THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
'‘ALL THE NEWS AJL^HE TIME”
VOL XXL, NO. 3150.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
AMERICAN FLAG IS HAULED DOWN
IN OCCUPIED PART OF RHINELAND
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GERMANS FINED
HEAVILY ;CASES
ARE ON TODAY:
Industrialists Who Refused to
Mine Coal Are Let Off
with Fines.
BULLETIN—Mayence, Jan. 24.—!
Fritz Thyssen and other coal mag-|
nates were this afternoon found
guilty of refusing to cc-operate wi h1
the French in the delivery of coal
and were given heavy fines.
LENIENCY INDICATED.
MAYENCE, .Ian. 24.—Frit/. Thys
aen and five other magnate's of Cue
Huhr Valley apparently faced only
flues as the prosecutor intimated lie
was Inclined to leniency because of
the patriotic motives of the Ger-j
mane. The prosecutor referred to,
the court the provisions and regula-i
tions of General Deguotte for im
position of fines in caee the Germans
refused to comply with orders.
PROTEST STRIKE OVER.
BERLIN, Jan. 24.—After a 24
hour protest strike of workers, tlie
Stinnes and Thyssen mines again
resumed work this afternoon in
“order to continue production of coal
for unoccupied Germany.”
200.000 MEN STRIKING.
ESSEN. Jan. 24. — Industrial
workers and miners on a strike
reached approximately 200,000. This
number does not include the person
nel at the railroad stations. It is
declared that If Fritz Thyssrn nnd
other magnates are sentenced, 5F>0,
000 consider striking as a protest.
BELGANS MAKE ARREST.
DUSSELDORF, Jan. 24 —The Bel
gian military authorities have ar
rested the Burgomaster of Duisburg
according to authoritative informa
tion received here.
TROOP MOVEMENT.
ESSEN, Jan. 24— French offi
cials, in a statement, declare that
German troops in unoccupied ter
ritory, are making considerable
movement.
GUESTS AROUSE CITIZENS.
MUNICH, Jan. 24.—After the em
ployees threatened to quit their jobs
following demonstrations in the
ntreetr and In front of hotels on
account of the Belgian and French
nationals as guests, the French and
Belgian members of the Allied Con
trol Commission left their hotels and
went to Mayence.
TO ISOLATE RUHR.
ESSEN, Jan. 24.—It was stiitel
this afternoon by the French mili
tary authorltes that the Ruhr ter
ritory wiill be completely isolated
front unoccupied Germany possibly
by tomorrow noon.
Founder of Tonopah
Dies in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 24.—James L.
Butler, aged 67, who with his wife
founded Tonopah in 1901, died here
today.
Mrs. Butler, while she and her hus
band were hunting strayed burros,
knocked loose a piece of rock which
gleaned with virgin silver. This
loosened rock was on the site where
the discovery mine yielded fabulous
returns.
Green Resolution
Adopted by House
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The
Green resolution proposing an amend
ment to the constitution to prohibit
a further issue of tax exemption se
curities has been adopted by the
House.
3 Nations have Something
to Spring on Treaties of
Washington Conference
TOKIO, Jan. 24.—Premier Kato replying to the interpellation by the
leader of the opposition party, declared today, that while no formal nego
] tiations had occurred, "there is an understanding between America, Great
Britain and Japan regarding steps to be taken” if other powers fail to
, ratify the Washington aims conference agreements.
EDDIE FOY MARRIES FOURTH TIME.
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Edward Fitzgerald, better known on the stage as Eddie Foy,
the comedian, has married lor the fourth time, iiis bride being Miss
Marie Coootnbe, a dashing brunette, of Dallas, Texas. Foy is 63 and
his wife is 30. She is on -third Cherokee Indian and heiress to a'
large fortune derived frcm oil lands in Oklahoma. Foy kept his
wedding plans so secret even the Seven Little Foys knew noth
ing of it.
SHIP BUILDING
IS DECREASING
Year of 1922 Was Poorest in
J Construction Line Since -
Before the War.
NEW YORK. Jail. 24. The United
States last year dropped from secjnd
1 to fifth rank in ship building among
nations. This is according to the
Lloyd Register, which in the annual
report declares that 1922 was the
poorest ship building year since
1912.
October Sixteenth to Be
Observed as Alaska Day
SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—1The Young
Men’s Business Club, held a meeting
yesterday afternoon aboard the
steamer Northwestern, as guests of
the Alaska Steamship Company, d >
clared the organization would ob
serve October lfi this year as Al
aska Day.
Mother of Geraldine
Farrar Passes Away
NEW YORK. Jan. 24 —Mrs Hen-1
rietta Farrar, mother of Geraldine]
Farrur, the well known opera singer. |
passed away this afternoon after j
short Illness.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE LAWS
ARE TO RE HARDER; MEASURES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—United States Senator Arthur Capper, of
Kansas, has introduced in the Senate a bill of the General Federation if
Women’s Clubs designed to pre/ent hnsty marriages and make di< rce
more difficult, and presenting a*, n e same time a resolution for nn
amendment to the constitution to enable Congress regulate marriage a<vf
d vorce.
