THE ALASKA DAILY
'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIMET
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VOL XXI., NO. 3194.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY WORK WILL GIVE
AD TO ALASKA SAYS BOYLE
BASTROP GRAND
JURY RETURNS
NO INDICTMENTS
Apparently Hooded Band
Sensation in Louisiana
Has Ended in Fiasco.
BASTROP. Lu„ March 16.—No
indictments were returned by the
Morehouse Parish grand jury which
reported to Judge Fred Odom after
a 10-dav investigation of the hooded
hand activitie to which the slaying
of Watt Daniels and Thomas Hich
aidg was attributed.
Attorney General Coco left before
the jury reported, stating that if
no indictments were returned, he
would file information against cer
tain porrr ns mentioned in the open
lionring conducted last January.
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RIDING CASES
COMEJTO END
Second Case Is Dismissed on
Motion of State—An
other One Held Over.
MWDFOKD, Ore.. March L’tf. On
motion of the state the night riding
charges of alleging hanging of A.
Burr, negro, and former boot black
here, was dismhfied. Following
this the court announced tliatttbc
indictment of Dr. J. F. Bray, j. F.
Jlittson and Howard Hill, charging
extortion in connection with the al
leged hanging of J. F. Hale, wlil be
held over. This ends all night rid
ing piosecutions for the present.
Acting Imperial Wizard
Must Face Texas Charge
HOUSTON. Texas, March 16 —
Federal Judge H. O. Hutchison to
day declined to grant a continuance
of the care of Edward Yeung Clarke,
of Atlanta, former acting Imperial
Wizard cf the Ku Klux Klan
charged with violation of the Mann
act. It is expected a warrant will
be issued at once for the arrest of
Clarke and • his return to Houston.
Serious Fire in Ogden;
Damage Over $300,000
OGDEN, Utah, March 16.—Fire
(‘ailed last night in the bust net*
diftrict did damage estimated at
$300,000 before extinguished.
NEW YORK WOMAN TO PRACTICE IN PORTO RICO.
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Miss Dorothy Frocks. of New York, lias the distinction of
being the first continental woman to he admitted to practice in
the United States District Court in Porto Itico. She will enter
general practice in the city of San Juan.
ALASKA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
; RECEIVES DONATION OF $?,8i
Fairbanks Bank
Case Is Taken
Under Advisement
i SAN FRANCISCO, March 16.—
.The action of Mrs. Isabelle Bar
initlo to recover from Fred G.
I Noyes, 6f San Francisco, receiver of
| the Washlngton-Aiaska Bank at
Fairbanks, $58,000 claimed to have
! been advanced to meet claims of
] depositors, has been taken under
1 advisement by the L'nited States
.Court of Appeals.
Senator Caraway Says He
Is Not Guilty in Fighting
WASHINGTON, March 16 Ven
ator T. II. Caraway, of Arkansas,
entered a plea of not. guilty in the
suit for damages brought against
him by Harry A. Wailerstein, clerk
In the Veterans' Bureau as Hie re
sult of a recent fistic encounter be
tween ihe two following an argu
ment on a street car. Caraway
claims he was asaulted by the
plaintiff and was not the aggre.-sor.
as charged.
POEM AIDS IDENTIFICATION
OF TANK AILED IN FRANCE;
SOLDIER'S WIDOW LOCATED
WASHINGTON, (March IB.—A type
wnitten poenn found on file body of
an American soldier killed noar Bin
atrviille, France, proved recently to be
the means of identifying the body as
that Of Thomas O'Keefe. I) Company,
JOW -Machine Gan Battalion. 67th Di
vision.
®y tracing the poem to >i‘ts attLhor
and checking Mats of the 27th and
771ih TUVin torn. ‘searchers ultimately
found the widow of the imtssing sol
di Ser, who Iklemtlified otiher articles
found on the body.
.Records ctr itlhe Graves Regifltration
Service show that when the body
Was taken from Rs taut leifield resting
place to .be placed with fallen com
rades in ittlie permanent American
cemeteries 'in (France iit was believed
to 'have foeen that of Corporal Logan
Whoaler. D Company. 364th Infantry,
knawn to have Ibeen killed near the
spot.
There were round, iliowover, In ad
dition 1o the typewritten poem, a
few ccilns, a book with the .panelled
notation. “Ncwiadla CoUolidated Cop
per Company” and Wafer Ga
K',y;" ■£*» a J'ing on-graved “T. O.
