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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
COAST DEFENSE
 LINE EXTENDED
 FAR OUT TO SEA
California Now Guarded With Stations Able to Detect
 Hostile Fleet Day Away.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.-Cali- fornia's coast line of defense against hostile fleet is now 250 miles at sea and before the end of the year chain or stations will be able to detect hostile fleet twenty-four hours before it can reach the coast, according to Commander Scott b. McCaughey, District Com munication Superintendent of the Twelfth Naval District here.
 Directingfinding compass stations are operating off San Francisco Bay, Eureka and Point Arguello. Within q month stations will be opened pro tocting Santa BarbGra, San Pedro and San Diego and one close to the Mexican border. Before the end of the year stations will be erected along the Washington. Oregon and Alaska coasts, some thirty stations. Then a ship can be accurately To- cated more than 400 miles at sea.
 This new coast defense, war IHNGHt tlOH WHICH saved me bTlllSD fleet in the battle of Jutland and saved London from Zeppelin attack. is used in peacetime to save vessels from fogs and wrecks by errors in steering a false course.
 Twelve hundred bearings month have been given by the San Fran cisco radio-compass. or directing finding stations. These groups of radio compass stations intercept radio waves from vessels and can accurately locate the vessel by de- termining the direction from which the waves come.
 Mariners, who were skeptical when plans for the stations were announced today are cooperating enthusiastically, according to Lieu tenant-C Commander Mccoy. Several wrecks have been averted. Recently traus-Paciic liner ran into d shoal off San Francisco during a fog. The radio-Compass stations gave the liners bearings as ten miles distant from where the Captains dead reck- oning placed it. Lifting of the fog proved the radio-compass direction right and the captain wrong.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
PROFOUND REGRET TENDERED, SENTRY COURT MARTIALED Japanese Embassy Receives Official Account of U. 5.
 Officers Staying. COMMENT IS WITHHELD Washington Officials Await Full Report of Occurrence
 From Vladivostok.
COMMENT IS WITHHELD

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3.--"Pro- found regret" for the fatal shooting of Lieut.. H. w. Langdon. chief en- gineer of the United States cruiser Albany. by a Japanese sentry in Nladivostok yesterday was expressed by the Japanese consul there dur ing call on the American consul at Vladivostok. according to official reports of the occurrence received by the State Department today.
 The Department has requested the American consul to forward more complete report as soon as possible. Meanwhile officials comment on the affair is withheld
 Langdon was shot by the sentry after he failed to heed or hear command to halt as he was walking away, according to an official ac- count received by Japanese Elm. bassy today The officer returned the fire as he was falling. mortally wounded, but his bullets did not, take effect as
 The message said the Japanese Government is greatly concerned over the incident and is forwarding official regrets. The sentry is being courtmart ialed. <
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
ENe .eH - nNnAp- sNs 5 BUSINESS MEN
 THREATENED IN
 SHADOWS NOTE
Prominent Portlanders Fear Sudden Death from Mys- terious Blackmailer.
PACKAGE DISAPPEARS
Dummy Taken by Unseen Hand While Police Watch
 And Catch Nothing.

PORTLAND, Jan. 13.-Five prom inent Portland business men today were fearing sudden death from a mysterious blackmailer while the po- lice were frantically searching for clues to his identity.
 The five men. J. Wesley Ladd, banker. Ben Smelling, clothier, Char les and Henry Jennings, Jr., and l.. Guvuertz. furniture men. allereceived letters about the same time several days ago. demanding amounts vary ing from $lU,OOO to S25000 on pain of death if they were not forthcom- ing, In each instance the missives were signed "The Shadow" Henry Jennings overlooked two of the threatening letters when they arrived at his office but later found note on his desk. written on the office stationery, which repeated the threat and added: q have been here"
 All of the intended victims notified the police and watch was set over dummy package placed in a spot designated by The Shadow" The package disappeared but no one was seen. The police dsbelieving in the are unable to account for the mys- terfous escape of the person who tock the package.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Gov. Riggs Reprieves
 .' Convicted Murderer

Gov. Thomas Riggs, late this after noon, granted a repreve to Mailo Segura. under sentence to hang 2t Fairbanks Saturday, until peti- tion asking that the sentence be commuted to life Imprisonment can reach President Wilson. The Gov ernor's action was taken in response to telegraphic requests received from Fairbanks.
 In these it stated that the petition was signed by many jeojle. Tn" action of the Governor was taken under authority granted him under Section $50 Compiled Laws of Alaska.
 Segura was convicted of the crime of killing J F.. Riley, at Flat. Alaska, on May 5. 1918 He has been granted four respites prior to the present one. President Wilson recently re fused to commute his sentence.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
SENATOR WILLIAM M Government Price Fixing for All Fuel Sold in U. s. May Result from Calder's Investigation Commit
 tees Probe of the Coal Situation.

