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T ALASKA DAILY MPIRE te"ALL THE NEB'S ALL THE TIMET ,VOL,'XXII., NO. 3381. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS, - . I Henry Ford May be Standard Bearer of Third Party NEW REPUBLIC MOVEMENT IS : CAUSE STRIFEj Several German Cities Are Falling t or New Proposi- j tion—Others Fighting. UNDATED 'Tito Rhineland Re-, public movement has extended in some quarters and seems receding in j others. While the Berlin government main tains the general movement has met defeat, a message from Belgian of ficials 1 report that Duisburg in the Ruhr has acceded to the Republic secessionists and the latter have oc cupied the public buildings while at Welsbaden the followers of Hans A. Terdon, leader of the previous Sep aratist movement has hoisted the Republic colors on public buildings and ten were wounded in subsequent noting. Berlin dispatches reported that the Republicans hav> been expelled in Aix La Chapelle and the former regime has regained control at Mu onch and Gladhaeh, while Coblenz, which the Republicans planned to make their capital, was still in con trol of the old officials. Turkish Embassy in London, Closed Since 1914, to Reopen LONDON, Oct. 23.—It is expect ed that the Turkish embassy which has een closed since 1914 will be re opened soon. The Embassy which Is In Portland Place presents a grimy exterior for it has remained untouched all these years. A soli tary caretaker has been in charge of the building and he stated to day that the furniture was just as It Was left in 1914. He com plained that he had been without wages for months but he expected his little account would be satisfac torily settled. “No, we had had no burglars. There Is nothing here to steal," he concluded. SUPREME COURT REFUSES REVIEW OF LOCAL CASE (Highest Tribunal Will Not Take Up Annette Island Tax Case on Appeal. WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 23. — The U. S Supreme Court has re fused to review the case In which It was sought to determine whether Alaska ran collect taxes from the Annette Island Packing Co., for fish ing rights held on Annette Island. [ The suit was instituted by the Gov-1 ernment of Alaska. The above suit was started by the Territory In the local U. S. District Court more than a year ago to force the Annette Island Packing Company (Continued on Pago Biz.) TRACTORS IN SNOW OF ARCTIC HAVE FAILED TO DISPLACE DOGS \jr COPENHAGEN. Oct. 23. *—Dog; team* still hold the leading position j as a means of conveyance in the frozen north; a certain type of pow er tractor has been tried In their stead but found wanting. In the op inion of Lange Kock. the Danish ex plorer, who has just returned to Copenhagen after experimenting In northern Greenland with the ma chines. It Is almost impossible t6 substitute ^elf-propelled machinery for dogs, he says. The party left Copenhagen in a small motor schooner jrf July, 1920, and by the following March had built a I base 125 miles north of Thule, in latitude 78 north. The first difficulty with the trtdtors was experienced in unloading them from the boat and getting them on in 1 1 land ice. In 12 inches of snow up} a slight incline, but at a very slow1 speed the tractors dragged a load, consisting of nine barrels of petrol,} a barrel of oil, a barrel of benzine, tent materials, etc. It is therefore necessary for the tractor to drag great weights which consist mainly of its own fuel and oil. While the motor worked very well at thirty degrees below zero, considerable dif ficulty was experienced at lower tem peratures, and finally it was neces sary to abandon the use of the trac tors entirely, as they held up ^he progress of the expedition and also showed signs of wearing out quickly. The Koch expedition was organized aa a scientific and mapping expedi tion and in this capacity was emi nently successful. -■--> . DIDN’T LEAVE HIM WAITING AT THE CHURCH. y^£KAytl^~AUt>t-et^ .Am. t-i .vjri ' ' uihk. you tig (..liicago millionaire, wiio was jilted -o often by Miss Mary Landon Baker, of Chicago, is shown here, in r-aris, with his bride, who was Miss Joan Stevens, of London, and r.er mother, Mrs. Charles Melton Astley, shortly after their mar riage in the Embassy Church, in Paris. CREW OF CUTTER