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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 225
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE DETECTIVES ARE
DISMISSED FROM FORCE
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—Chief of Police William B.
Severyns has notified Chief of Detective Charles Ten
nant that he must dismiss immediately, Rosa Watson
and John F. Majenski, detectives, because of their activ
^ies in behalf of Neal, the latter, a former policeman
who is being held in the Seattle jail and charged with the
recent big Bon Marche hold-up.
During the night, Clarence H. Shively, another ex
policeman, now out on $6,000 bail on a bootlegging eliaige
was arrested in company with Mrs. Certrnde Hunter and
Rov Johnson, and is being held by authorities in
Vliis city' as the trio who were trying to dispose of six
$1,000 bonds with numbers corresponding the bonds of
Dr se taken in the hold-up last November of the two Bank
of California messengers.
.CHINESE CALL OFF
BATTLE ON ACCOUNT
OF RAINY WEATHER
MILITARY TRADITION THAT ANY
FIGHTING SHOULD BE DONE
FAIR WEATHER PREVAILS
SHANGHAI, Sept. 24—The Chek
iang forces defending Shanghai from
the Kiangsu troops, have regained a
little of the ground they had lost in
the Liuho sector, northwest of this
city, it was announced today.
Heavy rains stopped the fighting
last evening, in accordance with the
military tradition that fighting can
only be done in good weather.
Announcement of the successful
counter-attack near Liuho was made
at the Lungwha headquarters of the
Chekiang forces after two major bat
ties had engaged the troops for sev
eral hours.
Bridges Blown Up.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 24.—Twenty-one
bridges between Cashing and Hang
<£ow have been blown up to prevent
triop movements.
Agreement With Russia
TOKIO, Sept. 24.—Dispatches from
Mukden confirm previous reports that j
■fthang Tso Lin, Manchurian leader,
has made an agreement with the Rus
sian Soviet government, which covers
the future vof the Chinese Eastern
railroad, and includes the recognition
of the Moscow government.
THREE MEN BURNED
WHEN LOCOMOTIVE
OVERTURNS WAY TO FIRE
SHELTON, Sept. 24—Three men
were seriously burned and three oth
ers bruised when a locomotive over
turned enroute to save the Simpson
logging company’s camp, No. One,
near here, from forest fires.
The loco was pressed into service
to save thirty families at the camp
and had pierced the wall of flames
before it overturned. The men es- j
caped, but the families are still in'
danger of their lives.
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Photographs of Banner
By Ku Klux Disrupts
Des Moines Police Force.
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SEVERAL POLICE DISCHARGED
FOR ALLOWING KLAN TO
TAKE PICTURE
DES MOINES, Sept. 24.—Photo
graphing of the Catholic banner plac
ed above the American flag here last
week by alleged representatives of i
the local Ku Klux K!an newspaper has i
gathered such antagonism among the
• icy officials that partial disruption of
the present police force was threat
ened.
The photograph was made during
the convention of Catholic charities,!
and two policemen were discharged by
Chief of Police Smith under order of
Mayor Carver and the City Council
because they allowed the Klan to take
the photograph.
EARTHQUAKE RECORDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—
A very pronounced earthquake was
registered on the Seismograph at the
Georgetown University, according to
Father Tondorf, in charge of the ob
servatory.
KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
CLAIMS DEATH RAY IS
HARMLESS
Prof. Robert W. Wood, of Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, who
states that the “death ray” of H. G.,
Matthews is harmless, and to prove
it so, will stand in its path at a dis
tance of 65 feet from it.
VANCOUVER CHILD MAY
HAVE BEEN ATTACKED
GRANDMOTHER RETURNS HOME
TO FIND GIRL MISSING
AND HOUSE DISORDER
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 24.—
Police today are searching for Ruth
Eippers, thirteen, who disappeared
from the home here of Mrs. Jennie
Eippers, her grandmother.
After returning from school in the
afternoon, the girl was left alone,
while her grandmother went shopping.
Ruth said she would prepare dinner
but when Mrs. Eippers returned the
girl was gone and the house was in
disorder, chairs overturned and gen
eral confusion apparent, leading to
the belief that the girl might have
been the victim of foul play.
LARGE NUMBER STATES
CLAIMED FOR CQOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.— !
Republican leaders claim as certain
for Coolidge these states, California,
Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Wyo
ming, totalling 275 electoral votes.
