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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 279
SEWARD, ALASKA, THLRSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923
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PRICE TEN CENTS
AUTO BANDITS BEAT
MEN UNCONSCIOUS:
HOLD GIRLS CAPTIVE
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Auto bandits
operating on the Bothel highway A
the early morning hours, held up Ju
* lius Shain, beating him unconscious
and drove off with his fiancee, Miss
Ruth Sornsberger. After shamefully
abusing the girl they held her captive
two hours and then threw her out ol
the auto.
ypuch th 1 same treatment was me*
ed out to C. E Changler and Florence
Cruzey, his sweetheart.
Both guv* art in a precariou s condi
tion from the shock.
FISH SOLD HI PRINCE
i RUPEDT MAY PAY Dim
JUNEAU: American fish sold ai
*■ Prince Rupert cannot be reshipped ir
to the United States without the pay
ment of two cents a pound duty, aftei
having been stored, frozen, salted oi
otherwise preserved, but it must b<
treated as foreign fish when it come:
back into this country, said Collectoi
J. C. McBride, based upon advices re
ceived from the department of treas
urv.
After reciting the conditions tha:
tain in Prince Rupert, the Assistani
Secretary of the Treasury says:
“Fish which are sold in foreigr
ports to American or foreign inter
ests are not entitled to free entrj un
less they are shipped immediately tc
the United Stats, without having beer
stored, frozen, salted, dried or other
wise preserved for the reason that bj
such sale and preservative treatmeni
the fish would become so far minglec
with foreign commerce as to deprive
them of their status as the product o!
American fisheries.”
On receipt of advices that fisl:
would be charged a tax of two cents
a pound, reduced the selling price
two cents a pound less than the
market price, causing the fishermen tc
' pay the duty.
BERLIN, Nov. 15.—After November
25th it was announced that Germany
| will no longer be able to meet the
drain upon her exchequer for the pay
ment of feeding the unemployed in
Ruhr and the Rhineland zones, and
will then set both of these regions
adrift permitting them to shift for
themselves. This statement was made
in official quarters here.
Foitlililii
HETURNEB I# CUSTODl
JUNEAU: Under arrest charged
with the sale of fraudulent securities
William G. Cheney, an old time for
mer resident of Juneau, Skagway and
other Alaska towns arrived here on
a steamer from Southern California,
accompanied by Depupty Marshal W.
H. Lissner of Los Angeles. He was
turned over to local officers.
Cheney was indicted last spring by
a Federal gi^and jury In connection
with the alleged s&le oT bogus oil
4 certificates. He was arrested in a
small town In Southern' California,
after a search of several ihontli^.. Che
ney dentes' in^ literal 'transaction- on
his part.
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TO IU5K1 HOIK
SEATTLE: The auxiliary schooner
1 Boxer of the Bureau of Education, is
I to be remodeled to make a school ship!
' where native Alaskans can be taught.
1 navigation. Instructions in navigation
’! will also include radio.
The Boxer will go on a school cruise
and call at Ketchikan, Saxman, Met
lakatla, Bayview, New Craig, Peters
■ burg, Kake, Sitka, Hoonah, Angoon,
1 Juneau, Douglas, Haines and Kilisnoo.
| JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 15.—Dele-‘
! gates from eight cities in Southeast-;
! ern Alaska gathered here today for
, the purpose of peitioning Congress to
separate the Panhandle from the rest
of the Territory and form plans for
| the creation of a state for this district.
Gov. Bone is said to be heartily in;
favor of the proposition.
? PLU OF MINISTER
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—The plea of:
W. Matthews saved Lewis W. Kitely.j
a Canadian shoe salesman and mem-j
1 ber of the Presbyterian church choir,
1 from a two years’ penitentiary sen-;
fence for the theft of an automobile. (
The court suspended sentence and,
| Rifely was deported to Vancouver, |
j his former home.
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\Vm. Neville returned from Nenana<
| on last night’s train, and with hiSj
father, Thomas Neville, will leave for
Portland, Oregon, to join their folks;
who left here several weeks ago for,
: the Outside.
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PRINCE RUPERT, Nov. 14.—Half
dead with hunger and nearly frozen,
Bert Hedstrom was found today by
Indians in Grenville channel near here.
Hedstrom was aboard an improvised
raft which he built after he had lost
himself while hunting. According to
his story, Hedstrom tox-e strips off
his overalls and tied the logs of the
raft together. He fired his last two
shots in a vain attempt to atti’act the
attention of a passing ship, but his
signals were unheeded, until some In
dians chanced to pass in a canoe.
RED CROSS COMMITTEES
GO OVER THE TOP IN ONE DAY 1
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Seward apportionment in the Red
Cross drive is $500. The committees
appointed to solicit membership col
lected $531 the first day.. Seward will
undoubtedly go several hundred dol
lars over the amount required.
The Masons donated $10 to the Red
Ci'oss at a recent meeting.
SAN FRANfciSCO.-Nqv..15—Col. <
Richard,A. Eddy*1^4^ fighter i
and founder of the town of Missoula, !
