Separatists Cause Rioting and Bloodshed in Principal German Cities
VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 262
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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
STATE OF CHAOS EXISTS IN VA
RIOUS GERMAN CITIES—RIOT
ING AND BLOODSHED ENSUE
PARIS, Oct. 26.—A Rhineland re
public today seems as far away as
ever for the Separationists. Their
recent conquests do not appear to
have sufficient force to hold the fields
they conquer. The Loyalists in the
presence of the complete apathy of the
general public seem to have no ditli
culty in regaining control, so that
when a balance is struck the Separa
tists are in much the same situation
today as they were yesterday. The
movement now apparently is confront
ed by the opposition of an indepen
dent republic, engineering by Burgo
meister Adenauer, of Cologne, and
fostered by the Reich which seeks to
divert the Separatists coup in its fa
vor. Practically all business has
come to a standstill and revolutions
appear to be the popular pastime.
Many Killed and Injured
PARIS, Oct. 26— A Hamburg dis
patch to the Journal says that 46 per
sons were killed and 230 wounded in
heavy fighting between the commu
nists and the police in the past two
days. The former lost 34 dead while
police casualties amount to ten.
Bloodshed at Cologne
COLOGNE, Oct. 26-—Four men were
injured and 17 men and women were
injured here yesterday in food riots
in the district inhabited by workmen
The police resorted to arms when c
number of women refused to disregari
an order to disband.
Demand Repeal of Martial Law
BERLIN, Oct. 26—Upholding th<
Central government in its controversy
with Bavaria, the Federal premiers ii
conference here last night demandei
the immediate repeal of martial lav
and the restoration of normal lega
procedure to avoid a recurrence o
such disputes as that between Mu
nich and Berlin which has threalenet
serious consequences.
Clashes with Police
COLOGNE, Oct. 26.—Clashes occur
red today between armed civilians anc
police following hoisting of the nev
Republican flag over the Rathaus
Communists March or. Berlin
COLOGNE, Oct. 26—A dispatch re
ceived here today from Berlin say:
that large bands of communists an
marching on the German capital an<
that police have been ordered out t<
intercept them. Government troop:
have occupied Corinth and the com
plete failure of the revolution is as
sured.
Republicans uosmg Ground
LONDON, Oct. 26.—Reports receiv
ed in Berlin indicate that Rhineianc
Republicans are losing ground. They
have been ejected from Coblenz witl
a loss of nine killed and scores wound
ed. Advices state they are beinf
driven from Dusseldorf and Crefield
Movement Has Spent Force
DUSSELDORF, Oct. 26.—The Re
publican movement has spent its ful
force according to meagre reports re
ceived here over the crippled win
systems, but the situation is still con
fused as they still hold some towns.
Heavy Fighting In Hamburg
BERLIN, Oct. 26— Heavy fightin*
is reported in Hamburg this morning
Reports from Bremen say that the pro
letarian military had forceed a gen
eral strike in that port.
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LONDON, Oct. 26— Premier Smuts,
of South Africa, called for a cont'ei
ence of world powers today to con
sider the whole European question,
which he declared to be too desper
ate to be dealt with by any subordi
■ date authorities or even to operate
under a reparations commission or
1 council of the league of nations.
SUM AS, Wn„ Oct. 26.Captain Low
! ell H. Smith and Lieut. John P. Rich
1 ter, U. S. army aviators, made a non
! stop flight from Tia Juana, Mexico,
| hopping off here at 6:36 this morning.
They went north over the Canadian
! line, turned south in a clear, wind
! less sky and darted for their destina*
‘ tion with chances favorable for a re
I cord trip. They expect to refuel in
the air over Eugene, Oi’e., and Sac
ramento, California.
Trip Made in Twelve Hours
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26.—From the
Canadian border to Mexico in twelve
, hours, with 1250 miles clipped off at
! the rate of more than 105 miles an
hour, taking fuel, gasoline, oil and
food while in the air, with never a
pause in their southward flight, was
the achievement of Capt. Smith and
Lieut. Richter when they passed San
Diego at 6:35 this evening, and con
tinued on to the international line,
where after circling the international
boundary above Tia Juana, they re
turned to the Rockwell field.
DETROIT, Oct. 26—“I am for Cal
1 vin Coolidge for President if he will
enforce the prohibition laws,” Henry
Ford is quoted as saying today, when
| a correspondent of a Detroit paper
’ asked him what he thought of the
1 third party that was organized this
week in Detroit.
“You can also say,” continued Mr.
