THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL XXII., NO. 3322.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS.
PEACE MOVE MADE BY GERMANY
First Line Defenses Are Planned For Pacific Coast
NAVY DEFENSE
FOR PACIFIC
NOW PLANNED
Recommendation Is Made by
Board for First Lines of
Support in Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Aug. H—Recogni
tion of the strategic importance of
the Pacific was seen today when the
Nary Department approved the re
commendations of the Naval Board
for the development of American
.shore stations.
The Board's recommendations, if
finally accepted, will mean that more
than 67 per cent of all appropriations
for bases, depots and lower stations
will go for the erection of first lines
of support for the navy in the Pa
cific.
SKAGWAY MAN
, IS A SUICIDE
Kills Himself with Shotgun—
Leaves Note Saying He
Is Unhappy in Life.
(Special from Alaskan)
SKAOWAY, Aug. 14—Thomas N.
Banks, resident of Tacoma, of the
Frye Bruhn Meat Market here, sui
cided by shooting himself with a shot
gun today in the upstairs apartments
over the market.
No cause is known for the deed ex
cept that the dead man complained
of poor health as the result of an
operation a year ago.
P»Vtks left a note as follows:
“Wire J. 8. Lyle, Tacoma, to tell
lay people not to mourn over me.
My life Is a failure. Tell my dear
old mother J.,Ujye her very much. 1
am not happi/ fit life and I cannot be
more unhappy in death."
The note was not signed but the
•writing was retognlied as that of
Banks.
The dead man leaves a mother,
child and brother who reside in Ta
coma. His wife died last year.
Banks was well liked by all for the
hospitable manner in which he han
dled the market.
The ahotgun was found between
his legs, Banks evidently sitting
down when the shot was fired.
Blaze Threatens Entire
Waterfront; Is Controlled
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 14
Fire started in the Morrison Lumber
Company’s yard this morning and
threatened the whole waterfront and
mill district. The fire was finally
controlled with damage estimated at
940,000.
SAYS DANCING PENDULUM IS
\ SWINGING BACK TO DECENCY
_JE_
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14—Wrig
gling, squirming, Jazzy dancing la
losing Its popularity in nearly every
part of the United States, and mo
desty, propriety and reserve are com
ing back In the dance halls, accord
ing to Fenton Bott. national director
of dance reform, who attended the
summer session of the normal school
of American National Association of
Dancing Masters here.
The touching of faces, semi-em
braces and excess of muscular re
sponse to overdone syncopation are,
now taboo In virtually^ every dance'
lull In America, said Mr. Bott. Men:
and women have swung back to the!
human normal of propriety and good!
taste, he said.
“The most undesirable of Jazzj
dancing was the result of adding a
dreamy oriental atmosphere to high
ly syncopated music,” continued Mr.
Bott. ‘It Is Almost Impossible pro
perly to supervise dancing when the
time Of the selection is broken np by
a great number of beau. When the
-jusslbit of mu*te‘''l* played, It 1s
hardly possible for the dancers hot
t
New Colonel House in Sight;
Rich Bostonian Close Adviser
to New Chief Executive, U.S.
LATE PRESIDENT HARDING WAS
DNDECIDED WHAT TO DO AT END
OF PRESIDENTIAL TERM; OFFERS
Cano Government Falls;
New One Formed.
|jy3tigfear yfrrfegematu"^.'"]
The Cabinet of Chancellor Cuno,
of German, has resigned. It has
been succeeded by a Ministry
headed by Dr. Gustav Stresemati,
leader of the People’s Party and
a leading Industrialist. Strese
man told Piesidcnt Ebert he
would take over the reins of
government if he was given dic
tatorial powers and was permitted
to make a coalition with the So
cialists-, who have adopted an
attitude of benevolent neutrality
toward the German Government.
Last Type Set
By Harding to
I Be Preserved
! FAIRBANKS, Aug. 14—(By As- j
elated Press)—The last type set j
j by Warren G. Harding has been j
plated In gold and is to be sent j
to Washington to be kept with |
other relics of the late presi- j
| j dent. |
When Mr. Harding was here— |
. the farthest north point reached I
j on his tour of Alaska—about 28 [
days ago, he set the type in the |
j composing room of the Fair- j
banks News-Miner. At that time [
| he was presented with a gold j
i make-up rule by printers of In- I
to respond.
