VOLUME XX. NUMBER 73.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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LOMAN WILL TRY
TO RECOVER HIS
CONFISCATED FUR
SEATTLE, March 18.—Loman said
today on his arrival here, that he
would make an effort to have the state
department open negatiations with
Russia to recover furs confiscated
from the Wells party at Wrangell is
land on the ground that he financed
the party.
Wayne Blue Nominated
For Seward School Board
A petition has been circulated the
past few days for the nomination of
Wayne Blue as chairman of the school
* board, and the required number of
signers has been secured. Mr. Blue
was induced to run by a number of
citizens, including several members
of the old school board. He is heav
ily interested in the city and has
children attending the schools.
SENATE CONFIRMS
JOHN G. SERGENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 18.—
The Senate yesterday in open session
without a dissenting vote, confirmed
the nomination of John G. Sergent as
attorney general.
Coolidge today sent many nomina
tions to the senate including envoys
judges, ambassadors, and that of T. F.
Woodlock, of New York, for the U.
S. commerce commission, which Re
publican leaders had advised him to
withdraw the last session.
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
A slight earthquake shocks lasting
probably a half minute, was felt here
last night about 3:30 o’clock. The
shocks started with a slight tremor
and gradually increased in violence,
then died away.
STARR WILL SAIL WEST
AGAIN EARLY IN APRIL
The steamship Starr will sail for
Unalaska and westward points about
April 5, making connections with the
boat from Seattle.
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NORTHWESTERN OUT OF JUNEAU
% JUNEAU, Alaska, Mar. 18.—North
western cleared for westward ports
at 2 a. m. date.
Register If you want to Vote.
STEAMER EIDER
ON WAY SEWARD
TO BE REPAIRED
XX DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, Mar. t
It 18 (AP).—The Bureau of Fish- t
It eries steamer, Eider, returned to- t
XX day from the Pribilofs, where t
it Captain Beck reported he re- t
^ XX ceived a hearty welcome with X
XX the first mail received by the isl- X
XX anders in four months. Capt. t
^ XX Beck reported that the islands t
XX had spent a good winter with no X
4 „ tt sickness or deaths. |
XX The Eider goes from here to X
XX Seward for repairs. Her hull X
•'! XX was damaged when the vessel X
XX struck a rock in Wrangell Nar- X
XX rows en route from Seattle to X
It Unalaska. I
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City of Tokio Ravaged
By Fire, 20,000 Adrift j
TOKYO, Japan, Mar. IS.—Twenty
thousand are homeless from a con
flagration in Northeastern Tokyo,
which destroyed 3,000 buildings with
unestimated casualties. The fire was i
under control at noon today. .
COURT DISMISSES
SHEPHERD WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS
8 CHICAGO, Mar. IS.—The court 8
8 dismissed Shepherd’s petition for 8
8 habeas corpus, and sent him to 8
8 jail to remain until he is ar- 8
8 raigned Saturday. Dr. Olson in 8
8 a statement today reiterated his 8
8 belief that Shepherd poisoned his 8
8 brother. Olson declared a con- 8
j 8 spiracy to obtain the McClintock 8
: 8 property existed 18 years ago, 8
8 before the death of Mrs. McClin- 8
; 8 took. 8
8 Shepherd stoutly denied his 8
8apparent guilt, despite the evi- 8
: 8 dence piling up against him. 8
8 Faiman was also remanded to 8
8 custody to await trial for com- 8
8 plicity in the poisoning. 8
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j CHICAGO, March 18.—Robert White
| a former student at Fairman’s, identi
fied Shephei'd as the man who attend
ed the school a week in the fall of ’23
• and took a course in bacteriology.
READJUSTMENT
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ATTY. GENERAL
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. IS —
j Extensive readjustment in the offices
I of the Department of Justice is ex
pected to follow the advent of the
new Attorney General, John G. Ser
gent. Solicitor James M. Beck, rank
ing next to the attorney general, is
understood to have prepared his res
ignation. A. L. Seymour, who ranks
next to Beck, is leaving soon to re
sume his law practice in Ohio.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt * is
expected to continue as assistant at
torney general in charge of prohibition
enforcement, although she recently is
said to have contemplated resigning.
HUNGER NO EXCUSE FOR
SPEEDING, JUDGE HOLDS
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TACOMA, March 18.—Even hun
ger is no excuse for breaking the
speed limit, E. J. Hackett, police
judge, held in the case of Quincy
Durkee, a youth, that Speed Officer
Ray Feldkirchner told the court was
going fifty-five miles an hour.
