Serid stily s Mist
VOLUME 19.
NUM BEK 223
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
WORLD FLYERS AT
DALLAS, LEAVE FOR
SAN DIEGO TODAY
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HOUSING OVATIONS GIVEN AIR
MEN ON JOURNEY ACROSS
CONTINENT
LOVE FIELD, DALLAS, Tex.,
Sept. 22—The Army World Flyers
^ completed a two hundred and twen
ty-five mile hop on their way across 1
the American continent arriving here
from Muskogee, Okla. El Paso is _
their next stop.
Flyers May Be Delayed
EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 22.—With |
reports indicating head winds, prep-;
arations are being made to protect
the world f.yers over night at Pecos,
two hundred miles east of here.
Messages from Sweet Water, fol
lowing a forced landing of the three
planes at two p. m., were to the ef
fect that the fliers might be forced
to abandon the ElPaso hop at Pecos.
Welcomed at Ft. Bliss
EL PASO, Sept. 22—The globe
circling American aviators reached |
Dallas and were accorded a rousing
welcome.
Arrive Safely at ElPaso
EL PASO, Sept. 22—The three air
men arrived safely at seven o’clock
last night, nine hours from Sweet
Water.
Flyers in Arizona Today
TUSCON, Ariz., Sept. 22—Ten
thousand Tucsonians and representa-!
tives from all parts of Arizona greet- ;
ed the world flyers as they glided in- I
to position on the municipal field this |
afternoon.
Lieutenant Smith was the first to j
land and replying to questions asked
him said:
“We had a nice hop from El Paso
this morning and traveled a little bet
ter than ninety five miles an hour,
and flew at an altitude of three thous
and feet.”
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Hop Off For San Diego
TUCSON, Sept. 22—The Army fly
ers hopped-ofF at 7:28 this morning
for San Diego, the weather being clear
with a slight breeze blowing.
Capt. McMillan Returns
From Long Trip North
WISCASSET, Me., Sept. 22.—The
auxiliary schooner Bowdoin, bearing
Capt. Donald B. MacMillan and band
of Arctic explorers, crept into Hog
Port today, after and absence of fif
teen months in the frozen north.
FORMER SERVICE MAN
SHOOTS WIFE AND SUICIDES
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—Victor Gun-1
nari, former service man, shot and I
killed his wife here today at the home i
of her brother, then committed sui-1
cide
REDONDO SAILS WESTWARD;
LARGE LIST OF PASSENGERS
t The steamship Redondo sailed yes
terday for westward points with the
folowing passengers:
For Tusko Bay—C. Lund, Ida Han
sen, Gudna Odenburg, Astrid Hansen,
Agnes Dogersbrand, Grace Corker,
^annie Engstadt, Agnes Sager and El
len Work.
For Kodiak—Sylvia Neeland, Violet1
Isaacson, J. W. Blenkensop, W. C.
Buchanan, Mrs. Inez Taylor, Miss B.
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Smith.
For Seldovia—K. Heise, and Pete
Bellman.
C, E. KURTZ MARRIED
TO MISS L G. MITCHELL
A very pretty wedding was solemn
ized yesterday morning at the resi
dence of the local priest of the Cath
olic Church when Rev. John Bolster,
S. J., united in marriage Mr E. E.
Kurtz and Miss L. G. Mitchell, the
latter arriving on the Alaska Mr. and
Mis. Kurtz left on today’s train to
spend their honeymoon at Anchorage.
Mr. Kurtz is manager of the Cars
tens’ Packing Company plant at Sew
ard. The young couple will be at home
after October first.
j. J. Chamberlain, a popular knight
of the grip, left on today’s train for
Anchorage.
PANAMA JUDGE DROPS DEAD
WHILE DELIVERING TALK
PANAMA, Sept. 22.—John D. Wall
ingford, Panama Canal District Judge
dropped dead here yesterday while
delivering an address at an American
Legion dinner.
LAFOLLETTE PRAISES TEUTONS
NEW YORK, Sept. 22—Lafollette
made a nonpolitical address in Yankee
stadium this afternoon, his speech be
ing wholly a tribute to the Germans
in the United States.
