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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 31
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 8.—The Sen
ate today adopted the Walsh resolu
tion directing the Interior department
to inaugurate proceedings to recover
the Elk Hills naval oil reserve held
by the Standard Oil Company of Cal
ifornia.
The Senate also adopted a resolu
tion rea 1 firming the authority ol its
oil investigating committee, and dir
ecting it to proceed with its investi
gations of the naval reserve leases
The jurisdiction of this committee had
been challenged by Fall.
ALASKAN TRADE SHOWS
GROWTH IN PAST YEAR
Alaskan trade during the calendar
year of 1028 amounted in round fig
ures to $95,000,000, according to pre
liminary estimates of J. C. McBride,
g> collector of customs for the territory.
Mr. McBride is now' engaged in pre
paration of his annual report for last
year and final and complete figures
will not be available until early next
month.
The estimated total exceeds the ter
ritory’s 1922 trade by between $9,
000000 and $10,000,000. indicating a
growth in business of approximately
11 per cent. Increases in both exports
and imports are estimated.
Alaskan products exported last
year are estimated to have a valua
tion of approximately $10,000,000. Fig
ures for the first ten months of the
V year show virtually $29,000 000 in ex
ports. It is estimated that the total
exports for the year will be around
$35,000,000.
These figures indicate that the busi
ness of the territory last year was
larger than in any calendar year since
1920, and was but some $13,000,000
or $14,000,000 less than for that year
and 1919. It is believed to have ex
ceeded the total trade ot 1921 b\ al
most $35,000,000, an evidence, said
Collector McBride of the progress
that Alaskan industries have made in
recovering from pre-war conditions.
WOMAN BURNS AS BLIND
MATE GROPES TO RESCUE
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Feb. 8.—
While her blind husband groped his
way to within a few feet of her, Mrs.
Albert Parsons failed in her eitoris
to beat the fire from her blazing cloth
ing and was fatally burned. Parsons
wondering and terror-stricken, stum
bled in the direction of his wite s
screams, after she had caught fii<
trom her kitchen stove. Mrs. Parsons
died in a hospital a few hours later.
CATHOLIC CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. Fr. Turnell will arrive on Sat
urday’s train and hold services in the
local church at the usual hours.
ALAMEDA DUE TOMORROW
The steamship Alameda will arrive
in port about five o'clock tomorrow
sailing on her return trip south about
nine p. m„ after the arrival of the
train.
DAKOTA WELCOMES COMING
OF WAR FINANCE AGENCY
SIOUX FALLS, S. D„ Feb. 8.—Buov
ed by the announcement that the War
Finance corporation would establish
an agency here. South Dakota bank
ers and state officials today viewed
with increased optimism the situation
growing out of the recent closing of
several banks.
Eugene Meyer, jr„ managing di
rector of the finance corporation, be
fore leaving for Minneapolis Iasi
nieht, said an agency would be in
operation here within a few days
In charge of a committee of local
bankers and businessmen.
Plans went forward today under
fhe guidance of John Hirning state
superintendent of banks, to bring
about a reorganization of the Sious
Falls Trust & Savings bank, wrhose
affairs were taken over last w^eek
by the state bank guaranty commis
sion. It has the largest deposits ol
any bank in the state.
Rank examiners are continuing
their investigation of the Interna
tional State bank and the Sious
Falls National bank, the other twc
local banks recently closed ,and di
rectors of the two institutions de
dared they were working on gen
oral plans of reorganization.
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IS PURCHASED FOR $250
BOSTON, Feb. 8—Lady Camille, a
prize blue Orpington lien that was ar
rested recently charged with theft af
ter it had snatched a diamond from
i a ring worn by a visitor at the Chel
j sea ivoultrv show, has been purchased
by Lawrence A. Randall, a Boston
poultry man. He paid $250 to the
owner of the diamond, in addition to
I the ruling market price for the hen.
Lady Camille was released when a
1 judge found that the criminal code
did not extend to fowls. Then the
owner of the diamond insisted on an
operation and paid the hen’s owner
$100 as damages in event of Lady
Camille’s death from the operation.
Later Randall came forward with this
oiler which both owners accepted.
H. II. STEBUNG REPORTS
SHELTEfi Ml SOBBED
Hawley W. Sterling, superintendent
of the Alaska Road Commission, who
returned to Anchorage recently from
Kenai, where he has been conducting
shelter cabins and a winter trail from
Cook Inlet to Kenai Lake reports
that his party left one of the shelter
cabins one morning for the day’s
work, leaving their outfit in the build
ing. On their return they were con
siderably peeved to find that some
I traveler had rifled the place of every
thing valuable, carrying off a large
stock of food and dry kindling. Five
natives passed on the trail that day
and it is believed they were the cul
prits. The tired and hungry crew
were forced to mush to another cabin
several miles away to spend the night.
