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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-23
TWO PERSONS
DIE IN STORM
IN MINNESOTA
Mother and Daughter Near
Brainerd Die During Big
Storm There

Brainerd, Mimi. June 23.-Two
persons were killed and one badly
injured, all in the same family, as
the result of a. wind storm which
destroyed all buildings on the farm
of Eli Erickson, two miles north
west of Mildred early today.
Mrs. Eli Erickson and her daugh-
ter. Irene, IL years old, were killed
and Mr.. Erickson, who was brought
to hospital here, was in a serious
condition.
The storm also struck at Brainerd
but no damage was reported.
Dc, - q roly Tod nn~y hmm
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-23
Russia and Japan
To Resume Trade

Toxic, June 23.-Oficial conversa-
tions looking to resumption of COM
mercial relations between Japan and
Russia will open June %, it was an
nounced today. A. A. Joffe, who
represents the Soviet government and
Toshihiko Kawakami, former minis
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-23

Dry Cleaning, Pressing,
Dyeing, Repairing. Call So.
Eagle Tailoring.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-23

ter to Warsaw, will conduct the con-
versations for Japan.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
INSURANCE is
GIVEN AGAINST
|DLENESS NOW
Chicago Clothing Workers
Make Agreement with En-
ployers on Unemployment

CHICAGO, Nov 23-Payment of
benefits to clothing workers in Chi.
cago, insured against unemployment
In an agreement between the work
ers and large manufacturers here.
will begin about January 1, accord.
ing to DR.. Willard e. Hotchkiss,
director of the National Industrial
Federation of Clothing Manufacture
ers.
Approximately $4,000 clothing work.
ers in Chicago are affected by the
agreement, which has for its object
the protection of the clothing work
ers who are out of employment be-
cause of circumstances over which
they have no control. 1t will be in
effect two years. and Is believed the
first Of its kind.
The benefits are to be paid from
trust fund established jointly. the
worker contributing one and one
half per cent of his wages and the
employer a like amount.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
May RETIRE
COAST GUARD
CUTTER BEAR
Recommendation Made Con-
cerning Well Known AL
aska Ship-Report.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. - The
Coast Guard annual report recon-
mends that the cuttor Bear be re-
tired and replaced by modern
ship.
The Bear is nearly so years old.
Size was built of green oak in Scot
land in 1874 and launched as a
British steamship. The Bear was
transferred from the Navy to the
Coast Guard Service in 1885. She
is expected to make one more trip
to Alaska and the Arctic before re-
tirement.
The annual report of the Coast
Guard and services rendered shows
2,792 lives were saved or persons
rescued during the past year, 16,-
253 persons aboard vessels Were
assisted and 64S persons in distress
were aided. Thirty one thouand six
hundred and fifty three vessels were
boarded and papers examined. For
ty six darelicts and other obstruc-
tions were destroyed
Forty three Coast Guardsmen lost
their lives in tho performance of
duty and 23 medals were awarded
for life saving
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
GERMAN Grew
IS TO. B RI N G
NEK1E:PPEL|N
Company viii Have Respon-
sibility Of Making Deliv-
cry in United States.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany
Nov 23,-Among the Germans who
opposed as impractical tho idea of
Count Zeppelin, when his drigible
airship plans wesss~saanouncet some
20 years ago, was DR.. Hugo Eckner.
now one of the chiefs of the Zeppe-
lin company here which is building
the ZR-3 for the United States Navy
According to the present schedule
DR.. Eckner, it appears, will act as
the pilot of the ZR 3 when the
big ships starts her trans Atlantic
flight next Spring. He will have
under him a German crew of about
"a men, all expert in their respective
lines, and including several officers
who saw much Zeppelin service dur
ing the war.
The Zeppelin company will have
the responsibility of delivery of the
ship to American officials. AS soon
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Man Had Prisoner
In Effort to
Collect Debt

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-Everett Leon
ard. aged IS years, and his son
willard Leonard. aged 21 years, al
legged to have made Roger Naylor,
Chicago distributor, prisoner with
handouts and revolvers, and held
him 26 days in an effort to collect
a debt of 5000. have been arrested
Ana charged With assault with intent
to murder, carrying concealed swea-
pons and kidpepQinE.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
PLANS ARE MADE.

