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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
’ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL. XXII., NO. 3282.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1923. «. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS*
Government Expenses Are Reduced Says President
HARDING SAYS
TAXATION HAS
BEEN REDUCED
Asks States and Municipali
ties to Reduce Expenses—
Praises Administration.
ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.
June 27.—President Hardin# and
bis party traveled into southwestern
Utah today to visit Zion Park, the
first cf three national playgrounds
he expects to visit on his present
western and Alaskan trip. He con*
eludes his visit late today and pro
ceeds to Idaho where tomorrow he
makes addresses at Pocatello and
Idaho Falls.
TALK ON TAXATION.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 27.—
President Harding In a talk on taxa
tion here last night outlined what
the Federal Government had accom
plished in decreasing taxes and the
public debt. He pleaded for similar
action by States and by municipali
ties of the country and declared the
Federal Government Is “diligently”
seeking to prove itself a helpful
example” in removing the menace
of mounting taxes and a growing
public debt adding that this is not
alone a Federal problem but an "im
proved order must come into the
unite of the government Into which
the Federal Government never in
trudes.”
President 'Harding said the Fed
eral Government is working under a
program which "involves the re
tirement of half a billion of the debt
each year” and asserted payments
that the British government will
make under the debt settlement
"will correspondingly relieve the
burden upon the American tax
payers.”
Hake* Big Showing.
The President asserted no other
country in the world has been able
to make such a showing in reduc
ing the public debt as the United
(Continued on Pin Bight )
General Fire Alarm
Calls WranfeU
Citizens from Bed
(Special from Sentinel.)
WRANGE1.<L, June 27.—The en
tire population of this town was
called from bed at 2 o'clock, this
morning iby a general lire alarm.
The fire was in the garage of I. C.
Bamorge Which was burned. The
Bamorge residence, just completed
and a credit to the town, also
caught Are but the flames were ex
tinguished with but slight damage.
Batncrge fought the Are so desper
ately before receiving assistance that
he collapsed hut is able to be up
this forenoon. The Are was caused
by spontaneous combustion from a
pile of rags.
MRS. GARY LEADER OF LONDON SOCIETY.
I
Mrs. Elbert H. Gary, wile o' Judge E. 11. Gary, chairman of
| the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation, Is
shown iti a striking new portrait, just received in America. Mrs.
Gary is a charming hostess and is fast becoming the loader of the
foreign colony in Ixtndon, where she is spending the season with
I her debutante daughters.
ALASKA RAILROAD PLACED UNDER
JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF
INTERIOR BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
WASHINGTON. June 27.—The operation of the Alaska Railroad
including all branches and telephone and telegraph lines connected with
it, has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department
by an executive order of President Harding.
Publication of this order followed notification that the last length
of the standard guage track has been laid into Fairbanks, thus com
pleting the engineering work.
U. S. Army Officers Are to
Maze Trail Around Globe
WASHINGTON, June 27. — In a
survey of an around the globe air
route two army air service officers
have been assigned to study the
landing places on the Alaskan coast,
Aleutian Islands, Japan, Australia
which latter place has been reached
by a trail the British have already
biased. The survey was authorized
yeeterday by Secretary Weeks.
MISSION BOAT
IS CHRISTENED
BY JUNEAU GIRL
SBATTLE, June 27.—In the pres
ence of 120 representatives of the
Presbyterian Church, the Mission
boat A. L. Lindsey was launched this
morning, the chistening being by Miss
Dorothy- Kleinschmidt. of Juneau.
The boat will be used in connection
with the work of the Alaska Mis
sions.
The Presbyterian party leaves to
night for a tour of Southeastern Al
aska aboard the steamer Jefferson.
Generator Burns Out in
Effort to Set Record
8AN DIEGO, June 27. — Capt.
Smith- and Lieut. Richter, army avia
tors who took the air this morning
in an attempt to set a number of
new world endurance speed records,
were forced to descend after clx
hours aloft because the generators
burned out. During the flight gaso
line was successfully transferred
through a hose from another plane
25 feet higher.
