelsenkirchen has declined
lo pay 500,000,000 marks demanded
sis a penalty for the clash between
Gorman forces ami gendarmes last
Monday. This >is according to ad'
Vices received hero.
FIRST POSED POTOGRAPH OF YORK AND FIANCEE.)
Duke oFVorte # dowef-T/ycn
Thin is tho first posed photograph of the Duke of York, re:- i
olid boh of the British rulers, and Ills fiancee. Daily Blizabcth \
Bowes-Lyon, to reach America. It was made in I guidon shortly after
the announcement of their engagement. The marriage, it is thought, j
will takq place in April.
CLAIMS FORBES
IS THROUGH AS
i BUREAU CHIEF
I
Belief Expressed in Washing
ton — Mentioned for
Veterans’ Post.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.—Adm'nts
tration of the Veterans' Bureau. for.
months :i subject rtf bitter contro
versy, is undergoing an (investigation
Iwhicli is expected by certain well
Informed officials hero to result In
J Important readjustments.
How far the changes to be nude |
will go (in the direction of a complete'|
overthrow of bure au personnel and j
methods of operation remains to be j
determined by President Harding. (
after all the facts have been a seer- i
twined and placed before him. but it I
would caatse no surpnteo among .-or
bain of his close at advisers if shifts
recently made among bureau officials (
tContinued on Page Two.)
ICED WIDOW DIES IN DLAZE,
AFTER 22 YEARS HERMITAGE,
AWAITING HUSDAND'S RETURN
CHICAGO, I'M., Feb. IS.—Mrs
EUtnaheth. Jordan W4 1 son. 84 year:
old, "who 'has occupied the "House a
Mystery,” a ltvroom. two-story bricl
residence 'in the heart of what onci
was Chicago’s r« in- residents
district, burned to <(■ i.h in a Elri
that destroyed t.e p; ;<erty»
Twenty years vo Jlto bouse wa:
one of the show plw -s of Chicago
It was built by J«n*xs Wilson
wealthy attorney. who diet! in 1901
His Widow Inwnodwtoiy withdrew
from Society and ivo.ud.ed herself ii
the (homo.
No person to known to have on
tiered the re&iden •: • from that day v
the present. Th< ioi c occupant be
came u bugbear t r ... hildren o
the neighborhood, at night th
Hut was shun; If passers-by
£ven her attorney, handling tr» $200
. 000 left by her husband, always was |
i stopped at the door uni Iran- tc I
’ his business on the porch.
Firemen, sorting over the rains, j
i found documents snowing that tbe|
■ aged woman was firm in her conv.ir-l
i tion tha't her husband,' reincarnated,!
would return to her. For that reason j
i 'the house never was painted nor
. changed iJn the slightest detail. The
, rodm's—with one exception, that re
. served for tho dead husband—were
r foul with dirt.
i The widow lived in the smallest
room in the house—practically a
• closet where she had a rot. a bare
> | table and two chairs. For lights he
• | used candles and for cooklny and
t heating an oil stove.
>1 Presumably the explosion of tMs
. stove caused her death and the de
-Istruetion of the house.
Wife Equal to
Husband, Says
Michigan Bill
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IjAX.SIN’O, Mich.. Feb. 15.— I
I Manfflage that does not deprive I
the woman of her identity or
subject her to the "direction or
control” of her husband is the j
mainspring of the ”women's bill
of rights," which has been pro- !
sen tad tin the Michigan state
senate.
The b'> 1 provides that:
A woman may engage in busi- \
ness without ther husband's con- j
sent. i
Shall have equal guardianship
over their children.
In every way shall be the full !
equal of her husband In running j
tile home, and shall be exclti- j
sive mistress of herself in every
affair outside the home.
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MAKE EFFORT
TO STABILIZE I
GERMAN MARK
I
Government Asks Banks to
Throw Large Sum of Gold |
Marks on the Market.
PARIS. Feb. l.V -The German giw-j
eminent has asked the Reich shank
t> throw 3"),000,000 sold marks on]
tbe market In order to : 'aWl'.ie ex
change. This >ls according to a Her-j
l'.r. Havas dispatch, which says an i
address to the governors of the bank j
brought the re.ply they were con!
vlneod of the futility of the proposal!
birt were rosisned to the persistent
demands of itho government.
Slayers of Sheriff
Caught in Gun Battle
EL, PASO, Tex., Feb. 15.—B'U j
Morris and Buck Smitzer, of Amor-J
111a, Texas, aavo been captured after:
a gun battle In which Deputy Sher-h
Iff Bradford wan shot by a rifle in
the (bands of one of tho fugitives,
who are charged With slaying Sher
iff Rutherford Tuesday night. ’
THREE SEATTLE
MEN VICTIMS
OF COLD WAVE
One Man Found in Snow—
Dies Before Aid Summoned
—Schools Are Closed.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Three deaths
here are indirectly traced to the pres
ent cold weather and rtorm.