“Improper deportment on the floors
ot dancing schools and public balls
has become a rarity in the last
three years. The campaign conducted
by the National Association of Dan
cing Masters for clean dancing Is
partly responsible for the change.
It also is to be credited to the peo
ple themselves.
“Private clubs and cafes have been
beyond the influence of the associa
tion, and in these privileged places
Jazz dancing in the extreme may still
prevail, but the bulk of the nation’s
dancing, those who attend schools
and public halls, are dancing with
as much riiodesty, propriety and re
serve as ever was seen in the days
of the waltz, polka, schottische and
their running mates.
"The waltz will never be dropped
and the two-step is still with us In
the fox-trot, but I believe what is
known as the new school of dancing
has come to stay.
“The west has adopted the reform
more qurftkly and perhaps more thor
oughly than the east."
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.—Par
I tlcipants in a conversation ut a lun
i cheon in a western city with the
late President Harding, before he
! went to Alaska, revealed his plans
after his departure from the White
'House. Though expressing conlid
ence in re-election, the story was
.related today that Harding said be
would probably accept an offer of
*25,000 n year by one of the le.ad
■ Ing newspapers cf the country for
! educational contribution*. He said
the had an offer of $750 for each i
speech delivered after the expira
! lion of hi.> term and these two
. ofTers made him feel that he would'
be able to give little attention to!
I the management of the Marion Star:
| for which he had an offer of ap-:
j proximately $500,000. He said thatl
l though the paper had . been earning'!
! $30,000 a year he thought it not!
i likely that he would again receive!
I such an offer and he felt he mu»t
Hell. _ j
SENATOR SMOOT
PREDICTS MORE
WAR IN EUROPE
Believes Germany and France j
Will Resort to Arms—
Keep U. S. Out of it.
.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14—United
I States Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah,!
: who has returned from a trip
1 abroad after Investigating financial
! conditions, came back with a pes
simistlf outlook.
Besides saying that Germany was
on the brink of a revolution and the
i entire country permeated by sinis
I ter rumblings, Senator Smoot de
clared that unless there was an eco
nomic readjustment, there will bo
another war of hatred between Ger
many and France. j
"I think it would be best for the
countries of Europe to get around ]
a table and settle their affairs with-]
out any American participation," j
said Senator Smoot.
Fascisti, Communists
Engaged iu Encounter!
BOLOGNA, Aug. 14.—Twenty-six
were wounded in an encounter here
between the Fascisti and Commun
ists. Tills followed an explosion of
bombs thrown against the Fasclstl
headquarters and the home of a
Fascist! leader.
Mary Miles Minter Was
Engaged to Wed Taylor
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14,—Mary
Miles Minter, according to the Ex
aminer today, admits she was en
gaged to wed William Desmond
Taylor, movie director, when he was
shot to death in his apartments in
February of last year.
“He is the most wonderful man I
over know," she is quoted saying In
letters found in the apartments and
said to have been those of an im
pulsive child written to q man she
admired for his accomplishments.
23 Tourists Killed in
France, Auto Accident
TARiBES, France, Aug. 14.— 1
Twenty-three tourists were killed in 1
a motor bus accident last night at
Saint Sauveur, a resort ii miles
south of here. >
i
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 Will
Frank A. Steams play the role of
Col. House or Harry Daugherty iu
the Coolidge administration?
This Is the question that Is agi
tating political and official circles
and prospective Jot) hunters since
it devolved that the Boston ^epct
ment store owner Is HJh closest
personal friend aifo advfRci* a lid
political supporter ifrtthe new pres!
dent.
Few people outside of Massn
chusetts, even among the national
political leaders or newspaper men
In Washington were aware of tha
intimate relationship existing be
tween the ' two men before Mr.
Coolidge ascended to the prealdem v.
