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. f ;> B, "ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” - i *) VOL. XXV., NO. 3534. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SA'l^RDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1924. MEMBER OF \SSOUAIED PREbb PRICE TEN CENTS SAMCEL GOMPERS, OF AMERICA, NANAIMO BANK IS ROBBED OF LARGE AMOUNT $50,000 Is Taken by Bandit Gang—Police Speed Boats and Posses Searching. NANAIMO, B. (\. Ore. 13. — An abandoned automobile need late yes t rday afternoon by seven or eight bandits Who escaped with $50,000 after the dosing hour of the 'branch r.f the lloynl Bank of Canada in tills city, was found late last night near Cotll Harbor, six miles from the city. The police believe the bandits an attempting t:> enter the United K! lites via motor bout. Police ‘peed bouts from Vancouver. Victoria and Nanaimo are scouring the Gull of Georgia and pusses are this morning continuing tracking tho highways for the bandits d< - 1 ite tho heavy mist and rain which prevails at intervals. AMERICAN REPLY ON WAR CLAIMS HANDED BRITISH DOS DON, Dec. 13.—The American 3-oply to the Britisli note regarding reparation and war darnege claims has been received by the British Government. The note will not be touched until Foreign Secretary Chamberlain arrives here from Borne 'which is expected to be late this iiiiernoon. WOMAN WINS SIMM AWARD M V YORK, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Ed •ward MacDowell, widow of llie oorn " has Deoil declared winner of the $.">.000 award of tho Pictorial Rod v for Iha American woman vii m ide the most valuable con trlbmhei to the achievement of (human welfare in 1933. She es 1 ibli In-1 a colony to provide ideal avorking conditions for creative arti; is. TRIES TO KILL SOVIET ENVOY PARIS. Dec. 1.'!.—An attempt to P sM-ipate I .(-oilid Raskin, new So viet envoy to France, by a woman eager to avenge the killing of her brother by the Bolsheviks, is de clared to have been averted in the :>rreBt of the woman in fron^ of ■t; f Kmharsy. She was carrying a loaded revolver at the lime and was greatly excited. COOLIDGE LOSES DIME; RETURNED WASHINGTON, Dec. Id. Presi dent Ooolidge was designated dur ing the recent political campaign by Charles G. Dawes, as “one who watches the nickels,” but a letter from Racine. Wis., shows that he docs not always watch the dimes. The letter s.ys: “Dear Cal—! wish yon a Merry Christmas and New Y< ar. You dou't know me, hut In fore you were elected I one walked behind you. You dropped a dime unnoticed. 1 picked it up because I was hungry. 1 got a cup of coffee and two rolls. I am returning the dime. Yours, a friend.” Halt Traffic *inN. Y. In Honor of Belmont N0W YORK, Dec. 13.—The sub way and elevated railway traffic wa.< baited one minute at 4 o’clock today out of respect to the memory of August Belmont, whose funeral was held, Wife Bobbed Hair, So He Grows Whiskers ■i [•roy c pac r, floy 0. Page, noted flyer, who 1 brought dowu four German planes In the World War, and who is now a night flying airmail pilot bo- 1 tween Omaha and Chicago, though', his wife's long, flowing hair was beautiful. But she would be mod ern, so she bobed It. To get even he discarded his razor, and reruses to shave until his wife lets her hair grow long again. mothern dead GIRL TESTIFIES | IN MURDER CASE — Tells Story of Fatal Shooting and of Jap’s Attempts to Approach. The story of I he shooting of Mar garet Amlrianoff, 11-year old Peters-) burg girl, was told in the C. S. I District Court this morning by the slain girl's mother, Mrs. Annie An diianoff and by Mary Adams, another employee of the tannery! where the shooting took place. Ilotli were eye witnesses to the killing and Mrs. Amlrianofl was another victim of the Japanese, At. Suzuki, now on trial for first degree mur-i dor and of whom the Government j is expected to ask the supreme j penalty. Mrs. Amlriauoff’s story was short I and affecting and just before the I conclusion of her direct examlna-l tlon by District Attorney A. G. | Slump she almost collapsed, and j her evidence was interrupted sev-j oral minutes by her own sobs as: she told of the killing of her dangle' ers. Women Still Weak I ill' willies.