THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXII., NO. 3257.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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PARTY OF 0. S. SENATORS AND
CONGRESSMEN TO VISIT HERE
Over Billion Dollars Offered for U. S. Marine Fleet
JOSEPH FOLK
PASSES AWAY
IN N. Y. CITY
Former Governor of Missouri
and Leading Democrat,
Is Dead in East.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Joseph
W, Folk, former Governor of Mis
souri, one of the pi eminent 1) ino
cratic leaders, died in New York
accenting io word received ai 'hit
law office here. He had been ill
seyeral months.
USED POLITICAL BROOM
Joseph Wingate Folk, one-time Cov
ernor cl* Missouri, presidential candi
date, leading .i.ight in the Democratic
party for many years, and author ol
numerous important state laws, wa
frequently referred to as “the man
who cleaned up IMlsscutli politics "
His success In .stamping out cor
rupt practices in the political affair;
of his adopted state attracted na
tion-wide attention just after the
.Spaailsh-AmeTican war, and so hn
prassed the people of Missouri that In
1905 they swept him intp-. the Gov
gmor's chair. Under the law. of
that state an in cum bant cannot sue-!
coed himself as Governor, but be
ctfhes eligible after an intervening
term. Folk served as Governor until
190*, and, according to his many
friends throughout the state, could
have returned to the job at any time
since.
Studied Law
iHe was born In Brownsville, Tea
(uouunuva on r»i« won »
Electrical Experts
Are to Meet
In New York City
_
NEW YORK, May 29.—(Bv Asso
ciated Proas.)—'Farm electrification
and the further electrification of
American Industries and commerce,
as a means of offsetting farm labor
shortage and the growing scarcity of
labor resulting from prosperity,
coupled with restricted immigration,
will be two of the many subjects com
ing before the 46th convention of
Itho National Electric Light Associa
tion In New York City June 4 to 8
Progress in electrical science, re-1
soar oh, invention and physical devel
opment also will be outlined in the
reports to bo presented and the dis
cussions which will follow their pre
sentation.
'Electrical experts from all over
tbo United Sta/tes and its territorial
possessions, from Canada and from
foreign countries will participate in
the program. Those present will in
clude Thomas A. Edison, the father
of the industry 'in this country, and;
Or. IStolnmotx, tho “Wizard of;
Schenectady."
LOVE TANGLE WITH NO SHARP EDGES.
At Derby, Connecticut, two pretty women are trying to make
one man happy. That man lias been husband to one of the women
and now ie husband to tile other. Roy Cummings, vaudeville head
liner, married Helen Gladdtngs, his vaudeville partner, in Bridge
ton, New Jersey, nine yearn ago. They > paratrd. and, in 1919,
Cummings permitted tier to divorce him. "I gave her $1,086,600,”
he said. “Count it up -a $17,600 home in Freeport, Long Island,
a $3,500 ear, a $1,000,000 baby and a $100 dog.” Also, the Court
gave her alimony of $!5o a we k. Later, Cummings married Wife
No. 2, Irene Shaw, who wag playing with Fred Slone. They were
married in Orange, New Jersey. All three met In swimming at fxmg
Beach, New Vork. The two wives became very fond of each
other, and now all three live together, obeying, tihey say, the
laws of God and mgn-^and Cummings ia $150 a week ali
mony, so Wife No. 2 can have a ne.w sealskin eo.il this Fall.
SEES MENACE IN CRUSHING
INDIVIDUALITY OF WORKERS
Landlord System
In Ireland May
| Be Abolished
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lOUBLIX. May 29.—Tile gov
ernment bill to abolUh the land
| lord system and substitute peas
! ant proprietorship was today
1 Introduced in the Dali Eireann. \
; The new system would vest all
1 land In a commission of land
1 lords to be paid off in 15 years, j
' the tenants to pay 65 per cent i
| of the present ratos,
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Brains of Big Robber
Gang Believed Caught
'LB A VEX WORTH, May 2!>,-~Foy
Sherrill, notorious bandit, escaped
convict, Is reported to have been
captured at McAlloster, Okla. Offi
cers here believe ho has been the
brains of a gang robbing trucks and
especially the robbery in which over
$200,000 was secured from the Denver
mint.
DURING EXPLORER IS DRIVEN
AWAY FROM FORRIDDEN LHASSA
CAIjOUTTA. May 29.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Dr. Hugh McGovern,
■the 'Irish Buddlst priest who recently
succeeded in penetrating the world’s
greatest rampart of mountains, the
4Mmala<yns, behind which lies the for
bidden city of Lhassa, has just re
turned to Darjeeling after having
been arrested by British frontier
authorities Tor violating Tibet's
sacred ground. The doctor reports
’that in his attempts to get into
•Dhaoaa he and his four companions
suffered .intense privations and ex
posure in the smowclad mountains,
■which are 6g0 feet higher than the
highest peaks in the United States.
