THE
ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
“ALL THE HEWS ALL THE TIME'
VOL. XXII., NO. 3308.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
PRESIDENT
ADVOCATES
ULTIMATE
STATEHOOD:
ALASKA IS
Harding Praises Alaska Press;
Must Maintain Large Navy
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN .LEGION
AUXILIARY COMING NORTH; SAYS
WAR VETERANS TO SETTLE ALASKA
INDIANAPOLIS. July 28. Believ
ing Alaska will be the scene of
future land settlement p.v veterans
of the World War, Dr. Kale Wal
ler Barrett. President of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, will sail from
San Francisco August 15 for Alaska
to obtain first hand information of
conditions there.
This was the announcement made
at headquarters of the Auxiliary
today.
Dr. Barrett said:
“The trip of President Harding
and his official party will create
an Interest in government < In-leg in
Alaska as the only territory avail
able now for colonization by War
Veterans. I have obtained definite
Information that legislation opening
up vast tru ts in that Territory will
be presented to the next Congress
and inv purpose is to study the <on
dition there in the interest of those
who fought in the World War."
Pr. Barrett said she will visit
units ot the Auxiliary v\ hie it have
been established at Wrangell, ,lu
neau, Fairbanks, Sitka and Am bor
age.
TWO STEAMERS
COLLIDE; ONE
BADLY DAMA6ED
Japanese Steamship Hits Am
erican Craft Near Port
( Angeles Today.
SEATTLE, July 28.—The Japan-j
€*«.’ summer Mansasan Marti, inbound 11
from tho Orient, collided at 2 o'clock
this morning four miles west of Port!
Angeles with the steamer Rainier
outbound from Seattlo and other
Puget Sound ports for San Francisco
and Los Angeles.
According to wireless advices re
ceived here the Rainier Is badly
damaged and waterlogged and is
drifting in the Straits of Juan de
Fuca. I
The crow, with the exception of
the Captain and three seamen, were
taken off and are aboard the Man
a«san Maru bound for Seattle.
No lives were lost.
Jack Pickford is Before t
Grand Jury; Liquor Case '
I.OS A NOBLES, July 28. — Jack '
Pickford, motion picture star, today (
appeared as a witness before Ihe j
Federal Grand Jury investigating
alleged violation of the Volstead ,
law.
Two checks bearing what is said
to be Pickford's signature, were |
taken from two* men arrested for
bootleggers last March. According
to the Fedral Prohibition Agents,
the men said they sold liquor to
Pickford. 1
28 Men Believed Killed
In Explosion in Colliery .
- i
SHEFFIELD, Eng., July 28.— 1
Twenty-eight men. are believed to l
have ben killed this afternoon in an t
explosion in the Maltby colliery. 1
F*lre has been causing trouble in
the workings for some weeks. I
rassive sabotage started
by I.W.W. in Lumber Camps
-- es
WASHINGTON, July 28.—-‘Pas
•ive sabotage” has been adopted by 1
the Industrial Workers of the World (
to make the lumber production un- j
profitable according to an assertion
made today from the offices of
the National Lumber Association.
The statement quotes a bulletin
to the lumber workers In a Chicago
publication ^saying “everybody on
the job but everybody loaf.”
LADY POET LAUREATE
BOISE, Ida., July 28.—Mrs. Orene
Welch Grissom of Idaho Falls has i
been designated Idaho’s poet laureate
by Governor Moore. One of her best ,
known v?rks is "Tie fgasiuglpf the ,
Sagebrush"
Too Much Oil;
Refineries to be
Closed for Month
| CHICAGO. July' 28-Action
] to clone every refinery In the
| mid-ccntincnt field during the
I month of August, as a step to- j
i ward reduction of the present .
surplus of gasoline and crudes '
oil, was approved last night by t
a group of leading oil men of |
the Southwest. These men rep- j
rc-euled the Western Petroluetn |
| Refiners' Association.
I__ | | _---1
FIRE IN BANK
CLOSES DOORS
Cashier Confesses to Having
Set Fire—Vital Records
Are Destroyed.
PHOBNIX, July 28.—The authori
iee are considering filing a charge
gainst Thornton Jones. Jr., cashier
f the Farmers and Merchants Bank,
f Tempe, Idaho, who is said to have
lonfesaed to having started a fire
I'hich early today destroyed the
ital records and led to the closing
I the institution.
