THE
ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS A\.L THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3179.
JUNEAU. ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
DR. HUBERT
WORK NOMINATED
THE INTERIOR
VAGUE RUMORS
THAT GERMANY
: WILL BE GOOD
Intimations Are Received that
Germany and France
, May Get Together.
PARIS, Feb. 27.—Tho French gov
ernment has received Intimations of
a vague and Indirect nature that the
German government desires to ne
gotiate a settlement of the repara
tions Issue. This is the rumor pre
vailing in responsible quarters today.
WOBBLIES ARE
GIVEN CHOICE
TWO SENTENCES
Bread and Water for 30 Days
in Jail or Get Out of
Centralia Quickly.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 27.—
Seventeen Wobblies arrested since
last Saturday on charges of vagrancy
have been found guilty in the police
court and given choice of leaving the
town within an hour or serving 30
days in j&U. mo bread and water. .
All but one chose the Jail sentence.
Seventy-five special police are on
■duty, although there have been no
disturbances or appreciable increase
in the number of Wobblies in tho
town.
Federal investigator is
Arrested for intoxication
MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 2?.—Tom
Ward, of Portland. Department of
Juatlce agent and chief Investigator
in the Jackson County night riding
cases which started on trial today,
waa arrested here late yesterday
afternoon. The arrest was on a
charge of having been intoxicated
on a public main street Of this city
on November 22, last.
Charges Against Berger
Dismissed in U. S. Court
CHICAGO, Feib. 27.—Charges of
conspiracy to obstruct recruiting
of military forces against Victor
Berger, Milwaukee Socialist, and
four others convicted wtih him three
years ago, were dismissed before Fed
eral Judge James M. Wilkerson on
motion, two weeks ago. This be
came known here today.
PLYER JUMPS TRACK;
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
iOAIROUN, Ga„ Feb 27.—Two men
were killed and several injured when
the second section of the Dixie Flyer
on the Nashville, Chattanooga &
iSt. Louis road Jumped the track near
here this afternoon.
EDISON FEELS LIKE 26 AT 76.
Here is the latest, exclusive photograph ct Thomas A. Edison,
snapped in hiB laboratory, in West Orange, N. J., on his 76th birth
day, when the wizard declared he felt like a young man of 26.
MISS AMERICA
TO BE ARRAYED
A-LA-LA EGYPT
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Luxor Tomb Fashions Take
i Feminine World by Storm
—Chariots, Mummies.
By CORIinNE RICH
NEW YORK, Fob. 27— Everything i
|'in feminine <lro93 this spring will j
■have a touch of Egyptian. The conn-j
I try has gone Egypt mad, and all be j
I cause—
Three thousand years ago, a certain :
pharaoh, by name Tutankhamen, saw
fit to dio and bo buried with all thoi
splendors bis exalted station demand-;
ed.
“King Tut" know nothing about j
far-away America, nor could his wild-1
est dreams have told him that So
centuries after his death the women
of that land would take him for a i
fashion inspiration.
It alii happened when excavators'
opened up the tomb nt Luxor and
found splendors of Egyptian work
manship sufficient to Inspire many
more things than fashion.
Influence Felt
A tour of the New York stores
showed me that Tutankhamen's in j
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SITS CHURCH INC LIBOR SHOULD |
CO-OPERATE IN HELPING COUNTRY
CLEVELAND. O.. Feb. 27—The at
tltode of the Church toward La bo:
should be friendly because the aimi
of Labor are in harmony with thi
aims of the church. Edmund B
Chaffee, of New York, told the meet
ins of the Council of Cities of th<
Methodist Episcopal Church here.
‘W the 46,000,000 Protestants an(
27,000,000 Catholics in this country
the majority are •workers," said Mr
Chaffee. “They go to make up th<
40/100,000 or more gainfully em
ployed. As the labor movement ha:
to do with their economic well beini
they must be Interested in it.
“Labor must be interested in tin
church because to win the America!
people it must wip a population o
which the vast majority are churci
members. Labor needs the mora
Idealism which the church possesses
“The attitude of labor In Russi;
has been hostile to the church; oi
the continent, generally hostile; it
'England, much hostility prevails, bu
ft U moderated by some leaden; h
-tthe United States, where the labor
. movement Is relatively small, we
( have something of the same hos
tility a.s in England and a large
■ amount of indifference; hare some of
the strongest unions are *wish.