WASHINGTON Jan. 13.-Drastic supervision of the fuel industry ii necessary to the length of govern ment price fixing for all fuel sold in the United States. will be recon mended by the Senate Rsconstftat tCr Committee. which now has the coal situation under investigation. it be- came known today.
 Senator William NJ Calder, Of New York, chairman of the committee. also has announced that legisla. iGI already is being prepared to prevent repetition of the situation which con fronted consumers last year.
 Evidence bearing on the high price charged the War Department for coal last summer and fall has been turned over by the committee to the Department of Justice and the Department is understood to have started on investigation with d view to prosecution.
 According to statement in the Senate by Senator William s. Ken yon, of Iowa, member of the com mittee. 'lf the American people were robbed as the War Department was robbed on coal last fall. the robbery ran up to hundreds of millions of dollars
 Taking up the other side of the controversy, Senator Howard SHther- land Republican, West Virginia, de clared that "because buyers crowding forward and bidding against each other sent the prices up out of req son. coal operators who stood back had to take the money. though they We're Ashamed 10 d0 sO
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Wire Drag Work in Alaska
 Waters to Be Continued

SEATTLE. Wash. Jan. 13.-Capt. Richard B. Derickson. newly appoint ed chief of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey operating on the Pacific Coast. including Alaska. following arrival here yesterday from Washington. said work in Alaska would proceed without interruption and that another two seasons will see wire drag work along the two steamship routes completed. The water will be swept to a derth of 200 feet with wire drags to locate all pinnaeles standing up from the channel bottom.
 Capt Derickson succeeds ]. E Nc Grath, who expects to be retired after 40 years service.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Japanese Government Worried over ShOOtin9
Deportation Party" to Roundup Orientals On Pacific Coast

WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-A deportation party" is being or ganized by United States immi- grafton authorities to go from New York to the Pacific Coast and gather up all Orientals now in custody at various bureaus for deportation, the Department of Labor announced today.
 Officials said no nationwide roundup of Orientals illegally in the United States is contem. plated as all are gradually being appreh ended.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
"" WORKER IN SCANDAL.

KANSAS CITY, Ian 13.-Mrs Mary Blake Shippey today started divorce proceedings against Lee Shippey former Y. NJ. C. A. worker in France. naming a correspondent. Madeline Babin a French girl, the parentage of whose child she says Shippey has acknowledged.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
H. c. STRONG HERE ON MISSION FOR A NEWER ALASKA

Residents of Southeastern Alaska in particular and the residents of other sections of Alaska in general should wark for the division of the First Judicial Division and merging of the Second and Fourth Divisions. This is one of the seyral issues which am trying to advance during my present visit to Juneau" said H. C. Strong, Ketehikan business man, who arrived yeterday on the steamer Jeff ersOn and is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. MT. Strong was accompanied North by his wife.
 The question of dividing the First Division and of consolidating the Second and Fourth Divisions came to head recently when the grand States District Judge Robert W. Jennings at the recent court session he'd at Ketchikan. Since then the ketchikan Commercial Association has taken the matter up
 ''I understand that the Depart ment of Justice recommended this change over year ago" said Mir. Strong We should now keep urg ing the matter and then ask for Congressional action.
 "The justice of dividing the First Division and the merging of the Second and Fourth should be apparent to all Take for instance the city of Juneau. More votes are cast here, and the imports and exports are greater, than in the Second and Fourth Divisions combined. The same thing can be said of Ketchi- kan, the vote in that city is larger than the entire vote in the Second and Fourth Divisions and the ex- ports and imports are also greater.
 Present Divisions Unfair.
 Juneau and Ketchikan are the large cities of the First Division and with the combined population of the many other cities or towns, we only receive a comparatively small amount of representation in our Legislature. The First Division has twice the population and does twice and per haps three times more business than the Second and Fourth Divisions combined. yet those two divisions have twice as much legislative rep resentation as the First Division. The original war of the United States was fought for correction of similar representation and be- lieyc the time has come for us oI the First Division to bring tho matter to a direct head and accom- plish the result or attaining that which we want
 Court Congested
 There are many other angles t( this new division of the Alasks territory besidesthat of representa- tion. One Of these angles is that o courts There is much legal busi ness at both Juneau and Ketchikan too much fore one judge. There il not sufficient business for two judge in the Second and Fourth Divisioni and while the two divisions. i merged. would cover wide section one judge could attend the lega transactions. Of course Nome would perhaps object strongly to this merg ing of the two named divisions bu the residents Of Seward Peninsul; cannot but see tha tthe lesislatiy, representation at present is unfair.
 Mr. Strong will return to Ketchi kan on the Jefferson tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Boy, Accused of Murder,
 Lynched by Alabama Mob

