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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
STEAMER QUEEN
LEAVES SEATTLE
SUNDAY MORNING
Will Make Trip to 5kagway
Spokane IN Drydock
for Six Weeks.

Taking the run of the steamship
Spokane, the Admiral Line steamer
Queen will sail from Seattle a. 10
o'clock Sunday morning for the
North, according TO advices received
by j. III. Kline, local agent.
The Queen will make the trip to
Haines and Skagway and return here
February "a, southbound.
The Spokane. due to arrive in Sc
attic tomorrow night, will be placed
in drydock for six weeks, resumine
the Southeastern Alaska run about
April l. The steamer Queen will
continue on this run on the schedule
formerly made by the City of Seat
ble, recently sold by the Pacific
Steamship Company and now on the
! East Coast.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
DETROIT RIVER
TO Be BR|DCED
Steps Taken to Connect De
troit with Canada-Bor-
ings Are Started.

DETROIT. Mich, Feb. 17.-F1rst
actual steps toward bridging the De-
troit River between this city ann
Canada have been taken. Engineers
have started borings at several
points between Twelfth Street and
River Rouge on the American side
and between Windaar and Ojibway
on the Canadian side, to determine
the location of the structure.
The borings will find bed rock
on which to place tower piers, on
which cables will be anchored 100
feet below the surface of Detroit
River Results of the borings will
be known within the next month.
The span will be 1902 feet, the
longest single span bridge in the
world. The present record for length
is held by the cantilever bridge al
Quebec, which is 1900 feet long,
or but two feet shorter than the one
TO be built here.
Surveys to fix harbor lines will be
started within a few days. Accur-
across the river also will be made
to match street lines and permit
engineers to fit the bridge steel.
Actual construction of the bridge
will start with the coming of favor
able weather in the spring, il is an
nounced.
The bridge will carry vehicular
and street car traffic and also afford
walks for pedestrians.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
TIE POOR FISH!


PARIS, KY, Feb. 17.-William
Gresche, superintendent. of the
Paris pumping station of the
Louisville and Nashville Rail
road, was exhibiting a five-and-
one-half pound black bass, which
he caught" in a novel manner
in Stloner Creek.
Mr.. Gresche saw the head of
the fish protruding through an
air hole in the ice.
Investigating he found the
fish had stuck its head through
the hole and had been caught
by the gills and was unable to
withdraw its head.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
ESTEBETH LEAVES THIS
MORNING FOR SlTkA

The mail and passenger boat Este
beth left Juneau at $40 O'Clock this
morning on the regular run to Sitka
and way ports. The boat wss SEIZED
uled TO leave at IL O'Clock last night
but was delayed because of the ter
rifle gale which swept the Channel.
Passengers leaving here wereS For
Tenakee-A +. Ooghe. For Todd
j. w. Smith For Hawk Inlet-Wm
James, A. Bartnes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
EXPLOSION ON
YACHT; 6 men
BADLY INJURED

TAMPA. Fla. Feb. 17.-Fire result
ing from an explosion on the yacht
lionaire circus man. injured six men
Of the crew and Mrs. Ringing. The
destroyed yacht was valued at
$4,000
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
FOR RENT-Akartments
CLIFF APARTMENTS

On the cliff next to the Court
house - THE Cozy Corner OF
juneau" 2, 8, 4 room apart
ments, fully furnished for
housekeeping. Clean and re-
spectacle. Suitable for small
families, ladies or gentlemen.
Each apartment home by it
self. Strictly private in every
respect, including linen, lights,
baths, etc. Telephone services.
Warm and comfortable. Rates
$40 and up.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
AMBASSADOR LEAVES
HERE FOR CHicHAGOF

The Chichagoff Gold Mining Corr
pany tender Ambassador. Captain
Anderon. left this morning about
1:30 O'Clock with supplies and pas
sengers for Chichagof. Passengers
leaving Juneau were: w. Maloney.
NJ Dahl. Gus Anderson. c. Leonard.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
Tides Tomorrow
TWO FISHING BOATS
LEAVE FOR BANK

The fishing boat Orion left port
early this morning for the halibu.
banks and the boat Surviving will
leave this afternoon. Most of the
boats OF the fishing fleet have loaded
ice and bait and will leave when
the wind has entirely abated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

