THE ALASKA DAILY
,eAlE THE HEWS ALE THE TIME"
VOL. XXI., NO. 3133. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
BRIDGE GOES DOWN: 30
Conference of Allied Premiers in Paris Breaks Up
BREAK OCCURS
IN CONFERENCE !
HELD IN PARIS
Allied Reparations Conference
Is Off—France to Go It
Alone, Is Report.
BULLETIN—PARIS. Jan. 4 —The
Allied Premier's reparations confer
mce brake up early this evening.
"It is an amicable rupture. We
are going home tomcrrow. France;
goes ahead without us" is the state
ment of a member of the British
delegation.
Late this afternocn it was re
ported that a French airplane car
rying a special British courier with
despatches from Premier Law to
London, fell killing the couner.
Later the report of a British
courier being killed was declared
untrue by members of the British
delegation.
REPARATIONS !
CONTINUE AS
MOOTED CASE
British Premier Dissatisfied
with French Plan—
Makes Statement.
PARIS. Jan. 4. — A. Bonur Raw,
British Prime Minister, declared at
today's conference of Allied Premiers
that the French plan for reparations
would make recovery of German
credit impossible and further said
that the "reparations cominisfion
would possess taxing power of the
country and therefore become the
government of the country.”
U. S. PARTICIPATION.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 Assur
ance of immediate consideration of
the resolution of Senator Robinson,
Democrat, of Arkansas, proposing
American representation on the re
parations commission, was Riven by
Administration and Senate leaders
this afternoon after Senator Lodge
oont'erred with President Harming
and Ambassador Harvey.
Theatrical Producer
Escapes an Operation
NEW YORK, Jail. 4 Florenz Zieg
feid, Jr. theatrical producer, who
has been seriously ill for several
itavs, will possibly escape an opera
tion. according to attending physi
cian^.
Dr. Campbell Is Chosen
President California U
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. Dr. W.
W. 'Campbell, director, of Lick Ob
servatory, was today unanimously
named by the regents as president
(xf the University of California.
DANISH PRINCESS MARRIES COMMONER.
Following the example of Pr ncers Mary of England, who mar
ried Viscount Lascclles. a commo lcr. Princess Dagniar, youngest
sister of the King of Denmark, has married Lieutenant Jurgen Cas
lonskoild. of the Danish Life Guard.
FARMER-LABOR
STRENGTH NOW
BE GIVEN TEST
Minnesota Legislature Pro
gram Is Mapped Out—
Four Women in House.
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! ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 4. -Guarun
; ty of state bunk deposits, a rural
■credits act. the return of county of
fices to party lines, excepting legisla
tors, and tile Farmer-laabor proposal
! for the elimination of the present
' narty state endorsing convention, are
i to have tho attention of the legisla
ture. which has convened, accord
ing to plans of some members
Bonding of country warehouses and
elevators to enable Issuance oT ware
! house receipts to be used by farm
jers a- negotiable tender and permit
ting cooperative societies to organ
■ ize their own cuttle loans, are in*
! eluded in other proposed farmer
! legislation.
Although elected on a non-pari -an
basis, tho political alignm n> i>f
members is said to promise a sc--ion
of interesting activity. The Farm r
Labor group has more than one
third of the house membership of,
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CUBAN WOMEN WILL BE CULLED
TO COLORS SOON FOR SDFFRAGE
HAVANA Cuba, Jan. 4.—Cuban'
womanhood will be called l > the'
colors soon for a campaign to so-1
cure equal rights. The opening gnr.j
will be fired a. a National Women's
Congress which is being organized
by a committee from the National
Federation of Feminine Associations
ansi, although the date has not been
fixed, ah extensive program con
sisting of 10 official congressional
themes ha^ been arranged. It fol
lows:
1— Women’s Rights. Constitutional
reforms to secure cavil and political
equality.
2— Social # Mission of Cuban Wo
manhood. " Action through public
Speaking and the press.
3— 'Women's Work. Protective leg
islation for feminine workers and
expectant mothers who also are
bread winners.
4— 'Protection for the Cuban Home.
'Reformation of legislation affecting
property rights of wives «nd chil
dren.
5 Moral and Physical Welfare of
tlie Itace. Campaigns against social
evils and diseases, lewd book -. 'va.te
slave trade and habit forming drugs.
ti—'f'hild Welfare. Assistance in
fighting infant mortality and improv
ing the moral and physical stand
ards of Cuba's youth.