Ford, “that I think the president is
going about the matter in the right
- way.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Eleven of
ficers among whom rest the respon
1 sibility for the wreck of seven de
stroyers at Point Honda, California,
: September 8, have been ordered tried
by a general court martial, headed by
Admiral Coontz, commander in chief
of the battle fleet.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26—Mrs. Harry
. Cook Cushing, formerly Catherine
. Vanderbilt, is a broken, nervous
wreck as a result of'lightning stroke.
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KCYSTONC VISW.CO, NtW YOUK
HENRY FORD AND HISTORIC INN RECENTLY PURCHASED BY HIM
Henry Ford, photographed in fro nt of teh historic Wayside Inn, at
Sudbury, Mass., which was made fam ous by the pen of Longfellow. Ford
recently purchased this inn and acco rding to reports, plans to turn it into
some sort of museum of national and historic interest.
Iffltt EXPLODES IT
H1IIM HDRSE SHI
ROME, Oct. 26.—According to a
[ dispatch to Messaggero, six grenades
I exploded at a military horse show at
Turin in the presence of Premier Mus
i solini. One lieutenant was seriously
; wounded while a sergeant and four
I privates were slightly hurt. It is un
j derstood that the grenades were to be
! be used in the performance but ex
I ploded prematurely.
HIED 1SE
MBS COUPLE
i DIVORCE
OMAHA, Oct. 26—Mrs. Emily Ma
rie, Brandeis, wife of E. J. Bandeis, i
millionaire resident of this state, anc
one of its richest men, has begun suh
for divorce against her husband. A1
though both variously have statec
they were married in New York anc
in Seattle, Mrs. Brandeis’ complain
says they were married in Seward
Alaska, June 15, 1922.
E. John Brandeis of New York City
was married to Emily Marie Ryan, o:
New York City, in Seward June 15 th
1922, U. S. Commissioner Dan J. Cor
coran performed the marriage cere
emony. U. S. Marshal H. P. Sullivar
and Assistant District Attorney Harrj
G. McCain were the only witnesses.
It is alleged that Brandeis and Miss
Ryan, both of whom were divorced
according to their affid^Tts at the
time of securing their license, came
to Seward June 10th, 1922, on the
yacht Silver Screen, Capt. Klein
schmidt, well known hunter and giude
in command. Officials allege thai
the girl, who posed as stenographei
to Mr. Brandeis, appealed to them tc
force Brandeis to marry her, stating
that he refused to do so, althougl
living together as man and wife. Th
Federal authorities interceded in the
girl’s behalf and it is alleged, despite
protestations on the part of the groom
forced him to marry her. The part)
sailed next day for the westward, and
at Unalaska and False Pass, had a se
rious quarrel with Kleinschmidt, whe
abandoned the boat and returned tc
New York. The Brandeis party latei
returned to Seattle.
BANKS CLOSED TOMORROW
Owing to tomorrow being a National
Holiday the Bank of Seward will be
closed all day.
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COOLIE ASSURED OF
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Formei
Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania, E
i. Stotesbury, a Philadelphia capital
ist, W. R. Wrigley, chewing gum mil
lionaire; James Stanley De Never
a capitalist; and Frank Stearns, o
Boston, in a conference here today
assured President Coolidge of the sup
port of the Old Guard in the Repub
lican organization.
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 26
, “I’d be better off in hell than th<
way I am,” wrote Miss Mary Horn
gring, an attractive 23-year-old divor
cee, to her mother, then killed her
l self, as she sat in an auto alongside
Avery Austin, her fiancee. She claim
j ed Austin, also divorced, had beei
, | paying marked visits to his forme
j wife.
Austin is a brother to Lonnie Aus
, tin, a fight promoter. The girl wa
a sister to Deputy Sheriff Lee.
LLOYD GEORGE CALLS ON
HUGES AND PRESI DENI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Lloy<
George arrived today and called upoi
Secretary Hughes and dined witl
President Coolidge. He will call 02
Woodrow Wilson later at his home.
FRANCE WILL IGNORE GERMAN
REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE
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PARIS, Oct. 26.—France will ignon
, Germany’s last request for resumptioi
of conferences for a settlement of tin
reparations problem, Premier Poin
2 care told the cabinet today.
Marching on Dusseldorf
BRUSSELS, Oct. 26—Four thousam
Separatists from Crefold are march
ing on Dusseldorf today. Crefold fel
into the hands of the Separatists thii
afternoon. The Separatists have com
pelled the newspapers to stop publi
cation.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
Ketchikan, Oct. 25.—Fish ,prices tc
day, Oct. 26, fresh halibut 17 and 1!
No fish offered Monday,*(Jet 22.
