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VOL. XXL, NO. 319^
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS
PREDICTS WAR LIABLE TO BREAK
OUT IN EUROPE; CLOUDS GATHER
JUDGES NAMED
MEMBERS OF A
HANGING GANG
Startling Testimony Is Given
in Second Night Riding
Trial in Oregon.
MEDFORD, Ore., March 15.—
Henry John.-'on, of Jacksonville,
aged 22, chief witness for the Stale
In tho second night riding trial inj
■which J. Alexander, Norris Thomas
and E. Goodie are defendants, tes
tified 'before the jury, including five
■women, that he identified by their
voices County Judge George Gard
ner and former County Judge F. L.
Touvelle, as members of the masked
hand of 8 or 10 who placed a rope|
about his neck and then threatened
to hang him. The band accused
Johnson of selling moonshine and'
associating with white women.
Semenoft to Lead
New Anti-Red Revolt
MOSCOW, March 15.—<}cn. Grego-j
ri» SemenoPr, former commander-in-1
chief of taM of the Russian armies and j
latter the anti-RoMhevlk leader in1
Siberia, is trying to stage a new coun-i
ter revolution in the Far >Ea©t, ac
cording to advices received here from
Vladivostok.
Hemnunts of the “while” guard
hands ntow in Korea have re-elected i
Semlenoff, who recently at rived in
Korea, as their leader. It is report-1
ed hia intends to nnake his way to |
Northern SakhaHen.
Impeachment Charges
Against Judge Fails
CARSON CITY, March 15.—The
Asaembly has voted to dismiss the
impeachment charges against Judge
Clarence J. McFadden, cf the Ninth
Judicial District. This was done
alter hearing the charges of drunk
enness and other alleged miscon
duct. With 25 votes required, the
ballot was 18 for impeachment and
15 against.
Collector Slugged and
Robbed of Large Amount
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.—
Warren Clinteman, aged £0 years,
collector for the General Cigar Com
pany, was slugged by two bandits
in a bury section of the city last
night. The bandits escaped with a
satchel containing $1,000 in cur
rency, $20,000 in negotiable checks
and a $41,000 draft. The bandits
made their escape In an auto.
MRS. COOK DIVORCED
FORT WORTH, Tex., March 15.—
Mrs. Martie Cook has ibeen granted a
rt'vonce from Dr. Cook, North Pole
fakir.
Pulp Machinery Be Shipped
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Thane Mill Work to Start
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Bankers Are Coming North
Twenty-five extra men will be set to work immediately by the
Noithwest Steel and Metal Company to complete in the shortest pos
sible time the tearing down and assembling for shipment of the ma
terial and equipment in the Thane mill of the Alaska Gastineau
Mining Company.
The purpose is to get the mat rial out of the way by September
1st so that the work of constructin'; a pulp mill may begin at that
time. f
This is the statement of Abrah m Goldberg, President of the com
pany who is now in Juneau.
‘ Work on the pulp mills will beein at once,” said Mr. Goldberg,
"as soon as the ground is clear. Giinding machinery will be shipp_d
from Montreal for the pulp mill at an early date."
Mr. Goldberg also said that B. L. Thane. W T. Tolch and two or
three bankers will arrive in Junrau in May. Mr. Goldberg will be
in the party, and sometime will b; epent here in going over the
situation.
The material at the Thane mill will be shipped out as fast as it
can be assembled for that purpose. It is etimatxd that there will be
seven cargoes and they will be carried on Alaska Steamship Company
vessels.
WOMAN LAWYER "SUBS” FOR DAUGHERTY.
* Mrs*
When Mrs. Mabel Wlllibrandt was named Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, from California, there was keen re
sentment in the male personnel of the office, for she was the first
woman so named. This resentment vanished when she showed
her tremendous ability. It was she upon whom Attorney General
Daugherty called to write the famous opinion which ruled liquor
c ff every ship entering an America.! port. Now, during the pro
tiacted illness of the Attorney Genera), she is practically running
the department and is virtually the Acting Attorney General of
the United States.