K. J. Kingsbury, President of the
ntik, said he would transfer his
ler&onal assets, valued at $400,000
o protect the credits of the bank,
lepotits are said to be in excess of
300,000.
lealousy Believed Cause
For Killing Pretty Wife
SOUTH BEND, Wash.. July 28.—
ealously over his wife's friendship
or other men is believed to have
teen the motive of James Dewell,
nilhv right, in slaying his pretty
vlfe. aged 35 years, and then fatal
y wounding himself last night
7rench Reply Tries to
Meet British Suggestions
PARIS, July 28.—The French
Kite tb Great Britain in reply to
he British suggestion regarding a
oint reply to Germany's repara
ions ■Memorandum was on good
luthortty, drafted with the determ
nation to exhaust every means of
caching full accord with the Brlt
sh.
Senator-Elect Johnson
Talks Revolution Again
ST. PAUL, July 28.—Magnus John
son, recently elected United States
Senator from Minnesota on the Far
ner Labor ticket, reiterated to the
Associated Press that “even an
irmed revolution" is among the pos
libilltles of this country unless pres
et conditions are corrected.
: | Senator Dill j
Urges Special
Session Congress
11 - I
’ j SPOKANE, July 2S.- United
I | States Senator C. C. 1 >111 tele
graphed President Harding at
| Seattle yesterday urging him to
j call an extra session of (’on- j i
| gross. Dll! said: “Owing to the I
low tost of wheat and the high
cost of production" the farmers :
. are unable to meet their obllga- | i
tions. Senator Dill suggested j
I “legislation to insure higher [
I prices for farm products.”
i-—TV.-——■
Says Harding’s (
Administration Has
Been Reactionary One
WASHINGTON. July 28 Declar
ing that Harding's lias been a “re
actionary administration.” Senator <
(.a Eollelte predicted that should I
he reac tionaries be renominated by i
both parlies next year, u third party I
movement will rsult. i
U. S, DESTROYEfi :
BADLY DAMAGED:
_ c
Navy Craft in Collision with t
Henderson Is Towed to [
Fort Casey—Listed.
WASHINGTON, July 118.—ITnltoU
Slate* destroyer Zcilln which was
seriously damaged In a collision with
the navul transport Henderson with
President Harding and his party
aboard yesterday morning In Puget
Sound, has been, taken alongside the
at my dock at. Fort Casey, Wash., the
Navy Department has been Informed
in a message received here.
The destroyer has a list or 113 de
grees resulting from flooding of the
engine room and aft fircroom.
Other correspondence said the
Ztilln will be towed to the Puget
Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton as
Boon as possible for repairs.
Robbery Committed While
Harding Parade Passes
c
i
a
I
r
<
V
A
S
F
v
t
l
«
! i
t
i
c
]
SEATTLE, July 38. — While a
crowd in front of the store was s
watching the Harding Parade yester
day afternoon, two bandits held-up a
the West Guaranty & Loan Company tl
on First Avenue, taking $1,700 In r
cash and two diamonds valued at
$400 from Samuel Weiner, manager .
and escaped in tile crowd.
Alaska Yukon Pioneers
Give Gift to Harding
SEATTLE. July 28.—The Alaska: t
Yukon Pioneers and Ladles of the't
Golden North presented Presldentjf
Harding at the Stadium exercises'f
yesterday afternoon, a’life member-j
ship In the rogani/.ation and a token:
In the form of a silver pan with
gold nuggets. The presentations
were made in recognition of "his 1
distinguished services to Alaska.” t
)
communists m uermany
To Stage Demonstration |<
BERLIN, July 28.—The Comrnun
jisls have decided to call otT their I
open air anti-Fascisti demonstra
tions and will confine their protest
meetings Sunday to indoor gather
ings. A rigid pollcp guard in all
parts of Germany will be over the
meetings.
Poia Negri Has Broken
Engagement with Chaplin
LOS ANQELBS. July 28.—Pola
Negri, motion picture hotress, broke
her engagement with Charlie Chap
lin five weeks-ago according to the.
