THE
ALASKA
DAILY
EMPIRE
"ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME?*
VOL XXII., NO. 2349.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
PRICE TEN CENTS,
0. S. COMMISSIONERS SENT TO
MEXICO ARE GIVEN WARNINGS
Motherless, Fatherless
Is Left With Small
to Care For; Res
BRYAN EXPECTED TO STIR UP 1
STRIFE AT ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
OF PRESBYTERIANS IN EAST!
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 19.—The
Presbyter la on. in ;be annual session
bore, yesterday afternoon completed
the organization of the 135th General
Assembly with the appointment of
J. Spencer Chapman, of Philadelphia,
•as Vice-Moderator. Dr. Charles F.
iWteba.Pt, president of Wooster, Ohio.
University, waa elected Moderator
over William Jenning3 Bryan lata
Thursday afternoon.
Moderator Wishart yesterday fore
noon appointed Bryan chairman of
tihe (Home Miualons committee, ignor
ling the precedent which would slate
him for the chairman ctf the steering
committee.
Last night Bryan announced he re
fused the chairmanship of the Home
Missions committee and it Is expected |
that he will precipitate a battle be
tween the Liberals iand Fundamen
talists. I
The steering committee, the chair- |
manclhip .of which Bryan passed up,
Is expected Wo deal with the attacks
on the orthodoxy of Rev. Harry Em
erson Fosdisck.
Bryan announced he declined to
serve on the committee so he could
fight on the flpor against the ‘‘doc
trine that man Is descended from a 1
beast’*
NATIONAL PARKS
TOURIST MECCA
OGDEN, Utah, May 19.—More peo
ple visited the national forests in the ;
infermounit&'ln states last year lhan
ever before ami as a result there
was a marked increase in the num-,1
ber of fires, according to R. H. Rut
ledge, chief of the local Forest Ser
vice office. iS'taHoning of additional
fire guards is a move that Mr. Rut
ledge has under consideration He
estimated that upward of 300,000 per
sons visited the forests during 1922
and said he expected that number to
be greatly increased this summer as
more people are taking advantage of ]
optportuniities to cainvp, fish and hunt .
on the forest reserves. (
PRAISES PRESENT GENERATION.
BATTLE CRECK, Mich., May 19. I
—Mrs Charlotte Bennett, 99 years '
old, Michigan pioneer and believed s
to be the ojily surviving mother ofj
a Civil War veteran residing in this <
vtate, declares her opinion that “the
world is no worse today than it was
when I was a girl.”
Mrs. Bennett, however, deplores <
what she calls “a lack of neighbor-j I
ilness” on the part of present-day j s
Americans. j I
Given $50,000
Verdict Against
Two Big Unions
BOULDER, Colo., May 19.—A
jury in the DlstrWt Court today
awarded R. F. Jones $50,000
against the Order of Railway
Conductor!! and Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen.
Jones alleged the unions got
ihim discharged from a run
eight years ago and 'prevented
him obtaining regular employ
ment since then.
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COMMUNISTS
SEIZE MINES!
DUSSEHJDORF. May 19.—Coramun
:i; bands whlah have been terrorizing
eciiions of the Ruhr have taken pos
ess-ion of the Kaisertuehl mines near
tort round and stand guard armed
rith wooden pick handles at the
louth cif the 'mines, preventing the
liners from going to work.
CLASHES REPORTED
ESSEN’, May 19.—One Communist
ras killed, 10 were wounded and
'ine policemen wore hurt in a clash
oday ibetween Communists and
olice. The Communists were see li
ng to force the miners to strike.
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VERY ILL MAN
LONDON, May 19.— British Premier
k. Bonar Law. who has been voyag
ng for his health, looked tired and
11 and failed to respond to the
beers of 'the croowd when he arrived
lore today.
Premier Law did not go to the
>owning 'Street residence, blit was
aken to a private house where he
vill have itreatment under a noted
ipeclalist.
