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VOLUME XX, NUMBER
244 f .
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
PRICES ON FOODS
SLIGHTLY HIGHER
THANLASTYEAR
BEEF SLIGHTLY LOWER, WITH
PORK, HAM, BACON AND
POTATOES AWAY UP
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (JP)—Prices on
twelve out of twenty-three articles in
meats, vegetables and fruits were
higher, and nine lower to unchanged
from a year ago at this time. Beef is
slightly lower, with pork, ham and
bacon much higher. Flour is un
changed. Butter is 4S cents now
against 42 last year; spuds are $4.25
to $4.50 per hundred pound sack, com
pared to $1.15 to $1.25 last year.
ragerresTgns,
' THOMPSON WILL
TAKE HIS POST
(Anchorage Times)
Attorney Arthur G. Thompson, a
pioneer member of the Anchorage
Bar and an active participant in the
activities of the republican party in
this division has been apponted U. S.
Commssioner to succeed W. H. Ra
ger, resigned. The appointment came
to Mr. Thompson several days ago
from District Judge E. E. Ritchie W'ith
instructions to assume his official du
ties on January 1.
The new appointee is a pioneer of
Alaska having first come to the ter
ritory in 1900, a member of the stam
pede to Nome. After leaving that
section of Alaska he mined along the
Yakataga beach four years and left
there to take up his residence in Ka
talla when the railroad construction
boom was on there. From Katalla he
came to Anchorage and opened law
offices here. His appointment as com
missioner is the first appointment he
has received in the territory.
. CAPPER WANTS
AID FOR FARMER
BOSTON, Dec. 30 (ff)—Senator
Capper told the Chamber of Com
merce that unless the tariff was ap
plied to agricultural crops the remo
val of its protection from manufact
ured products would be sought.
Music of an Evanston, 111., church
organ, suddenly stopped and examina
tion showed a cat dead in the works.
James Curtis of Sterling, 111., was
given a verdict for §75 against L. C.
Martin, whose dog bit Curtis
Rev. H. D. Allan of Hudderfield,
Eng., was acquitted on a charge of
theft, when he proved that he was
. subject to fits.
FARMERS UNION
DISLIKE BANKS
TO AID THEM
DES koiNES, la., Dec. 30. (/P)—Af
ter a State conference under the aus
f' pices of the Iowa Bankers’ Association
met, with the announced purpose and
plan to aid farmers, the Iowa Farm
ers’ Union made public a telegram to
day addressed to President Coolidge,
protesting, and declaring that the
Corn Belt Committee of the various
organizations have “sole authority to
speak for the million farmers of the
corn belt.” The latter pronounced
the conference an interference by non
agricultural groups.”
KILLED BY SON
MURDERED MAN
PEKING, Dec. 30 (£>)— Lu Cheng
Wu, a captain in the National People’s
army was shot and killed by a gen
eral called “Little Shu" last night at
the railway station platform here.
Lu Cheng Wu, while a dinner guest
of Shu’s father in 1918, shot and kill
ed his host.
VETOES UPHELD
BY LOWER HOUSE
OLYMPIA, Dec. 30 (£>)-—'The lower
house of the legislature upheld Gov
ernor Hartley’s vetoes of three bills to
increase the rate of millages for
higher education, the supplemental
appropriations bill appropriating one
million three hundred thousand for
higher educational institutions, and a
bill to establish a law library fund for
the smaller counties.
The House overrode his veto of a
bill permitting the establishment of
civic auditoriums.
Following adjournment members of
the House caucussed and later issued
a statement charging that induce
ments to a majority of the members
had been made through various
sources to support the executive ve
toes. The majority announced that
it would refuse to support any move
to incorporate items in the vetoed
bills in the general appropriations
bill which will come up this afternoon.
TAX REDUCTION
MEASURE SCORED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30
Senator Wheeler of Montana called
the tax reduction measure “one of the
wkorst attempts at class legislation
that has be%n offered since the pas
sage of the Fordnew-McCumber tar
iff bill.” He made the remark in a
speech at a dinner given by the Peo
ples’ Reconstruction League.
ADMIRAL LINE
HEAD TELLS OF
SUNNY FLORIDA
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (/P)—E. G. Mc
; Mieken, passenger traffic manager of
| the Admiral Line who returned today
i from Miami, Florida, on the steamship
H. F. Alexander, which recently en
tered the Atlantic coastwise service,
said to the reporter for Ocean Topics
that the coal strike is not worrying
residents of Florida.
“I would not advise anyone to en
ter the coal business in Miami even
when the coal strike is settled,” Mr.
