THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”

LAST OF FLYERS ON NORTH TRIP PASSES JUNEAU

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Capt. St. Clair Street Sails High Over Juneau on Way

To Join Comrades.

FAST TIME BY PLANE 4

63 Miles Made in 39 Minutes —Three Machines Pass

Over Skagway. Passing high over Juneau, Capt.

St. Clair Street, commander of the

planes making the New York-to- Nome flight brought up the rear

guard of the flight. The last of the planes passed over

Juneau at 10:35 this morning at an

altitude estimated to he more than

5,000 feet. It followed practically the same course as tlie throe machines making the flight yesterday, swing- ing up Gastlneau Channel from Ad-

miralty Island and continuing west-

ward, to swing again toward Skag- wtiy.

Capt. Street took the air at Wran-

gell shortly before !) o'clock tills

morning, his time from the hop-off1 Ing virtually the same

companions yesterday. He should arrive al Whitehorse early this afternoon. From Whitehorse the planes sMUl jump to Dawson. From Dawson tljey go to Fairbanks where a big celebration has been

•planned in their honor. At Fairbanks, all kinds of sup-

plies have been assemble^ for their use; new Liberty motors for th"

planes, repair parts of many kinds,

oil. etc. If it should be necessary for them to change motors the planes, will probably remain at Fairbanks for several days. Leaving there,

they are scheduled to stop next at

Ruby and from there will jump to their destination al Nome. The re-

turn trip will he made over the same route as that taken going in. No date has been set for the hopoff at Nome.

PERFECT TAKEOFF

WRANGELL. Aug. 17.—Capt. St. Clair Street, piloting the last New York-to-Nome plane to leave here, made a perfect take-off at 8:50 this

morning from the landing field at

Sergief Island. He expected to fly over Juneau on his way to White- horse.

THREE PASS SKAGWAY

SKAGWAY, Alaska, Aug. 1G. —

Flying at an altitude of about GOO

feet. Plane No. 4. of the Alaska Fly- ing Squadron, passed over this (own at 3:33 p. m. today. The plane came

directly up the Channel nnd turned up Broadway, following the rails of the White Pass Railroad up toward

the pass and out of sight. Virtually everyone in Skagway

turned out to see the planes. Whist- les and bells greeted the aerial voy- agers as they winged their way northward and westward. Plane No. 4 passed Summit, 20 miles up (he railroad exactly 20 minutes after

passing over Skagway. It evidently picked up speed after leaving Sum- mit as it was reporled over Car-

cross. 63 miles away, 39 minutes afterward.

The other New York-to-Nome ma-j chines were observed high over the i mountains at 4:40 p. m. It is estim-j nted that they must have been at ! least 8,000 feet high as one peak is

6,500 feet high and both planes were

above it.

Shipwrecked Seaman Goes Insane; Mate on Alaska

CORDOVA. Aug. 17.—One of the

two seamen to arrive at this place from the halibut fishing vessel C.joa of Seattle, recently wrecked near! Cape Suckling, has gone insane 'tand is being cared for by the authorities. I The other is on the Alaska on the j way south. Three other members of the Cjoa crew have not arrived here |

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Reorganization of Bureau Of Immigration Is Ordered WASHINGTON. Aug. 17— Assist -j

ant Secretary of Labor Louis F. Post j today ordered complete reorganiza- tion of the Bureau of Immigration following recent charge# that the Bu reau was permeated with anarchistic doctrlnes.

IGNACE PADEREWSKI

Ignace Paderewski, former Pol- ish Premier, who recently pre- sented Poland’s case before the Council of Ambassadors at Pari*.

DELEGATE^ILL TELL OF NEEDS

OF TERRITORY Fisheries Situation, Roads,

Gold Bonus Will Be Dis cussed by Grigsby.

JOHN R. WINNTO PRESIDE

Mass Meeting at Coliseum This Evening Attract-

ing Much Interest.

Among the subjects which will he discussed by Delegate George It.

Grigsby tonight at the Coliseum mass meeting, all of which pertain to Alaska, will he several of vital

importance to all Alaskans. Chief of them will lie the fisheries situa- tion, transportation, including roads and trails, and the gold bonus.

The meeting is sot to open at 8 o’clock this evening. Final arrange- ments as announced this morning include J. Latmirr Gray and W. W.

