THE
ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
•ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3305.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1923.
„ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENT*
HARDING IN VANCOUVER TOMORROW
Western Alaska Pack Falls off: Good in S. E. Alaska
BRISTOL BAY
FISH SEASON
l FALLS SHORT
Seapon 'Ends to Westward
Tomorrow with Light Pack
— Situated Stated.
SALMON PACK IN S. E.
ALASKA SHOWS UP BIG
Canneries in Juneau District
Get More Cans—Labor
Shortage Is Problem.
ASTORIA, Ore.. July 25. — The
■almou fishing season in the Biistol
Bay region, Alaska district, will
close Thursday.
According to advices received
from there it is indicated the rack
at most points will be far below
that of last season.
At Wusbagak the pack has beer
exceptionally light while at Naknel
River it is much better. This ii
die situation which prevailed ir
1922 but it is reported the dis
parity in the catches at the tw<
points is even more pronounced thar
it was last year.
Seme authorities claim the tota
Alaska pack this year will not ex
ce*d fiity per cent of the pack o:
last year.
Good in S. E. Alaska.
The above estimate is based, o
* coarse, cn the production in We3t
crtHMaate
In Southeastern Alaska there ii
an abundance of fish, according U
reports from canneries in the Juneai
district and those from the Ketchi
lean region.
lit is said that with many can
neries the problem is to get laboi
.for the canneries to handle all thi
fish caught and not. as it has ofter
been heretofore, to get sufficienl
quantity of fish.
Several canneries have alreadj
ordered additional cans and boxes in
order to put up a larger pack thar
was anticipated at the beginning ol
the season.
It is estimated that the pack oi
the numerous canneries in the Ju
neau district is from 50 to 100 pei
cent larger than at this time las1
year.
Higher Love Affair
Promised in
“Poison Pen” Case
NEW. YORK, July 25—Evidence
of a love affair between Mrs. Allan
A.. Kyhn, wife of the financier, and
George Maxwell, President of the
American Society of Authors, Com
posers and Playwrights, under In
dictment for writing the "poison
pen” letters to Ryati, was disclosed
by Assistant District Attorney Mal
oney today. This was contained in a
brief opposing Maxwell’s motion for
dismissal of the indictment.
It was declared that the defend
ant was a Lothario who made love
to prominent women and when he
become bored tried to rid himsolf
of them by writing "poison pen”
letters to their husbands.
NEW YORK, July 25.—Late this
afternoon the Indictments against
George Maxwell, in which he was
charged with attacking the charac
ter of Mrs. Ryan and half a dozen
other women, were dismissed by Gen
eral Sessions, Judge McIntyre.
NEW YORK. July 25.—E. H.
Gary, head of the United States
Steel Corporation announces that
presidents of the corporations and
subsldarleg will meet here tomorrow
to discuss elimination of the 12
hour day for which the Industry
has long been criticised.
COWS ADDICTED TO NARCOTICS
■> MAT SE ARRESTED IN MONTANA
HELENA, Mont., July 25.—A cow,
or any otber animal, which becomes
addicted to the narcotic habit In
Montana; may be arrested and con
fined in the state sanitarium until
pronounced cured by the physicians
according to a new state law.
i
The new law, legislator)* say. Is
the result of a clerical error made
in the closing days of the session.
An amendment Intended to strength
en the anti-narcotic law, was tacked
onto the law providing for the con
demnation of stock driven Insane by
the eating of loco weed.
Leading Lawyer Charged
With Bribing Juror.
FaJLIaru.
William J Fallon, one of the
most prominent criminal lawyers
in Now York City, is under -Fed
eral lndictmtnt on the charge of
bribing Charles W. Rendigs. cleuk
and ruit manufacturer, when tlie
latter was a juror In the prosei u
tion of Durrell-Greerory a Com
pany, Inc., cn the charge of using
I the mail:- to defraud in an alleged
'j bucketf.hop care. All the accused
1 were then acquitted. Rendigs is
charged with having received $2,
600 from the attorney. Strangely
’ enough. Rendigs appeared as a
juror in the subsequent trial of
Edward M. Fuller and William F.
