THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXII., NO. 3268.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE II, 1923.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
Congressional Party Will Arrive Wednesday, A. M.
MANY TO ATTEND
BANQUET GIVEN
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Congressional Party Arrives
at Haines — Speakers
Chosen for Banquet.
The United States army trans
port Cambrai with the Congressional
caxty on beard is due at Juneau
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
and will sail for Seattle at daylight
Thursday morning, according to a
telegram received by Mayor I. Gold
stein today.
Mayor Goldstein today rejected
that the business men of Juneau
decorate their places of business and
display flags wherever possible so
that Juneau may present a pie? sing
appearance to the visitors upon their
arrival here Wednesday morning.
At 1-east l«8 persons, including the
guests, will attend the banquet to
ho tendered the visiting Congras ton
al party here next Wednesday even
ing, according to a list compiled to*
(Jay. Among the guests will be nina
U. S- Senators and 34 Representa
tives; 18 to 20 Army and Navy of fl
oors, and othor3 who are accompany
ing the party on the trip.
The party arrived at Chilkoot Bar
racks at 6;30 a. m. today on the
Cambrai from Seward. It will visit
Skagway and go over the White Pass
Railroad to Lake Bpnnett and pos
sibly other points of sconic interest.
Program of Entertainment
The program of entertainment in
cludes an official recoption given by
Gov. and Mr3- Bone at the Gover
nor’s House; the banquet at Elks
Hall; an automobile trip for the
entire party to Mendenhall Glacier,
and possibly a visit to the Alaska
Juneau mil! as well as other local
points of Interest.
The official reception will follow
the banquet, the latter being set for
6 p. m., and the former for It p. m.
Speaker* Are Chosen
R. E. Robertson, under whose di
rection data for pamphlet on South
eastern Alaska is being compiled for
presentation to the Senators and Rep
resentatives, will bo toastmaster at
the banquet. 'Speakers chosen to pre
sent certain facts to the p rty are: H
(L. 'Faulkner, W. E. Britt. Judge James
Wlckeraham. P. R. Bradley and J. A.
(Hdllenthal. Owing to the fact that the
banquet must be over by ft p. in.
a time limit of 10 minutes has been
placed on each speaker.
T. S. Elsmero. Mayor of Peters
burg, at the request of the Peters
burg Chamber of Commerce has been
placed on the speakers' list. He will
present arguments for the Wrangell
Narrows improvement project for
which a survey by the Board of Riv
ers and Harbors was authorized by
the la3t Congress.
In response* to an invitation,!
(Continued on Page Three.)
FORMER GERMAN PRINCE IS NOW
STIRRING IRE OF SOCIALISTS
BERLIN, June 11.—(By Ai*s<>clat-|
ed 'Freed.)—'Prince Eitel Friedrich,
the! second son of exEmperor Wilhelm |
Id, of Germany, has recently created j
a number of new Knight3 of Honor]
la the Order of St. John, of which!
he Vs supreme commander for Bran
denburg province, and has thereby
created as well the usual annual up
roar among the 3ociali3ts.
Thero are several angles about this
yearly action of tho prince, that the
German radicals do not like, although
they do not express any fundamental
objections to the original organization
lt3elf, which dates back to the a!x- j
fectith century day3 of Gregory the*
Great in Jerusalem.
'In tho first place with the Hohen-;
zollerns In the discard, tho socialists I
disapprove of Eitel’s action in still is-1
suing high toned parchment prncla-j
mations creating Knights of Ht. John
-which pretentiously start off with:
“We. William Bitol Friedrich, Chris
ARTIST CHOOSES COLLEGE BEAUTY.
;
M.U8 Florence Wilkinson, of .vi.nnt.i'polis, Muiue*jia, a sopho
more at the University of Minnesita, has been selected as the most
beautiful girl in that institution by Cole3 Phillips, celebrated illus
trator. Miss Wilkinson was chosen frcm a photograph by Phillips,
alter the staff of the university’s Year Hook had conducted a
beauty contest.