;ase students offered
WORK IN BIG STEEL MILL8
CLEVELAND. May 19.— Students of ,
'ase School of Applied Science have .
ieen offered work in all lines this ,
urmmer by the Bethlehem Steel Corn
's ny.
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FRENCH ARE CAPTIVATED DT
STARS OF AMERICAN MOVIES
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PARIS, May 19.—Tho "movie” fan
Is coming forward as a dominant- fig
ure la (French theater life.
At first the French didn’t take to
tho movies. More than anything else
ill the worfd the people of France
like to 'indulge in conversation on
■worthwhile subjects, and at an aver
age French dinner'the foreigner who
la 3h(y on hi* French has a hard time
following the conversational phrases
<f his Gallic friends as they are shot
'back and forth with amazing rapidity..
And boat to Ttsrbai exchange ofj
thought tho Frenchman loves to llst-i
en to a well written dialogue enun-j
dated by competent French actors on :
the stttgo. That is why he didn’t!
take to the movies. There was no
dialoguo—too much silence.
Then came tho appealing movie
menage of American Western life.
The picturesque cowboy riding, the
wide range Of prairie, hH1 and moun
tain—the groat 'human story of Amer
ican lffe in the Par West.
The Frenchman wa3 captured by .
the American movie. His captdvlty
became wHUing and he began making
films blm3elf. At first French-«made ,
films were wearisome. The episodes
were too long drawn, out. They lack
ed the onap and action of the Ameri
can film. But now the Frenchman
ha's learned that to hold his pubMc i
he musrt malke ft short and snappy. i
Jt Is becoming quite a fashion now ]
to go to the French cinema shows, i
and many mil Hons of franc* are ;
spent yearly t»y the people of this 1
country in that form of entertain- i
ment. ' 1
s, Boy
Family
milt of Fire
CAMDEN, N. C-, May 19.—Thomas
Davis, aged 17 years, stood in the
Beulah Methodist Church yard yes
terday surrounded by sheet-covered
:harred bod es.
He was asked what he knew about
the fire which destroyed the Cleve-j
and school house with the loss of;
'3 lives.
Young Davis said:
‘■I don’t know very much,
‘I was not there, but I lost my moth
er, my father, and my two eldest
listers.
"At home there is a brother, nine;
ronths old. There are three sisters, i
iged two years, five years and six,
rears.
"They are all that’s left.
"But I guess I can help some and
ceep us all together.
Davis reluctantly took the money
vhlch men who heard his story thrust
ipon him.
One old man said:
"Boy, you've got a big load to
:arry.”
Davis replied:
“I’ll do my best, sir, to carry it.”
£2 ARE BUSIED
CAMDEN, N Cl., May 19.—The
jodles of 62 unidentified d»ad of tho
Ulster at Cleveland were buried
n one grave in the Beulah Methodist
?liureh yard late yesterday afternoon.
3ov. Thomas G. McLeod and others!
’corn various pants of the state at-i
ended the services.
DEATH TOLL NOW 75
CAMDEN, N. C.. May 19—The
leath toll as the result of the school j
touse fire aft Cleveland was today I
tfaced at 7/i men, women and ehll-1
Iren. !
^ADIO TO REPLACE SIGNAL GUN
LONDON, May 19.—Trinity House j
luthrtrities, wfhto have charge of light-;
thips and 1'ighthouees around the |
toast, have decided to fit all import-1
itit lightships ivitlh wireless a.ppara-!
ais, thus displacing the signal gun;
which has been used dor so many;
rears to call the lifeboat or warn
ihtps of their danger.
rEMPERAMENTAL NATIVES
WRECK FARM MACHINERY |
CHICAGO, May 19 —The introduc-i
tlon of .modern /farming methods and !
implements into South Africa ha*
lone a great deal to advance agrlcul-i
:ure, according to the National Instl-i
:ute of Progressive Farming, but. Am- j
srican farm machinery for use on the
African continent needs to be "built |
ike a battleship'' to withstand thej
•igors off South African life and 'thel
envperament of the native laborer.
