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VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER-246
SEWAK ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE, Oct. 5—Hon. Dan Suth
erland, delegate to congress Horn
Alaska, upon his arrival here troin
Nome last week, declared that the ac
tion of the U. S. Department of Com
merce, presided over by Herbert
Hoover, has created an Alaska fish
ing trust,” in creating numerous sal
mon fishing reserves in the Territory.
He states that this condition has ere
ated widespread distrust and opposi
tion among the bona fide residents ot
Alaska.
“I found the beneficiaries of the re
serve system in a jubilant frame ot
mind over the exclusive fishing privi
leges they have obtaiend by grant
fg from the department of commerce,
said the delegate. “On the other
hand, many residents of the territory
have been driven out of their fishery
rights that they had good reason to
believe were guaranteed by congress
and the courts.
“The reserve,” he explained, “takes
in all Alaskan waters west of Cook’s
Inlet. The ruling restricts .fishing to
cannery interests already on the
ground, barring independent fisher
men.
“The district court of Alaska, years
ago, ruled that there could be no
presumption of exclusive fisherv
rights in Alaskan waters and the ap
pellate court upheld the ruling.
“Now comes the department oi
commerce and suspends the decision
of the courts as well as the statutes
of congress, abrogates the public
rights of fishery in order that the
Alaska fishing waters may be par
celled out to certain packing inter
ests.”
GERMANS RESUME WORK
DUSSELDORF, Oct. 6— Slight signs
of a growing disposition on llie part
of Germans to resume normal work in
the Ruhr are noted by the French.
DESTROYS BID MBS
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QUEBEC, Oct. 6.—The walls of
several ancient buildings toppled into
ruins here today as a result of sev
eral heavy earthquake shocks at 6:00
o'clock this morning.
YOUNG WOMAN DROWNED
NOT YET IDENTIFIED
The body of the young woman dis
covered two weeks ago in Grenville
Channel, near Pitt Island and taken
to Prince Rupert, has not yet been
identified. She had the passenger’s
part of a ticket indicating that she
had been a northbound passenger on
the Northwestern and an envelope ad
dressed to a man in Chicago. The U.
S. Consul at Prince Rupert is running
down the clues which have American
connections.
FRED J. WOOD WRECKED IN BIG
STORM OFF TELLER IN BER
ING SEA. ’FRISCO SHIP
The schooner Fred J. Wood, of San
Francisco, was wrecked at Teller dur
ing the storm which has been raging
in the Bering Sea, according to advi
ces received by the Juneau Customs
Office, from Deputy Collector of Cus
toms, Reed, of Nome. The advices
state that the Nome coast guard crew
returned there September 25th with
the crew of eight men from the ship.
Capt. N. Borgeson master, and the 1st
mate remained at Teller to be near
the wreck.
The Fred J. Wood left San Francis
co July 6th, for the north and left on
August 9th from Nome to go up along
the coast, taking supplies for various
merchants. The largest cargo of sup
plies was for the El Dorado Develop
ment Co., at Nome.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
BROKEN BETWEEN NATIONS
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.— Official
confirmation of the breaking off of
diplomatic relations between Mexico
and Venezuela reached the State de
partment. Additional light upon the
underlying reason for the action
showed that relations between the
countries had been strained for some
time.
FILIPINO inns
muon quezon;
SECRETARY HURT
MANILA, Oct. 6.—Following a mass
meeting of 15,000 Democrats, thou
sands of the latter marched to the
home of Senor Sumulond, their lead
er, attacking en route the Carambola
Club, where Manuel Quezon collecti
vist and an anti-Wood leader was din
ing, with shouts of “Death to Que
zon.”
Manuel Nieto, Quezon’s secretary,
was injured by a blow on the head
during the rioting.
The crowd also attacked the Na
tional University, and an automobile
carrying President Osias, of the Uni
versity.
SEATTLE, Oct. 5—The steamship
Buford will sail from here tomorrow
night at 8 o’clock for Nome.
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Dr. Milton A. Nobles, prophe- |
sying a re-made world, traces
; these belts of death and life.
Danger zone: All of Europe,
Greenland, Iceland, North Africa,
1 Southern Alaska, Northern Cana
da, Asia Minor, all of South and
East Asia, Japan, Philippines and
} East Indies.
Safety zone; United States, the
main part of Canada, all South
America, Central America, Mexi
co, West Indies, Northern Alaska,
Western Siberia. Western Asia,
Australia, New Zealand and Cen
tral and South Africa.
