< THE
ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
ALL THE I\EWS ALL THE TIME"
VOL XXII.. NO. 3254
JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 25. 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS,
BOMB
EXPLODES
CRUISER
SEATTLE DECLINES TO AID IUNEAD [
IN REMOVAL OF 0. S, LAND OFFICE
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SEATTLE, May 25,—The Seattle Chamber of Commerce received the;
protest of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce against the transfer of the'
United States Land Office from Juneau to Anchorage and asking the lo-j
Cal Chamber seek to have the order deferred until after President Harding
visits Alaska.
The 8eattle Chamber refused to act last night, deciding the matter
vwas purely local in Alaska.
The reason assigned for the transfer of the Land Office is given here
as Increased activity in the Cold Bay district.
MINING CONGRESS AIDS JUNEAU
8P0KANE, May 25.—The Northwest Mining Men's Association passed
■ resolution late yesterday afternoon asking that the removal of the land
office from Juneau to Anchorage be deferred until after President Hard
ing visits Alaska.
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Four on Vacation
Die in Fire
In Maryland
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LAKE PARK, Mil , May 25.— j
Mrs. Mary O’Connor, aged !!4 |
years, and lier three grown j
daughters, who came here yes
I torday morning to spend their 1
j vacation, were burned to death
1 early last evening.
I Burning leaves ignited gas
t accumulated in the cabin.
The mother was alone when the
explosion occur! d. The litre"
daughters rushed In to save it »r.
i The four bodies were fi md
in the ruins.
CHRISTIANITY
IS CURE FOR
WORLD’S ILLS
Elbert Gary Makes Strong
Plea for World to Turn
to Christianity.
NEW YORK, May 25.—Elbert Gary,;
chairman of the Board of the Unitec ;
Stater Steel Corporation, addressing
the American Iron & Steel Institute
today, pleaded for a greater turning
toward Christian religion as a cure
for the ilia of the world.
Speaking on the Ruhr situation.
Gary suggested that Secretary of
State Hughes be named an impartial
arbitrator to settle the present diffi
culties.
The committee of the Iron 6. Steel
Institute, recently appointed to con
sider the feasibility of abandoning
the 12-hour day in the steel Industry, I
reported today through Gary it could
not recommend such a step at this
time.
TO KEEP
SHELBY
DRY
Machine Guns Mounted on:
Cycles Are Already Pa
troling Border Roads.
SEATTLE, May 2V—Carl F. Jack
son, (Prohibition Director of the Pa-,
t'ltic (Northwest, .returning from a trip ;
in British Columbia and the northern
parts of Washington and Montana,!
said 25 agents have been assigned to
keep Shelby dry until after the
Fourth fight.
'Eight agents have already been sta
tioned on roads from Canada into1
Montana to prevent importation cf,
liquor, Jackson said. British Co-|
lurobia. is patrolling the roads Into!
■the United Staten with machine-guns
mounted on motorcycles and hunting
'automobiles carrying booze
K. K. K. Emperor b
Sued for $100,000
.LITTLE ROOK, May 25.—W.
Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan, has filed suit for $100,000
damages against W. J. Simmons,
Emperor, over a tolegram Simmons
alleged sent to local newspapers say
ing Evan* deposited to his own
credit $100,000 of Klan fees.
Mysteriously Shot;
Seattle Man Is Dead
SEATTLE, May 25.—MeGruder
Beall. .Seattle florist, mysteriously
shot on the Moijave desert, died at
Johannesburg, Cal., lato yesterday,
according to a message .received by
bis brother, Louis Beall, last night.
Geological Survey Party
Is on Way to Cold Bay
SEATTLE. ‘May 25.—Aboard the
Admiral Evans, which sailed yester
day morning for Alaskan ports, is a
‘United States Geological Survey party
for investigation into the Cold Bay
oil deposits.
Richard J. Lynch, mining en
gineer, is in charge.
MacReady and Kelly
Off on Flight East.
*aAN DIEGO, May 25.—Aviators
MaaReady and Kelly left in their fa
mous monoplane today far El Paso,
ea route to Washington, where they
srttl ,J»e (personally congratulated by
President Hardljig for the rebent
nou-atop night
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SHE WAS HELD BY CHINESE BANDITS.
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Ofc...I'.Vfc.OTi.- «t
^ A'-ATTerv.
