THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE
“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”
VOL. XXL, NO. 3174
JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
COMMUNISTS’
LEADER WILL
GO ON TRIAL
William Z. Foster Selected by
Prosecution for Trial in
Communists’ Case.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Fob. 21 -The
prorecution haF elected William Z.
Foster, editor of the l.abor Herald. ■
of Chicago, leader of the 1919 steel,
ttilke, as the first of 22 alleged !
Communists, to go to trial, as the
rerult of the Communist convention
held here.
Judge Bridgman postponed the
trial, which was to start today, to:
March 12, announcing that no
further delays will be permitted.
25 YEARS FOR
PARTICIPATION
IN A ROBBERY
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KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21—George
Williams, convicted by a jury of,
participation in the |17,00o hold-u.p
last December of mo-ssengers of the;
Drovers National Bank, wa,-' today
sentenced to 25 years in prison.
New Agricultural Credit
Program Passed by Senate
WASHINGTON. Fob. 21.—A com-1
prehensive agricultural credit pro
gram based on the Capper bill, has]
passed the Senate and will be re-:
ported to the House Banking Com
mittee Thursday afternoon.
Citizen rolice
Force Formed
For Speeders
INDIANAPOLIS, f'eo. 21—A newly j
organized citizen polieo force, Its i
identity unknown even to members of]
the regular traffic department, is I
lending valuable aid to the author!- j
ties in rounding up speeders and oth
ers violating the traffic laws hore.1
according to Captain Michael Glenn,
head of the police traffic depart-j
moat.
•Approximately 100 citizens are i
morribens of the now force, it was
said. Under the system, the citizen i
policeman, seeing a violation of the|
traffic law, writes the license num
1 or of the automobile in a postal cardH
provided fqr the purpose, also check
ling the nature of the violation and!
the placo where It took place. He!
signs t'he card with hU number and]
sends it to the traffic department.
iMemfcer3 of the traffic squad then
take charge of the case, identifying
the owner of the automobile. The
owner 1s notified by postcard that he
has violated the traffic rules and is
Ordered to appear before Captain
Glenn. A second violation results in
the driver being ordered into city
court for trial.
SHE RECEIVES REWARD FOR FAITHFULNESS.
Mt&HeriricitsL, E/vany. . ]
A'--, a reward for falthfulnes i in attending a Baptist Sunday
School, without missing one Sunday in 17 years. Miss Henrietta
Evans, of Mount Oliver, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has a medal,
with an attached pendant for each year of attendance. The reven
tecnth year is marked with a pendant with star and diamond.
SENTENCES OF
RIOTERS CUT
IjBAVENWORTH, Kan., Fob. 21.—
Twenty Houston (Texas) rioters in
the Federal penitentiary here have
•received commutations of sentence,
ft >was announced officially here.
Nineteen of the prisoners have had
their sentences reduced from life to
20 years and the other from life to
18 years. Sixty-seven former negro
soldiers of the 24th Infantry were
convicted of participation in the
Houston race riot August 23. 1317.
Six were hanged. The sentences of
10 were commuted to life impri- m
inont by President Wilson. Three
have died in prison. Two have been
refl eased.
GIRL, 14, IS BRIDE
BENTON, Ky., Feb. 21. -Miss Mary
Aggie Edwards, 14 years old, who
was married to J. W. Smith, a far
mer. is 53 years younger than her
husband. Smith being 67.
INSURANCE COMPANIES REFUSE
POLICIES TO ALL BOOTLEGGERS
PITTSBURGH, Fob. 21.—‘While the
regularly constituted authorities ar"
expediencing some difficulty in lo
Oatting 'Wealthy bootleggers, important
life insurance interests say they are
finding them with comparative ease
and, because of the “moral hazard"
Involved, are refusing to insure their
lives.
Men who a few years ago were
glad to carry policies covering a few
thousands, are now milking applica
tion for policies ranging from $fi0,000
to $100,000. and in some instances in
excess Of the latter amount. Unless
■they 'aro well known and have a
high 'business Standing they are very
oarefuflly investigated, and if there
ta any suspicion as to the source of
their incomes, they are rejected, it
matters not bow good a physical risk
the examining 'physicians decide they
may be.