DAWES SATISFIED WITH
OUTLOOK IN DAKOTAS
CHICAGO, Sept. 22—Dawes arrived i
from South Dakota Saturday night,
expressing himself as satisfied with \
the Republican outlook in that state.j
SEVERAL REPORTED
KILLED BY TORNADO
Storm Sweeps Through Missouri Kill-j
ing Number Persons and Caus
ing Much Property Damage.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.—Several Per
sons are reported to have been killed
and a number injured in a severe tor
nado which sw’ept through Annapolis,
Missouri and the southeastern part of j
the state, causing much property dam- |
age.
Twenty-two Killed Thorp
ST. PAUL, Sept. 22.—Twenty-two
persons were killed in the vicinity of
Thorp as a result of the tornado W’hich
swept through the central states.
JACKIE COOGAN GIVEN
ROYAL V^LCOME IN PARIS
PARIS, Sept. 22.—Jackie Coogan,
boy movie actor, was tendered a royal
welcome when over fifteen thousand
persons met him on his arrival.
ANCHORAGE GIRL
BRUTALLY MURDERED
BY FATHER-IN-LAW
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Williams re- |
ceived a letter from Miss Emily
Crotz from Oakland, Calif, convey
ing the news of the killing of Mrs.
Bertha Gage, a former Anchorage
girl. Mrs. Gage as Bertha Jackson,
attended school in Anchorage in 1917
and 1918, and was married here to
a man by the name of William Rog
ers, says the Anchorage Times.
Her father, E. N. Jackson, was em
ployed as a watchman on the Alaska
railroad. Bertha and her two sisters
Esther and Mary were well known
in Anchorage. They left for Cali
fornia about the fall of 1920, Mrs.
Gage following a year later.
Before leaving here Bertha separ
ated from Rogers, and married Gage
in the southern city.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 22—Fish prices
yesteray thirteen and one-half and
nine cents.
Juneau—Halibut 12 and 7; Salmon,
15, ten and five.
COOLIDGE .ADDRESSES
DELEGATES AT CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
Addressing the delegates of the Holy
Name society at their convention here,
Coolidge declared civil and political
religious independence to be the es
sence of freedom as guaranteed in the
constitution.
AMERICAN CONSUL
REFUSES TO CLEAR
EMPRESS OF CANADA
t
WILL NOT ALLOW LINER TO
CARRY LIQUOR TO PHILIP
PINE ISLANDS
MANILA, Sept. 22—The Canadian
Pacific liner “Empress of Canada,”
is being held at Hong Kong until 300
cases of liquor consigned to whole
sale dealers in the Philippines can be
unloaded. The American Consul at
Hong Kong refused to issue health
certificates or permit the vessel to
clear while the liquor was aboard,
holding that the Philippines were
American territory and subject to the
provisions of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
DELLWOOD IN SEATTLE
WTH BALANCE OF
NEW ALASKA CABLE
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GALE CARRIES AWAY PART OF
TELEGRPHIC CONTROL— TO
SAIL NORTH THIS WEEK
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—The cableship
Dellwood arrived in Seattle today with
the balance of the Alaska cable which
she brought from London, via the
Panama Canal.
In an effort to gain all possible time
in a pace against the coming winter
season, the Dellwood was put through 1
a stiff head sea between San Fi'ancis
co and Seattle, which carried away
three telegraphic control terminals on
the forward deck and necessitated the
lashing of braces to other operating I
instruments located forward of the,
bridge.
Several pieces of important control
equipment were bent despite braces;
lashed to them and the heavy steel;
supports upon which they were mount
ed were also twisted.
The Dellwood will be delayed until
Wednesday or later in the week in
order to repair the damaged control
gear. She is carrying 950 miles of
cable, the remaining unit of the new
Alaska cable from Seattle to Seward.
PASTOR ADMITS BUYING
POISON USED ON WIFE
_
MOUNT VERNON, Sept. 22.—The ;
Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, accused of
murdering his wife by poison, admit-.
ted today that he purchased the poi
son from a local drug store, according
to the officers.
