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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 228
. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1923
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PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMPSEY KNOCKS DUE
LUIS FIFO IN FID
MINUTES ACTUAL TIME
HUSKY ARGENTINO MADE DEMP
SEY GROGGY AT END OF
4
FIRST ROUND
POLO GROUNDS, New York, Sept.
15.—One hundred thousand persons
saw Jack Dempsey, the American
I' i heavyweight champion, knock out
Luis Firpo, Argentino heavyweight in
the second round of what was to
have been a 12-rouud bout.
Before the fight started wild rioting
occurred when several thousand tans
charged a single ticket wagon selling
bleachers’ seats for the combat.
There were only 2500 of these seats
at $3.00 each being offered and over
20,000 sought to buy them.
It took practically every policeman
in the reserve force to qued the riot.
Many persons stood in front of the
ticket offices from early in the morn
ing to get a seat. The attendance
was the largest of any fight held here
for years.
victory and when Firpo appeared in
Round One—Dempsey missed with
his Ieit and Firpo dug his right into
his body sending him to his aneeo.
Dempsey tloored Firpo with a leu
hook to the enin, but he was up auer
taking the count of one. W hen he
got up Dempsey sent him to the floor
lor the second time with a iiaru ugiii
and floored him again for the third
time when he got up. jack chased
him to a corner, knocking him uown
again. After being tloored the lourth
time Firpo came back knocking jack
clean through the ropes, ana Demp
sey came back groggy. Firpo attack
ed like a wild man, ivunuin^ Demp
sey on the jaw with sledgehammer
blows, bringing the blood from his
mouth. Firpo also was bleeding when 1
he went to the corner. The crowd
was on its feet yelling wildly when
the bell rang.
Round Two—Firpo swung a right to
Dempsey’s back; Dempsey landed a
left to the chin and drove both fists |
to the body, and Firpo fell to the I
floor. Firpo bleeding and groggy
staggered into the center of the ring, j
and Dempsey hit him with a left 1
hook to the chin and a right to the !
same spot, knocking him flat. He j
rolled over on his back with the blood 1
trickling from his mouth, remaining |
in this position while the referee
slowly counted him out. Dempsey j
nervously rushed over and helped pick
up his fallen foe, and then trotted to
his corner.
The fight was a distinct disappoint
ment to the large crowd, which had
believed that Firpo would make a
better showing with the champion.
Dempsey’s manager announced that
Harry Wills would probably be Jack’s
next opponent, in case a fight can be
arranged at Tia Juana some time in
the latter part of the year.
Argentines Weep Over Defeat
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 15.—The de
feat of Luis Firpo by Jack Dempsey
was a stunning disappointment to the
people here, thousands of whom wept
before the bulletin boards.
Jack Ready for Another Bout.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Tex Rick
ard announced that he is ready to
stage another bout next summer be
tween Dempsey and Firpo and a bout
between Firpo and Harry Wills, the
American negro heavyweight. The
attendance at the bout was S9,500;
receipts $1,200,000.
MEXICO DECLINES TO BECOME
MEMBER LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 15— Mexico
today declined an invitation from Lat
in American delegates to the the lea
gue of nations to become a member
of the league. Foreign Secretary Pani
explained to the delegates that his
government had not yet been recog
nized by Great Britain.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The funeral services over the re
mains of the late Mrs. Al. F. Davis,
will be held in the M. E. church to
morrow morning at 10 o’clock, j The
remains will be shipped out on the
Alameda for interment at Olympia.
DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR OF
CHINA ATTENDS WELLESLEY
WELLESLEY, Mass., Sept. 15.—
Miss Grace Li, daughter of President
Li Yuan Hung of China, slipped into
Wellesley yesterday, and rented a
hall bedroom in a small boarding
house, accompanied by Miss Harriet
Chow, aged 21 years. They will take
a two years’ course in political econ
omy.
THIRTY WIRELESS STATIONS
BE ERECTED IN RUSSIA
RIGA, Sept. 15.—The Soviet gov
ernment ratified a five year agree
ment with the General Wireless Tele
graph Company of Paris to erect 30
wireless stations in Russia.