No steamers nOrthbound
Scheduled Sailines
ESTEBETH will leave for Skag-
way on Monday at II p m.
QUEEN, scheduled to sail from
Seattle February 10.
VICTORIA, scheduled to sail
from Seattle February -
PRINCESS MARY, scheduled to
sail north from Vancouver
February "a.
Southbound
NORTHWESTERN, southbound
about February 81.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
ANITA PHILLIPS WILL
LEAVE PORT TOMORROW

Weather permitting, the boat Anita
sfhrlhps. Captain Tay Bayers, will
leave port tomorrow morning with a
load OF supplies Tor the Emon's
Island fox ranch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
Classified
Ads
HE E M P ] r E
rs THE MEDIUM

rs THE MEDIUM
Through which the general
public can always have Its
wants supplied.
Closing time for classified
advertisements: 2 P. NJ.
Closing time for display ad-
yertisements. IL A. N.
CLASSIFIED AID RATES
Ten cents per line first in
sertion.
Five cents for subsequent n
sertion.
Count I'VE average words to
the line.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

Have you a nose for finding what
YOU want when you want it, and at
prices that are not prohibitive! "A
Study of the store ads in The EN-
pire will help you.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

Use The Empire Want Ads to help
you sell what you do not nee4.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

THE CAPITAL DYE WORKS
Will be open for business on or
about March /. adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

BARGAIN - No. 10 Remington
typewriter; excellent condition. Cost
s11o new, selling price, $40. Phone
1101.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

NOTE: SAP
francisco made at IN and m,
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
MISCELLANEOUS

PIANIST. - Come and have your
fortune told from your hand. Work,
business, marriage and the future
accurately foretold. 306 Front st.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
o.
WOMAN YIELDS GUN
WHILE FURS WORTH
$4,000 ARE STOLEN

CHICAGO, Fob. IA woman
bandit, young and well dressed, di-
rccted the robbery by two men OF
$4,000 worth of furs from Nathan
Brodhciln's store here. Pointing a
pistol. she backed Brodhcim into a
closet while two men companions
helped themselves.
A quarter interest in the Mobile
group in the Stewart district has
been purchased from Al Harris BY
Capt. James Anderson and Capt
John Irving.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

FOR SALE-Cruiser boat Dixie.
Length. SO it., completely equipped
Also complete set pipe tools, from
Is to 4 in; 32X30 Hyde propel-
Ter. new; brass steering column win
sprocket chain and pinnacle. NO rea-
sonable offer refused on any article
Martin Lynch, Phone 2S7.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

CARD READING at 1922 West 9Th
St. on Tide Flats.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

so radiators, different sizes; l
heating plant. pipe and fittings. A
bargain. All slightly used. SANITARY
Plumbing Co.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
FOR RENT

FOR RENT = Furnished house
ond cabins. R. E. Clark, 214 Atm 81.
HOIJSES-Mrs. Montgomery DAVIS
PIANO FOR RENT-Phone 143
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

FOR SALE-12.61 acres Improved
ranch, clear title, situated on op-
posite side Wrangell Narrows from
town of Petersburg, Is minutes from
most office. Ideal location for fox
farming. This is bargain. For furth-
er particulars write or see w. H..
Royden, owner, Petersburg, Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
FOR SALE

FIVE-room house, cheap. Sc
Frawley at Cable office
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17
Weather Conditions As Recorded by the u. S.
Weather Bureau
L 0 G A L D 4 T a
YESTERDAY

CABLE REPORTS FOR "a HOURS ENDING AT 8 A M. 7
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-17

WALL BOARD-Write for sam
nile of Washington plaster wal
hoard. won't warp, won't burn. MID
by Washington Building Product
Co.. 6S51 E. Marginal Way, Seattle
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
SWEEPING OIL
PROBE BEGINS
Government Sends Companies Cues
tIonnstfes for Information on
Finances, Stocks, Debts

