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VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 314
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY., DECEMBER 29, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Representative Frear Tells House
a Fair Trial of Trade Agreement Is
Only Just—Recognition of Soviet
Government Would Follow Quickly
RUSSIA SAID TO BE LAW ABIDING
Promises to Be One of the Most Pow
erful Nations of the World
Under Rule of Lenine
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.—
Establishment of trade relations with,
Russia by the United States was urg
ed by Representative Frear, Republi
can Wisconsin, in a speech beiore a
House committee today, detailing his
in Instigations to that country last sum
mer. He declares it a fair trial of a
trade agreement with Russia proved
mutually beneficial, Frear declared
recognition would follow as a matter
of course.
The Wisconsin member presented
his conclusions:
"Russia measures up with two-thirds
of the European countries in stability
and promise.
"its financial budget system is more
certain and business-like than sys
tems possessed by a majority 01 Euro
pean countries.
“Respect for law and order prevails
ifi all provinces.
“The laws are well and fairly ad
ministered.
"Rights of religious worship were
never so well recognized as today. j
“'%e greatest co-operative business
concerns in the world are found in
Russia. These concerns are seeking
taw material for shoes, machinery,
food, and other goods, all of which we
have to sell
“Russia promises to be one of the
most powerful and progressive nations
in Europe within a few years and het
friendship and good will are assets
worth having.
With the senate in recess until next
week leaders of the various groups
were busy with conferences attempt
ing to negotiate a settlement over the
o^adlock on the chairmanship of the
interstate commerce committee.
The soldier bonus bill which passed
congress last year and was veioed nv!
President Harding, is being seriously
considered by political leauers. It is
believed that another veto of the bill
will throw the soldier vote to the dem
ocratic party.
LCWDON, Dec. 28—Lord Curzon
has received a note from Washington
containing a suggested amendment to
the liquor treaty which would give
America the right to search vessels
within an hour’s steaming of the Uni
ted States shore.
NOME MAN INJURED WHEN
AUTO RUNS OFF OF BRIDGE:
NOME: A1 Winkler, Nome trans
fer man, was injured seriously recent
ly, when a car he was driving ran off
a bridge at Rocker creek on the Nome
Fort Davis road. The car turned over
alighting on Winkler. A native boy
riding with Winkler at the time, res
cued him from under the wreck, pull-'
*y the halr- A fractured
” “"f 'f'S'ocated elbow and frac
tured skull were the Injuries sus-!
tamed.
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About 5*00 o’clock last evening an
alarm was turned in from the resi
dence of John Rice, on First avenue,
which was discovered in flames The
department responded in quick "time,
but the flames had too much headway
and the building was all but de
stroyed. Fire Chief Walker believes
that, the Are originated from a kitchen
range, which became overheated.
Mr. Rice, who is a well known min
er and operator, is said to have car
ried no insurance on his property.
FORMER AMBASSADOR HARVEY
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American Ambassador to -the Court of
St. James, London, who resigned when
jCalvin Coolidge took the presidency.
He was succeeded by George Kellogg
LOS ANGELES CAPITALIST DEAD
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29.—Thomas
Hughes, a prominent capitalist and
politician is dead
HE WILL BE DRIFTED
DETROIT, Mich , Dec. 29.—Henry
Ford will be nominated for president
whether he desires to be or not, it was
unanimously decided at a meeting
here last night, at which a national
Ford-for-president club was organized
by ardent boosters of the auto manu
facturer. Mr. Ford will be nominated
regardless of his preferences in the
matter.
“We want Henry Ford for president
and we are going to draft him if he
does not come out and lead the way
himself,” his admirers stated.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Ole Knutson,
engineer on the Alaska halibut boat,
Rainier, was arrested today charged
with manslaughter, having run over
and killed Ilene Bradshaw, a crippled
girl, Christmas Day
“I thought I hit 'a plank, and had
no idea it was a human being,” said
Knutson when he was asked why he
did not stop and succor his victim.