This is one of the first cases known
in recent years where a shelter ca
bin has been robbed, an offense moye
serious than shooting a man down in
cold blood
WITH MISTRESS TO GRAVE
SPRING GROVE 0., Feb. 8.—When
the body of Mrs. Viola Dillingham was
buried in the cemetery here, the body
of her pet parrot was buried in a lit
tie grave nearby. The woman owned
the parrot for fifteen years. It died
the day after her death occurred.
RUNS STILL PAY FOR FUNERAL
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8.—Explaining
that she made liquor to pay the ex
penses of her father’s funeral, May
Janasyek, was arrested when police
found a still in her home. She was
fined $10 and costs.
GIRL, 6, GATHERING EGGS
SMOTHERS UNDER NEST
ST. CATHERINES, Oat., Feb. 8.—
Suffocated when she was buried un
der a box of nests, Lois Roberts, six
1 years old was found dead in her la
ther’s chicken house, where she had
gone to gather eggs. A playmate, who
was wiht her when the box toppled
over, was found near by, asleep but
uninjured.
PER CAPITA OF TAXES
IN U. S. $68.37 IN 1922
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—An aver
age of $68.37 for every man, woman
and child in the United States was col
lected in taxes in 1922 by the nation
al, state, county and city govern
ments and all other civil divisions
having power to levy and collect tax
es. Taxes collected in that year a
mounted to $7 433,081,000, the census
bureau announced today.
Taxes collected by other than the
government in the fiscal year begin
ning July 1, 1922_ amounted to $3,
204.133.000, which* was almost five
times the amount collected in 1912.
The per capita collected of the gov
ernment’s taxes was $29.47.
Taxes collected by other than the
federal government totaled $4,228,
948.000, or an average of $38 for each
person.
McTIGUE REFUSED TO
MEET YOUNG STRIBBLING
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Mike Mc
Tigue, world light heavyweight cham
pion, refused to sign articles to meet
young Stribbling, accordingg to Strib
bling’s father, who is also his mana
ger. Stribbling Sr., stated that he
had a long distance talk with McTigue
but could not arrange the match.
Stribbling will meet Dave Shade on
March 3. No decision about the bout
has been made.
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RADIO WAVES IN TUNNEL PENET RATE WATER, MUD AND STEEL
The wonders of radio as shown by experiments conducted recently un
der the direction of G. Y. Allen, radio engineer of the Westinghouse Elec
tric Company, and Morris M. Froelich, of the New York-New Jersey Ve
hicular Tunnel Commission. Photo was taken 100 feet under the surface ot
the Hudson River, 1000 feet from the Canal Street end, showing a group
of engineers and newspaper men listening to a program broadcast from
Pittsburgh, the radio w'aves traveling through 500 miles of air, 70 feet of
water, 30 feet ot mud and the heavy steel casting of the tunnel.
SENATORT. REED
WASHINGTON Feb. 8.—Senator
Thomas Reed, democrat of Missouri,
in a Senate speech late this afternoon
declared that Albert B. Fall had en
tered the Harding cabinet for the pur
pose of “putting over” the Teapot
Dome deal, which he charged was the
most gigantic swindle in history. He
demanded criminal prosecution of
Sinclair and Doheny, whom he brand
ed as the major burglars of the asso
ciation.
Senator Reed declared Secretary
Denby’s continuation in office as dan
gerous to the country and to the Na
vy, and said that Denby and Fall are
the Siamese twins in this fraud.
The Senate passed a resolution au
thorizing the Public Lands committee
to investigate the Naval leases.
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WOMAN DRUGGIST BURNED
WHEN ALCOHOL EXPLODES
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NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—A five-gallon
can of alcohol exploded as Miss Anna
Cona, twenty-four, was pouring some
of it into a mortar to mix a prescrip
tion in her drug store at 152 Center
street Orange, N. J. With her cloth
ing ablaze the young woman ran to
the street, crying for help. A small
boy removed his coat and smothered
the flames. Then he disappeared with
out giving his name.
Miss Cona, who is said to be the
only woman apothecary in the Or
anges, was removed to her home, suf
fering from burns of the arms, face
I and body. Her condition is serious.
DOWNFALL OF CHINA
LAID TO MAH JONGG
j CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—Mali Jongg is
responsible for the present corrup
tion in China, the Rev. George Stens,
a missionary in China for 30 years^
declared yesterday at St. Mary’s mis
sion house at Techny, 111., where he is
studying America’s educational meth
ods.
The bandits who rob at night in
China gamble at mah jongg by day,
he said. “Government officials sit
through the night playing with offi
cers, employes and underlings in of
fice. They lose in the end. Their
regular duties are neglected, and when
it comes to paying their losses they
resort to all kinds of rascality
“In China there is a saying that the
victim of the habit can no longer be
trusted. 1 know men and women in
China who have lost their entire pos
sessions playing this game. There are
few games so contagious, and I am
sorry to see it getting such a hold in
America.”