CHINESE GENERAL
RESIGNS LEADERSHIP
—
SHANGHAI, Sept. 24.—Weakened
by repeated hammerings of the Liang
su forces supported by the Central
Government of Peking, by revolt of a
third of the Home Army and by dis
satisfaction of other units, Chekinang
and his defense of Shanghai, on the
verge of collapse, has resigned, along
with his general Hunghsiang. Strict
censorship has been imposed on mes
sages in the district of the Peking- :
Mukden railway.
ADMIRAL EVANS HAS BIG
LIST FOR SOUTHERN PORTS
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port this morning with a ca
pacity load of freight and every avail
able cabin taken. The Evans has
aboard the cannery crews from Alitak
and the members of the Utopian can
nery crewr.
She brought the following passen
gers for Seward:
A. A. (Max) Humphreys, Joe Ma
herin, Goldie Bailey, Axel Olson, John
B. Berling and five steerage.
For Latouche—J. S. Jensen, Mr. M.
K. McDonald and one steerage.
For Valdez—One steerage.
For Cordova—Nick Valias, Dick
[Reinhart and two steerage.
For Juneau—J. A. Cleary, R. P. An
derson, Jas. Burtell, Steven Luke and
j one steerage.
| For Seattle the Evans has 79 pas
sengers including 17 steerage. The
i Evans will sail tonight after the. ar
| rival ol the train.
GAS BOAT AND SCOW
GO ADRIFT DURING
RECENT HEAVY BLOW
UTOPIAN FISHERIES CO. LOSES
BOAT AND LARGE BARGE
NO LIVES LOST
J. S. Jensen, superintendent of the
Utopian Fisheries, at Latouche, Alas
ka, arrived in Seward from Kodiak,
on the Admiral Evans on his way to
La touche. Mr. Jensen states that on
the evening of September 18, while
shifting his house boat scow to a new
location, a heavy blow came up, while
the craft was being towed near Mar
mot Bay, by the gasboats Hillside and
Chilkat. The Chilkat became dis
abled and was taken in tow by the
Hillside, the crew of two men being
taken off. The blow increased in vio
lence until the mountainous seas and
fierce gales drove the tow out to sea
where to save their vessel, the Hill
side was compelled to cut loose and
run for shelter . The barge and the
Chilkat were swept away by the gale
and up to the present time have not
been located . The loss is a heavy one
and Mr. Jensen announces that lib
eral salvage will be paid to any party
picking up the floating craft, which
he believes would weather the gale.
At the time the tow was cut loose the
Hillside had but enough fuel to reach
port.
The storm was one of the most se
vere in recent years and the ten men
aboard the two vessels believe they
were lucky to escape with their
lives.
GASTON B. MEANS IS
AGAIN AFOUL THE GOV’T;
OWES BIG INCOME TAX
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 24.—
Gaston B. Means, elusive and contra
dictory star witness in the Daugherty
investigation, again ran afoul the
courts here today when Galen, collec
tor of International revenue for the
district of Baltimore filed a lien in
the District Court against Means’ resi
dence here in the sum of 267,614. This
represents what Means owes the gov
ernment for income taxes during the
past three years.
COOLIDGE WILL CHECK
CAMPAIGN PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24
President Coolidge expects to go over
his plans and check up on the prog
ress of his campaign, it was announc
ed at a conference here late yester
day afternoon.
He will go in consultation regarding
same the latter part of this week,
with Chairman Butler of the Nation
al committee.
RADICAL ASPIRANT
PRESIDENTIAL SEAT
CAMPAIGNS SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—William Z.
Foster, nationally known radical and
candidate for the presidential chair on
the Workers’ Party ticket, arrived in
this city yesterday afternoon on a
speaking campaign.
PRICE SUGAR ADVANCES
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.—The
price of refined sugar to wholesalers
I has been advanced fifteen cents per
hundred by sugar producers here.
MAY ATTEMPT FLIGHT
TO ESTABLISH SPEED
RECORD FOR THE U. S.
LIEUT. SMITH NOT ANXIOUS TO
ENTER CONTEST AS IS NOW
WORN OUT
SANTA MONICA, Sept. 24—The
United States may attempt a flight
around the world next year in an ef
fort to establish a speed record, but
Lieutenant Smith would take no pleas
ure in being a member of the expedi
tion, he stated today.
Smith made no attempt to hide the
fact that he was extremely tired and
that the demands of the present world
flight have worn him down almost to
a point of collapse.
“A flight around the world is nerve
racking, said the leader of the World
Flight, “and a flight for speed might
be even worse,” he said.