Relieve Wife of Sufferings
MOUNT VERNON, Sept. 22—Rev-!
erend Lawrence M Hight, Pastor at ’
Ina, Illinois, who confessed to having j
poisoned him wife and Wilford Sweet,!
in his statement to the officials, de
clared the murder of his wife was
pi'ompted to relieve her of her suffer
ings
FREE KANSAS FROM
KLAN IS SLOGAN OF
CANDIDATE FOR GOV.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WILL
MAKE STRONG FIGHT TO !
RID STATE OF KLAN
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TOPEKA, Sept. 22.—Making this
his slogan: “Free Kansas From The
Ku Klux Klan,” William Allen White, j
in a statement issued today in accord- j
ance with his filing of his independent j
candidacy for the governorship, de-:
dared: “I am in the race to stay and;
expect to win.”
The various klans of the state have
already organized against him and j
and bitter fight is expected.
ALASKA SAILED SOUTH
YESTERDAY AT TWO
The steamship Alaska, which arriv
ed in port Saturday, sailed southward
yesterday afternono at two o’clock
with the following passengers
For Latouclie—John Solo, B. B.
Neidling, Mike Holmes.
For Valdez—T. S. Pierson, L. Le
ncsky, Mrs. Ed. Olsen, Miss Olga
Zharoff.
I’or Cordova—C. M. Sharp, Ed. Sul
i.«n. J. L. Galen, V. J. Dwyer.
P( r ’unect—Albert. B Gates. C. W.
Cheat’.am, J. York, S. J. Jackson, L.
E. Hendr'ckscn.
For >T. :crikan--A. L. I eClai •. Boy
F fluids and wile, Maro Shiminez,
M'.'ses M weciatz and J. York.
For Wranged— Pete Paterno, Bruno
Augustino.
Fivrh’.y-th’ve passengers were listed
for Seattle.
Passengers arriving in Seward on
the Alaska w'ere:
Mrs. Herb. Beebe, Fred Charron, W.
H. Drew, Dennis Coyle, Mrs. Sarah
Devitt, Mrs. E. J. Monan, Mrs. Jas.
G. Mook, Miss L. G. Mitchell, C. L.
Morris, C. L. Schmitz, Alfred Tover,
J. G. Wilcox, Mrs. Wilcox, Rosemary
Wilcox and 1 steerage.
For Latouche—G. G. Higgins and
Robert A. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Heacock of the radio
station are the proud parents of a
nine pound girl, born Thursday night.
Dr. Baughman attended.
FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE DROWN
IN LAKE WASHINGTON
TWO CHEAT DEATH BY SWIM
MING QUARTER MILE TO
SHORE
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—Four young
peopie, all members of prominent Se
attle families ,were drowned yesterday
while two others cheated death by a j
quarter of a mile swim to shore when
the frail pleasure craft in which they j
\,ere sailing swamped and sank in
Lake Washington.
White caps were running eight feet
high and a forty mile wind which ,
swept the lake all but over came the
two survivors, both young women.
Those who perished were Miss Mar- j
garet Delaney, twenty-two, a daugh
ter of Mrs James A. Woodworth; J.
Harned, son of W. J. Harned, and a
University of Washington Junior; W.
Ruddell, twenty-one, of A. H. Ruddell,
a graduate of Queen Anne high school
and Will Reed, twenty, a son of Min- !
nie Reed, a high school student.
Miss Oliva Swinhart, twenty-one, a
daughter of G. H. Swinhart and Miss
Christine Traux, twenty, daughter of
A R. Traux of this city, *vere the sur
vivors of the acident
GkAND DUKE CYRIL
EMPEROR OF RUSSIANS
—
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Grand Duke’
Cyril, Cousin of Emperor Nicholas,
in a proclamation issued at Belgrade, j
proclaims himself as “Emperor of all j
the Russians,” acording to a Berlin
dispatch to the Daily Mail
BRLENBACH ADDS ANOTHER
VICTIM TO LONG LIST KO.’S
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Paul Brlen-1
bach added another victim to his long
list of knockouts by stopping Jack
Reddick of Canada in the eighth round
of a scheduled twelve round bout in
Maison Square
PREDICTS LA FOLLETTE
WILL CARRY STATE
OHIO IN NOVEMBER
CLOSING OHIO CAMPAIN SENA
TOR WHEELER BRINGS UP
TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL
CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 22—Clos
ing his Ohio campaign, Wheeler, vice
presidential candidate, in a speech
last Saturday night, predicted Lafol
lette would carry the state.
