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VOL. XXII., NO. 3294.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
WHEAT HITS BELOW DOLLAR PRICE
Last Nation Ratifies Treaties of Arms Conference
FRENCH RATIFY
ALL TREATIES;
[, ARE EFFECTIVE
Final Move Is Made in Rati- j
fication of Washington
Arms Conference.
PABIS, July 12. — The French
Senate by a vote of 287 to 3 has
rstifled the treaty for limitation of
naval armament without reserva
tion.
The Senate shortly after ratify
ing the naval armament treaty, rati
fied the Four Fewer treaty.
By the vote of the French Sen
ate, the treaties now become effective
as the Chamber cf Deputies ratified
them last week and all ether na
tions have also done the same.
C' ALL STEFS COMPLETED.
WASHINGTON, July 12. — The
ratification by the French Senate of
the Washington naval treaty and
Four Power pacts completes the
steps necessary to put the agree
ments in force except the deposits
of the ratifications by all signatories
in Washington.
RUM RUNNERS
ATTACK THOSE
SHIP WRECKED
Inadvertent Visitors to Liquor
Smugglers’ Coloney Are
Shot Up on Coast.
MEXICO CITY, July 12.—Fantas
tic tales told of the operations of
American rum runners along the
coast of Lower Califronla reached a
climax recently with the publication
of delayed advices from Rosario
telling of the unhappy fate of 17
Mexican fishermen who fell Into the
hands of American smugglers.
The little Mexican fishing smack,
Marlnera. it is related, swept by a
heavy storm from its fishing grounds,
sought refuge under the lee of the
island of Sacramento, in Vizcaino
bay. Instead of a refuge, the storm
tossed fishermen were greeted, upon
landing, with a volley from the
rifles of a score of American smug
glers, and six of them were wound
ed. Attempting to seek refuge in
the brush, they were halted by a
storm bullets from a hidden ma
chine gun. Then, after they had
been placed aboard tbeir craft and
told to forget what had happened,
an unsuccssful attempt was made to
•Ink their boat with shots from a
Harding Takes Obligation
To Be Kind to Horse, Dog;
Talks on Life’s Problems
SHE FIGHTS FOR HER CHILD.
Mrs. Frances Klopper. of Chicago, daughter of David Block.
President of the United Cigar Stores, who was divorced from her
husband a year ago, has filed suit,’ alleging that her son David; now
five, who was awarded to the father, is not in proper hands. She
asks his custody.
piece of artillery mounted on one of I
the island's rocky hills.
According to the Marinera's skip-|
per, Pabrfcio Mendoza. the smug-j
giers have built a small village on
the shore of one of the coves that !
indent the island, and stores of i
liquor worth a fortune were piled in
makeshift warehouses nearby.
No Beer and Wine with
Meals in Manitoba; Vote
WINNIPEG, jutv 12.—The Mani I
toba voters yesterday rejected thei
bill legalizing the sale of light wines !
and beer with meals in hotels un^
der the liquor moderation law which;
was adopted three weeks ago.
Wireless Age Is Coming;
* * * * ft * * * *
British Scientist Claims!
—
LONDON. July 12 — )By Associated
Press).—Under the heading. “Com
ing of the Wireless Age,” a British
scientist contributes a striking article
to a London newspaper, in which he
predicts that wireless will be used
in the near future for directing ships
at sea, train and trolley services,
traffic control of the road, fleets of
battleships and aircraft. “It will be
possible,” he says, “to direct the
path of everything moving on the
surface of the earth, not even except
ing human beings, by means of wire
less.”
The initial step In harnessing this
potent and little known force was the
establishment some weeks ago of a
wireless lighthouse on Inchkeith
Island, in the Firth of Forth. By
means of this “lighthouse,” ships can
be directed through the dangerous
channel* of the Firth by wireless, so
that there Is no possibility of their
running ashore or being wrecked even
on the darkest night or in the dense
est fogs.
