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VOLUME xvm
NUMBER 207
SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
NEWS PAPER MAN DENIES RE
PORT STATING MARY WAS
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THIRTY YEARS OLD
LOS ANGELES, August 21—The lo
cal movie colony was agog with ex
citement, which almost created a sen
sation, when it was reported that J.
H. Reilly, a proof reader of the Dallas
“Daily News,” who is the father of
Mary Miles Minter, said she was 30
years old, not 21. Later when Reilly
was interviewed in Dallas, he denied
the report saying, she was born at
Shreveport, in 1902. The birth record
was looked up by an enterprising re
porter, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and
it was found that Juliet Reilly, her
real name, was born April 25th, 1902.
LOS ANGELES, August 21—Mary
Miles Minter, Motion picture star in a
statement to the Times said she had
hoped some day to marry William
Desmond Taylor. “I was never en
gaged in the sense that he’d asked me
to marry him and I’d promised, but
always hoped that sometimes I would
be married.”
Regarding her mother she said: “I
must be settled by attorneys or the
Court, as I shall never see my Mother
again.”
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
SEATTLE, August 21—Price noon
today, thirteen cents.
i. KETCHIKAN, August 21—Halibut
eleven and seven; pickled none.
NOME, August 21—The schooner
“Blue Sea” belonging to the Olaf
Swenson and Co., of Seattle, which
was recently interned at East Cape,
Siberia, with two other smaller trad
ing craft from the States, by the Bol
sheviks, has returned to Nome. Cap
tain Anderson reports the Soviets en
deavored to recapture them but were
too late.
I FILES SUIT
FQFI THIRTY CENTS
DES MOINES, August 21—Charges
by Senator Brookhart that \Y. Mer
dith, while secretary of Agriculture,
sat in Wall Street and helped produce
the greatest farm panic in the history
of agriculture, prompted Merdith to
file suij. lor libel and damages of 30
cents.
COOLIDGE AND BUSINESS
LEADERS DISCUSS CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21
Business conditions throughout the
nation and the relation of the govern
ment to business, were discussed at
a conlerence today between Coolidge
and some of the nation’s leading cap
tains of industry.
SHERIFF KILLED BY BANDITS
BROOKVILLE, lnd., August 21—
Sheriff Wm. Van Camp, of Franklyn
County, was shot and killed today by
two automobile bandits.
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS
ARRIVE FROM MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21—
The American commissioners, Warren
and Payne arrived today from Mexico.
FIRE IN CARGO OF ADM. LINER
KOBE, August 21—The liner Pres
ident Grant, Captain Emensen in com
mand, of the Admiral Line, arrived in
port today from Seattle with lire in
her cargo.
MELLON TO REMAIN IN CABINET
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21
Mellon said today after a conference
•with Coolidge, that he will remain in
the cabinet.
DE VALERA AND FOLLOWERS
WILL BE INTERNED SOON
DUBLIN, August 21—Indications
are that the government will presently j
intern De Valera with several of his:
followers. One of the first effects of
De Valera’s arrest wras to increase by j
a large number the candidates which
were nominated Saturday by election
for the Dail.
ERECT MEMORIAL TO HARDING
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21—The;
Harding Memorial committee decided j
to call on the citizenry to raise by |
popular subscription the half million ^
dollars to be used in erecting a monu-1
ment to perpetuate his memory.
BELIEVED TO BE MEMBERS OF
LARGEST BOOZE RING YET
APPREHENDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21—
The Department of Justice announced
today that eighty-four were under ar
rest in Savannah, Georgia,' .charged
with violating the conspiracy section
of the prohibition act. It is believed
that the men are members of the larg
est bootlegging ring that has yet been
apprehended.
EQUALS AMERICAN RECORD
PARIS, August 21—The Aero Club
of France officially stated that Sadi
Lecointe has equalled the American
altitude record of August eighth by
ascending 1051S meters. It was first
thought she had beaten it.
KENDALL PLANNING VACATION
DES MOINES, August 21—Govern
or Kendall is planning an extended
leave of absence on account of ill
| health. He and his wife will visit Hon
; olulu for several months, but is un
! known when they will get away.
QUARANTINE ON FOREIGN FRUIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21—
The federal horticulture board order
ed the quarantine of foreign fruits, ef
fective next November. One purpose
is to keep out the Mediterranean fruit
flies and other injurious insects. Ha
waii and Porto Rico are unaffected.
