Juneau Empire from Juneau, Alaska • 1

THE ALASKA AILY EMPIRE THE NEWS ALL THE VOL. NO. 2452. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1921.

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. PRICE TEN CENTS. GOVERNOR ARRIVES HERE MYSTERY SHIP IS SIGHTED ON ATLANTIC OCEAN Another Clew Perhaps Given to Mysterious Happening on the Sea. BOSTON. July the stories of mysterious ships on the Atlantic Ocean, Herbert W.

Wallace, captain of the United States Shipping Board's steamer Craig Crownie reported today upon arrival here that he had sighted an unidentified steamer, traveling out running lights, off the New Jersey coast. The vessel circled his ship then slowed down and stopped. The Craig Crownie continued on the voyage leaving the mystery behind. Mystery Developes. The report of the sighting of the mysterious ship attain reverts to past incidents which culminated on June 21 when the State Department and the Department of Commerce, through all foreign officials, began reeking information concerning the fate of crews of many missing vessels and especially the American schooner Carol A.

Deering, which was found January 31, 1921, ashore, with all sails set, but none of the1 crew found nor have they been located to date. On April 11 a message was picked up 111 cl UUIUC Il-ni as follows: captured by oil burn-; ing boat something like chaser, tak-; ing off everything, handcuffing crew C'rew hiding all over ship. No chance to make escape. Finder please not-! ify headsuarters of The Carol A. Deering carried a motor lifeboat and a dory, but neither of them has been picked upj and no trace of the crow found.

Announcement Sent Broadcast. The evidence on which this announcement was whs collected! by hgents bf the State The announcement hajS been spread broadcast over the world, and every consular and diplomatic officer of the United StateE has bdbn lo keep a sharp lookout for' any member of the crew. The identity of two of the ships which the Department of Commerce said had disappeared under peculiar circumstances off the Atlantic Coast is still a mystery. The department has a long list of ships that have been posted as missing since Jan. 1, but this list includes the naines of only two American schooners, in addition to the steamer Hewitt.

If pirates are or have been at' work this Government will not work alone in its investigation. through which all of the vessels! were insured, the Britisli Govern-j ment and the consular offices of other nations also are taking a deep' interest. The list of missing ships reported I to the department shows that if pi-! rates have been at work they showed an impartial attitude in regard! to the nationality of the vessels they took over. The list contains ships (Continued on Page Eight.) 1 I Yukon Territory Votes Wet in Special Election i DAWSON, July 13. The Yukon Territory voted over- whelmingly In favor of import- ing liquor for beverages purposes In the government plebiscite held last Monday.

George P. McKenzie, chief executive, said that the United States em- hargo on shipments of liquor I through its territory may vent much importation as the 1 only means of shipping freight to the Yukon is through Alaska. BOLUS MAKES REPLY ON THE BONUSREQUEST National Adjutant of Ameri can Legion Comments on Hardme Message. GREAT FARRS, July National Adjutant HolleR, of the American Region, common ling today on President Harding's message to the Senate yesterday on the soldiers' bonus law, said: "If the payment of the bonus would mean financial ruin to the country, we certainly do not want Holies added that he did not believe the granting of adjusted compensations would bring such a disaster. Holies expressed approval of the disarmament conference.

HAVE MAJORITY VOTE. WASHINGTON, July leaders claim they have a large majority of the votes pledged already to lay aside the bonus bill in accordance with the expressed1 wish of President Harding. All opponents concede this. Disarmament Conference Pleases Japan and Italy TOKIO, July receipt of President Harding's communication regarding a disarmament conference, it was announced by Japanese naval authorities "that the invitation was ITALY APPROVES. ROME, Jnly Foreign Minister, has the American Embassy that the disarmament conference "meets with the full approval of the Italian REPLIES IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July 13. The State Department this afternoon announced the receipt of Italy's acceptance of the disarmament conference proposal. Japan and China remain to be heard from. IDENTITY OF BODIES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED AS PRISONERS OF WAR, IN MANY CASES UNCERTAIN BERLIN, July work of exhuming the bodies pf the American j.Ol soldiers who died as prisoners of war in Germany has developed such difficulties Home uncertainty attaches to the identity of the few which have been unearthed from among the unnamed German and other dead in the cemeteries near the old prison camps. Many of the graves were un marked and the names of the men buried some places were un known, so that much guesswork entered into the task of the American Graves Registration Service, in charge of two American army officers, which has superintended the operations.

