THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3334
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1923.
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GUNMEN TRY TO KILL LABOR LEADER
NEW FIND OF
SILVER FOUND
IN SO. YUKON
Stampeders Hit Trail from
Whitehorse—Ore Valued
at $20 to $150 a Ton.
(Special from Alaskan.)
SKAOWAY, Aug. 28. — There is
considerable excitement In White
home according to advices received;
•here ofer the reported new silver |
find on the Boswell River, a tribu
tary to the Hootalinqua, the later
emptying into the Yukon, about 90
miles from Whitehorse.
The location of the strike Is given
as about 15 miles up the Boswell
River across the divide from the
head of MeKlintock River. The
dtr.tancp by trail Is 40 miles from
Whitehorse.
Ore has been known to be In the
district for years but was conceded
too low grade to permit of opera
tions. Prospectors returned from
Boswell River but caused no ex
citement until a Territorial Assayed
proved the ore assayed from |20 to
$150 a ton.
Immediately there started a move
ment and a large number left to:
stake claims, all stampeders going
via the water rome.' -
The ore body is said to be 50
miles in width. The strike comes
at a time when the Southern Yukon
is looking hopefully to Keno. The
latest And gives promise of renewed
prosperity in the Southern Yukon.
Pioneer business men of White
horse who loft on the stampede in
clude W. A. Plunkett, William
Chantler and Jack French.
APPOINTMENTS
STIR NEGROES
WASSHINOTON, Aug. 28—Presi
dent Cooltdge seems to have aroused
a storm of protest In negro circles by
bis first two official appointments.
The two officials Involved are Col.
Clarence O. Sherrill, reappointed as
the President's military aide and
superintendent of buildings and
grounds of the District of Columbia,
and C. Bascom Slemp, former Virginia
congressman, named as the Presi
dent's secretary.
Both officials have been attacked
by negro organizations and the ne
gro press.
A formal protest to the President
against the Slemp appointment is
being prepared by the National As
soclation for the Advancement of
the Colored People, according to the
executive secretary of Its District
of Columbia branch, Shelby J. Da
vidson. This organization Is strong in
New England and other parts of the
North and East as well as In the
South.
James Kirkwood, Movie
Star, Is Seriously 111
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28—James
Kirkwood, movie star, who has been
unconscious since he fell from his
horse last Saturday afternoon, lias
about an even chance for recovery
according to attending physicians.
Lila Lee, movie star, to whom Kirk
wood was recently married, is con
stantly at his bedside.
LAWYERS WILL URGE PRESIDENT
TO TAKE OFFICE WHEN ELECTED
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 2S — While!
three full days of business sessions I
face delegates to the annual ton j
ventiou of the American Bar Associa
tion lucre, August 20 31, articular;
Interest attaches to the reports to
be sutpnltted the second day of the
meeting.
Those reports will be presented a!
I the afternoon session, and are lh<
i special committee's reports on Ameri
canization, Law Enforcement and
| Judicial Ethics.
| William Howard Taft, chief Justice
] of the United States, Is chairman of
the committee on Judicial ethics, and
will submit its report: It. K. L. Saner
of Dallas, Tex., heads the American
ization commit' ?e while Charles S. ;
Whitman of New York, is chairman !
of the law enforcement committee.
From the time John W. Davis of.
New York, president of the associa
tion, calls the convention to order at
10 a. m„ August 29, until election of1
!
officers ends business routine the
afternoon of August 31, the delegates
will be occupied with business and
entertainment features.
Annual Address
Gov. J. A. O. Preus of Minnesota,
will welcome the delegat s the open
day. and after announcements
reports of officers, the report of
executive committee and nomi
nation and election of members, the
presidents' annual addrt ss will be
given.
Concluding the forenoon session the
first day, the state d dogat's will
meet for the nomination of members
of the general council and vice
in g
and
the
president, and the local roun dl for
each state.
Wednesday afternoon, August
there willsbc a joint session o*
American Par association and
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the |
the :
Minnesota Bar asos latino. pies.ded
over by William A. Lancaster, presl
iuu<ki on Pans *>«v«o. •
FIRST PICTURE OF COOLIDGE IN EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
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Pro? Meat Calvin Cool Id Re is- shown as photographed for the first tiino in the .Executive Offices
attached to the White House.
SEEKING TO AVERT BIG ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE.
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Representatives of the anthracite coal miners are shown meeting in New York City with the
Federal Coal Fact Finding Commission, which summoned the miners and the operators to a confer
ence, at the behest of President C,olidge, in an effort to avert the threatened strike in the hard coal
fields on September 1. Standing, left to right, are: L. K. Hunt, Secretary of the Commission; C. J.
