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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
GERMAN CRITIC FINDS NUMEROUS
FAULTS IN AMERICA DURING TRIP

COLOGNE. Nov. 15.-German NOR.
ais are just as good as American
morals, but the Americans are more
successful in concealing their laps
es, according to DR.. Paul Rohrback
who recently completed a tour ol
America and is contributing a ser
les of articles to the Cologne Ga
zette on his impressions of the new
world, DR.. Rohrback says the i'm
preston which is general in Ger
many that moral standards are high
er in the United States than in Ger.
many is quite erroneous, as the
American morality Is only on the
surface and that when one digs
down he finds things as black as
in Europe.
DIR. Rohrback says American cities
do not permit any large sections to
be given over entirely to the social
evil and to dubious amusemenfs ri
fCopffuntd Op para R2ly
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
CONVICTED FOR
ALASKA MURDER

VALDEZ, Nov. 15.-Robert Ed
wards, of Seattle, was yesterday
forenoon convicted of second degree
murder for the Staying Of George
Edwards, on the trail on the Alaska
Peninsu1as last, August.
Ralph Wolfe, also charged with
murder for an alleged part in the
crime went to trial yesterday after
noon.
Wolfe preferred plea Of guilty in
the second degree for the Staying
of Edwards and the court accepted
1t. Wolfe will be sentenced to-
morrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
BONE PREDICTS LITTLE ALASKAN
LEGISLATION FROM CONCRESSAT
NEXT SESSION; OUTLOOK IS GOOD

Well pleased with the outlook for
Alaska at the National Capital, Gov.
Scott c. Bone returned to his home
here yesterday after a visit of sew.
eral weeks in Washington. "Presi-
dent Coolidge is showing a deep in.
terest in Alaska and good under
standing of the situation and mem,
bers Of his Cabinet are in perfect
accord on Alaskan policies" he de-
clared.
Gov. Bone left here September
"a, arriving in Washington October
2, travelling via Prince Rupert. He
attended the Conference of Governors
at West Baden, Ind, made a trip
to New York, and left Washington
about November for home, return
ing by way of San Francisco.
Little Legislation Likely
Gov. Bone predicted that little
Alaska legislation would be enacted
by Congress at the forthcoming ses
sion The Administrations policy
of coordination will be carried out
largely by executive departmental
orders.
Two bills on Alaskan matters are
expected to be passed, he added
Both of these relate to road build
ing by Federal agencies and funds.
One of these will bring about the
consolidation of all Federal road and
trail construction under one agency
probably the Bureau of Public Roads,
entailing the abolition of the Alaska
Road Commission. The other will
extend the Federal Highway Act to
the Territory There is light pros
pects for any fisheries Legislation
or on other important subjects dur
ing the coming season.
Step In Coordination
The proposed concentration of road
activities in the Bureau of Public
Roads, declared the Governor, is in
line with the policy of coordination
of Federal activities in the Terri
tory Two years ago, he added, he
favored consolidation of road build
ing under the Alaska Road Commits
sion but this was found to be i'm
possible. The War Department, he
continued, which has a fight on its
hands every year to get the funds
1t wants for the conduct of the
military establishment, has objected
to appropriations for the Alaska Road
Commission being charged against
military affairs. properly holding that,
although the roads built in Alaska
by the commission are called mill
tary routes, they are not such in
fact. Both Secretary Weeks and
Secretary Work are supporting the
proposal to extend the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Public Roads. Sec
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15

words. with not more than an equal
number of words in argument or
clarifying statements.
4. Manuscripts will not be re-
turned and the Federation reserves
the right to retain for such use as
1t may see fit all plans submitted.
5. Only one plan may be sub
mitted by one person or organiza-
tion, and no person, who is MEM
ber of an organization which sub
mits plan, shall be allowed to
participate further in the contest.
6. In order to secure impartial
decision the manuscript should be
unmarked, but should be accompan-
led by plain. sealed envelope un-
marked in which shall be given the
authors name and address. Any
identifying marks will render the
manuscript ineligible to compete.
7. Plans must be submitted on
or before April 1, 1924.
s. The award will be given $12.500
when the plan is accepted and s12.-
500 when the plan Is inaugurated.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Col. Richard Eddy Is ~
Dead in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.-Col.
Richard A. Eddy, pioneer, Indian
fighter. and one of the first indus
trial builders in Montana, founding
the town of Missoula, passed on
here yesterday at the age OF SO
years At one time Eddy was an
operator in the lumber industry, ag-
rcultural and had mining interests.
He was wealthy and devoted his
recent years to hunting, fishing and
golf playing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Murderer Reaches Prison
To Await His Execution