After battling with snowstorms day
and. night and being compelled more
than once to retrace his steps, Me
Oovern alt Hangu was confronted
with a strike of his servants, who
refused to go further. He had to
beat them 'into submission before
they would resume the journey. He
kept bis ultimate destination secret
train hts companions, fearing they
votold desert hlib If they knew the
[ distance and the hardships. On the
desolate mountain pass of Karula the
Irish prelato revealed his objective.
Only under compulsion did his com
panions continue the Journey with
i him.
To avoid detection by the fanati
cal Tibetans. Dr McGovern dyed his
hair and painted his whole body so
as to look like a native. Thus dis
guised and attirod dn the dress of a
peasant, he played the role of coolie
and cook. After many reverses he
fiaail.v reached Lhasa*, only to be
apprehended by the Tibetans, who
ordered his immediate deportation.
He is now with friends in Darjeeling i
and will soon leave for England.
An Amertea/n who is planning to
enter Tibet is Captain Merl La Voy,
of Seattle, Wash. Armed with cre
dentials from the American State De
partment and permits from the Chi
nese government. La Voy with a
number of American scientists and
explorers will leave India late In
the fall and proceed directly tor
Lhasa a.
MONTREAL. M iv 2')--(Bv Asso
ciateil Press.)—The Individual Is the
world's biggest problem, Robert B.
Wolf, New York engineer and in
dustrtialist, declared today in an
address on "Managrvni'QClt Engineering
In the Paper Industry,” at the spring
metaing of the American Society of
Mechanical Engine: rs.
‘‘In no other period of tha world’s
history has tho group spirit found
*uch material expression is in this
20th century development of corpor
ate industry,” said Mr. Wolf, who was
a in ember of tho Hoover Commit tee
on Ellminat.ion of Waste in industry
of the Federated American Engineer
ing Societies
“In tho past men have combined
Into groups for productive purposes,
but never before have wo seen such
grouping of groups and these larger
groups Into still large.r corporate
units, and tho startling fact is that
moat of this has taken place within
tho lifetime of the men who are still
in active charge of inddstry.
“What is the meaning of it all,
and what Is to becomo of the In
dividual men in ith,o process? Tills, I
believe to be the most momentous
problem confronting modern civiliza
tion, for if it is not solved, civiliza
tion as now constituted cannot last.
To crush out tho Individuality of
the workman is fatal to human prog
ress and it Is also fatal to destroy the
inddvidualit.v of our manufacturing or
producing units.
“The individual must be under
stood, and the whola problem of In
dustry rosolves it self into finding out
how to enable the unit Individual, the
man, to become conscious of his re
lationship to the alldncluding group
Individual, the plant..
“The secret nooms to lie in stimu
lating group consciousness within the
organic whole of the plant by con
tinuously recording the group’s rela
tionship to the plant on the one
hand, and Che man on the other, and
tho immediate need sooms to be for
the education of foremen to intelli
gently direct the group.s.
“Tho recorded results of this new
effort will net again as a fresh stimu
lus, so that continuous progress In
both knowledgo of process and skill
In the uac of his knowledge is bound
to follow.”
9EATTHE, May 29.—Entertain
ment every hour of the day is
planned for the Congressional Party
which Is expected to arrive here to
morrow. The party will leave Sat
urday night on the transport Cam
bria for Alaska.
OFFER TOM
MARINE FLEET
I
Billion Dollars Is Reported
Offered for U. S. Ship
ping Board’s Fleet.
WASHINGTON. 29 —A repre- i
sentative group of fimineial interests i
whose identity Is no: disclosed, has \
delivered to the Shipping Board an
offer said to be In the neighborhood
| of $1,000,000,000 for the entire active
I portion of the govern menu's merchant
[ marine Moot. A bond of $1,000,000
a.s a guarantee c-f sincerity has been
tendered.
WASHINGTON, May 23.—C stidr
man Iaaeker in a statement said the
| Shipping Board wtfl thortwighlv in
vestigate the offer of more than!
$1,000,000,000 received for (he en
tire Government fleet. If tnie bid
ders bark up the proposal “there
can be no doubt rhe Board will
make the awardfto them."
The hid wai presented by John
W. Slack. President of the Columbia
Poetal Supply Company, of Silver
Check. New York. He proposes to
e iy $1,051,000,000 for all ships, ac-i
tive and inactive ami all other prop-j
erty of tlie United Slates Shipping!