Mont., Is dead here. 1
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MW ABSOLUTE^
REFUSES 10 PAY
BERLIN, Nov. 15.—A complete ces
sation of the payment of every kind ot
reparations by Germany was announc
ed tonight by Germany. This action
was taken on the ground that the
treaty of Versailles had been violated
by France and that therefore it could
not be observed by Germany.
The refusal has caused a special
meeting of the French cabinet it was
announced.
THIRTY WOMEN CANDIDATES
FOR ENGLISH PARLIAMENT
LONDON, Nov. 15.—About thirty j
women seek parliament memberships j
to be held December sixth,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.- -Asked
about the prospects of Europe's pay
ing her war debt to the United States
former Ambassador Harvey this morn
ing said “well, I don’t see any money
coming from France for a long time.”
FRIENDS OF M1Q0
OMAHA, Nov. 15.—Commencing on
a statement made in Chicago today by I
David L. Rockwell of Ravenna, Ohio,
that friends of McAdoo intend to
nominate him as a democratic candi
date for the presidency, Mr. McAdoo
said here today that “Mr. Rockwell
has stated the situation accurately.”
FATHER AND YOUNG SDN
CORPUS CiiRISTI, T 'xar-., Nov. 15
k. bomb *tmt uy express from San
Amtonio, explpcded and kilhsl W A.
Barnes, a prominent real estate deal
er, and sc badly mangled Jesse, his
L2-vear-o <l sou, standing nearby, that
he lad died £0 minutes later.
WOLFE ENTERS PLEA OF
GUILTY MURDERING EDWARDS
Advices from Valdez today state
ihat Ralph Wolfe, on trial as acces
sory to the murder of George Ed
vards, at Libbyville, had pleaded guil
ty upon advice of his attorneys, and
vould be sentenced later. Edwards,
vho was convicted Wednesday, has
tot yet been sentenced.
SEATTLE POSTIL CLERK
CAUGHT 00SDIN0 MAILS
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Valdemar A.
>mith, a clerk in the postoffice here,
vas caught rifling letters this after
loon. He. confessed that he had been
ising stolen money to buy oil
docks. .....
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MEAT COMPANIES MERGE
The Northern Meat Company and
he Cordova Meat Company have pool
id interests and will be conducted
fm # m No5t^rn
Heat- ficwsAPfWJ W- Liebe in
charge aa manager. * .' i
FOIES TESTIFIES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.— During
the Senate committee of investigation
of the Veterans’ War Bureau this aft
eronon, James S. Easby, counsel for
Charles Forbes, former head of the bu
reau, read into the committee re
cords a requisition on the Veterans’
Bureau for supplies for the Soldiers’
Home at Dayton, Ohio, made by Gen.
Sawyer.
The requisition called for two bar
rels of whiskey, twenty barrels of al
cohol, 100,000 sheets, and 100,000 tow
els.
This requisition Forbes said hd re
fused to fill because in his opinion
the quantities were far in excess ot
what were needed.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Federal Judge
Cushman has declared the suit of the
Ellamar Mining Company of Ellamar,
Alaska, against the Alaska Steamship
Co., a mistrial.
The mining company charged the
steamship line was dilatory in moving
ore from Ellamar to the Tacoma smel
ter causing congestion at the mines,
and a heavy loss through the delay,
because of market changes. The min
ing company brought suit for $127,353
damages for breach of contract.
The verdict as returned gave $7886
to the company and $6636 to the
steamship company.
The Ellamar Mining Company, sit
uated at Ellamar, on Prince William
Sound, has not been operating for sev
eral years, the machinery being dis
mantled. L. L. Middlekamp was engi
neer in charge.
CHARGES RIVAL WAS
SEATTLE, Nov. 15—Cora Marie
Gustifson Danz, wife of George J.
Danz, a wealthy bank director and
steel operator, charged in court today
that Mrs. Henrietta G. Schoenwald,
then Mrs. Harold G. Carey, had se
cretly married the wealthy cannery
man March 19, 1919, before obtaining
a decree of divorce from Carey.
The allegations were made in re
buttal to Mrs. Schoenwald’s suit,
seeking to have Schoenwald enjoined
from paying a $3,000 note, part of
the settlement made to Mrs. Danz,
then Mrs. Gustifson, arising out of a
$25,000 alienation of affections suit,
in which Mrs. Schoenwald was the
plaintiff.
DAWSON ENJOYING THE
BEST WEATHER IN YEARS
With a temperature of 60 above and
sunshine broadcasted through the
heavens, the trees and flowers and the
e;reen grass growin’ all around, Daw
son is enjoying the best weather at
this season for many years. Never in
the time of the oldest inhabitant has
October and early November been so
tropical like.
moose thick in vicinity
OF DAWSON -THIS SEASON
DAWSON: Roadhouse operators
and .citizens of Dawson ape playing in
lucfci. this season, as moose are more
plentiful than for y earif. • Caribou acre
also very plentiful. Bears are out
of their dens later this season than
for many years.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The De
partment of Agriculture issued the
following preliminary estimates on
the 1923 harvest
Corn, 3,029,192,000 bushels, wheat,
781,737,000; oats, 1,302,454,000; bar-;
ley, 189,251,000; rye, 64,774,000; pota-j
toes, 416,722,000; tobacco, 1,436,738;:
rice, 32,737,000; sugar beets, 6,667,000
tons; peanuts, 647,589,000 pounds;
hops, 17,928,000 pounds.
