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SEWARD; ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4,1924
i’RSCE TEN CENTS
Deadlock Is Holding Up Needed Legislation
DEADLOCK IS DELAYING LEGIS
LATION-TAX LAWS MUST BE
REVISED, SAYS MELLON
WASHINGTON. Jan 4.—The time
spent in organizing congress and the
flection of a chairman to the inter
state commerce commission, may ap_
pear of small consequence to the lay
mind, but the effect on the nation may
be far-reaching, as legislation may be j
delavnd that is vitally necessary.
The growth of membership in the
nation’s legislation has placed upon
the committees the principal burden
of framing legislation. Until a com-j
mittee is ready to report a biil it liesj
dormant on the list of measures ofj
which thousands are proposed but few
are enacted. There is always the pos
sibility that a deadlock in a commit
tee can be overcome by a motion on
I ’he part of the house or senate, but
for the most part the power of a com-j
mittee is the power of life and death
over legislation.
Owing to reduced majorities of the;
renublicans and the increase in the!
number of democrats, the ratio on the
house committees is twelve republi-1
cans to nine democrats. On the ways
and means commi’tee, which is alb
powerful, there will be fifteen repub
licans and eleven democrats. The
possibilities of blocking legislation by;
a combination of insurgent republi-,
cans and a solid vote of democrats,
m ere even greater in the committees;
than in the house proper.
In view of the fact that the organic
zation process in both the senate and
the house has been subject to delay1
congress will not get started on a
working program as early as in other
sessions, there is, however, no suclj
pressure for haste this time as the
present session does not expire on
March 4th but goes on beyond that]
date indefinitely, and may run. if the1
members desire, into the following,
> session in December, 1924, without
interruption.
Most members, however, wish to:
take an active part in the primary I
campaigns and the presidential con-’
test, using the opportunity to straight-;
en themselves with their constituents
whether they are candidates this time
or not, so the tendency of congress
will be to bring about an adjournment
not later than August, if possible.
In view of the fact that congress is
4orn in groups and blocs, the deadlock
on legislation is likely to be of such
character as to force an adjournment
at an early date, although all politi
cians are in agreement that congress
will not dare adjourn without taking
some action on tax revision, which is
the paramount issue.
Whatever doubts members of con
gress may have had about the impor
tance with which the country views
the necessity of tax reduction, have
been swept aside by the letters and
/telegrams which keep pouring in daily
to the members. Only such a torrent;
ever makes an impression, and the;
continued pressure of the country:
alone will change the course of con
gress from one of hesitation to per-:
formance
Until organization is completed andj
ANOTHER Mi SHOT
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, PASADENA Jan. 4.—William Ja_
►eobsen was shot and instantly killed
by bandits last night when he tried to
protect his fiancee from asnault when
the bandits held them np
This is the second or third case in
which escorts of women hare been
killed while defending them from
thugs.
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Cleveland, Jan. 4 —Hiram Johnson,
in the opening of his campaign speech
last night laid down five main lines of
attack on the administration of Presi
dent Coolidge and those supporting
him for the nomination. These were
for the increase in the eRpublican
delegate strength from the south.
The Mellon tax plan, the agricultur
al relief and the sale of arms to Obre
gon government was lack of definite
foreign policy.
LOS ANGELES SMITTEN WITH
STORM OF WIND AND RAIN
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.—One person
is dead and others are recovering from
injuries today as the result of acci
dents attributed to the high winds
which yesterday swept the city and
vicinity. No accurate amount of the
property damage was available but
the loss runs into hundreds of thou
sands.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.—William|
F. Morgan, former partner of J. p.|
Moigan^ and recently divorced from;
Juliet, daughter of the Tate J. P. Mori
gan, was denied passports to tfip:
Orient, until he and his bride, also a j
divorcee, and formerly Mrs. Theodo-i
sia C. Carlin, had produced proof of:
their marriage two days ago at Santa'
Barbara. The couple were leaving on
a honeymoon tour
SEND OUT S, 0. S
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—The British
steamship Harold Dollar and the Jap
anese steamer Kyosei Maru are disa
bled in the Pacific a thousand miles
off the coast of Washington, and the
Empress of Russia is rushing to their
assistance.