Touching on the senate investiga
tion into Teapot Dome and the De- j
partment of Justice, in the latter of
which Senator Wheeler acted as the
prosecuting attorney, he mentioned
Edward McLean, Washington and
Cincinnati night newspaper publish
er.
“Perhaps,”- Senator Wheeler said,
“it would interest some of Mr. Mc
Lean’s fellow townsmen to know that
as the net closed on some of the
others involved in government scan
dals, Mr. McLean asked Senator
Walsh, conducting the oil investiga
tion, and myself, if he, Edward Mc
Lean, could obtain immunity for him
self by telling all he knewr concern
ing the others.”
Dawes Implicated in Bank Failure |
CHICAGO Sept. 22—Wheeler in his
speech Saturday nite charged Dawes
with being mixed up with William L.
Lorimer in the notorious Leslie St.
bank failure.
D. C. Brownell, moving picture op
erator at the Liberty has been con
fined to his home the past two weeks
with a bad attack of Neuritis. Mr.
Brownell states that he is not respon
sible for the recent fires in the thea
ter in which a roll of film was de
stroyed,- but was, at the time of the
fire confined to his home.
“ENERGY” WINS KY. DERBY
LATONIA, Ky., Sept. 22.—Energy,
owned by Jerome Respess, won the
$5,000 added autumn handicap at six
furloughs. Certain was second and
Baffling third.
W. E. Moultray left on today’s train
for Anchorage and interior points. Mr.
Coultray will go as far as Fairbanks,
returning to Chitina and Cordova
over the trail. He will probably be
gone until some time in November.
DAVIS RETURNS FROM
TOUR OF THE WEST
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Davis ar
rived in New York yesterday from his
campaign of the western states and
said: “I return east confident of
success. We are laying our cause be
fore the American people and they are
responding nobly.
TOPE SENDS GREETING
WASHINTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
The Pope sent his second message of
greeting to the Holy Name delegates
assembled here in convention.
EXHIBIT MODERN WAR
MACHINERY AT ABERDEEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.—
Modem patterns of army war mach
inery is to be exhibited at Aberdeen,
Maryland, Proving Grounds, it was
announced here, on Oct. third.
FORMER PROHIBITION
OFFICER A SUICIDE
Takes Poison jn Presence of Arrest
ing Officers—Was Formerly a
Member Northwest M. P.
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—C. A. Mc
Carthy, former federal prohibition
agent in the state of Florida, com
mitted suicide today in the presence
of ai resting officers, by taking poi
son. A local physician was sum
moned but McCarthy died before any
aid could be rendered.
He was charged by Pensacola au
thorities with having sold liquor at
that city, while still in the employ of
the department of justice. McCarthy
was married, a member of the Am
erican Legion, and was formerly a
member of the Northwest Mounted
Police.
INVESTIGATE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—The present
investigation of the police depart
ment by the council committee, has
for its ultimate purpose the impeach
ment of Mayor Brown, according to
well-informed city hall sources.
PRINCE OF WALES LEAVES
FOR RANCH AT ALBERTA
SYOSSETT, N. Y., Sept. 22.—The
visit of the Prince of Wales to the
United States ends today, when ha
will depart for his ranch at Hig“h
River, Alberta. While here he was
entertained at many polo games, din
ners and dances. The Prince called
at the Home of the late Theodore
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, before he
departed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCutcheon,;
who were married here last Wednes- j
day, have taken apartments in the!
Lathrop building, at Anchorage. Mr.
McCutcheon will enter the Gordon j
stores. Mrs. McCutcheon was Miss!
Thelma Ellsworth.
Mayor M. J. Conroy and Thomas
Conroy have made reservations on the
Admiral Evans and will leave for the
States, spending some time in Calif
ornia. M. J. Conroy is mayor of An
chorage.
The resignation of E. Van Gundy,
who left here recently on a vacation
trip to the States has been accepted
by the Alaska railway. Mr. B. E.