A similar resolution was presented in the House by Representative
fairfield, of Indiana.
LIQUOR RAID
i! IS MADE AT I
WASHINGTON
‘Source of Large Supply Is
Found According to Agent
of the Dry Squad.
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 24.— In a raid
'during the night on the apartment of
l.lohn L. Lynch, dry agents said they
1 discovered the important Embassy
source of whiskeys and wines which
the Stale Department expected to
stop. Lynch, who was doing a large
business, receiving orders by tele
phone and having deliveries made,
said that he got his supplies from
the Department’s butler.
The published reports today that
some of the Embassy liquor seized in
i recent raids came from th6 Cuban
Legation resulted in a visit of the
| Cuban charge d'affair.s to the State
I Department and a statement that he
; was entirely ignorant of any alleged
! liquor selling.
SON MURDERS
OWN FATHER;
—
Deed Is Committed by Six-:
teen Year Old Boy to Pro- i
tect His Mother.
POCATELLO. Idaho. Jan. 24 —
Floyd Sandusky, aged 10 years, has
been arrestod on a chargp of killing
ills father. Charles Sandusky, here j
; yesterday afternoon.
The boy alleged the deed was done
' because ho feared his father would
, molest his mother.
Charles Sandusky was paroled on
January 10 from the penitentiary,
where he had been sent for 7 to 14
years for an attack on his family.
HIb wife got a divorce while he was
in the penitentiary and remarried
AMERICAN TROOPS RECALLED FROM RHINE.
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As a kind of protect against French invasion of the Ruhr District, President Harding has ordered
Major-General Henry T. Allen, command the American troops at Coblenz bridgehead, on the Rhine, to
return with his men to America. There troops are taking their last look at Khronbreistein, on a huge
rock near Coblenz, once Germany's greatest fortress, which they have been occupying.
KANATAK IS SHORT OF CURRENCY
SO ISSUES OWN PECULIAR KIND;
FIVE CAN LIMIT IS PLAYED IN
REGULAR GAME: HOW IT IS DONE
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' Mrs. M. E. Nolan | ;
Is Elected to
U. S. Congress
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SAX FRAINCISOO, Jan. 24.—
Mrs. Mae Ella Xolan, widow of
| Congressman John i. Xolan. has | j
| been elected for the full and ]
short term to succeed her de- j j
ceased husband, accord inn to ,
! complete returns. She defeated :
Edwin H. Bath, Sun Francisco
Supervisor.
JAIL NARCOTIC,
VENDORS SAYS
STATE CHIEF
Californian Says Fines Simply
Business License—Evil
Is Spreading.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. 24.- De
I daring that a fine imposed on a
! narcotic vender Is often “simply a
license to continue this nefarious
' business." Governor RichardHon has
issued a statement urging a prison
sentence as n remedy for the evil,
and advoca'Ht.B immediate federal ac
tion to obtain "a more strict recula
i'on" of opiate manufacturing and to
prevent the smuggling of habit-form
ing drugs into the United States.
Simultaneously came a narcotic, ex
pression bv the state and federal
s-g-nts who report an investigation of
the dope rings activities in Northern
California and who declared the |
[tentacles of the insidious traffic are j
! dosing upon hundreds of members i
pi’ respectable families and even
upon hoys ano girls of school age.
Asks effective Means
In making public his statement,
tl^e Governor indicated he would fa
vor legislation to halt the sale of
narcotics.
‘In my opinirfn,” said Governor
Richardson, “the narcotic problem
can best bo settled by a more strict!
regulation in regard to the manufac-j
luring of opiates Large quantities i
are manufactured hi the East and!
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In addition to bearing the distinc
tion of being the pioneer oil town of
Southwestern Alaska, Kanatak ha.
become a veritable sub-treasury and
bureau of •'vailing ami engruving.
Fact is, Kunah.k is issuing its own
currency, 'tins condition is duo to
the scarcity of legal tender in the
camp, caused by the fact that the
Standaid and Associated Oil Compan
ies paj off in checks. Once a num
ber of checks had been cashed there
was a shortage of currency. Not
iving dust as a medium of exchange
s ,ti the gold days, the citizens hit
iPou a |ilan that has been made to
-er\r they Issued f. O. U.'s. Butt
tore a snag lias been encountered.)
A-riatuk iias no silk paper of equal I
lnrsbility to that employed in bank;
uotcr, hence by the time checks arc
seat to Seward and the cash returns |
the I. O. U.’s look Uke pieces of tar
paper front the accumulation of oil-j
smears and terra firma.
Loses One Thousand
A break in the dearth of currency!
i? said to have occurred recently, i
but only temporarily a man who!
.nought he could teach the gang how
to play the great national game of
poker dropped in with a thousand,
debars. He was laundered before
lie night was over and principally)
oy one man. In turn another 33rd
degree poker hound gathored In the
-oil. The pikers oftly cut In for a!