ALGONUljjNARE LIFE SAVERSiRESCUE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM ARCTIC SHIP Mrs. Hamburger Asks That Charges Against Short Be Dropped SEATTLE, Oct. Zi. — Mrs. Isaac | Hamburger, wife of the well known | Alaskan who (lied Sunday morning from a wound received when Police-' man Short shot into a crowd last j week in an effort to catch a hus- j pected shoplifter, lias requested that the charges of manslaughter be | dropped “both for him and my chil dren." Short’s bail has been set at $3,000. The' body of Hamburger will be shipped to Paradise, Cal., where bur ial will take place. The members of the Police De-i partment have began to raise a fund to aid Mrs. Hamburger. Judges Neterer and Cushman to day adjourned the Federal courts until tomorrow out of respect to the| memory of Isaac Hamburger. -- Trapper’s Body Is Found To Be Nearly Mummified PRINCE RUPERT, B. C„ Oct. 23. —Constable Van Dyke has returned to Prince George from the remote tributary of the Parsnip river where ho buried the body of John Stack,; trapper who (lied from starvation! more than two years ago. The body was nearly mummified. Secretary Denby Has Left N. Y. Hospitkl NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Secretary of Navy Denby, recently operated upon for a twisted tendon in one of his legs, w|as discharged from the hos pital today and left for Washing ton. KEEWALIK, Kotzebue Sound, Arc tic Ocean, Oct. 23.— tRy wireless and Cable.)- -Members of the crew of the cutter Algonquin, after rescuing men, women and children from the pas senger gas schooner Silver Wave, at Port Clarence, proceeded south. The original mission of the Silver Wave was braving the winter dan gers of the Arctic and saving the lives of seven miners, two women, and five children stranded in Kotze-j hue due to the failure of supplies j and the closing of navigation. Among j those rescued were C. F. Weigard, of the Keewalik Mining Company. Se-1 attle pioneer, and his family. They j will sail southward on the steamship! Buford. NOTED ALASKAN SOURDOUGH DIES SEATTLE, Oct. 23. Captain E. R. Sundheim, noted Alaska sourdough and scion of Edward Rutledge, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, died here yesterday at j the age of 73 years. As the owner of the steamer Mon | arch, Sondheim Is 1898 carried thou I sands of gold seeksrs between Daw son and Fairbanks. Captain Sundheim was known pos-; slbly by hundreds of Alaskans. He has been a resident of Seattle since j 1889. ' ] New York Insurance Co. Cancels $55,000 Policy STOCKTON, Val., Oct. 23.—Notice has been served on Alex Kels and i wife by the New York Life Insur-j a neve Company that it has cancelled the $55,000 policy on the grounds of fraud. Kels Is now In Folsom pris on, sentenced to hang for the mur der of a stranger. Commander of Marine Corps on Retired List, RAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.—Major General George Barnett, commander1 of the Department of the Pacific,! Marine Corps, has retired from ac tive service. , Alleged Bigamist to Be Taken to Spokane; SACRAMENTO, Oct. 23.—Governor j Richardson has granted' the extradi tion papers of Gov. Hart, of W’ash-j ington, for the return to that state j of Harry Roshon, alleged bigamist from Los Angeles to Spokane. Ros hon has been charged with grand larceny by Mrs. Alma E. Schneider, of Spokane, when it la alleged he married. NEW POLITICAL PARTY PLANNED LED BY H. FORD Conference Will Take Place During Middle of December —Nominating Convention. DETROIT. Oct. 83.—-The formation of a new political party with Henry Ford as the standard bearer In the Presidential election contest next jVear will be undertaken at a con ference of all the Ford-for-Presidcnt Clubs which has been called to meet here December 12. VS and 14. Ac cording to leaders of the movement for a Third Party with Henry Ford as its candidate and platform their purpose will be to call a nominating convention to be held in the Spring. M’ADOO SUPPORTERS OPEN HEADQUARTERS NOVEMBER 1 CLEVELAND. O., Oct. 23. David L. Rockwell of this city announced today that lie Jptd accepted the Na tional managership of a movement to make William (!. McAdoo the Democratic Presidential nominee and that National headquarters for n pre convention McAdoo Presidential cam paign will be opened at Chicago No vember 1. ■---■ } Mighty Baht Ruth l Strikes Out Twice I In Miners’ Game | HAZELTON, Pa., Oct. 23.