Detention of American
Boats Is Now Explained
VANCOUVER. B. C„ June 27.—De
tention of the four American trading
schooners by the Soviet authorities
at East Cape, Siberia, Is explained
here. It is said an agreement was
recently conclhded by Lenine giving
to the Hudson Bay Company exclus
ive rights to trade on the NortMrn
Siberian Coast - *
FUMED SPECIALISTS COMPARE
NOTES AT MEDICAL GATHERING
r • _
SAN ERANCISCO, June 27.—(By
Associated Press.)—The IS section*
of the American Medical Association,
now in session here, opened their
separate meetings on the various
specialties today. In the section on
medicine Dr. Walter M. Boothby of
the Mayo clinic told how the utilisa
tion of food by the body is changed
when a patient had exophthalmic
goiter.
“Such people burn up more food
material, so that the net cost of
their muscular work is about twice
that of normal persons,” he said.
“This has a definite relationship to
the care of such patients, not onty
under ordinary circumstances but al
so in connection with preparing them
for necessary operation."
Dr. George Blaraer, formerly pro
fessor Of medicine in Yale Uuiver
sify, told the convention that infec
tious Jaundice was becoming more
prevalent in the United States.
Professor James M. Anders of tilt
University of Pennsylvania urged a
morse frequent use of water by the
physicians. Both cold and hot wa
ter applications to the surface of *he
body 'Bfceo definite effects which
can bf/aM*d in the treatment of i'-s
ease he said. Professor A :de'-a j
urged the equipment of every hos-!
pital with adequate installations of i
apparatus for making the fullest use j
of water in treatment.
In the section of obstetrics Dr.
Harry S. C'rossen of St. Louis and
Dr. Frank W. Lynch of San Fran
cisco made addresses.
In the section devoted to the nose,
throat and ear, Dr. H. M. Taylor
of Jacksonville. Florida, called at
tention to the facts which the Amer
ican Medical profession has accu
mulated regarding the dangers to the
ear following bathing in swimming,
pools and In the sea.
“Sanitarians have given much at- j
, tention to disinfecting the water by J
| the use of chlorln,” he said, "and j
! by other methods, but there are oth
er factors aside from the contamin
ated water which may have an in
fluence in producing disturbances of
the hearing,” Dr. Taylor reeom
mended that these conditions be giv
en careful consideration by the pro
fession.
In the same section Doctors M. W.
Chit of Flint, Michigan, and Burt
E. Shurley of Detroit, discussed the
latest methods of controlling tonsll
itis and of removing the tonsils.
i
CHEAP ALASKA
COAL TO HELP
SITS STEWART;
Mine Director for Alaska Re-j
veals New Policy of In
terior Department.
SEATTLE, Juno 27.- B. U. Stew-j
art. Director of the United States
Bureau of Mines for Alaska, who is
here, expressed the opinion that
cheap coal privately mined «nay
unlock the storehouse of the Alaska
mineral resource*.
Mine Director St^w^rt said such
coal was made poss'blwt by a liberalj
policy of the Department of the In-)
terior which was recently adopted, j
Stawart said: "The government i
has adopted a policy of withdrawing;
from coal mining and turning it oven
to private concerns and every pos- \
sible aid is being given private!
operators to enable them to get on j
their feet and buHd up markets.;
Private companies are to supply tlioj
government, under contract, and are
to be assisted in furnishing Alaska
fuel fo accessible Alaska communl-i
ties.” ' '
HUGE FUR FRRII
TO BE STARTED
RT MENDENHALL
—
New Industry Coming to Ju
neau at Once — Carlson
Homestead Purchased.
Announcoment was made today byt
Charles Goidsten. head of the Gold-!
etcin Improvement Company and
Goldr.tcin's Emporium, of the launch
ing on a large scale of a fur farm-j
lng industry in Mendenhall Valley.
The enterprise will be carried on by
a local company headed by Mr.!
Goldstein which will be incorporated
within a short time and will involve
a conslderabl initial outlay of cap!^
tal and bring to Juneau a new In
dustry with an annual estimated re
turn of eomo $200,000, It was
stated.
Details of the organization of the
company will not be made public
until the copyright for the firm’s
name has been received, application
for It being pending at the present'
time. Much of the capital stock has!
already been placed said Mr. Gold
stein and only a limited number of
shares will be offered for sale.
