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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 8
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925 -
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WOODEN FLEET
CHICAGO, Jan. 9—A. M. McDonald
of the Patterson-McDonald Company,
of Seattle, wartime shipbuilders, tes
tified today at the trial of Chas. R.
Forbes, that he invited Francis E.
Pope, the Spokane cousin of former
President Harding, to participate in a
syndicate to purchase the govern
ment’s fleet of wooden ships. Morti
mer testified in December that one
million dollars was offered Pope in
case he succeeded in purchasing the
ships, comprising two hundred and
fifty wooden vessels, and turned them
over to the syndicate.
Pope Denies the Story
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Francis T. Pope
on the stand here today, indignantly
denied that he was offered one million
dollars to influence former President
Harding in the sale of the war-time
► fleet. He said he had never mention
ed such an offer to Mr. Harding. In
connection with the sale of the ships,
he identified a letter dated April 7,
1921, to Forbes, saying that Forbes
had been named for various appoint
ments, including to the shipping
board and as governor of Alaska. The
letter was barred from evidence upon
objections by the prosecution.
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FLYERS SAY TRIP
CAN BE MADE TO
ASIA 40 HOURS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—Lieutenants
Harding and Wade, world flyers, told
» the House Aircraft Investigation Com
mittee “Fleets of planes can fly to
the North Pacific on the American
mainland, and thence to the Asia
coast in 40 flying hours. All that is
needed is a mother ship at each land
ing station. If the route is made a
little different than our recent flight
was, flights can be made at any time
of the year.”
They praised the Liberty motors in
the American planes and urged that
the Air Service be included iff the na
tion’s first line of defense.
Unidentified Man Was
Once Physical Director
WAHOO, Neb., Jan. 8.—A man kill
ed by an auto near here three weeks
ago has been identified as Lyman van
Nostrand of Bellingham, Wash. He
was formerly a physical director of
the University of Chicago. The man
was found lying unconscious by the
side of the road.
w RAW EGGS THE DIET
OF ESKIMO PUPPY
LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 8.—Marris B.
West was puzzled.
Donald B. McMillan, Arctic ex
plorer, had given him a little blue
fox Espimo puppy. Before coming
to Lima, the puppy had thrived on
walrus meat. West was trying to
decide upon a diet for the dog. The
puppy helped him solve the prob
lem.
Climbing to the top of a kitchen
. table, the dog ate nine eggs in a
short time. Taking the eggs, one
at a time, in his mouth, the puppy
returned to the floor, where the
eggs were eaten—shells and all—
not one egg falling out of the dog's
mouth.
A 3-year-old negro boy near the
town of Plantsville, Miss., dragged
his baby sister from their burning
cabin just in time to save her life.
—
Judge Warren of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
sentences drunken speeders to ride
through the streets with police in
cars bearing theplacard "I was ar*
A rested and sentenced for driving
while drunk.*'
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ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS
TO HOLD JOINT INSTALLATION
Saturday evening, at 8 o’clock, in
Odd Fellows’ hall, the local order of
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will hold
will be followed by a dance and a
luncheon to which all Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs with their families and in
vited friends are urged to attend. Be
on hand for the installation, dance
and luncheon.
Saturday night, at 8 p. m., in Odd
Fellows’ Hall.
GIBBONS DEFEATS
JACK BURKE
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 9.—
Tommy Gibbons defeated Jack Burke
of Ptitsburgh in what was scheduled
a ten-round bout here last night. The
referee stopped the fight in the sixth
round claiming that Burke was hope
lessly outclassed.
SHIVELEY ON WAY
TO PENITENTIARY
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—Clarence Shive
ley, former motorcycle policeman for
whom Canada forwent extradition pro
ceedings in the Nanimo bank case, left
for McNeil’s Island today to serve two
years for violating the prohibition
laws.
Two Good Boots At
L 0.0. F. Hall Tonight
The boxing bouts staged by the Pio
neers tonight will be good. “Red”
Campbell has a reputation as a clever
mitt artist, while his opponent, Roy
Lawson, has made a reputation for
himself in the squared circle. Ennis
Neheroff, the local boy, has made a
good showing in previous bouts, while
his opponent, although a dark horse,
will make Ennis extend himself.
The sourdough supper of beans, cof
fee and sandwiches will be cooked by
an oldtimer and will have plenty of
pep. Frijoles con chili will go pretty
good this kind of weather. If you
miss tonight’s entertainment you will
be sorry. Turn out and help the old
timers make the affair a success. La
dies are invited to attend and are ad
mitted free.