JASPER Ala. Jan. F. William Beard a minor, held in connection with the killing of James Morris, National Guardsman. last month. WAS taken from the Walker County jail last night by a mob and lyncaed. His body was found today pierced by many bullets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Dissolution of French
 Labor Federation Ordered

PARIS. Jan. 13.-The court which has been hearing the case against Leon Jouhaux. President of the Gen eral Federation of Labor. and other labor officials charged with infringe ment8 of the laws governing labor unions. has ordered dissolution ot the federation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Soviet No Government at
 All, Says American Radical

BERLIN. Jan. l3.-M. Schwartz. San Francisco, Calf, Socialist. who has just reached here after fou months Imprisonment in Q Bolshcvik' jail al Moscow. where he went to attend the Third Internationale meet ing, today declared hat raising of the blockade against Russia would save hundreds of thousands of lives but also would strengthen the Bolshe- wiki giving them opportunity of boasting that they had secured vie tory.
 Schwartz said he intended return ing 10 America to tell workers there the actual facts about Russia
 "I don't regard tho Soviet Govern ment as a government al all", he said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Latest Bulletins By Special Gable

ATHENS, Jan. t3.-The united States Government has consented to advance s32ooo.ooo to Greco, promised when M. Venizelos was Premier, upon condition that the money be expended in the United States for non-war material, occorG ing to announcement here today.
 PECOS. Tex. Jan. 13.-Fire. be- leVed to have been started Tn s jewelry store through an attempt of robbers 10 blow the safe. destroyed property valued at $too,ooo here D. day and caused the injury of sevsu volunteer firemen, one Of whom may die.
 GALVESTON, Tex, Jan. t5.-The U. s. Engineering service tug Cap tain Talford has been wrecked, and it is believed the crew of seven have perished. The deck house and other wreckase was washed ashore thsi afternoon. on Galveston Beach. e. ..
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Naval Court of Inquiry
 To Probe Airmen's Fight

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.- Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, today announced that naval board of inquiry would be convened at once to investigate circumstances sur rounding the fist fight between Lieut.. Walter Hinton and Lieut.. Stephen A. Farrell at Mattice. Ont Tuesday night. as well as details of the flight of the naval balloon A--559S from Rockaway. N. Y., to the Canadian woods, where it was forced down and abandoned.
 The two officers and Lieut. A. L. Koor. who formed the crew of the balloon. mushed over the frozen wilderness from Moose Factory a HufsOn's Bay Company post, after enduring fearful hardships and al most perishing from cold and hunger, The fight is said to have been caused by alleged derogatory remarks con corning Farrell made by Hinton in letters to his wife.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13


 TORONTO. Ont. Jan. 13.-The flight of the American naval balloon from Rockaway, N. Y., to James Bav.r illustrates the remarkable ac- curacy with which meteorologists can follow the course of air currents, according to Sir Frederick Stupart. director of the government observa- tory here.
 He called attention to the fact that on December g he forwarded a chart to Ottawa which showed that if the then missing balloon vas travelling at a height of 1.500 feet. its line of flight would cross James Bay slightly east of Moose Factory at & a. m. December IA. This fore cast of date and direction was proved accurate to within a few hours and miles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13