Mrs. Robert A. Allen, of Reloll, Wisconsin, wife of Miijer
Robert A. Allen. U. S, A., was oni of (he American women taken
captive from a Shanghai-Peking express train by Chinese bandits.
She was released, but her son and her husband were held prisoner.
RUHR STRIKE
IS SPREADING
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Communists Strike Gaming*
Members — Increased
Pay Is Denied Men.
ESSEX, May 2.'..—The Comm uniats' !
strike in the Ruhr Is gaining in nu.ni-j
bers and today includes 1,000 iron |
and steel workers in addition to
20,000 employees of the steel works.
Many joinod the strike movement
when demands for a 50 per cenl in
crease in pay was refused.
The Communists are still holding
the police headquarters at Gelsen
kirchen.
MINE EXPLODES
ESSEX, iMav 25.—The explosion of
a large mine in the Ruhr port lia.r
bor last night seriously damaged the ,
Rhineherne Canal, greatly affecting ,
transportation of coal barges for (
the French.
Women Against Borah
On World Court Issue J
MEDFORD. Ore.. May 25.—A reso- <
lution endorsing the stand of Sena-!j
tor Borah against the World Court j
membership proposed by President t
Harding was defeated by a large ma- \
Jcrity of the delegates to the conven
tion of the Oregon Federation of
Women’s clubs.
Johnson Is Planning
New Immigration Law .
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SAX FRANCISCO, May 25.—Con- t
gressman Albert Johnson, of Ho- !
quiam. Wash., chairman of the 1
House immigration committee, is pre- <
^paring a law to restrict Immigration t
to 2 per cent of the alien population 1
In this country. He said the aim
waw to exclude all who are not poteu- t
tial citizens. !
‘Parlor Bolshevism”
Denounced Before
Mining Men
3POKANE, May 25—J. I>. Gal
orallh, secretary of the America;
Mining Congress, addressing the din
ter given the members of the North
vest Mining Men's Association Iasi
liglit, deplored the general tnovemenl
n all parts of the country of “parlot
iolshevism" and also the movement
o limit tho present powers of the
Supreme Court.
RESIGNATION
OF POINCARE
NOT ACCEPTED
PARIS, May 25.—President Mills
■and has refused to accept the resig
tation of Premier Poincare and h-is
Cabinet, tendered last right
POINCARE CHEERED
PARIS, May 25.--'Premier Poincare
ias withdrawn hits resignation at the
equpBt of President Millerand.
Poincare was given a tremendous
■vation when he entered the Cham
>er of Deputies today. The Commun
sts hooted, but this seemed only to
n<- re a so tho enthuc asm of the
iteputies.
Wakes to Find Himself
Wounded by Three Bullets
IjOS ANOBL.E33, May 25.—Alexan
ler MeCoskev awoke today from un
onsciousnoss and found himself suf
arlng from three bullet wounds
Nearby wag a man digging a grave
rleCoskey wormed away and attract
•d the attention of passerbvs. He de
crlbed his assailant and C. H. Con
ers© was arrested.
Converse declared there had been
. ■ shooting aver the outgrowth re
larding a horse and wagon.
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PROTESTS TO
REMOVAL OF
LAND OFFICE
OF NO AVAIL
(Special Frtnl Chronicle.)
KETClIIiKAK, Ma. 2.V -.1 \J,
Shouip today rect^wa the following}
telegram from Addison T Sm.ith. Con-]
gressman from Idaho, saying:
“1 am advised by tlv Secretary oti
the Interior that protests against I
the change of location of the Land
Office from Juneau to Anchorage j
were con aide rod. hut the matter has
already boon determined anil leases
entered into for building at Anchor
age for accommodation of the local
Land Office and Chief of the Field
' Ofvision. Because otf being on rail
| road. Anchorage is off^sidered the
j mast accessible point "
The Commercial Club of Ketchikan
I is taking up the mat ter-'to lend what I
aid possible to Juneau
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VALUATION OF
RAILROADS IS
NOW DISCUSSED
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First National Conference Be
ing Held in Chicago—
2-Day Session.
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I CHICAGO. May 2G. — The first
national conference on railway
valuation wus attended by approxl
j mutely 30© repre?e|>iat1veR of the
| "pnogre-eive bloc'' In Congress, roll
: union heads and representative* of
iagiiclural UKrocIt.tions when a two
i <lay session was opened with Sena
tor I^aFolllete presiding head.