K.” AU these articles were pre
garved and the army machlnory for
i Mott!'fiction at the <1 outl in France
bog an i ts work.
laquinies showed no record of any!
nien named Wheeler or O'Keefe, cm
ployed toy the Copper Company <»'
hue aewsapaper and known lo have!
been in France. Tlie poem, however,
bore the name of the author. Charles
S'Dlr. and he w.is located in New
Yurie City. He had written it. he
said, while with the New York Na
tiionail Girard on the Mexican border
In lOlti, but did not know how a
copy nuighit have reached Frame.
iSWl the seancihers saw a clew in
what he staid. They began to iponr
icver records of tho 27th Division
(New York National Guard) for in
itials correatpondiing to those on the
ring. The ^oaavh was fruitless. As
the 77t:h (National Army) Division
also was a New York uni:, however,
i4 records -were explored and die
I ruosod that. Thomas O'Keefe was
: “nflaaing in Prance."
From the division record the trail
led to Mrs. O’Keofe, who identified
the handful of keotpsakos carefully
pattered from the huttlofield grave
in Frame, and today ono more was
ft'.to ken from the roll otf those who
lie unknown overseas.
(Special From Nv
FAIRBANKS. March 16.—Tile first
donation to Live A lank i Agricultural
OJllege and School of Mines has been
received 'from Stove Birch, who sent
<2,000 to purchase book for the col
lege Tilbnarv.
Back Aviation Field
The i.oiw.u of Fairbanks li is decided
to back aviation for a'iJ it Is worth
and it'ho council, which received a
cmblegtrutn from Score: vir/. at War
I Weeks, granting permission to Fair
banks to iname the ffeld after him,
will immed lately take stops to make
aviation a go here.
‘Secretary Weeks' ca.blegr u com
plimented Fairbanks on ei. pi,irise
and industry.
R. C. Wood. \V. F. Thompson and
C. B. Ele-on. the latter profwor of
English in the Fairbanks High School
this year and probably .principal next
year, hiaivo wired money to MLnne
aipoli.s for rive first lairshlp. a stand
ard CiltUis srtan liine. twta 'inioitiors and
enough parts to make a second ma
chine.
Anchorage. Cordova, Valdez and
all catnips in 'Live Interior have been
asked ito create landing field* ami
Fairbanks 'ha* guaranteed that the
landing iptaces will bo used by the
air fleet. A registered school of
aviation opens bore cm May 3.
Mild AttacK of Flu
A mild epidemic erf flu has Fair
hanks in Its grip and annoyed 130
school children and the greater pro
position Wt 'tthe town people who have
boon sick (dr a dlay or two.
ROOSEVELT BOOKS
SHUTTLE, March 18.—According
to advices rectl/v- I here, the Alaska
Agricultural College <■: Fairbanks
will receive o],l Rooaovelt bocks from
the Roosevelt Memorial A sc1'avion.
Stoph.cn Birch, inotiloncd in the
above <lispateh from Fairbanks, is
presMeirt (it the Alaska Steamship
Company, a resident at New York
City.
One Woman on Jury
To Try Communist
ST. JOSEPH, Mich.. March 16.—
A jury to try William 55. Foster,
alleged Communist, has been com
pleted. TJie jury is composed of
one woman, nine farmers and the
other two professional men.
Former Union Head
Dies in Baltimore
BALTIMORE, March 16.- Will
iam S. Carter, former president of
the * Brotherhood of ixicomotive
Firemen and Engineers, died here
last night at the age of 63 year*.
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I Industrial Insurance System
Proposed for Alaska in House
Bill Introduced By Nome Men
Creation of a full fledged Indus-.
trial insurance system In the Ter-'
rltory is proposed in a bill Intro-’
duced this morning in I he lower
Houfo by Representatives Wilson
and Decker of the Second Division,
.•wid in it ho Spry we by Son
all • Hi iwn of tfw same Division.
It provides for an Industrial Insur
ance Fund, the el*%Hon of an In
d net rial Insurance Commission, re
peal of the present .mining compen
sation act, and appropriates $5n.-i
000 to put the proposed law in
rorce.
Two Employments Exempt.
The measure affects virtually ev
, cry employer who ha - in his employ
as many us three persons. It pro
vides for compensation for injured
employees and benefits ot depend
ents of employees filled. It does'
not apply to irprlfuIttote and do-j
mestie service. The general pro
visions of tile act, apparently, fol
I low similar acts in force in some of
I the Slates.
I The enforcement of the Act is
i vested in the hands of the Commts
j sloner to whom is left classification
| of employment as to degrees of
I hazard and rates of premiums that
i shall lie required of employers, such
, re*-’ ' •’in ., .ffleic ' o :Ov
or ;lie cost inn vUlration of 'hoi
net and .novA(ie f jts ».u;-'
I plus. The CominfcWDu- 11 S
| elected by the Tum-oriui i.emsin
'ot s term
,salary of $4.20h per annum, Pro-i
i vision for offices and clerical assist-j
iants is made, offices to be main-;
j'allied in the Territorial Capital. i
Came* $50,000 Fund.