‘bitack of hots and a mug of murk "!
Sitting pat with his bankroll, the!
latest jtossessor is the object of
about thp same degree of vitupera
tion as Wall Street during a money |
squeeze. He refuses to circulate the
cash, and those who would play
poker are compelled to issue I. O. IT'S 1
to buy a stack to sit in.
The new currency sometimes be-!
comes so worn yis to threaten the!
signature, and the issuant Is called
upon to retire his circulation and re-)
Issue a clean bill.
How They Play Poker.
The fiction of a "Five-dog-llmlt
north of sixty-three" is being enacted
in reality in Kanatak, if reports com
Ing from the thriving oil town are toi
he believed. Instead of a five-dog
limit 1t Is a “ten can limit” at Kana I
tak, and the first man who huhl*
several full houses or fours In sc
quence will come under the Sherman
anti-trust law for maintaining a mon
opoly of canned goods in restraint of
trade—and pokerA
Range of Values.
A schedule of values Is attached!
to the canned goods, ranging from i
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Colonel Steese I
| Working hr ,
Alaska Road Money
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i WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Col.
James <1. Steese, president of
the Alaska Hoad Commission,
appeared before the Senate com
I mlttee hearing today and urged |
an increase In the House appro- .
i rlation of $4(15,000 for Alaska I
roads to $1,090,000.
OPERATORS AND
MINERS REACH
616 AGREEMENT
Wage Agreement and Work
ing Conditions Settled in
Bituminous Fields.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The bitu
minous miners and operators today
signed a new wage agreement run
ning one year and covering the Tri- j
State competitive field of Ohio, II- j
linois and Indiana. This agreement'
will be used as a standard in fixing:
wages and working conditions
throughout the remainder of the
bituminous territory.
Senate Committee Favors
One Large Credit Measure^
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Tim Sen
ito agriculture committee has fa
vorably reported Senator Norbeck's
bill appropriating $250,000,000 to es
tablish credits in Europe for the pur- {
chase of American agricultural i
products. _
President Harding Remains
Indoors;Weather Inclement
WASHINGTON, Jan 24.—Stormy
weather again prevented President
Harding from leaving the White
House today, although I)t Savvver
said the chief executive was “quite
j 11 right."
YANKEE FORCES
ON RHINE STEP
OUT OF REGION
Flag Is Hauled Down at Noon
and Military Occupancy
Is Thing of Past.
americanTorces start
MOVING TO SEA COAST
German Government Compli
ments Major General Al
len and His Soldiers.
EHRENBREITENSTEIN, Germany,
Jan. 24.—The American flag was
iiauled down from here at noon
today.
The hauling down of the flag sig
\ nalized the departure of the troops
and ended the American military
1 participating in the occupation of
j the Rhine area.
1 The first trains, with members of
: the expeditionary forces, left Coblenz
tor Antwerp this afternoon.
No shots were fired as a salute aa
the flag came down as the occasion
was not martial.
TROOPS COMPLIMENTED.
COBLENZ, Jan. 24.—Major Gen.
eral Henry T. Allen received a letter
today from Chancellor Cuno convey
ing the compliments of the German
government on the eve of the de
parture of the American forces and
Muring >iheiv cmyfnjt ^ i. been
{exemplary.
In reply to a letter from General
Degoutte, Major General Allen said
he would formally turn the Ameri
can zone over to the French on
January 27, next Saturday.
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MARTIAL LAW
IN LOUISIANA
Governor Parker Makes An
nouncement—To Protect
Many Witnesses
BASTROP, La., Jun. 24 —Gov. John
M. Parker announced today that ha
will declare martial law In More
house Parish If threats are made
against any of the witnesses of the
state In the present open hearing In
the hooded band raids of last August.
Attorney OeneruL Coco In a state
ment this afternoon said he would
obtain the Indictment for murder
against Captain Sklpwlth, head of
the Morehouse Parish Klan, when
evidence was obtained to present a
practical hearing before a grand Jury.
Roy Broadnax testified at the open
hearing here that ho saw Watt Dan
iels and YV. C. Andrew sitting on
the court house stops on the after
noon of August 24 and Captain Skip
with pointed them out to two
strangers.
MISSING RUSS
FLEET IS SAFE
Seven Steamers with Refugees
Aboard Are Reported
to Be Safe.
MANILA, Jin. 24.—Wireless ad
vices stafo that all aoven Russian
refugee ships, rejmrted yesterday
morning missing with over 500
aboard, have been accounted for.
Two are returning to Shanghai and
the others are now on route to tho
Philippines. |
GERMANY FORMALLY PROTESTS
TO OCCUPATION OF THE RUHR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—A note protecting against the French and
Beigian attempt to “force with terrorizing measures German officials to
render assistance in the execution of illegal measures aimed against their
own country,” was made public here today by the German Embassy.
Notes had previously been handed t0 the French, British and Belgian
governments at Paris, Londan and Brussels.