THE
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ALL THE 1\EWS ALL THE TIME*
VOL. XXL, NO. 3226.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
FOREST
FIRES
RAGING
STATES
FIVE DAY MEET
OF S. E. ALASKA
SCHOOLS OPENS
All Contestants Arrive Here
Ready for Big Doings—
| Track Meet Is On.
SCHOOL MEET PROGRAM
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TONIGHT I
] 7:30 p. in.—High School de
[ bate, first round; “Resolved,
'| That the United States Should
' Subsidize its Merchant Marine
Handling Foreign Trade.” Doug
las High School, affirmative, vs. j
Juneau High School, nogative,
! at Elks' Hall.
9:00 p. m.—'Reception to all
visitors and the general public
by the Juneau P.-T. A ; High
School Auditorium. All school
rooms open to inspection.
TUESDAY
9:00 a. m.—'Sowing contest, I
domostic scionce rooms, Juneau
High School; manual training
shop, Juneau High School.
1:00 p. m.—Elementary and
| High School declamation. High
School Auditorium.
3:30 p. m.—'Elementary school
| boys’ basketball, Douglas vs. !
Ketchikan; High School Girls, j
Juneau vs. Douglas.
7:30 p. m.—'High School ora
i torical contest, High School
Auditorium.
8:30 p. in.—High School boys' (
basketball, Juneau vs. Kotchl
The seeonu am::-; southeastern Al
aska Inter (School Meet opened in Ju
neau todav under most favorable eon
ditions, the weather being splendid
for the track meet, all contestantsi
having reached here and the pro-1
gralm starting as originally planned.
This morning a meeting of the
Board of Control was held at the of
fice of Superintendent of School J.
E. L/anz and at 10:30 o'clock, heads
dt the various schools met with the
Board of Control.
This aifternoon the (rack meet
started at 1:40 o'clock with the fol
lowing results up to tho time of go
ing to press:
50-ynrd dash—High School: First.
Manning, Douglas; Hoimquist, Ju;
neau; Garn, Douglas.
50-yard dash—lEiomentary School:
First, Sully, Juneau; George, Juneau;
Inman. (Ketchikan.
'100-yard dash—-High School: First,
Gam, Douglas; Manning. Douglas;
Tilson. Sitka,
100-yard dash—Elementary School-:
Sully, Juneau; Inman, Ketchikan;
George, Juneau.
'l-mile run: First, Manning, Doug
las; Vesopa. Dougllas; Campen, Ju
neau.
440-yard run—'Elementary School:
First, Sully. Juneau; Inman, Ketchi
kan; Walter Foote. Juneau.
440-yard run—'Hugh School: First.
Craig, Ketchikan; Valeson, Douglas;
Graves, Douglas.
(Shot put (12 pounds!—High
School: First, Hoimquist, Juneau;
Campen, Juneau; Garn. Douglas.
Shot put (8 pounds)—Elementary
School: First. Inman, Ketchikan;
Walter Foote, Juneau; Popovich. Ju
neau
At the end of these events the re
sult Of the track meet was as fol
lows:
High School
iDouglasjlfirst place, with 27 points,
Juneau, second place, with 12
points.
Ketchikan, third place, with 5
'points.
Sitka, fourth (place, with 1 point.
Elementary School
Juneau, first place, with 24 points.
Ketchikan, second place, with 12
points.
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CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MEXICO
AND UNITED STATES REPORTED
TO NOW BE NEAR SETTLEMENT
WASHINGTON, April 23—The
long controversy between the United
States and tha Obregon government
of Mexico has reached a 3tage con
sidered in official quarters as fore
casting an early and complete agree
ment.
Uenewed assurances regarding the
protection of rights of foreigners In
Mexico havo been sent to Washington
and apparently have been received
as an important stop in the right di
rection with the view* the Washing
ton government has communicated to
Charge d'Affairs Siwimerlln at Mex
ico City. , t
A series of dl*ussionfl are pro
gressing there whBh are expected to
lead to a ptilwc announcement
shortly, f
— T.
OIL PROMOTER HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE.
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Seymour E. J. Cox, famous Texas
oil promoter and associate of Ur.
Frederick Cook, alleged discoverer
of the North Pole, is one of the
more than a score of oil promoters
indicted in Texas, along with Ur.
Cook, on the charge of using the
malls to defraud investors. Cox
and his wife are both aviation
"'bugs,” Cox having entered a fast
Curtiss biplane a few years ago in
the (Jordon Bennett Cup races, in
France. Mrs. Cox startled the
country at the same time bv flying
from Texas to New York, in a re
lay of expensive airplanes, to do a
little shopping.
HOUSE SERENITY
MARRED IN TILT
ON REPEAL BILL
Daly-Price Adverse Report
on Decker Bill Is Ordered
to be Expunged.