Durkee told the court he had got
a new job the day he was arrested,
had stayed in bed too long that
morning and went to work without
breakfast.
“No excuse,” said the judge, “if
you can’t get up for breakfast, take
some sandwiches to bed with you,
it’s cheaper.”
He was given fifteen days in jail.
MELLON APPEALS TO PEOPLE
FORGET PARTISAN POLITICS
RICHMOND, March 18.—Mellon ap
pealed to the people of the country to
eliminate partisan politics and con
sider the tax Questions, in an address
made here todnv
Join the Chamber e" Commerce.
AIRPLANE SERVICE
BE ESTABLISHED
SEWARD WEST
SAN FRANCISCO. March 18.—An
Airplane will be used to transport mail
md merchandise from Seward to Al
iska canneries and other out of the
way points to the westward this sum
mer, says an unofficial statement to
:lay. Arrangements are being made to
tiave the plane taken to Alaska on
the Bear by the postal and naval au- :
thorities. j
HYPODERMIC INJECTION
PROVES LETHAL DOSE
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Mar. 18—Dr.
Walter E. Brown, who gave Sam Dre
ben, a soldier of fortune who had par
ticipated in many wars, a hypodermic
injection 24 hours before Dreben died,
testified at the inquest today that the
nurse, who was not a graduate, pre
pared the fluid which killed Dreben.
The jury returned a verdict of “un
avoidable accident.”
CHICAGO POISONERS ARE
REMANDED TO PRISON
CHICAGO, Mar. 18.—A grand jury
today returned indictments against
Shepherd and Faiman. Besides in
oculation by typhoid germs, the in
dictments charge that poison was ad
ministered to McClintock in the form
oP aconite, prussic acid and morphine.
The defendants were arraigned today.
JUDGE OVERRULES DEMURRER
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18.—Judge
Partridge of the Federal Court yes
terday overruled the motion of the
defense in the case of the crew of
the steamship Quadra, accused of rum
running. The accused claimed they
were outside the three mile limit but
the court held that the United States
is authorized to arrest any alien at
tempting to violate her laws.
PHILLIP CONFIRMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. IS.—
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Hoffman Philip, of New
York, as minister to Persia.
FIANCEE CHICAGO
MAN CLAIMS BIG
SHARE ESTATE
CHICAGO, Mar. 18.—Attorneys for
Isabelle Pope, fiancee of McClintock,
the murdered Chicago millionaire,
contend that she is entitled to the
same share in the estate as she would
have received if she had married him.
which she contends she would have
done if the machinations of Shepherd
and Faiman had not put a stop to
her plans.
Ten cousins of McClintock, who at
tacked the will on the grounds of un
due influence exerted by Shepherd,
have announced that they are willing
that the girl receive more than the
$80,000 annuity provided in the will.
The State is planning to exhume the
bodies of Mrs. Emma Nelson Mc
Clintock. mother of the dead youth,
and Dr. Oscar Olson, brother to Judge
Olson of the city courts.
The oyster’s “R” months have be
come S. O. S. months.
America can provide enough air
craft in case of war if somebody
will hold the enemy for a year.
Gateway want-ads bring results.
Secretary Agriculture
Orders an Investigation
WASHINGTON, J>. C., Mar. IS.—
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine di
rected the Grain Futures commission j
to immediately investigate the violent '
fluctuations in the wheat market.
FUNERAL DEHENNY
HELD UN ALASKA BY
FATHER J. ORLOFF
« UNALASKA* Mar. IS.—The fu- tt
tt neral of Hugh Delienny, manager tt
tt of the Chernofski ranch of the tt
tt Aleutian Islands Livestock Com- tt
U pany, who died in the hills last tt
tt week while lost, was conducted tt
tt ed here Monday, the first white tt
tt funeral conducted under the aus- tt
tt pices of the Greek Catholic ♦$
tt church. A choir of natives sang tt
tt and Father J. T. Orloff. priest in tt
tt charge officiated. tt
tt A coroner’s jury declared that tt
tt Dehenny’s death was due to ex- tt j
tt posure and exhaustion. tt j
tt The inquest disclosed that De- tt
tt henny’s collie dog had remained tt
tt by the body nine days before go- tt
tt ing to Chernofski for help. tt
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THIRTY MINERS
ENTOMBED W. VA.!