Board ami prbv&iSfe’ an Initial pay
ment. of $51,000,000 be made Octo-j
her 1 and $50,000,000 yearly there
I ifior until the entire sum is paid.
WHO SLACK IS.
BUFFAIX), May 29. — Jobn W.
Slack, who made the offer to buy
the Shipping Board marine fleet Is
president and sole owner of thel
Columbia Postal Supply Company |
| which makes stamp cancelling ma- ,
chines for the government.
His proposal agrees that he will
operate the present lines with at I
least as good a service as that ren- 1
dcred by the Shipping Board.
Duping the entire life of the!
agreement the Government will have |
a right to repossess all properly at ;
any time payment is defaulted.
ARGONAUT MINE
WILL S.Q0N BE
WORKER AGAIN
Mine Where 47 Lost Their
Lives, Being Unwatered— j
Resume Work June 15.
JACKSON', Cal.. May 29.—The!
work of unwatoring the Argonaut
gold mine, shut down since last Au-j
gust, when 47 miner* lost their liver: !
from fire, has been completed.
It Is expocted chat within a fort
night the body of William Fesselj
will bo found. Fosse! left an irn-i
i finished note oil the second timbered I
bulkhead itelMng of the hard fight of j
the miners to keep alive. His body j
was not 'found at the time of the'
otiher minors’ bodies.
Mining will bo resumed In the Ar
gonaut, It Is exported, about June 13.
NAME OF FORD
HISSED; HOOTED
Presidential Aspirations As
sailed by Jews—Called
Backer of K. K. K.
ATLANTIC CITY, May 29.—After
exciting scenes In which the name •
of Henry Ford was hissed and hoot- \
ed. the delegates to the annual
Jewish convention here unanimously
passed a resolution criticising Ford’s
attack on the Jews and aaeaiied his
Presidential aspirations. The reso
lution also charged Ford with being
the financial backer of the Ku Klux
Klan. ,1
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PRE-NATAL INFLUENCE M \DE HER MODERN VENUS.
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.A .ftt l^a&tca.- -»«■.
Mrs. A. M. Baker, of Now Y irk, mother of Martha Gonzales,
the new "Anieflcan Venus,’' claims pre-nalul influence made her
beautiful daughter the “perfect 114" she has been acclaimed. Before
Martha was horn Mrs. Baker, always a lover of the beautiful, pur
chased s reproduction of n famous painting, representing a scene
from ‘'.Tristan and Isolde," in which appear several perfectly formed
female figures. Mrs. Baker spent many hours a day gazing at the
Picture and hoped that her expected daughter might likewise be
endowed with prelection of physical charms. Her wishes were
realized when her child wus born. Only a few days ago, Miss Gon
zales (her professional name) was acclaimed the "new American
Venus” at the Masonic Fashion Show, New York City. She is
shown here, with her mother, gazing at the picture to which her
mother attributes her physical perfection.
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Request for Release
Of War Law Prisoners
Is “Unpatriotic”
I INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.— ,
The appeal by prominent per- 1
| soim to Provident Harding' for
the release of 62 war law prls
j oners Is declared to be “dls
, tlnctly unpatriotic” by Lemuel i
I Bolins, National Adjutant of
I the Anteriean Legion.
In a statinnent. Adjutant
| Bolles said:
"These 62 war prisoners, |
| under the old world laws or ]
j the newest advanced by the |
theory of government by So- j
vletiem, would have been lined i
j up and executed.”
Axe Murderer Gets
Thirty-Fifth Victim
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., May 29.—
Charley C raff re, the 35th victim In
Birmingham of the mysterious axe
murderer, was found last night be
hind the counter in his store, his
skull having been crushed with a
single blow of an axe. In the past
two years there have been 35 at
tacks, 18 killed and 17 injured.
Fur Action Sale on;
Seal Skins Are Lower
KANSAS CITY, May 29. -At' the
fur auction sale hero, with 25 buyers
present, the registered price of seals
opened 7 per ee.nt below last fall's
prices, ranging from $15 to $68
pelt. A total of 18,118 sealskins
sold for tho govern mont brought
*575,000.
Kelly and MacReady
Are Cheered at Dinnei
DAYTON. O . May 29.-Lieutenant;
Kelly and MacReady arrived at thrf
McCook Field from Belleville Iasi
night and were cheered for severa
minute* when they entered the roon
where a dinner was being given Ir
their honor.