Within the past few weeks one
applicant who wanted a policy of
$»0,000 was rejected on the ground
that ho was not a good moral h iz ird,
and a little later an applicant who
wanted insurance to the amount of
$100,000 was* told he could not have
it. Other applications from other
(bootleggers have gone the same way,
they say,
“We count the moral hazard ns I
something worth while," said an in
surance authority, discussing the
business offered his company by boot-1
loggers. “We feel we cannot . ffor.l j
| to take on men of this kind, in.l
rather than compromise morals, we I
| refuse all such applications. How do!
i wo know they are bootleggers? When
\ve tree a man grow suddenly rich,;
■ without any visible means, we are!
suspicious, and a little investigation!
| usually tells us whether we are right j
or wrong. It might he difficult fori
us to prove it in court, but we prove
H to our own satisfaction, with a
reasonable mental margin of safety.”
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Place; See What
Happened!
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SALT LAKH CITY, Utah.
Feb. 21.—Ernest Hamberger,
I Republican. National Commit
! teeman from Utah; Edgar
the American Smelting & Rafin
I ing Company, and H J. Lynch, 1
j capitalist, were arrested today
| for violation of the anti-cigarette
law prohibiting smoking in pub- '
lie. Newhouse was smoking a j
I cigarette ami the others cigars ;
! after lunch.
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ITALIANS ARE
PLEASED WITH
THEIRPREMIEP
Methods of Mussolini’s AJ
ministration Making Hit
with Italians,
ROME. Fob. 21. "It's a real gov
eminent. is tne way urn average
ttaLlan sums up his opinion of thi
new administration of Premier Mus
solini.
Wliile ho may not tip of Fascist in
ollnatfion, yet after recounting thi
many vicissitudes which ihe varioui
Italian governments have sufferet
since the armistice, tlie rtalian or
the street complacently goes to hit
tasks and rejoices that, at last, then
is one government in power whirl
a policy, and is free from bar
taring and maneuvering for votes it
Parliament in order to hold its own
The bold front which Premier Mus
solini and his cabinet have presentee
In facing the problem of redueinj
the cumbersome bureaucracy of the
slate, with its army of state em
ployos, has found joyous acceptance
in the minds of the ordinary toiler
who sees therein a e-hanee for the re
duction of tbo heavy taxes which now
weigh on all classes. And when ac
eJounts are read in the* newspaper!
of the long and arduous cabinet meet
ings, with efforts to reform all the
departments of government, the gen
oral comment is, “after all, It is i
government.’’
ALASKA TRADE
FOR 1922 SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE
Exceeds that of 1921 bv
$20,780,001—McBride’s '
Report Made Public.
EXPORTS OF $59,887,550;
IMPORTS AT $26,847,417
Healthy Growth Is Shown in
Virtually Every Kind of
Major Industry.
■Exports and imports oi Alaska fot
I tho year . had a .te al declared
valuation of $8fi,734,9»>7. an lucre > if
' of $20,780,401 over tijose for 1921
■ according to the annual report of lo
j eal U. S. Customs Service Just issue 1
I by Collector John C. McBride. Ol
I the grand total exports totaled $59,
887.550, and Imports 9211,847,417, leav
ing a balance of trade in favor ol
tho Territory amounting to $33,
040.133.
The showing of Alaska in 1922. sail
j Mr McBride, in his report, “ha;
demonstrated iter anility to waathei
the most severe industrial reverses
: and to continue to pour her vveadUl
i Into the lap of the world." He fur
i thor points out that practicaMy ever)
industry in tho Territory showed t
beta!thy growth.
Salmon Big Factor
The recovery in the fisheries in
diUBtrles was the 'yost pronounced
the mining industry showing some Im
' provement, due mainly to the in
creased copper production following ;
reviving market for that metal.
Commenting on the higher value
■of fisheries products. Mr. McBridi
said:
“The outstanding increase in valin
of shipments to the United State:
' Is shown in canned salmon, both a
I to number of pounds and value. Thi
iwas due to the revival of the saltnot
cunning industry, as well as a men
nearly normal run of salmon in A1
, ask a. An increase, also worthy o
; note, because of its rapid growth, i
I that of pickled fish, represents
primarily by the herring industry, t
’ were installed during 1922 in South
west lAlaakia, and these were kep
; running until la'te in tilie fall to in
tiie demands for this sea food."