DAYTON, o., Nov. 23. - Some
time in the early summer of 1924,
four or possibly six army airplanes
will hop off from Boiling Field,
Washington, and turn their noses to
the west.a Before their pilots again
glimpse he nations capital. they
will have travelled 10000 miles.
crossed two oceans and almost a
score of countries and encircled the
globe in the air for the first time
in the worlds history.
Such is the picture in the minds
of officials at McCook Field here,
who, under the direction of Army
Air Service headquarters at Wash
ington, are making plans for the
first round the world aerial cruise.
Tentatively, route has been lnid
out and two air officers are going
over ii with the idea of making
recommendations for necessary
changes and completing other
preparations. Lieut.. c. e. Crum-
rine, of the local field. now is in
Iceland heading eastward, while an
officer of the Philippines aerial
forces is working in the opposite
direction. They will meet in Eur
ore and after comparing data, re-
turn TO their home stations.
Made in Short Jumps.
q TIE fight, designed primarily to
demonstrate the ability of planes
to operate away from their regular
,lrp.y bases during war times. will
be made in comparatively short
Jumps. The distance betwears mos
CT the stations will be 500 miles or
less, the longest hop being approxi-
mately $50 miles.
As laid out at present, the route
to be taken would not necessitate
any sustained flight over open
water. After crossing the country
from the capitol to Seattle. Wash
ington, the squadron would head
northward through Canada and after
touching at. Wrangell, ALASKA,
would hop to the Aleutian Islands
end. then to the Japanese archi
pelago where several stops would
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
ELOPES WITH
W|FE'S SISTER

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23. - The
Johnson girl arrested early yester-
day morning jumping from a win
dow of the home of ]. Belding, she
and male companion were rob-
bing, and following which the male
companion shot and killed Deputy
Sheriff McGee, gave a new angle to
the story today.
The Johnson girl claimed she was
married few days ago to Edward
NJ. Carlton, navy deserter and Carl
ton fired the shot killing McGee.
The police, in hunting for Carl
ton, found he had fed with his
wife's sister.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Mrs Myrtle , Hayes 81
CIrar,tzy Nc SckpS5aA !

tor 20 years Charles M.
Schwab, steel master and multi
millionaire, made leans to Mrs.
Myrtle B. Hayes, who is now
under indictment in New York,
charged with forging his. name to
notes which she was u1ing to
finance the erection of q $5,000,-
90 apartment hotel in Bocton. lie
made the leans, lie swore' In
bankruptcy proceedings in New
York. because in 1902 he had
advanced her $4,000 and he fear
ed that if he should stop there
would be some publicity regard
ing his past loan to her, which
would result in an erroneous
construction being placed upon
his previous association with her.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
CANNERIES DENY
VALDEZ G R and
URY CHARGES
Libby, McNeill and Libby and
Others Show They Take
Best Care Of Employees

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-Officials of
the Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany and Libby, McNeill and Libby
have denied charges made in a re-
port by P. H. Everest, Washington
State Supervisor of Industrial Rela-
tions, who reiterated findings of a
Grand Jury sitting at Valdez last
July that narcotics were sold by
labor contractors to cannery en-
clared that white men were fed by
Chinese contractors such foods as
Chinese usually eat," fruit and othe.
delicacies being charged for extra.
The cannery officials declared
that the Chinese contractors are
not permitted to furnish medicines
or subsistence or anything else to
white men, Americans, Mexicans OF
other nationalities. or Negroes.
Edward Clifford, State Director
of Labor Industries, gave the pub
lie Everest's report, and suggested
that the State pass law requiring
cannery employees to be paid in
Seattle before State labor officials.
The fact is that Libby, McNeill G
Libby, the Northwestern Fisheries
Company, the Alaska Packers AS
sociation and other cannery inter-
ests maintain a standard of medical
equipment that is said to be of
high class.
Libby, McNeill and Libby have
doctors to care for their employees
in the Bistol Bay, Cook Inlet and
Yakutat districts. They have hoe
pital buildings for the exclusive
use Of their.s employees at their
Koggiung and Libbyville canneries.
At Taku Harbor, which is near Ju-
neau, it Is not necessary to have
doctor as their employees are all
cared for at Juneau.
An official of Libby, Mcneil
and Libby, discussing the care the
company takes of it's employees, de-
clared that every employee engaged
is put through a rapid medical ex-
animation before he is permitted to
leave for the North This means
everybody, "he said, that goes to the
canneries, superintendents, book
keepers, fishermen, all cannery help,
including Chinese crew. The exam
(COntinued on Page TWO0
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Arctic Radio Man Talks
With Station in Hawaii