Golden, President of District No. 9, United Mnie Workers; Rinaldo Cappelini, President of District
No. 1, United Mine Workers, and Dr. K. P. Neuell. Seated, left to right, are: Thomas Kenney, Pres
ident District No. 7, U. M. W.; J. J. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers; John Hays Ham
mond, Chairman of the Commission; Thomas Marshall, former Vice-President of the United States and
a member of the Commission, and George Otis Smith, member of the Commission.
The negotiations failed, the trouble being the “check-off" system. Governor Pinchot, of Penn
sylvania, special commissioner, is now trying to adjust the differences between the operators and
miners in an effort to avert a s.riko next Saturday.
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WILL SHAKE-UP
TACOMA POLICE
TACOMA, Aug. 28—It is announced
there will be a shake-up In the Ta
j coma Police Department, Chief H.
j Dyment being returned to a captaincy
* and Archie Mondeau, member of the
detective department for 17 years,
becoming chief.
John L. Murray, Commissioner of
Public Safety, accuses Dyment of fail
ing to cooperate on closing bootleg
joints which Murray is said to have
shut tighter than ever before, taking
the matter into his own hands.
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| Rain and Lightning
Does Damage in Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. 28—Three
'persons are dead and property has
i been damaged to th<* extent of $100,
j 000 is the report received here fol
lowing a severe rain and lightning j
storm throughout the state.
BANKS ADOPT SCIENTIFIC
METHODS AGAINST’ CROOKS
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CHICAGO, Aug. 28—The hank rob
ber of today is a post graduate of
the university of crookdom and bis
methods of cracking safes are improv
ing JuBt as other Inventions or theo
ries are being improved upon in the
evolution of things.
This fact, according to the Illinois
Bankers' Association, has led to pro
tectlve measures by banks that are
based on the very latest and most
scientific lines. The bankers, accord
ing to the Asosciatlon. have long
since ceased to believe that any safe
is impregnable to the fingers, acety
lene torches or “soup" of the modern
bank robber.
Accordingly the bankers now are
concerned with building safes that
will Rive the robber the most troii
ble to open. When the new vaults
are constructed they are built from
the standpoint of how long it would
take an expert safe cracker to enter
them, rather than from a viewpoint
of being absolutely impregnable.
What the bankers call “tin door
safes" are safes with doors of one
half-inch steel. Statistics show that
these can be opened with an acety
lene torch in 30 minutes. Therefore
the Association wants round or screw
doors 3% inches in thickness.
In addition to keeping in touch
with the construction of saf«s, the
Association has divided the state in
to ten districts, with an inspection
department operating in each dis
trict. At regular Intervals each
bank Is inspected with a view to im
proving its protective features.
CONFERS WITH OPERATORS.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 28.—
Governor Pinchot, who yesterday
heart the miner's side of the anthra
cite controversy in executive session
with the miners’ representatives,
today summoned the coal mine op-,
erators for a similar conference.
TERMINATING
LAND FRAUDS
Big Oklahoma Land Scheme;
Goes Up in Vapor—Ar
rests Are Being Made,
KANSAS CITY, An*. 28—With the
arrest of R. W. Skipper, head of the
Oklahoma Engineering Company, gov-1
eminent agents revealed a plan to
terminate a land fraud scheme in
volving nearly $1,000,000. Persons in
all parts of the country are said to'
have been defrauded. Four others j
named in the complaint include N.
C. McNab and A. N. Champlain, ar
rested Saturday in Auburn, Wash.,
where it is alleged they have been J
selling false equities in Oklahoma !
farm lands.
I j
i Klansman Pleads Guilty
To Rioting; Sentenced
TULSA. Okla., Aug. 28—Arthur Fln
] ley, constable at Broken Arrow was
1 today sentenced to two years' impris
onment following making a guilty
' plea to the charge of rioting. He Is
1 the fourth admitted Klansman sen
tenced since this district was put
under martial law in an effort to
stop floggings.
Denies Report Turks
Fired on U. S. Flag
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug 28—The
American High Commissioner denies
ithe report from Athens that Turkish
soldiers recently fired upon upon a
launch flying the American flag at
Gallipoli.
FRENCH FORCES
IN RUHR BEGIN
TO MINE COAL
Occupation Authorities Take
Over Big Mine—Germans
Refuse to Remain.