"The bodies exhumed comprise what are thought to be the remains of American soldiers who died in said a member of the Registration Service. "We have shipped 15 from Leipsig to Antwerp for transportation to America. Our operations have been carried out in Strasbourg, Btockach (on the northern end of Lake Lindau am-Qodcnsec, Munich, Darmstgflt, Coblenz, Stuttgart and Hlndeburg, To exhume and remove the single soldier buried near a flower-covered grave shaded by chestnut It was necessary to obtain permission from the Interallied High Commission at Appeln, the Polish representative there, the head of German Self-Defense organizations. and the leader of Polish insurgAits. for the grave was In tern tory held by Polish insurgents and the trucks of the Americans had to pass between lines of fighting Germans and Poles.

A member of the American mili tary mission in Berlin negotiated and obtained assurances that the American party would not be molested. Two bodies were exhumed near Berlin, one at Tuchel, Poland, and another near Dresden. The work of the section, it is expected, will be completed about July 15. Captain' Eugene M. Dwyer and Captain G.

Cole have conducted the work with a civilian personnel of 24 men, com prising chauffeurs, embalmers and technical assistants. HARDING WITH ALASKANS SAYS GOVERNOR BONE Governor Says Administration Has Welfare of Territory at Heart. Bringing a message of good cheer and assurance of active interest of the Harding Administration in the welfare of Alaska, Gov. Scott C. Bone arrived in Juneau today to begin his own administration as Governor of the Territory.

"I am convinced that the Territory is on the eve of a revival in all lines and that its development in the next few years will be substantial, on a sound basis and promoted by the initiative of the said Gov. Bone in an Interview given a representative, of The Empire this afternoon. Freedom From Bureaucracy. The thing of greatest interest per-; haps, was Gov. Bone's statement that the Administration at Washington is going to eliminate virtually all of Alaska's or bureaucracy.

The plan, he said, is to have Congress enact 1 legislation which will bestow on the President all of the authority now possessed and exercised by the bureaus. Such Is the intent of the measure recently introduced by Sen ator Cummins, said Gov. Bone, who believes that the Cummins' bill or a similar one will be enacted In the; not distant future. Interest Is Common. Interest being shown) in Washington is common to ail de partments," said Governor Bone President is deeply concerned about the Territory.

So are the Cabinet members, whose departments are connected with it. Congress is actively interested in the Territory, also. Both Senator Harry S. New, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories, and Rep resentative Charles F. Curry, Chairman of the similar House commit tee, are working together on legis lation designed to remedy the situation as far as the Federal Government is concerned.

38 bureaus now administer ing Federal regulations in Alaska and in charge of Federal affairs here are, I am sure, going to be made into one. I have said in other places that the 38 governing Federal bureaus are just 37 too Bureaucracy is going to be cast aside, he said, and in its place will come individual initiative and a restoration of the pioneer spirit which has been largely shackled under bu Resources to Be Developed. expect to see material development in pulp end paper he stated. Her coal fields, her oil lands, and all of her great natural resources are capable of and will receive development by individual initiative. Private capital is interested in Alaska.

The press of the country are showing ever-in creasing interest. These are some of the encouraging he said. Refused Appointment Once. is my first official position in any capacity under the govern- he continued. am a newspaper man and have been for 40 years.