Police allege that Knutson was in
toxicated at the time of the accident.
WORTH FORTUNE
FLOCK TURKEYS
MADRID, Spain, Dec. 29.—Former:
premier Romanea is buying thousands
01 turkeys today in hopes of recover
ing 300 pearls which his grandson,
aged four, fed to a flock of turkeys be
ing driven past the palace window.
The gems were on an onyx dish on
his grandfather’s writing desk and
the boy scattered them amongst the
turkeys who avidly gobbled them
down.
Dp to the present time no gizzard
has as yet yielded a single gem.
John Robertson, of Oakland, who!
" A. N. Young took motion pictures
of big game and scenery here during
the past summer and fall sends word
on the last boat that he will return in
April, going by dog team from Nena
na to Rampart for the ice break-up on
the Yukon, to secure moving photo
graphs.
TRAPPERS REAPING HARVEST
Carlson brothers of Chulitna have
taken about $200 worth of fur already
this season. George Moshier shot a
large caribou near Chulitna, but a
wolverine got away with about half of
it before he could get it to camp.
PIKE AWAKENS
TO REAM
1ST PAT DEBTS
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Deputy Renaud
Spers, referring to the inter-allied
debts and their effect upon Europe,
said: “America weighs heavily upon
the shoulders of England; England
weighs on the shoulders of France,1
and we are burdened by Germany.
This is a strangely impressive pyra
mid. We are beginning to realize
that America will never relieve us of
paying off what we owe her.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—President
Coolidge sent Edward Young Clarke,
former wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a
letter of thanks for Clarke’s offer to
co-operate with the Federal authori
ties in cleaning house in the klans.
Clarke stated in his letter that
while he believed he was right at the
time of organizing the klans, he now
realized that they were a serious men
ace to law and order and should be
forced to disband
YAKIMA, Dec. 29 —Declaring that
the total cost of the discovery of
America was something around $9,000
of which sum Columbus was paid $300
Dr. George Black, president of the El
lensburg Normal School recently de
clared the world’s sense of values had
gone wrong. The sailors in the expe
dition commanded by Columbus re
ceived $29 each for the voyage lasting
over a year, and the captains of the
vessels received $126 each.
WASHINGTON Dec 29.—President j
Coolidge this afternoon accepted the I
resignation of Chairman Farley of j
the U. S. Shipping Board. I
MOB ATTACKS NEWSPAPER
IN ARKANSAS HAMLET
STUTTGART, Ark., Dec. 29.—Eight
persons were indicted today for an
attack on the Free Press, a local pa
per published in the interests of the
Arkansas Rice Growers Co-operative
Association.
The mob pied the forms and broke
up the presses and machinery.
NEWS OF PIONEERS' HOME
Several pioneers were admitted to
the Home at Sitka the past month
among them being Spencer M. Johns,
a resident of Alaska since 1903; Har
vey Thompson, an interiorite from the
vicinity of Fairbanks; Chas. N. Pring,
who came to the territory in 1897, and,
is a professional piano tuner by trade. |
All these old timers have dropped!
anchor in the last port and will take a|
well earned rest
A fine photograph of the late Pres
ident Harding has been received at
the Home from Mrs. Yotaw, the presi
dent’s sister.
The pioneers enjoyed a fine Christ
mas, an elaborate dinner of turkey,
cranberry sauce and all the fixings be
ing served, winding up with cigars
and talks on old times by many of the
members of the Home.
Mrs. George Gullul'sen who has
been spending the holidays in Sewaru
with Mr. and Mrs. Mantbey, will re
turn on the Admiral Watson to her
home at Latouche.
VICTORIA DUE IN MORNING
The steamship Victoria is due to
arrive in port about 3 o’clock in the
morning, and will leave some time
about noon for Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. McMullen, residents
of Anchorage, secured a moose each
last week in the Moose Pass region,
shipping them to Anchorage.
