VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 259
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1,923
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a > SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.—Before
* adjourning Saturday the American
Legion convention passed a resolution
favoring adjusted compensation to
the world war veteran; a strong and
adequate air force and a standing
army of sufficient strength to repel j
invasion. The Oriental committee re-'
port, which was adopted by the com-;
vention, stated that the Japanese!
earthquake had not solved the prob
lem of Asiatic immigration, but had
accentuated it. It declared that it
might naturally be expected that the
inhabitants of the affected districts
would attempt to find an asylum here;
American sympathy being appealed to
as in the case of Armenian and Greek
refugees. The Japanese problem is
not a local but a national one in ev
ery sense of the word, and unless soon
disposed off in a way to safeguard the
Ideals of the American people the na
tion cannot long keep from becoming
involved in controversies which are
inevitable. The resolution said that
- the people of the Pacific coast, in
their resistance to Japanese aggres-^
sion, were performing as truly a pa
triotic duty as if they stood in the j
trenches with rifles in their hands, ■
resisting an armed invasion.
STEALS FROM COLLECTION
PLATE TO SECURE A MEAL
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.—When the
collection plate was passed to Solo
man Kay during services in a fash
ionable church here, he calmly re
moved all the coins therein, deposited
by other worshippers, and left a note
saying: “I am hungry and need this
worse than you do. I expect to repay
you in due time.” He is in jail on a
charge of robbery.
FREIGHTER HITS BANK
GALVESTON, Oct. 23—A shipping
board freighter Bidwell, eu route New
York from San Pedro, struck the bank
* in the Panama canal and is leaking
badly.
FLOOD IN OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 23—A
wave of water four feet high and two
miles wide was roaring past this city
today, sweeping before it thousands
of head of stock, barns, houses and
implements.
TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Six persons
are dead and a seventh is believed to
be fatally burned as a result of a fire
early today in a frame tenement
house in Brooklyn.
DISTURBANCE AGAINST WOOD
CAUSED BY POLITICIANS
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Representative
Ernest R. Ackerman, of New Jersey,
chairman of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs arrived on the steam
ship President McKinley from the
Orient and said. “The disturbance in
the Philippines raised against General
Wood is a political one. Many natives
leading the revolt do not 'want inde
^ pendence for the Philippines, at least
I not at the present time. Governor
Wood is giving them an able admin
istration and is not in the least rat
tled by the clamor being raised.”
He said Wood must receive sup
port by this government in the stand
he has taken. He declared bandit
raids in China increasing and that the
United States and foreign powers in
general should not interfere, as China
will w’ork itself out of its present dif
ficulties if let alone.
TRYINGTO BUY CONCESSIONS
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 23.—It is
reported today by Turkish newspapers
that a British corporation is trying to
buy the American concessions in the
> oil fields.
FORMER AGENT OF DEPT,
OF JUSTICE
NEW YORK, Oct. 23—Gaston B.
Means, formerly an agent of the de
partment of justice was arrested to
day and is held under $1500 bond. He
is charged with having been impli
cated in the removal of 12,000 barrels
of whiskey from a government ware
house.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 23.—Citing
the horrors of war and the part he
had in it, Lloyd George in a speech
today said: “I do not want to go thru
it again; I do not want anyone else to
go through it as long as I live.”
He added: ‘‘This shall be my plea:
That there shall be no more war, but
that your nation and my nation shall
unite to clear a way for a legal peace
with its splendors, and bear a mes
sage of peace on earth and good will
to men.”
BERLIN, Oct. 23.—Disorders which
started in Hamburg this morning con
tinued this afternoon. Popular dis
content at food prices caused the
trouble it is stated.
Police stations were stormed and
many policemen were disarmed, but
later police reinforcements recaptured
the stations and dispersed the rioters,
but not before many food shops were
plundered.
CAPTURE OF WACHOW HAS
NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED
CANTON, Oct. 23.—It is reported
that the alleged capture of Wachow
Thursday has not been confirmed. Ad
vices state that 100 feet of the city
wall had been mined and the city
bombarded with 15 centimeter guns.
GOUYA WINS ENDURANCE RACE
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 23.—Gou
I ya, a brown gelding owned by W. R.
I Brown, of Berlin, was declared the
; winner of the 300 mile international
endurance contest, wherein 23 entries
started and 10 finished.
NOTED BREWER SAYS LAWS
ARE ENFORCED BY FAVOR
ST. Louis, Aug. 23.—August Busch,
noted ex-brewer of this city, published
a letter to President Coolidge today,
saying that political considerations,
such as raising a big campaign fund,
entered into the enforcement of the
Volstead Act, apparently making some
cities immune from the provisions ol
the dry law. He asserted the huge
steel, oil and packing interests financ
ed and advocated the enTorcement of
the Eighteenth amendment to side
track the anti-trust proceedings.
INTERNATIONAL CUP GIVEN
TO OWNER OF GREAT ZEV
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—Major Gen
eral John L. Hines presented the in
ternational cup to Harry Sinclair,
owner of Zev, saying: “The war de
partment is interested in this horse
as many of our plans for 'defense of
the country have to do with horses.”