The first step toward the estab
lishment of the industry was taken
this week when a deal was closed
for the purchase of the Pete Carlson
homestead In Mendenhall Valley. The
price paid was not mentioned. The.
entire property was taken over for)
the company, and comprises 138 j
acres of patented land, five acres of;
which are already cleared, a good j
residence building and other lm-i
provements. It Is located next to;
the Rudy homestead and Is said to
be an ideal place for the enterprise.
Within the next 30 days, said Mr.
Goldstein, the construction of feed
ing and breeding pens, runaways
and corrals, feed and other ware
houses und such other buildings as|
are needed for the enterprise, will!
be commenced.' The work will be!
facilitated as much as possible and!
the <flr8t animals placed on the farm
within a short time. The company!
will not confine its activttes to any
single species of fur-bearer but plansi
to start with several kinds of ani
mals. Some of the breeding stock J
has already been purchased and
others are being negotaited for In
various places.
As soon as the organization of
the company is completed, details of
the venture will be given out and
all plans made puiblic. Mr. Gold
stein said he had been working out
these plans for the past two yoars
and he Is convinced that there Is no
question as to the successful opera
tion of the farm on a scale not here
tofore attempted in Alaska.
LONDON, June 27.—The Suez can
al company’s plan to advance 10,000,
000 francs interest tree, toward build
ing of a city on the eastern bank
of the canal to be called "Port Said
East" la being considered by the
Egyptian Cabinet .
Alaska Itinerary of Harding
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Announced; Juneau Will Be
* * * * * * * * *
the First Over Night Stop
SEATTLE, June 27.—The Alaska Bureau cf the Seattle Chamber
cf Commerce has received the Alaska itineraiy of President Harding
as fellows:
Presidential party will leave Taccnra on July 5.
Part of July 7th will be spent at Ketchikan.
The party will be at Wrangell on July 8.
President Harding will reach Jjtuau on the ninth where the first
night will be spent on land.
r On July 10 a start will be made aertrs the Gulf of Alaska and
arrival at Seward is scheduled for July 13. The party will be at
Anchorage on July 14, reaching Fairbanke by railroad on July 15.
From Fairbanks the party will go by auto stage to Chitina, going i
from there over the Copper River & Northwester n Railroad to Cordova, i
Returning to the States from Alaska the Henderson will stop at,
Sitka on July 21 and if time permits will stop at Annette Island on'
July 22, Metlakatla July 23, being due to arrive at Vancouver July 26.
TWICE WIDOWED, WILL WED EARL.
o s?
aJea,*rv Ca.pel £«**<£ V5>vcvg1roav?lv «**h, ,
Charming Jean C&pol, daughter of Lord Ribblesdale, of Eng
land, has promised to wed laird James Burghersh, fourteenth Earl
of Westmoreland. The wedding, Boon to he solemnized, will be
her third marital venture. Perry Y. Wyndhara, her first husband,
ar- killed while serving aa an officer with the famous Coldstream
uards in the fighting of 1914, Later she married Arthur Capel,
member of the House of Ksaeic and at one time private secretary
to former Premier Lloyd George, but he was killed in a motor
accident about two years ago. The bride-to-be has an estate of four
million dollars.
SHORTAGE OF
HOUSES NOW
TALKED OVER
Housing Shortage Is Before
Real Estate Men Meet
ing in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. .Tune 27.—Problems
relating to the housing shortage, la
bor and construction material costs
and the general Iluancial situation of
the country will be subjects for dis
cussion at the sixteenth annual con
vention of the National Association of
Real Estate Hoards meeting here
Sessions will be held In Public Audi
torium. where the national exposi
tion of building ideas will be held In
connection with them.
Seventy-five hundred representa
tives of every branch of the real es
tate interests throughout the I'nited
States and Canada, will attend to
find a working answer to these and
other questions, which more or less
affect the general expansion of na
tional business life.
A huge questionnaire, covering con
crete facts on present conditions
will be made public at the conven
tion. This questionnaire not only
deals with housing shortage, labor
costs, financial conditions, hut with
rental tendencies, mortgage Bupply,
money, interest rates, pronouncer ten
dencies In suburban growth and mar
ket conditions for residential and busi
ness property throughout the coun
try.