Addresses by Mayor Ilylan of New
York and Governor Sweet of Colo
i rado attacking the proposed methods
| of valuation by the Interstate Com
; merce Commission were made, then
, adjourned to an executive session
! late this afternoon. I
! -Mayor Hylan declared “govern
' menit ownership and operation of
| roil ways with scientific attempt to
| ward unification offers the only
solution of Ihe transportation crisis
j facing the country.”
PROHIBmoT
FINES GROW
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OAdLLAND, May 25.—Arrests and
ifines are growing since the Wright
Act placed prohibition enforcement
' In the bunds of the local police, ao
' cording to Ohie.f of Police James T.
j Drew. Ho says the police here made
11,020 arrests for liquor violations be
i tween July l, 1921, and December
21. 1922.
Between December 22. 1922, when;
the Wright act ibocame effective, and .
April 25. 1922. there were 202 ar-'
rests. 151 soft drink licenses re-!
Voked and $14.26fi collected in fines, i
DENVER DEMOCRAT* ARE
PLANNING CELEBRATION :
j DENVER, Colo.. May 25.—Denver'
j Democrats are planning a state wide
.celebration in thin city for June lj
to commemorate ihe turning over of,
! Denver from the Republicans to the;
i Democrats. The chief feature of the
celebration will he the inauguration!
of Ben Stapleton. Democrat, as
j Mayor. He was elected by a large!
Iimajorlty May 15 and will succeed!
i Mayor D. C. Bailey. Republican.
HONOLULU—■Lilli* Bownur, aged
i 17 years, broke by 4-6 accords the i
| world's record of 50-yard tank swlm-^
ming, covering the distance In 281
seconds flat.
! WASHINGTON, May 25 — I j
The major derails of President ! |
Harding's Western trio have 1 I
| been arranged.
1 C. H. Huston, former Assist- 1
' ant Secretary of Commerce, who j j
I visited Ala»ka last summer, has !
! been called In to .go over that 1
1 part of the trip. :
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Huston Consulted
On President's
Trip to Alaska
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AMERICAN VICTIMS OF CHINESE BANDITS.
(lli-fOf 5 Mtf 1? vJ iSJajiol Jr., £ EcWarof. j
Among tin' American victims of the Chinese bandits who held
up the Shanghai-Peking Hallway were Major Kolond \V. Finger,
his wife, Mrs. Finger, and their two children Holatld, Jr., 8,
and Kdward, Mrs. Finger and Edward were immediately re
leased. Roland. Jr., was freed several days later, blit - Major
Finger is held captive.
HOLIDAY DECLARED AT ANCHORAGE
AND CITIZENS CLEAR FORTY ACRE j
TRACT FOR AN AVIATION FIELD
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ANCHORAGE, May 25.—With barbecued steer served by the Woman's
Club, a holiday was declared here, called by the Mayor, and all towns
people turned out and cleared an aviation field of 40 acres.
The Alaskan Engineering Commission lent tractors to pull the stumps.
The aviation field will also allow of a nine-hole golf course. Plans ■
are now being made to erect a club building and organize a loctl goll |
club. Originally the golf course wai planned for tourists.
ANCHORAGE DOCK FACILITIES EXTENDED
ANCHORAGE, May 25.—The A askan Engineering Commission offi
cial « announce that the ocean dock will be extended and facilities w I be
provided to meet any demand for dockage. Material ia now being de
livered.
Five surveyors this morning began routing out the Moose Spur which
It is expected to be in operation by September 5. The Department of
the Interior authorized the expenditure of $125,000 for the spur, which
will connect the Moose Creek coal mines with a spur from the Mata
nuska branch of the government railroad.
“48” Starting
Presidential
Boom for Borah
(). May 2". - Tha lo
cal committee of “48" has announced|
It will proceed to circulate iu the
West ipotitions to place Borah in
the field far presidency, although
Secret ary of StaLe iBrown has re
fused blank's until 'Borah consents In
writing In dhe uso of. Bla name.
F0RDSC0RE0
FOR NEW AIM;
Motion Picture Head Declares!
Henry Ford Trying to
Control Industry.
CHICAGO. May 2'.. Sydney S.
Cohen, of Now York, has been re
elertod president of the Motion Pic
lure Theater Owners' Association of
America, after ha discussed for hours
charges of persons promoting Henry
Ford for tile Presidency seeking to
control the association.
Cohen declared the films will ol I
ways bo free from political domina
tion and sa d it was unfortunate that
a man like Ford should “devote any
portion of his energies to maligning
and traducing a great industry."