ANOTHER RECORD FOR
THE SUPERHETERODYNE
Cal Brosius made another record
with his super heterodyne receiving
set last evening. Western Electric sta
tion, WGY, at Schenectady, N. Y.,
came in strong about 7’o’clock with
a splendid concert, and signed off at
7:25 Seward time, 12:25 New York
time.
DxG, at Davenport, Iowa, put on an
early morning concert from low twelve
to about 4 a. m. They were working
with the new five K. W. plant and
signed off at 12:22 Seward time, 4:22
a. m. Davenport time.
PNEUMONIA TAKES
ONE WRANGELL
ISLAND CREW
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The State
Department was informed today that
Charles Well, one of the men taken
off Wrangell Island to Siberia by the
Soviet vessel, Red October, had died
in Vladivostok of pneumonia. After
Well reached Vladivostok on his way
from Siberia, the State Department
sent him a small sum of money. The
consul at Harbin cabled that Wells
had received every possible medical
attention and care. Russia is said to
have ordered the twelve Eskimos at
Harbin deported and the State De
partment is negotiating for the repa
triation and return to the North.
FORMER ALASKA
BE WARDEN AT
ATLANTA PRISON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Attorney
General Stone today appointed John
Snook warden at the Atlanta peniten
tiary. Stone issued a laudatory epistle
preceding the appointment which is
greatly at Variance with the facts in
the case as known by Alaskans living
in Skagway at the itme. He said:
“Snook not only succeeded in captur
ing “Soapy Smith,” but eleven mem
bers of the gang whom he brought
to Sitka, where they were tried and
convicted.”
Snook was a deputy marshal in
Southeastern Alaska from 1897 to
1904, according to Stone’s record.
Has Excellent Past.
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 9.—Jas.
M. Shoup, marshal in charge over
I all Alaska said that John Snook is
the man who took the eleven mem
bers of “Soapy” Smith’s gang from
Skagway to Sitka where they served
their time after being convicted by
the Skagway court for being impli
cated with the doings of the desper
ate renegade “Smith.”
Snook went to Skagway at the same
time that J. M. “Si” Tanner, the lat
ter marshal of the First division un
der the eight years of democratic
administration in the territory. Tan
ner, in ’97, when outlawry ran ram
pant in the Lynn Canal town was
! its deputy marshal and was one of
the main instigators in the cleaning
up on the notorious Smith gang. When
Tanner resigned his post as deputy
marshal of Skagway, after all evi
dences of desperate outlawry had
ceased, Snook -was appointed marshal.
Shoup in a statement this afternoon
to the Associated Press, stated that
John Snook was one of the best mar
shals that ever held such post in
Alaska, and said that he predicted
j high success in Atlanta where he is
taking over the wardenship of the
Federal penitentiary there.
Snook is a nephew of Mrs. Shoup,
and a cousin to Arthur Shoup, the
present district attorney for the First
division.
WILL REPORT ON
STATUS OF NAVY
TO COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The admin
istration has ordered a complete re
port by experts, which may change
the atittude on his modernization j
program and that of the Navy de
partment. Chairman Eberle told the
Senate committee that the existing
ratios are: Battleships, 5-4-3; aircraft
carriers including those building 5-1-3;
destroyers, 5-7-2, and submarines 5-5
6 for Britain, the United States and
apan respectively. Secretary Wilbur
said that the ratio would be 5-5-3 when
the Florida, Utah, Wyoming and Ar
kansas were repaired.
MOTORSHIP AND
CREW MISSING
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 9.—Word
was received here today that the mo
torship Deering, formerly a subma
rine chaser, sank with Capt. Hailey
and six of his crew, December 27, off
Frontera, in one of the worst storms
in the history of the Gulf.
Big Fee Id Loeb Case
Endorsed by Lawyers
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—The Bar Asso
ciaiton today indorsed the fee of one
hundred and thirty thousand dollars,
charged by the attorneys who defend
ed Loeb and Leopold in the Franks
murder case. The attorneys have ac
cepted the fee.
DISCOVERER OF GERM
OF AMNESIA IS DEAD
SOUTH PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 8.—
Dr. Philip Rahtjen, scientist, poet,
yachtsman, and recent discoverer of
the germ of amnesia, died at the Mt.
Washington hospital yesterday. Death
resulted from drinking a poisonous
solution in the labaroatory a few days
ago in Hollywood. In 1908 Dr. Raht
jen occupied the chair of bacteriology
in the University of California.
ALASKANS WED IN
FUNERAL PARLOR
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 9.—Earl
Osborne of Juneau, Alaska, and Agnes
Hammersley of this city were mar
ried yesterday in a Vancouver funeral
parlors. The young couple could not
find a pastor at home, so grabbed Rev.