Stops are being taken in conjunc
tion with the British Board of Trade
and the meteorological office, to
internationalize wireless direction ol
ships at sea. At the present moment
there is Ijjjfif In tile Port of London
8 ship that has been specially fitted
with powerful wireless receiving sets
to give demonstrations of thin new
method of navigation in the princi
pal ports of ine world.
Setting out from London this mis
sionary ship will sail for China, via
the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean,
and the Straits, and thence on to
North and South America, and hack j
acru.it the Atlantic to Europe and j
South Africa, giving demonstrations,
iit < very big port enroute.
The most ambitious effort, how- j
ever, will be a cross .V >»utir aero
plane flight which is t e made j
|late in the summer. The machine!
| will carry both pilot and observer, |
[but their attentions will be confined!
ito the actual flying side.
Setting out from Newfoundland,!
for the first 600 miles of its flight j
too aeroplane will be directed byj
the fllace Bay Wireless Station. Then i
it will be picked up and navigated
t.y a wireless “lightship,” cruising]
iu mid-ocean, to a point where con
trol will be transmitted to Ongar,
the big operating station in this
country.
The whole 2.000 mile* of flight will
he directed by wireless,
HOOVER IS TO
HOLD HEARINGS
ON FISH GASES
Public Hearings at Cordova,
Seward, Anchorage, Nenana
and Fairbanks Arranged.
U. S. S. hiunu1!.iv30N, by Radio,
July 12.—Secretary of Commerce
Herbert C. Hoover will hold public
hearings upon the working of the
fishing reserves of Southwestern;
Alaska at Seward, Anchorage and!
Cordova on July 16, 17 and 18. The
Secretary will also hold hearings!
on the Yukon fishing problems atj
Fairbanks and Nenana on July 14
and 16.
These hearings are for tie pur
pose of giving everyone hitereeted
an opportunity to fully present
their views and recommendations
with respect to the fishing Reserves
and the problems' arising therefrom!
and to acquaint the Secretary tflthj
the details and all angles of the
question. • i
Invitations have been sent to all
points of these reserves and request
made that everyone having either;
complaints or suggestions should at-1
tend the hearing and present their;
views without reservation.
Stalled Auto Is Hit;
Five Persons Killed
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 12.—
Five were instantly killed and two
seriously injured when a passenger
train on the Big Four Railroad hit
an automobile stalled on the track.
Says Twelve-Hour Days to
Come Before End of Year;
YOUNGSTOWN. Jlv 12. - — The!
twelve hour day will end in many
departments of the steel mills be
fore the end of the year. James
A. Campbell, President of the Youngs
town Shpet. & Tube Mill Company
deelared hern today.
i
ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON
WITH PRESIDENT HARDING. July
12.-- President Harding has bound
himself by oath never to mistreat
either dog or horse,' taking the obli
gation to be kind tq both which
was part of the oaib taken by the
President yesterday at Skagway
when he became a member of the
Arctic Brotherhood.
This was confided to the members
of the Presidential. party yesterday
afternoon by Mrs. Harding.
The First Lady of the Hand also
Informed the members of the party
that the Chief Executive, front boy
hood, had loved animals and his en
thusiasm over the ArcJlc Brotherhood's
proposal to protect dogs and horses,
attsed him to tell Ids wife about It.
The Brotherhood was organized in
tSiifl on the steamer City ol Seattle
by gold prospectors whose use of
dogs and horses,!;, the Northland
at that time was responsible Tor
the inclusion of the "he kind lo
animal'' phrase in the membership
requirements.
Only Alaskans are qualified to be
long to tile organization.
. On Open Pnacific
President Harding is today on the
open'Pacific waters, the Henderson
having passed through Icy Straits
Into the Gulf of Alaska early this
morning euroute to Seward where
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THIRD MONTANA
BANK SUSPENDS
Joplin Institution Closes Doors
in Montana as Result.
Fourth Fight.
HELENA, July 12.—The First
Slate Bank of Joplin. Montana, af
filiated with the Stanton Trust &
Suvings Bank, han closed its doors
according to Bank Examiner Skelton,
making the third bank to suspend.