CLEMENCEAU DENIES
PICT WITH WILSON
PARIS, Feb. 8.—Premier Clemen
ceau, declared today that the state
ment ascribed to Lloyd George that
he and Woodrow Wilson had entered
into a secret pact in regard to the oc
cupation of the Rhineland was with
out a scintilla of truth.
WOODEN LEG HALTS SUICIDE
TACOMA, Feb. 8.—Despondent be
cause he could not find work, Charles
Aldrich jumped into the bay. Charles
has a wooden leg.
The artificial limb kept him from
sinking in the water, and he was res
cued by a bridge tender.
BABY SAVES FAMILY
LIMA, O., Feb. 8.—Awakened dur
ing the night by the coughing of her
baby, Mrs. J. H. Creps, discovered
that her home was abaze. She awak
i ened her husband and they were able
to escape.
TAX REDUCTION ON
INCOMES UNDER $20,000
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—A reduc
tion of one-fourth on earned incomes
to $20 000 was voted by the House
Ways and Means committee. All in
1 comes under $5,000 shall be classified
i as earned for the purpose of this re
duction.
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CRAZY SAILOR MURDERS
TWO ABOARD SHIP
VANCOUVER, B. C.^ Jan. 28.—Jim
an Baba, a sailor aboard the Spanish
steamer Pilar Delarrianga, became vi
olently crazy after the ship had pulled
into the local harbor yesterday and
before his condition had become gen
erally known among the other mem
bers of the crew he had killed the
chief officer .Alexander James ,and
one of the sailors, Flores Andra and
wounded four others. He dashed mad
ly up and down the deck, slashing
right and left wtih a long knife, rav
ing and screaming like a wildman.
A riot call was turned in to the po
lice station and a dozen policemen re
sponded but they were unable to take
the madmen into custody. It was
found necessary, finally to shoot the
man and he died shortly after being
removed to a hospital.
WOMAN HITS BANDIT,
RECOVERS HER CASH
NEWARK, O., Feb. 8.—When a ban
dit relieved her of $2,000 at the point
of a pistol, Miss Margaret Linehan
butted him in the stomach. . As the
bandit sailed into the gutter, the wa
man recovered her cash and called
for a policeman. The bandit stagger
ed away before the officer arrived
however.
MAN WHO SHOT TWO AC
QUITTED MANSLAUGHTER
SEATTLE, Feb. 8 —Samuel H.
Short, the policeman who killed Isaac
Hamberger and crippled Mrs. Viola
Davis, while chasing a trio of fleeing
shoplifters, was acquitted of man
slaughter by a Seattle court. While
the conduct of the policeman was
shown to be culpable, testimony ad
duced showed he was obeying in
structions of his superiors in firing at
the fleeing criminals, and that the
shooting was an accident, caused by
glancing bullets.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—The new
revenue bill provising for a revision
of Federal taxes and 25 per cent re
duction of 1923 incomes, was favor
ably reported to the House Ways and
Means committee In case the bill
is passed by Congress it will mean a
saving of millions of dollars to the
country.
ARE ALL GREAT MEN MARRIED?
COEDS TO DEBATE VITAL TOPIC
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Feb. 8.—“Resolved that all
great men are married.”
On the above subject the Athena de
bate club, an organization devoted to
the higher education in public speak
ing of co-eds, will chew the forensic
rag this evening in a club discussion.;
This is only one of a number of!
ominious signs which have been ap
pearing on the campus during the las',
week, reminding one and all male in
mates of the state U. that leap yeai
is here.
SINGAPORE HAS SODA FOUNTAIN
An amusement garden in Singapore
the New World, which is patronized
liberally by Chinese and Malayan, has
ordered a small American soda foun
tain from the United States, to be
installed in its refreshment pavilion.
This is of interest for the reason that
it is the first genuine soda fountain in
Singapore. The nearest approach to
it is a small soda fountain of Ameri
can type which was bought in Manila
and is no winstalled in a Chinese
shop.
“SPIRITS PROMPT MOTHER
TO PUT CHILD ON COALS
SOUTH PORTLAND, Me., Feb. 8.—
Mrs. Ethel G. Giliksen placed her two
month-old daughter on the red hot
coals in her kitchen stove, the police
said because she believed that ‘spir
its from God had called for the sac
rifice” of the baby and that she ‘‘was
soon to follow.”
Neighbors who heard the screams
of her other children rushed in and
rescued the infant. At the hospital
physicians said that the baby, al
though severely burned, probably will
have a chance for recovery. The wo
man will be examined to determine
her mental condition.
