THE
ALASKA
DAILY
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'ALL THE ft'EIPS ALL THE TIME"
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VOL XXII., NO. 3319.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
SILENT
TRIBUTE
TODAY BY
NATION;
HARDING LAID
Thousands Pass Bier of, E)ead President at Marion
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MARION CROWD
VIEWS REMAINS
LATE PRESIDENT
Thousands Pass Bier of Dead
as Body Lies in State
at Father s Home.
SO GREAT IS THRONG
THAT HOUR EXTENDED
Troops Aid in Keeping Peo-'i
pie Moving Through
House Pass Casket.
MARION, Aug. 10—Mrs. Harding,
still calm and composed, was one!
of the last to leave the train yester
day afternoon when it reached here;
with the body of the late President. !
Mrs. Harding walked slowly be-,
aide George B. Christian.
At 1:12 o'clock yesterday after-1
nooon the body passed through the
doors of the home of the President's
father. The casket was taken into
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BELIEVE SHIP
IS LOST WITH
ALL OF CREW
Wreckage and Body of Man
from Tanker Swift Star
Found on Island.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10—Fear that;
Jhe Mallory line tanker Swift Starj
has gone down with all hands is ex-:
pressed In shipping circles today.
This follows receipt of a radio mes
sage from Tampico, Mexico, stating;
that an Icebox with the words “Swift i
Star" stenciled on It. and containing;
the body of a man, believed to be a
member of the crew, has been'
washed ashore on St. Andrew's Island. j
This Island is 300 miles north of
Colon in the Caribbean Sea.
The Swift Star had a crew of 36 j
men.
END MOONSHINE
LEAGUE ORDERS,
GOLDFIELD. Nev.. Aug. 10—Pio
neer days, with their license and free
dom from restraint of the law, ap
parently have passed In this once
famous mining boom town. A safety;
and welfare league has been orgauiz
ed, and one of Its first acts was the ;
Issuance of peremptory orders that
all moonshltle-maklng must cease.
ERIC REDOES SEES DISMAL
FUTURE FOR RRITISH TRADE
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LONDON, Aug. 10—'"I put the set-1
tlement of the European situation1
OrBt and foremost' of all measures'
which can be taken for the Improve- j
ment of trade and the reduction of•
unemployment In this country,” said
81r Eric Oeddes, former cabinet min
ister and economic authority, address-!
ing the Bradford Branch of the Fed-j
eration of British Industries the
other day.
“The general upward trend of1
trade,” continued the speaker, “is i
checked because of the disturbed con-,
dltlon of Europe, and while I have;
fair reason to hope for an upward j
trend In the cycle of trade, 1 can at;
present see nothing but blackness!
when I look for a resumption of thej
upward progression In the general
level of trade' shown during the last
century.
"Qur unemployment is caused by
the state of Europe. The working,
trading, and banking community of
the country cannot too insistently
bring before the government the con
viction that the great problems of :
this country would melt as mist be
fore the sun if a stabilized condition
could be brought about in Europe.
“Not only can Uermany not pur
chase from us, but Italy prefers to
purchase from Germany because Ger
man cost of production is much
lower owing to her depreciated cur
rency. And it does not stop there.
India cannot purchase from us be
cause Germany - cannot purchase In
dia's products, and so throughout the
world.
As proof that England still lagged
behind America in the efficiency of
her factory operatives. Sir Eric said
that while English hands did no '
more work than they did some 1
years ago, in America there had
been and all round improvement of i
fifteen per cent in the efficiency of
factory workers.
"CUDDLES" MARRIES JAMES KIRKWOOD.
Lll.i Lee, niovio slur, has boon
married, in I.os Angoles. to James
Kirkwood famous actor arid dtrcc
t')r. Mies Ijce whose real name Is
Augurta Appel, is only 18, while
Kirkwood is 40. Kirkwood has
b< n married twice before. In her
vaudeville days. Miss Lee was
known as "Cuddles" and was a
member of the Gtis Edwards's troupe
of juvenile stars.
OFFERS AWARDS FOR BEST
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORK
Bank Bandit
Suicides When
Surrounded
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.—
Two bandits who attempted to
hold tip a bank at San Gabriel |
| near here late yesterday after- j
| noon, wounding the cashier, j
were run down by a posee of
| citizens. One bandit was cap
1 turod and the other committed
suicide when cornered by the
| posse.
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FIND PREHISTORIC GRAVES.
PRAGUE, Aug. 10.—While dig
ging a canal in the Ore Mountains
■ceently, workmen unearthed tombs
which archaeologists declare are
>vei 4,000 yeras old.
New York. Aug. 10—As a rasult of
a study of the health departments
of 83 nf the largest titles of the
country, the American Public Health
Association has announced Its pur
pose to offer a series of awards in
recognition of attainment and ad
vancement of community health serv
ice. The. status of the health work
in different cities will be determined
by personal surveys conducted by
agents of the association, and the
rating of each city will be bused
upon a plan which will be pre
sented for consideration and adop
tion at the fifty-second annual meet
ing of the American Public Health
Association, to be held in lioston
October 8-11. This rating will take
account of all health work which
the city Is doing, either through its
health department or local non- offi
cial health organizations.
