THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
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.VOL XXL, NO. 3199.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1923.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
COMMUNISTS PLANNING REVOLT
Indications that Germany will Attempt Peace Terms
PEACE PROPOSAL
FROM GERMANY
NOW EXPECTED
Passive Resistance to Occu
pation Forces Seems to
Be Dying Away.
ESSEN, March 22.—Passive re
sistance .inaugurated by the Ger
mans when the French entered the
Ruhr is beginning to show modifi
cation in various parts of the occu
pied area according to a French an
nouncement. This is accepted in
French circles as weakening by
German officials in consequence ol
continued reports that the Berlin
government da planning to make a
definite proposal de.-igiiod to brine
.peace negotiations.
SEIZING IrlONEY.
DUSSELDORF. March 22. — The
French have statted a systematic
collection for funds to repair prop
erty damaged by the German sabot
age. Fifty million marks have been
seized from the City Treasury and
main poet office.
GERMAN INDUSTRY
IN MIDST OF CRISIS
CHICAGO, March 22.—A Berlin
copyright to the Chicago Tribune
says German industry is in the midst
of tihe most serious erb.'s since the
early reconstruction period following
tho war. Both in the occupied and
unoccupied area the situation ds dan
gerous, in the Ruhr as the direct
result of occupation, lin Rhineland as
a result of coal 'blockade and (in
(Saxon and Bavarian (industry because
of production costs, which are tho
direct result of the occupation of tho
coal fields. The export trade is prac
ticably dead.
GERMANS ARE URGING
SETTLEMENT WITH FRANCE
NEW YORK, .March 22 —The Times
correspondent, in a Dusscbdorf copy
right special, says he believes the ma
jority of industrialists in the Ruhr
are bitingung insistent pressure, on
the Bettlin government to open ne
golttations wllt.h the French.
WHITE SETTLERS
HUNTING PIUTES
Renegade Band Is Being Hot
ly Pursued Following
Clash and Outbreak.
SALT LAKE, Utah, March 22.—A
poe-e < f white settlers from Blind
ing. Utah, is reported hot on the
trail of a band of renegade Piute
Indians who staged an outbreak at
Blanding last Monday.
In a flash lato yesterday between
the posse 'and Piutes, one Indian was
Jiilled and two wounded.
The trouble started when two
I"iute9 on trial for perjury in the
robbery of shoep herders escaped.
UNDER HEAVY GUARD
MiONTICELLO, Utah. March 22.—
White residents are holding under
heavy guard 40 Piute Indians to
ipreVent them from joining the rene
gade band which is being pursued
'by •a. iposse.
CAUSE FOR TROUBLE
CAMDEN, March 22.—General
Hugh Scott, who settled mauv din
pules iwllh Indians, declared today
that he cculd settle the war dh Utah
■with the Piutes wlithout shedding a
drop of blood.
General Scott, said: “The whole'
trouble is the white man’s encroach
ing on 'Indian territory."
No Recognition of
Soviets by the U. S.
WASHENGTON, March 22.—In a
comprehensive statement covering the
American policy toward Russia, out
lined by the State Department, a
non-interference 'policy with Russia's
internal affairs is shown. There is
also the determination not to enter
(into discussions looking to recogni
tion of the Soviet government nntll
it has established Itself on a sound
basis for International Intercourse.
Formula for Long Life Is
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Given to Public By Eliot
CAMBRIDGE, March 22— Preside nt Emeritus Charles W. Eliot, of
; Harvard University, beginning his 93th year in good health, advised those
who would do likewise to eat moderately, tlee r even hours each night,
exercise regularly in the open air. ure no stimulant* and enjoy all nat
ural delights without any excess and be as serene as your nature.
'WIFE OF DISCOVERER OF TUT-ANKbFAMEN’S TOMB.
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Lady Carnarvon is the wife or the lifth Earl rf Carnarvon,
the Egyptologist, who, in association with Howard Carter, an Am
erican, is responsible for the discovery of King Tut-ankh-Amen’s
tomb. She is a daughter of the lalo F. C. Wombwell and grand
daughter of Sir George Wombwell. Unlike her famous husband.