CHICAGO, Jan. 13 The Publicity Department of the National Socialist Party today issued statement Say ing that NJ. Schwartz who recently arrived in Berlin from Moscow. is not representative of the Socialist Party of America. but that the Parry had named five delegates 10 go to Russia to study conditions there
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13

SEATTLE, Jan. l3.-A committee was appointed at a conference on Alaska fisheries here today to pres ent facts in connection with the salt fish industry tO Congress in an effort to secure protective tariff. It was pointed out by speakers at the con ference that the industry has grown since 1918 until eighty plants are now in operation and if given pro per protection promises to be a
 growing and permanent industry. Alaska fish were declared to be sue
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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-13
Leagues Fate Involved

Ulr naYaIlsts nave pat aN0Th9r nail in the coffin of he Leag'.o os Nations. Unless this rolicy is re- pudiatcd at once. it will do more than anything else to keep America out of the League. to impel her 10 a Ioliticai and economic isolation. de yeloping her full pcwers of military and naval defense. drawing the
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
DENTISTS TO ASK
SPECIAL ELECTION
Want People to Vote On
the Question of a
Clinic

At the meeting OF the Fairmont
Dental Clinic held yesterday even
ing at the Y. NJ. g. A. a commit
! tee was appointed to go before the
County Court to ask them to hold
a special election in the early fall
TO lay levy for the establishment
OF Dental Clinics in every school in
the county. This woud mean free
dental service to all school children
up to the age Of twelve years. The
next meeting Of the clinic will be
held us soon as this committee is
ready to report.
| Reports were heard last night
from DR.. H. F. Barnes, director
of the clinic and DR.. G. a. Neill,
secretary and treasurer. Dr.. Neill.s
report brings out the fact that 1t
will be necessary TO raise some
money in order to cover the de-
ficlt incurred in the work OF the
clinic this year. DR.. E. G.. Bells
report as Examiner OF the School
children was very interesting and
lead to the appointment Of the
committee TO see about the special
election.
! Last nights meeting closed the
clinic for the year. 1t was not de-
cided hen the clinic would open
next year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
Boothsville Folks
Want High School


The Rev. l. A. Barnes. county
superintendent ot schools, VIII &c
to BoothsvilIe Friday afternoon for
a twofold purpose! He win attend
the closing exercises Of the Booths
Vile school In the afternoon and at
night will address community
meeting Of citizens which has been
called to discuss ways aud means
OF having a regular high school es.
tabllshed for the next school year
During the past year. thefe has
been a semi.private high school At
Boothsyille taught BY Miss Helen
Gandee, OF Morgantown, the AZ.
penses OF which have been met
partly by the district school board
who have allowed $l5 for each OF
the pupils, the rest Of the sum hav.
ing been contributed by The parents
OF the children. The school has
been conducted with the same
course Of study as the regular high
schools and credits won are good IN
any high school "a Marion county.
1t Is expected that Ct the meet.
ing tomorrow night, arrangements
will be made for tbs establishment
Of q permanent high school.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
.B.G0. MANAGER
PASSGSIRRO CITY
Officials Gather at Graf
ton for Confab To-day.
Other News

General Manager q. W schear OF
the eastern lines Of the B aud @
came TO Fairmoht from connells-
Vile on train 62ilastSnight and left
for Grafton. on train 44 y. ii. Scott
Wheeling, general supefintendent
Of the West Va. district went
throug hFairmont last night on 4s
for Grafton. The general manager
was accompanied, 10 Fairmpnt by
E "A. Peck, Pittsburgh, general SUI
pertntendent OF the pennsylvania
district. Mr.. Peck returned 10 Con
nellsville last night on train g. 2
n. Horne, Baltimore, superintendent
of yards and terminalswas in Graf
ton today, II is understood that
the officials all remained over In
Grafton today where they had 4
conference.
o. P. McCarty, Baltimore, assist
ager, B and o, was In Fairmont this
morning.
C. ]. Proudfoot, Wheeiing. district
passenger engineer was In fairmont
last night. He went 10 Morgan.
town to look after the tratfic end qf
the delegation OF rural children who
went to W. v. q. on an excursion
rs a prize for their successful e.
forts on the farm
George H. Giles, Of the Monouga-
hela. leaves Saturday morning for
IA ten days trip TO baltimore and
New York. He Will eaccompanied
by his sons. Ralph and George.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
Teacher Of Largest
Bible Class Here