McMicken said. “Business wrould also
be poor in overcoats, ear muffs and
wool socks. I understand trade of
this kind is thriving in New York this
winter, but in Florida they seem to be
interested chiefly in swimming, golf,
tennis and cashing checks on real
estate profits.”
Mr. McMicken remarked that he
had been very busy this fall operat
ing the steamship H. F. Alexander be
tween New York and Miami. The big
liner has proved to be popular with
tourists due to her great speed and
high standard of service. He was es
pecially pleased with the record of 46
hours down and 42 hours back set
by the fast liner. On tne several round
voyages which he has made he has
traveled with many celebrities includ
ing Mayor-elect James Walker of New
York, movie and theatrical stars and
financial leaders interested 'in the de
velopment of Florida. Mr. McMicken
makes his headquarters in New York
t
CONVICT RILLS
TWO IN ATTEMPT
ROB GROCERY
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30 (^—Stan
ley Sieban, a convict, attempted to rob
the grocery store of A. H. Manchester,
and was caught in the act. He killed
Michael Lawrence, a veteran police
sergeant, shot Bernard Synne, a pa
trolman, four times in the leg, and shot
Manchester in the abdomen.
A patrolman killed Sieban, who was
serving an indeterminate term in the
Minnesota penitentiary for robbery,
and who was released and was being
[deported home to Manitoba.
Lynn Smith, who recently receiv
ed the appointment of U. S. Marshal
of the Fourth Division, is quite well
known to many Seward residents. He
I is an oldtimer of the Interior and
j in the early days was engaged in
| the mining game on Big Minook
j Creek, Rampart district. Three years
i ago he resigned from the position of
J deputy II. 3. marshal at Flat in or
der to accept the position of agent
for the Nortlfern Commercial Com
pany at Ruby. He was also, at an
other time, engaged in the jewelry
business at Ruby. One year of his
Alaskan career he spent on Cook
Inlet. It is stated his brother-in-law
is Postmaster-General New.
His many friends here say that
he is well known to the majority of
| the oldtimers in the Territoiy and
[carries a splendid reputation.
SEXTON STILL IN WASHINGTON
j George Sexton, acknowledged Re
I publican National Committeeman
i for Alaska, proprietor of the Sex
; ton Hotel here and prominent citi
zens of * the community, who has
been in Washington, D. C. for several
weeks past, will remain there until
at least January 15, according to a
recent letter.
The Marcel Beauty Parlor moves
Saturday from its present location
to the spacious rooms over the cor
ner of the Bank of Seward, Mrs. Rat
Jiff, proprietor of the establishment
announces.
Mrs. Eccles, mother of Miss Ruth,
plans leaving Seward Saturday night
on the steamer Alameda, en route to
Seattle, her home. Mrs. Eccles has
been paying her daughter, who is
a member of the Seward public
school faculty, an extensive visit.
Mr. and MrS. Charles Richardson, of
Hammond, Ind., dashed through the
fla^nes three times and saved their
four children from their burning
home.
Rev. G. H. Sheaver of Hammond,
Indiana, was narrowly rescued from
death when he became overcome by
gas in his garage.
at the Admiral Line offices, 604 Fifth
Avenue.
When asked if he had any special
message in connection with the Xmas
season, Mr. McMicken replied:
“You might say for the fienefit of
any friends and acquaintances who
may read this that I wish them con
tinued Health, Happiness and Pros
perity for the New Year.”
Another passenger on the H. F.
Alexander was Mrs. McMicken, who
is spending the winter in the East.
In New York she and her husband
stay at the Waldorf-Astoria.
“While I miss my friends on the
West Coast greatly,” said Mrs. Mc
Micken, “I would like to take this op
portunity of letting them know that
I am enjoying the season in New York
and Miami, and that I wish them the
best of Holidays.”
TODAY'S WEATHER
Temperature 36 above.
Cloudy, calm.
HERSCHEL PARKER
FILES BANKRUPT’Y
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. (£»)—
Herschel C. Parker filed today in
the Federal court here a petition for
bankruptcy owing to debts which in
cluded two notes on the Bank of An
chorage, totaling $800; a debt of one
hundred dollars to Thomas H. Fulton
of Anchorage and $582 to a New York
store for merchandise. His wife bot
the only asset he had which was a
half interest in 320 acres of wild land
in the Kootenai district of British Co
lumbia. He gave his address as Gold
hill, Oregon, but his chief place of
business, Reno, Nev.
FOUR BANKS CLOSE
IN MONTANA TOWNS
HELENA, Dec. 30 (JP)—The State
Bank of Nassau, the First National
Bank of Malta, the Valley County
State Bank at Hinsdale and the
Glasgow National Bank, closed their
doors the last 24 hours. J. W. Arnott
was president of the four banks, with
a total capital stock of §185,000, and
controlled by Sheldon Bros., of Min
neapolis.