McGee, confessed bucketshop keep
, et's whose attorney was Fallon. In
this trial there wasa disagree
ment, Kendigs voting for acquit
tal. Eater Fuller and McGao
pleaded guilty.
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SCHWAB GIVES
TESTIMONY IN
MORSE TRIAL
Tells of Advising Large Loan
—Relatives Not Wanted
in His Business.
WASHINGTON. July 25, Chariot!
M. Schwab, war time head of the
Emergency Fleet, in the trial of
Charier, \V. Morse and others charged
with shipbuilding frauds, said he
had urged a $750,000 loan to the
defendants because the government,
when in vital need of ships, should
have been willing to take some
risk, Schwab sa’.d he urged Morse
to cut the salaries of his sons 80
per cent and curtail their activities
in the business.
“In all of my experience I never
found it wise to have my relatives
in my business." declared Schwab.
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Wedding Love Match
Barrymore Declares
ROME, July 25. — Monel Barry
more and Irene Fenwick, stage
Irtars, who were wed here recently,
j married for love.
“Please don’t refer to this as a
’ecrec.n wedding,’ ’’ Barrymore
pleaded. “This is a love match."
They have decided to spend their
honeymoon in Rome.
Social Democrats Are
Losing German Election
BERLIN, July 26.—In the elec
tion throughout Germany for dele
gates to the forthcoming Metal
Workers' Congress at Cassell, re
turns show the Communists are win
ning and the Social Democrats arc
losing everywhere.
MAY POSTPONE ALASKA ADDRESS;
MORE TIME NEEDED BY HARDING
Daugherty Is to
Appear in
San Francisco Case
CHICAGO. July 25.—Attor
ney General Daugherty an
nounced here last night as he
left for the west to join Presi
dent Harding that he would
personally appear in San Fran
cisco againft the metal dealers
charged with conspiracy to
boycott union labor.
YUKON MAY
GET LIQUOR
Whiskey May Cross Alaska as
Medicine—New Loop
hole Is Discovered.
VICTORIA, H. C., July 25.—
I Liquor board officials have discov
ered an apparent loophole in United
Stales prohibition regulations whichj
; may make It possible for Yukon;
Territory to secure tlie liquor it lias,
I be n waiting for since its storks ran (
out mere than a year ago. The die-1
coveiy may also lead to the creation!
of an enormous business In liquor'
with tlie United States on u 1 cgtUI
basis !
* Statements made to the Hqnorj
! board by wealthy operators of Chi-:
this will be followed up when the.
| board seeks information from the!
I United States consular service.
Enter for Medicinal Purposes. I
According to the Chinese distill-!
ers, vast quantities of Chinese liquor;
are shipped Into the United States1
I for medicinal purposes. |
Whether or not tills practice con
stitutes infringement of the United
:States dry laws and creates tlie pre
cedent for shipping Seotch and other
liquor from British Columbia across
the border "for medicinal purposes,”
does not concern the liquor board so
jmuch as does the possibility of being;
able to ship liquor across the Alas
kan strip of land into the Canadian
Yukon.
Previous Experts Have Failed.
Although without prohibition laws
and nominally wet. the Yukon has:
; not been able to replenish liquor!
r.tocks for many months owing to!
the fact that all shipments must!
pass through dry Alaskan territory]
to get there. Repeated efforts have
j been made to get the liquor through
;to the Yukon in a legal way, but so;
.far they have been without success, j
! Meanwhile $100,000 worth of liquor!
is In Vancouver warehouses avyait-i
! log the lifting of the burs into the!
Yukon.
ARE TODEMAND
I WAGE INCREASE!