GRAVE DIGGER PREPARES
AN AMPLE PLOT FOR SELF
LONDON, Jan 4.—John Evans, a
Glamorganshire grave digger, altho
still hale and hearty is preparing a
commodious grave for himself in the
burial ground in which he has worked
most of his life. The site was pre
sented to him by clients and other in
terests have also presented him with
a stone slab to cover it Evans de
clares he has no intention of dying'
yet.
the republican progressive bloc is
broken by the election of a chairman
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, but little can be expected from
congress. There promises to be very
lively fights over the rules which
■formed the basis of the recent truce
whereby the insurgents agreed to the
election of Speaker Gillette, but with
the understanding that the revision of
the rules must be taken up within 30
days.
As for the senate, the considers,
tion of treaties will probably be the
order of the day. Congress is slow
in starting, but it will grind out the
usual grist, much of It worthless and
some few bills necessary to the se
curity of the country.
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A MODERN DISCIPLE OF CHRIST WHERE NERO FAILED
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army before the lions
dens in the Coloseum at Rome—on the spot where thousands of early Chris
tians sealed their faith with their blood and were torn to pieces by lions.
IOWA BARS THE COLLECTION
OF COIN LENT TO BUY BOOZE
DgS MOINES, Jan. 4.—The Iowa
Supreme Court has held that money
loaned for the purpose of buying or
transporting liquor cannot be recov
ered through process of law and that
the ad is as criminal as the selling of
liquor.
The decision of the state’s highest
court was made in the case of Gertie
Davis vs. Clyde and Nellie Hcrney of
Sicux City.
The court held that the money was
loaned to the Ilernev family to vio
late the liquor laws and allowed a
judgment in favor of defendants.
TRACES LOSER OF $90
HE FOUND VIA PICTURE
SPENCER. Ia , Jan. 4.—William
Batcher goes to a lot of trouble to be
honest, and Mrs A. L. Thimby, ot
Danville, owes the recovery of $90 she
lost this summer to Batcher's trou
ble. Batcher found a handbag along
the road near here this summer.
He also found a camera with $90 cash
in the bag.
After he had developed the roll of
films found in the camera Batcher ob
tained an automobile number from one
of the prints. By this numebr he lo
cated Mrs. Trimby, who has lost the
bag, and sent the cash, bag. kodak and
money to her.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—No longer is
the “southpaw” housewife to be han
dicapped in her work because kitchen
utensils are made solely for the right
handed woman.
British manufacturers have begun
to make pots and pans designed for
the convenience of the left.handed
operator They are offering their cus
tomers their choice of either right
handed or left-handed pans and are
also making a double-tipped saucepan
for the use of either the right hand
ed or left-handed woman.
The popularity of these utensils,
the manufacturers declare is proof
enough that there are more left-hand,
ed housewives, cooks and kitchen
maids in England than anyone has
imagined.
BOTH HOUSES RECESS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Both the
Senate and the House recessed late
yesterda/ afternoon until Monday.
SEATTLE, Jan 4.—Major Alfred
L^'rabee, assigned • to direct supervi
| sion laying the new Alaska cable, ar
j rived today from Washington. He
■ will make a trip in the Delwood to
S London, the vessel sailing about the
i 22nd of January to load cable and
j bring it to Alaska. It is planned to<
begin laying the first section out of
! Seattle in May.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Mrs. Homer
Sanford, a well known Alaska woman
and wife of Sergt. Homer Sanford,
Master Sergeant Electrician in the
Signal Corps, in charge of the offices
at Juneau and Sitka was buried today,
having died suddenly of pneumonia.
MABEL NORMAND UNDERGOES
OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.—Mabel
Normand underwent an operation to
day of appendicitis, in the same hos
pital in which Courtland Dines is
fighting for life, his wound through the
lung having developed into pneumo
nia. Kelly, Miss Normand’s chauf-;
feur Is being held without bail until
the nature of Dines' wound is appar
ent.
1ECK OF QIXMUBE
FOUND BY AIR PLANES
PARIS, Jan. 4.—Observation planes
have located the wreck of the Dix
mude drifting in the Mediterranean
Sea about three miles south of San
Marcos.
SPECIAL OUT IN MORNING
A special train will be run to An
chorage tomorrow, it is reported, car
rying passengers and mail. General
Manager Landis will spend the night
at Seward.
SPIRITUALISTS DIE TO
SUSTAIN THEIR CREED
MILAN, Jan. 4.—The first known
:ase of spiritualists putting their the_
ories into practice has occurred here,
Sr. Vincerntno Fattori and his wife,
two wellknown spiritualists, commit.,
ting suicide by coal gas poisoning in|
order to “prove that there was a bet
ter life alter death.” as they stated
in a letter to the newspapers, before
committing suicide.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4.—Motion picture
census boards in Kansas, Tennessee,
*• nd other states have ordered films in
which Mabel Normand appears barred
from the movie houses. It is proba
ble that the actress will be baried
from producing pictures for a certain
period, as was Fatty Arbuckle
MANILA COCK FIGHT FANS
TOTE FIREARMS TO MATCH
MANILA, Jan. 4.—The authorities
have redoubled their watchfulness at
public meetings and especially at all
sporting events, on account of the bit
ter feelings engendered through the
recent campaign and election.