SALEM, Ore, Nov. 15.-Arthur
Covell has arrived at the peniten-
tiary and has been placed in the
hospital ward to await execution for
the murder of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Ebba Covell.
Covdl announced he would APP
peal his case to the Supreme Court.
He said that statements made that
he planned to kill nearly score
was merely a phantom and expert
mcnting with himself. SO wrote
them down.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
F|L|P|NOS 70
MAKE DEMANDS
FOR Freedom
Issue Will Be Laid Before
President Coolidge and
Also Next Congress.

MANILA, Nov. 15.-The Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce has pacs-
cd resolution asking Congress to
revoke the Jones Law of the Or
Sanic Act of the Philippines and
substitute an enabling act estab-
ing the Philippines as organized
territory of the United States.
Former Speaker Robas of the In
sular House OF representatives, has
sailed for the United States to iay
before President Coolidge and Con-
gress another demand for independ-
ence of the Philippines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15

GRANT PASS, Ore. Nov. 15.-
Mrs. Belle Savely. mother of Grace
Wall. who was sentenced yesterday
in Los Angeles from one to 10
years for manslaughter, convicted
of stabbing III. w. Johnson, declared
her belief In her daughters inno-
cence. "She is too ifrail to have
committed such a crime,p explained
Mrs. Savely. safs* -41 g
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
MOVIE SALARIES
Are TO Be CUT

HOLLYWOOD, Ca, Nov. 15.-
Executives of the film world are
now boiling down their cost sheets
and cutting salaries of all leading
players not under contract. Salaries
have skyrocketed recently from $l0a
to $1,000 weekly to $1,000 and
$500.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Seattle Tug Reaches
Disabled Japanese Boat

SEATTLE, Nov. ia message
from the tug Humocona says she
reached the disabled freighter Shin
kou Maru, off the Aleutian Island
Peninsula at o'clock yesterday to
running when the tug reached the
craft.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Krupp Officials Obtain
Release from Prison

DUSSELDORF, Nov. 15.--Baron
Won Bohlens prison days are over,
the German officials having liber-
ated him with other Krupp directors
and obtained temporary release OIL
parole. ;.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
FOX FARMERS
HEADQUARTERS
COMING HERE
Juneau Also Selected for
Next Convention of S. E.
Alaska B. F. A.
Especial from chrpnicle.

(Spec1al from Cnrpnlcle.)
KETCHIKAN, Nov. Is. - juneau
has been selected for the next con
vention of the Southeastern Alaska
Blue Fox Farmers Association and
as the headquarters Tor the AS o.
citation during the coming year.
The following directors were
chosen: Grover Winn and j. A
Ptack, of Juneau; Judge William
A. Holzheimer, Of Ketchikan,s and
J. H. Wheeler OF Petersburg.
The Board of Directors, at a
meeting to be held soon in Juneau,
will select "a paid secretary and
choose president from the Board
of Directors. "A bank will also be
designated as the treasury.
Much good was accomplished at
the convention held here.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION ON
TERRITORIAL DIVISION MEET
Pigs, Four-footed d
Kind, in U. S.
Are to Be Counted

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15,A
The duties OF rural mail car
riers have been increased and
they are given the job of count
ing the pigs in the United
States again next year togeth-
er with data on the number
kept during the winter and
summer, and amount OF field
corn and other stock feed rails
ed by individual farmers for
feeding them.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Hunting Party Killed;
Auto Struck by Train

NEWARK, Ohio, Nov. 15.-Four
Columbus men going on hunting
trip were killed this morning when
their automobile was struck by
Pennsylvania train at a nearby rail-
road crossing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
HAD FAIR TRIAL.