Qxen also are an enemy. It is,
he habit sometimes to yoke 16 head |
o two furrow gang plows, and the
in LinaIs are untrained and unsteady j
u winning iu»w.uci.
“The native laborers .ire danger
ms to machinery," an official of the
netirute says, . “for however good
tatureJ and willing these ‘boys’ may
ippear, one never can tell when they
mddenly may decide to take a vaca
ion or determine upon some childish
wank. The ‘‘boys' on a certain farm
nake take a dial like Co a certain im
dement. If they make up their
ninds not to 'work with it, the farmer
s obligod to change either his im
dement or his help.”
rBIAL BY JURY WINS IN JAPAN
TOKIO, May 19.—Both houses Of
he Diet have pased a bill for the
ntroduetton of trial by Jury
hroughout Japan. The system, how- *
iver, will not come Into effect until
.928. The lower house unanimously
upported the measure, but the peers
tad a prolonged debate before
Kissing on it, a number of the igni
ters declaring that Japan was not
iet ripe for trial by Jury.
INDIA OPPOSES SALT TAX
DBLiHI, India, May 19.—The new
ax on saflt. proposed as a means of
■emovlpg the deficit in the Indian
mpeirlal budget, is meeting with gen
eral opposition on the ipart of Indian
egislators and their constituents,
rhe bill now being sponsored by the
idmtnlstratlon provides for doubling
he present tax
U. S. TROOPS MAY STOP CHINESE BANDITRY.
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When Chinese brigands robbed the luxurious train running between Pukow and Tlen-Tsin, kid
napping many foreigners, Including Miss J-uey Aldrich, daughter of thei late Senator Aldrich from
Rhode Island and sister-in-law o’ John I). Rockefeller. Jr., they brough about an International situ
tlon which Dr. Jacob Gould Schu man, American Minister to China, described as "very serious."
Brigadier-General William 1). Conner, commanding the 1,600 American troops in China, was expected
to take the field against the ban Jim unle. s the Chinese Government acted instantly. Robert P.
Scrlpps, editor or the Scripps-Ho .yard chain of newspapers, was tne of those reported kidnapped,
but It was learned lie was on a liter train and escaped.
IISES IMITATION REVOLVER MADE
FROM NEWSPAPER AND GETS AWAY
Found Guilty of
Murder in 2 Hours;
Death Is Penalty
SEATTLE, May 19. —Kakuzo Qua
mi, a cook, wa.i convicted of tnur
ler in loss limn iwo .hours yesterday j
Afternoon by a jury in the Superior;
[court- The Jury recommended the |
death penalty. • v
Qttanai shot and killed Fred Klana
sawa. a pool hall proprietor, follow
ing a quarrel over the charges for
h game.
“DOOMED^ SAYS
AMERICAN NOW i
HELD CAPTIVEi
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Letter from Leon Freitlman
Stirs Up Public Feel
ing in China.
SHANGHAI, May 19.—Unless the
foreign governments united in forc
ing the Chinese government to realize
the Suchow bandits are ready to for
feit their lives and those of their
captives in the determination to ob
tain their demands, *'we are doomed.”
This is the message received from
Leon Friedman, one of the Americans
•teld by the brigands.
The letter has stirred up public
'eeling here and the China Press, an
American newspaper, has called a
nass meeting for this afternoon to
nake representations to Washington.
, EXTRAORDINARY DEMANDS
PEKING. May 19,—Telegrams to
;he Chinese government from Esao
dhwang indicate tho government rep
resentatives are -it the poKnt of
Abandoning negotiations dor the re
(Continued on Pag* seven.)
Foreign Language
Schools Must Go
In California
SACRAMENTO, Oal„ May 19 —The
jienftial session of the stait-e logisla
:ure adjourned last night. The legis
lature adopted a series of motor
bills, Including one taxing gnsoline 2
rents -a gallon and one alined to
prevent theft by double registration.
