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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 248
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9.—Alexander
Kels, wealthy Lodi butcher and cat-,
tleman pleaded guilty in the superior
couri yesterday to murder in the first
degree. The judge ev. 1 • sentence him j
some time this week.
Kels appeared absolutely indifferent;
to the fate hanging over his head, and j
told nonchalantly how he lurid the:
stranger where the body was tound
and killed him, setting the haystack
on fire to conceal the crime. He then
disappeared.
Kels confessed when captured at
Eureka that he had tried to make his
crime look like his own death in or
der that his wife might collect two
hundred thousand dollars life insur
ance. He planned on locating some
place else under an assumed name.
He said he was tired of married life
and wanted to look around a bit.
According to local authorities the
man killed by Kels ma\ be E. Meser
vey, a farm hand, who was hunting j
for work in that vicinity a short time
before the remains were found.
REICHSTAG SIS VOTE
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BERLIN, Oct. 9.—The Reichstag
tonight passed a vote of confidence in
the Stresemann government. It was
opposed by the Nationalists, the Ba
varian people’s party and the commu-1
nists.
SEATTLE, Oct. 9— Public Prosecu
tor Douglas, of this city, announced
that if Miss Gibbons was found sane
by alienists she would be tried for
murder in connection with the killing
of Edward Lacelle. If mentally irre
sponsible she will be tried as an in
sane person.
MONTREAL, Oct. 9.—Secretary of
State Hughes’ proposal made nearly a
year ago for the appointment of a
commission of experts to determine
Germany’s capacity to pay the French
and Belgian reparations was declared
by Lloyd George today to be abso
lutely the best hope of settlement of
the reparations question.
VANCOUVER, Oct. 9—“Alaska is
going to make a fight before congress
when that body next convenes to have
Prince Rupert made its principal port
by the deletion of the so-called Alaska
clause from the Jones coastwise ship
ping bill.”
4 i This is the statement made by Jno.
Rustgard, of Juneau, attorney general
for Alaska who is in Vancouver on
his way to Washington where he will
direct the fight.
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FORD PUTS ON OVERALLS
AND DOES WORK ON FARM I
DETROIT, Oct. 9—Henry Ford, the
world’s richest man, donned overalls
and ran a tractor all day yesterday
near Springwells, furnishing power to
the same threshing machine that he
operated as a boy in 1Ss2 and on the
same farm.
Ford had picked up the threshing
machine for ?10, but gave its former
owner a brand new flivver alter the
purchase for good measure. The ma
chine was overhauled in Ford’s auto
mobile factory and then sent back to
the Ford farm.
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PLANE BE MET !
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9—When the
airplane ZR-3 reaches the mid-Atlan
tic in her flight next month to Lake
hurst, New Jersey, from Germany,
she will be met by her sister vessel,
ZR-1, according to the Bureau of
Aeronautics. Many small craft will
also sally forth to greet her as she
sails over New York harbor. Air
planes will also try to locate her by
bearings radioed to shore and a pub
lic demonstration will be made over
her memorial voyage.
BERLIN, Oct. 9.—The Zeppelin air
ship ZR-3 being built at Fredericks
hafen, for the United States cannot
be completed before early next year
its builders announced today. The de
lay is attributed to difficulties of a
technical nature. The company has
notified the Department that the ZR-3
may not be finished and ready for
trial until the spring of 1924, owing
to difficulties of perfecting the May
bach engines.
ARMED MEN HOLD UP RITZ
AND GET AWAY WITH JEWELS
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Three armed
men held up the manager and other
employes of the Ritz Carlton hotel,
and robbed a jewelry store in the lob
by of $5,000 worth of gems.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.—Alaska’s
delegate pledged his district the sum
of $15,000 for founding a hospital for
Chinese at San Francisco at a conven
tion of Hip Sing laborers and mer
chants who are meeting here today.
Three quarters of a million dollars
will be raised.
COOLIDGE LOOKS FOR A
CONTINUATION CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—President
Coolidge looks for a continuation of
present conditions, which he believes
on the whole are good.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.—Because of
the failure of her love affair with
Blair Coan, head of a motion picture
production company of Chicago, Smlyn
C. Glover, a film actress of Seattle,
ended her life in Hollywood today.
She had left her husband, J. S.
Glover, Seattle Telephone Exchange
manager, to tread the primrose paths
of idle dalliance with Coan, and his
love had cooled. She left a note ad
dressed to her mother, Mrs. I. C. Sieg
ley of Seattle.
American Legion meeting tonight.