FILED TO PUCE
JOHNSON ON TICKET
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 29.—The ne-j
eessary papers to place the name of j
Hiram Johnson on the ballot as an in-1
dependent republican in the March
primaries were filed here today. Sen-j
ator Johnson wired his manager to
see that proper filings were made, as
he believed the Coolidge republicans |
were conspiring to keep other names,
off the ticket.
Coolidge and Johnson, under the
present arrangement will both have
their names on the ballots in the No
vember election.
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Sergt. Hammond,
a member of the crew of the missing
French dirigible Dixmude, today tele
graphed his wife that he was rescued
by fishermen off the coast of Tripoli,
Africa. He stated that the Dixmude
fell in the 'Mediterranean sea, and
. that he was separated from his com
panions shortly after taking to the
water. Hampaond states that he was
afloat 12 hours before being picked
1 up by a lugger.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—A move
ment tc gn e the soldier bonus right
of way over all other legislation in
congress was started today by repub
lican leaders, who fear the effects or
presidential opposition in the coming
primaries.
BUILDER OF EIFFEL TOWER
PASSES AWAY IN FRANCE
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Alexander Gus
tave Eiffel, builder of the Eiffel tower
for the Paris exposition, one of the
wonders of that time, died here today.!
FILES FOR MAYORALTY
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Kathryn Mira
cle, at present a member of the Se
attle city council, filed for mayor this
afternoon. This is the third filing,
Mayor Brown and Councilman Erick
son have filed papers yesterday.
FIRE DESTROYS STAMP MILL
ON LUCKY SHOT PROPERTY
It is reported that fire destroyed
the Lucky Shot stamp mill in the
low creek district last week. Sam
Beck and Cal Rasmussen were slight
ly scorced by the flames. The fire
was caused by a workman setting a
lighted lantern by a barrel of gaso
line which exploded throwing the
burning fluid over the mill. The ma
chinery can be repaired.
NO TRACE OF MISSING BOAT
KODIAK: The gas boat Apex has
returned to port after a long search
for the power launch Viking, which
broke loose from her moorings at
Kanatak, with the cook, a man named
Johnson aboard. No trace of the
Viking was found. The boat was very
staunch and well provisioned and the
man may yet be rescued.
Samuel G. Blythe, of the Saturday
Evening Post and the world at large,
in the last mail wrote Mrs. George C.
Cotter of Seward: “Starting for New
York and Washington, and as soon as
I get some stuff written across to Eu
rope. After that I expect to take you
up on that bid and visit your town of
Seward and the rest of the country,
and see if you can make good on all
these claims about the place.”
Harry Revelle is operating a power
boat from Roosevelt, Mile 23, to the
edge of the ice at Mule Point, on Ke
nai lake, carrying freight and passen
gers. Louis Bell’s larger craft is re
ported frozen in the lower end of the
lake.
NEW HEAD OF AMERICAN LEGION
K|YSTQNe view CO, NCW VOAK
John P. Quinn, oi California, who!
was elected National Commander oi
the American Legion at the conven-j
tion held in San Francisco in October, j
Quinn was born near Porterville, and
is a graduate of the University of Cal
ifornia. He was commissioned at the!
Second Officers’ Training Camp, Pre
sidio, as Captain of Field Artillery,
and assigned to the 348th Field Artil-i
lery going overseas in command of
Battery F.
CINCINNATI, O.. Dec. 29.—Science
in the near future may be in a posi
tion not only to predetermine, but to
reverse or modify sex, Dr. Oscar Rid
dle of the research staff of the Carne
gie experimental station in evolution
at Cold Springs Harbor, told the U. S.
Society of Zoologists today.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—J. L. Burnside,
one of the pioneers in Alaska trans
portation service, resigned this after
noon as general agent for the White
Pass & Yukon route, effective Janu
ary 1, to accept the agency for the
Fireman’s Fund at San Francisco.