I was offered the Governorship several months ago and refused It at that time, because I knew con dltlons. But when I realized that there was going to be a change of system by which Alaska might be really developed, when the position was re-offered to me, I accepted. I would not have done so, had I not been convinced that something was at last about to be done for the Territory. Its history for many years past has contained much that is tragic. It has been neglected and placed off alone.

But I am certain that these conditions are at last to be remedied. To Meet People. am glad to be here and I am going to get closely in touch with the people of the he said. am not going to be a party to any factions nor to allow the aim in view, that is the development of the Territory's resources, to be lost sight of by the little inconsequental things. It is the best things, the wprth-while things, which believe are for the welfare of the Territory, to which I will devote my Oovernor Bone stated that he would probably be here for two or three weeks and would then leave for a trip into the Interior, going to Fairbanks.

Nenana and coming back by way of the Western coast, stopping at Cordova, Valdez, Seward, An i chorage and those districts. The time of his departure depends to 1 (Continued on Pace Right.) I GOVERNOR SCOTT C. BONE New Chief Executive of Alaska who arrived in Juneau this forenoon. EXPLOSIVES ARE FOOND IN CACHE IN DEPOSIT BOX Convict Tips Off Dynamite I and Nitroglycering Cache in Big Eastern Bank. PHILADELPHIA, July glycerine and dynamite have been found cached in a lady's handbag in a safe deposit box of one of the city's largest banks.

Detectives received a tip concerning the cache from a letter from Joseph Barger, convicted recently in Cleveland for safe blowing. Barger wrote from the penitentiary where he is serving his sentence, i that he would not bo out for many years and he was worrying every day In fear something would happen to explode the nitroglycerine. He stated thousands of Innocent persons 1 would he killed If the stuff exploded. He then gave the box number In the safe deposit bank and the detective found the cache. German Destroyer Sunk By Bombs from Air Fleet NEWPORT NEWS, July 13.

Army bombing planes demonstrated their effectiveness in land plane operations today when In operating against surface craft they sank the German destroyer Fifty Million Dollar Pool Formed in East CHICAGO. July was an-' nounced heretoday that a $50,000,000 livestock pool has been subscribed by bankers at a recent conference and will be operating next Monday, VICTORY OVER KEMAL PASHA IS PREDICTED lommander-in-Chief of Greek Army Says He Will Win Offensive. rURKISH KEMALISTS DUE FOR A DEFEAT Barits to Show World that Horrible Turk Can Be Crushed to Earth. PARIS, July 13. A dispatch rom Angier says a column of Turksh Nationalists have attacked the Ireeks west of Brussia.

in Asiaflinor. It is claimed the Greeks vere forced to ret1.eat with heavy osscs. SMYRNA. July 13. A complete! ictory of the Hellenic arms over he Kernalists of Turkey in the next iffensive was predicted today by dnjor General Anastasios he commander in chi'cf of the Greek orcea In Anatolia.

llis army, he declared, had been I monnously strengthened since the epulse at Kskishehr, and only by rure chance could the Turks now he mcceasful. He further stilted tliat ris troops outnumbered the Kamel sts by almost three to one and that ris army was so mobile that it could ittack at any point along the 500tilometer front. The Greek generalissimo. whose ipirearance suggests the old Civil A'ar type of soldier, received the in the ancient Turkish oarracks overlooking Smyrna JiarDor. lie had just finislied admonishng a group of officers, telling them -hat they must put aside factional political feelings, think only of the good of their country and leave poli(Contlnued on Page Two.) FIFTY THOUSAND 1 EXPRESS MEN TO HAVE WAGES CUT Reduction Effective on August I of Six Cents an Hour Is Authorized.

CHICAGO, July employees of ihe American ltailway Express Company will receive wage reductions of six cents an hour beginning August 1. This is according to a decision of the ('lilted States Hallway Labor Board. The Express Company officials stated no reduction In express rates was contemplated at this time. It is estimated that $8,000,000 will be sliced from the annual labor bill owing to the re-j ductlon in wages. Two Murder Suspects Placed Under Arrest EL CENTRO.