7 -SiKdal Welfare. Study of arts
and sciences, summer colonic ,n
st flirt Ion in civil rights.
8—Woman Suffrage. Constitul ion
ttl reforms.
!> Women In Business Their ■ <
tu,t! status and means of improv
ing it.
10- -Women on the Farm Farm
classes for women and means of in
stilling a love for flowers and the
beautifying of home®.
The executive eommlttee for the
congress is made up of Mrs. Pilar
Me'len dp Menendez, president, and
eight vice presldonts; Mrs Manuela
Rerriz dn Valdes, secretary, and five
assistant secretaries; and M'»a lior
'e-T’ia I,at«iar. treasurer.
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I Glaciered Rails
Puts Train
Over Bank
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1 ANCHOR AUK, Jan. 4—C. ().
' Odd. conductor of a freight
f train, was killed, and Charles
| Smith, passenger was slightly
1 injured, when “glucicrod” rails
! caused the train to plungo over !
! the hank at Alii !I2, near here, j
yesterday afternoon. Slush j
| had formed a thick coat of ice
and locomotive and all cars
| loft liie rails.
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CODE REVISION
COMING UP IN
IOWA ASSEMBLY
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Legislation Measures Are Pre
pared by Special Commit
tee — Ready to Act.
DBS MOIN'KS, la., dan. 4.—Taxa- 1
tion, revision of the Iowa cods and
proposals looking t > the establish
ment of .in industrial court and
abolition of Hi ■ state highway c mi
mission. hold t lie list or expected
legislation to come before the Iowa '
assembly, when it convenes here Jan
uary 7. T ix 1 gislation measures,
prepared bj a -aerial committee, will
be ready for action at Die opening
of the -ion while the code revi- ,
s!nn program is business carried over (
from the I t legislature. i
The committee on tax revision has
spent two years on Its work and will
recommend complete reorganization
of the state tax system and the adop
tion of budget systems by local tax
ing district The committee also
probably will recommend taxes on
gasoline, coal and mineral lands; a
personal income tax modeled after
the federal income tax law and a
revision of th • present law taxing
monp.v and credits so that much
money now alleged to escape taxa-1
tion can lac cached.
The fate of the cole revision re
mams unsettled. The last legislature
deferred action believing it would be
considered at a special session. Gov
ernor Kendall was known to be
averse to a special session for this
purpose, believing any action taken !
should be done at the regular ses
sion. Tlie legislative committee on'
retrenchment and reform, in a re-j
cent report, questioned the possibll
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ELEVENTH FIRE
PUTS CATHOLIC
BLDG. IN RUINS
Convent Near Quebec Is De
stroyed—Catholic School
Burns at Winnipeg
QUEBEC, Jan. . T'.,e eleventh
tin* to fiv ep a Catholic institution
in Canada within the past 12
month* was reported late this after
noon when tire razed the Coed Shep
ard Convent of St. George at lie
Koaiircc, 20 niiilos distant.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL BURNS.
WINNIPEG, Jan. 4 The Prov
ender Catholic School was destroyed
i by tire which started at 3 o’clock
| this afternoon.
The origin of tlie fire lias not
been determined.
The damage is estimated at
$1 no,non.
None were injured.
HARDING HISSED
BY CLUB WOMEN
Members of Molly Pitchers
Express Derision at Pres
ident of the U. S.
NEW YORK, Jan* ! 'embers of
f tli r> Molly Pitcher Club. lncludlot
prominent society flub womon, hissed
wli 'n il wa« annoy need nt a Inneh
ean today that President Harding de
cllnod to meet a delegation of Molly
Pitchers eeking the repeal of the
prohibition amendment.
A letter from President Harding
was read in which lie declared it was
a ‘'futile thing to expect the repeal
of the law.”
Prince Rupert
Fishermen
Want Reciprocity
PRINCE RUPERT, B. V . .fan. 1
Fishermen have passed a resolution
asking Ottawa to negotiate with the
United States with a view of eilab
bailing reciprocity in the fresh tUn
trade The resolution recommends
that if the negotiations fail a duty of
two cents a pound be imposed to
meet the new United States duty.
The proposal to bar this port to
American flshernvn is not enter
tained.
Negro Is Kidnapped
And Then Strung Up
SHREVEPORT. I,a.. Jan. 4 Leslii
Logett. negro, was lynched by a
party of men early this morning, wli
kidnapped him during the nlgii*.