Mr. Burnside will retain the agency
of the Alaska Commercial Company’s
Santa Ana, the Kuskokwim line, and
for W. J. Erskine & Co., of Kodiak.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Two negroes,,
Louis Dotson and Hoffel Brown, have
been indicted by a Federal grand jury
for rape committed upon the person
of Margaret Sutton, an Indian girl,
who was traveling from Ketchikan to
Chemewa Indian school. The girl re
ported the attack to the captain who
Placed the negroes in irons until he
reached Seattle, where he turned them
over to the authorities. The negroes
have prison records it is said. The
girl is given a good reputation by the
Chemewa school officials and employ
ers in Alaska.
The next affair of prominence will
be the Firemen's Mask Ball on New
* ear's Eve. The firemen’s functions
are generally among the best of the
year, and it Is believed that this event
will be no exception to the rule as a
large number of handsome prizes are
offered.
M. G. (Mike) Miller sends word
to Seward friends that owing to the
serious illness of his only sister, he
was called to Burien, Washington,
where he will stay until she is recov
ered enough to return to Alaska with
him. Mr. Miller owns a home in Sew
ard.
ADMIRAL WATSON DUE
The Admiral Watson will arrive to
morrow southbound for Seattle.
Figures for November Are Highest
for Any Month Since February, 1921
Balance Favorable to this Country
Reaches Over Hundred Million.
COTTON SHIPMENTS ARE HELP
Recent High Prices Make Favorabla
Market for Staple—Imports Less
than in October
W ASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Exports
lrom the United States during Novem
ber were valued at $404,000,000 com
pared with imports for the same pe*
riod oi $292,000,(»00 leaving a balance
of international trade favorable to
this country of $112,000,000.
The value of exports during Nov
ember announced by the commerce de
partment was greater than that of any
other month since February, 1921.
The imports in value were a trifle
less than those of October and practi
call\ equal to those of November,
1922, when imported commodities are
given at $293,000,000
Officials said one of the reasons for
the heavy export total could be found
in the recent high prices for cotton.
ELLENSBl RG, Wash., Dec. 29._B.
F. iveed, a creamery magnate, of this
state, celebrated his sixtieth birth
day with a big turkey dinner tonight
He invited 200 friends and 200 ene
mies to attend the feast, and not an
invitation was refused.
COOLIDH ELECTED
Kansas Senator Sees No Chance for
Democratic Candidate
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29,-Senator
Capper of Kansas today predicted the
nomination of Calvin Coolidge on the
Republican ticket, and W illiam G
McAddo on the democratic ticket, witli
the election of the former. Mr. Cap
per declared that the democratic can
didate would be snowed under worso
than his father-in-law was in the 1920
election.
ALASKA CASES SET BY
THE APPELLATE COURT
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—All
Alaska cases to come before the Cir
cuit Court of Appeals at San Francis
co during the next February term will
be heard during the latter part of the
first week or the early part of the sec
ond week in March. Not more than
two or three criminal cases are pend
ing on the calendar. One case in
volves the validity of the jury law and
the other will attack the bone dry
law. A case to test the validity of the
Territorial close season law on sal
mon fishing will also be heard.
MAYOR KETCHIKAN DEAD
Dale W. Hunt, former mayor of
Ketchikan and son of Senator Forest
J. Hunt, died at Ketchikan recently,
: the cause of his death not being given.
It is believed, however that pneumo
| nia, following an attack of influenza,
was a factor.
ILL IN READINESS fi
All is in readiness for the Fire*
men’s Mask Ball, Dec. 31st, which will
be held at the A. B hall,
j Dancing begins promptly at 9:00
p. m. and the grand march takes
place at 10:30 p. m. sharp.
Those desiring to compete for
prizes must be on the floor not later
than 10:00 p. m.
All those dancing between the hour
of 9:00 and 10:30 p. m. must wear a
mask. No one will be permitted on
the floor without a mask during that
time.
Costumes awarded prizes must be
for this occasion,