SEATTLE, Nov. 15.--CriminoIo-
gist May stated today Covell had
fair trial and declared "Covell is
master mi2H" but the most subtle
and strongest he had ever come in
contact with.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Message in Catsup
Bottle Reports
Steamer Sinking

MIAMI, Fla. NOV. IA catsup
bottle found on the beach contained
message that the steamer Niccis,
bound for Gibraltar, is sinking and
all are lost The message was dated
November /.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Shippiug
records here do not list the Niccis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
President Coolidge Is
On Olympian Committee

4 NEW YORK, Nov. 15.--President
Coolidge has accepted the Honorary
Presidency of the American-Olym-
plan Committee as has been the
custom of former Presidents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Clerks Are Held-up;
Robbed Of Large Sum

COLLINSVILLE, ILL.,, Nov 15.-
Three bandits held up the clerks
of the Consolidated Coal Company
who were returning from bank
and escaped with $4,000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
Masked Bandits Escape
With Twenty Thousand

KANSAS CITY, Nov. 15.-- Two
masked bandits held up the Argen-
tine State Bank here and escaped
with $4,000.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-11-15
First Committees Named.

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
THE SPIDERS STORY

0NCB in deserted old castle there
~ lived a white spider. Whether
it had always been white or whether
it was 90 old it had turned gray and
then white no one who lived in the
castle knew. And no one dared to ask
questions Of this naughty White Spi-
der, for 1t sat on a throne.
Yes, in the very throne room on
the very throne where once had sat
a king did the White Spider spin her
silver webs! And the mice and rats
that lived there never dared even to
speak to her, for somehow, without
anyone saying 80, they all knew she
ruled the deserted old castle.
One day little Brown Mouse, who
was very nice-mannered and never
made a noise running about at night
as did the others, sat at the foot of
the throne nibbling something he had
found when White Spider let herself
down by a slender thread right close
beside him. Little Brown Mouse
started to run away, far he was afraid
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
Wins $10,000 Bet by
Shooting Big Wolf

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Although he trav-
eled 1000 miles, 800 of them on snow.
shoes, lost fifty pounds in weight,
froze two fingers, fell over a precipice
into q snow bank, lived three days on
one muskrat and got lost in a Cana
dian blizzard, Capt. Frank Doudera,
big game hunter, is happy, for he won
$4,000 by finally shooting big timber
wolf on a wager.
In a friendly chat Doudera said he
thought he could shoot q wolf. City
Marshal John Cole, who was read up
on wolfing and knew that most of
them are killed by traps or poison and
seldom by a gun, bet $1,000 that
Doudera could not shoot a wolf In five
weeks Of hunting. Others clipped In
until the pot was $4,000.
Doudera trailed wolves for four
weeks and saw hundreds Of pelts
turned in by trappers, but shot none.
Just when he was ready to despair a
wolf stopped to kill a rabbit and
Doudera made his kill. After that It
was easy and he shot i've others and
a bear The bears two cubs were
sent to the Brooklyn roo.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
new CHILD LABOR
BILL EXPECTED
Gompers Sees President and
Says He Seems in Sympathy
With the Movement.
IT'S BACKED BY THE A. F. OF l..
First Effort In the New Congress
Probably Will Be to Secure Pas
sage Of Resolution Providing for
Constitutional Amendment.