.—
Tho serenity cf the House was up
set this morning over a non-concur
ring report on the Decker bill far
the repeal of the Territorial syndi
cali.it act brought in by Representa
tives Italy and Price in which the
proposed repeal was severely con
demned. Mr. (Docker, apparently
deeply affected by tho report, de
clared it was ‘•unjust and unfair"
and a motion made by him to ex
punge the J statements objected to
from the record was carried by a
vote of 13 to 3.
The measure, House Bill No. 40,
was reported from the Judiciary
Committee this morning. Mr. Murray
and Mr. Docker recommended its
passage, Mr. Price and Mr. Duly op
posing strenuously its passage, and
Mr. Roas, tflftli member, signing it
“no report "
Text of Statements
The adverse report signed by Daly
and Price said:
“We do not concur in this report
ami recommend that the bill do not
pass becauso we arc unalterably op
posed to the change or overthrow of
our government by forte, violence or
destruction of property, or the ad
vocacy of such means. There is an
orderly way laid down by our Con
stitution to change our laws and
government of the people of the
United States If their wisdom see fit
so Ho do.
“And for the further reason, we
recommend it do not pass, that the
people of Alaska do not care to pro
claim to the world that they are in
favor of letting go unpunished those
wh<j advocate such damnable doc
trines which, it carried out. would
moan a condition of terrorism, blood
shod, anarchy and chaos.”
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Says Americans
Still Drink,
Or Have’ Still
i IXJNDQN, April 23. ■ During
| the discussion in the House of
j Comm one of Lady Astor's tom
| peranee bill. W. A. Jenkins said
| that Americans were divided
| into two classes, those who
"still had a little" and those
who "had a little still."
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DUNNPROPOSES
REFERENDUM ON
EDUCATION JOB
Would Have Referendum on
Election of Commissioner
of Education.
Three Senate bills, one from the
House, were passed in the Sen
ate this 'morning, ami one Senate
bill indefinitely postponed. Mr. Dunn,
by unanimous consent, introduced a
bill providing for a referendum at
the next election on the question of
making the office of Commissioner|
oif Educaition elective.
The referendum bill, it is believed,
will take the place of the bills pend
ing in the Legislature at this time
seeking to make such office elective.
It provides that the vote shall be
taken as on ether roferendums held
in the past.
Senate Bill No. 108, by .Mr. Al
drich. amending the present coopera
tive road law, passed today. It. pro
vides for the addition of a com
petent engineer to the membership
of the present Territorial Hoad Com-1
mission whenever his services be
come necessary, and for any further
steps necessary to be taken to re
ceive the benefits of the Federal
Highway Act if it should he extended
to the Territory.
The bill crouMng a Territorial
Board of Chiropractic Examiners,
Senate Bill No. 98. was also passed
by the Senate today. Provision is
made that it shall not become effec
tive until the Governor has made the
appointments as required.
The Dlmond Jury bill, revising the
present methods of selecting juries
in both District and Commissioners'
Courts, was also passed by the Sen
ate after being amended in minor de
j tails. It provides that all jurors in
|criminal actions shall be drawn from
lists regularly prepared by Clerk* of
the Court from voters' lists, such
jury lists to contain 7F> per cent of
the voters, and other qualified per
sons.
House Bill No- 13. amending Sec
tion 3. Chapter 22, Session Laws of
1921, relative to certain corporation
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New Savior of Alaska Fisk
to Come from Out the States
SEATTLE HOLDS i
PRIMARIES ;CAR
LINE JS ISSUE
Election Held in Seattle To
morrow—Will Choose
Councilmen.
SEATTLE, April 23—The disposi
tion of Seattle municipally owned car
lines will be an issue til tomorrow’s
primary election, at which six candi
dates for the City Council will be
chosen from a ifield of 14 for the
general election to he held May S
to elect throe to the Council.
The candidates tomorrow are T
H. Holton, former councilman anil '
supporter of municipal ownership; |
Claire S. Coigrove. restaurant man;!
Dr. R. N. Looser, dentist who favors |
a traction man us railway manager; !
Hugo Kelly, at proscnt private secre-i
tar.v to Mayor Brown and favors I
rewriting the contract; S. F. Ruth-1
bun, formor city treasurer; Allen1
Spencer, municipal car line employee;
Robert Hcsketh, incumbent; Benja
min H. Petley, favoring weekly pass
system: Oliver T. Erickson, tncumb- j
out; William Hickman Moore, formor
councilman; J. E. Stevenson, former J
official of Carmen's Uniou; Philip'
Tindall, incumbent; Fred N. Weyant, i
city employee; William D. Totten, j
lawyer.
T. J. L. Kennedy is not opposed
for corporation counsel, the only oth
er office to bo filled.
