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VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 260 SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Governor Walton Impeached by Senate
Factories and Stores Close Down to
Ask Almighty to Send Relief
from Devastating Drouth
NORTHEAST GALE COMES TODAY
Reservoirs Filled and Streams Re
plenished—Efficacy of Prayers
Demonstrated
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Last Sunday
all churches in Northern New Jersey, j
where extreme drouth has prevailed
for many weeks, shutting down facto
ries and putting thousands out of
work, prayed for rain, and today the
answer came in a howling northeast
storm that swept the coast from Bos
ton to Cape Hatteras and poured
heavy streams into the parched reser
voirs. Creeks became raging rivers,
and many fields were badly rutted by
the raging waters.
FRISCH CAME OUT OF WORLD
SERIES AS GREATEST PLAYER
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—President
Heydler of the National League in re
viewing the series, said baseball is
oi stronger and more popular interest
to the public than ever before. He
said Frisch “came out of the series
one of the greatest if not the great
est all around player.” Babe Ruth has
taken out $50,000 worth of life insur
ance with his greatest rival batter,
Heilman of the Detroit Tigers, who is
an insurance salesman during the
winter months.
I
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 24.—Five
thousand persons are homeless from
floods which swept down on this city
last week. The Canadian river over
tlowed its banks and became a raging
torrent miles wide, carrying houses,
bar$s and stock to the Mississippi.
Following the recession of the flood
waters bands of young men and boys
started looting the abandoned homes.
Mayor Cargill deputized a special po
lice force with orders to kill any per
son lound looting homes or stores.
Coffee and bread depots which were
established at the time of the flood,
have been transferred to permanent
quarters and it is believed that the
waters will recede to normal by 10
moi row night and cleaning up can be
started. The flooded area of the city
extended over the south half, where
fiom lour to six feet of wTater cover
ed yards and homes.
Had the big dam on the Canadian,
which supplies drinking wa‘ter to the
city, broken under the pressure, the
loss of life would have been terrible.
Continued heavy rains was the cause,
the northern, central and western part
of the Slate being inundated and mil
lions of dollars in damages done.
COAL DEALERS REFUSE TO
STOP PROFITEERING METHODS
NEW \ ORK, Oct. 24.—It was said
todaj that some of the coal operators
who conferred with Governor Pinchot
recently had declined to stop selling
co^a; to profiteering dealers as demand
ed by Pinchot who alleged that some
dealers were charging way more than
necessary to meet increased wages.
GLEASON HAS RESIGNED
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.—William “Kid”
Gleason, manager of the White Sox,
has resigned, saying he ’ was much
discouraged with the team’s showing
and wTanted to get out.
AUXILIARY MEETING
The auxiliary will hold a meeting
tonight at 8 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. Weybrecht.
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KOBE TAKING THE PLACE OF YOKOHAMA AND TOKIO SINCE THE GREAT QUAKE
View southwest from the heights o f Suwayama over Kobe, the second s eaport of Japan. As a consequence of
the earthquake which wrecked Yokohama, chief Japanese port, it is now probable Kobe will take the lead.
PLEftDS FOR AMERICAN
1 IN REHABILITATION
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 24.—Pleading
lor American aid in the rehabilitation
of Europe, Lloyd George in a speech !
here today said: “Don’t turn your
backs on the Europe you saved once;
don’t forsake it now.”
TEN YEARS OF LIFE ADDED
TO SPAN IN TWENTY YEARS
DETROIT, Oct. 23.—Dr. George E. j
Vincent, president of the Rockefeller
1 foundation, in a speech here yester- i
J day said that ten years had been ad
ded to the average expectancy of hu
! man life and infant mortality had
been cut in half by science in the past:
twenty years.
ELECTRICITY WILL REDUCE
WORK DAY TO FOUR HOURS
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Charles P.
Steinmetz, the electrical wizard, de
clares that eventually electricity will!
reduce the working day to four hours. |
He believes, however, that this will ]
be a bad thing for it will produce a!
large idle class demoralizing to the
new generation.
RHENISH REPUBLIC
PARIS, Oct. 24.—Promoters of the
new Rhenish republic, formed by the
Separatist party, in exchange for
French support have agreed to pay 50
per cent of the reparations demands
in cash and force Germany to pay the
remainder under the threat of impos
ing impossible taxes on coal and the
Ruhr industries; and also to accom
plish a union of Ruhr iron interests
with French iron interests.
LOS ANGELES ARCHITECT
OFFERS REWARD FOR KILLER
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—John C. Cal
houn, an architect of Los Angeles,
has offered $10,000 reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the murderer
of Ludwig Holtan and Andrew Johan
sen. Both men were found dead at
Dumas Bay, near Tacoma, on Sept.
21. Calhoun’s wife was formerly
married to Johansen. Sheriff Matt
Starwich, of King county, stated the
men were drowned in an attempt to
unload a liquor cargo which they had
run in from Victoria.