; i
i CHICAGO, July "5.—EH.Fitzgerald
| President of the Brotherhood of
, Railway and Steamship Clerks,
Freight Handlers and Express Em
ployees, at a hearing before the|
(Federal Railway Board, requested a1
| wage increase amounting to $24.- j
000,000 annually and affecting 125,-!
000 employees on more than one-!
half of the nation's railroads.
The increase asked for range from ]
nine to 17 cents an hour.
British Mining Engineer
Prisoner of China Bandits i
PEKIN', July 25. Ohinpse bandits 1
have captured Darcy Wetherbe, Brit
ish mining engineer, near Chiusu,
Province of Ynana. This Is accord
ing to advices received by the cus
toms commissioner here.
Mohammedans and Hindus j
Riot; Five Persons Deadj
1 AJMERE. British India. July 25.—
A serious clash between Hindus and
Mohammedans here lust night re
sulted in the killing of five and the
injury to others before ’ troops with
the police restored order. The riot
ers handled the police roughly. *■
President HardiugXmay not deliv
er an address in Salute on Friday
relative to Alaskan, policies. Ac
cording to William H Curry, Wash
ington, D. C. correspondent for the
Seattle imes, newspapermen with
the President in Alaska, believe that
this is possible. Tbs dispatch In the
Times, from Curry, under Wash
ington date line of kjuly 18 says:
Special dispatches to Kastern
newspapers by (01respondents with
President Harding 1 now plans to
make his big Alaska speech in New
York. August 28, fit1 evening after
he land* from Po* > Rico at the
conclusion of his trip
If thisa be true it means that while
President Harding will make an Al
askan speech in Siattie on July 27
when he returns to the United States
from the North, it will not be tile
kind of a speech he had in mind
when he left Washington on .lime
20. At that time ht* believed ho
would get hold of ail angles of the
Aiaskan situation in auill a way as
to permit him to make in Seattle
an announcement of a definite Al
askan policy.
Washington now believes, if the
•tews from the North is authentic,
that the (’resident has found it will
He a physical and , mental impossi
bility for him to sort out, arrange,
classify and digest the great mass of
information that has poured upon
him during his stay in Alaska ninth
of which is tinged -with hitter parti
sanship and local dissensions, during
the time it lakes the navy transport
Henderson to make the run down
to Seattle.
If the rforreAflfindtWs aW'T'nrfertly
Informed, the President is desirous
of giving the subject a great deal
more study than will he permissable
on the voyage “out.” He therefore
In Seattle will. It Is said, speak In'
genera! rather than specific terms j
and touch lightly if at all upon ap !
proporlations and legislative mat-!
ters. He sails from San Diego I
for (he East Coast on August 5,1
and with the exception of a short i
stop in the Panama ('anal Zone j
and a day and a night in Porto j
Rico, will have until August 27,
or 28 to check over the things he j
lias seen and heard in the great
northern Territory and to arrange!
his own Ideas.
Would-be Reformers
Attacked by Officers
VANCOUVER, B. C.. July 25.—1
Maudlin sentiment of would-be te-i
formers came in for condemnation
at last night’s session of the North-j
west Association of Sheriffs and
Police at their convention. This
subject came up when law enforce
ment was discussed and the mem
bers of the convention declared that
laxity shown in puntshment of crim-i
Inula in thousands of cities andi
towns of the United States was un-l
doing the work of the police and'
making It difficult for them to pro-j
tect society.
Oregon Convicts Escape
In Car Load of Bricks
SALEM, July 25.—Four convicts
escaped from the Oregon Htate
Prison brick yard late yesterday ill
i car which wa# shunted out. They
had built an enclosure at the end
>f the car with brickH in which
:hey liid. Ttie inspector passed the,
sac us it left the yard.
Iexas Men Guilty of
Floggings in 2 Years
HOUSTON, July 25. — Twelve
loose Creek men, in the District
Court today entered pleas of being
tuilty to 17 charges gi-owlng out of
masked flogging in the oil fields dur
ing the last two yeurs.