The Rev. c. A. Isner OF the
First NJ. P. church at Morgantown
was a visitor at the office Of the
Rev, I. A. Barnes, county super
intendent Of schools this morning.
Rev. Mr., Isner enjoys the distinc-
ton Of having the largest Sunday
School class among the churches OF
this .demonation in the state OF
West Virginian and the Rev. Barns
Is especially interested for the rea-
that he was the person who or
ganized the class rs years ago.
The class has a membership Of
more than 1.100 and boasts Of an
average of $50 attendance during
the last three months.
The Rev. Isner Is on his way to
Newburg, W. Va, to attend the
Fairmont sub district conference,
composed Of 20 churches. He will
deliver an address this afternoon
and preach tonight.
The Rev. Mr.. Barnes will go to
Morgantown next Sunday and fill
the pulpit of the NJ. P. church,
during the absence OF the Rev.
Isner.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
HOSPITAL TAG
DAY CAPTAINS
Energetic Force Selected
for the Work on
Saturday

The committee in charge Of tag
day for Cook hospital to be held on
Saturday OF this week have Sc.
cured a splendid group Of work.
ers to serve as team captains. The
names of the captains anu the loca.
tion Of which hey will have charge
are as follows:
Mrs. C. o. Henry, corner Sixth
street and Fairmont avenue.
Mrs. New Smith, Y. NJ. c. A. CO
ner.
Mrs. John ]. Gillispie, Leopold's
corner.
Mrs. Richard Hall, the People,
National corner.
Miss Ruth Reintzelman, the Trac.
tion and National Bank Of Fairmont
corner.
mont hotel.
Mrs. Henry Lively, The Watson.
Mrs. N. c. Lough, Locust ayenut
and Fourth street.
Miss Edith Klaw, B, & o. station,
Mrs. David Rodgers, B. & N. sta.
tion.
Postoffice, to be supplied.
Mrs. e. P. Smith, Barracltville.
Mrs. W. Scott Meredith, Bell
view.
Miss Smith, Monongsa.
Rivesville, to be supplied.
The captains are requested tc
come or send to the hospital any
time after SIX O'Clock Friday eve.
ming for their tags. II they find Il
impossible to do either, II they viii
call the hospital, enough tags "a
supply their wards will be sent u
them.
Every contributor who gives Q
dollar or more on tag day viii b
enrolled as . member OF the hos
pital association II they win give
their names 10 the solicitor. The
women win become active and the
men honorary members,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-23
.VANDETTA ARREST
BAD FOR OTHERS
Two Maple Point Store.
keepers Caught With
Booze

After r1mmaging through the
establishment of John Faro at
Maple point last night looking for
whiskey, Sheriff Charlton had a
hunch that there might be some
thing, in name after all, and
made another search. The result Of
the second frisk OF the premises
showed that John had the right
surname for 1t uncovered one OF
the incest little poker layouts the
county officers have come across
in many a day. John runs a res
taurant, sells soft drinks to those
who insist on obeying the Law and
has been taking long canoe on
those who are careless in such mat.
ters, hence his present plight. He
was brought in and released ON
$1,000 bond this morning for
trial two weeks hence.
Joe Sergis, who runs store
nearby was also arrested after the
officers had found a case Of bond
ed and five gallons OF moonshine
in his store.
Both arrests were the aftermath
Q fthe capture yesterday Of Fred
Vandetta and Mike Acoura, the
latter Of Cannonsburg as they
were trying to run the blockade
with a case OF whiskey and were
caught by Sheriff Charlton. This
morning Mike eutereda plea of
guilty and was fined $500 and
costs and sentenced to serve four
months in jaI, the fine to be work.
ed out on the county road, II not
paid.
Another kitk in the case was
furnished this morning when
James Laura appeared before
Prosecuting Attorney Frank R.
Amos and proved that the car
that yandetta was driving belong
ed to him. he was allowed to take
thecar by giving a bond Of 1000.
Sergis was also released this
morning on Sl,00 bail for trial
later. y