A bill to regulate foreign language
ichool s was introduced to abolish
thorn by 1930 and it was finally
passed.
Automobile Overturns;
Four Are Incinerated
CAIRO, 111., May 19—Four persons
were (burned to delath last night
when an automobile ran off a county
load, overturned and bunted to the
frame.
NORTH BAY, Ont„ .May 10.—Bee
Regers, a young. who escapod from a
court room last Wednesday, where he
was on trial on a charge of carrying
conV-ealcd iwea/pon's, ‘iras wounded a
constable and killed another man.
After Rogers' escape a poos so was
organised and he was surrounded 28
hours liter .in a barn. He wounded
n constable and shot and killed H'red
DoFevro and again escaped.
Rogers escaped from the court
room by cowing tho crowd with an
Imitation revolver made from a news
paper.
Australian Gold Surplus
To Go Into Circulation^
SYDNEY, N. a. \V.. May. 19.—Gold
coinage is likely to >be in circulation
again in Australia within 12 months,
according to financial experts, when
exchange wIH reach ipanlty again. The
embargo on the export of gold still
Is operative, and it is pointed out
that Australia could not allow free
thi-pment of iier gold if (.!reat Britain
lid not do the same.
It i«t ibelievi I liere that the agree-i
nent for funding the British debt to!
‘he United -States will hasten the re-|
sumption of gold payments in the
United Kingdom, and it is under-|
stood that as soon as the example lsj
set in England, it will be followed!
Immediatelv in Australia.
Gold production hais declined heav-l
Ily in Australia, (but the gold reserve'
against paper circulation stands]
among the highest In the world. The
latest note, issue Teturns show that
the value of notps in circulation is
£ 52.81,1.000. with £-24.4,36.000 in
gold, or 46 4 per cent, held against It.
STEEL SUPPLANTS PUNT
IN GRINGING OF ROCK
CHICAGO, May 19—Just as iron
gave way to "ttecll a decade ago, now
flint bows to I he superiority of this
competitor and steps gracefully out.
importation of flint pebbles from
France and Denmark for use In In
dustries dependent on fine grinding
of rock, -has practically been aban
doned, due to the development of
siteel .balls for Ithis purpose, accord
ing to the Structural Materials Re
search Da bora tory of Lewis Insti
tute here
WOMAN PROPHET ARRESTER
BERGEN. Norway; May 19—The
la'est "dream preacher," one Maria
Akerblom, has hoen arrested in Fin
land. The woman caused such a
furor among the working classes that
the authorities felt forced to take
action.
Going from place to place on
horseback, w-ith flowing hair, Marla
foretold the immediate end of the
world. She declared that in view
of this to own a house or land, to
save money or'do any kind of work,
was useless As a res^t at her
preaching all of her large following
of peasants. It is said, hare 'been
economically ruined
j Lenine and Trotzky
Are Denounced
, Before Socialists
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i NEW YORK, M iv 19.—Abra
ham Cahan, editor of it'll o Jewish
Daily Forward, addressing the
| annual national ronvowtrion of
' tlie iSociaiilsi Party today, do
S nounced L^nlnd as a “moral and
j physical failure" and Trotzky as ,
j a "great twhibaatle windbag.“ !
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CANNOT JOIN
WORLD COURT
Senator Borah Makes Speech
Denouncing Latest Pro
posal of Harding.
ST. LOIUS, May 19,—U. S. Sena
tor Hlr.tun Johnson, of California, In
a speech here declared the “United
States cjnnot Join the International
Court of Justice and remain out of
the League of Nations aH both inatitu
tfons are bound bv shackles that can
not be broken "
Senaltor Johnson said ithe recant
events in Europe proved the League
of Nations could not atop wars."
PREDICTS COAL AND IRON
MINING FIVE MILES AT SEA
SYDNEY, N. S. W„ May 19.—En
gineers in time will be able to take
coal and iron ore from under the
sea at distances of five miles or
piore from shore, according to F.