“The attitude of the church to
i ward labor in Russia has been hos
tile; on the continent hostile; in Eng
1 land a mixture, and in the United
,j'States a spirit of hostility prevails.
"But about 15 years ago a change
> set in. The church Is meeting the
•. situation as shown by the work of
i the Federal Council; the awakening
;iof the Y. M. C. A. to the Industrial
problem; the publication of the Steel
t Strike Report; the Church League
i for Industrial Democracy; the awak
! ening of the Theological Students;
i the more friendly attitude of the
I church 'press; the awakening of the
ministry and the work of the I^abor
i Temple in New York.”
i -Mr. Chaffee concluded his address
i with a idea for greater cooperation
: between the Labor Movement and
i the Church.
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Alaska Case
| Before U. S.
| Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—
The Supreme Court lias declined
to review the case in which J.
j E. Barrack and others sough’ to
bring against the t >wn of Fair- |
j banks a test case of the act of
| I be Alaska Legislature of 1J21 |
I , rovidiing for the annexation by
I Fairbanks of certain contiguous |
j teititory. I
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WEALTHY MAN
IS MURDERED
Police Detectives Searching
for Woman in Case—Or
dered to Find Her.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—A woman
believed by the police to have slain
Frederick Schneider, wealthy con
tractor, on a barren spot in the
Bronx last night, is being trailed
by a squad of 40 detectives. They
have been ordered to find the
woman in the case.
Bchnejder was executor of some
af tho largest, contracting jobs In the
»ast anfl a member of half a dozen
chibs. lie was separated from hie
w i fe.
Tho police have an accurate de
scription of the supposed slayer.
Mining Village Is
Wrecked by Explosion
PITTSBUKuH, I'd.. Feb. 27.—The
mining village of Ruasoltown, 2G
miles from here, was rocked by a
irrlflc exploefion this afternoon
when a powder magazine of the
■Superior Mine, No. 1, Superior Fuel
Company, blew up. The explosion
[leetroyed hundreds of in in ere
•abiiiB.
Senator Caraway and
Unknown Come to Blowi
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Senato;
T. H. Caraway, of Arkansas, an<
an unidentified man exchanged hlowi
last night after the man had beer
accused of jostling the Senator and
using offensive language. The in
cident took place on the street, th«
man striking Caraway in the faci
and the Senator retaliating with
blown by bis umbrella on tbs man’s
back. 1' -
SHIPPING BILL
DEAD MEASURE
“Funeral Oration” Is Given ir
’ Senate—Plans of Admin
istration Given.
WASHINGTON, Feb 27. — Fin a
tlispo: llloii of the administration1!
shipping bill was deferred late yee
terdwy by an extended speech bj
Senator Kan;'doll. of Ixruisiana
which was described by the oppon
cuts of the measure as a "funerai
oration.”
To Abandon Fight.
That the administration will
abandon efforts to obtal^i government
aid for the American merchant
marine with the failure this session
i of the shipping bill was Indicatcc
! at the White House today. It ii
I said no effort will be made at tht
j next session to huve the bill passed
CITY ELECTION
ON IN CHICAGO
| Many Propositions Confront
Voters—Mayor Thompson
Is Not a Candidate.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27—Voters wenl
to the polls today confronted with
a four fold task, selection of part]
candidates for Mayor. City Clerk anti
' City Treasurer; party nominationi
I for the Congressional vacancy in till
Second District created by the dealt
of James H. Mann; elect 50 Alder
men under the new district plan and
: selection of fifteen Municipal Pori
• Commissioners.
The absence of ttie name of Mayot
William Hale Thompson, eight year*
chi of executive of the city. Is th(
| outstanding point in the primary
| He has retired witli the annunce
I mint that he is content to let time
I prove whether his administration
; was for Chicago.
! The Republicans have agreed on
; the name of Arthur C. Deuder, post
i master, coalition candidate, foi
! Mayer. The leading Democratic can
Klan Organizer Must
Testify in Murder Case
TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 27.—Re
gardless of any private oath to main
I tain secrecy, S. P. Kitchen, of Okla
homa City, alleged organizer cf the
Ku Klux Klan, must answer ques
tions in the stale's murder suit
| against the Klan or be held in con
tempt of court. This was the ruling
made today by the Kansas State
Supreme Court.