REALTORS IRE TO DISCUSS
MODERN FINANCING; SESSION
IS TO BE HELD THIS MONTH
Says Democrats
Will Be Victory
Party in Election
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OOL.IT.MBUS, June 11.—Chair
man Cordell Hull, of tho Demo
' cratic National Committee, in a
letter to Stale Chairman \V. W.
I Duhin. said the Democrats
will bo the “victory party" at
the next election. “Victory
Clubs” are being organized in j
hundreds of cities and towns
‘ already, Hull wrote.
Court Grants K. K. K.
Right to Incorporate
■LITTLE BOOK. June 11.—The
court here has granted the petition
for incorporation of the Ku Klux
Klan in this state, the headquarters
to be located here.
tian Karl, Prince of Prussia, by Grace
of God.” etc.
Secondly, the socialists regard “as
monorchlstic masquerading." the an
nual ceremony of knighting, with It*
flowering robes and plumecrested
hats.
Yet capping tho climax in the rad
ical's eyes is the fact 'that the new
knights include not only officers of
the old monarchical army but even
members of Republican Germany’s
new Reichwehr and Security Police.
Vorwaerts. the socialist official news
paper, declares Eitcl has created at
least 233 knights this year, 3fi of
whom belong to the new army and
navy.
Tho Order of St. John is said to
be continuing it* extensive chart
table activities throughout Germany.
Beforo tho war it had established
nearly half a hundred hospitals in
thl« country besides two abroad.
CHICAGO. .Inn-' 11 —(By Associat
ed Press.)—Six thousand real estate
men from 475 c-ftica are making l'lang
to cruise, mt'or or go by special
train to Clevel.UMl for the sixteenth
annual convention of the National
Association of Ileal Estate Boards
June 27-30. Governmental, legisla
tive, financial, architectural and other
questions of importance in real es
tate development, ami especially full
est utilization of modern financing
possibilities to meet the present busi
ness acceleration in real estate, are
to be discussed.
What is known as the Indiana plan
xf cheeking extravagance and pre
venting possible graft in official ex
penditures will be explained by Judge
William A. Hough, chairman of the
Indiana state board of tax commis
sioners, which has boon given power
to review alll tax levies and bond is
sues in Iidiana upon complaint of ten
taxpayers.
A proposal for a national land
policy, covering utilization of lands
in every state according to sound
sconomic principles will be outlined
by I)r. Richard T. Ely, director of
the bureau of economic research of
the University of Wisconsin.
The Pennsylvania law authorizing
building and loan associations to lend
on second mortgages will be dis
cussed by Samuol A. Sterns, of Phila
delphia.
Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, director of
the Federal budget, will speak on how
the federal government handles its
finances and real estate.
The Chicago real estate board and
boards from other nearby cities will
go to Cloveland by boat, and the boat
will be used as a hotel during the
convention. The Minneapolis and the
Buffalo real estate boards also will
go by water
Two Plead Guilty to
Embezzling Million
YORK, Pa., June 11.—Thomas H.
Baird, cashier, ahd William H. Bell,
assistant cashier, cf the City Bank,
entered a plea of guilty to embez
zling more than $1,000,000 from the
bank which closed in April. Baird
was sentenced to 22 years and flood
#20.000 and Bell to 15 to 20 years
and fined $10,000.
I
poincare'Asks
GREAT BRITAIN
TO STAND PAT
French Premier Delivers Note
to British on Repara
tions of Ge$n£ny.
PARIS, June 11.—Premier Poin ;
I care’s noto on the subject of Ger-|
! man reparations was delivered lasl
I lfight in London for presentation to-1
| day to the British Cabinet.
Poincare expressed hope the!
1 Great Britain will Join with Franc.’'!
: in telling Germany passive resistant- ,
in the Ruhr must cease.
Poincare's note apt vs ^iiat if Uer
I many edniplies, Fran r will be dis ;
iposed”to consider with iter Allies a
(solution of the ropAn.itions Question |
providing (he diiscuaoion keeps with i
! in the limit of France's proposals of I
’ last Januury.
TO BROADCAST
INSULIN CURE
SEATTLE, June II Local phy-l
siet'ins tlflrt »trrftc*rHWfr»'lou'tln* for-!
ward to one of iho most notable meet-j
,Ings in the history of the Pacific|
Northwest Medical Association wnen
I the annual convention of that organ-!