July 13 -J F. Murphy and J. H. Williams have been arrested hero at the request uf Texas authorities In connection withllie killing of the engineer on a train near El Faso, Texas, itev-j oral days ago. Seven Hundred Men Are Fighting 7 Forest Fires SANTA BARBARA, July 13 -Seven hundred men are today! lighting seven forest tires covering a total of 100,000 acres in San Luis: Obispo County.

Fire Destroys Sawmill In B. Loss $75,000 PORT ALBKRNL July 13. Fire today destroyed the MllroyMiKay Lumber mill together with 1,500,000 feet of lumber. The loss Is estimated at $75,000, HUNDREDS GREET BONE; RECEPTION TO BE TONIGHT Admiral Line Dock Crowded with Juneau People Welcoming Governor Bone. BOATS ESCORT STEAMER FROM LOWER CHANNEL Reception to Be Held at Hall Beginning at 8:45 This Evening.

Hundreds of people filled the Ad mlral Line dock this morning and I'heered Governor Scott C. Bone as he hade hiH way down the gangplank from the City of Seattle. Sounding jut clear above the cheers and music was the strident greeting of the Moose, given by a strong delegation from the local lodge, under the lead srshlp of Dictator S. Wallstedt. Governor Bone was the first ishore from the City of Seattle, icknowledglng the greetings with bows and smiles.

He was met on aoard ship by Acting Governor R. J. Sommers and Mayor R. E. who accompanied him to the lock.

At the foot of the gangplank le was greeted by S. Wallstedt, Die oi rno local moose taiage, ot which organization Governor Bone a member, and by members of the committee on arrangements, repre- 1 renting the Juneau and Douglas Republican Clubs. After meeting these, Uovernor Bone also shook hands with a number of others standing near. Mrs. Bone and Miss Marguerite, who followed the Governor off ship, were met by committees ind accompanied to waiting automobiles.

H. K. Thlete, the fourth mem ber of the party, was also taken care if by the committee. Reception This Evening A reception to Governor Bone lls. family will be held this evening it Hall, under the auspices of lie Juneau and Douglas Republican Hubs, beginning at 8:45 o'clock.

4hor( talks will be made, 'ollowed by a response from the Govirnor. After these have been conjluded, the people will be given an ipportunity to meet Governor Bone ind his family. Plans Carried Out The plans made In detail for meetng the City of Seattle were carried iut by the committee. The Explorer, with the Gastlneau Channel Band ind a large crowd of citizens, met he stelmer down the Channel and iscorted it to the dock. The Exilorer tied up ahead of the City of Seattle and the committee and band nade Its way to the dock to await he arrival of the Governor's party.

the steamer approached the dock. Jovernor Bone, with his wife and laughter, In the midst of a number other passengers, were seen standng on the upper forward deck, reiponding with raised hat and waiv ng handkerchief to greetings shout rrom tne (lock. Regal Takes Part The Biological Survey boat Regal, lolned In the greeting to Governor Done this morning. This vessel picked up a number of people from Douglas and accompanied the Ex idorer down the Channel and with ship escorted the City of Seattle tp the Channel to the dock. Parade Forms Immediately after, debarking, the Governor's party was Escorted to (Continued on Page Eight.) Gov.

Bone Hu Word For Local Moose From Grand Dictator The first man to shake hands with Governor Scott C. Bone i after he came off the City of Seattle this morning was Sigurd Wallstedt. Dictator of the local lodge Loyal Order of Moose. As they grasped each other's hands Governor Bone informed Mr. Wallstedt that he had a message to the local Moose from Grand Dictator James J.

Davis. Mr Davis, who Is Secretary of Labor In President Cabinet, has been an ardent I Moose for many years. Governor Bone, en route from Washington to the West, went by the way of Mooseheart and was InI Itiated Into the order. He In- I formed Mr. Wallstedt that he would deliver the Grand Dicta- tor's message at the earliest op- portumty..