Brehne, the first one they found on
the street and the funeral parlors be
ing the nearest available place, the
wedding ceremony was performed
there.
ACTION DEFERRED
NAMING STONE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee heard sev
eral persons in secret session yester
day, and deferred action in nominating
Secretary Stone as justice on the
supreme bench.
TRIBESMAN SHOT
DOWN BY PLANES
BAGDAD, Jan. 9.—In consequence
of raids by Akwam tribesmen on the
Irak tribes, an airplane squadron yes
terday located the raiders and attack
ed them with bombs and machine
guns, killing fifty. men and many
camels.
REDONDO IN PORT;
WILL SAIL SEATTLE
The setamship Redondo arrived in
port this morning from Seldovia and
Halibut Cove with the remainder of
the season’s herring pack. The Re
dondo has been a great convenience
to the westward district this past year
as she has given the towns a weekly
boat and excellent service. She will
sail for Seattle today or tomorrow, to
be overhauled for the 1925 season.
Passengers arriving on the Redon
do from Halibut Cove and Seldovia
were:
From Halibut Cove—J. M. Guild
and wife; Miss Betty Hall, E. Sand
vik, Bert Lee, Ole Ferguson.
From Seldovia—F. Bronson, E. C.
Schnrllhardt, Andy Peterson and two
steerage.
COOLIDGE AGAINST
ELEVATION GUNS
CAPITAL SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—President
Coolidge stands squarely against the
elevation of the guns on American
capital battleships, holding it a clear
attempt to return to competitive ar
maments, which policy the United
bandoned at the Washington confer
ence. The world would hail the ele
vation of thirteen of the eighteen
capital ships of the American navy as
a failure of the principle of the limi
tation of armaments.
Fake Oil Promoter
Dies In Penitentiary
STATESVILLE, 111., Jan. 9.—Leo
Koretz, the Bayano oil bubble promo
ter, died in the penitentiary of diabe
tes.
GOVERNOR BONE
TO TALK OVER
KJR TONIGHT
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—Governor Bone
of Alaska, told the Young Men’s
Business Club said yesterday: “Alas
ka will gladly greet the Post-Intelli
gencer “Alaska Night,” January 21, at
the time of the dedication of its thou
sand watt station, KJR.”
Governor Bone* will speak over KJR
at S:30 tonight on Alaskan problems.
He said to-the club members: “Con
certs, addresses and instructive infor
mation will now be spread deep into
Interior Alaska, where radio sets are
already going by the hundreds.”
He said San Francisco had hereto
fore been closer by radio to Alaska
than Seattle, its natural gateway, and
Alaskans would be eager to hear Se
attle programs. He denounced criti
cisms of the Alaska railroad because
of its expensive construction, and ridi
culed the contention that the railroad
began and ended nowhere.
R. N. Sundquist^of Nome was also
a guest of the club.
YUKON DUE AT MIDNIGHT
Word was received shortly before
going to press that the steamship
Yukon is due in port about midnight.
The vessel will sail southbound to
morrow night about midnight.
TACOMA OPENS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—A hearing
is under way in the House Lands com
mittee over the proposal to change
the name of Mt. Rainier to Mt. Taco
ma. Representative Albert Johnson
urged that the name “Tacoma” be
adopted, saying, “we should perpetu
ate for sentiment’s sake the old Indian
name of this Northwestern moun
tain."
John F. Miller, representative from
King county district, appeared in op
position to the change.
C. Hart Merriam, chairman of the
Geographic Board testified there was
no more reason to change the name
of Mt. Rainier than to change the
names of other peaks in the vicinity.
He declared that Tacoma had inaugu
rated a campaign to change the name
of the mountain equalled only by Ger
man propaganda in the United States.
STRANGLER LEWIS
LOSES HIS TITLE
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 8.—Wayne
“Big” Munn, a former University of
Nebraska athlete and heavy weight
wrestler, defeated “Strangler” Lewis
last night for the world’s heavyweight
catch-as-catch-can championship, tak
ing two falls out of three. Several
thousand fans witnessed the match.
CHRISTMAS TOYS
USED 30 MILLION
FEET OF LUMBER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—According
to figures given out by the American
Tree Association, 400 establishments
in the United States used 30,000,000
feet of lumber in the manufacture ol
Christmas toys valued at $35,000,000,
and the total number of employes
numbered 10,000.
One New Yorw manufacturer uses
two million feet a year, and the asso
ciation points out that this is one of
the best arguments for reforestation,
so the kids will never lack Christmas
trees.
The toymakers ply their trade in
the east and near east. As the forests
have been denuded lumber has to be
shipped from the west and southwest.