FAIRMONT, W. Va., Mar. 18.—None
of the 34 men entombed in the mine
of the Bethlehem Mines Corporation
at Barraekville, three miles west of
here in the explosion last night, have
been reached this morning. This aft
ernoon the rescuers were deep in the
workings, and two rescuers who reach
ed the room where the mine horses
were kept reported all dead.
Explosion May Have Been Caused.
FAIRMONT. W. Va., Mar. 18—Three
men were arrested here yesterday fol-!
lowing a report that a bomb caused !
the explosion in a mine owned by the I
Bethlehem Steel Company.
Senator Dill Will Visit
In Alaska This Summer
SEATTLE, Mar. 18.—A dispatch
from W. \V. Jermane, Washington cor
respondent to the Seattle Times, dis
closes that Senator C. C. Dill, of Spo
kane, after speaking at Chautauqua
engagements in the East, will visit the
Pribilof Islands and interior Alaska
this summer, seeking recreation prin
cipally, but also information.
LORD CURZON DYING SLOWLY
LONDON, Mar. 18.—It was report
ed in the lobby of the House of Lords
today that Lord Curzon is slowly dy
ing from a complication of lung dis
eases.
The dirigible Los Angeles flew
from its Lakeliurst, N. J. mooring
mast to Bermuda, a distance of 681
miles, in twelve hours while the fast
est steamer line to the islands is
forty hours. Directors of the air
service say “this is only a forerun
ner of what anyone may enjoy in a
few years.” That undoubtedly is
true, for the skyship has proven its
mettle beyond question. Any craft
that can race over the bootleg lanes,
in both directions, without getting
off its course, has demonstrated irs
fitness for any kind of navigation.
Register If you want to Vote.
MILWAUKEE GOES
INTO HANDS OF
RECEIVER TODAY
CHICAGO, Mar. 18.—Application
was filed today for a receiver for
the Chicago, St. Paul & Milwau
kee Railroad.
Has Debt of S434.000.000
CHICAGO, Mar. IS.—The Milwau
kee railway, with 16.000 miles of track
linking the Middle West with the Pa
cific coast, and one of the largest sys
tems in the country, has a funded
debt of $434,000,000 pfd. stock sold
for $116,000,000, common stock. $117,'
000.000. Its extension to the coast
with electrically propelled trains in
the mountain divisions, was a mod
ern engineering marvel, but did not
pay the expected profit.
Readjust Decided by Directors.
NEW YORK, Mar. 18.—Readjust
ment of the financial structure of the
Chicago, St. Paul & Milwaukee rail
road was decided today by its direc
tors. Protective committees were
named to co-operate with the road’s
management in drafting the readjust
ment plan. The decision will vitally
affect the stockholders of the road as
about $673,000,000 in stocks and bonds
are hit by the road's inability to re
fund $48,000,000 in bonds maturing in
June, 1925. Back of the difficulties
lies the expensive extension of its
lines to the Pacific coast, inadequate
revenues, mounting cost of operation
and general depression in the North
western states.
Creditor Files Suit in Equity
N§W Y’ORK, Mar. 18.—One credi
tor today filed a suit in equity against
the Milwaukee railroad in the Federal
court, which appointed H. E. Bryan
president of the road, and Mark W.
Potter, as receivers, who gave $50,000
bonds.
Labor in Sweden Follows
Along Conservative Lines
STOCKHOLM, March 19.—Sweden
is a stronghold of labor in politics,
the percentage ot voters enrolled un
der the labor banner being larger
than in any other country, accord
ing to figures brought out here by
Social-Demokrat, the government or
gan, and vouched for by the secre
tariat of the Socialist Labor Inter
nationals. On the other hand the
^ relative insignificance of the Com
munist organizations, when measured
by the test of the ballot box, is re
vealed by the same statistics.
In the Swedish Riksdag the Social
Democratic party, which forms the
principal backing of the present gov
! eminent, has a membership of 104
out of a total of 230 deputies, or 45.2
per cent the highest in any country.
ANOTHER “CHEAT”
PLAY IN GOLDEN
GATE METROPOLIS
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8 SAN FRANCISCO, March 18. 8
8 —Exposing her bare shoulder 8
8 to the police, in much the same 8
8 manner as Pola Negri, in The 8
8 “Cheat”, revealing the initials 8
8 T. W. burned in her skin, Mrs. 8
8 Dolores Winfree said she was 8
8 branded with her curling irons 8
8 by her husband Theodore, a 8
8 sailor. 8
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