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FOR FIRST TIME IDENTITY OF
WOMAN IS KNOWN AS MAR
RIAGE KEPT SECRET
SEATTLE, Sept. 15— Mrs. Robert
S. Edwards, is the bride of the Uni
versity of Washington student, Rob
ert S. Edwards, held at Yraldez for
the alleged murder of a companion at |
Libbyvilie, this summer. The girl
came out of seclusion yesterday and 1
left Newport, Washington, for Seat-;
tie, bound for Valdez, and for the first |
time her identity became known.
Their romance culminating in an:
elopement and marriage last January, j
had been kept a strict secret.
TOKYO, Sept. 15.—Official *>sti
mate of the cost of reco'nstraction in
Tokio and Yokohama is ten billion
yen or five billion dollars in American
money.
American steel and concrete struct
ures are the only buildings which gen
erally stood the test of the earth
quake shocks.
s
VALDEZ: The grand jury Thurs
day returned true bills against Ralph
E. Wolfe, aged 20, and Robert E. Ed
wards, charging them with murder in
the first degree for shooting to death
their partner, George S. Edwards, a
young man about 28 years of age, for
merly employed in the hospital at
Bristol Bay', and no relation to the
alleged murderer.
Edwards and Wolf left Libbyville
with George Edwards, in a dory, and
continued quarrels between the part
ners ended in the death of Edwards.
It is claimed that Wolfe confessed at
first that he had pulled the trigger of
the gun which killed Edwards, it be
ing alleged that the dead ' man was
reaching for a rifle at the time. Later
Wolfe retracted his confession and
laid the crime to Edwards.
Ewards, the alleged murderer, was
a University of Washington student,
who had been taken to Bristol Bay b\
a cannery boss. Later he was fired by
the China boss and set on the beach
with no money and no transportation.
He joined up with Edwards to come to
Iliamna where he intended to take
the boat back to Seattle.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—Fresh halibut 13 Vi
and 9 cents. No fish offered on 12th.
SEWARD—Eight and 5 cents for
fresh halibut.
REFUGEES REACH SEATTLE
VICTORIA, Sept. 15.—The refugee
laden ship President Jackson arrived
at quarantine this afternoon and will
reach Seattle at midnight.
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FIRPO AND H!S MANAGER
Left to rigt: Luis Angelo Firpo, who was defeated last night for the
world championship, and his manager Horatio Lavelle, director general of
training at the South American’s camp at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
MADRID, Sept. 15.—King Alfonso
today charged (he Barcelona revolu
tionary leader, Captain General Pri
mo y Reveiera with the formation of
a new government. The acts of the
king would indicate that the revolu
tion has ended in a complete liiumph
for the military juntas.
Cabinet Has Resigned
MADRID, Sept. 15.—King Alfonso
returned to Madrid this morning.
When he declined to accede to the
premier’s request that the rebels be
punished the cabinet resigned.
Will Put Down Revolt
PARIS, Sept. 15.—The Spanish na
val sqoadion has arrived at Baicelona
and it is understood that the admiral
has received drastic orders to put
down the revolt, headed by Captain
Primo y Reiviera.
King Has Accepted lerms
BARCELONA, Sept. 15.—Rivera,
whom King Alfonso charged with
forming a new government declared
this afternoon that the king had ac_
cepted the directorate proposed by the
military chiefs.
Captain General Primo y Rivera
this afternoon declared the king with
whom he conversed by telephone, had
acceded in full to the demands of the
junta. He also declared the king
had acceded to his proposal to extend
martial law to the whole of Spain.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—Germany can
not pay more than thirty billion gold
marks in reparations, Dr. Carl Jos
eph Wilhelm, former chancellor, de
clared on his arrival on the steam
ship Reliance for a business visit of
several weeks.
A semi-official dispatch from Ber
lin in a statement which is regarded
as the summing up cf the cost in
lives, money, prison sentences, etc.,
caused by Germany’s passive resis
tance in the Ruhr, places the dead
at 120, not including 10 sentenced to
capital punishment; 5 sentenced to
life imprisonment, and other sen
tences aggregated 1500 years; 209
school buildings requisitioned; 173
newspapers suspended; 145,0U0 per
sons ousted from their homes, of
whom 131,000 were expelled from tne
accupied area.