COST OF LIVING IS GOING UP
CLAIMS FEDERAL RESERVE MAN;
FIGURES GIVEN TO PROVE IT
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 15—The
cost of living in San Francisco, Oak
land, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland
and the entire United States turned
dc!*tr, rtely upward during 1922, accord
ing o a re<port just issued here by
Joliii Perrin, chairman of the board
an l Federal [Reserve agent of the
Fe -al Reserve Bank of San Fran
the last quarter cf the year the
" >.-.t of living increased in all re
porting cftBes in the Werit, Mr. Perrin
aays. From September to Decem
ber, 1922, the following increases in
food, clothing, housing, fuel, light
and furniture are given by the Fed
eral Reserve Bank head:
F>>d: Shn . Francisco and Oak
land. 3.1 -per ceait; Los Angeles, 4.0
per rent; Seattle. 1.7 ipar cent; Port
land 3.2 per cent; entire Unfted
S res, 4.8 iper cent.
C thing: San Francisco and Oak
land .3 per cent; Los Angeles, .1
pi ent; SeattSe, .1 per cent; Port
... ..nU
'and, .9 per cent; entire United
States, .1 per cent. *
Housing: 'San Francisco and Oak
land, .2 per cent; Oos Angeles. .2 per
cent; Seattle, .1 per cent; Portland,
.06 iper cent; entire United States.
.4 iper cent.
Fuel and light: San Francisco and
Oakland. .3 per cent; I,oh Angeles, .2
per cent; Seattle, .2 iper cent; Port
land, 4.2 per cent; entire United
States, 1.4 iper cent.
Furniture: San Francisco and
Oakland. .7 per cent; I,os Angeles,
4.3 per cent; Seatltle, .6 per cent;
Portland, 2.5 per cent; entire United
States, 2.6 per Went.
'Miscellaneous: San Francisco and
Oakland. .4 per cent; Loa Angeles,
.4 per cent; Soattle, .4 per cent;
Portland. .0 per cent; entire United
States, 1.9 per cent.
The 'percentage increases In all
Horns for the various cities and the
entire United States are: San Fran
cisco and Oakland, 1.0 per cent; Loa i
THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF THE RUHR DISTRICT.
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Get'in Aits
pxrct'<&s!t.
Dr. Grukner, President of tie Dusteldorf State, standing at tlie right, who had been arrested
by the French and later released, is shown making a speech of protest to Dutch and German news
papermen at fineu. Seated in the center Is Dr. Meurer, the Mayor of K.-ecn. This photograph was
made in the room in the Kssen Hall, In which the former Kaiser held a council of war during the
World War. French troops are shown guarding German trains.
West Is Now Being Placed
on War Basis; Survey Made
PLAN ATLANTIC
COAST HIGHWAY
Important Conference Is Be
ing Held in South Caro
lina—Two Day Meet.
CMARLHSTON. S. C., March 15.— J
Plun3 for a highway along the South!
Atlantic Coas.it. linking the chief sea
port* from Virginia too Jacksonville,
and, ft Is hoped, eventually forming
a link In a Coastal highway from
Portland, Maine, to Key West, Fla., j
will be discussed at the annual meet-1
Ing of ithe South Atlantic Coastal;
Highway Association bare today and
tomorrow. Governors. Cnit:> I States i
Senators, Congressmen and state and j
county ollfiel'als from coastal states j
and counties were invited to attend. ;
It Is the plan of the association!
to work for an automobile highway:
connecting the seaports of Norfolk,1
Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah,!
Brunswick and Jacksonville, at tills!
time. Representatives ifnom Virginia, i
North Carolina. South Carolina, |
Georgia and Florida will the present:
and group meetings will be hold to
discuss state plans as well as the
general sessions.
The meeting opened today. Frank
0. Miller Of Jacksonville, Fla., will
Bpeak on "The South Atlantic Coastal
Highway” and Arthur V. Snell of j
Jacksonville, secretary of the or-j
giinlzaltion, will make his annual re-1
port. Group meetings for the various]
stakes will be held, I. J. Marcuse and
1. A] Gsiiwthorpe of RUiiintond pre
siding for Virginia; H. A. Lynch and.
W. A. McGirt of Wilmington for.
North Carolina; W. R. Barringer,
Florence, and J. M. Whitsott, Charles
on, for South Carolina; O. C. Smith,
Brunswick, and S- N. Harris, Savan
nah, for Georgia, and F. O. Miller,
fadrsonvIMe, and T. E. Shilling,
Miami, for Florida. •
Former Governor Wilson G. Hir
tey of South Carolina acted as toast
master at a noon-day luncheon today
it which 'S. N. Harris of Savannah
lellvered an address on “The Value
It the South Atlantic 'Highway to
:‘he South Atlantic Ports." A section
>f tho highway already 'built in the
riclnft.v of Charleston will be in spec t
sd and afterward officers for the
:oming year will be elected.
Tomorrow reports on the work in
lie five states will be 'heard as well
ns reports of committees.