The order bars Mandarin Oranges,
including Satsuma and tangerines ol
Japan, without a permit. Dried fruits
do not require a permit.
QUEZON HEADS “WALKOUT” OF
FILIPINO OFFICIALS
COPVWtGHT CVNEO'lNST. WASHINGTON
MANUEL QUEZON, head of the Col
lectivist party and President of the
Philippine Senate, who headed the
‘‘general walk-out” of Filipino officials
in protest against the methods of Gen
eral Leonard Wood, recently. Senor
Quezon cabled a report to President
Harding, it is said, in which he de
clared that the resignations of the
Cabinet were not a protest against
Governor General Wood, but a protest
against the encroachment by the Gov
ernor General on the constitutional
rights already enjoyed by the Filipino
people."
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STORM FI ELD, HOME WHERE MARK TWAIN DIED,
DESTROY ED BY FIRE
View of the ruins of Stormfield, the beautiful country home near Red
ding, Ct„ in which Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), spent the closing
years of his life. All that is left are the chimneys and fireplaces, before
which the great American humorist was wont to toast his shins and muse.
The house was destroyed recently by fire, causing an intrinsic loss ot at
least $175,000, and narrowly costing the life of the owner, Mrs. Margaret
E. Givens, of New York, and her son and daughter, Eben and Thelma Given
BONUS FOR VETS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21—
The next congress will provide a bon
j us for the four million American War
Veterans as soon at it reconvenes,
Senator Reed Smoot, Republican of
Utah, the next chairman of the pow
erful Senate Finance Committee, pre
dicted today. Smoot declared lie ex
pected President Coolidge would sign
the bill at it is enacted by Congress,
but warned the measure would be
come a law if it would be necessary
to over-ride the Presidential veto.
WASHINGTON, D. C. .August 21—!
With wheat selling below cost great |
numbers of the farmers of the western j
states are facing ruin, Secretary Wal
lace declared this afternoon in a pub
lic statement.
THREE KILLED IN ACCIDENT
NICE August 21—Rev. Hiram Grant
Person and wife, of Newton, Mass.,
and two unidentified women were
killed when the automobile in which
they were riding plunged over a three
hundred feet embankment, in to the
river Var.
NEW YORK, August 21—The Su
preme court, Judge O’Malley, issued
an order on application of the Ameri
can society for the recognition of the
Irish Republic requiring the Irish Free
State government to show cause next
Thursday why the commission should
not be issued with authority to dispose
of the twenty-six million dollars now
tied up in a lawsuit and which was
raised in the United States through
the sale of Irish Republic bonds.
There will be some connection be
twen De Valera and the American
consul in Dublin relative to the suit,
which has not yet been made clear.
WASHINGTON, August 21—Negro
presses and a group of negro leaders
over the country, according to advices
received here will meet in National
Conference in Chicago August 28th to
protest the appointments of C Bascom
Slemp and Col. Charles O. S. Herrill,
Secretary and Military Aide respec
tively to Cooiidge.
SEATTLE, August 21—Alleging her
husband Samuel was a habitual drunk
ard, Mrs. Annie Johnston, owner of a
chain of restaurants in this city, com
menced action for divorce. She is the
widow of Chauncey Wright, the well
known Seattle pioneer restaurantman.
LASKER RETURNS TO CHICAGO
CHICAGO, August 21—Lasker has
returned to Chicago again to resume
his advertising business.
WM. HART WILL RETURN MOVIES
LOS ANGELES, August 21—It was
announced here today that William S.
Hart will return to the Movies after a
two years’ absence.
CHARLEVILLE, August 21—Poin
care, speaking in the shadow of the
building which was the seat of the
German Military headquarters during
the war, said in part:
Peace entails loyal execution of the
treaties signed, and justice exacts
complete reparations for damages
caused. The French demand nothing
else and England cannot desire any
thing different. Surely a way of agree
ing together must be found.”
SEATTLE, August 21—George F.
Russell, former postmaster appointed
Superintendent of the Water depart
ment today. ..■/'* .. .
FORD WILL SPEND VAST SUM
IN NEW8PAPER ADVERTISING
DETROIT, August 21—The Ford Co.
announced that they would spend sev
en million dollars for advertising in
papers and magazines which was to be
given out over the country. Last year
they spent their advertising funds
thru a local agency.