- , e no vs* siujri iuui times with u heavy .45 caliber Colts automatile revolver using metal jacketed bulb's, was apparently l'ar from entirely recovered. She was weak and almost helpless and had j to be helped to and from the wit - j mss stand and courtroom. A light | pointer, handed to her by Mr. Sliotip with the n guest she point out where she and Margaret were work ing and their movements on the day of the killing, proved too heavy for her to hold in lu-r injured right hand According to the testimony of another witness. Dr. A. it. Jones, who attended ’or after the shooting, slio was shot through tin stomach, in the arm end chest. He took two heavy steel jacketed bullets from her body and third one was found In her clothing when she* reached the hospital. There were eight bul let holes on her body. The effects of these wounds—her extreme phys j ical weakness and an inability to | use In r right hand and arm—were | noticeable as she sat on the witness stand and told the story of how | the Japanese followed her and her | daughter and attacked them. i Story of Shooting Mrs. Andriatioff's story was brier. She and Margaret, she said, came o work at the usual hour, about 7 a. m. They were shrimp pickers in the darter Sea Food Co's can nery. About 8:50 a. m„ having picked their first trays of shrimp they went out of tho picking room toward the racks to get fresh sup plies. Suzuki, who was also cm (Continued on Page Eight.) STEAMER GOES DOWN IN GALE'. MANY ARE LOS1 Japanese Service Ship Found ers in Blizzard Off Coast. TOKIO. Ilw. 13. The pecia; service ship Kwanto. with a crew ol 150 officers and men aboard, sank early thin forenoon in a 'blizzard off Tauruga, western Japan, it is fear ed all lost their lives due to the heavy seas running at the time. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. LONDON. Dec. 13. The Italian : (earner Laura was sunk early this morning in the English Channel when a collision t ink place between lie Laura, and the British steamer Lorenzo. The Lorenzo st >od by and aided in rescue work. A wireless report states that many lives are toMeved to have bean lost as a panic broke out on the Laura and mores jumped into the water, many Diking bel ire help could reach them. 1-■ I, ! Man Is Shot By His Dog Which Steps on Trigger WYC ASSET, Maine. Dec. 13. —Theodore Sherman was shot by his own dog here. lie placed his gun on the ground and crawled under his autumo -i idle to make adjust ments. The- t dog stepped on I lie trigger of | tile gun. the gun was shot and the shot entered Sherman's leg. I ■--- ' - -* EARTHQUAKE ROCKS TOKIO TOKIO, Dec. 13. An earthquake rocked this city but no damage has been reported. FRANK Fl'ItT, Germany, Dee. l:!. —Tremors were felt in this city today and also at Friedbung and Badf. Many homes have been wreck 'd in the shaken area, according to reports. UDINE. Italy, Dec. 13.—Several houses have been damaged here by errthqvake shocks. SUSPEND HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SEATTLE. Dec. 13. Three Roosevelt 1 lig'U School boys were suspended last night by the Board of Education. They are accused of participating in a drinking bout in the hoys’ locker room In th > school last Thursday sight. While a rigorous investigation of alleged drinking is still being made, a thirl high school Is being investigated by the school officials. Mrs. Coolidge Given Doctor of Laws Degree BOSTON. Dec. 13.—Sirs. Calvin Ooolldgo yesrerday afternoon receiv ed the degree of Doctor of Law front the Boston University. Reclamation Program Is Handed to Coolidgi WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Secrc t: rv Work has submitted to Brest dent Coolidge a complete reclama tion program which is expected tt form llte basis of the udmlnistra Ition’s rex tarnation policy. -- i Blows House Up With Dynamite; Four Killec LAKELAND, Florida. Dec. 1ft — Four nogroes, throe women and tint man. were killed at Bartow las night, when Dick Taylor is allege to have blown up his house b; dynamite. The dead Includes Tay ^lor’s Wife. ■-a Coolidge Will | | Celebrate Xmas I | At White House , 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. Hi.