An example of the necessity for
such watchfulness was recently given
at a cock fight in the suburbs. All
spectators were forced to park their
weapons. After the crowd had as_
sembled officers found a stack of pis
tols, knives, bolos, brass knucks, and
slungshots large enough to equip an
army of stock a museum.
KILLS 500 RATTLESNAKES ON
HER FARM IN NINE YEARS
LUSK, Wyo., Jan. 4.—Mrs Huston
Sowers, who runs a farm near here,
declares her property is overrun with
rattlesnakes. Beseeching help from
the office of the State Biological Sur
vey Mrs. Sowers declares that 500
rattlesnakes have been killed on her
farm during the past nine years and
that the snake population is increas
ing, notwithstanding.
“We have so many rattlesnakes
here ” Mrs. Sowers complained, “that
when I hear a hen cackle I have to
run to her next to get the egg before
a snake swallows it.”
Plans are under way by the biolog
ical survey to start an intensive cam
paign against the snakes.
LEIGH C. PALMER
WILL HEAD BOARD
SHIPPING FLEET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—A decision
was reached at a shipping board con
ference held at the Whitehouse today
to place the operation and control of
a?! government owned merchant ton
nage in the hands of an emergency
fleet corporation wTith Leiga C. Pal
mer, retired rear admiral as presi
dent.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Bert Jacobs,
convicted of the Western Union hold
up last Octoher, was sentenced to 1C
years In the state penitentiary ai
Walla Walla. -
Gateway, $1.25 per no. delivered.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. —Sena.tor.
O E. Weller, of Mar\ land introduced
a resolution in the Senate today which
was referred to the committee oh
manufactures, of which Senator* iLa
Follette is chairman, calling for ih*
vestigation of the fur seal trust Id
control of the Alaska sealing contract, '
with the department ot commerce,
and of persons involved in claiming
and operating said contract.
Four million dollars is estimated ak
'he loss to date to the government on
the eon’raci now held by the Fodke
Fur Company. 01 St. Louis. The con_
tract is alleged have seven more years
to run.
Sena,‘or Sp meet's law firm oi Sf»dn
cer oc Donnell, as attorneys for the
trust have received $80,000 in fees. ‘
according to Weller.
The contract for preparing the Tiidts
of iur seals for market was formerly '
giv-m to an English firm, .v tew yeais
ago it was given to Fouke & Company
of St. l ouis, and Seattle iur men have
bee i fighting to have the contract
broken and given to Seattle buyers.
ROME, Jan. 4.—Fresh earthquake
shocks are reported on the Adriatic
coast tonight with many injured.
PIE.® SAMMIES
The All Alaska moving picture ‘ The
Cheecnakos,” was shown to a ' full
house last night for the second time,
and on every hand were heard expres.
sions ot approval. The sc.ene.rv, in
the picture is wonderful,, the acting, *
good, fair and rotten, according to the
ability of the Alaskans taking pact
Piobablv the best of the amateur§-vya4
Mr. D. C. Brownell, who takes part in.
the first three reels, as one of the
‘cheechakos.” Mr. Brownell, however,
distinguished himself in the photog
raph> work, as the pictures are unu
sually clear and distinct and the de
tail fine.
The pictures of the McKinley park
district, the shooting of the rapids in
Abercrombie canyon, the glacier and
ice pictures will go big outside We
believe that Seward residents 'will
agree that “The Cheechakos” is far
better than many of the pictures on
the screen here, and ranks with some
of the best. Many of the characters
in the story are fine, and their work
is up to standard, but naturally many
amateurs were used and this detract
ed some from the pictures. The pic
ture is a success; how big remains Cor
the outside audiences to demonstrate.
TRAPER AT KANTISHNA
MAY BE VICTIM OF COLD
Arrivals from the Interior bring
word of the probable death in the
Kantishna district of Nels Stohl, a
well known oldtimer of that region,
who has not been seen for several
weeks.
Belief that the man who divided
his time between prospecting and
trapping is dead was encouraged by
the finding recently of several of his
dogs starved to death. One dog was
found alive but so weak It could hard
ly move.
Search Is bting made for the sup_
posed victim