Los Angeles Tithe*. 11
FRANKNESS OF
ALASKA PRESS
FULLY PRAISED
^resident Harding Gives
Northern Newspapers
Credit in Press Talk.
i
E.AE.IU live. UttLAKtb
FOR NAVY MAINTENANCE
2hief Executive Says Until
Wars Are Thifcg of Past, j
Big Navy Demanded.
SEATTLE, July nx (By Asso
Itod Pfcssl In speaking lo the
leatlle Press Club yesterday Pn Bl
ent Harding pronounced In
uvor of as large and efficient navy
s possible under the armament liin
tation treaty and paid high tribute
o the enterprise, hdpesty and ap
icaling frankness" fit the Alaska1
Teas. "*
The President declared that until
he day comes w hen nations abandon
he use of armed forces. America
hall find her assurance In a navy
f the first rank.
“We were building, two years i
go, at a rate that would tiave!
laced our armed sea power in ex-!
ess of any other power, but in
onvictlon of armament cost and
ompetition, waa leading to menac
ng national burdens. We invited
ii international conference to fix
mitations," said tlie President.
“We asked equality with the first1
unk for ourselves, and were accord-J
d it. Let us hope our Congress,j
' i t Ii the cordial sanction of the
merican people, will continue that!
ret rank," continued President1
larding.
Speaking further on the navy, the1
resident said:
“I believe our obligation io tliej
torld means most exacting restric-i
ions of our maintenance within the
taximum limitation fixed by confer-l
nee. I maintain equality in that
laximum until new baptism of in - j
ernationai const 'cnee prescribes j
uint action toward reduction or
omplr-te abolishment.”
’RAISE IS GIVEN TO
NEWSPAPERS OF ALASKA
In addition to his ohservatt ions on
ea power, President Harding said:
"Those of use who thnk we know
great io! about newspaper making
lay learn some very simple funda
lentals by going to Alaska.
‘ 1 found myself invarlaby doffing
(Continued on Pag* moron, i
LED FLAG OF I. W. W.
TORN DOWN IN NEW YORXj
NEW YORK, July 118.—A crowd
oday stormed the Hoboken head*
uarters of I he'Wobbliea, whose longs
horemen are on a strike, and tore,
own the red flag over the building.;
H. V. WINCHELL DEAD,
MINNEAPOLIS, July 28. — Word I
as been recnived here of the death'
r Horace V. Wlnchell, aged 57 j
cars, mining negineer and geolog-]
jt, In loos Angeles. He was former]
resident of the American Institute
f Mining to which he was suc
uodr.d by H. C. Hoover.
President Has
Attack of
Ptomaine Poisoning
i
I
►
ON PRESIDENT HARDING’S |
TRAIN. July 2S. — Suffering I
from mi attack of ptomaine '
poisoning, President Harding |
remained la bed today by jl
orders of his physician. The I
special train traveresed the I
State of Oregon enroute to t
Yosemtte Park from Seattle.
*1
i/i.
PRESIDENT REPORTS TO AMERICAN PEOPLE HE
FINDS NOTHING WRONG WITH TERRITORY; GIVE
ALASKA TO ALASKANS, IS POLICY SET FORTH
r
SUMMARY OF ADDRESS. j
| -
I Creation of a Slate out of I
I Sorthe’irtefn Alafka and adja
| cent districts.in few years.
More restrictions on salmon
fishing.
Lightened restrictions on fcr
| er' reEoprcc*
1 UencrO'us appropriations for ;
1 road building.
I.Jftral use of scientific, tech
1 nical demon,tratlve agricultural
: agencies.
(Jlvc : unient retention and
| o petition of Alaska Railroad.
| Btsflorqtent of existing fed
eral administrative machinery
wlurover possible
Development of Alaska for
i Alarkonr,
| Supper’s Hoover's fisheries
* policy.
j Denounces demagogic ap
peil>. for political advantage.
Say? no need for hothouse j
development of Alaska.
Rials :• Alaska citizenship.
Rrairca scenic wonders of
| Territory.
i—__-_*
HARDING SPEECH
CLIMAX TO ONES
MADE IN ALASKA
Gov. Bone Comments on
President s Seattle Address
—Stand No Surprise.
