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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 215
GREECE REFUSES TO ACCEDE TO
DEMANDS OF ITALIANS AND
PREPARES FOR STRIFE
ATHENS, Aug. 29—The Italian gov
ernment demanded tonight that the
nation of Greece shall pay an indem
nity of 50,000,000 lire, salute the Ital
ian flag, and punish the Greeks re
sponsible for killing the five Italian
members of the Graeco-Italian frontier
commission.
Greece replied that she would not
accept the humiliating conditions
imposed by the Italian government in
its note., but will propose to submit
the question to the League of Na
tions. The Greek government is dis
posed to express its profound sorrow
over the massacre and to indemnify
the families of the Italian officials
who were murdered on Greek soil, but
refuses to salute the Italian flag, or
pay a national indemnity.
It was signified that the nation was
* ready to fight to preserve its honor
inviolate.
ONE HUNDRED PERSONS KID
NAPED AND WILL BE HELD
FOR RANSOM
SHANGHAI, Aug. 29.—Bandits have
invaded and captured the town of
Men Chi Sien in the western part of
the province of Honan. The invaders
looted shops and wealthy residences,
and kidnaped 100 persons including
, teachers and their pupils. The town
^magistrate was carried off by the rob
bers and will be held for ransom.
C. J. ODERMAT WILL LOCATE
IN SEWARD: LEFT KANATAK
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C. J. Odermat, proprietor of theJ
Kanatak Bakey, arrived in Seward j
last evening direct from the oil camp, j
where he reports business conditions I
as being very dull. Mr. Odermat says 1
that the camp has suffered several
setbacks, but the cessation of drilling
by the Associated company, and the
apparent intention to 1'rVeze out the
adjacent claim owners, have caused a
peiiod of depression in the camp.
Mr. Odermat, Capt. Hill, U. S. ge
ologist; Mrs. Blanche Garrison, Nels
Gilbertson, Elbert Evans and A. B.
Laske came to Anchorage on the
Nile. Mr. Laske has moved his stock
of merchandise, consisting of 14 tons,
back to Anchorage.
Mr. Odermat has secured a location
and will start up business in Seward.
Miss Ebba Djupe, Red Cross nurse,
with headquarters in Washington, D.
C., arrived in Seward on Wednesday
£ evening’s train and is now located in
Miss Stella Fuller’s apartments. Miss
Djupe has just returned from Nome,
coming up the Yukon from St. Mich
ael.
\Vx\SHINGTON, Aug. 29—President
Coolidge is having a series of confer
ences with Former Secretary of the
Interior Fall, who recently returned
from Moscow.
YAMAMOTO MADE PREMIER
TOKIO, Aug 29.— Admiial Yama
moto has been named premier to suc
ceed Kato.
ROY HAYNES A SICK MAN
HILLSBORO, Ohio, Aug. 29.—Roy
A. Haynes, national prohibition com
missioner is improving after an illness
Hue to high blood pressure Induced by
overwork.
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TERRITORIAL NON-RESIDENT
HUNTING LICENSE ABOLISHED
For the benefit of persons interested
Game Warden Cotter announces that
the Territorial non-resident hunting
license of $200 was abolished by ac
tion of the last legislature at Juneau.
This license was formerly required in
addition to the Federal hunting li
cense, and much adverse comment
from visiting sportsmen resulted from
it. Money was kept out of the Terri
tory because of this extra tax, of
which the sportsman did not learn un
til he arrived ready to hunt. The re
sult in cash receipts was small com
pared to the general loss from irritat
ed persons, tired of red tape from ev
ery source, deciding to remain where
it could not entangle them.
MARION, O., Aug 30.—The casket
containing the body of the late Pres
ident Harding has been placed in an
alphali sarcophagus weighing 2600
pounds, where it will remain until
it can be placed in the mausoleum be
ing constructed.
HE1 Of keihgs
Dim GOES INSANE
KEMMERER. Wyo., Aug. 29.—John
Pavlizon, the coal miner who saved
;he lives of many of those rescued at
Kemmerer in the recent mine explo
sion in which 100 lost their lives, and
who was proclaimed as the outstand
ing hero of the disaster, was placed in
a state insane asylum here Saturday
hopelessly insane as a result of his
horrible experiences.