PRINCE RUPERT. d. c., Nov. %.
"A wireless message received from
Capt. Donald Macmillan from his win
ter quarters stated that operator
Mix made a record and talked with
an amateur station In Hawaii. This
Is believed to be the best work
for a short wave. We have heard
stations of nine countries and re-
ceived news from Oxford, England
and Nauen, Germany. Living con-
ditions in the Arctic are conducive
to good health, wealth and happi-
ness"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
CARLETON is CAPTURED

LOS ANGELES, Nov 23. Mrs
Jane Carleton, bride of the burglar
who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff
MCGEE, was this afternoon indicted
with her husband on a charge of
murder Carleton was arrested with
sailors about to sail for San Fran
cisco on the steamer Humboldt,
Love for her husband caused the
bride to follow him to house, and
the officers followed her and the
arrest was made.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
MRS. STOKES TO
CONTINUE FIGHT

CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-A telegram
to her counsel from Helen Elwood
Stokes, who yesterday. in New York,
secured separation from w. e. d.
Stokes. urged prosecution be push ed
against Stokes and six others in
dicted here on charges of con-
spring to defame her.
The telegram said: Il am more
interested in the vindication of my
good name than in Stokes money"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
BELGIUM WANTS
INDEMNITY PAID

BRUSSELS, Nov. 23. - Tho gov
ernment has not received a reply
from the late note sent Berlin re-
earding settlement of indemnity
for the assassination of Lieut.. Graf
near Dusseldorf last year., Belsiuri
has notified Germany that If thu
indemnity is not paid by Sunday
Belgium will secure payment in oc-
cupied Germany. Necessary order
to this effect have already been CIV
en- 1t is officially stated.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Threats Caused Murder
Attorneys Say at Trial

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov.
23.--The attorney for the defense
in the opening statement of the
trial of Mariner Browning AID
John Browning. Jr., said BENJAMIN
F. Baliantyne, brother-in-law OF
Browning, Jr., had threatened to
kill his wife and all other members
of the Browning family. The two
Brownings are accused of the mur-
der OF Ballantyne.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Heroic Mother Saves
Young Son from Flames

OAKLAND, Cal. Nov 23-Mrs
R. l.. Adams rushed into her burn
ing home this morning. climbed up
stairs and rescued her four-year-
old son Robert. overcome with smoke.
She carried him down the burning
stairway through the burning build
ing and tainted when she reached
the air Both were revived and
will live, .,,4o ~,
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23

BLACKL|STED

MOSCOW, Nov. 23.-The Soviet
Government has blacklisted Switzer-
land because of the acquittal of the
men charged with the assassination
of Soviet Delegate Vorosky, at the
Lausanne peace conference. Tchit-
cherin declared Switzerland will pay
dearly for the crime which has been
blamed to the Swiss bourgeosie.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Cable Across Pacific
To Orient Is Repaired

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.-The
Pacific cable has been repaired so
miles of the coast and communica-
ton has been resumed with the
Orient.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Party Men Called to i
Washington Caucuses