Tlio pusiti. n taken by Pre-ident
Harding toward Alatka and th • de
rdJopmcnt of t He Territory, tiis
views on administration of regula
tion* affecting resources, Came a.! no
surprise to Gov. Scott C. Hone, v bo,
is host to the Pre. Ident and the lat
ter'r guest while In Alaska, was
probably more intimately in touch
with the Chief Executive than nay
pther member of ihe party. The
Governor raid il is a splendid pres
tn I at ion.
Commenting on the President's
ipewh yi%!eruay. in which the Ad
niinial rat ion s policy was outlined,
governor Hone said:
“It is In perfect keeping with,
trid (lie climax of, his utterances at
the various communities lie visited
in Alaska. The excellent abstract
Which lias come over the wire nat
urally creates a dosire for the full
:ex, of the speech, and this will be
forthcoming shortly. I arranged to
have a transcript of ail the talks
made by the President on Alaska,
which will be compiled in a historic
volume for the Territorial archives.
Nothing Inherently Wrong
“Time after time the President
paid tribute to the splendid citizen
•flip of Alaska and was deeply im
pressed with Ihe fine, healthy chil
li- f n who welcomed him everywhere
is furnishing the best promise of
lie future. With such a rising gen
jration before him he could not be
itherwise titan optimistic.
"Iuheiently lie could detect noth
ing the matter with Alaska. Of
touree lie realized ihe problems to
he solved and difficulties to be cver
xiare these chiefly duo to geo
graphical dimensions and distance*
hut they did not daunt him in the
least. iuh slogan AtasKa for Alas
kans' must appeal to all inhabitants
>1 this Northland. Naturally It watt
man 1 feat to him. ;ih to everybody
familiar with renditions, that ulti
mately. probably at no diet ant date,
Southeastern Alaska In itself will
roi ni a State, and a very (treat State.
To this end and time this section
should constantly strive. That the
coastal section to the Westward and
Interior will form another State, ant]
a very great State, i» dearly ob
vious.
Accord Is Complete.
‘Tt gave me pleasure to te.ll the
President of the efficiency with
Which' the Territorial Government
handles its affairs within the limited
scope of its local powers, and th«
(Continued oq Ktge Two.) '
Southeastern Alaska Ready for Statehood in Few Years—
Supports Hoover’s Fisheries Policy—
I Relax Forestry Rules.
f-;
SEATTLE, July 23.— (By Associated Press)—President Harding re
turned from hts Alaskan trip today and in an address at the Stadium
reported to the American people that he had found nothing wrong
with their great Northern Territory; that there is no broad “problem
of Alaska.” and that Alaska “is all right and doing well.”
He enumerated a number of ways in which the development of the
Territory should be aided, declaring against ruinous exploitation of na
tural resources, and urged “a development of Alaska for Alaskans."
STATEHOOD FOR PANHANDLE
“Alaska is destined for ultimate Statehood," the President told the
audience. "In a very few years we can well set off the Panhandle and
a large block of the connecting Southeastern part as a State. This re
gion now contains easily 93 per cent of the white population and of the
developed resources. It would be the greatest single impetus we could give
to the right kind of development.
“As to the remainder of the Territory I would leave the Alaskans
of the future to decide."
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
The Chief Executive recommended
more rratrli tlnn on salmon fishing,
the Territory's greatest Industry, and
promised If Congress withhold holpful
legislation lio. l,y executive order,
would extend the present reserva
tions wid their regulations.
Restrictions with respond to utillza
t.lon of thp forests, he said, might
well h' lightened.
The development of Alaska coal
mines must await time and the nor
urn! urging of economic conditions,
he submitted.
The Government, he added, should
do whatever Is necessary to encour
age leasing and development of the
oil lands.
Other conclusions presented hy the
President were: that generous ap
proprlations should lie made for road
building: that the Federal govern
ment should he more liberal in en
couraging scientific, technical and
demonstration work of agricultural
agencies, and that the Government
should retain the ownership and op
eration of the Alaska Railroad.
Optimist on Alaska
Presenting Ills preliminary report
here in reeognltlon of Puget Sound
as "Tim Gateway to the Territory,”
the Nation's Chief Executive assert
ed that he is “altogether an optimist
on Alaska and Its future”
Continuing, lie said: "I do not be
lieve Alaska can he forced or that
It should he. There is no need of
Government managed. Federally paid
for. hothouse development.