Revival of agitation for legislation
to restrict child labor in the United
States Is certain to come with the
opening of the next congress and
President Coolidge is believed to be in
thorough sympathy with the move
ment, behind which the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor already has placed
its resources.
Samuel Goppers, president Of the
labor federation, discussed the SUBJ
ject with President Coolidge at the
White House, incidentally paving the
way for further conferences on legis-
lation which labor will urge upon con-
gress.
Following his talk with the Presi'
dent, Mr.. Gompers said he had found
the Chief Executive in a receptive
mood with respect to the need fof
child labor restrictive measures and
entirely in sympathy with all efforts
to bring about legislation which will
stand the test of the courts.
The President pointed out to the
labor leader that his own state, Mas
sachusetts, had enacted legislation to
restrict child labor and that he, while
governor Of the Bay state, had signed
the 4S-hour-a-week law.
Mr.. Gompers called attention to the
fact that since the last child-labor
law had been declared unconstitu-
honal there has been an increase Of
80 per cent in the number of children
employed in United States industries.
Senator Medill Mccormick is deeply
interested in new child-labor legisla-
donal provision enacted at the last
congress, but it was lost in the press
Of legislation toward the close Of the
session. He Is expected to renew his
effo in the new congress.
Mr.. Gompers informed the President
Of the efforts that, have been under
way to stir up agitation for child-labor
legislation in the recent past. Rep
resentatives Of eighteen national or
ganizations Of women interested in
the restriction Of child labor, he said,
had met with officials of the Ameri-
can federation and formed a national
conference on child labor.
They had been Informed by expert
counsel, he said, that in view of the
Supreme courts decision, constitu-
tional amendment will be necessary
before any adequate restrictive legiss
lation can be enacted which would
Withstand judicial scrutiny.
-
be made by child labor champions in
congress will be to get through a reso-
luton providing for constitutional
am>ndment. This, 1t Is recognized,
will mean a long, hard fight with the
subsequent ratification necessary by
the legislatures of the states, but they
believe 1t will be wise to let the mat
ter take such a course, in order that
legislatinn, when finally enacted, will
hA enduring
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
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servant had arranged to tell the King
when he came home that the Princess
had been sick and died while he was
away.
'Then the wicked Queen expected
to coax the King into making her own
daughter a princess and his heir.
"Of course, the little Princess was
terribly frightened the first night
when 1t grew dark In the tower and
she was hungry, too. But when the
moonlight came in through the little
window I crept out Of my corner and
let myself down on the sill in the
moonlight.
"'Poor Spider said the little Prin-
cess. Have they shut you in here,
too? But you won't starve, suppose,
as I shall. Oh dear! If someone
would only tell my father, how quick
ly all would be changed
"'You won't starve, my pretty dear
I told her, and your father shall know
before another day. For though they
did not know it, they have imprisoned
you with an enchanted creature. Once
I lived in q cave with an old witch
and she threw over me q spell Of en-
chantment which enables me to do
strange things
'Then I called by magic art the
night fairies and they brought her
food and before the Princess slept a
fairy messenger was on her way to
tell the King his child was In great
danger.
"The next day the fairies brought
her food and that night the King
returned. And though the bad serv-
ant tried to tell the King his daughter
was lost, in the end he became fright
ened and confessed all.
'The King quickly brought the lit
tie Princess from the tower and the
bad servant and the new Queen and
her daughter were sent out Of the
country and never were seen after
ward.
"But this all happened a long, long
time ago and the old castle Is desert
ed; and here am Queen on the very
throne where the little Princess once
sat"
When the White Spider stopped
talking Little Brown Mouse asked {:
did they reward you for saving the
Princess?"
swell, you see they could never find
me. I hid every time anyone came to
the tower and then no one really ever
believed what the little Princess told
about the White Spider. They said
she was delirious with fright on that
night.
But never was q spider harmed
that lived In this castle and so you
see I was rewarded, for here I am,
when all the royal folk are gone;
queen on throne when all those who
lived here long ago are gone"
"That 10 a very nice story" said
Little Brown Mouse, and I am glad
I know you were always white, too.
Some Of those who live here thought
you were very old and had turned
white with age"
"Oh, that II the snchantment the
witch threw over me-" said the White
Spider. II shall never grow old"
% ls3s. ~ Ns0srs Hsvspapsr syndisas~)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03

he should not have been 90 near to
her royal throne. But White Spider
said, not In a cross voice but in a
pleasant tone, "Don't run away, little
mouse. Come back here and sit on
the throne beside me, and will tell
you a story"
Little Brown Mouse dearly loved q
story SO he climbed up to the big
throne seat while White Spider sat in
her silvery thread house in corner
by one arm and told him about prin-
cess who once lived in the castle.
Long, long ago. in the tower Of
this castle, a beautiful princess was
imprisoned" said the White Spider.
"Her mother was dead and the King
had married again. A bad, selfish
woman was the new Queen. She did
not love the little Princess, because
she would some day be Queen and
the stepmother wanted her own daugh-
ter to have the royal title.
$50 she coaxed the King int tax.
ing a journey and leaving a servant
who was In the pay Of the new Queen
to take care Of the castle and the
Princess while they were away.
"AS soon as they were gone this
wicked servant imprisoned the little
Princess In the tower and left her to
starve, for the new Queen and the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
REPORT ON MINE OPERATIONS
Federal Commission Says Labor Die.
turbaness Are Most Serious Bar
to Big Coal Production.

