VOL. III. NO. 24
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McG R A TH. AT A SKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 192,3.
PRICE 25 CENTS
IN RUHR AND
RHINELAND
Hugo Stinnes, Indus
trial King, and Wife
Arrested.
Berlin, Apr. 10—Hugo Stinnes,
German.y’s( industrial king, and
bis wife were taken by French
troops from their sleeping car,
which was attached to the train
at.Seharnhort,-and placed under
arrest in a freight car, today.
They were released later.
Many arrests throughout ihe
occupied areas were made by the
French today on the occasion of
the nationwide funeral of the
Krupp victims. Former Minis
ters Gilberts and StegerswaJd
and State Secretary Hamm, of
the chancellory, were among
those thrown into jail.
Frankfort-on-Main, April 9.—
French and Algerian troops
. ejected 100 families within ten
minutes from their dwellings in
the German railway men’s colony
.. at Fjuren this afternoon.
DEMANDSAN
ACCOUNTING
Alleges Stockholders of
Mother Lode Mine De- !
frauded of Millions.
Seattle, April J9. — Charges
that stockholders in the famous
Mother Lode mine, Alaska, have
been defrauded of millions of
dollars during the past four
years are made in a suit tiled in
the Superior Court by J. W.
Robinson, who asks that a re
ceiver be appointed for the
Mother Rode Copper Mining
Company, and that James W.
Godfrey, president, and C. I,.
Warner, secretary, be required
to render an accounting of the
.company’s financial status and
its transactions for the past'
three years.
Weeks Overrules Re
quests for Retention
of Chairman Mears
Washington.—Secretary of War
Weeks has overruled requests from
Alaska, mainly from Anchorage, Ne
nana and Fairbanks, that Ctrl. Fred
erick Mears remain in charge of con
struction work after the expiration of
his present assignment, Mav 1st.
Bob Roberson returned today from a.
trip to Taootna.
Many Arrests, Includ
ing- Dr, Fred’I Cook,
North Pole 1 aker
Washington. April ID.
stock promoter operating n ^
Texas during th last five ear ■;
have filched one indreri m. ,1 ion >
dollars from the public, v'osi
master General iv- . .vus aci is.-d!!
this afternoon by John H r. i •
wards, solicitor o: the Post o the;
Department, and Chief J :m
Inspector Simmons.
Fort WorthMany arrests ol'
oil stock swindlers were made py
federal agents today. The first
man arrested was (5. S. lien
ninger, of the Petroleum Pic
duction Association, which is
headed by Dr. Frederick C ool;
North Pole faker. I/ate today
Cook surrendered to the federal
authorities on the chary > of
using the mails to defraud in his
oil promotions.
Engagement of Gloria
Gould, Announced, as
Father Thought Dying
New York.—Tin* engagement of
Gloria Gould, 1 *, t<> Henry A. Bishop,
a Yale student, was announced last
night, despite tbe fact that hourly ca
blegrams stup that her fatht . George
J. Gould, lies a* the jx int t 1 oath ; .
Mentore, 1 ranee.
Lansing-Ishii A gree
ment Now Canceled
Washington.—'i'he celebrated Lai 3
ing-Ishii agreement, bv w ieh the
United Slate:) in ];>!? . ognized
Japan’s “special interests ’ i-i China,
has been canceled by tout .! agree
ment of the Washington as.., Toky.
governments.
LL S» Steel Corpora
tion Announces Wage
Increase oi li I:er Ct.
New York, — The United • >■ r s Steel ,
Corporatioo today anuounct d a wage
Increase of 11 per cent throughout its
plauts, effective April Hi. The order
applies to day laborers, of whor I.T.U’H)
are affected.
Jury Disagrees ir? Fos
ter Syndicalism Case
St. Joseph, Nice.—The jury in the
case of William Z. Coster, labor leader,
charged with violation of the yndicai
ism law. after deliberating two days,
came into court today, reported a dis
agreement, and were di :r. - d. The
jury stood 3ix for conviction and six for
acquittal
Billy Jones, busy transportation man,
was among today's arrivals
Says liefining Inter
ests Hope to Control
Every Pound of Sugar
Washington.—Chairman Smoot, of
tho Senate finance committee, declared
today that the sugar refining interests
hog. fi to get the tariff on that staple
low enough to destroy the American
producing industry and bring the con ■
trol of every pound of sugar into their
hands.
Cableship Sails to Re
pair Juneau-Sitka Line
seat t.l -The new cable .hip Del wood |
sa.led the afternoon from Fort Ward, 1
i’.iget sound, for Sitkvia Flattery, to
repair the long inte- d cable be
»we>:n Juneau and Sitka, and also to
make other repair?.
Harding Still Popes to
Make Trip tv Alaska
Washington.— Presid; Harding is
in.r.ei.ti of being a hit- to visit Alaska
when he goes to the J’rs ific coast on
bis speech making trip. It was said at
the White House today that he prob
ubly would be able to leave for the 11 ip
:• bout June 20 and reach Alaska about
Julv in _
Id W. Stacey, from Anchorage, and
Wm Galiagher, from Fairbanks, were
among Yesterday's trail arrival.