Farmer'i Son Is Shot
In Hold-up Bp Bandit!
SEATTLE, Feb 27.—Howard Me
Cready's aged 23 year, son of a
Mount Vernon farmer, was shot and
perhaps fatally wounded last night
when a car in which he was riding
with Policeman J. B. Little was held
up by handitB in another car.
McCready, with Policeman Little,
was collecting receipts from gaso
line stations. The bandits fired whem
Little reached for his gun after he
and McCready had been commanded
'.o hold up their hands.
Machine Gun Keeps
Dope Smuiflers Away
HONOLULU, Feb. 27.—A machine
gun mounted on the China Mall
lines China last night prevented
opium r.mugglers from picking up
packages of narcotics thrown over
board. The officers of the company
*ay they intend to stop opium
smuggling on their steamships.
! Twenty Million
. j Acres of Alaska
I Land Withdrawn
i WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 —
I The withdrawal of 20,000,000
j acres of land in Alaska to form !
| a new naval oil preserve was
I announced today by Secretary,
t of‘Interior Albert <JL .Fall.
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MRS WINTER EXPLAINS $250,000 OFFER.
W
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Mrs. Thomas O. Winter, Pres dent of the A in erf ran Fenera
tion of Women's Clubs, who stnrUed Congress by asserting slip hud
bean offered $250,000 to help pas: a bill through Concreti . lai n
explained, -at her home In Minneapolis, Minnesota, that the letter
which contained the offer did not refer specifically to lobby ins in
Washington, but rather to using the influence of i)^ Federation
"to put over a certain big affair through the women voters of the
country.”
Sen. Robinson
Opposed to
Harding's Scheme
WASHINGTON’, Feb. 27.—Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, discussing the
message of President Harding re
garding American membership in the
International Court of Justice, s.*ld
that it was unfortunate the Presl
dent has acted so late In the pres
I ent session of Congress. Senator
Robinson said the plan was “ n re
, pudiation of the policy of non-partici
pation In European affairs."
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ACTION POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.—Postpone
■inent of action until the next session
of Congress for American authority
: to 'become a member or the Interna
Dional Court of Justice was virtually
| decided upon by the Senate commit
! tee of foreign relations today. No
| vote was taken but the consensus of
! opinion was that the matter could
! not be brought before the Senate in
i time before the present session ends,
j Senator Lodge expects to confer to
morrow with Prasident Harding.
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ENGLISH COMMENT
LONDON, Feb. 27.—President |
! Harding’s proposal that the United
| States participate in the lWmanent!
i court of International Justice receives
much attention In the newspapers to
day, which Interpret this as an im-j
| portant sign that American aloofness
in European affairs is being aban
idoned.
The Times says the membership
j of Amcriica will be favorably received
bV all members of the League of
! Nations.
Report Is Demanded on
Condition R. R. Equipment
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—The In
j terstate Commerce Commission has
: been ordered to report to Congress
on the condition of railway equip
ment and what steps are being taken
to place It In safe condition. The
order followed the introduction of a
resolution of Senator LaFollstte
which was passed by the Senate.
Air Mail Carrier Is
Killed; Plane Wrecked
! MBADVILLE, Pa.. Feb 27—Elmer
G. Leonhart. of Cleveland, United
States air mall carrier, was killed
near here late yesterday afternoon
when bis plane raked a fence and
curbed ta the ground.
FORMER SENATOR
GEORGE PERKINS
DIES; LONG ILL
Served 22 Years in United
States Senate — Started
OAKLAND, Cal., Feh. 27. Former
limited State* Senator George C\ Per
iidliR la dead ut Ilia home h«*re Saa
»L-or Perkins has been ill dir ;ng
vtu past five years, tho malady t,iK
lug a serious turn tivo months ago
From ship boy to 4t> year- of al
most continuous .public service, 22
years of which were la Ihe United |
States Senate, was the active illfe-ex-:
perlence of George Clement Perkins.
He was In Itjs 84th year, havint be n
born at Kennebunkport, Me., August
23, 1839.