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Lady Astor’s Liquor
Measure Is Law,
With Crown’s Assent
LONDON, July 25.—The House of,
Cords has passed on the third read-!
Ing Lady Astor’s measure prohib-‘
Iting the sale of liquor to thoee|
under 18 years of age, without1
amendment.
Having passed the House of Com-1
inons previously, the measure now j
becomes a law if the Crown accents.
PASTOR’S JAW PUNCHED FOR KISSING WOMAN.
■P*
ess's*
Ill
f I'fi-scxVlJL Hattie &.*> vr. <7 go if T‘a i we ,
Beeaitt'e bo navi.' Mre. Priusillu Hague, n bruit'of :\ few weeks,
a kiss of ••fatherly affet iijn," R v. Ueorge 1* Paine, prominent
Poston rpTg.yinun was punched n the jaw by her husband, Lieu
tenant WVblty Mel .ai t n’Plague, t. 8. Navy. fir. Paine performed
the wadding > •idfliony. for the Hugur*. (tp tedli cut lii the
iffi&airni'f'V tv1 • Vi tilt* Trim rival officer
Caressing Auto
Driving Conies
' Under Ban Now
OLYMPIA, July 25. The |
State Highway Patrol has an- j
Mounted a vigorous campaign
against driving an automobile |
with one hand on Ilia wheel
and the other around a girl
following the decision of Judge
, Mann, of Spokane, that such
j conduct is reckless driving.
COMMUNISTS
TORTURE MAN
IN FRANKFORT
Outrage Is Staged in Ger
many—Deed Is Attribut
ed to Criminals.
FRANKTOUT, July 25. — Or
Haas. Public Prosecutor, who wai
killed in the Communistic disturb
m<es Monday night, was dray,get
From liis home and hauled throng!
the streets until lie became uncon
icious.
Iliias was then stood against «
amp post and beaten over the head
ind face with clubs and iron rods
tnd pelted with stones until death
:a me.
The deed is attributed to crim
inals whom Haas had prosecuted
Bank Messengers Robbed
Of Large Sum of Monej
TORONTO, July 25. Six bandit!
lumped from a large automobile to
lay and attac ked the messengers o
the Standard anil Sterling Nationa
Bank of Commerce who were re
turning from the clearing house with
numerous bags of money. The bail
Jits escaped with what' Is believed
to be a large sum after woundlii*
two Sterling bank employees in ii
sensational pistol fight. *
SMOULDERING CAR FOUND
TORONTO. July 25. - Provtncit
police are scouring Ontario for the
bandits, it is now stated they es
raped with $136,000.
Word lias been received that i
touring car. believed to have hetu
used by the bandits, has been found
smouldering ruins, on the Uarrlsoi
road between Buffalo anil Port Erie
Ontario. .
JOHNSON MAY
THROW HAT IN !i
RING TONIGHT
i _
Testimonial Dinner to Be Giv- i
en California Senator—
Something Doing. i
NKW YORK, July 25. - Ulilted I
1 States Senator Hiram VV. Johnson,
, who returned last Monday from a
| tour abroad, tonight will enumerate
bln views on foreign relations at u j
testimonial dinner. (
I Johnson'a friends intimate titat ]
the dinner tonight will be the oc
I CASloned for launching n boom for
him for the Republican Presidential I
nomination.
Congressman Blanton
Is On Trial in Texas i
COM ANOUK, Texas, July 25.— 1
Six jurors in the County Court to- i
day are preparing to hear testimony i
in the case against. Congressman '
ij Wanton in an alleged libel of Con- !
j gressman Oscar Callaway, Blanton's
[opponent in 19 22.