— j Rube Ruth's appearance here for j I a ball game caused the mines i to close like a holiday. The | | mine workers’ pitcher struck out , Babe twtco and Babe went hit- | less. | j I ■---1 BANDITS DRAG WOMEN NAKED IN MOUNTAINS Two Women Missionaries, Captured by Chinese, Are in Pitiful Plight. — PEKING, Oct. 23.—Dispatches from ■ Kalfeng report that the Misses j Mary Darroch, of Glasgow, anil Mary I H. Sharp, of Australia, whom the 1 Hanan Province bandits kidnapped j In September, are In pitiful plight. The two girls are held in the moun tain stronghold of tho outlaws who hope to force enrollment In the army as did the l.lnchlng bandits. F*. 8. Jayce, another missionary trailing the women, heard they had lost their elothtng and bedding and were being dragged from place to place, almost naked. Negro Found Guilty By Jury, Five Minutes JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Oct. 23.— John Goss, negro, went to trial In Bakersvllie, North Carolina on a; charge of attacking a white woman. He was found guilty In five minutes the Jury deliberating only that length of time. He was Immediately sen tenced to be electrocuted on Novem ber, 30. The attack precipitated racial dis turbances in Spruce Pine, North Caro lina, last mouth and 200 negroes were deported by the white citizens. Wants $20,000,000 More To Fight Liquor Smuggling WASHINGTON. Oct. 23—Reinforc ed guards are planned by the Treas ury Department to check the sup plies of liquor entering the country but it Is estimated this requires an additional appropriation of $20,000. 000. -> > . SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Oct. 23.— High seas hare battered to pieces the seven destroyers wrecked on Point Honda. Salvage is still pro gressing and some valuable material has been recovered. _ _ -- uwm .1 — ■ i. ■ ■ - ■ — MYSTERY IN SHOOTING OF MAN IN WOMAN’S HOME. [ "~:: • H/'X/egT-tc • > Urcit myttery surrounds the pm shiv • :iltil noniing ,n ..j.ii ju A. Mobii. wealthy. New York chemical- mqttufuvuue., iu Lite Sound Bench (’Conn.) tit) Ac of Wealthy Mi . Id ' M. Lelio. Maas had just gone to see Mrs Leslie, who hat ifarted out of her house to give her doge an airing. Two in :t eslzed her, and when Maas rtti lied to her ar latanco he was not dewn. Police later searched Mrs. Maas's home and seized a number of love l ttegr on the theory a jealous suitor may have hired gunmen to kill 111 rival. CAPTAIN JOHNSON OF WRECKED KENNECOTT BELIEVED SUICIDE Found Alive in Debris; 4 Girls | Buried 25 Days | TOKIO, Oct. 23.—Four Japan- | I ese school girls, students of the | Yokohama high school burled In a heap of debris during the earthquake, were yesterday res : cued alive after having been Im prisoned 25 days. They had had | no food and hut little water. ■-—rrr-—■ SENATE PROBE OF VETERANS' BUREAU STARTS Director Hines Gives His Tes timony—Forbes Interrupts Witness at Hearing. WASHINGTON. Oct. 23 Th<> spec ial Seuate Committee Investigating the Veterans’ Bureau was told by Director Hines that before be came Into office, the Bureau had paid (54,000 for achltect's planH for a hospital at Livermore. California, and then found the plans were 1111 usuable. Director lllncs said Matthews O’ Brlen, of Los Angeles, bad filed a claim of (13.000 which wan disal lowed. Col. Charles R. Forbes, whom D! rector Hines succeeded, in March, al though suffering from a disease with which he was stricken before his retirement, has come to defend his acts before the committee. Much disorder was caused yester day when Forbes interrupted the wit ness and declared that' his own rec ord was good. “You will have to shot down on this man," John Oryan, counsel, said regarding Forbes to the committee German Marks Drop Almost From Sighl BERLIN, Oct. 23. — The Germar mark Is now quoted at 40,000,000,00( for (1 American money. I VANCOUVER, R C„ Oct. 23. Cap tain John Johnson, of tho wrecked motorshfp Kennecott, disappeared on Sunday night from the tug > Venture enroutte here from the scene of the; wreck. It is lielieved he committed suicide. On Sunday, Capt. Johnson seemod depressed according to the members of tho crew of the Venture and crew of the Kennecott also aboard | tile tug. The remainder of the crew, which stood by the Kennecott with Captain Johnson, arrived lust night. Twenty-two Charges Are Made Against Gov. Walton I OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 23.