NEW PROGRAM
IS MADE FOR
| REPARATIONS
German Industrial League
Would Mortgage Country
to Pay Off Debts.
RERUN, May 29.—Germany's new
reparations program, which the Ger
I mtin Iaoague of Industrialists has sub
I mlttod to Chancellor Cuno, proposes
| to mortgage every square inch of
j German soil so as to pay tribute to
1 the nation's former foos.
The proposition Is for 30 years’
assessment on the basis of 50 per
cent of t>ho present gold values. This
is expected to produce annually 500,
000,000 gold marks.
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CONGRESSIONAL
PARTY WILL BE
HERE JUNE 13TH
Governor and Mayor Advised
As to Arrival—Invita
tion Is Accepted.
i The tentative itinerary of the Con
I Kreteihnal delegation aboard the
l Army Transport Cambrat contem
plate? its arrival here on June 13 and
leaving on June 14. according to tele
grams rci-civ d today by Gov. Scott
(V Hi ni an I Mayor I. Goldstein from
Senator Francis H. Warren. It U
pisaible, ••aid Governor Bone, tint
ithe party's arrival here may be one
day later thin fixed tentatively lie
j cam so of tb a c: rese.ity of allowing
[ four days Instead of three for the
\ trip ovpr the Alaska Railroad from
I Seward to Fairbanks and to vlglt
the coal mines.
The party reached Seattle today
on ithe Gam bra I end is tchediiled to
sail from tbit port on June 2. The
Caunbrai will call at Juneau. thus ob
viating the necessity of bringing the
delegation hero from rhilkoot B r
racks on smaller boats as had be -n
contemplated
Accents Local Invitation
Several days ago Mayor Goldstein,
i by telegraph, extended an levitation
i Co the party to visit Juneau. Senn
; tor Warren's telegram to him is in
[ response to this, ami is as follows#
! “Your wire acknowledged. ■ f'on
groislonal party accepts your jclnd
Invitation and advises that tent3tlvo
Itinerary contemplates arrival of
Cumbrui in Juneau on June 13, to
leave June 14 Exact time of ar
rival mnd departure will be fur
nished at a later date."
These telegrams set at rest alt
speculation regarding the probability
of the delegation visiting Juneau,
defipltely assuring that It wLll do so.
The general committee In charge
(Continued on Page Two.)
: Constantinople Y.M.C.A.
Closed by Government
COS’ S*T AMT IN' OBI .E, May 29—The
; Turkish government has decided to
close the Y. M. C. A here on the
ground that it is operating without
formal consent, which is requiied for
all foreign organisations.
The Y. M. C. A is charged in re
cent attacks with leading children
from the Turkish faith.
New Treaty Between U. S.
And Turkey Is Under Way
I.AL'SANNE, May 29.—Informal
conversation for the revision of the
i treaty between the United States
and Turkey lias progressed so fav
orably that it is believed negotia
tion* cun begiu soon. Joseph C.
Grejv und lemet Pasha are negotiat
ing the treaty. • .
DECLARES WOMEN ARE CAUSE
OF HALF OF WOE IN WORLD
fcONDON, May 29—((By Associate
I ed Proas.) --li&ld the miseries of the
I Western world are caused by women
1 righting against men, declared Dr.
Josiah Oldfield, the eminent British
physician, lawyer and author, in a
recent London address. In spite of
countless a ye a of experience, the
doctor added, women had failed to
excel even in cookiDg, yet they set
lip as competitors of men in all walks
of life. “Far more homes are made
miserable by envious women,” he
said, “than by dominant dr brutal
mon."
“Women," continued Dr. Oldfield,
“have been ‘ft nklers' on the mandolin
ami piano through all the ages, but
it is among men that the creative
musicians are found." In the sphere
of art. also. Dr. Oldfiold said that al
though women had been busy paint
ing their lips und face*, their nails
mi syeiasbss tor countless ages, If
one sought paint Inga which would
create nmotiuns of the highest and
best character for all time, one has
to go to paintings done by men.
“Women are imitative and not
creative.” said 'the English critic.
"If search is made in Westminster
Abbey for roeonl9 of tho great wo
men of England, one will find a few
actresses and courtesans, but none
who were worthy of being commemo
rated as poets, painters, sculptors. In
ventors. world pioneers or world ben
efactors”
Having charged 'women with neg
lecting the most sacred duties of
motherhood and with having selected
the doubtful pleasures of politics and
public life in place of it. Dr. Oldfield
, concludod by saying that men were
. superior and should be reverenced
! and until women were taught to be
come affectionate Junior comrades ip
1 the co-partnership ot the sages, thepe
| would be no poueo In life