2 TRYING FOR
DANCE RECORD
Washington Couple at Endur- j
ance Contest to Make
New World s Record.
BULLETIN—DALLAS, April 23.—
R. J. Newman, athlete, World War
veteran, quit dancing this afternoon
after setting a new record of 107
hours and two minutes.
BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, April!
23.—Elsie Weber and William T. Far-|
ell quit dancing after establishing a
record of 96 hours.
WASHINGTON, A pi, S3. iSIsif
Weber and William T. F (trail, both of
Baltimore, who pushed tho endurance
dancing record at fi.30 o'clock list
night, were still going at midnight
with tho Hvowcd intention of not
stoi*ping until they had hung up tile :
mark of 100 hour-.
MINERS DECIDE
TO ACCEPT COT
Eastern Washington Coal
Miners Will Return to
Work, Reduced Wage.
KLL/KKS BC HO. Wash.. April 23.
—Miners of the Uoslyn and Cle]
Elum coal fields voted yesterday by I
a majority of nearly 300 to accept j
the wage cut of 75 cents a day foi'|
day workers and return to work oni
a date to be fixed after the vote Uj
officially canvassed in Seattle next
Wednesday.
Time Bomb Explodes;
Banker’s Home Damaged
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PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-A time
bomb damaged the home of Chevalier
C. .A, Baldi, banker and leader of
the Italian colony. Saturday night.
The work is believed to have been j
committed by anti Fascist is.
Great Britain and U. S.
May End Rum Running
WASHINGTON. April 23. Import
ant measures for cooperation of
Great Brltuin and the United States
to end rum-running Is under consid
eration, It is learned The State De
partment is said to be studying
means to aid enforcement.
CHICAGO, April 23.—The Isaac
Walton League of America, at the
request of Secretary t,f Comm ere.'
Hoover, has voted to undertake ih
saving of the Alaska salmon fisheries
from extermination by allege I unfair,
methods among commercial fisher
men.
'Delegates representing sportsmen
of 35 states have empowered the ot
fleers of the League to proceed im
mediately with a campaign to eradi
cate what Secretary He tver calls!
“chicanery and misrepresentation"
among salmon fishermen of th
North. ,
A telegram from Secretary Hoover
said:
“Ruthless exploitation has a I r a a > l >
destroyed some of our boat and most
prolific species It is now making in
roads into the great salmon fisheries j
of Alaska. The administration can-1
not succeed in its stand on contro j
of these fisheries unless it has th< i
active backing of such disinterested I
bodies as yours.’'
EXPEDITIONS
ARE PLANNED;
VISIT ALASKA
Millionaire Radical of Chicago
Forming Company—
Alaska Is Goal.
SEATTLE, April 23.—William
Urns, Lloyd, ''Millionaire Radical'
left for the east today to organize
an American Expedition Association i
which w ill rebuild naval subchasers j
and other yachts for charier to!
bunting, fishing and sightseeing ex-1
peditions to Alaska. The firm com
prises Lloyd. E. K. Schell, naval |
architect and E. W. Scott.' The firm
ha.s al“eady purchased several sub
chasers for conversion into >achts. i
Train Strikes Auto at
Crossing; 4 Men Killed
CINCINNATI, April INI. Four!
men were killed late yesterday wheel
a passenger train of the Big Four'
Kailway, Cleveland for Cincinnati,
struck an automobile at a crossalng
at Lowood, near here. The acci-i
dent, happened live minutes after,
he crossing watchman had quit.
Maj. Gen. Baldwin
Dies in Colorado
DKNVKR. April 2.'!.—Major Gen-1
eral Frank I). Baldwin, United)
States Army, retired, former Adjut
ant General of the State of Colo
rado, died last night at. his home
here, aged 81 years lie is suid to
be the only man twice awarded u
Congressional medal of honor.
Alaskan Pioneer Dies
In Seattle; Well Known
SKATTLK, April 23. James Ken i
nedy, 48 years of age, who spen1 I
25 years in Alaska and 1b well
known there, died here yesterday
leaving a wife, two daughters amij
one son, all residents of Seattle. I
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Six Persons Rescued
From Disabled Plane
NI.W YORK, April 23.- Six per-J
sons, Including a woman, wore res 1
cued early today from a disabled:
seaplane off Coney Island after the
machine, which was enroute to!
Miami, tell Into the sea. The plane!
drifted live hours before the rescue
party reached it.
France Will Continue
To Fight for Security
TOI'HS, France, April 23.—Pre-j
mier Poincare, speaking before sev
eral thousand persons at the town
of Voide at the unveiling of a
monument to the war dead, reiter
ated emphatically France's essential
conditions with Germany that they
are new as always have been ‘'re
parations and security.”