SITKA—A brass plate marks the
pew in the church at Sitka where the
late President Harding sat at the last
public religious service he attended.
On the plate is inscribed these words:
“President Harding
Occupied this Pew on Sunday, July
22, 1923; his last attendance at pub
lic worship.”
Only a part of the President’s im
mediate party attended the services
i hose present and the order in which
they were seated were: 'Speaker Gil
lette, Mrs. \\ ork, Mrs. Harding, Pres
ident Harding, Gov. Bone, Mrs. Her
bert Hoover, Secretary Hoover and
Secretary Wallace.
The party reached the place of wor
ship, the Indian Presbyterian church
at Sheldon Jackson School, about 10
minutes before the hour of worship.
The first pew it entered was appar
ently none too stable and the party
changed to the one just in the rear of
the first entered. Only a relatively
small congregation was present as it
was not known that the President was
to attend and most Sitka residents
were downtown. The congregation
was largely young Indian men and
uomen and the sermon was preached
by Rev. R. A. Buchanan. When the col
lection plate was passed the Presi
dent dropped in a f*ld coin, either $10
or $20.
WITH 57 PfflSEBS
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—The steamship
Admiral Watson sailed for southwest
ern Alaska this morning with 57 pas
sengers, including 11 excursionists.
The following are for Seward: Mrs.
Wayne Blue and son, Margaret Holdy*
John P. Coffee, Mrs. A. D. Bixby, Mrs.
Florence Hylan, Norman and Pearl
Earner, Mrs. B. Namer, Kenneth Na
ner, Chas. Ramonwitz.
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1923
FUEL OIL FROM
FUR SEIFS OF
P1ILOFS IS USED
U. S. FISHERIES VESSEL EIDER
MAKING EXPERIMENTS IN
DIESEL ENGINES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Fuel oil
from the fur seals of the North Pa
cific, in sufficient quantities to supply
the motors of the United States Fish
eries vessel Eider, thereby reducing
the government’s payment to commer
cial companies $3,000 a year, looms as
a possibility.
Tests made at Annapolis have been
so satisfactory that the Bureau of
Fisheries has issued instructions to
the Superintendent of the Pribiloff
Islands to deliver from the by-prod
ucts of the plant on St. Paul island
enough fur seal oil for a thorough try
out in the Diesel engines with which
the Eider are equipped.
Nl SHOWN 1
OFFICII CHARTS
NEW CHART SENT TO PRESIDENT
SHORTLY BEFORE HIS
DEATH
SENATOR JONES PROMISES
TO GIVE AID TO ALASKA
Pledges to support any effort to de
velop Alaskan forests so long as it
does not entail their destruction were
made at Juneau recently by Senator
Wesley Jj. Jones and Congressman L.
H. Hadley during a round table dis
cussion of Alaskan problems at the
Juneau conference. Both declared
that they favored making ali possible
concessions necessary to build up a
pulp and paper manufacturing busi
ness in Alaska.
RETAINED BY COPPER RIVER RY
The firm of Donohoe & Dimond has
been retained as counsel for the Cop
per River & Northwestern railway,
effective September 1, and will suc
ceed Attorney B. O. Graham, who with
his wife will leave for the states next
month.—Cordova Times.
The Standard Oil tanker Standard
Service arrived in Seward last night
with a cargo of oil for the new tanks
under construction. It is stated that
it will probably be a day’ or so before
the vessel can unload cargo, as the
tanks are not quite ready for oil.
1 OPEN U
EXPECTED.SAYS
0. S. AMBASSADOR
SHOWS INCREASE
TOTAL REVENUES FOR JULY OF
THIS YEAR REACH $110,000
FREIGHT INCREASING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—The Alas
ka railroad shows a substantial in
crease in revenues In figures publish
ed by the Interior department today.
The increase in receipts during July
of this year over July of last year
was $67,000.
The total revenues for July, 1923,
were $70,000 for freight; $30,000 for
passenger traffic, and $10,000 for oth
er business.
July 1922 revenues amount to only
$48,000.
FOREST SERVICE BUILDS
OVER 40 MILES TRAIL
JUNEAU—A total of 40.6 miles of
trail were constructed in Alaskan na
tional forests during the past fiscal
year, ending June 30, last, according
to a statement made today by M. L.