Nine million more bushels of corn
were raised this year than last.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Winifred Gib
bons, the 19-year-old divorcee, who
shot and killed Harry T. Lacelle, a
bridegroom and advertising director,
j was found guilty of manslaughter by
a jury this morning. _ „ ,
While Lacelle and his bride were
dining in a roadhouse near here, a few
months ago, he was called to the door
by the woman, and shot down. In his
dying statement Lacelle testified that
he had never seen the woman before.
At the trial Mrs. Gibbons stated she
had mistaken Lacelle for another man
of the same name, who had wronged
her when a girl, and had killed him
believing she was avenging that;
wrong. ^ <
WESTERN SENATORS IQ
OiSCUSS ALIEN ISSUES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Senator;
Shortridge announced today that hej
will issue a call for an early meeting
of all Western senators and represen-i
tatives to get behind a congressional
movement for the exclusion of all,
Japanese and other foreigners ineli
gible to citizenship.
KETCHIKAN MAN DIES
KETCHIKAN: Howard Bergstres
ser, a 32nd degree Mason, Knight
Templar, and life member of Oriental
Consistory' as well as a prominent
citizen died this week. His health
had been failing for several years, and
he has been unable to follow his busi
ness as photographer.
He is survived by two sisters, living
in Chicago.
PHYSICAL TESTS MADE
BOISE, Ida., Nov. 11. -All prison
ers in the Idaho state penitentiary
will be subjected to a physical test
by officials of the state bacteriologi
cal laboratory to determine whether
they are free from diseases, according
to an announcement by Gov. C. C.
Moore. The new policy was outlined
at a recent meeting of the slate pris
on board.
Hereafter it was said, prisoners
will be examined when commit
ted to the institution. The diseased
members will be segregated.
PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
WANT NEW BUILDING
Cordova' have petitioned the city to
bond^th* town for $100,000 to erect a
large new sch'odt building, which they
claim is very badly needed.
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PRESIDENT S STB
1 SOLDIER BBS
IT MADE 101
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—President
Coolidge, for the time being, has
adopted a policy of watchful neutral
ity in the open warfare that has again
broken out between Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon and the American
Legion over the soldier bonus bill.
The President has not placed his o.
k. on Mellon’s program for a whole
sale slashing of income taxes and a
rejection of the bonus bill; neither
has he indicated that he would ap
prove the bonus bill, if it is passed
at the coming session of congress.
The President’s attitude will not be
known until the delivery of his mes
sage to Congress, December 4 or 5.
It Is reported {it the White House
that Secretly Mellon is outspoken in
his opposition to the bonus, bill de
claring that the nation cannot stand
the amount of the bonus added to al
ready large taxes. The American Le
gion on the other hand, declares that
the amount of the bonus is owed to
the United States by various Euro;
pean nations and believes an effort
should be made to force payment.
In case the bonus is defeated by
the administration it is certain that
the total strength of the Legion will
be thrown to McAdoo or some other
candidate known to be in favor of it.
KETCHIKAN • Declaring that the
Federal court house at Ketchikan is
“dilapidated beyond reasonable re
pair and crowded past endurance,”
the Federal grand jury there just be
fore it rendered its final report made
a special report to Judge T. M. Reed
urging the construction of a new
building by the government at the ear
liest possible date. It also recom
mended certain improvements and ad
ditional facilities to the present build
ing, but declares these would be but
temporary makeshifts and wasteful.
After reciting what has already
been done toward improvement and
recommending other betterments the
special report said in part:
“What is needed is a Federal build
ing in Ketchikan.
“There are now operating in Ketch
ikan the following branches of the
Federal government using rented quar
ters and paying rentals as indicated
below:
“Forest Service, $1500 per year;
Lighthouse Service, $2100; U. S. Post
Office, $2400; U. S. Immigration Serv
ice $900; U. S. Cable Office, $900. In
addition to these there are the U. S
Road Commission, U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries, U. S. Prohibition Enforce
ment and Narcotic Officers; U. S.
Coast and Geodetic Survey and others
which need office accommodations.
The Immigration Bureau has no de
tention quarters and the Health Serv
ice no quarantine quarters.
“A tract of land adjoining Stedman
street is now held as a Fefteral re
serve and would be a possible site for
such building.’*
OTTOMAN DEVELOPMENT CO.
WINDS UP IN DISAGREEMENT
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—The Even
ing Post says the Ottoman American
Development Company was split wide
open when several influential trustees
and directors resigned on account of
an attempt to sell a' million dollars
worth of stock to' the public! at |100
pCr share. Gen. Goethals was one of
the resigning directors.
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