I. F. Shipmen, aged 71. was found
lying in the snow and died before
medical aid could be summoned.
Willis E. Hardy died from inhal
ing smoke while attempting to thaw
out his water pipes.
An unidentified man dropped dead,
believed to have been caused by ex
posure.
Classes at the University of Wash
ington and in the public schools have
been dismissed and no more will be
held until the weather moderates be
cause of the inability of the pupils
to reach the schools.
HEAVY SNOWFALL
TACOMA. Fob. 15.—The heaviest
uno'vrfalil in the history of the local
weather bureau covers thin section.
iSchoole are closed and street cars
are tiled tip.
Ma®y .accidents Wave been Caused.
Funerals have nil booa postponed.
SEVERE EASTERN WEATHER
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.- The most se
vere stern of th? winte.r which
came .from Canada, has struck the
Mlddlo West and is lucreastag In
Intensity.
The mercury has dropped through
out the East, except In Florida.
The thermometer reached 20 below
zero at 8t. Paul and other North
■seat points.
The cold wave is expected to reach
Texas tonight.
Fourteentn Catholic
Church in Canada
Destroyed by Fire
MONTREAL,, Feb. la. -Trinity
Church, which recently passed into
the hands of the Syrian Catholics,
was destroyed by firo late yester
day.
TWls firo U the 14th to occur of
Catholic institution tin Canada dur
ing the paist .war.
Trinity Church is the oldest Angell
sal church in Canada.
The fire .Is of unknown origin.
English Parties Join
Hands in German Case
LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Asqullh
an ‘ami Lloyd George parties have
Joined Un a ntovdmonit for an amend
ment replying to iho address front
’he throne. Tile imendmentu rgos
She appointment by the League of
Nations of a eonuaiaaion in which
he United 'Stales will be asked to
participate, 'by gh ttg Germany ca
pacity ito pay repurations and arriv
ing at the best iiv tbods of secur.ng
the payment.
(Clan Speaker Talked
Without Any Authority
CHICAGO, Feb. 15—©r. W. H.
Evans, Imperial Wlaerd of the Ktt
Kilux Klan, todu y I ec la red that Hr.
Lew Burger, of Now York, who spoke
it Idaho Falla, Ida o, did so without
authority of it he Klan. Dr. Burger
said that Watt Daniels and Thomas
FUchards, whose I xlles are alleged
:o have been tVni tid -in a Jake In I
ia)uLsl‘ana, arc still ilive and living in
New Orleans.
Ducks Soused;
Federal Officials
Investigate
JOPLIN, Feb. 15 —Peculiar actions
>f thousands of wild ducks on a
small island above Riverton. Ar
tansaa, which have been Invostlgaied
yv federal game official*, is attribut
’d he tho eating of. corn whimsy
irhkh: This ma«h kae been
n large quantities on She Island.
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STOLE BECAUSE SHE LOVED HUSBAND.
IP
Kve Bernard, 1B and pretty, of Chicago, was arrested there,
charged with stealing a 160 drone in a loop department store. She
confused the theft in a remarkable ntery, In which she said sho
s ole and permitted herself to be captureri to furnish her husband,
K. F. Bernard, with grounds for divorce, that lie might marry an
other woman. She said they bad tried'to secure a divorce, but law
yers told them they had no grounds. "So," she said, "I though if 1
rruld get arrested and convicted he could get his divorce. 1 love
him so much 1 cannot deny him anything."
ALL TROUBLE
IN NEAR EAST
IS NOW OVER
Retiring U. S. Ambassador
Makes Statement to Busi
men of San Francisco.
SAiN 'BRIAN Ciisv.'O, Feb. 15,—
Charles H. Warren, retiring Ambassa
dor to Japan, told a group of bus!
noun anen hero today that the "prob
tern of >tlie Pacific has b*en nettled
and ithe (war clouds in the Near Bast
'have been iretmoved, there being no
further trouble in that 'section be
tween nations and there will not be
any trouble in the next generation."
“King of Bootleggers”
Is Paroled from Prison
TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 15.—‘Harry
Brolaski, of San Francisco, known as
tbo “King of the Bootleggers.” serv
Ing two years at McNeil Island for
conspiracy to violate the Volute ul
act, 'has been paroled. Brolaskl left
today Pot his home In California. He
has been suffering from cancer and
recently arrive I here, under guard
from tiiie penitentiary, for an opera
tion. It lis slid the man has not
long So live.