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LEVIATHA N OF THE AIR MAKES TRIP TO ST . LOUIS EASILY
A view of the ZR-1, the first Am erican-made rigid dirigible, leaving h er immense hangar at Lakehurst, N.
J., just before making her first trial fl ight, which was a complete success i n every respect. The Giant of the
Air recently made a trip to St. Loui s and return, and so successful was i t that Rear Admiral Moffet, head of
the Naval Air Forces, prophesied th at the ship could makea trip to the N orth Pole and back without trouble.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.—Manager Hug
gins of the Yankees, signed a contract
yesterday to manage the Yankees
next year. Col. Ruppert, the Yankee
owner gives Huggins credit for the
third successive victory of the team.
Kansas City Wins Pennant
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 9.—The Kan
sas City Blues won the American As
sociation pennant in the closest race
in years.
Orioles to Play Kansas City
BALTIMORE, Oc*. 9.—The Balti
more Orioles, five times champions of
the International League, will leave
' lor Kansas City for the Junion lea
gues’ world series, beginning tomor
row.
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Standing of Teams
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.—The American
League teams closed the season with
games credited as follows: New York
won 9S, lost 54; Detroit 83 and 71;
Cleveland S2 and 71; Washington 75
and 78; St. Louis 64 and 89; Phila
delpphia 69 and S3; Chicago 69 and
S5; Boston 61 and 91.
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Ruth and Williams Tie
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.—Babe Ruth and
. Cy Williams tied for home run hon
ors with 41 each for the season.
Standing of National League
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Standing of
| National League teams: New York,
i won 95, lost 5S; Cincinnati 91 and 64;
j Pittsburgh 87 and 67; Chicago S3 and
I 71; St. Louis 79 and 74; Brooklyn 75
! and 78; Boston 54 and 100; Philadel
i phia 50 and 104.
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1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—The Cliick
amin river district in southeastern
Alaska has been opened up through
the building of trails under the direc
tion of the Forestry Service, the De
partment of Agriculture was advised
by the Supervisor of the Tongass Na
tional Forest today.
The trail was started on Salmon
river and crosses the high region sep
arating that river from Chiekamin.
The trail is expected by the officials
here to result in a decided increase in
mining activities in the Chiekamin
district where gold and silver ore
have been discovered.
EPISCOPAL ARCHDEACON
FOR KANSAS IS SUICIDE
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 9.—Reverend
John William Jones, 47, recently an
archdeacon for the southwestern Kan
sas Episcopalian area, committed sui
cide in a hotel here last night.
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
GERMANS AND FRENCH
PROCEEDING AMICABLY
PARIS, Oct. 9.—Negotiations be
tween representatives of German in
dustrial groups and Franco-Belgian of
ficials looking toward a complete re
sumption of work in the Ruhr and re
parations delivers are in a fair way to
success the French foreign office
says.
WORLD'S SERIES OPEN
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The Giants
and Yankees open the world series
Wednesday at the stadium, the Yan
kees’ grounds.
PORTLAND, O., Oct. 9.—Following
is a summary of the salient features
of the report of the Executive Com
mittee of the American Federation ol
Labor submitted to the annual con
vention now in session here:
Reports the success “resisting em
plovers in five years war to destoy al
labor organizations.
Condemns “State invasion of indus
trial life,” citing the Sherman anti
trust law, the Esch-Cummins Act, thf
Kansas State Industrial Court law anc
the Colorado industrial law as exam
pies.
Demands an “industrial franchise
for workers,” similar to the existing
political franchise.
Advises American farmers to organ
ize trade unions.
Proposes Congress be empowered
to re-enact by two-thirds vs4e any law
declared unconstitutional by the U. S
Supreme Court.
Postpones 1924 convention untf
November 17, 1924, because of Presi
dential campaign during summer.
Condemns Communist propaganda
in interest of an amalgamation of al
world workers.
Indorses greater restriction of im
migration. A
Bitterly assails Volstead Art as a
social and moral failure which breeds
contempt of all laws, but upholds the
Eighteenth Amendment.
Favors enactmetn of light wines and
beer amendment.
Enters politics by laying down plat
form for favorable candidates and
urging fight for direct primaries.
Condemns the Ku Klux Klan as
un-American and urges its members
not to join it.
Denounces organization of Fascisti
movement in United States.
Urges repeal of Esch-Cummins Act
and Sherman Anti-Trust law.
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Launches new campaign for enact
ment of child labor and women’s min
imum wage laws.
MARINE CORPS TEAM
DEFEATS CEOK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—The ma
rine corps team of Quantico, Va., de
feated Georgetown University eleven
by a score of 14 to 3 Saturday after
noon. The marines took the offensive
and scored touchdowns in the third
and fourth quarters. George, the ma
rine fullback, was the outstanding
star of the game.