The first series of awards will be
TiHde to cities of a population of
100,000 or over which show the most
learly adequate community health
lervice as of January, 1824.
The development of the public
lealth program has been so rapid
n recent years that It is by no means
sasy for the city health officer to
make sure that he is keeping up
with the procession, or that, he is do
ng the most important things first
ind doing them in the best way.
FOREIGNERS IN
DEFENSE CORPS
SHANGHAI, China. Aug. 10—To
mpplement the forces of the Shang
tal Volunteer Corps, which Is the
oreign defense organization of the
nternationa! Settlement of Shang
lal, an American cavalry troop Is
teing formed here. With the Amerl
•an infantry company, this new unit
will give American residents two
leparate bodies in the corps. Each
nember of the troop is supplying!
ind stabling his own mount.
OHIO STATE’S
DEAD SON LAID
TO REST TODAY
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Thousands Gather in Ohio |
City to Pay Last Re- /
spec Is to Harding. .
SABBATH DAY QUIET
SETTLES ON MARION
Home Folks Silently and Sor
rowfully Join in Final
Ceremonies.
NO REPORT OF FUNERAL:
CABLE (ffFICE CLOSES
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The United Staten Cable Of
fice, on orders from headquart
ers, closed at 11 o'clock this
morning, after being open for
two hours, therefore the Asso
ciated Press service received by
The Umpire today does not
cover the funeral ot President
Harding which was to occur
at Marion, Ohio, between tbe
hours of 2 and 3 p. m.
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MARION, Ohio, Aug. 1U.—During
the night In increasing number*
end (luring toddy thousands from
all over the country poured into
Marion from all compass points. A
continuous stream of automobiles by
thousands came and were parked
along the roadsides outside of the
city. Special trains arrived on ev
ery railroad system. The city
streets were packed with people
eariy this morning and the tusk of
feeding the visitors was taxing the
restaurants.
Mrs. Harding Vigil.
After her night of vigil near her |
husband's casket, Mrs. Harding,
continued today her watchful at
tention there, still brave and calm,
and no mark of respect to Hie mem
ory of the late President escaped
her. During the aarly hours no
jifer of sympathy from friends was
received without returning the act
}f gruciousness. Throughout all,
she lias steadfastly kept her grief
: n quietude, apparently preferring
[to suffer alone without giving
cause of worry to others.
Day Is Bright.
A thin haze dimmed the sunlight
during the morning hours but the
daj was bright. This city, not
withstanding the crowd, was as
quiet as on a Sabbath morning.
The city was hushed. Every duy at- i
fairs ceased and the house where I
he President hail lived was graced |
with single flag and a mourning
band. On the sidewalk stood a little
group of guardsmen to see that the
strolling hundreds did not block and
crowd too closely.
This was the day of home people
who best knew and best loved War
ren O. Harding. There was no pomp
and parade; no ceremonial of sor
row filled the wultlng hours before
the funeral. Silently his friends
and neighbors passed the bier while
guards stood motionless. ^
Change in Program.
Early today a change wag an
nounced in the plans for the fan-1
oral this afternoon. Rev. George i
I. Landis, pastor of Trinity Baptist
Church, where the President wor
shipped, and Dr. Jesse Swank, Pas
tor of the Epworth M. E. Church,
which Mrs. Harding is a member,
are Jointly in charge of the serv
ices of prayer. At the home before
the funeral cortege startB for the
cemetery, prayer will be offered by
Dr. Walter A. King, of Columbus,
formor pastor at Trinity Baptist
Church, Marion. It was also an
nounced that the benediction at the
vault will be delivered by Dr.
William A. Anderson, of Cincinnati,
personal friend of the deed Preel
dent. 1
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD III. ROBBED.
f% "Field ux.
Burglars. who have been reaping a rich harvest In the hcm”s
of society folk, got away over tlie week-end with $12,000 worth
of jewels in the Manchester (Conn.) homo of Mrs. Marshall Field
HI., of the Chicago Fields.
FLORAL OFFERINGS REACH MARION
Of CARLOADS; YARD BANKED FOLL
MAKION, Aug. 10-- Countless num
bers of floral overfngs reached the
Harding home yesterday forenoon '
tnd afternoon sent by people in i
•very walk of life. The value of the !
ifferings is estimated Into the thou 1
lands of dollars.
The funeral train brought two full
larloads. Flowers filled every down
italrs room and corner. It was not I
ong before they were banked all ;
tver the front lawn and as last even* j
ng approached they filled the side j
snd back yards.
One of the largest arid most beau j
Iful floral pieces was sent hy Henry
Ford, Thomas A. Edison. Harvey S.