- A full I day's sitling listening to the reading I of voluminous transcript testimony ! oil which 22 < barges are based ! against Governor Walton was the prospect facing the House of Rep resentaGves this forenoon when the session colivened. Hamburg Communists Are On Rampage; Attack Police LONDON, Oct. 2‘i. -Hands of Com munists in concerted attacks have ' seized police stations of Hamburg (today, occupying all except three, ! This is according to the Hnrlin cor News. First Sight Love Marked * * * * * * * * * Start of Royal Romance i BRUSSELS. Oct. 22.—'The engage-. | I ment of Prince Humbert of Pled- i ' month, heir to the throne of Italy. | to Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, 11 which is to be officially announced • November 4, Is the culmination of . < a love match of long standing. j | I In 1916. Queen Elizabeth of Bel- j I glum, desirous of placing the little princess -she was then 12 years old j )—outside the range of airplane raldsli and big guns continuously shelling I>a Panne, where the Belgian royal \ family had their modest war home. ! took her daughter to Florence, when under private teacher's she studied i English anil Itulian. ': Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by; , the Princess, spent the 1917 vaca- i j .-.■ - ■ -■■■•. Ion at Venice. There, under the onstant menace of Austrian air dane raids and Gennan-Austro of enslves, the Prince, a youth in a ailor’s costume, and the Princess, roaring a plain white dress, met or the first time. It was love at first sight. When Prince Humbert visited Bel [ium last year there were many vho noted that although the tour vas supposed to he officially con luctnd, the heir to the throne of talv preferred the company of the ’rlncess, now a beautiful young wo nan, to receptions and listening to iddresses by Burgomasters. The engagement has been very topul&rly received here. VA- • ■ ■ ,. ■_ [Aw, \ ■ - ... JOHN CARL IS FOUND GUIL1 FOUL MUR ER Man Convicted Once Before of Murder in Alaska, Found Guilty of Slaying Woman, TACOMA, Oct. 2.'!.—John Carl, aged 73, who served a term for killing a , man near Nome, Alaska, has been ! convicted of first degree murder for the sluying of Mrs. Eunice Anderson, whom he killed with a butcher knife and hatchet last month. The Jury In the Superior Court fixed the penalty at life imprisonment. Carl killed Mrs. Anderson and seriously wounded her two children. She was landlady of the house in which Carl was a roomer. The crime resulted from a request for Carl to make less noise in his room. FALLTESTIFIES TO COMMITTEE ON OIL LEASES Former Secretary of Interior Gives His Side of Tea pot Dome Leases. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Former Secretary of Interior Fall was to day before the Senate Land Com mittee investigating the lease of the Teapot Dome Oil Reserve which he made to Harry Sinclair. The former Secretary declared ha had not asked for competition In bids because he could make a better deal privately. Reports given to the committee by geologists sustained Fall’s contention that at the time the lease was made there was danger of the oil draining from the depbslt Into adjacent well*. OMEN FORECASTS MORE BLOODSHED GENEVA, Oct. 23. The ‘‘blood of the Burgundians" has appeared again on the water of Lake Morat, near Neuchatel, portending more trouble for old Europe, if ancient legend is to he believed. The reddening of the water in this lake is caused by the flower ing of an aquatic plant, which, how ever, blooms very rarely. The phe nomenon was seen In 1476, whpn 36, 000 Burgundians under Charles the Bold were defeated near the lake by the Swiss. The last time the waters were red was in 1914, Just before the outbreak of the world war, a circumstance said to Justify the old saying, “When blood is seen on Lake Morat there will be blood shed in Europe." Supreme Court Takes Recess Until Nov. 12 WASHINGTON. Oct. 23—The Su preme Court has taken an adjourn ment until November 12.