Juneau^—Halibut 13^ and 8% cts
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II POINT OP BEITH
SEATTLE, Oct. 26—Ezra Meeke: !
who drove over the Oregon trail in
1849, in a prairie schooner pulled by
a yoke of oxen, is in a life and death
battle with influenza. Mr. Meeker j
for the past 15 years has toured the
west and the eastern states in a re
plica of the vehicle he first drove west
in, selling photographs and appearing
at county fairs.
| LONDON, Oct. 26.—In correspon
i dence issued by the foreign office to
| night, the British government seized
the occasion of the first public state
ment by President Coolidge on the sit
uation in Europe, to send another for
j ing an invitation to the Washington
government to operate in a new series
: of conferences in an attempt to set
j tie the reparations question definitely.
Lord Curzon requests American par
ticipation in any form, either official
or unofficial. *
In his I’eply Secretary Hughes de
clares that the United States is will
ing to take part in an economic con
ference in which all European allies
chiefly are concerned, in the German
reparations problem, and will partici
pate in the same for the purpose of
ascertaining Germany’s ability to pay
and to formulate an appropriate plan
for the payment.
PUS1 UF-MCt tit. CLUiitU
The postoffice will be closed all day
tomorrw, Navy Day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The Fed
' eral Power Commission acted favora
' bly today on the application of Sut
ton, McNear and Daugherty, of New
1 York for a license to construct 20,000
r horsepower electrical project on Cas
cade Creek 22 miles from Petersburg,
' Alaska, the power to be used in the
3 manufacture of pulp and paper.
BONAR LAW NEAR DEATH
LONDON, Oct. 26.—Bonar Law, who
has been ill for several months with
cancer of the throat, Is at the point
I of death, his condition growing worse
t hourly.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Several
miles of corridors and inside rooms of
the capitol group of buildings were
plunged into darkness when a squir
l rel from the White House grounds
- scampered into the basement of the
l capitol building and became entangled
5 in the delicate electrical wiring sys
- tem.
Troops Mobilizing in Saxonia
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—Eighty railway
trains loaded with Richswehr, about
- 50,000 troops, have armed in Saxonia
5 to put down an attempt at a Soviet
rebellion in the so-called Red citadel
Jof Germany.
CHARGED WITH ENTERING INTO
CONSPIRACY TO RECEIVE
HUGE BRIBES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26—Director
Forbes of the Veterans’ Bureau this
afternoon was charged before the Sen
ate investigating committee with en
tering into a conspiracy with contrac
tors, from whom he was to receive
$50,000 per hospital for awarding con
tracts to favored groups.
While on alleged trips of inspection
of hospitals from coast to coast, it
was read into the records that Forbes
was a participant in wild parties at
which liquor flowed for both men and
women. The affadavits were filed by
Ellis H. Mortimer, vice president of
the Philadelphia and Columbia rail
road.
Mortimer, when questioned by the
Senate committee of investigation,
concerning a story of narcotics held
at the bureau’s depot at Camp Perry,
Maryland, said that Forbes had told
him that he would clean up a nice pile
of money on them.
Senator Tasker Oddle asked Morti
mer whether in his opinion Forbes
meant that there would be a traffic in
narcotics to get the money mentioned
and Mortimer answered, “yes, sir.’’
It is also alleged that principals of
the Thompson-Black Company loaned
$32,000 to Forbes while he was a di
rector of the Veterans’ Bureau, at a
time when the company was seeking a
contract for the construction of a gov
ernment hospital.
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Records Show Was Divorced
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—It was disclos
ed tonight that Former Director
Forbes of the Veterans’ Bureau, now
under fire at Washington on charges
of graft in connection with awarding
contracts for government hospitals,
was secretly divorced by Kate Forbes
in the King County Superior Court 10
days ago, on the grounds of cruelty
and personal indignities to plaintiff.
Juicy Scandal Is Promised
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The Sen
ate investigation of the Veterans’ Bu
reau as administered by Director
Forbes, now promises to develop one
of the greatest government scandals
of a decade. Immediate criminal pros
ecution of Forbes is demanded by the
Committee. Chairman Reed of Penn
sylvania, said the committee looks to
the department of justice to do its
duty and that the duty is obvious.
If the Attorney General has not act
ed before the committee reports it will
go before congress.
Declare an Autonomous State
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The German
| Palatinate declared for an autonomous
| state say sa Central News dispatch
j from Berlin, according to a procla
mation. Palatint bids its seld to hold
' secure the safety of France and agrees
; to assume its share of German repa
rations.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 26.—“For God’s
sake let us have a committee of mer
cy in the world to put an end to the
coming war which is clouding the fir
mament of G6d’s sky,” Lloyd George
exclaimed here today.