MISUNDERSTANDING inquiry into
the financial accounts and general bus
mess operations of more than $50 oil
companies, including practically every
refining, producing and marketing con-
Germ In the country. Is made by the
senate manufacturers committee in
questionnaires which have been sent
out and made public.
The questionnalres were accompan-
led by letters explaining that the in
formation was requested under a sem
ate resolution and woulds be made a
vital part of the Inquiry. Financial
schedules for the oil industry, special
reports on organization and business
OF companies In the oil industry and
price schedules for the oil industry for
the period from January l, 1920. to
June 80. 1922. were part OF the Ques-
tionnaires.
Refinery. wholesale and tank wagon
or retail prices are TO be given with a
view of learning the spread between
the selling and service station prices
OF gasoline and oil. The differences
between prices for crude oil and fin
ished products also are inquired into.
The q~uestionnalres call upon the oil
concern to state their banking con-
%nections. their current debts, their
stock and bond obligations. manage
ment. personnel and any Inter-corpor-
ate relation.
The schedule OF organization and
business Ia intended to develop the
fnter~cOrporate relations, II any, exist
Ing between the various companies m
gagged In the oil business. also to de-
velop any common stock ownership
that might exist, together with any
strong connection existing by virtue
Of any financial relationship.
Special Inquiry into the stock hold
ings of oil companies Ia mnde in the
questlonnalres which call the names
and addresses and amount of stock OF
every stock possessor holding in per-
son or In trust one per cent or more
of the stock of each company.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
STRIKE EXTENSION
HAS BEEN AVERTED
PLEA OF LABOR BOARD HALTs
wALkouT OF 100000
TRAckMEN
TRIBUNAL TO SETTLE DISPUTES
announcement Follows AILday Con-
ference; Parieys With Roads
10 Include Wage
Reductions

Chicago.-The threatened extension
II the strike OF railway employees TO
10000 trackmen was averted through
he efforts OF members OF the United
States railroad labor board and off,
cials OF the United Maintenance OF
Way Employees and Railroad Shop La
borers.
Postponement of the strike was an
nounced by the president of the main
tenance OF way organization, after he
and his executive council had con-
'erred throughout the day with the
chairman OF the labor board and labor
members OF the board.
Maintenance Of way chairmen were
instructed to proceed 10 take up main
tenance Of way disputes with the In
ilvidual roads and In case an agree
ment was not reached, TO refer the mat
ter to the labor board. These disputes
include the wage cut recently author
lied by the labor board for main
tenance of way employees, changes In
maintenance Of way fuIes and the con
tracing OF track work.
Members were directed TO continue
work under the wage cut ordered by
the labor board, but to make any re-
vision In rates retroactive 10 July /.
Postponefnent OF the maintenance Of
way walkout was accomplished only
after a most strenuous day.
After a lengthy conference, the main
tenance OF way men withdrew 10 dis
euss the matter. then assembled with
the two board members. When these
officials agreed to withdraw outside
contracts, the maintenance OF way Of
flcials announced Immediately that
they were ready to postpone their
strike.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
MEN AND MINE OWNERS
= FAIL OF AGREEMENT
Anthracite Meet coutiuusG-6ntons
Refuse to Consent to
Reductions

Washington.-A prolonged session
between anthracite coal mine operators
and union representatives called TO
Washington by President Harding TO
consider methods OF getting work re-
sumed. broke up without definite re-
suits being accomplished, but with an
agreement by participants to meet
again soon. No statements wese given
In behalf of either operators or union
officials.
At all prior gatherings. employers
have stood firmly for a reduction In
wage scales, rendering arbitration
through President Harding TO deter
mine the amount while the union rep
r%esentatives. offering to negotiate on
the basis of wage scales existing March
81, have refused TO consent TO reduc-
lions and have made demands for modl-
fication Of prior contracts.
In the matter of the public's coal
supply, two ''~pinches' have developed
1t was said, n In the northwest and
the other In northern New England.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
NATION SECURE IN VETS
HANDS, AYERS HARDING
Responsibility Now Greater Than Dur
Ing Wsr.-DestIny ais In
Coed Hands

Marion, Ohlo-So long as the Ameri-
can Legion liz c~onsecrated to the preser-
walton Of the constitution and of law
and order, the American republic ia
everlastingly secure. President Harding
asserted in a brief address to several
thousand World war veterans who held
a reunion here.
Reminding them they now were
charged with a greater responsibility
than they were on the battlefields OF
France. Mr.. Harding declared the des-
tiny Of the United States was In the
hands OF former service men.
II have no hesitancy In saying" he
said. that II is In good hands"
The president urged the men In his
audience to serve their country as
civilians with wartime conservation
and devotion.
Former service men from all parts
of Ohio had flocked In 10 Marion to
hold a reunion.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
AMERICA WILL GO ON
DESPITE MENACES
Touches Eighteenth Amendment and
Labor; psrshInu Advocates
"Feariess" use of Law