DORTMUND. Aug. 28—The occupa ;
tlon authorities have started to mine
coal themselves for the first time since !
the French have been in the Ruhr!
which was in .January. The Occupation
nearby with five shafts. This was done
after an ultimatum from the German
workers who refused to stay. Two hun-,
dred French miners were placed in
the mine In charge of emergency
work.
Aerial Hunt to Arctic
Is Postponed for Year
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DETROIT, Auk- 28—The proposed I
aerial hunting expedition to the An
tic circle which a number of De-|
(toil and New York men planned to
make this month, lias been postponed
until next year.
Difficulty in establishing fuel sta
[ lions en route and supplying them
with adequate stock of gasoline
caused the postponement. Among
those who were to make up the party
were William E. Metzger, Harold 11.
Emmons, and Howard E. Cotfln. ot
Detroit, and Ingltsh M. Uppercu and
Charles E. Redden, of New York.
! Landis Opposed to
! Pardoning of
iWar Violators
j JONESBORO, Aug. 8 — Baseball
i Commissioner Landis, addressing the
j Arkansas convention of the American
Legion, said he hoped to see the
j election of a President who would
refuse to pardon a single "war pris
oner.”
YOUTH OF TODAY
BRIGHTEST HOPE
FOR TERRITORY
Governor Sends Encouraging
Message to Alaska
Teachers’ Institute.
KETCHIKAN, Au,?. 2S—In Aliskr
school children Is found the In st pro
mjse of Alaska's future, declared Gov.
Scott Hone in a brief inpssaf to
day to the t' arhi rs ot r. boo s It; Die
Territory who wore present at th ■
opening session of th" Alaska T' arh
ers' Institute which began its so o r'
annual meeting here today. The
message was presented through T,. 1)
Henderson. Commisisoner of Educa
tion. owing to the Governor's it n
avoidable absence on an official
trip to other pnrts of the Territory.
The message said:
"It has been my hope to be present
during your session of 1021? and ex
tend official and personal greetings,
but a trip to the westward denies nr
this privilege, I am. therefore, asking
Commissioner of Education, Hender
son, to bespeak my regrets and my
keen interest in your work. The Ter
ritory has every reason to be proud
of its school system. Its steady de
velopment is due to the efficiency and
ambition of a capable corps of teach
ers. The best promise of Alaska to
day is found in its growing genera
tion and it is most reassuring to
find that their educational needa are
so well provided for."
The Institute will conclude its ses
sions this week. Teachers from
every part of the Territory, exi ept
Seward Peninsula, are In attendance.
The majority of (lie members of the
faculty of the Juneau public school
arrived at Ketchikan late last week
and early this week. They will
reach Juneau early next week.
Bellingham Men Buy
Tuscan Prince Hull
BELLINGHAM. Aug. 28—Two local ;
men. Max Schwartz, president of the
Alaska Junk ' Company, and C. C. •
Clausen, have bought the hulk of the!
British freighter Tuscan Prince, which j
was wrecked on Austin Island, off
Vancouver Island. Feb. 14. They will
break her up as Junk, ship some of it
to Japan and bring the rest here. It
Is estimated that the crew of fifteen'
men will require three months to
salvage the 3,000 tons of steel and
machinery.
Cuno Will Visit"
U. S. in September
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WASHINGTON. Aug, 28 Former j
Chancellor Cuno of Germany will visit!
I he United States next month as a
| private- c itizen, it was learned at
the German embassy here. Or. Cuno
t is coming to the* United States in con*
j nectlon with the interests of Ger
man shipping enterprise* with which j
[he is associated, It was explained. j
American Crusader*. Secret
Order, Is Granted Charter
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Aug. 2X The .
American Crusaders, a secret order
I with James A. Comer. Grand Dragon
j of the Ku Klnx Klan of Kansas, as
; one of the founders, has been granted
a charter by the Circuit Court. Mem
bership Is open to 'male white per
sons of good health and morals."
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American Legion
Stands Pat
With France
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I’ARIA. Auk 2S National Com
m.iiiil r Owsley of thu American
Legion, at a dinner given luat
night by I ’oh f No. J. declared
that the American Legion in the 1
only organization in the United !
| States with courage to toll j
France "we stand with you and
Belgium in the occupation of
, the Ruhr.”