Leave for ’Frisco Tomorrow
SANTA MONICA, Sept. 24—The
American flyers have postponed their
hop-off for San Francisco until to
morrow.
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
BY JUMPING UNDER
FAST MOVING TRAIN
SECOND ATTEMPT OF MRS. HAR
RY EPSDINE TO COMMIT
SUICIDE SUCCESSFUL
BUTTE, Sept. 24—Mrs. Harry Eps
dine, forty, wife of a prominent Seat
tle merchant, succeeded in the second
attempt in the last two months to take
her own life.
She jumped between two cars on
a fast eastbound Milwaukee train, on
which she was riding near Bearmouth,
eighty-one miles west of Butte. Her
husband said his wife was suffering
from a nervous collapse. The fam
ily were enroute to New Yrork for
medical treatment for Mrs. Ejpsdine.
FLYERS NEARING END;
MAY REACH SEATTLE
FRIDAY, SAYS SMITH
FLYERS DASH ONTO SANTA MON
ICA FIELD AMID CHEERS
OF WELCOME
CLOVER FIELD, Santa Monica,
Calif., Sept. 24.—The American round
the world flyers dashed onto Clover
Field on the outskirts of Santa Mon
ica at 2:37 p. m. yesterday from San
Diego. It is estimated that more than
a hundred thousand people wildly
cheered the intrepid airmen as they
entered the southern California town.
Try Seattle Friday.
SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—The World
flyers will report in Seattle Friday,
unless a delay by unfavorable weather
was the report received by the cham
ber of commerce from Smith late
last night.
FIVE NEGROES RELEASED
FROM PEN ON PAROLE
LEAVENWORTH, Sept. 24.—Five
negroes, formerly members of the 24
Infantry, and sentenced to life impris
onment for riots in Houston, Texas,
were released from the Penitentiary
today on parole.
ACTING SHERIFF OF HERRIN
URGES TROOPS TO STAY
MARION, Sept. 24.—Vigorous pro
test against the proposed removal to
morrow of the state militia from Her
rin was made this afternoon by Act
ing Sheriff Randal Parks, in a tele
gram sent to Adjutant General Black,
of the Illinois National Guard.
“As soon as the troops leave the
trouble will start again,’’ said Acting
Sheriff Parks. “Fever is very high, es
pecially in Herrin. In my opinion
what is needed is martial law for an
indefinite time in Herrin.”
SPECIAL SESSION WILL
INVESTIGATE OIL CASE
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Sept. 24.—A
special session of the Brookhart
Wheeler committee to investigate the
oil scandal for the department of jus
tice, will be summoned immediately,
Senator Brookhart announced this af
ternoon, following a receipt of a tele
gram from Senator Wheeler. Brook
hort did not make public the text of
the message he received.
DELLWOOD SAILS WITH
BALANCE OF CABLE
(SEATTLE, Sept. 24.—The cable ship
Dellwood sailed this morning for Ket
chikan to complete the laying of the
new Alaska cable to Seward. She
will reach Seward about October 1.
TEX WARREN IS GIVEN
PENITENTIARY SENTENCE
EVERETT, Sept. 24.—Tex Warren,
convicted by a superior court jury
of burglary in the second degree, was
sentenced to serve a term of from
eighteen months to five years in Wal
la-Walla penitentiary by Judge R.
C. Bell, Monday morning. Warren was
charged with entering the Home Plate
pool hall at Stanwooa early in the
spring.
gov. alT smith will
ACCEPT NOMINATION
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
GIVES NEWSPAPER MAN INTER
VIEW REGARDING ATTITUDE
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Govern
or Al. Smith will accept the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination. This
assertion was the first definite assur
ance of this from the governor him
self, and was given to a newspaper
man early today as he wras leaving to
attend the Democratic State conven
tion at Syracuse, N. Y.
EDGAR DEFEATS KEAN
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Edgar was
nominated at the New Jersey primar
ies defeating Hamilton N. F. Kean.
CORUPT OFFICIALS ARE
ENEMIES CONSTITUTION
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—The real
enemies of the constitution are not
the Reds and Bolshevists, but corrupt
and impotent public officials and their
associates, Davis, democratic presi
dential nominee, declared in a letter
written to Daugherty, in reply to one
sent him recently by the former at
torney general.
THIRTY-ONE PLANES TO .