Lady Carnarvon is averse to publicity, and a photograph of her is
a rarity.
CAIRO, March 22.—The condition of Earl of Carnarvon, suf
fering from blood poisoning, is still serious. Lady Carnarvon is
| rushing here from Ixnidon by steamer.
YUKON ACTIVITY
AT HIGH POINT
Horse and Dog Teams on
Trail—Speed in Moving
Silver Ore from Mayo.
DAWSON, March 22.—The over
land trail from Whitehorse to Daw
3011 and Mayo is lined with horse and
dog teams end hikers bound north
ward.
The Whitehorse shipyards are op
erating full blast repairing the upper
Yukon fleet.
Ten one<ton caterpillar-' and three
trailers are starting from White
horse for Mayo tomorrow.
Every horse, dog, automobile,
slrtig'h and caterpillar in the district
i.s busy trying to got the ore at
Mayo landing before the snow goes.
Eight thousand tons are expected
to be moved before April.
Marble Property on
Texada Island Sold
SEATTLE. March 22—The Ana
conda Mining Company has purchased
the Marble Bay mines of Texada
Island. Strait of Georgia, which was
formerly owned by Harry Whitney
Treat. This was 'learned here to
day. Treat was killed several months
ago in an automobile accident near
Vancouver, B. C.
Second Snow Storm
Strikes in Colorado
DENVER. March 22.—The second
heavy snow storm within four days
struck Denver, blanketing the city
heavily wtlth snow. One death from
heart trouble Is attributed Indirectly
to the storm.
FAKE CULT IS
BEING EXPOSED
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Witness in ‘‘House of David”
Cult Shows Up Work
of David Purnell.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mien., March 22.
—Mrs. Ennna Rosetta, former preach
er of the cult tin the “House of Da
vid,” teatTPied today iin the suit of
former members to recover property, |
that David Purnell, head of the cult,'
made Improper proposals to her with-j
in two months of her entrance.
'Mrs. Rosetta said the rules of the
“church" forbade tobacco and alcohol, ,
but she raid Purnell kept both in the i
basement and gave tt to the girls.
Purnell chewed tobacco, when lie was
not seen, and the witness declared ;
he drank, calling beer “foam," saying]
ft purged his soul.
Rosetta testified that Purnell had •
n tunnel from the House of David” ;
to a big automobile, ready for .Instant i
plfght. ,
FASCISTIS ARE
NOW DISCOVERED
CHICAGO. March 22.—A branch of
the Italian Fascist! with 65 members <
has been discovered hare. i
KANSAS CITY, March 22.—New .
clews showing a state wide branch
of the Fascist! of Italy bas been
formed, is announced
DAWSON, (March' 22.—John Robin
son died here today. He came North
in 1898 and mined and freighted.
He leaves a daughter and a widow
In Seattle.
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES OF TURK’S LEADER AND HIS BRIDE.
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At. it u,sen oi appreciation fme nelp ot the American ptoifTe Aiustaphn Ktmal F’ashu. the
Turkish leader, and liis bride, coitcntid t■ > post lor these ox.-lu.iv photograph:-. Tlie Nationalist
( hief is always surrounded by tits picked bodyguard of giants, who would think nothing cf dying
for him. Villa Ouchaky is the biautiful home of tlie bride of Mustauha Kemail Pasha, aituuud t-n the
iut>uibs of Smyrna and overlooking the bay
MILLIONAIRE 6IVES REASONS
FOR BREAKING OF ENGAGEMENT
WITH BEAUTY OF NEW ORLEANS
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Daugherty Has
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Harding Cinched
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MIAMI, Fla., March 22.—At- I
tforney General Daugherty, com- ;
menting on Ills recent announce- ;
! tnent that President Harding
will seek renomiinatlon, said:
I "There will be no contest and j
those seeking to show that
there will be a great Bight will
be forcibly disappointed."