Talc Mine Cave-in;
Three Persons Killed
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'IIAUKIGH. N. C . April 23 - Three
men were killed when the Talc mine
at Morehouse caved in.
Lady Northclifie Weds
Husband’s Friend.
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Shortly atti t- toe death of Lord
Ni i tholiffc, the English publisher,
rumor it were broadcast lhat on
his deathbed he hud asked his
widow to marry his lifelong
friend, Sir Robert Ariindell Hud
son. Whether this report be true
cr false. Lady Northcliffe has be
come the bride of Sir Robert, at
Iiartlobury, England. She inher
ited the $25,000,000 Northcliffe
estate.
HENDERSON IS
RE-ELECTED FOR |
FOURTH TERM
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Commissioner of Education
Chosen by Board to
Continue Work,
I,. 1). Henderson, OoiTwnissloner
of Education, was re-elected to m
fourth term by the Territorial Hoar 1
of Education at a meeting held Sat-I
urday afternoon. He received the
voter of Oov. Scott C. Bone, Senator
E. E. Chamberlin and Senator M. 1).
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“AMERICANISM DAE" IS TO BE
OBSERVED BT AMERICAN LEGION
POSTS IN 0. S, ON NEXT FRIDAY
INDIANAPOLIS. Ini].. April 211
"Americanism Day." to bo observe;!
April 27 by 11.500 American Legion
poets throughout the country, will
Include definite steps for progress
along the lines of citizenship, accord
ing to plans and programs annouhced
by Oarland W. Powell, national direc
tor of the Americanism Commission
of the Legion.
On this day, churches, communities,
civil gatherings will assail the in
fluence of "red" propagandists in
meetings destined to arouse tile cltt
zenry against the furtherance of the
work of revolutionists who seek the
overthrow of the existing government
The day his been chosen by thi
Legion, believed by many to be the
greatest force for propagation of the
Ideals of the United States, to offset
the celebration of "May Day,” taker
by the “reds" as their annual "fielr
ilny" for the dissemination of prln
I cundermining and destructive
I of government. The general outline
' of the celebration to be held by the
Lesion, and which is receiving the
I cooperation of civic, patriotic, re
ligious and fraternal organization!,
will be: to counteract in advance the
effect of the "May Day” meetings of
1 the Communists, to expose the fallacy
{of their proposals to show the bent%
fits of the principles of government
of the United States.
The program outlined by Mr. Pow
ell contains suggestions for the bet
terment of the community along the
lines of Americanism. Community
singing of national airs, devout mo
ments of prayer for the success of
: the nation, receptions for newly nat
,ttralized residents to show the com
munity's interest in their accession
I to citizenship, and efforts to estab
lish respect for law and order, ara
jamong the details of the suggested
program
PENNSYLVANIA
FOREST FIRES
THREATENING
Raging Fires Are Reported
Today Assuming Most
Serious Aspects.
PHILADELPHIA. April 23.—For
est Arts are reported in many sec
tions of Pennsylvania.
Some of them have assumed se
rious aspects.
Two fires near Hazel ton hare
reached dangerous proportions.
SWEPT BY FIRE.
LAKEWOOD, N. J„ April 23—
Two villages were threatened, 8,0C(J
acres cf woodland were destroyed,
a church, many houses and farm
buildings were wiped out by .1
forest fire which swept through
Ocean County last night.
The fire is spreading today.
DEADLOCK IN
FISHING WAGE
Negotiations Between Pack
ers and Fishermen Dead
locked—Fleet Held-up.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—
Wage negotiations between the
packers hik! the Alaska Fishermen's
Union have reached a deadlock
stage. The company late Saturday
rejected the counter offer of the
union.
The packers said the next move
is up to tlie fishermen while the
latter said the packers must take
first, action.
The entire cannery fleet Is being
held up in the mean time.
Raisin Contract Starts
Trouble; 4 Men Injured
FRESNO, cal., April 23. Four
uen were injured, two possibly fa
tally. at Yettum, Tulare county, when
x committee from Pariler, Fresno
tiounty. soughl to obtain signatures
af growers to contracts to sell the
crop to the Sun Made Raisin Com
pany.
The argument started In a butcher
shot) and Armenian growers swarmed
In from tile neighborhood and began
using knives.
TO INVESTIGATE RIOT
FRESNO. April 23. An' Investiga
tion will be made of Ihe riot at Yet
tum. Salma Kacclgan was shot twice
ind seriously wounded after injuring
Constable Syro with a knife.
Factories Swept
Into Sea
By Earthquake
MOSCOW. April 23.—-Newspapers
report an earthquake on April 15
it i’etropop ivlosvk. Kamchatka, which
swept two factories, a hospital and
several houses imo the sea. The
number of casualties Is not known