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Is the Japanese earthquake a warn
ing of catyclysims that will remould
the earth?
Is the map of the world to be chang
ed, whole continents to be wiped out
and new continents created in a sec
ond deluge?
Dr. Milton A. Nobles, geologist and
student of eathquake and volcanic
phenomena, thinks so.
More than a year ago, in a New
York newspaper, he predicted a series
of disasters in a “death belt” he trac
ed through Italy, Dalmatia, Asia Mi
nor, Persia, India, Japan and Siberia—
the ex^ct spots where most of the big
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions ot
the year have occurred!
And now Doctor Nobles sees these
events with ten years:
Oceans engulfing all Europe, half ol
Asia, part of Africa and part of Norti:
America.
New lands rising to double the area
of the W’estern hemisphere in one
great American continent and joining
Australia and New Zeland in a conti
nent three times their present size.
Shifting of the earth on its axis,
with a new North Pole in Siberia east
of the Ural mountains, and a new!
South Pole in the South Pacific ocean.
A newr equator with the United
States so close that the all year mild
ness of Florida wMl be the whole na
tion’s temperature.
New’ seacoasts in Atlantic and Pacif
ic, making New York, Boston, New
Orleans, San Francisco and other big
ports inland cities.
Transformation of the Gulf of Mex
ico into an inland sea the size of Tex
as, and Central America and the West
Indies amalgamated in the new Ameri
can continent, 5,000 miles wide.
“Science will laugh, I suppose,” the
Doctor said. “Science laughed in 1922,
at my theories. Yet earthquakes, vol
canic eruptions and tidal waves have
occurred the past year precisely in
the zone I indicated.”
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—As Lloyd
George was leaving the theatre after
his speech here tonight, a band of
disturbers waiting outside the build
ing, started throwing rotten \tgs at
the British statesman. None the
missiles, however, found its rJT k,
although several of those accompany
ing the former premier were spatter
ed. The police soon dispered the
crowd. During the performance 40
taxicabs of Irish sympathizers' drove
up to the curb and their occupants,
mostly women, shrieked their condem
nation of the police’s efforts to dis
perse the crowd.
Washington Laid Foundation
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—At a lunch
eon given in his honor today by mem
bers of the United Press, Lloyd
George said: “I claim that the real
foundation of the British Empire to
day by laid by George Washington.
He taught us to become democratic,
which has been the salvation of the
British empire.” Of American partic
ipation in the world war, he said, “We
owe a debt uf gratitude we can never
repay, for with your boys we worked
together and saved the world.”
Europe is now in a desperate condi
tion, according to the speaker. Fifteen
million men were killed, twenty mil
lions maimed and billions of dollars
wasted.
Leaves for Montreal
NEW YORK, Oct. 6— Lloyd George
left today for Montreal.
Chris Petiovich, well known in Sew
ard, arrived on today’s boat.
ENGLAND SMITHS -
EXT MOVEMENT
LONDON, Oct. 6.—The present pol
icy of the British government on re
parations is to await the next move
by France, now that Germany has
converted her passive resistance to
passive assistance, Foreign Secretary
Curzon said in addressing the impe
rial conference.
MARSHAL TSAO KUN NAMED
PRESIDENT CHINA REPUBLIC
PEKING, Oct. 6.—Marshal Tsao
Kun, military leader of North China,
once supporter of the old Manchu gov
! ernment, was elected president of the
: Chinese republic by the house of par
liament today.
HJlff SINCLAIR’S COLT
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Zev, Harry
Sinclair’s colt, has been chosen as
| the American horse which will race
Papyrus, the English Derby winner,
! at Belmont Park, October 20.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—Lloyd George
arrived this morning as a passenger
on the liner Mauretania. He is re
ceiving many honors from the city.
PRISONER PICKS FLAW
IN INDICTMENT, ARGUES
OWN MOTION AND WINS
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4—Arthur C.
Cox, tried in the United States Dis
trict Court here on a charge of dispos
ing of five stolen postal money orders
in Santa Barbara in 1916, acted as his
own attorney, filed a demurrer to the
indictment against him and argued so
successfully that Judge William P.
James ordered its dismissal'. Cox prov- i
ed to the Court’s satisfaction that the
money orders in question had not been
properly described in the bill.