Casey, Democratic candidates for

Representatives, among those on the

platform. The meeting will he pre- sided over by Judge John K. Winn.

As this Is Delegate Grigsby's first

public utterance in Juneau since tiis return from Washington, he will give a resume of the work he undertook and what lie accomplished for the people of Alaska its their Representative at th<* National capi- tal. lie will also outline plans for future legislation both for the un-

expired portion of his present term

and tiie next two years’ term for which he is seeking re-election.

Tennessee Coai Operators Arrested; Others in Danger

KNOXVILLE. Tonn., Aug. 17. Nine additional warrants for the arrest of men charged with profit- eering in coal were Issued here to-

day in eonnertiop witli the investi- gation now being made by Federal! and State authorities. Announce- ment was made that the total will! reach more titan a hundred before I the inquiry is concluded.

BOSTON. Aug. 17.—An increased tendency toward profiteering, -es-

pecially in the meat and produce business, is noted in a report of the State Commission on Necessaries of Life covering the six months ending July 31. The report suggests that it is either “because of the fact that dealers in the necessaries of life are no longer in fear of prose- cution,” or because they ‘‘feel a cer- tain justification because of the enormous profits made in other lines of business.”

The cost of living in Massachu- setts has increased 102.8 per cent., since 1013, according to the com-

missioners.

$300,000 LOSS BY FIRE

SACRAMENTO. Aug. IB. — Fire here yesterday destroyed a rooming house and three other large build- ings. entailing a loss of more than $300,000.

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Soviet Drive on Warsaw Checked At Very Gates of Polish Capital

GERMAN AERIAL SERVICE AIDING BOLSHEVIK ARMY

Teuton Pilots Apprising Red Invaders of Polish Moves

Near Prussian Frontier.

MUNITIONS SUPPLIED

French Foreign Office Ad- vised Stores Smuggled

to Soviet Forces.

(By The Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 17. — The French

Foreign Office lias been advised that a German aerial service lias been organized to supply Russian Soviet staffs with military information con-

ccrliig Polish strategic moves that German pilots may perceive from the air.

The Russians also are being sup- plied with munitions and food across the East Prussian traBtien where the contending Russian and Polish armies are locked in death struggle, according to Information received by the Foreign Office.

JOHAN NISI! ERG, East Prussia, Aug. 17.—(Ry the Associated Press) --German communists on the East Prussian frontier and sympathizers with the Russian Bolsheviki are

elateii by rcp(?its from Polish sources

of continued Bolshevik victories along the entire northern front. To-

day there were indications that they have assumed an aggressive attitude toward the security police and the Inter-allied control officers.

Germans Attempt Entry. Confidential information from the

northern reaches of the frontier dis- closed that there had been several

attempts on the part of Germans to enter Russia and it is believed a

number of them have succeeded in their efforts. A British frontier of- ficer arrived hero with the report, that at one station on tho frontier a German officer with four of his soldiers had deliberately attempted to pass the border guards, saying he believed in the Bolsheviki and wanted to fight for them*

Control officers along the whole frontier are known to he ready to’

leave their posts on a moment’s no-

tice. They say that they will go in tlie event of a Russian invasion or

a serious uprising, and it is be- lieved these are their orders.

Poles Aid Reds, Claim. Reports from back of the Russian

lines say that many Poles have taken tip arms with the Soviet forces. Among these are soldier

prisoners set free. German agents say also that it is known a large percentage of the population of un-

eonquered Poland is only awaiting the opportunity to give Bolshevism armed support.

Less Than One Per Cent of American Draft Deserters

WASHINGTON', Aug. 17.—Less than one per rent of the 24.000,000 Americans registered under the draft act have been chargeable with wilful desertion, the War Depart- ment announced today. The total number so charged Is 173,911.

The Department will soon an-

nounce names of those branded as

deserters and will ask the coopera- tion of all loyal citizens In appre- hending them.

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Recognition Irish Republic Urged By K. of C. Officers

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NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—The Su-

preme officers of the Kuiglits of Columbus yesterday sent to Sec re I tary of State Bain bridge Colby reso-

lutions urging that the United State, recognize the Irish Republic without delay. Copies of the Resolution also were sen! to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CONFERENCE WHICH MAY DECIDE FATE OF THE WORLD

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(left'to Right) David LloydoeorgC^remier of Lngiand, Sir Henry WilsOn, chief of the British military establishment, and Marshal Foch of France discussing- disposition of Allied forces in event armed inter- vention in the Russian-Polish crisis is forced.