The chief of police said complaints
had recently teen made that Legett
had been associating with white
women.
Troops Ordered Held in
Readiness, Louisiana Case
OPELOUSAS. La.. Jan. 4 The lo
cal infantry company of the National
Guard has been ordered held in leacM
noss for movement at instant notice
tn connection with the Morehuu
Parish kidnapping case. Four Na
tional Guard units are now in More
house Parish.
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Crown Jewels of
Russia Believed in
American Grave
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CHICAGO, Jan. 4. Federal I
' Secret Service agcntR have lo- (
rated in the National Cemeterv,
at Brooklyn, the grave of an
American seaman wlipre they
expect to find the crown Jewels
of Russia. valued at >4.000.000.
This is according to a copyright- j
ed story published in the Chi- '
c.tgo News this afternoon from
a staff correspondent in New '
York City. )
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SUES MILLIONAIRE PUBLIS HER IN LOVE TRIANGLE.
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Eugene V Brewster, of Morristown, N. .1 , and Ni w York mil
lionaire publisher of motion picture magazines, is being rued for
| ! 'puration l>y his wife, who asks $18,000 yearly alimony. Mrs.
Brewster alleges Iter husband It s fallen in love with Corliss
Palmer, one-time cigar counter o'erk in Macon. (I.1 who won tt
beauty contest Brewster staged. They have publicly 'admitted
their love for each other.
DEFENSE IN HERRIN MASSACRE
CASE INTRODUCES VERY LURID
TESTIMONY REGARDINC GUARDS
MARION, 111., .lull. 4. TU • do,' m- |
n tho cis ’ of live charged with j
murder in the Herrin mine massacre
‘oday introduced witnesses to testify ,
regarding the conduct of tho armed
guards at the heater Strip mine.
Marion Short, farmer and miner. !
said ho was stopped by guards and |
escorted off the mine property ui
the point of rifles.
Alklrk Hardson, former deputy
sheriff, driving an automobile past
tile mine stopped to fix a puncture
and the guard told him to "move
on.”
Tho guird sail, according to Hi
testimony:
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*'I ilon’t core who you are. If you
are l!i ) President of the United
£t.t! «. in eve on,”
T II- .Vi'luon 1 ii id In' heard ar
armed guard shoill:
”1 e:is 'em alive. I want Irol
blood."
Lumen Tucker, minor. testified
thm. Superintendent McDowell told
him h > was going to run the mine
ov :i If lie had to ”w irk it ii
blood.”
La' ' this afternoon Grover Kelly,
wane . testified that the first .shots
fir 1 hi th*‘ Herrin riots .. me ir.mi
i concealed gun in the Lost r Strip
mine.
IMPEACHMENT
CASE HELD UP
House Judiciary Committee'
Fails to Take Final
Action Today.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Te
House Judiciary committee adjourned
after a two-hour session today with-j
out taking final action regarding the
Keller 'impeachment charge< against
Attorney General Daugherty.
Appropriations Passed
The Homte has passed the post;
orifice appropriation hill carrying
$.',:!4.lH>0,000.
The Mouse has passed the appro |
print ion Mil for the Department • >f (
tlir- Interior carrying |294.34T.t>0<i.
New 50-Ccnt Prece
Tire Senate hf s passed the Johns m j
bill, providing for the eolnage of
special .'lO-cent piece rommemorut lug,
tli<* tooth prthltc enunciation of th
Monroe Dnctrinte. The ruin: w',11 li
circulated by- the Lx Angelc. clou
ing house.
Erwin Bergdoll Mue*;
Remain in Prison Cell
K A.VS AS CITY. Jin. 4 Krwfn ,
j ftcrgdoll, rlruf? evader, must remain
I n the Federal prison at Leav s
' worth, wh >re he is ser ving a four
' 'ir term. Federal Judge Polios k
j made this rulin'g this forenoon, sue
, tuining the motion to dismiss thei
i writ of haveas corpus brought In
. P.ergdoll's hehalf.
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Turks Call Men
To Colors in All
Liberated Regions
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LONDON', Jan 4 Vccording
| to dispatches received from 0 >n
! -aaminoplo, th i Turkish govern- < ;
| nicut liia docropd culling to tlj"
| «-o111r of all ivble-bod'led men in '
' III: rated roglon.i.