ANCHORAGE—The Baxter-Oedell
Interests are understood arranging
to purchase a steamer for the Alaska
coastwise trade to supply the market
with Moose Creek coal aa soon as
the spur la built to tha property. "
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DOCTRINE OF
FOSDICK NOT
SO VERY BAD
Sixtv Leaders of Presbytery:
Protest Condemnation
of N. Y. Minister.
INDIANA POMS. May 25.- Sixty-six
leaders of Hi? Presbyterian Churchj
riled with the Genet1 il Assembly a
protest against Wednesday's coa
lemn.it ion of the doctrines prea.hedl
hv Dr. Harry Bmerson Fosdick, of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Ww York City.
The action which resulted last;
Wednesday was brought U|> in a let
tor to the General Assembly from 23
ministers and eight elders of the
Presbytery of Philadelphia.
"The method prescribed by Jesus
Christ was not adopted,” the letter
states, "as an attack was initiated
upon a fellow minister and upon an
other Presbytery without any com
munication with him or with that,
Presbytery, or any intimation that
such action was to be taken.
"Kev. Dr. Fosdick expressed, in a
personal letter read before the Pres
bytery of Philadelphia, which action
on the overture was pending, his be
lief in the deity and sarlorhood of
Jesus Christ. It is our conviction
that his statements are adequate to
define his loyalty to the evangelical
faith, hence wo could not vote to
restrain him from preaching in a
Presbyterian pulpit.
"Wo believe that to seek to con
(ComlnueJ on Page Two.)
BOMB EXPLODES
MYSTERIOUSLY;
MANY WOUNDED
Associate of Amundsen Is
Fatally Wounded—Prince
Narrowly Escapes.
COPENHAGEN. May 25. — Capt.
Guttfriid Hancen, associated with
Capt. Roald Amundsen in many
palar expeditions, is among the
wounded by the mysterious explo
sion of a bomb aboard the Danish
light cruiser Gejser this afternoon
during naval maneuvers near Zea
land.
Cart. Hansen is not expected to
i live.
The explosion occurred a few
minutes after Crown Prince Fred
erick. of Denmark, had left the ver
cel to take command of his own
destroyer.
LESS ANXIETY
EVINCED OVER
BANDIT ISSUE
Harding and Cabinet Discuss
Chinese Matter—Schur
man in Full Charge.
WASHINGTON, May 25— Preai
dcnt Harding and his Cabinet ad*
visors are evinced there it a less
ening cf anxiety over the Chinese
situation when the matter was dia
cut'sed this morning.
It is understood Secretary Hughes
pre*rated the latest reports from
U. S. Minister Schurman indicating
the foreign captives are in no im
mediate danger although strong
measure are needed to obtain their
release.
President Harding ia resolved to
give Schurman and associates full
rein for the present at least.
BALDWIN’S NEW
CABINET IS IN
LONDON, May 25.—The official
lirt of Stanloy Baldwin's new cabi
net shows Lord Robert Cecil has
been appointed Ix>rd Privy Seal and.
Leader of the House of Commons.
Baldwin combines tile pretnier
r.hip, with the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer.
Other members of the Cabinet are
practically the same as under the
Law ministry.
American Army Costs on
Rhineland WiU Be Paid
PARIS. May 25.—An agreement
has been reached between the
United States and the Allied Pow
ers providing for repayment of the
cotta of the American Army In the
Rhineland and signed after the
delegates made certain alterations
in the text as originally drawn.
GERMANS EVINCE GROWING
CONTEMPT FOR PAPER MARKS
HAMBURG, May tS.—Comempt for
Germany’s depreciated paper money
scorns to grow daily, and the public
Was lost sense of its value.
A gust otf wind recently blew five
100-mark bills from the mounter of
a local market man. A courteous wo
man pic'ked up the bills and offered
them to the owner.
“Keop them," the man remarked
gruffly “What can 1 do with 500
ma rks?”
Although 500 marks at the present
rate of exchange are worth only
about two American cents, they are
the cost of two street car rides In
German cities, and will buy three
stamps for letters mailed within the
German republic.
LONDON — Reginald McKenna,
Chancellor of Exchequer In the Ae
qulth Ministry, has accepted the
came poet under Baldwin, effective
when he recover* from hi* preaent
| illness.
ESSEN—Bands of Communists to
day attacked and looted the ware
| house and overran the market place*.
| Most of the stores are closed.