NO JUSTIFICATION.
GREAT PAULS. July 12. L. E
Jones, Secretary of the Commercial
Club, in a statement today declared
there was no justification In the
bank failures here and at Shelby
due to the promotion of the cham
pionship tight on July 4.
Jones declared no private loans
were made or bank funds used in
the promotion.
• "The majority of the losers, due
to the Dempsey-Gibbons fight, were
cither small concessionaries or those
who bought many tickets and sold
them at a sacrifice just prior to the
bout. The men who guaranteed the
fight sum due Dempsey include busi
ness men in a pbsitlon to associate
their losses without a murmur or
without flnanacial distress," said
Jones.
Japanese Land Lease
Upheld in California
LOS ANGELES. July 12.—Judge
Leslie R. Hewittt. of the Los Ange
les County Superior Court, in a de
cision holds that the lease of a
tract of land near Ft. McArthur to
Japanese for a sanitarium, Is legal.
Judge Hewitt ruled that California
law did not prohibit, leasing of lands
to aliens ineligible for citisenHhlp,
for other than commercial purposes.
He also held that leasing of lands
near fortifications was not violated.
Kissing Clergyman
Tenders Resignation
To Federation
BOSTON, July 12.—Rev. George
L. Paine, who was beaten up by
Lieut. Wesley McL. Hague, of the
Navy, because he kbped Hague's
bride, haB tendered bis resignation
as Executive Secretary of the Great
er Boston Federation of Churches,
at a special meeting of the di
rectors. The directors deferred ac
tion until all the directors attend.
GANNA WALSKA SINGS WHILE HYPNOTIZED.
In the famous old Latin Quarter of Paris, where Sve&gali hyp
notized- the heroine of George Uu Maurler's “Trilby” to make her
Bing, Mine. Ganna Walska underwent a similar treatment on men
tal suggestion before she made her Paris debut In a eharity rendition
of “Hlgoletto," in which she took the role of Gilda, in the Paris
Opera House. Auto-suggestion was used by the hypnotist, though
her actions on the Btage were perfectly normal. Mine. Walska, who
in private live Is Mrs. Harold F. McCormick, wife of the Chicago
multi-millionaire, was not favorably received by the audience.
Great Britain to
: I Draft Reply on
j German Reparations
I LONDON, uly 12. Great Ilrl- j
| tain through an address by Pre
! ruler Baldwin. haH informed Italy |
! and France that she Is ready to
i assume responsibility for pre
paring a draft of a reply to the j
German .reparations proposal.
The reply will be submitted o I
the Allies with the least possible 1
delay with the hope that all can i
agree upon its terms.
Premier Baldwin said the Brit
! i ish Government invited the syni- I
I | pathy of the Allies and said Great j
| i Britain aims solely at paciflca
] | tlon of Europe and the recovery
j of an exhausted world.
-*
I. W. W. Plead Own Cases;
Convicted of Syndicalism
—
LOS ANGELES, uly 12 -Twenty
seven alleged members of the In
| dtistrial Workers of the World have
I been convicted of two counts of the
I indictments charging criminal syndi
calism They ailed as their own
counsel. Sentence of the 27 were
I passed and ranged from one to 14
j years. If Is Indicated they will ap
i peal.
FOR PROTEST STRIKE
' LOS A NOELKS. July 12. -A rivi
day strike hy the marine transpnr
| branch of the Wohblles as a protes
| of the conviction of 27 Wobblles ha:
been voted by 1,200 iongshoremet
of the harbor district. Speakers pre
dieted all loggprs in the Northwest
will join In n sympathetic strike.
| Paraguay Rebels
Repulsed by
Government Force
Bt'ENOS AIRES. July 12 - The rev
olutionists attacked the capital. As
cunsion. of Paraguay, last Monday
The fighting was continued mitt
late ypsterday when the rebels wen
put to flight by the Governmen
troops. Seventy were killed and 101
wounded in the battle, according tl
reports received here,
GERMANY LOST
178 SUBMARINES
IN WORLD WAR
:
Official Report Is Issued by
Navy Department—Loss
in Personnel Given.