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35 Million Heiress
Postpones Wedding
: T CHARLKS, Ill,, j.m. I I) ■ 1-.r i
Angcll, wlio inherited tin- Oates
DUO,000 and whose eng ice mint L
Lt :er Norris, son of the village un
dertaker, was announced l.i.-t sum
it;"r. has postponed her wedding, tier
father, Robert l-\ Angeil, mid in
announcement.
“Drl ira is not going to he married
lief, • next fall,” lie said. "She Is
Coin : l i California for tin- winter,
hat will return to SL. Char! •, n i?
spring and remain until h • walling
In tile tall.
Widow of Inventor Has
Passed Away; Tributes
\V.\a?KlNiOTOX. dan t. Messages
of condolence a I tribates to her
career have been r elvod from
f; ‘"id : and admirer-; of .Mrs. Alex
ander Graham Hell, aged OJ years,
dow of the famous inventor, fol
lowing her death l ist night, by h <r
dtitghter. Mrs. it 1 died it the home
of iier daughter, where die his boon
livmg i-nee th" death of her hus
band. several months aco.
CROWDED BRIDGE
COLLAPSES: MANY
REPORTED DEAD
Pedestrians and Vehicles
Hurled Into Water—
Divers Searching.
BRIDGE GOES DOWN AT
PEAK OF DAY’S TRAFFIC
Wooden Structure Across the
Cowlitz River in Washing
ton Is Death Trap.
BULLETIN — KELSO. Jan. 4 —
Thirty are definitely reported a*
missing as the result of last night's
budge collapse,
It is learned that more than 40
ptisans had narrow escapes being
lercued from the swollen torrent.
The belief is expressed that the
fxect toll of death will never be
known as many probably were swept
nt into the Columbfe River by the
torrent of waters in the Cowlitz.
KELSO. Wash., Jan. 4. — The
Cowlitz River bridge connecting
East, and West Kelso, went ont at
5 o'clock last night while crowded
with auto trucks, wagons and pedes
trians. Vehicles and pedestrian*
were thrown into the cold waters.
It is estimated that at least 28
tcisr.n* lost the’r lives.
Fin"; 15 . VV'ltoi: ^ ‘«r* f in
he river.
At daybreak this morning a sys
cmatic search cf the river started.
Three divers were on the rccne
?r!v this morning and began their
work. One diver came from Kalama
md two from Portland.
Deputy Coroner William Van
Ncte, of Kelso, is in charge of the
searching parties.
Ocorce C. McDonald was killed
when the bridirc went down by fall
ing planks. Eight others were in
jured near the approach.
The bridge was a long wooden
’iruct.ure suspended by cables. The
north cable is alleged to have been
'tripped to threads by pressure at
the peak of the evening traffic two
weeks ago and the bridge also suf
fered f'em a severe leg jam which
W7 9 net cleared until last Monday.
The collapse of the bridge, btridzi
be less of life, proves a serious
hnndicpp in the building of Long
itw. the new lumber town of the
Dong-Bell Lumber Company.
Auto Suggestor Arrives
In New York; His Plans
NEW YORK, Jan. < l>r Kmlle
Cone, fr ..ii Nancy, arrived in Amer
ica today i ipcful of spreading
through thi« country his auto sug
gestion phrase:
"Every it iy, every i! ly. I am set
tlnK bettor, better.”
I)r. Chip aanount • -I h - intention
of opening a dime in '’i - city and
pxpre :s I holies that his mot ho Is
would be introduced in medical cir- ,
det to fiaht di i s ind in peni
tentiaries to comli.it defects of char
acter.
Soviets to Deport
U. S. Woman Writer
v, -■ "my, Jan t Russian offi
cials hero say -that the arrest of
tutu, far Eastern Re public, o! 'lr>.
Vi i rite Harrison, an American
i i. cue writer, is under investiga
tion and that she probably will ba
ti 'riel by wav of a Pacific port.
It s »«,. •:..(! that wh'-n Mrs. H.ir
rison left Mo ,-o.v last year sl>:j
. gn.-d in a a vr'eaig never to re
turn 10 It ii ii Moscow officials are
of tli - opinion that she was irlasted
in i-vm-equen,- . ,,{ violation of them.
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Murder Is on
Increase in
Chicago
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CHICAGO. .fan 4 Murder i
n I m •nsiaush!>;r victims in i
Chic.iso f'- 1922 numbered 242. 1
n Incrcise of :’if over 1921.
Airoaiobil s took “ho lives of !
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