FORMER UNDER SHERIFF
KLAMATH FALLS IS DEAD
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore , Feb. 8.—
The slaying of J. E. Bratton, form
er under sheriff, in his home early on
Saturday morning remained a myste
ry today, and officers were silent con
cerning possible clues and any theor
ies they may hold.
i The coroner’s juryr late Saturday
; night returned a verdict of “death at
the hands of unknown person or per
I sons.
A dramatic scene at the inquest was
j the re-enactment of the death scene
I the jury and witnesses adjourning to
the Bratton home for that purpose.
! Mrs. Bratton took th eleading role,
with a policeman acting the part of
the masked intruder who, she said,
fired the fatal shot.
Beyond convincing the jury that
Bratton did not kill himself, the scene
threw little light on the tragedy. Mrs.
Bratton stuck to the story that she
was roused by a shot and came from
her adjoining room into the room
where her husband slept. She saw a
tall man in. a dark suit, who fired at
her and fled, she said.
Bratton’s body will be shipped to
morrow to his former home at Linn
ton, Ind., for burial. Bratton was a
thirty-second degree Mason and also
a Shriner He had lived here seven
years, coining from Pomona, Cal.
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SEMIS OF
Mr. H. H. Hall, superintendent of
the Mackenzie river section of the
Hudson’s Bay posts, and P. H. God
fell, general inspector, arrived in Se
ward Wednesday about 40 days ou*
from Herschel Island, the most nor
therly post of the internationally
known company, about 1200 miles
north and east of Seward. The party
left Herschel Island December 20. af
ter spending Christmas at the post,
making their way up the Mackenzie
river to Fort McPherson, thence down
the Porcupine to Rampart House, then
Fort Yukon and Circle, where they
abandoned their dog teams taking the
stage line to Fairbanks, via way of
Miller House. They reached Fair
banks last week, and were delayed
several days by reason of the acci
dent at Windy where a freight loco
motive left the track.
The weather white intensely cold at
times w'as good, and the party made
what is considered a record (rip from
Herschel Island to Fairbanks. While
coming down the Porcupine river,
Messrs. Hall and Golfell saw hundreds
of thousands o£ canbcu, the party
traveling througn vast herds of the
animals for da\s and days, the trail
being so well broke by the animals
that it made for fast travel. Tne car
ibou herds apparently ate working to
ward the upper Porcupine this winter,
and the Indians along the stream are
enjoying a season of unusual prosper
ity, having food in abundance. Fur
and wild life in the Porcupine section
is very abundant this year, and the
catch of Arctic fox has been unusu
ally good
i-ierscnei island is a lonely post
about one hundred miles northwest of
the delta of the Mackenzie, and its
population consists of a few members
of the Mounted Police, a Hudson Bay
factor and Eskimo tribes. A large
catch of fur is handled by the post
yearly, and it is also a supply post
for a district comprising several hun
dred miles each way. It is a British
possession, and visited l»l1> by trad
ing schooners and a few whalers.
This is the first time Mr. Godfell
has made the trip to Hei&ehel island
although serving many years with the
historical company. His trip, lie de
clared, was a most pleasant one, and
he encountered only the Hardships of
the trail.
Mr. Hall has been in charge of
the Herschel district for many years,
and with Mr. Godfell is on his way to
Montreal, where he will enjoy a brief
vacation, returning north next fail..
He passed through Seward last win
ter on his way to the Island, going
over the same trail traveled this trip.
DIAMOND FOUND HOG'S STOMACH
KEEDYSVILLE, Md„ Feb. 8.—Sev
eral months ago, John F. Hughes lost
a diamond ring while feeding his
hogs. Several days ago one of the
hogs was killed, and the diamond was
found in its stomach.
GOATS FOUND CARRYING DRUGS
KANSAS CITY. Kan. Feb. 8.—Every
Billy and Nanny in this city, is under
suspicion. Three goats were founud
the other day, each with tiny bags of
drugs tied about its neck. Three
herders fled.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY WAS
DUE TO JEALOUSY
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 8.—John
George, twenty-six, insurance agent,
shot and probably mortally wounded
his wife, fatally wounded Eugene
Coats, seventeen, her partner, and
then killed himself at a dance in the
home of his mother-in-law here
George was crazed with jealousy be
cause his wife had refuse^ a dance
writh him to dance with Coats inves
tigators believe.
T had been expecting this. He had
threatened it before,” Mrs. George
was quoted after she had been taken
to a hospital. Coats died in the hos
pital.
Mrs. George’s mother said George
was in a happy mood before he be
came angered. He went out and a
short time later called his wife into
j the front yard and shot her, follow
ing a brief exchange of words.
George then entered the house, shot
Coats, fired twice at other dancers
and then killed himself instantly.
Mr. and Mrs. George, married five
years, had a two-year-old daughter.