Jane Addams Operated
Upon; Nothing Serious
TOKIO, June 27.—Jane Addams.
of Chicago, underwent an operation
for a tumor. Physicians said they
did not find anything indicating the
growth malignant. *
Campaign Planned
For Presidency
Of Henry Ford
DETROIT, June 27—The t>ear-|
born “Ford for President” Club plans
to vigorously push a c ampaign toj
bring about Henry Ford's nomination i
probably as the leader of a third I
party, acc ording to announcements j
made here today. The club la con
sidering c ailing a convention of all {
Ford clubs in Michigan. Rev. Wil
liam Dawe, leader of the movement, j
said the object would be to bring j
about a national organization co-or
dinating activities of what hnve so
far been a spontaneous organization.
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39 Orphan Boys Killed
When Building Collapses j
CALCUTTA, June 27.—Thirty-nine j
Mohammedan boys, all orphans, were1
killed when an Orphanage building,
in the heart of the city, containing
229 inmates, eight to 11 years of.
age. collapsed burying about 100 inj
the debris.
Oklahoma County Is
Under Martial Law!
—
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 27.—Gov j
J. C. Walton has placed Okamulga'
County under martial law, asserting!
that a "state of lawlessness and ter
ror" exists there because of "ne
glect of the sheriff to enforce the
law.”
Gladys Walton Takes
Unto Herself a Husband
I.OS ANGELBS. June 27.—Gladys
1 Walton, who secured a divorce last
i winter and said “never again," was
married last night to Henry H. Her
sel. assistant sales manager of the
Universal Film Company which • la
starring Her.
STRUCK DEAD <
BY LIGHTNINB
IN NEW YORK
Freak Storm Hits Around
New York City—Four Kill
ed by Lightning Bolts.
NEW YORK, June, 27 — An elec
trical storm swept this district last
night.
Bert S. Fox, burlesque female Im
personator. and Jack Oruesman, also
a vaudevllllan. were killed by a bolt
of lightning at Long Beach.
One woman and one boy were
killed near V'onkers by the light*
ning.
The storm uprooted trees and tele
phone poles were felled.
The storm wrecked havoc through
out Brooklyn and a portion of Long
Island but skipped Manhattan.
FIVE DEAD IN CANADA.
TORONTO, June 27.—As com
munications are gradually restored
in the storm swept area of western
Ontario it is reported five are dead
and the property loss Is estimated
at $1,000,000. _
FOREIGN SHIPS
MAY BE SEIZED
IF HAVE LIQUOR
Officials of Two Departments
Recommend that Drastic
Steps Be Taken.
WASHINGTON', June 27.—It Is un
lerstood that Treasury and Prohi
bition officials at a series of con
ferences considered the seizure of
foreign vessels bringing In liquor
in violation of the recent Supreme
?ourt decision. Thus far there baa
been no attempt to do more than
seize the liquor itself but some of
ficials urged that If foreign ships
lontlnue the policy of openly dis
regarding the ruling, more drastic
steps should be taken.
SHELBY FILLS 1
UP WITH FANS
Good Weather at Last Strikes
Sport Center—Fighters
in Final Training.
SHEl.BY, June 27.—Sunny weath
er has arrived after nearly two
weeks of rain. New arrivals are on
the streets and the city has again
become a scene of activity.
A large crowd gathered to watch
Tommy Gibbons work out yesterday.
He engaged in a fast ball game yes-,
terday afternoon playing third base.
DEVELOPING SPEED
GREAT FALLS, June 27 —Develop
ing speed is to be the objective of
the finishing touches, of Dempsey's
training. He will continue to box
lighter men for the remainder of the
week and do his last work with the
gloves next Sunday The next two
days will be filled in with light
road work and light gymnasium exer
cises.
Two Die from Explosion
Of Bomb;Twelve Wounded
WKISBADBN, June 27.—Two of
12 persons wounded yesterday when
a bomb exploded in the waiting room
of the station here, died today. It
is believed the bomb was thrown In
an effort to deter German civilians
from patronizing French controlled
trains.
Recommends
Boost in Navy
Yard Wages
WASHINGTON. June 27. — The
Navy Wage Board in a report of the
new wage scale to navy yard wages
recommends an average increase of
10 per cent.