I
Father and Son Week Is
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iTo Be Held in November
NEW YORK, July 25.—(By Asso-i
| dated Press.) - A change in the I
,i dates of National Father and Son |
Week, so as to have the obeerv-i
mice renter each year around Ar
mistice Day, is endorsed by Presi
dent Harding in a letter received
at tlie New York offices of the In
ternational Committee, Y. M. C. A.,,
which originated the observance In
' 1917 and whose Hoys’ Work Coin-:
1 inittee continues to lead its promo
I tlon.
The change from the week of Din
I coin's birthday, used for the purpose j
! of the observance until this year,
(has been made in response to the
.desire of national and international
j Sunday School organizations. The ;
| President's letter follows:
"My attention has been called to;
1 the National Father and Son Move-;
1 ment, whic h is to be launched dur-!
» ing National Father and Son Week
1 November 11-18. It is a great pleas-!
• cure for me to commend this move-,
latent, which has as .-its objective . to‘
draw together in a more intimate
way the fathers asd sons of Amer
ica, and to strengthen and develop
this relationship.
"The success of this movement
during the past years has won for
it a distinct place. Since the move
ment has become world wide In char
acter, it is most fitting that it cen
ter around the date of world wide
significance. Armistice Day. Surety,
the coining generation will need to
he constantly reminded of tlielr ob
ligation to help maintain the peace
nf the world, for which millions of
fathers and sons have died'in past
years.
"It is hoped that all individuals
as well as constructive agencies,
interested in the boy life of our
nation will give this week the con
sideration and recognition by bring
ing together father and sons in the
schools, churches, clubs and other
places, and assisting the boys of
the community to their own inherent
right of- companionship with their
f
PRESIDENT WILL
BE 10 HOURS ON
CANADIAN SOIL
Transport Henderson Expect
ed to Reach Vancouver
Early Tomorrow A. M.
PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
ANCHORS; GO FISHING
Transport Ahead of Schedule
and Members of Party
Fishing Today in River.
ON BOARD THE U. S S. HEN
DERSON WITH PRESIDENT HARD
ING, July 25. — (By Associated
Press.)—Favcred by Rood weather,
the transport Henderson retiunisg
frem Alaska with President Harding
and his party, was ahead of schedule
today and instructions were given to
anchor off Campbell River.
President Handing and most of
the men of his party planned to
take advantage of the stop and try
their luck at King Salmon fishing.
Arrangements were made for the
Campbell River fishermen to put
out to the Henderson to take those
ofT who wanted to fish.
After the fishing trip the Hender
son will make a leisurely run to
night down the Georgia Straits and
tomorrow morning steam into Van
:ouver Harbor and allow the Presi
dent and Hrs. Harding and other*
to go ashore and spena 10 hours on
Canadian soil.
Newspaper correspondents are jnV
lant over the prospects of a victory
n the shuffle board tournament,
11 roe of the four finalists being
lewspapermen. President Harding,
iecretaries Hoover, Work and Wal
ace fell by the wayside in the sec
ond and third rounds.
FRISCO MARINE REVIEW.
SAN FRANCISCO, July l'5.- -Hun
Ireda of crafts of all types will par
lctpato in the great merchant tnar
no review before President Harding
n San Francisco Bay next Tuesday.
Army and navy planes will fly
iverhead and each vessel will dip
he Hag as the Presidential craft
.nd lighthouse tender Sequoia
iai-.ses.
CAUGHT NONE YET.
CAMPBELL RIVER. B. C.. July
15.—President Harding has arrived
nd gone, fishing. He has caught
lone yet.
uOnvict Is Shot Shortly
After Making His Escape
WALLA WALLA. Wash . July 2b.
-Overtaken by two prison guards a
cw minutes after lie escaped from
he penitentiary here this morning
V. B. Burnett, alius P. J. Hay, com
niltod from Spokane County for 5
o 10 years for burglary, pulled a
vooden imitation gun and was shot
:i tlio leg. He escaped over the
vail with a wooden ladder and was
si ot running down the prison hill.