May Your
GAS TANKS
never be
Empty
P. C. OGLE
SUTHERLAND ASKS FOR
HELP FOR STRANDED PARTY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1— Delegate
Sutherland of Alaska today appeared
before the State department request
ing that the United States take action
to effect the return from Harbin
of Charles White and a number of
Eskimos comprising the Wrangell ex
pedition. The men are reported to be
in a starving condition.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. D. Coppernoll
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW
Will Practice in All Gmirts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. Morford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
J. W. Edmunds, Oph. D,
and Dr. ETHEL A. K. EDMUNDS
DOCTORS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
AND GRADUATE OPTOMETRISTS
Eyes Examined, Glasses Correctly Fit
ted. Optical office, Fraser-Paterson
Co. Telephone Main 2174.
Second at University St. Seattle, Wn.
20 Successful Years in Seattle
Dr. J. A. Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
Hugh Dougherty
FURNISHED HOUSES FOR RENT
Real Estate and Insurance
Business Phone Adams 152
Residence Phone, Madison 58
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Arcade Building
Phone Adams 121 Seward, Alaska
Ray & David
ATTORNEYS AT LAV/
Seward «. i Anchorage
SEWARD OFFICE:
Harriman Bank Building
SUFFERS LIVING
DEATH IN CAVE
RUSSIAN HIDES IN CAVE FOR
FIVE LONG YEARS AFTER
DESERTING ARMY
BECAME A GIBBERING IDIOT
“Red” Officer Looked Like Wild Man
and Had Forgotten How to Speak
When Secret Service Men t
Arrested Him.
MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 31.—For
five years after deserting the “red”
army in Russia, George Borovikoff,
an officer, lived in a cave beneath the
home of his parents. The man has
been arrested, but the authorities do
not know whether to send him to pri
son or an insane asylum—for he al
most ceased to be a human being dur
ing the five long years.
I Today the man looks like an animal j
In his eyes is a wild light. His beard
and hair are tangled and long, and his
skin is a pasty color from the long
confinement in the darkness. During
the five years he spoke only a few
words each day, and he almost has
forgotten how to speak the Russian
language.
Only the parents of the man new
that he was hiding in the cave. They
secretly took him food and water dur
ing the five years, staying only a
short time in the cave so that no one
would suspect their secret.
Then one day the man heard foot
steps above him. He knew his visit
ors were not his parents, and he be
came frantic with fear. The visitors
were Russian secret service men,
who found their quarry mumbling in
insane terror. He was arrested and
taken to jail, and now the authori
ties are trying to decide what they
will do with him. A big, strapping
six-footer while in the army, Boro
vikoff now weighs but 92 pounds.
I
DR. BLYTH WEDS LILA BAILEY
Dr. Blyth, former Seward dentist,
was married Newr Year’s eve to Miss
Lila Bailey of Anchorage.. A wedding
dinner was given the newly weds at
the home of Miss Deigh.
Miss Bailey was assistant easher at
the First National Bank in Anchorage,
and was a popular member of the
younger set.
Considerable local news is crowded
out of today’s paper by the large tele
graphic service, but it will appear in
tomorrow’s issue.
GERHARD JOHNSEN
Mason and Plasterer
Phone Adams 60 Box 1423
DOG BECOMES MEMBER OF
SEATTLE POLICE FORCE
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 31.—Officer
“Buster” became a regular member
of the Seattle police force last even
ing. His name was read into the
records by Captain E. C. Collier, com
mander of night headquarters patrol,
and he was assigned a “beat.”
The newest “policeman” is an
Airedale, owned by David Reese, a
restauranteur. For months he has been
in the habit of following Patrolmen
Larry Monroe and Clifford Gupttel
around their districts. When they
quit work, he returned to headquar
ters and then went home.
That was the reason for Buster’s
adoption by the night patrol and
the official recognition of his self
appointed position.
GERMANY’S SUPPLY FOUND
PARIS, France, Jan. 2.—A huge
supply of rifle and machine gun bar
rels have been discovered in Berlin
by officers of the inter-allied con
trol commission, the Echo de Paris
learns from a source in Germany.