'Comparison of tho trade of lb
Territory for 1922 with that of 192
is £vcn in the follow tug table, which
however, contains tome exports for
eign which is not considered as <
part of the actual trade:
IMPORTS
1931. 1922.
Mdse, from U. S.$19,274,215 $26,777,801
Mtl ?, from for
eign ports 935,013 66.42
Gold and silver
from foreign
•ports 1.19'
| Total imports $20,209,228 $26,847,41'
EXPORTS
1 1921. 1922.
Mdse, to U. S. $36,916,924 $51,082,99:
Mdse, and gold
and silver to
foreign ports 1,478.272 1,371.491
Domestic gold
and silver to
tihe U. S. 7.350,142 7.431.S7!
, Foreign gold
and silver to
! IT. S. 1.19'
Total exports $45,745,338 $59,887,551
Grand total $64,954,566 $86,734,961
Exceeds Pre War Figures
In a comparative statement, of A1
ask i trade covering the past 1!
' years, 1922 business is ehotyn to ex
' ceed every pre-war year, up to ant
including that <»f 1915. In the fivt
1 years .next following 1915, with thf
consequent stimulation to both cop
per mining and fishing, the trade o!
the Territory went to abnormal fig
ores, and was followed iby the de
pre salon of 1921. when it dropped tr
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Grand Jury to Probe
Anti-Saloon Officia
NEW YORK. F-b. 21.—Aching Dis
triot Attorney Pecora announced to
day he would present to the grant
jury charges of financial Irregularitiei
against William II. Anderson, stati
mipe.rintcndent of tho Anti-Saloot
Deague.
GIRL FINDS MOTHER AFTER 13 YEARS.
'Vv'orvrvc
Wt<s<3*r &
Gr<5tce
WtlcCDC.
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| Mr-?- Qt^rler ^Y^orvtte^Vi loxyyz
Thirteen years ago Yvonne Harriet Wilcox was born to Mrs.
Grace Wilcox in Cleveland, Ohio. Six months later Mrs. Wilcox
and her husband separated, and the child was placed In the cus
tody of her grandmother, Mrs. Charles Gallagher. Only recently did
the child learn that her real moth.tr was a woman she had always
known as "Aunt Grace.” Mrs. Gallagher has become so attached
to the child she is seeking, through the courts to retain posses
sion of her.
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The Women;
I They Did it
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I | CHICAGO, Feb 21. — The |
!j | goal cf $3,000,000 has been |
| | reached by --ie woniei. or ten
■ 1 denominatlom; for the benefit 1
of seven colleges for Oriental |
1 | girls. This was the announce- |
I incnt made bore today.
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0RE60NSOLON
IS INDICTED
Charges Made Alleging Us<
(| of Mails lo Defaud in
Soldiers’ Cases.
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PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 21. - X. .1
11 Ovprturf. Repn-entutivo from Bend
I being immune from arrest durlni
the recent session of the legislator
| has been notified he has been in
I dieted 'by the Federal grind jury tin
investigated alleged use of the mal
to defraud.
The alleged crime was in connec
tion with soldiers’ bonus loans.
’Charlie Haynes and James Ryan
i of Bend, have been arrested. Over
I turf had been dismissed from tie
i Board of Appraisers on Bonus b'
former Governor Olcott as the resit!
i of i barges of irregularities.
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Douglas Fairbanks Now
Active as Boy Scou1
^ NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Dougls
Fairbanks has become an active lead
er in a Boy Scout Troop and wll
devolope a play depicting Boy S’ m
activities and character building. Thi
: is the announcement made here t i
j (fay -by James West, Bay Scott
j axecutive.
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BIG ROBBERY
MADE KNOWN
LOS ANGELE8. Feb. 21. Liberty!
l bonds. nocks, corporation securities!
land o:licr valuable* totaliug more,
11hen $200,000 in registered mall
wore stolen a week ago from the,
i Flirt National Hank automobile by
: bandits who killed the negro chauf-j
! feur.
The announcement is made today
j anil a bo it is added that the securi
,ties min' from many various parts1
of the country.