WASHINGTON, Jiny 12. — One
hundred and seventy-eight (lerman
submarines were "lost In action"
during the war. according to an of
. ficial report just received by the
1 Navy Department. The loss in per
! runnel la given as 5.264, of whom
1515 were officers. These figures are
• believed by officials here to be the
| first authentic Information on this
i subject to be obtained. Four years
were consumed, the author of the re
j port usseris. In checking official
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WHEAT GOMES
DOWN; FLOUR
ALSO TUMBLES
Two Commodities Are Now
at Lowest Price Since.
Late in Year of 1914.
CHICAGO, July 12.—With wheat
selling: for slightly less than $1 a
bushel cn the Chicago Board of
Trade, the Minneapolis millers are
selling family bands of flour in car
load lots at $6 per barrel.
Tin 3( two commodities are now
the lrwe't since late in 1914 and
early in 1915.
Brokers give world over-produc
tion and general readjustment of
grain values as reasons for the de
pression.
BORAH SAYS
U. S. SHOULD
HELP EUROPE
Makes Important Declaration
at Portland—Recognition
of Russian Is Urged.
PORTLAND, Ore,, July 12.—That
Itha League of Nations and the World
Court are Impotent in presence of
tlie Ruhr and Russian problems and
that the United States should assist
in the economic situation and taka
steps toward recognition of the Rus
sian government were declarations
made by United States Senator Will
ie in K. Borah in an address before
the National Federation of Busine-s
and Professional Women In session
here. .
Senator Borah said there could be
no peace, no disarmament and no
opening of the markets of Europe to
the pioduct of the American farm
without adjustment of reparations
and Russian problems.
Senator Borah said he agreed with
Senator Underwood, recently re
turned from Europe, “that we are
drifting down stream and can al
ready hear the roar of the rapids.
We can help without departing jn
I the slightest from our traditional
foreign policy.”
Convention of Women
Approve World Court
PORTLAND, July 12 -The Nation
al Federation of Business and Pro
fessional Women have passed a reso
lution endorsing President Harding's
world court proposal.
Convicted Murderess
Attempts to Kill Sell
CHICAGO. July 12. Mrs. Sabelie
Crudclle, sentenced to hang for the
! murder of one of her former hua
i bands, the first woman convicted of
I murder tn this county, attempted sui
j tide In her cell last night but was
revived.
jWomen of Turkey May
Soon Cast Off* Their Fetters
,
. I CONSTANTINOPLE. July 12 -(By
Associated Press. I Turkish women
p set-in destined soon lo enjoy the same
freedom and privilege* ns women in
the United Stutea. Muatapha Kernel
l haa promised them Hie vote and they
jare now beginning to shake off the
, fetters which have kept them In do
mestic bondage since time Immemor
ial. A great woman's political con
gress will be held hero shortly, and
;a country wide suffrage movement in
aiigurated. Women possessing dip
lomas of higher and secondary educa
- : tion may appoint delegates.
■ | One of the leaders of the new
movement says the object of the Tur
I i kish women Is to obtain the vote
■ | peacefully within two years. Mean
I while. Hie first step ir. this direction
> ! was won recently when th" women
1.1 elected a Turkish woman teacher OD
| the council of primary education
Women voters appeared at the elect
oral assembly in greater numbers
than the men, and this was inter
preted HH showing modern enlighten
ed Turkish women's keenness in so
cial matters.
Mrs. Mark Bristol, wife of Admiral
Bristol, the American High Commis
sioner. is active in Turkish social and
civic societies and has given the
Moslem women leaders much useful
counsel based upon the experience of
American women In political and pub
lic life.
Ninety per rent of Turkish women
are illiterate. Their education ex
tends little beyond a memorisation
of parts of the Koran (Turkish Bible)
and a certain acquaintance with
household and maternal duties. Their
husbands regard them as merely con-'
vanient mediums to minister to theif
needs and pleasures,