BOY KILLS BOBCAT
WITH PENKNIFE
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 30 (/P)—
Kermit Pierce aged 15, yesterday
killed a large bobcat in Bear Can
yon with a pocketknife. His dog treed
the feline and fearing that the cat
would kill his pet, Kermit lassoed the
cat’s legs and stabbed it to death.
THE THUNDERING
HERD AT LIBERTY
It more than lived up to its ad
vertisement. A fine play from
every standpoint, not quite so
perfect as “The Covered Wagon,”
but nevertheless a masterpiece,
and true to the last detail of the
Buffalo Day's. The great cost of
such a play, and its worth both
as entertainment and education
ally, more than justify the small
addition in admission, and all
we can say is, if you missed it
last night, don’t tonight.
MEXICO CITIZENS
ASK FOR HELP
Lo es, y mucho, por la valia de sus
interesantisimos articulos que forman
grueso volumen y por las lujosas la
minas en colores, el que acaba de pub
licar esta gran revista hispano-ameri
cana, de cultura general de Madrid
(Espana), con occasion de sus Bodas
de Plata, Sin perjuicio de hablar so
bre el detenidamente otro dia, damos
a continuacion el Indice.
A la vey que enviamos nuestra cor
dial enliorabuena a la benemerita
revista por su brillante labor en estos
cinco lustros, la recomendamos viva
mente a nuestros lectores. Ahora que
se converte en quincenal desde enero
proximo de 1926, su influjo por la re
ligion, pa patria y la cultura crecera
esplendidamente.
El precio de suscripcion annual de
la revista, es el de viente peseta^ sol
amente.
Ha editado asimismo Razon y Fe
un precioso folleto que da noticia de
su vida y caracter; se remite gratis a
quien lo solicite de la administracion,
Plaza de Santo Domingo, 14 Apartado
1^8.001, Madrid, Espanola.
TERRIFIC GALES
UNPRECEDENTED
COLD REPORTED
MEXICO CITY CITY HIT BY COLD
WAVVE WHICH CAUSES
MUCH SUFFERING
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 30 (#>)—Terrific
gales and torrential rains over most
of Holland the past few days have
caused serious damage. Most of the
rivers have overflown their banks.
A motor bus vas blown into the river
at Tholen Island on the Scheldt, and
six of its occupants were drowned.
Mexico City Shivering
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 30 (£>)—Almost
unprecedented cold has caused numer
ous deaths throughout the city and
in northern Mexico. A bill has been
introduced in congress to appropriate
a half million pesos to purchase large
quantities of clothing and provide
warm quarters for the poor.
Floods in Central Europe
PARIS, Dec. 30 (JP)—Floods in Cen
tral Europe are increasing and addi
tional rivers are overflowing their
banks. Transylvania in western Ru
mania and eastern Hungary are in
the districts most affected. Troops
have been rushed to the stricken areas
where pillaging for food has begun.
Rumania proclaimed martial law and
a large force of soldiers are patroll
ing flooded areas. The deaths are
placed at 200.
WATSON ARRIVES
FROM SEATTLE;
FEW PASSENGERS
VESSEL WILL RETURN NEXT
WEEK DEPARTING SOUTH
JANUARY SIXTH
Completing a pleasant voyage out
of Seattle the Admiral Watson, Cap
tain Chas. Graham, of the Pacific
Steamship company, arrived in port
last night at 11:30 o’clock. Few pas
sengers arrived. An approximate 100
tons of general cargo, 75 tons for
the railroad and the remainder for
local merchants, was discharged. In
cluded in the cargo was a Ford se
dan for the A. A. Shonibeck agency
at Anchorage.
The vessel departed for the West
ward at 2:30 this moiming with three
loeal passengers on board for Ko
diak. These were Frank Haines,
John Taylor and George White. The
Watson will, following her return to
this port, depart for the south on
Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, which
will permit reservations from the
Interior arrivals on that date.
VOLUME SMOKE
AND STEAM RISES
SIDE M1INLEY
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 30 (JP)—A large
volume of smoke and steam is ap
parently issuing from the north side
of Mt. McKinley, and is plainly visi
ble from Anchorage. Reports from
the Interior say that the north side of
the peak is enveloped in smoke.
There is apparently little force be
hind the vapor as it rises slowly and
drifts northward. It is believed the
earthquake of December 22 may have
been the cause of the present phe
nomenon.
Riders of the Pony Express carried
Lincoln’s inaugural address 1,966
miles in 7 days and 17 hours.
On an average American cities
have one policeman to about 1,000
inhabitants.