WILL NOT VACATE
PARIS, France. Jan. 2.—The Allied
council of ambassadors at a meet
ing today is expected to approve of
the decision reached by British and
French government not to evacuate
Cologne Ridge on January 10 as set
forth by the treaty of Versailles.
“Janet Smith” Bill In
British Columbia Lost
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 2.—Mrs.
Mary Ellen Smith’s “Janet Smith”
bill, which would prevent the em
ployment of Orientals in homes
where white girls work, was killed
in the Legislature recently after brief
comments.
Attorney General Manson sug
gested that the bill be dropped as it
was ultra vires.
The act, which was a measure to
amend the Women and Girls’ Pro
tecton Act, is contrary to the pro
visions of the Anglo Japanese Treaty,
Premier Oliver stated.
Without further comment the
house proceeded with other business
and the famous Janet Smith bill
went to the board.
During former discussions of the
bill, Mrs. Smith declared that even
if the measure was not passed she
felt that great good would have
come from its introduction, as the
attention of the public would have
been called to the danger of Oriental
servants working in the same homes
as white girls.
ANCHORAGE TEAM WINS
The Anchorage basketball team
won the last game from the Fairbanks
team by a score 18 to 10, giving her
the championship.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
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CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
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Company
A SHOWER BATH WILL
FRESHEN YOU UP; WE
INSTAL THEM CHEAPLY
ASK ABOUT IT
Tel. Adams 80
FISHER CAFE AND BAKERY
Where Meals Are Enjoyed
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H. V HOBEN A F. DAVIS
Bobbed Hair Brings
Divorce to Barbers
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (AP)—The
bobbed hair fad brought divorce de
crees to two barbers’ wives in the
superior court here this week. In one
case the decree was granted because
the barber husband persisted in be
coming infatuated with women whose
hair he bobbed. In the other case
the barber became so disgusted with
the bobbed hair fad that he quit work
and failed to support his wife, who '
then brought suit for divorce.
Noah Lane, aged 100, was one of j
the husbands ordered to pay alimony j
] to wives who brought suit for divorce
i and alimony.
HARRY GREB GETS DECISION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP):—Harry Greb won a decision
yesterday over Augie Tamer of New
York, in a ten-round go here.
BOB ROPER SHADES 'EM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan 2.—
»AP) —Captain Bob Roper got a
made the best of Quentin Rojas in a
ten-round battle here.
Bath Brushes, 50 cents at J. L.
Graefs. tf
AT THE HOTELS
Hotel Overland—Wm. Eklind, Al
fred Anderson,, Ben Eastwood, Chas.
Hamell, Harry E.Reese, F. D. Cara
way, W. H. Lynch, Jack Lodge, Geo.
Lee, Wm. Engelharts, H. C. Kaho.
Hotel Seward—T. Ross, Wm. Ros
ness, L. H. Vogl.
Hotel Van Gilder—Claud Living
ston, Kanatak; Sidney Anderson, Ka
natak; Frank Cheetham, Kanatak; W.
C. Snook, Unga; Ruth Ramsey, Elaine
, Cameron, Hilda M. Kahel, Pearl Har
| rison, Gertrude Nelson, Helen Welch,
j Alice Lindsay, Edna Allenbaugh, Ruth
Anderson, Ruth Holdeman, all from
Anchorage;
Hotel Sexton—Mrs. Olga Woberg,
Unga; Elma Larsen, F. B. Allison,
Walter Lukins, D. E. Sheriff, A. H.
Wolf.
MICKEY DUGAN KILLED
Word was received in Seward on
I Wednesday night’s train that Mickey
! Dugan, a miner, has been instantly
j killed when he fell down a shaft at
! Poorman, in the Ruby district. Dugan
j had mined in Alaska for many years
and had been employed by Dennis
Coyle about two weeks at the time
of the accideht. He was 38 years of
age, and has relatives in Ireland.
ames
At A. B. Hall tonight the Seward girls’ team
will play the snappy Anchorage team. Last
night’s game was a hummer and tonight will
be even better, as a new line-up will confront
the visitors.
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Turn out and show the youngsters that you
appreciate their efforts to entertain you.
GAMEtSTARTS AT 8:00 SHARP
The local boys’ teams will play a preliminary
game giving two games for the price of one.
ADMISSION 50 CENTS
Basketball
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