Marion, Ohio.-With an emphatic
declaration that the constitution and
laws sponsored by the majority must
be enforced, President Harding. ad.
dressing his "frfends and neighbours
who assembled here to celebrate his
home coming. declared that ''menaces
do arise, which must be suppressed by
the government pending their enforce
ment by public opinion"
Coupled with this assertion was the
prediction that America will go on"
and that the 'fundamentals Of the re-
public and all Its liberties Will be pre-
served"
During his address the president
touched on prohibition. discussed the
right OF "a free America" not only to
labor without any others leave" but
to bargain collectively.
General Pershlng. who also delivered
an address, was loudly applauded when
he advocated fearless use Of the
strong arm Of the Law In communities
which openly sympathlze with ruthless
murder OF ~lnoffensive people In the
exercise OF the right to earn a liveli-
hood"
The president also mentioned the
eighteenth amendment In connection
with his advocacy OF strict law IN
forcement. Declaring that 'mnjorltIes,
restrained to the protection 81 mlnori-
ties, ever must rule" he added:
THE eighteenth amendment denies
to a minority a fancied sense OF per-
sonal liberty. but the amendment Ia
the will Of America and must be sus-
tained by the government and public
opinion, else contempt for the law will
undermine our very foundations"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
SENATOR ATTACKS PRO-
GRESSIVE DAMpER MENACE
IN eddlIno'' Effects Marriage, BUSINESS,
Industry, and Even Sports;
Worst TO Come

New York.-An attack on the "ln-
sane and pernicious saturnalla of So
cialistic legislation" passed by and be-
ing urged on congress was made by
Senator Stanley, (D). Kentucky. in an
address here Traditional principles
of the American government are being
abandoned. he declared. In the socalled
progressive movement and the people
are being harrarsed by innumerable
government boards and bureaus. CritI-
cizing the progressive wing OF the
Republican party. he said II was "the
most ingenious inventor Of new ways
and means Of invading the vested
rights Of the states and the liberties of
the citizen.
"In sport and In fine, we have come
to the parting Of the ways. The old
guard. Impotent and dIscredited, is left
to the mercy Of the Nonpartisan league
and a triumphant sociallstic %organlza-
ton masquerading under the emblem
Of Bull Moose.
and the worst is yet TO come for
Dliis are HOW pfhHAhE W ''hutot'i ~"
oeryise. censor or control the public
press, public utilities, the sale OF Sc
curftIes, the mining Of coni and min
erals. he weaving Of cloth. horse rae
ing. football. baseball. moving pictures,
Sunday amusements everything in fact,
from the birth Of the baby to the burial
NJ the corpse and from the operation
Of a railroad to the setting OF a hen"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
RAILROAD STRIKE
AGREEMENT LOOMS
ROADS PLEDGE TO STOP WORK
FARMING CLEARS MAIN
STUMBLING BLOCK
TO CONSIDER PEACE OFFERS
Announcement of Vote Canvass Shows
Wsikout Favored Most on
Account of Leasing
OF Labor

Chicago-Hope for the speedy set
Element Of the countrywide strike OF
the railway shopmen was seen In state
ments issued by Ben w. Hooper. chair
man OF the United States railroad labor
board and b. NJ. Jewell. leader OF the
shop crafts, who ordered the walkout.
In reply TO a letter from Mr.. Hooper,
which vas regarded as co~nciIatory in
tone. Mr.. Jewell declared that the
strikers were willing TO consider any
negotiations with any one In authority
for settlement of the strike.
1--WE are willing to confer with any
body authorized by the railroads TO
bring pence proposals to u.s." said
Jewell. II include or exclude nobody,
but IL the labor board, for instance.
came to us with a definite proposition
we would not hesitate TO consider It,"
Mr.. Jewell then made public for the
first time the exact figures on the
strike vote taken by the 100000 mem
hers OF the six shep crafts. The vote
a divided into three separate bal
lots, the first On accepting a $4,000
600 reduction In wages ordered by the
labor hoard, the second the restoration
Of eve working rules altered by the
board and third. the adjustment OF
outside contracting by the roads.
A tabuIation of the ballots showed
DAT of the men had voted to strike on
the question OF wages, the heaviest
vote for q strike being on the question
of outside contract labor. which polled
OIL per cent OF the vote cast. The
ballot on rules came second with 98.2
for strike. Union leaders said that the
vote Indicated the relative Importance
attached to the three points at Issue by
their membership.
In railroad circles II was declared
that the way already has been cleared
for a full settlement on the gravest is
sue, that of contract work. by the
agreement of IL roads to abolish out
side contracting.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
MocUMeEH DEFEAT CAUSED
az POOR SUPPORT is CLAIM