ENORMOUS CORN CROP FORECAST

Three Billion Bushels in Sight for Third Time

in U. S. History. WSIIINGTON, Auk. 17.—A three

billion bushel coni crop for the

third time in history was forecast' today bj the Department of Agri- culture on conditions existing

August 1 As August is the eritieal month for the crop, it in uncertain whether the promise of a crop al-

most equal to those of 1912 and 1!(17 will be fulUUed. Improvement was reported during July In the im-

portant corn states with the excep- tion of Illinois and a crop forecast 224,000,(MM) bushels larger than pr dieted July 1 was Issued.

Spring wheat was adversely af

fected during July, prinelpully by rust, and the production forecast was reduced 29,000.000 bushels from a month ago or to 262,000,000 bushels. The preliminary estimate

of winter wheat was llj.000.0oo bushels larger than forecast in July, making the combined wheat crop

only 14,000,000 bushels smaller than estimated a month ago. The

total of 795,000,000 bushels was

predicted. There was improvement in the

potato crop and indications are that

the crop will exceed 400,000,. bushels for the fourth time in the

country's history. Tobacco bus shown additional im-

provement and probabilities are

that it will exceed the record crop

of i :> 18 by about 200,000.000 pounds. Tot at 1 production is fore-

cast at 1,544,000,900 pounds.

Wholesale Liquor Thefts Revealed When 10 Arrested

-- i ST. Doris. Aug. 17.—A conspiracy

through which liquor valued at $660. 000 was fraudulently removed from a bonded warehouse at Owensboro. Kentucky, was revealed by a raid

here yesterday in which a deputy constable and ten others were at-

tested and whiskey valued at $19.V 000 was recovered.

Famine Paper Prices Force Red Cross Journal to Quit

WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.—"Famine prices" on print paper has forced the American Red Cross to suspend publication of the Red Cross maga-

zine it was announced here today.

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Latest Bulletins

By Special Cable

CHICAGO, Aug, i7.—Twenty six

persons were killed and many in-

jured when a Chicago interurban

train, southbound, jumped the track near South Bend, Indiana, today.

NEW YORK, Aug. ',7.--Coast wise

longshoremen, who ha je been on

strike since April 1, today voted to 1

return to work.

Federal Board to Open Ship-Selling Campaign

WASHINGTON, Aug 17. Admiral William S. Benson, Chairman of the Uniter Slates Shipping Board, today announced that preparations for the rale of government owned ships would begin immediately. An ex-

tensive advertising campaign is plan- ned, with special reference to the wooden ships of which the govern- ment owns more than 1.500,000 tons.

Irish Mayor Found Guilty Sedition, Taken to England CORK. Ireland, Aug. 17 Terrance

MacSweeney, Lord Mayor of Cork, who was arrested last Thursday with ten otliers while attending a stssion of Hie Sinn Fein court here, was

found guilty of sedition by a court martial hoard and was at once tak- en aboard a Hritisii destroyer for

deportation to England. The prisoners have refuson food

since they were taken into custody and placed In the military b-1 tracks I here. i

Government Will Pay Out $900,000,000 Next Month

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 Govern- ment expenditures during September will Jump $900,000,000. Treasury of-

ficials announced today, stating that about two thirds of this sum repre- sents payments to railroads of rent als accruing through government op- eration of the roads.

Princess Mary Due Tonight With 8 Juneau Passengers

Ketchikan, Aug. 17.—The Princess j Mary sailed North at midnight las! j night with the following pa .engers

for Juneau: F. R. Ooudert. F It. Coiidert, Jr.. P. I!. Comlert. Mr. and Mrs. T. M Hunt. Henry Shatturk, Mr. aud Mrs. S. J. TUden.