It was everywhere thought that
In his eharacterlstfe taciturnity the
new executive kept his own coun
sel in political matters.* There was
no thought of a close adviser to
whom lm .turned in matters of great
moment/? ~
Rut the story * of Stearns Inevi
tably had to gome out when Mr.
Coolidge took the oath of office as
chief magistrate Jnd came to Wash
ington to assume his duties. Mr.
Stearns, who was In New York
when President Harding died, met
the new executive’s train in the me.
tropol(s and traveled with the party
to Washington. *
From the station he rode to the
hotel with the president and Mrs.
Coolidge and was assigned the RUlte
Immediately adjoining that of the
president and the first lady. Mr.
Stearns has entrance to the presl
dcntlal suite and Is In frequent con
sultation with the president. He Is
a very retiring sort of gentleman,
however, and makes no effort to keppj
in the limelight, turned full up m the)
new executive. Rather he s iks to!
avoid publicity and absolutely re
fuses to talk with newspaper men of
his relationship with Mr. Caolldge.
The Stearns-Coolidge frindship
dates back to 1914. The wealthy
Boston man first was attracted to *h'>|
then president of the Massachusetts,
senate when a piece of 1 -gi Ration I
In which Mr. Stearns was deppfy In
terested came up. It Involved a \vx ]
ter plant which it was desired to do-;
velop at Amherst, where both men
were graduated, though seventeen;
years apart.
Coolidge at first was very cool to
the idpa and declined lo aid the bill.
It failed. But at the beginning of
the next season of the legislature he
put through the measure In his usual
way. without saying a word to* its;
advocates In advance. Stearns at|
once became Interested In the thenj
young politician, and as he got to
know Coolidge better, his enthusiasm
for him grew. He regarded him as a
man of destiny. In all of Coolldge’s
political campaigns since that time
Stearns has been his chief financial!
backer and supporter. Coolidge has I
never lost a political race.
After Coolidge became governor i
of Massachusetts Stearns turned his
attention i to the White , House. He
believed his champion some day
would become president. That he
might berome bettor known to the
general public a volume of Corlldge’s
speeches were prepared under ihe
title of ‘Have Faith In Massachu
setts.” Mr. Stearns was the publish
er. The Boston police strike came
about this time with a part played
by Coolidge that) gave him a na
tional reputation for law enforcement,
and the book attained a nation-wide
circulation.
A Coolidge-for-presldent boom
sprang up and Stearns thr*w all
his power behind It.
The rest of the storv Is well
known. Coolidge tailed to get the
presidential nomination ai the Re
publican convention, but dr -w sec
ond place on the ticket and no v he
Is president by reason of the tragic
ileath of President Harding.
Politicians are wondering wh'.«hi'r
Stearns will take a hand In patron
age matters or be satisfl id to
teep in the background and be con
:ent to play the role of consultant'
ind adviser. CoL House plave.l!
he latter role In the Wilson ad
nlnlstratiou until the famous break
n Paris. Daugharty was the ar
ilter of patronage matters as well
i» political advisor to President
Harding.
NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
iiuie is mo lilt t';. t pm ii.ill n, rrecidmt Calvin Codlldge, taken
Just before he left Washington fo hi8 father’s home In Vermont,
whore he became President of tii ■ United States after the sudden
death of President Hat'd inti.
NEW FIRST LADY OF THE LAND.
Here is a recent photoKraph of Mrs. Calvin Coolldge, wife of ^
the new President of the United Slates. I
Government Not
To Appeal in
Railroad Case
WASHINGTON', Aug. 14.—Attor
ney General Daugherty after several
conferences with President Coolldge
at which the Administration policies
Involved wete exhaustively discuss
Bd, announced that the government
will not appeal Hie recent decision
of the United States Court at St.
Paul Involving the lease and stock
ownership of the Central "Pacific by
the Southern Pacific llailway.
FISH SUCCUMB TO HEAT WAVE
BUDAPEST. Aug. 11 One hundred
thousand fish have fallen victims
to the heat wave in Hungary at the
famous Szegedln breeding ponds.