AMUNDSEN WILL START FROM
SPITZBERGEN FLY OVER POLE
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Before sail
ing for Denmark last week, Capt. R.
Amundsen announced that he would
again try to fly over the pole, this
time starting from Spitzbergen.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Pound sterl
ing'$4.53; French francs, 6.9 cents;
Italian liras, 4.59 cents; Dutch gulder,
39.24 cts; German marks, .0000000228
cents; Canadian dollar, 98.44 cents;
Argentine gold pesos, 72.88 cents;
Japanese yen, 48.84 cents; Shanghai
tael, 69.82 cents; Indian rupees, 30.29
cents; bar silver, 6314 cents.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—The U. S.
Shipping Board announces the super
vision ot the l nited States lines has
been placed in the hands of a com
mittee composed of Commissioners
O’Connor, Plummer and Benson, who
will act in the capacity of directors.
Officials said the new plan will make
the United States lines “practically a
separate subsidy of emergency fleet
corporation.” A considerable reduc
tion is contemplated in the number j
ol ships that are at present being
operated over the five routes of the
Company, but Chairman Farley of the
Shipping Board emphasized this will
not be carried far enough to hamper
service. The new trade name will be
the “Consolidated Trades Routes
Lines,” which was wiped out by the
consolidation of the Blake* Steamship
Company, Baltimore Steamship Com
pany, Baltimore Oceanic Co., Export
Transportation Co., and the Moore &
McCormick Co.
GENERAL M’COY PRESENTED
WITH INSCRIBED VASES
TOKIO, Oct. 24.—At a dinner of sev
eral prominent Japanese and Ameri
cans, Brigadier General McCoy was
presented with several inscribed sil
ver vases in token of appreciation for
the relief services rendered. Three
million dollars of the relief money do
nated by America is still unspent. It
is estimated that the total gifts of
America to stricken Japan reached
20 million dollars.
FOREIGNERS LEAVE SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23.—All foreign
ers were ordered to leave Shanghai
today, as warfare has been resumed
between Northern and Southern re
publican troops, and the city Is being
fired on.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 24.—
The Svenska Morganblad states that
President Ebert of Germany has
bought a chateau in Switzerland and
that he intends to retire from the
presidency.
MERGER OF PRESBYTERIAN
AND CONGREGATION A LI STS
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 24.—
The national council of the Congrega
tional churches today approved the
merger of the Presbyterian and Con
gregational churches of the United
States as proposed by the Presbyte
rian and Congregational union at
Cleveland.
PRICE OF FISH CUT BY BUYERS,
FISHERMEN GO ON STRIKE
TILLAMOOK, Ore., Oct. 24.—Sev
enty-five gill net fishermen in Tilla
mook bay, who struck last week in
protest of a cut from 4 to 2 cents a
pound on Chinook salmon and from 3
to 2 cents a pound on silvers, have
gone back to work, the canneries re
scinding their reduction in prices.
CHILDREN OF ANCHORAGE ARE
HIRED TO HUNT FOR STILLS
Deputy Marshal Harry Staser of
Anchorage has announced that he will
pay a reward of $5 to each child of
school age wrho reports the existence
of still in the city. The investigation
from his office must prove that the
place has a still in it. One schol has
already turned in a joint, and others
are expected to follow.
MRS. C. TAULMAN ARRESTED
FOR MAKING MOONSHINE
Mrs. C. Taulman of Anchorage was
arrested last week for the alleged
manufacture of intoxicating liquor on
her premises. A small quantity of
white mule and mash was found on
the premises. The woman was releas
ed on bail.
SPANISH BOMB VILLAGES
MELILLA, Morocco, Oct. 24.—Span
ish airforces today bombed and de
stroyed the village '•>' Bugasi, killing
many of the inhabitants trying to es
cape.
MILLION LEFT TO CHARITY
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 24.—The pro
bation of James L. Loose’s will, chair
man on the board of Wiles’ Loose
biscuit company, reveals one million
was left to charity.
Former Seward Man Declares Freight
Rates to Alaska Out of Propor
tion in Comparison
CITES RATE AS $24.19 PER TON
Renewal of Fight Against Companies
Now in Field Started by Rust
gard and Adherents
SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—Addressing the
Seattle Advertising Club here last
night John E. Ballaine, a former Sew
ard resident, said that under the
present freight rates development 01
Alaska is impossible, and the only
possible solution of the problem and
one which will have to be adopted tin
ally in the end is the operation oi
government steamship lines between
Seattle and other Pacific coast ports
and Alaska. Ballaine charged that
the average freight rate per ton be
tween Seattle and Seward is $24.19, or
tour times as high as between Seattle
and Hongkong, four times as far.
Mr. Ballaine declared that Alaska
was being slowly throttled by the big
interests and can see no remedy save
government control.