Merritt, assistant district forester, di- [
rectly in charge of forest development'
work. The cost of the new construc
tion for the year was $32,800, and the !
cost of trail maintenance, $6,400.
JUNEAU, Aug. 29.—That President
Harding had the pleasure of seeing of
fieial charts showing the entrance to
Resurrection Bay bearing the name of
Harding Gateway, was revealed today
in a letter received by Gov. Scott C.
Bone from Col. E. Lester Jones, direc
tor of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
A chart showing the newly named en
trance was forwarded by Col. Jones to
the President at Vancouver, B. C., to
await his arrival there from Alaska.
The naming of the entrance to Re
surrection Bay was one of several in
cidents marking the President’s visit
to Alaska. As the Presidential ship,
the Henderson, was entering the bay
at Seward, members of the party in
cluding Gov. Bone, gathered on the for
ward deck of the transport and after
a short ceremony, named the entrance
“Harding Gateway.” The President
responded saying he preferred having
that particular place bearing his name
than any mountain or body of water
he had ever seen.
Col. Jones had one official copy
showing the change, marked in red,
prepared at once and mailed to the
President at Vancouver. Other charts
so marked were sent to Gov. Bone.
JUNEAU CAPITOL SUSPENDS
The Juneau Capitol, a Herron pub
lication, has suspended and will quit
the field owing to lack of patronage.
The Capitol has been running for sev
eral years past, with Will Steel edi
tor and business manager.
ALASKA MUSEUM UnRilGTS
2IS6 VISITOBSTHIS fEAB
JUNEAU—Averaging more than 36
visitors daily not including local resi
dents visiting the institution, a total
of 2,168 persons have registered at
the Alaska Museum, since it moved
into its new quarters in the Territo
rial building and opened its doors on
June 13, according to its Curator A.
P. Kashavaroff. These figures do not
show all the visitors to the museum,
as fully one-third of them either neg
lect or refuse to sign the register.
FAIRBANKS COURTHOUSE
UNDERGOING MANY REPAIRS
The Federal courthouse at Fair
banks is undergoing many repairs and
improvements during the time Judge
Cecil H. Clegg and party are on their
Yukon trip. A modern hot water sys
tem is beinig installed and radiators
have been placed in each room. With
an abundance of coal at a low price
the heating presents few problems.
JUNEAU—Removal of Territorial
officials from rented quarters to the
Territorial building purchased by the
recent Territorial legislature, began
last week. W. G. Smith, territorial
treasurer, was the first to be moved,
his offices being the two large rooms
at the head of the stairs leading from
Third street. He expects to be locat
ed by tomorrow. The tranfer of the
other officers, Attorney General, Com
missioner of Education and B. D.
Stewart is under way.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT FOR
HEALY RIVER COAL MINE
Capt. A. E. Lathrop announced that
while in the States he expects to se
cure the services of a mine superin
tendent to take charge of the Healy
River Coal mine. The former super
intendent, Claude Tutt, left for the
states following the close down of the
mine due to the bridge being washed
out by high water. It is reported the
offices of the company will be consol
idated in Anchorage with other La
throp interests.
Gil SEQUOIA TREE
VISALIA, Calif., Aug. 29.—Discov
ery of a new sequoia gigantea, which
altho not so large in girth asGeneral
Sherman or General Grant in the Se
quoia and Grant National parks is
considerably taller than ‘either is re
ported from the Bear Creek country
south of Milo, Tulare county. Se
quoia park officials plan an early trip
to the tree under guidance of Chester
Doyle of Porterville, who claims to
have made the first measurements.
According to Doyle the Lady Alice
tree is thirty feet in diameter, six and
one-half feet less than the Sherman
tree and six feet less than the Grant,
but stands 315 feet high, compared
with 285 feet for the Sherman, long
recognized as the largest and oldest
of living things. The Sherman and
Grant sequoias were both struck by
lightning, perhaps centuries ago and
their tops broken off. Doyle declares
the first limb on the Lady Alice is 215
Feet from the ground and has a. diam
eter of 5 feet 8 inches.
FRANCE AND BRITAIN BOTH IN
SAME BOX AND NEITHER CAN
AFFORD TO FIGHT
—
WASHINGTON, Au*. 29.—Am
1 bassador Harvey told President Cool
idge that he does not expect an open
break between Britain and France
over the Ruhr policy, as both are in
the same box, and while they are los
ing much sieep, they cannot afford to
fight, the ambassador observed.