EXPLANATION OF i
REGENT NOTE OF
PRES, C00LID6E
MislaKe Made in Quoting
Chief Executive at Recent
K. of C. Convention.
BOSTON, Aug. 28—Through a mis
take for which responsibility has not
been established, u tribute to the
Knights of Columbus, paid by Calvin
Coolidge when he was governor of
Massachusetts, was published during
the recent convention of the Knights
of Columbus at Monteal as a message
received at that time from the Presi
dent, William C. I’rout, Massachusetts
state deputy of the Knights of Co
lumbus, says In a statement. Mr.
I’rout made the explanation because
of criticism of the message attributed j
to President Coolidge.
"This is what happened," Mr. Prout
said. “When President Coolidge was j
governor of Massachusetts he did
make the statement attributed to him.
This was not read at the convention,
but it was there, together wl>h other
(Continued on —*«e
Says Coolidge
Natural Successor
To Harding
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2* United
States Senator O K. Weller, of
Maryland, today made a statement
advocating the nomination of Coo
lidge. saying:
"Calvin Coolidge is heir to the poli
cies of the organization of I landing
and is his logical successor."
3 SHOTS TAKEN
AT WM, FOSTER
DURING ADDRESS
Labor Meeting in Chicago
Thrown Into Panic by
Would-be Assassins.
CHICAGO. Aug. 28.—An audknce
of nearly 3,000 persons attending
the meeting cf the garment work
ers. were thrown into a panic last
night when two gunmen suddenly
appeared and bursting into the hall
fired three shots at William Z. Fos
ter, head of the Trades Union Edu
cational League.
During the rerulting confusicn,
the bandits escaped.
Foster waa not hurt and con
tinued his address.
No explanation of the shooting
has been made.
PUGET SOUND
HUMPBACK RUN
BREAKS RECORD
Everett Canneries Operating
to Capacity — Belling
ham Turns Down Fish.
EVERETT, Aug. 28—The humpback
run In local waters is exceeding all
records since 1913.
Everett canneries are running to
capacity being forced to reject fish.
Captain Harry Ramwell, local can
neryman, member of the State Fish
Commission, Is of the opinion, the
run Is due to stricter measures of
the committee.
Run at Bellingham
BHLL.INOHAM, Augj 28—Hump
back salmon are becoming so abun
dant that canneries are refusing to
buy them of Independent purse sein
ers. The price has declined to 10
cents from 24 cents.
Most of the canneries did not put
all machinery In order nor provide
cans enough for such a run as Is now
appearing.
Cleveland Advanced for
National G.O.P. Session
CLEVELAND, Aug. 28 This city
will ho urged as tho place for the
next Republican convention as a me
morial to Harding by the Cleveland
Republicans. The matter will soon
bo placed before President Coolldgo
and National Chairman John T.
Adams.
Soldiers’ Compensation
Is Urged by Shortridge
EUREKA, Aug. 28—Senator Short
ridge addressed the convention of
the American Legion pledging him
self to support efforts to obtain
some sort of a soldiers' compensa
tion for former service men.
Senator Shortridge also advocated
restriction of Oriental Immigration
and further restriction on all other
Immigration.
Ambassador Crowder
To Return to Cuba
j WASSHINGTON, Aug. 28 Ambas
'sador Crowder, summoned home to
j discuss recent legislative viewpoints
In Cuba, plans returning to his post
as soon as he pays a visit to Colo
rado.
“RELIGION A GREAT NEED"
DECLARES JUSTICE TAFT
BOSTON, Aiir. S'* The need of I
religion in t h»* present crisis In'
stressed by f’hief Justice William H.
Taft hi a statement issued by the'
Unitarian News Service in connet- j
tion with announcement of the thlr-i
tieLit bientib'* meeting of th» Oeneral I
Unitarian Conference, of which thoi
chief justice is president. The meet
ing is to he held September 1116 at:
| New Haven. Conn., In th» buildings of1
Yale University, in conjunction with
the annual Ministers Institute and'
chapter convention of the Unitarian
Laymen's League.
i Honest doubts in respect to the
i orthodox creeds," says the statement
of the chief justice, "should not be
i itermltted to weaken the Influence of
religion or to engender Inertia in the
maintenance of religion and of the
church. I feel as If I'nitarlanlsrn In
view of the discussions In our sis
ter churches has become more and
more important In furnishing a basis
for religious inspiration. Such a cot^
ference as that the Unitarians will
hold in New Haven I doubt not can
be made most useful in the present
crisis.”
Other speakers to participate In
the Unitarian meeting are: Bishop
Francis J. McConnell of Pittsburgh,
of the Methodist Kplscopal Church;
Miss Orace Abbott. Chief of the
United States Children's Bureau, and
r>r William P. Shriver of the Pres
byterian Board of Home Missions,