Firestone and Bishop W. F. Auder-1
ion. They were mem tiers of the.
■atnping party with the late Pre»i-|
lent last summer. Tills floral offer
ng was placed In the room with]
he casket.
MRS. HARDING
TO LIVE WITH
HER BROTHER
Did Home Is Leased for More
than One Year—Future
Plans Indefinite.
MARION, Auk, 7 Beyond her de
lslon to make Marlon her residence j
ifter her visit to Washington and to !
pend the most of next year at the 1
tome of her brother, Clifford B. I
Cling, Mrs. Harding gave her visitors
resterday no definite Idea of her
'nture plans.
Mrs. Harding told callers she
vould “keep her bargain” with those
vho had leased the home of herself
ind President, aud since the lease
loes not expire for more than a
rgajr. could live very happily at her
mother’s home.
William Rockefeller
Left Estate Valued
At Over $100,000,000
MEW YORK, Aug. 10—William
Rockefeller left an estate of gross
value of more titan $1U2,!>OU,000. This
was shown today hy the report of
the Stute Tax Commisalon. The not
value of the estate Is more than $61,
000,000 after deductions for admin
Istratlon expenses, debts, funeral ex
penses and commissions to executors,
MILLIONS SPENT FOR OUM.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—The peo
ple of tie United Slates pay more
thun a T.'iiion dollnrs a week for
their chewing gum. according to
ttatlatles brought together by the
National City Bank and given out
by this Inrtifution.
Says Industrial Workers
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Enjoying Great Prosperity
NEW YOHK, Aug. 1" American |
wage earners are now enjoying a perl j
oil of prosperity, greater even than
the so-called "peak period" of 1920.!
according to a statement Issued by;
the National Industrial Conference,
Hoard, which recently concluded a '
research into wages and the cost of
living.
Asserting that 1920 “need no longer i
be considered the most recent high-; t
water mark for workers In industry.” ':
the investigators point out that many'
plants have announced Increases ofi
to to 15 per cent.
‘‘It is true,'' the report continues. <
“that wages were at their highest, i
levels in 1920, but the cost of living i
was also high at that time."
I.ater, . the Investigators And. the ‘
cost of living declined more rapidly I
than earnings, and in 1922 wag«9
again began to rise, • first as a re
mit of longer hours worked and
later because of wage increases."
The report, based on a study of
•onditions In plants employing 600.
>00 workers, estimates the compara
ive excess of rising wages over ris
ng living costs as between 17 and
.8 per cent greater in May. 1923,
han in June, 1920, using July. 1914—
he last pre war month—us a working
rnsls.
"The wage-earner was better off In
day, 1923, than during the ‘peak*
nonths of 192o," it observes in con
•lusion. “Wages in May were fast
tpproaching the ‘peak' levels whlls
he cost of living was considerably.
>elow the 'peak' and In consequence
real earulnga’ rose well above the
ormer ‘peak1 figures.
ENTIRE NATHN
HALTS WORK IN
HONOR OF DEAD
/Silence Falls Upon United
States as Hardings
Body Is Entombed.
WHEELS OF COMMERCE
STILLED DURING DAY
In Foreign Lands and Also on
High Seas Memorial Serv
ices Are Held.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. — The
Nation t:<day pa id tribute in silence
to Warren G. Harding as the body
was entombed at Marion. Ohio.
From ccaet to coast and border to
border, every wheel of the Federal
Government and practically every
wheel of commerce and industry was
{.tilled. Theitres and other amuse
ment places were closed and spoit
events deferred.
Throughout the nation people
gathered in places of worship today
as myiiads of church bells tolled
the requiem.
At tea. on the great passenger
lint: s, prayers were said, and in a
number of foreign lands, in histone
Wr-1 minster Abbey, in France, in
Switzerland and elsewhere, memorial
cervices were held.
In meat of the sections of the
country, mines, factories, shipyard*
and traces of business generally
were cicscd.
At the hour of entombment, traf
fic on evciy railroad in the coun
tty was halted for five minutes.
Telegraph companies and newspap
ers stilled their wires as a mark 0/
respect.
In New York. Chicago and many
other places, afternoon newspapers
suspended publication.
Post offices everywhere wow
closed and exchanges and big mar*
ket centers suspended.
WEST AIR MAIL
RANKS HIGHEST
SAl/T LAKE CITY. Aug. 10—Air
planes of the western division of the
United States Ail Mail Service, de
spite unfavorable flying conditions,
traversed :!9,7,')2 miles during the
month of June, according to the re
port of f'laron Nelson, superintend
| ent of the division, made public
! here. The western division led the
i service in starting Alights on time,
| with 97 per cent, the report reveals.
I In general efficiency, the division
j placed first, the ratio being 97
| per cent. In speed It tied with the
eastern division for first place, as well
as In maintaining flight without
forced landing.
Twelve new planes have been re
quested for this division.