The gate receipts for the race ex
ceeded $400,000.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—John Camp
bell, aged 22, a student in the Univer
sity of Washington and a graduate
from the Lincoln High school, con
fessed this morning, following his ar
rest that he had systematically burg
larized several fraternity houses the
past three months, securing several
thousand dollars worth of loot.
Campbell is a member of a well
known and influential family of Se
attle.
BELGRADE, Oct. 23.—Prince Paul
of Serbia and Princess Olga of Greece
were married here today. The wed
ding was performed with much pomp
and ceremony.
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
GIVES NEW CANNING RECIPE
BERKELEY, Oct. 22.—The college I
of agriculture announced the discov-j
ery of a new process whereby fruit!
may be kept fresh indefinitely, the
fruit being put up in cold syrup of 20
grams of sugar to each 80 grams of
water and sealed by process in tins.
DRAIN REACHES SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Jas. A. Drain,
; the noted one armed veteran, who
I was a candidate for National Com
: mander of the American Legion, ar
rived in Seattle, his former home to
: day.
YOU CAN NOW BE MULTI
BILLIONAIRE FOR A DOLLAR
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BERLIN, Oct. 23.—Tne Separatist
situation in Germany has sent the
price of exchange to 47,000,000,000
marks for one American dollar.
GREEK REVOLT BROKEN
! ATHENS, Oct. 23.—The military
revolt in Greece has been broken.
WILL PUCE AGENTS IN
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—The U. S.
Federal authorities plan to place an
agent in every brewery a*hd distillery
where liquor is stored to stop leaks,
and to increase the border patrol to
a point where it will efficiently stop
the entrance of smuggled goods. This
is the latest plan to enforce the dry
law.
AUTHOR OF “MANY MARRIAGES”
IS NOW SEEKING DIVORCE
Fate of Many a Philosopher Awaits
Man Who Knew It All
RENO, Nev., Oct. 23.—Sherwood
Anderson, author of ‘Many Marriages’
and other popular novels of the day,
is here seeking annulment of his mar
riage ties.
CIVIL WAR VETERANS DEAD
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 23.—Samuel
Harvey, 76, and Horace W. Upson, 77,
were found dead in a hut near the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home. The
men who were Civil War veterans had
been dead several days, evidently of
starvation.
DELLWOOD AT CORDOVA
The cableship Dellwood was at Cor
dova this morning on her way to
Seward to repair the' cable, recently
broken by the: halibut'steamer James
Carruthers dragging her anchor and
fouling it. The cable is also broken
in Prince William Sound.
NEW PHOTO OF HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF WORLD
'jCOPYdIOBT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. N.'.Y,''
A recent photo of Jack Dempsey,
taken since his fight with Firpo. He
retains his bright smile and winning
personality.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Capt. E. R.
Sondseim, 73, aged Klondiker and
Alaska pioneer is dead in this city. He
was former owner of the steamboat
Monarchy, which plied between Daw
son and Fairbanks in the early days.
Capt. Sondseim was the great grand
son of Edward Rutlege, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
ELECTS NATIONAL TREASURER
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.—Mrs.
Dorothy B. Harper-Hilo was elected
National Treasurer of the American
! Legion Auxiliary. She announced she
would live in Indianapolis during her
J term of office.
DEFEAT OF PA^'sRUS STUNS
THE BRITISH RACING PUBLIC
LONDON, Oct. 23.—News or the de
feat of Papyrus, the Derby winner, by
the American racer Zev, was received
with great surprise and depression by
(he Britisn racing public. Only a few
nours before the race dispatches had
stated that Papyrus was a favorite,
and the British racing public had
backed their horse heavily.
WM. GERIG HAS POSITIOM
WITH WAR DEPARTMENT
\\ illiam Gerig, formerly assistani
chief engineer on the Alaska railroad,
has been appointed consulting engi
neer in the office of Chief of Engineers
in the War Department Washington.
He will be inspector for dredging be
tween Boston and Galveston.
Mrs. Gerig is at Arkadelphia, Ark.,
their former home.
MR. AND MRS. CHAS. BYRNE
EACH HAVE BROKEN ANKLE
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Byrne, former
residents of Anchorage, sustained bro
ken ankles at Oxnard, Calif:, according
to a report received last week. Mr.
Byrne fell from a scaffold while at
work and broke his ankle while Mrs.
Byrne received her injury from a fall
a week later.
RECENT FEDERAL LAWS
APPLY TO ALASKA ROAD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Federal
laws which relate to employes of pri
vate railroads will apply to all rail
workers on the Alaska railroad, under
an order Issued by Sec. Work.
Engineers, firemen, telegraphers and
other employes are forbidden to work
more than 16 hours in any day.
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MAYANCE, Oct. 23.—Two hundred
Separatists occupied the city hall at
Weisbadeu last evening, disarming 30
policemei? and repulsing the attempts
of counter attacks to recapture the
hall. Many public buildings in differ
ent towns and cities were taken.