The authorities seized one quadril
lion, six hundred and fifty-two trillion
marks, and 111,000 French francs, but
shipped only 2,375,000 tons of coke,
^oal and briquettes, compared with
ll,4S0,000 by the Germans last year.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Tne Gov
ernment today asked the Supreme
Court to reverse the decision of the
First Circuit Court of Appeals. Dis
cussing the release of Pothier, who
had been held in connection with the
death of Major Cronkhite at Camp
Lewis, in its petition the Government
pointed out that Pothier and llosen
bluth had been indicted for the mur
der of Cronkhite by the Federal dis
trict court for Western Washington.
CUNO REACHES NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. ‘ 15.—Former
Chancellor Cuno of Germany arrived
here today and will remain in the
United States about two months.
JAPAN WILL BE RELIEVED OF
DUES IN LEAGUE NATIONS
—
GENEVA, Sept. 15.—The budget
: committee of the league of nations
decided to temporarily relieve Japan
of dues as a member, and the ex
penses of affiliation with the interna
tional labor bureau and the perma
nent court of international justice.
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WILL INVESTIGATE CAUSE
OF GRAECO-ITALY QUARREL
ATHENS, Sept. 15.—An interallied
investigation of the Janina tragedy,
which caused complications between
Italy and Greece will open Monday at
Janina.
BOOTLEGGERS STEM.
POLICE SPEED BOSI
ic sconiE ii
SEATTLE, Sept. 15.—Bootleggers
last night secured possession of the
police speed boat used in chasing rum
runners on the Sound, and are sup_
posed to have taken the craft to the
lowei |>ay and scuttled it.
The men in charge of the craft are
said to have overpowered the watch
man.
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PBIEIfImJRTS
fOll HIS HI HIGH
QUEBEC, Sept. 15.—The Prince of
Wales who arrived here yesterday
announced that he desired that no
attentions be paid him. A crowd
awaited him on the deck. He went to
his hotel quietly. He played golf,
in the afternoon and was pleased
when nobody on the links bothered
him. He expects to spend a month
roughing it and will then return to
England. He does not intend to visit
the United States.
HUNGARY BE LOANED FIVE
HUNDRED MILLION FRANCS
GENEVA, Sept. 15.—It is reported
in League of Nations circles that a
500,000,000 gold franc loan for Hun
gary has practically been arranged,
and will be under the control of the
reparations commission, with the lea
gue appointing a high commissioner
as adviser.
RED CROSS RELIEF TOTALS
OVER SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—The Red
Cross Japanese relief totals seven
million, one hundred and twenty-one
thousand dollars.
ALBERT ZELLERBACH, HEAD OF
BIG PAPER HOUSE FINDS
WIFE DEAD IN RUINS
SEATTLE, Sept. 15.—Aboard the
President Jefferson, now en route to
Seattle from the quake zones in
Japan, are 2000 refugees who joined
the steamer in Yokohama and Tokio.
Albert M. Zellerbach, head of the big
Zellerbach Paper Company of San
Francisco, found his wife dead in the
ruins in Yokahama, after walking
from Tokio, 18 miles, through the de
vastated and fire swept region. lie has
a wooden leg. The couple’s two ba
bies escaped uninjured.
The British steamer Dongula, car_
rying refugees, held 40 funerals en
route. The Empress of Australia had
60 amputation cases on board. In
her hold are hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of silk from the Yoko
hama warehouses, later destroyed.
It is reported that 65 per cent ot
the inhabitants of Tokio were injured
during the earthquake.
ARE DELIGHTED WITH INTERIOR
CONDITIONS—FOUND ROAD
IN FINE SHAPE
Governor Scott C. Bone, Mrs. Bone,
and daughter Marguerite, returned to
Juneau on the last Northwestern, fol
lowing a 15-day trip to Seward and
the Interior and out on the Richard
son Highway to Chitina.
The Governor and his family were
delighted with the trip, and the lady
members of his party made many ac
quaintances. While conditions were
quiet in many of the districts visited,
a good season was experienced, the
Governor said. The tourist traffic
brought considerable revenue into the
towns. He said 300 tourists had made
the trip over the Richardson highway
this year, making a prosperous season
for the roadhouses.