Washington. - Senator McCumber,
fEl North Dakota, In q letter made
public by him ascrIbed his defeat for
denomination in the North Dakota prl-
mary to "the bipartisan combination
which had been made against me on
the one side and the Nonpartisan or
ganization which so Loyalty supported
my opponent"
Senator McCumber discussed his de-
feat and expressed appreciation for
the support given him.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13

Boston-ZTheA cooperation Of the
motion picture producers with the Ma
ttonal Education association In finding
a way to make pedagogic pictures.
(which are scientifically. psychological
Iy and p~edagogicaIly sound" vas Of
fered by VIII Hays. president Of the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America, In an address
before the convention Of the educators
organization.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
HARDING Urges Harmony

Columbus. O.-President Harding in
an address here made a vigorous APP
peal for harmony In the ranks OF the
Republican party. Too many who pro-
fess TO be Republicans, he declared,
are attempting TO attract attention to
themselves instead Of working for the
good Of their party and country. He
reminded them that the party Is spon-
sor for the government today, and
added that I'VE would be better off IL
all who wear the badge were Republi-
cans at heart"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
Reveal Huge Mail RSbbery

Memphis, Tenn.-Mail thefts be-
lieyed by postoffice inspectors to
amount to many thousand dollars.
which they declared have been going
on here for more than two years, were
discovered when 1g0 pouches Of Fifled
mail and wrappers Of hundreds Of
missing parcel post packages We're
found in an abandoned elevator shaft
at one OF the railroad depots. Five
negroes are held In connection With the
thefts.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
Irish Insuruents surrender

Dublln.-The siege Of the strong
holds of the insurgent Irish forces vIr-
tually was ended with the surrender of
small groups Of men who had been
fighting behind the ~barricades, and
capture Of n of the principal leaders,
Cathal Brugha, former minister of de-
Tense. But the success Of the national
cause has been purchased at the cost
of terrible loss of life and many ser
iously wounded. There is still no In
formation as to the whereabouts of
Eamonp De Valera.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13

Salt Lake Clty.-Eleven passengers
were injured, two seriously, when five
Pullman ears Of Salt Lake & Los An
geles passenger train Nos, east bound,
plunged from the track near Pehrson,
90 miles west OF Salt Lake City.
SO far MS railroad officials could as
certain, the wreck was due TO an OBJ
structlon Of some kind on the track.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13

Chicago.-A threatened extension Of
the strike Of railway shopmen to In
clude 1900 signal men. was prevented
by members of the United States rail-
road labor board. when ID. w. Helt,
head of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Signal Men. which has been taking a
strike vote, promised TO maintain
status quo pending further confer
ences.
Meanwhile railway circles expressed
strong hopes OF a quick settlement of
the shopmep's strike.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
To stop Mali Service Delays

washington.-As a result Of reports
received by the superintendent OF rail-
way mail service OF interference with
the movement Of United States malls
by striking railway workers, p~ostoffice
inspectors will be dispatched TO all
points where trouble might arise In the
transmission of the mails.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
TROOPS ARE CALLED
OUT IN RAIL STRIKE
shopmen Hold Special Officers Prison
era-Rwsspects Bright for shop
THNr
Settlement

Springfield, m.-Following reports
from Decatur that an outbreak threat
ened as a result OF the Wabash
shopmen's strike. Adj. Gen. Carlos 4.
Black ordered two troops of cavalry
and five companies OF infantry 10 as
semble at their armories prepared TO
move at a moments notice.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
r.d,ral surpIus ia ans Million

Washlngton.-A reduction of s1.014r
100000 In the public debt during the
fiscal year ended June 30. and a re-
duction Of SITS, 10000 In the debt dur
ing the month Of June has been an
nounced by the treasury. Final figures
revealed a surplus OF s314.0O0,000.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
Would Give Strapped Ships to Poles

Observation-Disclosures of a
navy for a e republic was the object
Of q bill introduced by Senator France.
Republican. Maryland. TO authorize the
president 10 give to Poland six Of the
American naval vessels which are TO
be EcrHpped under the arms conference
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-07-13
rourth Arrest In Bio HoIdup

New York-The fourth arrest has
been made In connection with the SEN
sational holdup last year Of a mail
truck in lower Broadway, when securi-
ties valued at more than 100000
were stolen. The prisoner gave his
as John Seryille.