W. Gray, an executive of the British
Umpire Steel Corporation. Work
ings already extend two and a quar
ter miles to seU at Sydney mines,
and 7f» per cent at the coal pro
duced iu Nova Scotia conies from be
neath the ocean.
CRIME OF TODAY HAS HELPFUL
ALLY IN MODERN AUTOMOBILE
CHICAGO, May 19 —The motor car
of text,iy, In the !iaads of thieves and
robbers. has far outstripped the
stolen horse of plloneer day a as an
aid to crime, says nhe Chicago Crime
Commission, in its latest bulletin
While the borne thief In the (toys’
when justice was stern und swift
m'ifrht see himseilf danxliny from a
halter, the auto criminal has u differ
ent mental picture 'tn the event of;
capture, accord^n* to the comrnls
I sion. His modern view includes ar-;
| rest, 'release on bond, conferences in|
| the well furnished offices of the j
! criminal lawyer, trips to court, de- j
' lays, possible conviction, a new bond.;
appeal tn the Supreme Court, the I
‘‘flJtiin®'' of witnesses and escape.
Motor cars were a factor in 355 j
felony cases in Chicago in 1922. the
commission points out, but the crim
In'll court increased the percental*
rtf defendants penalized In 1922 to
37 per cent, as compared to 25 per
coat in 1921.
Ninety per een't of Chicago rob
benies, in the opinion of these ex
perts, are preceded by the bbeft of
nin automobile, and in 1922, 2.007 rob
beries were committed. These In
volved 115 defendants charged with
robbery with a gun in oases where
automobiles were taken from their
possessors. Of these 115, only 12
suffered penalties, seven going to
the penitentiary, four to tihe reform
atory and one to the bouse of cor
rooMon
'During the year 15 manslaughter
eases were called in criminal court
and only one of the defendants was
penalized. He received a reformatory
sentence, according to these record*.
MEXICAN BOMBS
FOB AMEBICANS
in Mexico cirr
Two Bomb Explosions on
American Property Have
Occurred During Month.
COMMISSIONERS ARE
WARNED ANONYMOUSLY
Guards Are Increased Around
American Embassy and
U. S. Consulate.
MEXICO-CITY, May 19—Newspa
permen investigating yesterday’s
bombing of the American Consulate
here learned today that Charles B.
Warren and John Barton Payne,
American Commissioners to Mexico,
received anonymous warnings shortly
after their arrival.
Last Thursday night the police dis
covered men attempting to climb a
monument presumably with the inten
tion of throwing a bomb or bombs
from the pedestal.
The guard of secret service men
about the Consulate and Embassy
has been increased.
Two bomb explosions have occurred
so far this month on American prop
erty hers.
Yesterday a bomb exploded in the
building housing the American Con
sulate General.
On May 4 a bomb was hurled Into
the garden of the Embassy at 3
o’clock in the morning, but no dam
age was done.
Socialist Party Wants
Impeachment of Taft
VBW YORK. May 19 —A resolu
blon was introduced ait the Socialist
Party convention this afternoon de
mand hrs the tinpoaebimont of William
Howard Taft because of his alleged
■ujcaptacce of $10,000 annuity from
Hie Oamogie Corporation which is
described a* "obviously for services
rendered”
Detectives Ready to
Bring Murderess Back
TBGUCIbQA.L.FA, May 19—Ameri
can detectives have arrived here to
take back to California t:he woman
under arrest ihere as Clara Phillips.
Los Angeles ‘hammer murderess,”
who esc aped from .the county jail
there Iasi .December.
islandTas'
DISAPPEARED
MELBOURNE, May 19.—A wire
less tnossugo. apparently from a
steamer, has been .picked up here
saying 'Easter Island, off tihe coast
of Chile, has disappeared
Eaitor Island had a population of
about 1;200.
Itoport.s of tho disappearance of
Easter Island have boon prevalent
since the disastrous earthquake off
the coast of Chile last November.