WASHINGTON. Nov. pa call
has been issued for caucus of
the Democratic members OF the
House of Representatives on the
might of December 1. The Republi-
cans are to hold conference on
the afternoon of December 1.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
.INDICT WALTON
|. ON TWO COUNTS;
CHARGES MADE
Oklahoma County rand
Jury Charges Diversion Of
Public Funds by Gov.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 23.-De-
posed Gov. J. C. Walton was today
indicted by the County Grand Jury
on two counts charging diversion CT
public funds and hampering conven-
ing of the Grand Jury.
The Senate today rejected by a
vote of % to Is bill proposing
the requirement Of a list Of officers
and members Of secret societies to
be filed ssmi-annuslly with the
authorities of the various counties.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
STEEN WORKED
QUICKLY; WE'D
IN VANCOUVER
Passed Two Bad Checks for
Large Sums on Brides Step
father-Arrested Here.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Nov. "a
A search of the records here reveal
that Harold Steen, alias Walter j.
Harmon, arrested in Juneau, AL
aska, on charge of forgery, made
by the" Potland, Ore.. authorities,
show he was principal in the per
formance of a marriage ceremony
nere on October 81 with Clara Pearl
McGee, OF Moncton, New Bruins
wick. 1t is said the girl met. Steen,
or Harmon, as a theatrical booking
agent. The girls stepfather said
he had accepted from Steen two
large checks and they proved worth
less.
Stoen, or Harmon, Is now on h
way south in charge CT Portlf nd
officer Associated Press dispatches
~ The Empire yesterday from Les.
Anrcles. showed that Steen has.
three wives in Los Angeles, and
probably another in New York City.
The McGee girl. mentioned in the
Vancouver, B. c., dispatch, was in
Juneau with Steen. Both were ac-
companied by the brides sister
They left for the South the day
before Steen was arrested here.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Large Liquor Shipment
Reported OF Coast

NEW YORK. Nov %. - Coast
Guard officials reported to customs
authorities that eleven ships are
anchored of Highland, New Jersey
and Long Island coast with esti-
mated cargoes of 10000 cases. The
retail value is given at S1,50O,00O.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Mrs. William Corey Is
Given Divorce in Paris

PARIS, Nov. 23.-Mrs. William
Ellis Corey, wife of the American
Steel manufacturer. has been grant
ed divorce in a tribunal here In
the suit she alleged desertion. Mrs.
Corey was formerly Mabel Gilman,
prominent on the American stage In
musical comedy
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23

OMAHA, Nov. 23.-The aeroplane
radio telephone tests which the
poet office department intends TO
equip mail planes with have proved
successful according to announce
ments made here today.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Santa Claus Advises Big
Mail Enroute from North

DAWSON, Nov. 23-Santa Claus
has written from the North Pole.
via Dawson. that heavy Christmas
mail for the continent and European
points, has left.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Seattle Commission
Purchases Shipyards

WASHINGTON. Nov %. The
wartime shipyard of Skinner & Ed
dy Corporation has been sold with
out equipment to the Port Commits
sion of Seattle for 100000.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
DR.. Cook and Other
Partners in Crime
Must Stay in Jail

FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov.
23.--Dr. Frederick Cook anu
the others convicted and sen-
fenced for using the mail to
defraud In oil company pro-
motions, must remain in the
Tarrant County Jail for two
months even if they succeed
in making an appeal. This
was the announcement made
here today.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Washington State
Pioneer Passes Away

LEWISTON, Ida, Nov 23.-E. A.
Sanborn, pioneer of Southwestern
Washington died here at the age of
So years. He was born in Finland
and settled in Astoria, Ore, in
1873. He has been engaged In can
ming and steamboating.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
COMMENCE WORK
ON PLANES FOR
WORLD FL|C H 7
Company Begins Work on
Four Planes to Hop Round
the World Via Alaska.

SANTA MONICA, Cal. Nov. 23.
The Douglas Company has started
of four aeroplanes
which will make the army-around-
fight via Seattle, Alaska
and the Aleutians.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Yukon River Still
Open; Records
Have Been Broken

DAWSON. Nov. 23.-The Yukon
River Is still open and records have
been broken. The weather is mild
There is considerable ice In the
river and the streams are closed In
several places, fiaa sig4en ~.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Mammoth Moonshine
Still Seized in East

PEORIA, H.. Nov. GA moon
shine still which required three
trucks and rs men to move from a
farm at Pekin. near East Peoria,
was seized yesterday. The still is
the largest seized in the history Of
the State, "''S i'f ~
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
American Woman Dies
As Result Japan Shocks