— j ; | President Coolidia has no in | tention of golpg to bis old j | homo in Plymouth. Vt., for Christmas, ii w; - innounced at the While Hen a | Tlie President and Mrs. Coolidge expect; to spend their | Christmas al the White ! | House with tHc it son, Who I will come home from school, and perhaps with John Cool idge. the aged lather of the j President. 1---- i RIVERS ARE ON RAMPAGE; RISE | IN WASHINGTON j Roods Expected Northwest - ern Part of State—Result Rain, Melting Snow. BELLINGHAM. Wash., Dec. 1:5. VI1 rivers of northwestern Wash ington are rising rapidly duo C> i heavy rain last night and melting j snow in the Cascades. Washouts on the railroads have I ancellcd the (rain service on the ] Milwaukee Railroad. Maple Halls, near Mount Vernon, [is f.uibinenged by water. rrooeft-in rim »*oi iwwsv v«i. |'ey In British Columbia have prac | ically wrecked 'bridges ami taken I out tlie railroad tracks in fifteen ! Hfferent sections. j The Suruas itiver is on a rampage and settlers are fleeing to (be hlgh j lands. Escapes from Reformatory; Shot, Wounded, Recaptured I BVBRBTT, Wash., Dec. 1— | "lyde Burke, serving two terms nf I 15 years each for grand larceny in I ho Monroe Reformatory, who e aped from the stockade yesterday, j was wounded litis forenoon and cap I lured after attempting to shoot ! uards attempting to take him. New Government for Chile to Be Formed — SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec, IS. — A ■ military committee representing the j Tiny, navy and police, has decided i 10 declare the military forces have lost confidence in the pesent govern ment. An organization of a new government by the committee i foreeast for tonight. li is said there will he ni) resistance from the presen t govern men t. -»♦ ♦ —— DISBANDING CHINESE 1 1 PEKING, Dec. IS.—A mandate 1 has been issued disbanding eight ! divisions of brigades. i I I Remember There Are ONLY ' 9 More Shopping Days Before CHRISTO AS V. ■ i Federation i of Labor Passes Away Early |_Today; Ta i ill in Mexico SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 13.— Samuel Gompers. President cf the American Federation of Labor, died at 4:10 o'clock this (Saturday) meriting, in a local hcspital, where he was taken last evening after his I arrival from Mexico City. Yesterday afternoon, Gompers was able to sit up at the side cf his bed in the special car pro vided for him, and take slight nourishment. When the train left Toledo on the way here. Gompers look milk and later was given a up of tea. Gompers became ill in Mexico City where he attended the Pan American Federation of Labor and which re-elected him President. The high altitude affected his heart and shortly after leaving there two days pgo for Texas, a message was re eivtd by President Calles, that the ’b .r leader was seriously ill. Samuel Gompers has been Presi de nt of the American Federation cf Labor for 38 years, each year, inee the Federation was organized, being lf-rlected. with the exception of in 1895, when John L. Sovereign, head cf the old Knghita of Labor, vhich joined the American Federa tion of Labor, defeated him. Pievious to the organizing of the American Federation of T ab i ~ 'Miners was founder and was Preri dent of the Federation of Trod', and Labor Unions for five nut. Tui *»Her organization was Form id 1881 and merged with the FedeM lion in 1886. The total nu-rber '’ears Gomtiers was at the head of Labor has been forty-three. He war re-elected at the last session in Texnt. last month. SAMUEL - GOMP&&3 PROGRESSIVES WILL DECIDE AT CONVENTION Followers of La Follette to Have National Convention to Determine Action. WASHINGTON, Dec. IX. — The Executive Committee of the Confer ence lor Progressive Political Av ion, the parent body behind the ■cccnt Presidential candidacy of Senator I.u Follette. voted lust might t> call a National convention to convi ne at Chicago February 25 to determine the future course of ac tion of llie so-called Third Party The meeting of tile committee, \viiich considered the quant Ion as t, ' whether or not the so-called Pro jgre. Ive Party should immediately organize for future action, was held pursuant to a call issued by W111 jiam 11. Johnston, chairman of the