I ization is held here Juno 19-21, with!
.twenty-five speakors, many of them
jof national and international reputa-j
I t.ion, included on the program- Near-j
I ly a thousand medical men, from]
(Oregon. Idaho, Montana. Wyoming.1
! Utah and Washington, end the Can-!
ladian provinces of British Colum
bia. .Alberta and Saskatchewan, are]
!expected to attend the sessions,
i Of particular interest will be the!
] addresses of Dr. J. B. Collop, one of
i the discoverers of the Insulin treat ]
j wont for diabetes, who will describe!
]tha treatment; Dr. H. Gideon Wells,:
;of the University of Chicago, one of j
the world's greatest authorities of;
(cancer, and Professor K. F. Wencke
bach, international authority on dis
eases of the heart.
Two of the meetings will be public j
with the lectures broadcast-m by a1
radio station. Dr Philips’ lecture on;
the Insulin treatment will also be
broadcasted.
MEET ON FISH j
CONSERVATION
SAN FRANCISCO. Juno 11.—An in
ternational treaty Tor the conserva
tion and proper utilization of the
fishery resources of the sea will be
discussed at the second Pan-Pacific
Scientific Congress, to b“ held in
Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, on
August 13-27, according to Dr. Barton i
director of the California Academy of I
Sciences hero who has been invited'
to prepare a paper on this topic.
Dr. Kvermann has made investiga
tions which reveal that if the rem-l
mints of fur-seal herds, aea otters,)
whales and other fishery resources;
of the Pacific be given the same)
protection now afforded the Alaska
fur seal, in a few decades they would
yield an annual rolurn of about $31)0,
000,000.
Mayor Hylan Talks
On Enforcement
Of Prohibition
NEW YORK, June 11—Mayor Hy
Van, who recently pledged the city
of New York to support the en
forcement of the Volstead law. last
night told Federal Prohibition Can
field, in a letter, that all liquor should
be stopped at the port of entry and |
that enforcement was up to the
government.
iMayor Hylan said:
‘)Do not try to shift the burden
on the shoulders of anybody else.
Do not rip open the feather bed and
then expect the notice officers to
grittier In the feather*.”
GEORGE HEARS! AND BRIDE.
George Hearat, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph llearst,
has determined to learn Journaflijm "from tho ground up" and has
secured a position with the San Francisco Examiner. lie will make
his home In the California cltyjrith his bride, who was Miss
Blanche B. Wilbur, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Wilbur, or
Idaho Falla, Idaho, one ot lhat Stale’s most eminent families. Re
cently tin? son of the noted publisher and his brido were guests
for several weeks at the home o: Iii» parents. In New York.
I
Italian Women
j May Vote in
Municipal Elections
| ROME. July li Premier Mufl- j
j solinl has introduced in the j
C'Uamhii .»f nepu..es un elect
I oral reform b.ll which would '
; extend the vole to women in :
j municipal elections. j
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NEW PROPOSAL
FOR MERCHANT
MARINE MADE
Retiring Chairman of Ship
ping Board Presents New
Plan to President.
WASHINGTON, June 11. The
creation of 12 subsidiary corporations
each to control one of the <■ msolidit
ed routes wore reconimende I to
President Harding today by A. I).
Lasker, retiring: chairm in o' the
United States Shipping Board as a
basis for government operating a
Federal merchant marine.
This suggestion was only made in
ease the effort to transfer ships to
private operation finally fails. Las
ker said the government must as
aiime complete control.
FOURTEEN CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR SENATOR
ST. PAUL. M*nn . June 11. There
ape fourteen candidates for the nomi
nation for United Slates Senator to
succeed the late Senator Knute Nel
son. There are nine eondid ites for
the Republican nomination, ihree for
the Farmer Labor Party and two for
the Democratic. The primary elec
tlon will occur one week from today
June 13th.
LI YUAN HUNG
IS BESEIGEU
IN HIS HOME
President of China Struggling
Against Opposition
of Militarists.