HONOLULU, Nov 23.-Mrs. Hat
tie Worden. wife of the doctor OF
the u. S. Consulate at Yokohoma,
is dead after a long illness which
was intensified by the earthquake.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Woodrow Wilson Makes
Talk to U. D. {. Members

WASHINGTON, Nov. Woodrow
Wilson. from the bay window of his
home here, gave a brief greeting to
several hundred members OF the
United Daughters of Confederacy.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
, SATISFACTION EXPRESSED

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-The Port Com
mission expressed satisfaction over
the Skinner G. Eddy purchase and
declared the Commission was now
equipped to- enter competition on
coastwise trading. The sale includes
the purchase of buildings, pipes,
wiring and tracks.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
COL. lands is.
GIVEN BANQUET
IN ANCHORAGE
New Manager of Alaska Rail
road Making Fine Impress
sion = Pulling for Him.
Especial From Times.)

ANCHORAGE, Nov. ga ban
quet and reception to Col Lee Fl.
Lands, manager of the Alaska Rail
road, and his wife was given by the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
last night and 200 guests were pres
ent.
Col Lands said he was here to
assist, not to run railroad. He
said he. came with an open mind
and wants criticism He urged AL.
askans to buy Alaskan grown pro
ducts as aid to the struggling home
builders.
Thomas C. Price. POSTMASTER oi
the evening. and M. J. Conroy, mayor
delivered the addresses of welcome
other speakers included Major Got
walls, former Territorial Senator
Snodgrass. William T. Murray Mrs
J. r. Ketchum, Rev. b. Landsdowe
and e. A. Rasmussen
Col Lands has made fine i'm
preston and the people have dis
covered he is real railroad man
ard everybody is pulling for him.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23
Shows Human Side

Under the head of "Landis shows
human side in accident case" the
Anchorage Times of recent date
says:
Arriving several hours in advance
of his schedule on a special train
which he had ordered for the pur-
pose OF rushing an injured laborer
here for medical aid, Colonel Lee
II. Lands, new general manager
of the Alaska Railroad, returned
early today from his first inspection
of the north end of the line.
"The injured employe. Chris Sla.
dole, was caught by falling earth
and rock, while at work on the
landslide at Mile 353.S. in Nenana
Canyon. at A o'clock yesterday af
ternoon. About a half hour before
the accident Colonel Lands had
stood on the identical part of the
slide where Sladjoe was hurt. only
three or four feet, from the edge
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-23

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Evening star., 1923-04-28
MRS. VOTAW TO SPEAK
AT LEPER AID MEETING
Pig Banks to Be Opened at Mt
Vernon Place M. E. Church
Next Friday.

Mrs. Carolyle Harding Votaw. who
has recently returned from a trip to
South America. the Virgin Islands
and other places where leprosy is
prevalent. will= speak at a meeting of
the Mission IS Lepers next Friday
at pm in the Mount Vernon Piace
NJ. +. Church South. Mrs. John New
ton Culbertson.= president of the aux
iliary. will preside.
At this time 1he golden pig leper
banks will be opened and the moneys
will be received by the treasurer,
Mrs Washington Topham.
Rev. Henry T. Cousins. chaplain or
the leper colonN at the United States
Marine Hospital No. 66, Carville, La:
has written to Mrs. Culbertson of
the recent ground breaking for the
building of the new Protestant church
for lepers there. DR.. Cousins was for
q. number of years pastor OF the Ana
costa Baptist Church. The Washing
ton auxiliary last year contributed
$5,3s7.43 for lepers.
At the ground breaking DR.. Cousins
introduced H. J. Eeith of New Or
leans. chairman of the building COM
mittee, who made an address on the
history Of the church of the Mission
to Lepers. H. G. Russell. represent
ing the supervising architects office
from Washington, spoke of the pos
sibilities in the future.
w. NJ DanneT= general secretary OF
the American Mission to Lepers. New
York City, broke the ground and
made an address. DR.. J. Dirickson
Cummins. rector of Christ Church
Cathedral, New Orleans, and Rev.
S. P. Dubois Of Baton Rouge also
spoke.