Labor disturbances are the most
serious obstacles to superabundant
production Of coal in the United
States, the coal commission declared
in a report to President Coolidge on
the subject Of irregular operation
and overdevelopment Of the bitumi-
nous industry" While ineffective
transportation machinery was said to
lend its effect to fuel shortage, the
commission concludes that "the strike
Of the mine workers is the only bar
to continuous production considerably
in excess Of any present possibility of
consumption"
To attempt to solve the problem
solely by improving transportation,
the report said, would be simply to
transfer to the railroad industry "the
overdevelopment now seen in the coal
industry and necessarily to increase
freight rates." It was estimated that
the railroads would entail an expendi-
ture of $2,OOO,OO0,OOO If they set out
to build up their equipment to the
point where it could serve the peak
demand for fuel, which would impose
an additional charge on coal of about
40 cents a ton.
"The alternative is better use of
transportation facilities currently
available" the commission decided.
Commenting upon the labor factor.
in recruiting shortages, the report
said:
There have been but two national
strikes of the union coal miners since
1915. that of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
1919, cutting off some 70 per cent Of
the soft coal output, and that of the
summer Of 1922, affecting the btu
minous coal fields to the same extent
and shutting down the anthracite
fields completely for about five months.
The loss Of production occasioned by
these concerted Withdrawals Of the Or
ganized mine workers has in each in
stance caused such general shortage
of coal that even after resumption Of
mining there were long periods of in
sistent demand and high prices. The
strike of the mine workers is the only
bar to the continuous production Of
bituminious coal at rate considera-
bly, in excess of any present possibility
of consumption by the industries, rail-
roads and households of this country,
and Of demand for export.
'"The bituminous coal industry rests
upon abundant unmined reserves. The
capacity in mines and mining labor Is
sufficient to produce at least Is per
cent more than the highest rate at
tained in periods Of peak demand, and
If demand were. spread evenly over
the year the overdevelopment would
be even more pronounced"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-11-03
GENERAL LABOR NOTES

New York's daily papers were Grip
pied BY an unauthorized strike of
their pressmen. George Berry, inter-
national president Of the pressmen's
union, ordered the men back to work,
declaring their strike illegal, and the
formation Of q new local union was
begun.
Peter e. Joy, e1-treasurer Of district
lodge No. s Of the International Broth
erhood Of Boiler Makers, Erie system,
was arrested In Huntington, Ind,
charged with embezzling 1884 Of the
unions funds. The affidavit was
signed by John A. Marvin Of Bingham
ton, N. 7, general chairman Of the
boiler makers union.
There has been unprecedented de-
mand for workers recently in Seattle,
according to ]. 81. Shields, superin-
tendent Of the city employment office.
He was asked to provide 2,4O1 male
workers and 47S woman workers. The
demand from logging camps and other
Industries Of the Northwest keeps well
ahead Of the supply, he said.
Numerous strikes and repeated in
terruptions to production In the shoe
trade have accounted for the moving
Of q number Of New England shoe fac
tories to cities not 80 well known a.
shoe centers. The A. w. Herrick Shoe
company Of Haverhill, Mass, will
transfer its plants to Dover, N. 81.
The George Webber shoe interests
have transferred machinery from
Haverhill to Athol, Mass, while the
Ground Gripper Shoe company will
remove from Lynn to Roxbury.
An apparent Increase Of 3s6 per
cent in child labor over the CORE
spending period last year Il shown in
statistics made public by the children's
bureau Of the Department Of LaJor,
covering the first six months Of the
current year In thirty selected cities.
The survey r. based on the number Of
minors between the ages Of fourtees
and sixteen years who received flrst
working permits. u
The California State Federation Of
Labor held its twsnty-fourth annual
convention In Stockton. About 400
delegates attended.