PITCHER^ Ok la. *March 15 —
rwo miners were killed, two in
ured, one fatally, when rocks and
llrt fell In a drift of the old Buf
falo mine nearby.
SAN PR WCj.'CO, March 15.—(By
.'hi* Aisoclai^l Pi*o.*3.)--A survey of
»very sizable :n lawi ii'turing plant i.i
CaKforai.i., Washlng'.ca, Oragon, Ida
ho and Njv.ida will .be .carted this
non'.h by the United F.ates War De
partment to list 'the munition making
potentialities of ‘the Pacifie Coast
with a View ot utilizing these plants
Immediately in the event of a major
war emergency, according to ldeut.
Col. Bruce ‘Cornwall, who has Just
been appolr.'.dd thief i the Sail
Francisco district of the ordnance tic
pertinent ait large. United States
army.
Major Morgan I,. Brett, appointed
as executive assistant to Colonel
Cornwall nay's It will 'require at least
six .months to complete. The work
will be started In San Francisco,
Oakland, Sacramento, Sloekton and
adjacent cities; Los Angeles, San
Diego, ‘Bakersfield, San Bernardino
and other Southern California points
will *l>a surveye 1 next, and Seattle,
Portland, 'Bellingham, Tacoma, Spo
kane, Baled, Bonn, Tonopah and oth
POLAND GIVEN
NEW FRONTIER
Allied Ambassadors Make
Important Decision on
Territorial Rights
PARIS, March 15—The Allied
Council of Ambassadors has decided
on 'the frontier be!ween Poland and
Russia. 'Phis has been pending since
the Parts peace conference.
The decision finally attaches Vilna
to Poland
The decision comes as the culmina
tton of u long dispute tx*‘ween Poland
and Lithuania and Is replete with
dramatic Incidents.
Besides Vilna, Poland gets Eastern
Oalicla, which .practically satisfies
all remaining’ territorial aspirations.
Attorney Frank
Walsh Is “Called”
By Judge White
ST JOSEPH. Mich., March 15 - -
Judge Charlies White, presiding at the;
trial of William /. Foster In ithe
Commuhlst case, declared .that Frans
P. Walsh questions to the tales
men Implied the right to overtarow
the government.
Judge White asserted no such right
exerted.
Walsh ‘entered an exception to the
remark as prejudicial to the defend
ant.
I
er titles of the Northwest and of
1 Idaho and N'f vrada will 'follow.
Industrial Preparedness
“Indus'trfal preparedness demands
conslderatlua ahead of the develop
' ment of man power, 'because of the
I great length of lime i t requires to
i prepare industrially,” said Colonel
; Cornwall. ‘We must develop and
perfect the 'fighting Ton es. We must
counteract Indifference and we must
, forget the Idea which is prevalent
that we did a good Job In the last
war and iwiil do even .better In aa
| »:h< r one.
“We must not 'forget thait we pre
' pared for war In 1917 with the Allies
i holding the line until we could make
| ready. In the fall of 1918 the war
was costing the United States $2,000,
‘ 000 an hour. Planning In peace for
1 war means not only saving the life
blood of our youth, but every hour
] we can shorten such a conflict
means $2,000,000 removed from the
shotildprs of tho taxpayers.
“Thait Is why we are going ahead
In tints of peace to perfect plan3
for war. We will make a survey of
everv manufacturing plant employing
50 men or more. However, in event
we find smaller plants that are manu
facturing something vital to warfare,
or small .plants 'thait have potentiali
ties far expansion, we 'will include
them in our work.
Wartime Order*
“Contracts are being prepared to
he entered into between the War De
partment and these manufacturing
plants In addition, to wartime or
ders, 'ilies? contracts may also pro
vide for small ‘educational orders'
to be placed for the peace-time needs
of the army. The army arsenals aroj
capable of producing only 10 per cent
of the army’s needs, therefore we
must look to 'the manufacturing
plants of the country for 90 per cent
of our war materials
“However rembte another war in
volving the United States may now
be, we may .bo sure that such sound
national industrial preparedness as1
Is lining undertaken will tend to
remove ft still further." C
Colonel Cornwall Is one -of 13 dls
trict chiefs appointed In the United i
States ito prepare the country, in
d m*t Hally, for war. The others are;
stationed at New York. Philadelphia.
Chicago, Pittsburgh, St bonis. De
troit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Bridge
port, Boston, Baltimore and Roches
ter. All of these men are prominent
business men and are newly appoint
ed doll ir-a-yehr men.