F. A. Hanson, in charge of con
struction work on the Alaska Rail
road, accompanied by F. H. Chapin,
bridge engineer, and George Colwell,
road boss at Mile 52, arrived in Sew
ard last evening in Mr. Hanson’s
Ford speeder. Mr. Hanson reports
that water on the track at Mile 29
reached the footboards of his car. He
stated that the repairs to the rail
road would not take nearly so long as
was at first reported and he looked
for trains to be running by the end of
the coming wreek, if not sooner.
Speaking of the damage done by
the recent floods, Mr. Hanson said
that at Mile 54 the north end of the
span was out of line and had settled
one foot. At Mile 72 a washout oc
curred about 30 feet long and 15 feet
deep.
The high trestle at Mile 49, caught
the full force of the water from Bart
lett glacier, and four of the pedestals
were washed out.
At Mile 13% a washout occurred 12
feet deep and 20 feet in width.
At Mile 3% four bents of the bride
; near the sawmill were washed partly
out.
A bridge crew left Curry this morn
ing and will arrive at Mile 54 some
time tonight to repair the 154 foot
span, which is out of line.
No damage was done to the road
beyond Mile 80, the torrential rains
apparently confining themselves to
the Coast district.
The fact that Mr. Hanson and party
came through without accident on
their speeder is proof that the road
bed is not badly damaged, and it is
hoped to see trains resume their
schedules next week.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 6.—Trapped
; iin the Oregon hills after a long pur
: suit, Ray Cummins and Bert Jacobs
were captured near Grant’s Pass. The
men held up the Western Union Tel
egraph Company’s office at Second
and Cherry street, Seattle, beating up
the cashier and getting away with
; $7500 payroll.
POLISH STIES SIR
WARSAW, Oct. 6.—Candy stores
here are giving away German one
million mark notes as a premium with
every pound of chocolates sold.
SEATTLE, Oct. 6.—The steamship
Northwestern sailed this morning
en route to Seward, with 44 passen
gers. Her Seward listing is: H. Roed,
W. E. Havey, B. Fisher, Weestir Ol
son, Mrs. Lena Johnstone, R. Lee,
Mrs. F. M. Boyle, Mrs. S. R. Tucker,
W. E. McDonough, J. J. Litchtenwa
len, Mrs. K. D. Emars, T. 'Dickson, J.
F. Monkan, Richard Bassett.
OpLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 6.—Im
peachment of Governor Walton will
be attempted by the Oklahoma legis
lature October 17.
FISHERMEN ADRIFT RESCUED
SANDY HOOK, N. J., Oct. 6.—
Eleven fishermen, adrift since Sunday
in a small power boat were rescued
by the steamer Grecian of the Mer
chant and Miners’ Transportation Co.
DIRIGIBLE WILL BE PLACED
ON MAIL RUN THIS WINTER
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.—Rear Admiral
Wm. Moffet, chief of the bureau o:
aeronautics of the navy, announced
that when the ZR-3 now under con
struction in Germany, is completed it
will be put in the mail service be
tween New York and London on a
schedule of two days. He said the
next long flight of the ZR-1 will be
from Lakehuist to Panama and re
turn via Cuba
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—The Alas
| ka railroad handled three times as
1 much freight during July as it did
| the same month in 1922, according to
: advices received today at the Inte
I rior department from Anchorage.
FIRPO DENIES THAT HE WILL
BECOME AMERICAN CITIZEN
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Firpo denied
that he intends becoming an Arneri
can citizen. He said he only took
out his first papers out of courtesy tc
the United States. He also said he
| is not married; that the word “mar
! ried” was written into the petition
' mistakenly by a clerk.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—Her hand:
still red and swollen with her foui
years of alleged slavery on an Illi
nois farm, where she ate with the dot
and slept in a chicken coop, Marga
ret Melton for the first ~tiine in hei
drab, brief life, slept on a real bee
and a pillow in the home of her un
cle, Daniel Coghlan, a detective, a'
Washington Heights.
Her story is the old one of an un
; wanted and unloved child. Her lath
er is Lloyd Melton, an unsuccessfu
j Chicago inventor, a half brother oi
Coghlan. When the little girl was
only five years of age Melton divorced
his wife, Josephine, because he could
not see how she could lay the magni
ficent table she did on the slighi
profits of his motorcycle shop.