FABULOUSLY RICH STRIKE REPORTED

Gold Ore, Running Several Thousand Dollars to Ton,

Found at Funter Bay. That Charles Ottesen. operating

mining property at Funter Hav. has made a fabulously rich strike of gold quartz is the news brought to this

city by recent arrivals from that

place. The ore is said to run well into the thousands of dollars per ton in gold values and is now being sacked and carried to tide water for

shipment for treatment for the ex-

traction of gold. It Is said that Mr. Ottesen, who

has held the property for a number of years, lias run an extension of a

tunnel that was run several years ago to crosscut some ore veins. After going only a short distance a

new vein of rich quartz was un-

covered far surpassing: anything yet found in that vicinity. Mining men

who have visited the property lately arc enthusiastic over the rock, but do not know what size the vein is or

how far it has been tr.c ed Mr. Ottesen. with Ills son-in-law.

f. I,. Tubbs, has been working on

the Funter Hay claim teadlly all summer. Doth are still there. The claims are near those of the Admir-

alty Alaska Gold Mining Company property In Funter Hay. on which ex-

tensive development work is now be- ing done.

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U. S. Vessels Ask Police Aid in Subduing Mutiny

LONDON', Aug. 17. The American steamer Hoxie. enroute from Nor- j folk. Va., to Copenhagen, today seat

a wireless message to the Da a is ii police at Copenhagen, appealing for held to subdue a mutiny aboard. Armed motorboats were sent out in answer to the appeal, hut no trace of the vessel has since been re-

ported.

“Patriot Poet” Arrested For Violating Censorship

WASHINGTON?" Aug 17 Pabio Pailio, "the patriot poet and two

other journalists are being held by the Cnitcd States marine authorities in San Domingo for trial by court martial on charges of violating cer- tain rules of the censorship, accord- ing to information received here.

The Havana Press club has asked President Wilson to intervene.

POLISH COUNTER OFFENSIVE PUTS

REDS TO FLlSIfr Invaders Falling Back in

Confusion Under Poles’ Sledge-Hammer Blows

CAVALRY COVERS ROUT

Red Horsemen Turn Tail After Penetrating Out- skirts of Beleagured City. WARSAW, Aug. 17.—The Russian

Bolshevlki drive on Warsaw has been checked at the very gates of the cap- ital and the Soviet forces are falling back in confusion under the aledge hammer blows of Gen. Pllsudskt’s counter offensive.

Yesterday the city’s capture seemed only a matter of hours. Today the Red cavalry which had penetrated to the outskirts less than ten miles from the heart of the city, Is fighting desperately to cover the retreat of the disorganized Bolshevlki army.

Polish victories at every point are

reported In today’s communique from the Polish War Office.

MOSCOW, Aug. 17. — After October 1. government shipments, consignments of authorized private merchandise and goods from natlon- ulized factories will he carried free on railroads throughout Russia. Workmen or families on leave or

changing their place of employment, invalids, students and workmen en- route to congresses will not be asked to pay transportation.

Great Britain May Proclaim Siege in Danzig Territory

BKIM.1N .Aug. 17.— (Ily the As- sociated Press.)- Private advices from Danzig predict that (Ireat Bri- tain will in ail probability be forced to proclaim a state of siege over the territory of the free’city should the Soviet army enter the Polish corridor.

The fact that large Rtores belong- ing to Poland are held in the hur- bor basis Is believed to furnish th» Bolshcvlkl with the pretext for the advance.

An American business man pass- ing through Berlin declared Ameri- can mail and telegrams were being miscarried and delayed because they were addressed "Danzig, Poland.”

Whether that port still Is avail- able for American and other liners in view of the present political situ- ation Is a mater of conjecture.

Danzig is overcrowded with Pol- ish and Russian emigrants seeking an opportunity to embark for the United States.

Stern Policy Against Labor Intervention to Be Adopted LONDON. Aug. 17.—Premier Da-

vid Lloyd George, speaking In the House of Commons yesterday on the Kussiaii-Polish crisis and the Brit- ish Goverinment's course said the Government had made clear to Gen. Wrangel. anti-Bolshevist leader In Sou t ti Russia, that further ataeks on the Bolsheviki would be on his own responsibility.

Replying to questions concerning Ilabor’s ultimatum against war with Russia with threat of a general strike if Britain declared war. the Premier stated that any attempt to dictate the policy of the Govern- ment or of Parliament by Industrial action strikes at the root of the nation's constitution and would be resisted with all the forces at the Government’s disposal.

CHICAGO. Aug. 17.—The Chicago Federation of Labor today adopted resolutions demanding that a gen-

eral strike be called .throughout the

country if the United Stales should 1 furnish military aid to Poland.