The water evaporated, leaving the
Rsh In the slime. The population
was called out to bury the fish which
were poisoning the air for miles
iround. , t„ .1
Serious Fire Today in
Tacoma Business District <
lj
| TACOMA, Auk. 1—Fire sturtiug j
! from spontaneous combustion de- '■'
j stroyed the Hass-Hueter Paint Com- 1
pany’s store in the heart of the busl- 9
ness section tills forenoon and for
■ a time threatened a hotel and other ‘
buildings nearby before brought un- 8
! der control. The damage Is estl- '
mated at $100,000.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug 14 -Gov
ernor Walton last night Issued a pro- «
elamatlon putting Tulsa under mar- n
. tial law effective at fi o'clock this I
i morning, following the flogging of S
j Nathan Hantman last Friday night. 1
The state militia lias been ordered to «■
1 proceed to Tulsa.. ,,j
Martial Law Declared
In One Oklahoma
CHANCELLOR OF
GERMANY GIVES
OUT STATEMENT
Passive Resistance to Cease
if Certain Conditions
Are Complied With.
REPARATIONS ISSUE IS
SHARP BETWEEN NATIONS
France Publishes All Docu
ments Relating to Eng
lish Correspondence.
BERLIN, Aug. 14.—Chancellor
Stroseman In a statement today out
lined the conditions under which
Germany would be ready to ubnndon
passive resistance.
The conditions include complete
restoration of Germany's right of
control over the Ruhr, re-establish
ment In the Hhiueland of conditions
vouchsafed by Germany under the
Versailles treaty, and liberation of
every German citizen who has been
outraged, evicted or imprisoned.
FRANCE ISSUES STATEMENT.
PAIUS. Aug. 14,'—The govern
ment of Prance last night Issued a
'yellow book” containing documents
rroin May 2 to August 3 dealing
ivilh the Ruhr and reparations prob
ems also the British questionnaire
>r June 12.
The “yellow book” shows the in
structions to the Kreuch Ambassador
in I^ivdon. These instructions were
n felt Lord Corson “that It was the
>roblem of Inter-Allied debts which
) revents us telling Germany the
ixact amount she owes us" adding
hat the "solution of this problem
s In the hands of the English, first
if all, and the United States, after
vard. The later can be approached
n common accord by the Allies
vhen they have agreed upon a
ormula.”
BIO SPLIT POSSIBLE.
PARIS, Aug. 14. -— Despite ex
remo reserve In official circles on
lonsequences following the British
iota on reparations, conversations
vlth Premier Poincare and his ad
'iscrs made it quite clear that lit
lo hope is entertained of saving
he Entente.
U. S. DEFINES POSITION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 14.—
'oolidgo's administration will stand
n the position laid down by Hecre
ary Hughes In his New Haven
peech on the matter of reparations
ccorditig to the White House
pokosmun who said the government
» ready to help anyway possible
without involving the government
induly.
LABOR SITUATION BETTER.
BERLIN, Aug. 14.—The indua
rlal situation here showed some
mprovement today. Dispatches from
ither parts of Germany reported
letter Conditions although disorders
re still progressing in many dta
ricts.
As far as the ship workers are
uvolved, tlie situation is becoming
vorse. The dock workers went on
(Continued on Page Two.)
ays New England
delegation Can
iupport Cootidge
CONCORD. N. H„ Aug 14—United
Itutes Senator George H. Moses who
■estenlay declared In a statement
hat President Coolidge would be a
andldate for the Republican noml
atloti and ought to have the solid
upport of the New England del
ation, today said that the late Preel
ent Harding's death had not mads
ny great change In the political slt
latton.
Senator Moses said Coolidge had
income the outstanding figure on the
lepuhlican horizon and asserted that
or the first time In many years the
ew England delegations would be
nlted on a candidate.
OUT FOR COOLIDGE
KANSAS CITY, Aug 14—A club
as formed here last night to pro
lote the nomination of Coolidge for
resident and Oovernor Hyde, of
llssouri. for Vice-President nest year,
be club was formed following a re
pot conference between Coolidge gqd
St