The Naval academy won in a hard
fought game with Dickinson. Score,
13 to 7.
ANOTHER RADICAL UNSEATED
TODAY BY FE DERATION I STS
PORTLAND, Oct. 9.—William F.
Dunne, editor of the Butte Bulletin, a
radical leader, was unseated this aft
ernoon as a delegate to the convention
of the American Federation of Labor,
in session here. Dunne is a follower
of Wm. Z. Foster, a Red leader.
EXTEND HIGHWAY ACT TO
ALASKA SAYS UNDERWOOD
SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Preservation of
Alaska’s fisheries and the bringing of
Alaska under the jurisdiction of the
Federal highway act are necessary if
Alaska wants to go ahead, J. J. Un
derwood, former Seattle newspaper
man and the representative of the
chamber of commerce of Washington,
D. C., said yesterday in an address
before the Young Men’s Business club.
DIRECT COMMUNICATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.—Direct
comnVUi£cation with Qavite, 6221
miles from here, has been success
fully established by naval radio
service. Up to this time radio traf
fic between San Francisco and the
Philippines had to be relayed at Guam
and Honolulu.
LLOYD GEORGE PLEADS
FOR 3 UNITED
r MONTREAL, Oct. 9.—Lloyd George,
in an address this afternoon pleaded
for unity of action among all races of
the world to end war. “No man can
tell now what the next war will mean
to the human race,” he said. “The fu
ture is in the fog rising from the mo
rass of war, and I cannot tell! No man
can tell, what is going to happen; but
this I do know, that the world war
has altered the destiny of mankind
for generations, aye, for centuries to
come.”
PRESIDENT OBREGON IS
improving in Health
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 9.—President
Obregon who was reported seriously
III yesterday is much improved.
SEATTLE, Oct. 9.—Laden with six
housand tons of copper ore, loaded
it Cordova and Latouche, the Alaska
Steamship Company’s modern motor
;hip Kennecott, Capt. John Johnson,
an ashore in a heavy fog on Freder
ck Island, on the west shore of the
3ueen Charlotte group at 1:00
3’clock this morning and is now high
and dry on the reef. The engine
room of the vessel is full of water,
and at low tide the vessel is high and
dry. A wireless dispatched from the
scene said that two vessels were
speeding to the assistance of the dis
able vessel, the Northwestern leav
ing Wrangell and the coast guard cut
ter Unalga, now in northern waters.
The Kennecott was returning from
Japan where she went with a load of
lumber. At the time of the Japanese
earthquake, according to Capt. John
son she was about 100 miles off the
Japanese coast, and knew nothing of
the disaster until arriving in port,
where her crew helped rescue the
wounded and collect the dead.
The Kennecott returned by way of
Seward, where she took on fuel oil,
thence sailing to Latouche and Cordo
va for a load of ore for the company.
The Kennecott was one of the most
modern vessels afloat, being powered
with Diesel engines, and having all
the latest appliances for handling
cargo.
Frederick Island is a small rocky
spot about one-third of a mile from
the mainland and is 14 miles south of
Cape Knox, the northwestern extrem
ity of Graham Island, the northern
island of the Queen Charlotte group.
The waters in the vicinity of Freder
ick island are given as “four ground’’
by the coast pilot book. Cape Knox
is a low flat point with low-lying hills
behind it, and hard to pick up in mug
gy weather.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon announced to
day that a bonus bill was certain to
vbe introduced in the next congress;
but that if it is Congress must also
provide means to raise the required
money and secure his approval.
JUNEAU: N. H. Castle, special
agent in charge of the bureau of in
vestigation for the Territory, has been
appointed by the Attorney General as
special assistant United States attor
! ney for the First division. He will en
ter upon his duties immediately.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN 110 DOES
DAY’S WORK IN ORCHARDS
\\ ILLOW S, Calif., Oct. 9.—Ann
Brown, who claims to be 110 years of
age, a widow of Jim Brown, deceased
chief of the Grindstone Indians, has
left with other younger members or
the tribe to work in the orchards at
Vina, Cal., to pick fruit.
Ann is said to have seen the snows
of over a century of winters fall on
the Sierras since her girlhood and is
the oldest survivor of a tribe which
number 10,000 in 1844, and were rich
and prosperous. At this time the
deer roamed the hills in great herds
and men child were plentiful. Today
the tribe numbers but 100 members,
the white man’s vices and kowkow
having decimated them until within a
few more years they will be extinct.
On leaving for her work Ann said she
wanted to make a stake to buy a red
parasol and a ‘‘talkum box."