30DY OF FOUNDER OF STATE
OF GEORGIA NOT BE REMOVED
GRANTHAM, England, (Delayed) —
The body of General Oglethorpe, dis
tinguished founder of the state of
Georgia, who died in 1785, will remain
in its original seppulchre here, ac
cording to Dr. Thornwell Jacob, pres
ident of Oglethorpe university, yield
ing to British opinion. It had been
! planned to transport the remains to
Atlanta, Ga., for permanent inter
ment.
Oglethorpe planted the colony in
Georgia and named it after King
I George.
HERDER GORED BY CARIBOU
AGAIN HURT BY REINDEER
Robei t Apuk, an Eskimo reindeer
herder, who was last week gored by a
■ caribou bull and severely injured, is
| in the Anchorage hospital suffering
from another accident, which may
cost him his right eye. While bend
ing over a young reindeer fawn last
week the animal raised its head sud
denly, one of its horns penetrating
the flesh just below Apuk’s right eye.
USES DEATH OF
BERLIN, Oct. 24.—Seven policemen
were killed, and 19 wounded and 14
other persons were killed and 103
wounded in today’s rioting in Ham
burg according to advices received in
a bulletin tonight.
Five Killed in Mayence
MAY ENCE, Oct. 22.—Five persons
were killed, all inoffensive spectators,
during another attempt this evening
to establish a Rhineland republic in
Mayence.
GERMAN CABINET GRANTS
CHARTER FOR GOLD BANK
BERLIN, Oct. 24.—The Cabinet has
approved a bill granting a charter for
a so-called gold annuity bank, whose
capital will be furnished by industry,
agriculture and banking commerce
through compulsory hypothecation of
realty and other holdings on a basis
that on such material values the bank
can issue interest bearing obligations
or annuities computed in the new o—
rency which is to be called “Renten”
or annuity mark, and which will rank
as legal tender.
The Auxiliary will hold a meeting
tonigth at 8 o’clock at the home of
Mrs. Weybrecht.
FIGHT FOR LAW AND ORDER
ENDS DISASTROUSLY FOR
OKLAHOMA CHAMPION
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 24.—Gov
ernor Walton was suspended from ot
iiee today when the Stale Senate by
a vote of thirty-six to one adopted a
resolution temporarily relieving him
from his official duties, following the
submission by the lower house of a
bill of impeachment against him. The
impeachment bill charged‘the execu
tive with entering into corrupt
agreements with Dr. A. E. Davenport,
State health commissioner.
A history of the case reveals a
strange state of affairs. Following an
appeal from several counties in the
State for relief from Ku Klux Klan
activities, Gov. Walton ordered ail
sheriffs and peace officers to appre
hend those responsible for the out
rages. At Tulsa a number of convic
tions were made, following a confes
sion by an alleged member of the
Klan. The governor then called out
the militia and declared martial law
in the affected counties. Threats were
freely made by members of the Klan
to impeach the governor and remove
him from office, the boast being made
that the Klan had control of both
j houses. Today’s vote marks the be
: ginning of a long legal battle with a
probability of government forces en
tering into the battle.
i DUBLIN, Oct. 24.—At a meeting of
1 the Sein Finn assembly held in the
! Mansion House, a prolonged cheer was
: given at the mention of DeValera's
j name. Fifteen hundred delegates rep
j resenting 750 Sinn Feiners clubs
elected Dr. Kathleen Lynn as chair
man to succeed DeValera. Mary Mc
Swinney opened the meeting.
The agenda contained questions
| dealing with allegiance to the repub
lic and foreign governments. Reso
lutions were passed appreciating the
efforts ot the Republican army and
condemning the violators of the peace
pact of May, 1922, protesting against
an Irish hierarchy, as being abusive
of its spiritual power, especially
\ against the Republicans and the sol
diers who died for the cause. A copy
was sent to the Pope with the prayer
that he exclude politics from the pul
pit and church.
PROSPECTOR FINDS TRACKS OF
STRANGE ANIMAL AT PITTMAN
(Anchorage Times)
J. E. V ilson, miner and prospector
from the Pittman district is in An
chorage to spend the winter. He re
lates a peculiar incident which oc
curred near his cabin at Pittman two
weeks ago. He said while out pros
pecting he came across the track of
some Strange animal. A few nights
later he was awakened by loud noises
in the vicinity of his cabin. Looking
out of a window he saw an animal of
gigantic proportions. Upon investi
gating the neighborhood on the fol
lowing morning he found small trees
trampled down and near the creek bed
imprints of the animals feet w*ere
plainly visible. Photographs of the
impressions show they span about
16 inches each.
REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY
DEAD FROM HEART DISEASE
GREENVILLE, Miss., Oct. 24.—Rep
resentative Benjamin G. Humphrey,
of this state, died suddenly here to
day of heart disease.
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
JUNEAU, Oct 24.—Fresh halibut
13& and 8% cents.