“There must he no recklpss sac
rificing of resources which ought to
be held permanent In order to turn
them into immediate profits.
“Where there is a possibility of
hetterment In the Fcdernl machinery
of administration. improvements
should and will be effected, hut there
Is no need for sweeping reorganise
tion.”
Praises Citizenship
Regarding thn people he found In
Alaska, the President said:
“There Is no finer citizenship in
all of the United S'ates. no more
promising a childhood anywhere. In
deed In this citizenship and in this
vigorous childhood lies the solution
of the Alaskan problem.”
He said he would undertake no
more fban a preliminary report at
this time as “he who undertakes to
forecast the future of Alaska and
formulate a program for its realiza
tion on the strength of such a fleet
ing glimpse as has been permitted
us, will be a far wiser and a far
K/ililun mun Ilian f o m 11
Alaska For Alaskans
The President openly put himself
and his Administration on record
for the utilization of the Territory's
resources for the benefit of the in
|habitants of the far northern conn
I try. declaring:
“Our adopted program must be a
program of Alaska for Alaskans
There are f<»w similar areas In the
world that present such a natural
Invitation to make a state of wtdely
varied Industries and permanent char
acter." \
lie reviewed and listed the re
sources of Alaska, pointing out that
I three-fourths of its area lay south
of the Arctic Circle. He asserted:
, "If the Finns owned Alaska they
; would. In three generations, make
: It one of the foremost states of
I modern times.”
■Me attributed the loss of population
In Alaska largely to the World War.
pointing to the heavy losses of Can
ada and the hoipe States in the
| American Union and said in some
of these the losses are not being
made up while "Alaska once more
Is gaining in everything which testi
fies to prosperity."
ITe added: "Anyhow, we have
come these latter days to appraise
population by quality rather than by
quantity and Alaska will loom big
in any quality test."
Cites Favorable Comparison
The President found Alaska's main
mineral production to compare fa
vorabty wilh the condition existing
in the same mlnerul industries lor
I the world at large. He declared that
I the gold and copper production of the
world had fallen off faster than th*>
gold and copper prductlon of Alaska
and that there is every reason to
believe the output of these inefals
would he restored as’soon as the
world’s economic conditions are right
ed.
Continuing, he said:
"The greatest Alaskan Industry
stancle in an entirely different rela
tion than either gold or copper. I
refer to the fisheries, which, in
present wealth producing potency far
exceed the mines."
Danger In Overfishing
Tile product of the fisheries indus
try. he declared, "is far too great
for the good of the Territory, for if
It shall continue without more gen
eral and effective regulation than
Is now Imposed, it will presently
exfeust the fish and leave no basis
for the Industry.
As to the salmon fisheries, he
said. “1 do not need to enlighten
the people of the Pacific Coast who
understand the subject, but many
others lark understanding." He re
viewed the life cycle of salmon and
declared the disappearance of salmon
in other waters should warn the
country to conserve them in Alaskan
waters He said: "It is vastly more
easy to declare fbr protection and
conservation of such a resource than
to formulate an equitable program"
He added that the results of fish
hatcheries are "still conjectural aud
controversial."
"There is encouragement In the
almost unanluious agreement in Al
aska," he stated, "that regulation
must and shall be enforced, and we
must apply a practical wisdom to
the varied situations as the salvage
of the industry demands against any
kind of prohibitory measures. It Is
urged that Immense investments In
Alaska's fisheries and caunerles
would he geratly Injured by such
reduction In catch. To this it may
well be replied that eunneries would
have better have their catches re
stricted by Government regulation
for a time than to he exterminated
in a few years through their own
excesses. Hy the establishment of
reserves along the coast we have
Already accomplished much. More
restriction is necessary and urgent.
Their conservation must be effect
ed."
Supports Hoover’s Position
The President unreservedly sup
ported the position of Secretary
Hoover on the fisheries question and
gave notice that he would not be
misled by demagogic appeals made
for political advantage. He said:
“If Congress cannot agree upon a
i program of helpful legislatlou, the
j reservations and their regulations
I will bp further extended by exeeu
I tlve order. If there is defiance it
is better to destroy the defiant In
vestor than to demolish a national
resource which needs only guarding
(Continued on Ptgs Two.)