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SEC. HUGHES
IS SORRY NOW
Admits He Spoke Inadvisably
Regarding Capital Ships
of Great Britain.
WASHING TO .V, .March 22.—Secre
ary lot' State Hughes announced to
lsy he had received from Great Brtt
tin a categorical denial that any con
niderable number of capital ships
tad been fitted with elevations of
tuns and 'increased turret loading or
ange ments.
This insinuation was mado by Sec
etarv Hughes in his New Haven
ipeoch in December. The Secretary;
ind the American navy department \
oday expressed regrots for the nils-1
tatement.
Echo of Virginia
Rappe Case in N. Y.
NEW YORK, March 22 —Medical |
Examiner Schwartz, after an autopsy
:n the body of Mrs. Frances Love.
Jeckwith, noted former chorus girl
>eauty, who died yesterday, gave an'
.pinion she met death 'In a manner
limilar to that wthich Claimed VIr-i
tlnia Rappe, in San Francisco, which :
toseoe Arbuckle was Implicated iu. ■
Congressman Towner
Resigns to Be Gov.
DES MOINBS, March 22.—Con
tressman Horace Mann Towner, of
he erfghth district. ha* resigned vj
.eeome Governor of Porto Rico.
ATLANTA. Gu-. Man'll 22.—Asa G
Gandl !•, million air a soft-drink maun
lfar t u rer. has filed in United States
DiBtdict Court hero ;i i answer to tli ’
$500,000 breach of promise suit re
contly brought aig:iin»i him by Mrs.
Onezima I)e Bottchel.
Mr. Candler told the court that tin
become engaged lie ,\Jrs. Do Rouchel
In January, 1022. ami ihat I in medi
ately thereafter she proposed “that
they be married" immediately, which
he declined to dk>.
The answer concedes that "a mem
ber” of Mr. Candle 's family had vis
it! d Now Orleans to Investigate “cer
tain suggestions'' regarding Mrs. On
Bouchers conduct, contained in let
ters from New Orleans.
In the anawer It is admitted that
Mr. Candler wrote a letter to Mrs.
De Bouchel, as stalled In her peti
tion, but added that “the exact lan
guage" of (he letter w.« not ipioted.
Mrs. Do Boucher* ,p litiou charged
that she had received a letter from
Mr. Candler breaking off their en
gagement after 'it had bran reported
to him “from sources he was hound
•to believo” that two men had vlsitol
her during the Confederate reunion
in Atlanta for Improper purposes.
Referring to Mrs. De Bouchers
statement that she more than once
hail expressed willingness to caucel
the engagement when she learned of
the opposition of the Candler family,
the answer sa/lil:
“Defendant admits the statemont
contained in the first three lines,
but can neither admit nor deny tin
remainder of such paragraph for lack
;»f sufficient evidence."
Tlid remainder of the paragraph In
Mrs. De Bouchel's petition referred
to was a statement of her innocence
of the charges on which, she »h.1i1,
Mr. Candlor 'had broken the engage
ment.
Continuing, Mr Candler’s answer
said:
“Defendant says that when the
statement contained first was muds
to him he was shocked inexpressibly
and conl'usod and did not know whut
course to pursue, and that at the
time he wrote the letter frankly tell
ing plaintiff of the statement matte
to him and of his confusion and
mental distress.”
Frees Wife to
Marry Son’s Chum
DETROIT. March 22.—That his
wife might marry their ion's chum,
William Claudo Whitney, a traveling
salesman, obtained a divorce.
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Standard Starts
| Drilling at
Cold Bay
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ANCHORAGE, March 22.-A.
j wirelesa .from Cold Hay »n
| | nouncos that tho Standard Oil
(Company started drilll log yester- j
j day. Tha Associated Oil Com
1 pany has received by tho
, steamer Starr an equipment j
duplicating tho Stand aid s' and
| will rostunc drilling Immediately, i
AMUNDSEN TO
SELL HOME TO
SECURE FUNDS
Norwegian Government Un
able to Advance More
Money for Expedition.