RUSSIAN GENERAL DETAINED
NEW YORK, August 21—General
Alexander Lokomskv, once chief of
Staff of the Russian army and mili
tary aide to the Czar Nicholas, was
detained with his family aboard the
Steamship President Wilson on her
arrival in this port. The Russian quota
for August is exhausted.
I HEART OF CIT1
FOUR SHOT WHEN RESIST SEVEN
GUNMEN, WHO MAKE RICH
HAUL
DETROIT, August 21—Seven gun
men today held up Allendale, in the
heart of the city, and lined up about
one hundred and seventy persons,
four of whom were shot and wounded,
while resisting robbery.
This is the most daring* robbery the
city has ever known.
LEADING COTTON GROWTH
IN WORLD THREATENED
NEW YORK, August 21—E. E. Bart
lett, president of the U. S. Cotton Ex
change in a statement here said the
Boll Weevil and Drough damaged the
cotton crop by seventy-six million ibs.
this year. He said unless the Weevil
was checked within the next few
years, America’s supremacy as the
leading cotton growing country in the
world was seriously threatened.
SEIZURE OF SCHOONER LEAGL
NEW YORK, August 21—The seiz
ure of the schooner Marion Mosher
outside the three mile limit by prohi
bition agents was declared legal by
right of the “Hovering Law,” which
was enacted last year in the new tar
iff. The craft was surreptitiously hov
ering around the American three mile
limit supposedly waiting to slip in
with her cargo of liquor.
LOWER TAXES BE URGED
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21
Lower taxes will be strongly recom
mended to the next congress by Cool
idge.
“DOUG” FAIRBANKS, JR.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., waves a
greeting to friends and relatives who
greeted him on his return to Los An
geles. Douglas is thirteen years old,
and is to be starred in a series of pic
tures typifying American youth. One
of the first of these will have the Boy
Scout movement as a background.
HUNDREDS DEAD IF!
TIDAL WAVE DOES MUCH DAM
AS IT RACES THROUGH
COASTAL VILLAGES
TOKIO, August 21—Three hundred
and forty six are known to be dead
and thousands are missing as a result
of the tidal waves in the western pro
vinces of Korea and along the Kalu
river, according to a cable tonight
from Sequl.
HONKONG, August 21—Two hun
dred, mainly Chinese, were drowned
or killed at Macao, as a result of Sat
urday’s typhoon.
TOKYO, August 21—Tidal waves
and storms submerged twenty-five
thousand houses along the Yalu river
on the west coast of Korea. No esti
mates on the loss of life and property
are given, but they will be extremely
heavy.
PREDICTS FULL OF
BERLIN, August 21—The American
congressman Hamilton J. Fish, Jr.,
now touring Europe, predicted today,
that sooner or later the communists
will percipitate the tall of the German
republic.
GENERAL STRIKE DECLARED
ATHENS, August 21—A general
strike has been declared and the gov
ernment has ordered the mobilization
of all strikers.
TEN DROWN IN MISSISSIPPI
ST. PAUL, August 21—Ten, includ
ing five members of the family of Nic
olas Martinelli, perished when their
pleasure boat sank in the Mississippi
last night.
COLOGNE, August 21—The French
general commanding at Dusseldorf,
announced today that he intends to
seize all German money wherever dis
covered, to provide for needs of the
troops.
TURKS DEPORT GREEKS
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 21
All Greeks and Armenians in the in
terior of Anatolia, are being rounded
up by Turkish authorities for deporta
tion.
SUGAR PRICES REDUCED TO $7.90
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21—The
California and Hawaiian Sugar Com
pany announced that the new refined
sugar price which \vas $8.25 yesterday
will be cut thirty-five cents today,
bringing the price to $7.90.
C. P. CANCELS SCHEDULE
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21—The
local office of the Canadian Pacific
Railway were advised by the home of
fice in Montreal that the four stops
which are scheduled for Honolulu by
Steamers of the company are cancel
led with no reasons for the act given.
The dates for the stops were Decem
ber fifth, January second, February
twentieth, and March nineteenth. The
Empress of Asia and the Empress of
Russia were the ships.
HOUSE FULL OF BONOS
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LOS ANGELES, August 21—One
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
bonds were found in a suit case in a
bog near here. This is the loot of the
bandits who killed Sam McGee, First
National Bank messenger in Febru
ary, and was identified as bank prop
erty.