The measure carries an appro-j
jpriation clause calling for $50,0001
or such part thereof as may be ne
jceaaary to put the act into actual
effect. It is comprehensive in scope
land exhaustive In detail. Section 1,
I of the measure declares: "The Ter-’l
| rttory of Alaska, exercising herein!
Its police power, hereby declares!
that the prosperity fo the Territory
depends in a large measure upon
the well-being of its wage workers,1
and, therefore, for workers injured!
in hazardous employments, and
their families and dependents, sure
and certain relief is hereby provid-j
ed, regardless of questions of fault
and to the exclusion of every other'
remedy, proceeding or compensu-j
tlon. except as otherwise provided'
in this Act; and to that end all!
i civil actions and civil causes of ac-j
I tlon for such personal Injuries and
iall jurisdiction of the Courts of
. hte Territory over such causes are
! hereby abolished, except as in t ills
| Act provided.”
HEAVY SNOW
j STORM HITS
TWOJTATES
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Nebraska and Iowa Covered
with Heavy Blanket— j
traffic Threatened.
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OMAHA. March 16. - The heav
I icst general hiiow of the winter
j blanketed Nebraska anil Iowa yes
terday anil last night, continuing
this morning with no sign of abate
ment. A brisk wind sprang up this
forenoon in the States and the snow
ha* started to drift threatening to
i tie up railroad service. Mild tem
! peratures prevail.
;Rice Is Poisoned,
Twenty-seven
I Reported Dead
SHANGHAI. March 16. —Twi nty
seveti students and teachers of the
Normal School at Hangchow are
dead and 10 are in a precarious
condition a* the result of eating
rice saturated with poison. Two
cooks. recently discharged, have
been arrested following official in
vestigation of the poisonings.
AMERICAN PRINCESS MAY LOSE HER TITLE.
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Princess Bonroispugni, form Tly Miss Margaret Draper, or
Boston, i- no longer ilie wife of ttio Prince, who had the marriage
annulled in February. Reports from Rome indicate that the
Prince is to re. k Pupal denial of the wedding, in which case the
Princess would lose her title.
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Third Oil Company
To Prospect at
| Cold Bay, Alaska
I WASHINGTON, M i n il 1«
1 The interior Dctp nrtmont kss
| nriprovod tihe alignment of a.
proMipauttog permJ i a i'j? ***#!<!
1 'Bay d .strict of Alaska to the
I Alaska Petroleum Company. The
Alaska Petroleum Company Is
| "composed of Han Franc isco cupl
I tuilpts and It 1'uo third largest 1
oil company to acquire Interest;
in the Cold Bay lUnt.rh t. the
others being It.he S' indaird Oil |
iand Associated Oil Companies.
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Love Wins and
Girl Stowaway
To Gain Husband
BOSTON, Mtrcti 16. Terrific
storms, owcatintore.l by tile Shipping
Brfartl dt earner BuliinghE'm. Which ar
rived trcrm Kauino, Fin’ md. drove
five stowaways ifrotn tiheir hiding
pftaeos during the voyage, hot a
sixILb. n comely IS veiar-uld Finnish
girt, renroalined hidden until the
(detainer was' nearing Boston.
The girl, Bertha Bane, told the cap
tain that when the vessel was frozen
ft) the ice at ftanmo sire met in n
cafe A. Alvarez, a Port i Rican fire
man of the gtoamor. and they fell
In love. She decided to utowaiw i.V
on 'her lover's ship. At night ska
made 'her wav out over the* lee ol
Riumo hirhor for more than a
mile, climbed aboard, found Alvaro?
and took up her abode In tho fire
mens' forocaatlo. Other firemen he
came aware of ,hor .presence, but re
m lined irilont. For t wo months
while tho Bcflilinglnun was encounter
lug storms of such .fury that the
ship's sitter Structure was damaged
and one aa.lktr was swap: overboard
ti»3 girl cowed in the forecastle
Innfly d '.ring to move.
Alvarez assured hor they would lit
married no mat*or .what happened
she said.
Eight Are Convicted
Criminal Syndicalism
JX>rt ANUBBKS. March 16 — Kighi
Wobliiie** have been convicted hen
of criminal syndicalism.