Scot .',v Add returned Sunday to Ta- !
cotna.
German} Buries Yv ork
men Shot by Fr nch
at Essen.
Berlin, April 10. — Germany
Unlay buried the thii tt >n work
men shot down by the French
troops at thee Krupp works at
Kssen,.according the victims a
military funeral, all beii x troat
c'U at the ceremonies as it they
had fallen on the field of battle.
Hells were tolled throughout the
republic from the JKldno to Fast
Prussia and from L, Pun
stance to the North Sea
Federal Agents Grab
$30,000 Worth liquor
Under a Seattle Bank
Seattle.—Federal agents today seized
thirlv thousandjdollars worth of liquor
secreted in the basement urdirneith
the quarters of the Canadia; bank of
i Commerce, which was, ho\. ver, tie*
I dared to he the property of il:<- Kainier
j Taxicab Company.
* milv Jones, of Candle, was a vestet
/ , ' . ,
day arnvah coming to town .o secure
treatment for a poisoned foot, caused,
undoubtedly, by‘the dye used in the
stocking. The foot is somewhat better
today, and he expects to be able to re -
turn t.> Caudle within the next four or
j live days,
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Was Captured by Free
Staters This Morning
Near Clonmel.
Dublin, April II.—Eamon De
Valera, former president of the
Irish republic, .... a prisoner of
the Free State government. The
phantom rebel, who has eluded
capture and kep* up incessant
warfare against the Free State
government sine its inception,
was taken this morning hear
Clonmel.
Harding Administra
tion Blamed by Cox
Jacksonville, Hu.- Janies M. Cox,
former democratic candidate, in a
speech here last night, attacked the
Harding Administration, declaring it,
responsible for the practically bank
rupt condition of the farmers of the
Middle West and Northwest.
Telegraphic Ticks.
Helena.—Nine inches of snow has
fallen here within the past 3b hours.
Washington.—President and Mrs.
Harding returned this afternoon from
\ their vacation in tiie South.
—
Chicago. William E. Lever, demo
crat. was elected mayor over Thomp
son by an overwhelming majority.
l’onta Delgada.—Twenty-two earth
quake shocks have beet: felt, through
out the Azores in the las^t t wo days.
Satt Francisco.- John Uaap, pioneer
of the Klondike, who wen. to Alaska
| in 1875, died at his home here today.
Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun is
now the property of W. K. Hearst,
who purchased the sane today from
Frank A. Munsey.
Seattle.-- i’tie Stale Bank ;it Yashon
was robbed of several thousand dollars
thi- morning', there beit j r,o clew to
the perpetrators
London.— Reginald McKenna, fore
iiu r banaer in England and former
chancellor of the excheqr is danger
ously pi witts typhoid.
Seal He. Melbravne Wilt v, li. was
rundown liy an auto truck and dragged
for a mile before the machine was
stopped. The victim will dir.
*'(uistantinople.—Orman Agha and
twelve of his followers wet executed
yesterday, having been dr, iated guilty
i of the murder of Ali Chuki Hey, a ua
| i ionttlist deputy.
! m Long Reach, Cab—-Horace Boise, a
* contender for the presidential nomina
tion at the democratic national conven
tion of 1806. dieu at his home here to
day, at ute age of oft.
Washington.— Mu . Franc’ M. Mad
J dux, of the infantry, is detached from
i present duty in the office of chief of the
■ militia bureau at Washington and as
■ signed to the Third division for duty in
j Alaska.
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Aci for District of Co
lumbia Held Unconsti
tional by High Court.
Washington, April 10.—Advo
cates of a minimum wage law
: suffered defeat today when the
isupreme court held unconstitu
tional such a statute passed for
the District of Columbia by Con
gress. The law passed upon by
the court provided for a board
; representing public employes
and employes which would in
vestigate. working conditions and
' tix minimum wages.
Olympia.--Governor Hart an
nounced today that he will in
vite Western governors into con
ferenee upon a minimum wage
scale for women and urge such
an amendment to the United
■ States constitution.
—
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London.--The House of Commons re
convened today.
Wants to Make U. S. a
Member of the Court
of Nations.
—
Washington, April 10.—Hard
ing’s vacation has only hardened
his determination to make the
United States a member of the
court of nations. It will be his
j issue in the campaign of 1924
|and will be made the major topic
in the speeches which he is to
deliver to tiie country on his
tour in June,
Vico President Coolidge today
predicted that Harding's renoru
ination and re-election will be
| demanded by the people because
! of the record of his administra
! tion.
$1,250,000,000 Worth
of Building I’crmits
Issued in 3 Months
New York.—Building permits aggre
| gating one and one-quarter billion dol
lars were taken out throughout the
country during the months of January.
| February and March. This is the
! greatest amount for any similar period
in the nation’s history.
: .Joe Blanched was a Sunday arrival,
i again departingyesterday lor his South
Fork headquarters.