HOLD RACE AT DAYTON
WASHINTON, D. C., Sept. 24.— |
The air service will be represented j
by thirty-one airplanes in the inter-1
national air race to be held at Day- j
ton, Ohio, the first week in October. ;
FIRES ARE RAGING IN
YELLOWSTONE PARK
OGDEN, Utah, Sept. 24.—A forest
fire in Yellowstone National park has
burned over an area of five thousand
acres and Still is unchecked, accord
ing to a brief report received by for
est service, received here from A. C.
McCain, superintendent of the Tieton
National forest at Jackson. The fire
is on the Pitchstone plateau. Another
fim has burned over an area of 1800
acres on the Madison river, Supervisor
McCain reported.
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COPYRIGHT-UNDER WOOO A UNDERWOOD, N. V.
MOESKOPS, WORLD’S BIKE
CHAMPION
Peter Moeskops, the big Belgian, is
six feet one inch tall and weighs 225
pounds. He won the world’s title
in Copenhagen in 1921; in Paris in
1922; in Zurich in 1923 and again in
Paris last August 3rd.
BRIGADIER GENERAL
SAWYER, HARDING’S
PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
HARDING’S DEATH INDIRECTLY
CAUSED DEATH OF THE
NOTED PHYSICIAN
MARION, Ohio, Sept. 24.—Brigadier
General Charles E. Sawyer, former
physician for the late President Hard
ing and family, passed away sudden
ly today, just after he had returned
from Mr. Harding’s office where ho
had gone on an interview with Mrs.
Harding. Dr. Sawyer had not been
feeling well since the death of Mr.
Harding and his death was brought
about indirectly by the shock atten
dant upon the passing away of the
late President.
Charles E. Sawyer was born in Ne
vada, Ohio, June 24, 1860, being 64
years of age at the time of his death.
He was educated in the public schools
of Ohio, receiving his degree of Doc
tor of Medicine in the Ohio State
University. He first began his prac
tice at La Rue, Ohio, where he estab
lished the Sawyer Sanitorium, an in
stitution state wide in its scope. He
removed to Marion in 1893, where he
continued his sanitorium, acting as
general manager and consulting phy
sician. He was director in several
state banks, as well as president of
the Ohio Medical association, presi
dent of the State Homeopathic asso
ciation, a fellow of the American Col
lege of Surgeons, and held other high
offices. L’pon the election of Warren
G. Harding to the presidency. Dr.
Sawyer, who was a life long friend of
the family, removed to Washington
as family physician following the for
tunes of the late president until his
death at San Francisco.
Of late years, Dr. Sawyer had lived
on White Oaks farm, near Marion,
discontinuing his practice save as
physician for Mrs. Harding and Hard
ing’s father.
Dr. Sawyer and his estimable wife
were well known in Seward, where
they spent several days while tne
President was on his trip thru Alas
ka. They made many warm friends
while here.
DEFINITE SAILING DATE
OF GIANT DIRIGIBLE
HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2 4.—
The route of the Navy’s dirigible, the
Shenandoah which is sailing from her
home station at Lakehurst, N. J., on
October 3 for the Pacific coast was
announced today.
The cities which will be visited by
king of file air includes San Diego,
Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seat
tle.
PRINCE POLO PONIES
BRING FANCY PRICES
SYOSSET, N. Y., Sept. 24.—Seven
polo ponies owned by the Prince of
Wales which were ridden in the In
ternational tournament, among a
string of forty others, sold at an auc
tion here for eighteen thousand dol
lar,':.
CENSORSHIP HARD ON PAPERS
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 24.—Mili
tary censorship at Santiago, Chili,
over the latest revolutionary troubles,
limits newspapers to two pages of ap
proved news concerning the political
situation there. A censorship com
mittee of three officers officially over
see all communications from Chile.
ATTEMPT MADE TO
WRECK S. P. TRAIN
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24.—The
ditching of the Southern Pacific’s Sun
set Limited near Maricopa, Ariz., last
night, was the result of a deliberate
plot to wreck the train, according to
an announcement at the railroad’s of
fices here today.
Bolts and spikes had been pulled
from the track for a distance of 8
tie>s from the rail joint at which the
train jumped into the ditch, Southern
Pacific officials said. Nearby was
found a trac wrench which had ap
parently been used to pull the fasten
ers from the rails.
One man was killed when the crack
flyer was ditched, George Ward, fire
man, Tucson, Ariz. J. E. Anderson, a
railroad locomotive engineer, was se
verely cut about the head.