Rioting at Aix la Chappelle
BRUSSELS, Oct. 23.—Violence and
rioting broke out in Aix lil Chappelle1
last night when the police sought to
repulse attacks of the Separatists and
tear down the Rhineland colors from
public buildings. A squadron of Bel
gian cavalry turned out ready to in
tervene if necessary. Later police
fired on a group of republicans and
several were killed.
Britain Will Intervene
LONDON, Oct. 23.—If the German
separatists extend their government
to Cologne, which is the bridgehead of
the British Rhineland army, Britain, j
while preserving an attitude reserve 1
will take every measure to maintain
order, prevent bloodshed, and insurej
| continuance of the present local gov-!
I eminent it was stated today.
Separatists Defeated by Police
BERLIN, Oct. 23.—Reports from va
rious points in the Rhineland after
noon indicate that the Separatists
have been generally defeated, espe
cially at Aix la Chappelle, Muens
j chen, Gladbach and Bonn.
FILM STAR TO MAKE PICTURES
FOR ENGLISH FANS
Miss Seena Owen, well known star
of the movies who recently sailed for
England to make a picture there. Miss
Owen is the former wife of George
Walsh, a noted athletic movie star.
TWELVE THOUSAND TROOPS
KIDNAPED BY SEPARATISTS
MUNICH, Oct. 23.—Dr. Von Kahr,
Separatist, theoretically kidnaped
12,000 Federal troops, garrisoned at
various points in Bavaria and an-:
nounced that he would hold them un
til some satisfactory arrangement
with Berlin was reached.
HENRY LOGAN DEAD AT
HOME IN BERKELEY, CALIF.
Harry Logan, a former resident of
Anchorage and the railroad section,
died in Berkeley, Calif., Sept. 8. He
was an Elk and was formerly em
ployed as section foreman at Birch
wood. Mr. and Mrs. Logan left here
about two months ago for California.
He was buried by the Berkeley lodge
of Elks.
““CHICK” EVANS BANKRUPT
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—Charles ‘Chick’
Evans, bankrupt, said he has liabili
ties of $200,000 and assets of $50,000.
Old time Ak skan Unable to
Stmd Loss of Ship and
Ends Life in Sea
SEATTLE, Oct. 23—Depressed be
cause of having lost his ship, Captain
Johnson, aged 63, Norwegian comman
der of the motorship Kennecott,
which went to destruction on the
rocks of the British Columbia coast,
October 9, while on a voyage from
Japan to Seattle via Alaskan ports,
committed suicide Sunday night, by
jumping overboard from the deck of
the Canadian tug, Venture, returning
from the scene of the wreck to Van
couver, with seven of the crew who
with Captain Johnson remained by
tthe wreck for a week to try and save
the valuable cargo.
Members of the crew who arrived
here today believe that Capt. John
son’s mind was affected by the loss of
his vessel, stating that he had been
greatly depressed since the accident
occurred.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 23.—A re
port charging Governor Walton with
wilful neglect of duty, incompetence
and corruption in office, and offenses
involving moral terpitude were sub
mitted to the lower house of the Okla
homa legislature by the committee on
investigation and the impeachment re
port sets out 22 charges, the most
important being that the governor
Walton has used the authority of his
office for personal ends. -v
When told of the report today, Gov.
Walton stated that he expected the
members to make a strong case
against him, as they were determined
to remove him from office at all haz
ards.
“There will be a great gathering of
the Klans when that day comes,” he
added.
BAVARIAN DICTATOR JOLTS
DIPLLOMATIC RELATIONS
BERLIN, Oct. 23.—Dr. von Karl.
Bavarian dictator, jolted diplomatic re
lations with Berlin, Munich and Dres
den when he informed the central
government that hereafter Bavaria
would absolutely declien to enter into
formal relations with the Gessler, mil
itary dictator.
With the situation in the Ruhr and
Rhineland rapidly approaching a con
dition of acute crisis, Bavaria and
Saxony split, and other troubles aris
ing, Stresemann’s cabinet is confront
ed with issues affording an early op
portunity to make use of the dictato
rial authority. The Saxon government
by way of announcing its defiance to
Berlin, announced the appointment of
two rabid communists as Saxony del
egates to the Federal council.
SATURDAY FOOTBALL SCORES
Pennsylvania State 21, Navy 3.
Notre Dame 19, Princeton 2.
Michigan 23, Ohio 0.
Army 6, Auburn 6.
Yale 29, Bucknell 0.
Harvard 6, Holy Cross 0.
Iowa State 7, Kansas Aggies 7.
Oklahoma 62, Washington 7.
Colorado 41, Brigham Young 0.
Texas 16, Vanderbilt 0.
Dartmouth 27, Vermont 2.
Center 29, Oglethorpe 0.’
Colsohomines 0, LTtahaggies 26.
Multnomah A. C. 10, Gonzaga A. 0.
Washington 22, U. S. N. 0.
California 28, Oreaggies 0.
California defeated the Oreaggies
with the elusive crisscross fake. Reve
gave the Bears six of their tallies and
added yardage through the lines. The
Aggies were unable to break through
and resorted to punting.