At the age of 13, young Perkins
left his homo at Kennebunkport to
a
Rapid Rise
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WAR VETERANS FORM FARMIN6
COMMUNITY IN MISSISSIPPI
CANTON, Miss., Feb. 27 Sixteen
veternn3 of the World War, lained
In agricultural school) by the I'laitcd
States Veterans' Bureau, have been
located upon farms near here by
I-'.alr Ilarrlsoi^, *'hlyf of reh ibi nation
fo” the sixth district of the h.i 'wti,
at an experiment It is the flrsr
farming community to be. established
oy the Bureau in Its effort to return
to their proper station in society
fnen disabled in the conflict.
Each vetoran lias been given a
fully equipped 40-acre firm, facing
upon a highway, and it has been
arranged that ho may own the prop
erty within a faw years. The farms
comprise part of an initlil tract o(
1,080 acres set aside by citizens of
Canton , and it Is proposed ultimately
to have l.r>0 veterans In the vicinity
and to have under cultivation ap
proximately 17.04>0 acres of truck
! land.
| The underwriting of the venture i?
I by the loefcl Chamber of Commerce
'which raised a fatal to guaranty;
' banks for advanced money to con
struct homes and for other purposes.
Each of the first 16 farmers has
a “nest egg” saved from puyments
oade by the Bureau during his period
of training but part of each monthly
'compensation check must go toward
payment for the land and other
equipment furnished by the Bureau
and citizens of Canton.
In addition to his land each vet
eran will have a specially construet
. ud house of three rooms with two
torches, one screened for sleeping.
They also will have their own school
i at which they may continue their
! agricultural education and at which
1 their children will pursue the usual »
school work.
In order that the farms qiay be
stocked, the Illinois Central Railroad
Company has agreed to provide pure
bred bogs and permit the veterans
tto pay for them with revenue (Je
■ rlvoc! from Increases In the herds.
i The veterans will do their own
1 market:a£ on a cooperative bas|a. ‘t'
WORK SUCCEEDS
FALL; NEW MADE
CABINET MEMBER
Nominations Are Sent to U.
S. Senate This After
noon by Harding.
BRIG ADIERGENERAL HINES
IS SUCCESSOR TO FORBES
Nominations Are Made So
•hat Confirmation Can Be
Made by Present Congress
BULLETIN—WASHINGTON. Feb.
127. — The selection of Postmaster
O.neial Dr. Hubert Work to suc
* cd Albeit S. Fall, as Secretary cf
Interior, was announced this after
noon.
United States Senator Harry S.
New, cf Indiana, has been selected
'o be Postmaster General.
Brigadier General Frank Hinoa,
tired, has been nominated to sue*
f ri Colonel Charles R. Forbes, who
tino*tomorrow. as Director of the
Veterans' Bureau.
NOMINATIONS MADE.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. — Tho
. .initiation of Dr. Hubert Work and
. S. Senutor llurry 8. New were
1 cat to the Senate' this afteftioon by '
rrwjldi'iit Harding to permit of cOn
Mi Ration before tho pfegent cession
f Congress comes to an end.
A statement from the White
Moure, front President Harding, says
•hat in selecting Dr. Hubert Work,
Colorado man, for Socretary of In
< > :• r, it was regarded that Dr.
Work has demonstrated his ability
n governmental organization wyrk
and could fulfill all qualifications
frr Interior Secretary.
Senator New was offered a place
uiglnally in the President's Cabinet
but declined because he thought he
i ould render tho administration
■ real r service by remaining In the
Senate. He was. Iiowcrver, defeated
for rodiominatiou In last year’s pri
mal ion by former Senator A. J.
Hcveridgo, who In turn was detected
it the general election by former
Governor Samuel M. Ralston, Demo*
■ rat. i *
When It became known that Sen
vtor New was under consideration
for the Cabinet, an element of the
Indiana Republican organization be
an a determined but losing fight to
prevent his appointment.
The nomination of Urig. Gen.
Hines came after President Harding
had eunsulted with General John J.
Pershing. The latter stated that
Mines was well qualified and com
mended him highly.
ANOTHER NOMINATION.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—McKen
zie Moss, of Kentucky, was today
a: minuted to be Asuistunt Secretary
f Treasury, tilling the vacancy
'■aused by the appolntmnet of Will
iam Phillips as Under Secretary of
State.