NOME, March 22.--Ca.pt. Roald
Amundsen announces that lit* has in
structed his attorney In Christiana
to sell his home there to meet the
debts incurred d»y 'hit polar expedi
tion. Amundson was recently in
formed tho Norwegian government
was unable to advance further funds.
William J. Burns
Inspecting Agencies
WASHINGTON, March 22.—Wil
liam J. Burns, chief of the Bureau
of Investigation of the Department
of Justice, has started on a swing
around the circle to inspect all of
the department's larger agencies
from coast to coast.
The trip Is tho first for personal
Inspection made by Mr. Burns since
he took office, and will require about
a month. Beginning In the South,
he will travel w eat ward to California.
SOLD SCHEMES
OF COMMONISTS
•RE SHOWN OP
Government Unearthing
Plans at Trial for Upris
ing in United States.
ST. JOSEPH. Mich., March 22.—
Extracts from "themes and resolu
i t«lous" adopted at the Moscow lu
I ternationale, which the government
jclaims regulates the Communists
party In America, were read today
, u the trial of William Z. Poster
1 'n trial on charges of criminal
I yndicall&m.
One extract says:
I "The Communist Party must de
velop into a militant organization
.capable of avoiding a tight in the
'•pen against the overwhelming'
I forces of the enemy concentrated
|'ipnn u given point but on the other
(hand the concentration of the en
tity must be no utilized as to at
paok him in a spot where he least
\ expects it.
■‘Every legal communist organi
'ilicn ni'Ui.1 know how to .secure for
: itself complete preparedness for
I undergtounrl existence and above
1 .til for a revolutionary outbreak.”
The government contends that a
J revolution was being planned when
the communists were meeting near
; here which resulted in a raid and
I the arrests or those now implicated
in tin present trial.
HARDING NOW
f THINKING OUT
! HIS SPEECHES
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President Devoting Time to
Subjects to Be Discussed
on Western Tour.
FORT PIERCE^ Fla., March 22—
.President Harding is utilizing the
odd hours of his northward cruls >
I In revolving through his mind ideas
for addresses to be delivered in rase
| ho makes tils contemplated swing
through .the West.
The mom bars of the President's
party salld Harding ha? concurred
that he must stress the importance
of impartial enforcement of the laws
both .us to differentiation between
I various states and as between dif
ferent classes of citizens.
The essence of his thoughts are
said to he along the same Itnes as
Attorney General Daugherty’s state
ments made yesterday tc. the Florida
Bar Association.
BISHOP TUTTLE EASIER
ST. DOULS, March 22.—Bishop Tut
tle Is resting easipr and physicians
state hl3 conditions is Improving.
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Fires in Catholic |
Institutions
Not Incendiary
j QUEBEC, a.Mrch 22—Deputy ‘
Minister of Public Works Guyon
1 declared today that his belief
was that tho rec mt fires in
1 Catholic institutions in Canada
1 were caused by improper in
! stall.ition of heating plants and t
not from Incendiary origin
I Guyon has made a personal In
1 vestigation.
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MAN WHO ADVISED SEWARD TO
PURCHASE ALASKA, PASSES AWAY
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| VICTORIA, ft C.. March 22.— Jo
seph Boskowltz. who organized the
j Boekwtttz Steamship and Alaska Com-1
| moreflail Company, died here, aged 88,
I years.
Ho-kowltz came here in 1862 and
formed the Victoria Sealing Company
but retired after the treaty affecting
sealing was effective. He then en
tered the fur business with the Al :
asks Commercial Company, which
secured the Wdbilof Island seating
rights. Later seven of his vessels
wore seized on contention sealing
was 'prohibited but restoration was
made by the government.
Boskowitz was associated as a
young man with a group of commer
cial men who induced Howard to
purchase Alaska from Russia. His
firm was then heavily interested in
the Alaska fur trade.