\ CKIAII. Cal., Feb. 21 Twcnty
thi ' Wright prohibition violators,
with IB,Odd gallons of liquor selzed|
i! the week-end last week at Fort,
i Hi . entered guilty pleas todayi
i and vt-rc lined a total of $10,000.;
•, Fort Bragg lias been known as the
j nio-1 wide open town on the North I
| Ooa -d.
WANT MONDELL
AS SECRETARY
OF INT. DEPT.
Delegation Calls on Harding
loday—Dr. Work May
Not Be Changed.
WASHINGTON Feb. 21.—A dele
gation of 18 representatives of thir
teen states headed by Representative
Nicholas J. Sinnott. of Oregon, and
Repiescntative L. J. Dickinson, of
Iowa, called on President Hardinv
today and uigtd the appointment of
Roprc: ontative Frank W. Mondell, of
Wyoming, to succeed Albert B. Fall
as Secretary of the Interior.
The delegation went to the White
House for the conference after re
ports gained circulation that Presi
dent Harding might not decide to
transfer Postmaster General Hubert
Work tc the Interior Department.
SHIPPING BILL
FILIBUSTER IS
BEING KEPT UP
WASHINGTON. Feb 31.—Begin
ning at 11 o'clock yesterday fore
noon Senator Sheppard of Texas,
concurred In a speech for 10 hours
and 45 inlnuls on the League of Na
tions in the filibuster against the
Shipping Bill. John Sharp Williams,
who retires on March 4, after 12
years' service, took the floor follow
ing Sheppard.
The Republicans finally succeeded
in the filibuster recessing until 11
o’clock today.
When the Senate met again this
forenoon the opponents of tile Ship
ping hill, presented unbroken raDks
and were armed with material for
continuing the filibuster with no end
in right.
Spring Skirts
Are Going to
Be Ankle Length
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—“To the
ankle, girls, and not whit more or
les's."
This is the word flashed to Wash
ington's feminine contingent from
Paris, as regard; the length of
spiling -'kirts is authoritative.
“Tight effects across the hack will
bn the -pring style,'" t Ho dispatch
continues, “draped lo the loft side."
Cocoa brown and pheasant will be
the approved rotors for spring dresses
while black will he banned.
Discus <ing spring topic—hats, the
Paris source advises that they should
bo small clothe to match brown with
“lots of fdt.”
XKATTI.K. Fob. 21.—Ixising the
way In a heavy fog, the tug boat
Daniel Kern grounded early this
morning on Clark Island, 21) miles
northeast of Bellingham. The Dan
iel Kern was bound from Ketchi
kan, Alaska, to Seattle.
ONE UNITED STATES MINER
EQUAL TO THREE BRITISH;
STATISTICS PROVE'MATTER
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 (By the'
' A social id Press.) One coal miner
n thl country produces as much
, in d iv as three miners in (!n*at!
Britain's nos 1 industry, according to ’
-t i(.'Sties compiled by W. W Adams,
of itli" United States Bureau of Mines..
One American minor’s sp d in pro-;
duct ion, however, is shown by the
report to be offset by the loss of
almost twice as many lives and by
three times the number of accidents
-uffered by British miners.
Km'land employs about a million
men etch year in coal production,
about one third more than the num
ber employed In this country, while
the English output. Mr. Adams -hows,
is on:v about 300,000.000 tons, less
thin half tho production in the
i United States. The British accident
‘:'ate in coal mining varies from 1 OQ
:u 1 :iu fi*r every 1.000 men employed
Wiiilo in this country the rate ranges
from 3.00 to 4.60. Fata’Ktlp* in Great
Britain in the industry number from
1,000 to 1,2tH> a y^ar. as compared
,i 2,000 lo 2.500 in thi« country.
Th ■ slower speed at which British
•oil miners work, and the fact that
nost of them are more experienced,
l iving 'been ‘‘bred to the occupation
hrough several generations." are ex
plained by Mr, Adams as principal
■auses for their lower undent rate. .
iVIxuvr 13 per eent of the British coal
,s undercut by machine- as compared
with over 50 per cent in the bilumin
>tn industry in this country, and
this fact, together with tho use of
^ common language so that safety
instructions may bo understood, are
said also to be factors in the lower
British accident rate.