PEKTNG, Juno 11.—Practically be
sieged in hi3 residence and surround
ed by only a few faithful friends
President Lit Yuan Hung is strug
gling against the opposition .Milit a i
ists in his effort to maintain his pat
ty and form a new cabinet.
It Is statod today that the resifi
.nation of Premier Chang Shaotsenj
and h'l.s entire cabinet and the at
t.lon of tho metropolitan police I
striking Saturday, were inspired b,
a certain Militarist whom he namei
but the interpreter did not make pub
fie.
President Li Yuan Hung declaret
his intention to definitely resist of
forts to dislodge him until such t
time as Parliament names his sue
ccssor
NOTED NOVELIST DEAD.
HKN'DAYE. France, June 11.—
Pierre laiti, noted novelist, died hen
thiB afternoon.
HEIRS SEEKING HIDDEN CRSH
PLOW DP FARM FOR MANY TERRS
1 KKGINA, S.^k.. June 11. (B)
j Aamocfaitcd Press.) Then years hg<
i a farmer, Norman Curtis, arrivec
from Iowa. and settled with his f,im
l.lljr on a farm near I.nngbnnk, Sisk
[■He brought So.000 cash with him
paid SI.500 down on his farm, am
being a non-beliovpr In banks, burlei
•the remaining $3,500 in a field, tellinj
»o one, not even members of the fam
4l.v. where It was concealed, Durlni
.
FLOODS SWEEP ,
KANSAS STATE;
GREAT DAMAGE
All Streams in Kansas Re
ported Out of Banks—
Damage Immense.
THREE THOUSAND ARE
HOMELESS IN 1 TOWN
Thousands of Acres of Crops
Are Threatened—Many
Lives Are Lost.
JCANSAS CITY, June 11. — At
least five persons have lost their
i lives as the result of floods in Kan
,i’s. Virtually every stream in the
' rtate is c ut of its banks and it is
i reported the lorses in various places
i will reach hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
Two fatalities are reported from
Arkansas City which has sufferde
the worst flood in history.
One man was drowned at Win
field when he attempted to wade a
; flooded street.
Two other men are also reported
drowned in that vicinity.
I One hundred and fifty passengers
I marooned on a Santa Fe train near
1 Winfield have been removed by row
1 boats.
j The flood has left 3.000 homeless
at Arkansas City.
I TOLL DAMAGE GROWING,
i Late this afternoon, from reports
| already received, the damage is
j Disced at many millions of dollars.
The heaviest damage has been done
' in Southwest Kansas.
The damage alone at Arkansas
City is placed at $3,000,000.
Chisholm Creek, which flooded
Wichita last Saturday, is again ris
ing and a further flood is feared
there.
Selina is also expecting a flood
from Dry Creek.
At Cofleyville the Verdigris River
i is again rising and thousands of
i acres of crops are threatened with
■ destametion. JoJiflCB
GEORGIA TOWN DAMAGED.
[ .MACON, Ga., June 11.—Damage
estimated at $1,000,000 was caused
here yesterday afternoon when more
than six Inches of water fell In less
than one hour and a half.
DAMAGE IN COLORADO.
, LOVELAND, Colo., June 11.—One
• man lost Ills life by drowning and
. heavy property damage has resulted
. from the Pood in the Red Stone
River.
■ BRIDGE GOES OUT.
TULSA, Okla . June 11.—A bridge
, over the Salt FMrk at the 101 ranch
r near Prmca City went out yester
11 day afternoon carrying sevoral per
. eons down stream to their death.
i SEATTLE, June 11.—The tbert
of $44,00 In negotiable securities
from the safe of Skinner & Eddy
Corporation here last July 8 was
revealed loday when suit was Bled
i to restrain the City of Seattle and
local hanks from paying $6,000 in
terest on coupons sent for collection.
All of the bonds were recovered In
Chicago where they were held by
1 bankers who bought them from an
unknown individual.
the winter of lftltl he was frozen to
i death, and with him died the secret
I of tho hiding place of the money.
For the past decade members of
, his family have organized many
. ifutile searches for the hidden treas
1 ure. Every conceivable place has
1 been dug op, stones moved and
I hiin<'h.es followed, but still Curtis’
• hoard remains safe from everyone,
t bank robbers included, / ,