NEW' YORK, March 15.—Fifty
women of the Helping Hand Moth
ers’ Club, who were In the Ver
mllye Collegiate of the Reformed
Church, West 54th Street when tire
started on the roof last night, form
pda bucket brigade and extinguish
ed the flames.
EUROPE AGAIN'
AT FACE WITH
GREAT STRIFE
Germany Writer Infers
Trouble Is Liable to Break
Out at Any Time.
BRITISH CORRESPONDENT
CLAIMS TRUCE IN SIGHT
)eclares Germany Is About
Ready to Produce Plan
About Reparations.
I BERLIN, March 15. — ‘ Thunder
liangs in the air between the Lipps
i?nd the Ruhr and if it ever breaks,
•vca to the French, woe to all Eur
1 ope," writes Elberfeld, correspond
1 cnt of the Allegemine Zeitung,
GERMANY MAY GIVE IN.
LONDON, March 15.—Germany
j is about to make a declaration of
villingners and readiness to pro
duce a plan for final settlement of
I reparations provided she can rely on
■ *he plan receiving consideration of
! the Allied governments says a des
, patch to the Daily Telegraph from an
independent correspondent.
I , The despatch says it is under
, ,tood Germany is fully prepared to
accomplish a far-reaching interna
tional control of her finances and to
participate an internal guarantee to
I France respecting the frontiers.
MORE TROOPS FOR RUHR.
j DUSSELDORF, March 15.—It Fa
j announced additional troops will be
jsent to the Ruhr to assist in coal
seizures.
1 PLOT OF GERMANS.
PARIS, March 15.—German Na
ionaliats, wearing French uniforms
; and posing as French soldiers, are
1 declared by French officials, aceord
i lug to advices from the Ruhr, to
[ have been committing robberies and
, other outrages with their own coun
trymen as victims.
Thu purpose is interpreted here
to excite the public against the
French troops.
Bastrop Grand Jury
Near End of Work
BASTROP, La., March 15,-Tho
grand Jury has resumed the inquiry
into nioh activities of 'the hooded
bend. It is believed a report will
be fort he aiming shortly. It is under
sttkwd there are only a few more
witnesses remaining to be examined.
Alaska Boys Are
Named for
West Point
WASHINGTON, Matron 15.—Clar
ence Henry Zuercher, of Nome, Al
aska, has been designated for the
Wenst Point entrance examination be
ginning shortly. Henry Luedberman,
of Ketchikan, ts firdt alternate. Both
nominations were made by Delegate
Dan Sutherland.
Assistant Secretary
Of Commerce May Quit
WASHINGTON. March 15. -Accord
ing to rumors. Assistant Secretary
of Commerce Huston is expected to
resign In the near future. He has
been offered a position a-s president
of the World Commerce Corporation
with a salary of $100,000 a year.
Woodrow Wilson Helps
A. L Endowment Fund
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15.—Wood
row Wilson is among the first per
sons to contribute .to the American
Legion's $100,000 endowment fund to
provide permanent decoration of the
graves of the American war dead lu
Europe.
Murdered Betrayer;
Is Sent to Prison
NBW YORK, March 15— Mrs.
Paulette Salndes. convicted of slay
ing Oscar M. Mnrtelliere, whom she
alleged betrayed ami then abandoned
her. was today sentenced to 20 year*
to life in the women's prison at Au
burn. .. ,
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Angelas, 1.2 pier rerrt; Seattle. 1.6 per
ceat; Portland, 1.2 iprr cent, and the
entire United States, 1.9 per cent.
Mr. Perrin says: “Little uniform
ity In the movement of separate
items t'f ithle family budget in the I
five cities t-an be noted. Declines, I
where 'they have persisted, have been
small while advances, particularly In '
foods, furniture and house furnish
ings, have been relatively large. The
reported increase in the total cost
of living follows the rise In whole
sale prices, which was ob.serva.bl'e
during the Whole c.f 1922, Is not sur
prising nor unexpected.
• According to the United States
Bureau of Labor's index ntim/bers.
they were 13 per cent higher in Jan
uary, 1922.
San Francisco Picks
Plum from Navy Basket
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.—
This city has been named as ttie
main operating base for the navy
according to an official announce
ment at the headquarters of the
Twelfth Naval District.
The order meanB that naval com
munication, transportation inspec
tion and survey ships and the naval
reserve of the Pacific Coast will be
centered here.
This city will also be the base of
he Pacific Fleet during war time.