National Committee of the Confei '■■nee for Progressive Political Ac tlon. Mrs. Da Follette was ill and Sen tor Da Follette gave that as a tea >n for not attending the commit tee meeting last night. Not for New Party. Representative John M. Nelson of ; Wisconsin, campaign manager for La Follette and Wheeler, declared opposition to the formation at this time of a new National political party. Ho expressed the opinion i hat tiio followers of Senator La I Pollute should seek to imcreun • their strength in the next Congress 'by acting from within these old par ties in the campaign and election ,of 1!»26 and loo guided by the re mils as to their action In formin'.! new party for the I!i28 cam I paign. — British Ultimatum Is Resented; States Reason .... . j CAIRO, Dec. IX. Sidky Pasha I new Minister of Interior. declaret today tho British ultimatum, re eently issued, impaired the inda pendence anti sovereignty of Kgyp and made necessary certain ques t.lous to lie reserved for future ne ■rot iations. “Our aim," said the Minister, “i to roatore previous tranquility an arrest the murderers of Slrdad Si Lee Stack. CONDOLENCES ARE SENT BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.—President Coolldge has sent a message o condolence tn Mrs. Gompers ing: “With great regret I liar • ,.r. >f your bereavement. I w xp'-ess deep ivmpathv In you row. Mr. Gompors’ whole life w devoted to the interests of organized labor until his name was almost synonymous with the cause he rep resented. No man had a wider Influence in shaping the policy of the wage earners of the nation.” Fought Radicalism Samuel Gompors, “dean of Amer ican laboi leaders” one of the foifirl era of the American Federation Oc Labor, which he saw grow from a coterie of small locals to a nu ttonal organization with a member ship of more than 3,000,000, spent several of th later years of IT life in fighting autocracy abroad and radicalism in organized labor at home. In a career filled with persistent and vigorous efforts from his 15th year “to improve the condition of workers," Mr. Gompers became a unique figure in American public life. tly the force of his eloquence and patriotism he won over the solid support of the American Fed eration of i»ibor for the United States government when ii entered the war. The conflict ended, h • went to Paris where he helped to organize the International Labor Congress. Five of its tenets were incorporat 'd in the Peace Treaty. They were: 1 Lalior Is not a cornmod 't.v: 2 An international 8-hour lay: 3 -A standard and adequate ’ivlng wage; t- Kquul pay for men Hid worn* n for equal work; 5 — Prohibition of child labor. Charge Against Germany Outspoken in Ills views on public questions, Mr. Gompers made maiiy hitter enemies as well as staunch suppohters. He charged German la bor with having helped precipite •he world struggle, blamed prohi bition for causing "unrest” iu the United States, urged a labor union of the two Americas, denounced a United States Senatorial investi gation of Mexico as “Prussianisni” supported the League of Nations, Indorsed De Valera and "recognized” he Irish republic, assailed the open hop platform of the United Sta*"s I Chamber of Commerce, demanded 'hat Asiatics be kept out of th™ United States, pleaded for the re lease of all political and war time (Continued on uajo Tiro.; UMM MRS. SAMUEL GOMPERS Second wife of the President of t lie American HVderution of Labor who died today in San An tonio. Texan. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS FINE INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 111. - Tim Public School system is raising the nation high, in tin- opinion of John I. Tigcrt, Culled Slates Comnils ■ioner or filucatinn. attending tip National Society of V'ocaiiouul lain cation Coil veillion lo re. Tig. : l lid tin ••!>Joel to bo ac compli lied is tie building of a nation on Ibo prinuiples which em I bod} American id altem. Regular Gale Hitting Seattle; Damage Done SKATTI.fi, I). Id.— Breaking al records, a (>■> nflc an hour gal' here is blowing down signs. Chris , mas decorations, light and tclephon* [ poles, Lust Christmas a gale eager • here that blew nt the rate A ft miles an ho nr.