Gov. Bone has made the trip over
the highway many times, but this is
the finest one yet. The trip was made
by easy stages. It was greatly enjoy
ed by the ladies.
At Grundler, formerly known as
MfcCarty, on the Tanana river, Gov
ernor Bone met W. E. James, discov
erer of Shushana in 1914, Mrs.
James and Warren Nelson, who were
just in k?om a 700-mile trip from the
headwaters of the Tanana. Mrs.
James, being ill, was brought down
the river in a poling boat. They had
been out of touch with the Outside
for the season, and only learned of the
death of the President when they ar
rived at Grundler.
TUI'S USEBIIL SES8E5
Americans—Boston 4, Cleveland 3; i
Chicago 7, New York 4; Detroit S, :
Washington 3. ]
Nationals—Boston 1, Cincinnati 9; 1
Boston 4, Cincinnati 0; Chicago 7, 1 £
New York 1; St. Louis 3, Philadelphia' £
2. No others listed. !
FORMER SEWARD MAN RELEAS
ED ON S10.000 BOND TO APPEAR
ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.
Dr. Wra. R. Price, formerly well
know here, where he took over the
Wilson property on Moose creek, and
later was interested in the Primrose
Mines, was arrested in Los Angeles
recently charged with a gigantic swin
dle later being released on 110,000
bonds to appear September 17th for
trial on a government charge of mis
use of the United States mails.
The recent arrest grew out of the
filing of homestead applications on
the Irvine ranch, a large and very fer
tile tract south of Santa Ana, by dupes
of Dr. William R. Price, chaplain of
the school of Applied Christian Psy
chology, and Ben McLenden, said to
be associated with him in the school.
The two men were arraigned, and held
on a charge of misuse "of the U. S.
mails to defraud.
The Irvine ranch is part of the
Rancho Lomas de Santiago, one of
the garden spots of Orange county.
Millions of dollars were involved in
the attempts of some 200 homestead
ers to file on it on account of an as
serted defect in title. The secretary of
the Interior decided that the land was
not open to entry but belonged to the
present possessors and returned the
fees.
Here is where Price came in. It is
asserted that the two men obtained
over $100,000 from those enrolled in
the school, and others, on the pretext
that they were in possession of inside
information as to the procedure neces
sary to obtain portions of the fertile
ranch in Orange county. They are said
to have received the money with the
understanding they would disclose
this information, which' was never
done.
It is asserted by the authorities that
the school was used by the suspects
to cloak their operations. Hundreds of
persons invested heavily in sums rang
ing from $100 to $1500.
Price, a picturesque figure, has been
in the limelight in California on num
erous occasions. Recently he was
made defendant in a divorce suit brot
by his wife, who enumerated a num
ber of details in which the occult lead
ei was said to have been a principal.
His w ite asserted that on one occasion
he took another woman into their
bathroom and there scrubbed her
back so vigorously that it shone as the
sun.
Prior to this he was sued by Mrs.
Dr. Helm, of Long Beach, on a fraud
charge, the woman asserting that lie
had made false promises regarding a
mining venture on American River,
Calit. The jury disagreed and Price
was discharged. At this time Dr. Price
was at the head of an occult school
at Long Beach, which was later sold
on loreclosure. Residents of Long
Beach dropped considerable monev in
to it.
Later Price went to Los Angeles
and opened what he called “The So
ciety of the New School of Applied
Christian Psychology, it is here the
big thing was alleged to have been
pulled off.
W hen filings had been made Feder
al Officers investigated, which result
ed in his arrest.
Price left Seward about a vear a°-o
for California.
iiam-imin I HOOPS WILL BE
WITHDRAWN FROM BARRIOS
PARIS, Sept. 15.—When Premier
Mussolini declares the annexation of
Fiume he will announce the withdraw
al oi Italian troops from Porto Bar
nos adjoining the harbor, it is said
by authoritative officials.
JAPAN WILL REDUCE TAXES
THE DEVASTATED AREAS
OSAKA, Sept. 15.-A total exemp
ion and a proportionate reduction in
he current year’s income and busi
less taxes lor persons in the quake
one was officially announced today,
^yment of other national taxes were
>ostponed and import duties on all
orts of building materials and neces
ities were temporarily exempted or
educed.