Government Employees
Are Returned to Service
WASHINGTON. Feb 15.—A lagis
lottive order just issued, restore* the
Cvtl seniority right:; of 17 ol the
employees of t'ho Bureau of Bttgra;
Ing and Printing, who wore removed
Ciearly eno yoar ago after an In
vestigation. This permits th«m n
re-ontor the government classified
eauproyment.
GOLD NUGGET IN BIRO
MOKELITMN’E HILL. Pal., Feb 15
—iA gold nugget worth $3.80 wa
found in the gizzard of a Plymouth
Hock. u hie ken whiicb BUI Wilson, In
<r iVof, th-sd a*. ;te.l it*r
dinner.
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Mine Explosion
j | Caused by
Queer Accident
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DAWSON, N. Mo*., Fob. 15
—Tile coroner's jury finds that
| I the mine explosion of last
Thursday-, in which 120 miners
met dealth, was caused by de
railment of in motor-trip mine
car to which a trolley feed line
was nlttached. causing dust to J
become (ignited by an arc when
rhr* feed wire contacted with the ,
| iron pit car.
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Canadian Town Is
Destroyed by Fin
MOOSE JAW, Feb. 15.—Tlic towt
of Tritax, 30 miles south of here
bus been destroyed by Eire, accord
towt to advices reaching here tliii
morning.
UNITED STATES
NAVAL CRAFT IS
REPORTED SUNK
i Turks Are Reported to Have
Sent Down U. S. De
j stroyed—Not Confirmed.
\\ BULLETIN—LONDON, Feb. 15.
Rumors are current in France
that a United States iTesiroyer has
b; cn sunk by the Turks.
Nothing: is known concerning the
natter here.
The French report is also uncou
; lined.
HARBOR MINED
,1 BY THE TURKS
! — /
i Mines Are Reported in
Smyrna Harbor and Ex
tending Far Out.to Sea.
| MARSF" • FB i-Vh 15.—The Smyr
fr a harbor 1
m'ji-iM', «$t®r •.
I sdVratio i j. . . , . 'i ,i
' e a rn er c i p._a.ili wu ■ •. •. t trmii ••
<">
■ill been received by wireless.
The captain said lie wus signalled,
! when near the harbor, to enter at
his own peril uml l^tor wag in
(onned that mines wero everywhere.
TO CLEAR UP
'] ADRIANOPLE
Turks Prepare for Trouble in
Adrianople — Old Are
Ordered to Leave.
1 OOXSTA.VTINOPUK, Feb 13.—Vr
cording to a Reuters diapateh it is
rivdcratoud (ho Turks at Adrlanoula
I have ordered all old men. women
j and children to vacate the town tie
leauHO “in event of trouble, attention
1 will naturally be t'ocused on Adrian
i ;>ple."
Self-Confessed Spy
Admits Having Lied
’i CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Albert BaUln.
alias llala.'vow, confessed spy and
detective agent. admitted under so
, vore cross examination today, that
; many of his reports made while agent
i; for the Hums awl Then detective
uvewies were lies.
HEART IS MOVED TO PERFORM
OPERATION ON GIRL; NAIL AN
INCH LONG TAKEN FROM LONG
(1RBBN HAY, Wig., Fob. IV—Wu
| H e Wettdrlcke, 17-y«ir-old Green
I rt.iy girl, dead when her heart
topped beatilng while on the oper
sir* table during a major operation
performed by Dr. John Minabirt,
when he removed a brass nail more
tli in tin Inch long from the girl's
left lung?
At St. Vincent's Hospital li tre.
Rose vehemently denied that she h
anywhere near (loath and Is making
plans Tor tine many happy years sin
declares tire going to follow her dis
charge from the institution nest
week, when Tor the first time In
more than 13 years, sho will lie ar
'well” as other girls of her age.
In describing the operation, Dr
Mlinahan seated that it 'is one which
has novel boon recorded in any hos
pital.
-Tbiru-en v< r» ago, Rose, then a
mg a child tjj -playing with another
eirl when she accidentally swallowed
'ho brass nail. It lodged in the loft
' limit in a region where it was found
o be necessary to move the heart a
.nutter of more than an Inch to make
the 'incision .in the lung so that 'he
nail could be ronrovod. To get at
the heanl and lungs of the girt it
was neooesiary to open her chest and
temporarily sever live ribs. In mov
ing Che heart at one time It ceased
to boat, but I found that by moving
:he organ slowly and then releasing
it to a normal position in the body I
could regulate its action so that I
finally had it la a position whero I
could .make the incision on the lung.'*
Dr. Minahan explained.
Tho operation was attempted at a
Chicago hospital several years ago,
but proved to be unsuccessful.
'During the many years that tha
nail was in her body Hose was ill
continually. It Is believed now that
she will recover.