TWO GERMANS
ARE EXECUTED
Deported Policemen Return
to Ruhr and Are Prompt
ly Sent to Death.
j HKRI.IN, March 16 Two Ger
; man policemen were executed at
i finer laid Monday in ktie presence
! of two officers and two soldiers of
jthe occupation forces. German cor
| respondents in the Ruhr males in
, despatches that the two German
I policemen had been deported and
jthey returned to net their belong
ings when they were arrested and
j executed.
PROWLING GERMANS SHOT.
DCSSELDORF, Jrtaich 16 Three
Germans were shot and killed I a at
1 nikIit by French sentries while try
, in« to break into a machinery ware
I house al Recklinghausen * Tile Ger
inans disregarded usual challenges.
j JAPAN WANTS JURY SYSTEM
TOKIO. Mtrtfli 16.—The go^'rn
i in iat lus presented a hill to the
j House of R'epresemtativos calling for
! a Jury aytitem in Japan.
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SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR TO
HELP ALASKA
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New Department of Interior
Chief Indicates He Will
Follow Fall’s Policy.
SEATTLE, March 16—Goerge L.
Boyle, personal representative of
Secretary of Interior Work, has ar
rived here en route to study Alaska.
Ho said he would visit practically
j every community in the Territory
land aet. views of the people regard
ling the north, lie will remain in
Alaska until next winter.
Mr. Boyle was sent north six
months ago on a similar mission
but was recalled when Albert B.
Fail resigned as Secretary of In
terior.
Boyle said: "The fact that I havg
been sent back indicates that Sec
retary Work intends to carry out
tho work indicated by his predeces
sor. I believe the people of Alaska
will find the new Secretary of In
ferior wholly responsive to the poli
cies started by Secretary Fall.
"Secretary Fall was tlia first Sec
retary of tho Interior Department
to make an Investigation looking
to the freeing of the Territory
from the alleged top-heavy Federal
administration."
Mr. Boyle is to study function
ing of the Federal Bureaus and
make a survey looking to conaoli
I dation and co-ordination.
Dancer Indicted for
Perjury in Big Suit
NEW YORK. March 16. — Evan
Burrow ee Fontaine, dancer, and her
| mol her, Mrs. Flornece E. Fontalae.
have been indicted on charges of
perjury growing out of the dancer’s
$1,000,000 breach of promise suit
against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit
ney, who wan recently married.
Rear Admiral Sims
Causing More Trouble
I SACRA M BN TO, March 16.—The
State Senate, after a heated debate,
defeated the resolution protesting
against the selection of Rear Ad
miral VV. S. Sims as the Charter
Day speaker at the University of
California on March 113. A similar
resolution was blocked In the Ac
senubly by adjournment.
Critics alleged Sims was so
friendly with Great Britain as to be
diuloyal to his ot^n country.
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Snow Records of March
Are Broken in New Mex.
SANTA FK, N. M.. March 1C.—
All March snow records were broken
last. niKht and today with 10 Incite
in the city and ranging front two to
three feet in the mountains 20
miles distant.
Bill for Sterilisation
Of Insane Now Signed
IIIOUKNA. March 16.—Governor
Dixon has signed the bill providing
for sterilization of idiots and of
Insane confined in institutions with
the consent of guardians or the cus
todians.
IS FAITHFUL UNTIL THE ENDi
DIES MAKING HIS WIFE HAPPY
j ASHTABULA. Ohio. March 16 Be
j < ause erf un agreement entered into
| last October between Hr. and Mrs
: II Mill in iHrown. when Mrs. Brown
st cried on a tour around the world
■to wnlLo ouflv ciheonftil letters to
each other—Mr*. Brown Is unaware
that her husband is dead and buried
News of the agreement was disclosed
by friend! here.
i Hr. Brown was UH -for 10 days, bul
| h • never broke bis promise “I
! < ‘nnot wnitlo because It would ruin
j her trip." he said.
I) A few days ago -a letter was re
cahred addressed to him. in which
Mrs. Brown implored him to "forget
i that foolish prom Iso." as she Is "stek
I with anxiety.'’
I lint Dr. Brown never saw the let
j ter. Mo died February 2.'», calling for
. bis wife, wlio Is somewhere on the
Indian Ocean.
He I at i vos knowing of tbo agreement
' decided to write to the manager of
the tour at bis New York office, in
closing a letter w'ith the nows ito
j lift. Brown, which rihe will not re
ceive until he arrives in Now York.
I pretbubly a month.
Dr. Tlrown Had bean preparing to
, go to Bermuda when he became 111.
He was 5« voars old, and previous
to coming here to practico dentistry
he founded a dental school in ■Cleve
Und, which liter was merged with
Western Reserve rniventtty.