The father gave Margaret and liei
two brothers in charge of his mothei
and then took them away. In answei
to his advertisement asking for a cou
pie to take care of Margaret at $45C
a year, J. J. Smith, now sought as tht
alleged murderer of a Chicago police
man, but then a farmer of Lagrange
111., stepped forward.
Melton was able to pay only §25(
of the agreed sum, and Margaret be
came the Smith’s drudge. She took
care of the chickens, Talked the cows
washed and scrubbed ihe clothing foi
the family and did other hard jobs
Deep rings formed under her eyes. At
night she was placed in a chicker
coop to sleep.
The children’s aid society of Chi
cago stepped in and a policeman was
sent to the farm only to find tin
Smiths had disappeared.
At the detention home deep bruises
were lound on the under-nourished
child. Chicago newspapers made a
gieat outcry about child slavery in
the present age. New York papers
printed the story and Daniel F. Cogh
lan realized the child must belong to
his luckless half brother.
The girl had never been to a movie,
had never seen herself in a looking
glass and had never slept in a bed
all the time she was with the Smith
family. She started to school as soon
as her uncle could arrange for her.
W ARSAW, Oct. 5.—Nine persons
were killed and fourteen injured in
recent rioting in the town of Hinden
berg in the German district of upper
Silesia. The rioting began as a pro
test against the high coast of living.
DIVORCE GRUNTED
SEATTLE COUPLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 6.—Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Otto Burckhardt, whose
matrimonial disagreements have been
thoroughly aired the past week in Se
attle courts, were each granted a di
vorce by a decree of Judge Calvin 3.
Hall today, and their son apportioned
between them temporarily. Frederick
Otto, Junior, for the present, will re
main with his mother, whom the
Judge advised to stay in Seattle and
together live down their disagree
| ments for three years, unless she re
j marries in the meantime, when the
: son will then live with his father for
a time.
Mrs. Burckhardt is to retain the
$4,000 residence on Queen Anne Hill,
until she remarries, and then the
property is to be sold and divided
equally between the woman and her
former husband. She gets 75 shares
of Alaska Pacific Fisheries stock, and
$150 monthly alimony.
The Court further said, “I cannot
disregard the testimony of neighbors
business associates, and other unbi
ased witnesses that Burckhardt is a
; man of good morals and Mrs. Burck
■ hardt a good woman and mother. I
| deplore the testimony offered other
wise.”
NORTHWEST MINING CONGRESS
IN SESSION AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 5.—The Northwest
section of the American Institute of
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
are meeting in annual convention to
day.
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'; The steamship Alameda arrived in
1 port this morning at 7 o'clock, sailing
■ at 9 for Anchorage and way ports. A
number of passengers en route to the
! Interior, booked by way of Seward,
j took the Alameda for Anchorage, on
account of the washout on the Alaska
Railroad. Passengers for Seward
were Nora McBride, P. L. Nelson,
! Mrs. P. J. Keeley, Chris Armodt, Mrs.
P. McCafferty, A. M. Thatcher, Miss
Bessie Thatcher, Otto Hermsdorf,
Mrs. C. W. Mortimer, Virginia Morti
mer, Alex Sirnson, 1 steerage.
Anchorage passengers were Mr.
; and Mrs. M. Skriven, Capt. Sam Knud
: son, C. G. Bacon, B. O. French, Mrs.
A. E. Lee, Clara Bach, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Mallhorn, Mrs. Harry Cribb, Robert
O. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Rum
mels, two steerage.
OLDTIMER DIES
Lars Neilson, 77 years of age, a
fisherman and an Alaskan oldtimer,
dropped dead at Ketchikan last Tues
day.
DOCTOR REFUSES SIGN DEATH
CERTIFICATE OF PROMINENT
SOCIETY WOMAN
RYE, N. Y., Oct. 4—Weschester of
ficials are probing the death of Mrs.
Charles Webb, prominent millionaire
and New Y'ork and Philadelphia so
ciety woman, who died after three
week’s illness. The attending physi
cian refused to sign a death certifi
cate on the ground death followed cer
tain unnamed mysterious circumstan
ces. Relatives have demanded an au
topsy which will be performed tomor
row. Mrs. Webb recently made sever
al changes in her will.
STAMPEDER IN NOME
GOLD RUSH IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Oct. 4—Donald Smith,
aged 64, who crossed the plains in a
prairie schooner and later'joined the
Nome gold rush, died of heart failure
at his home here. His father was the
first postmaster of Portland, Oregon.