KING OF SWEDEN GETS
INTERESTING LOVE NOTE
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 29.—
King Gustav recently had a surprise
and a laugh when he opened his morn
ing mail and found the following:
“Darling! Monday at 6. I will
be at Odin’s place. I shall wait
until seven. But be sure and be
there. Yours, Esther.”
After searching his mind as to
whom the letter might be from, he
made a closer examination of the en
velope and by that means solved the
puzzle. It appears that the postmark
on the stamp had obliterated half the
address which should have been, “No.
27, Mr. Svessen, H. M. King Gustav
C.”
The Gustav C was the training ship
to which “Esther’s” sweetheart was
attached and the letter had in some
way been received by the king.
BIG DEAL IN LAMBS MADE BY
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, COMPANY
ELKA, Aug. 30.—A total of 24,000
lambs on summer ranges in this vi
cinity have been sold to a' Twin Falls,
Idaho, company, and are to be deliv
ered at the Idaho state line, according
to the local livestock and wool com
mission company. The price was not
made public but was believed to be
about ten cents a pound.
HAS NOT RESIGNED
BERLIN, Aug. 29.—Reports that
R. Havestein, president of the Reich
bank had resigned are denied.
PARIS, Aug. 29.—Gern^any can ob
tain evacuation of the Ruhr only by
paying her reparations; she can se
cure attenuation of the rigors of oc
cupation by ceasing passive resistance,
and can win no reduction in the sum
due unless the allied creditors of;
France give credit for edual sums on
war debts, i : ; . .
PRICE TEN CENTS
PIONEER HOTEL SOLD BY
BEAM TO C. W. TIBBITT
The Pioneer hotel, a leading hostel
ry of Fairbanks, changed ownership
this week, when a deal was completed
whereby C. W. Tibbits of Nenana ac
quired the building and business from
Charles Beam. Mr. Beam has been
owner and manager of the hotel since
1918, when he purchased it from the
estate of Dave Petree, who construct
ed the building during Fairbanks’ ear
ly boom days.
The new proprietor of the Pioneer
has resided in Fairbanks and on near
by creeks since the early days of the
camp. Id recent years he has engag
ed in business in Nenana. Mr. Beam
will leave for the states.
FREIGH PERFECT
ARMORED Pill
WITH EIGHT G1S
CAPABLE OF CARRYINIG FUEL
FOR SEVEN HOURS FLYING
AT 115 MILES PER HOUR
MARSEILLES, France, Aug. 3o._
French aviation officials have com
pleted a series of strain resistance
tests on a new model all metal plane
that mounts six machine guns, and
two rapid fire rifles.
Sand bags and lead weights totaling
66,000 pounds were placed on the
wings while a similar weight was ap
plied to other parts to determine the
plane s ability to withstand strtjss at
high speeds and high altitudes.
The plane will carry tuel enough to
last seven hours at a speed of 115
miles per hour.
LIMA, O., Aug. 30.—A notable de
• crease in insanity followed the com
i ing ot Prohibition according to figures
j and statistics compiled by Dr. Charles
I H‘ Clark> superintendent of the Lima
I State Hospital. The greatest figures
j show that the greatest decrease came
in insanity, caused by alcohol. An in
increase occurred in young men who
had been shell-shocked or subjected
to other war hardships.
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 30.—Rev. W. a
Whiteside and Rev. F. j. Watt, Brit
ish missionaries of the Church of En
gland Missionary Society were shot
and killed by bandits traveling in the
Zechwan province.
E
GENEVA, Aug. 29.—There are now
25,000,000 widows in India who are
forbidden, according to Isobel Fro
sham, a Church of England mission
ary.
V idows in India are usually badly
treated by their relatives, because
according to the Hindu religion the
widows in a former incarnation must
have committed sins involving the
subsequent loss and punishment of
their husbands.
“These women when ill are not al
lowed to be attended by a male doc
tor and suffer greatly unless women
doctors can be obtained.”
KETCHIKAN NEWS QUITS
The Ketchikan Dai* News suspend
ed publication recently on account of
poor patronage and no field for its ac
tivities. It is understood the plant is
for sale and may be removed to Hy
der.
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—-Fresh haJibut illft
cents and 9 cents.