Crow will also resign October 1, as
general agent of the railway at Sew
ard. •*>
YUKON SAIL SATURDAY
WITH SOME FOR SEWARD
SEVERAL OLDTIME ALASKANS
RETURNING HOME ON
LINER
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—The steam
morning at nine o’clock with 133
passengers aboard. Those listed for
Fairbanks were, Clarence P. Atri
quin, Andrew Anderson and wife,
M. T. Lyons, E. B. Bumstead, W. E.
Corey, Peter and L. Daw, E. H. A.
Stade, Florence Sanders, Frederick
West and Miss Anderson.
For Anchorage are J. K. Lohnes
and wife, Mrs. Westenbarger, Mrs.
W. J. Bordeau, Master Bordeau, Mrs.
J. J. Seibenthaler, Mary and John
SeibenthaP r, and ten soldiers.
For Seward, John Marsh, Florence
Sanders, Charles A. Payne, Mrs. G.
a Peterson, C. A. Strom, Mrs. A. E.
Roth, W. D Gillis.
MANCHURIAN LEADER
MAKES GAINS OVER
CENTRAL GOV’T FORCES
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FORCES GUARDING SHANGHAI
FORCED TO RETREAT NEAR
ER WALLS OF CITY
SHANGHAI, Sept. 22.—The Chegi
ang soldiers, defending Shanghai
against Kiangsu troops, have retreat
ed to a new defense line three miles
nearer the city, according to reports
received here today. The early sur
render of Shanghai to the Kiangsu ar
mies by the defenders, is said to be
a possibility.
Manchurian Leader Successful
TOKIO, Sent. 22.—Chang Tso Lin,
Manchurian leader claimed decisive vie
tories over the forces of the central
government of Pekin at Jehol, north of
Peking and on the Chihli-Shanghai
Kwan border, on the Pekin-Mukden
railway, which has been shelled by
Chang aviators.
Newspapers are unanimous in de
claring unthinkable the proposal to
place the British fleet at the disposal
of the League of Nations to put down
aggressive nations.
Advise Foreigner* to Leave
MUKDEN, Sept 22—Chang Tso Lin,
military* dictator of Manchuria, re
quested the American and British
Consule to warn their countrymen at
Chinwangtao and Shaniaiwan, adjoin
ing towns, of his intention to bomb
the places. The consuls were asked to
advise all foreigners to leave.
WIFE CHICAGO MAN
MURDERED BY CONVICT
SHE HAD BEFRIENDED
PASADENA, Sept. 22.—Mrs. Clif
ton Hunn, wife of a well known Chi
cago business man, was murdered
last night by an exconvict she had be
friended. Locked in her apartments
were jewels valued at $200,000.
SCHOONER IS SAFE
SEATTLE, Sept. 22—The schooner
Chlopeck, in distress in Alaska waters
wa stowed in to Indian Harbor by the
Cutter Unala, according to a wireless
message -received here.
ARGENTINE FLYER
NOW IN CHINA
HONG KONG, Sept. 22—Major Zan
ni, Argentine round the world flier,
arived here this morning from Haip
pong, French Indo China.
POLICE SERGEANT FINED.
DRIVING CAR WHILE DRUNK
SEATTLE. Sept. 20.—Wm. Carr, re
cently dismissed from a police ser
geancv for driving an auto while in
toxicated, was fined $50 this after
noon by a police judge, and his li
cense was revoked.
SATURDAY’S BASEBALL
Sept. 20.—American League—
Washington 14, St. Louis 15, ten in
nings; New York 1, Detroit 6; Bos
ton, Cleveland, Rain; Phila. 7, Chi. 4,
Phila. 2, Chicago 5, second game.
National League—St. Louis 0, Bos
ton 1, St. Louis 5, Boston 2; Cincin
nati 9, Phila. 6; Brooklyn 4, Pitts. 5;
•Chicago 7, New York 3.
Sunday, Sept. 21—American League
—Washington 6, St. Louis 4; New
York 3, Detroit 4; Boston 2, Cleveland
0, Boston 11, Cleveland 5; Phila. 4,
Chicago 1; Phila. 5, Chicago 22.
National League—Brooklyn 2, Pitts.
1; Chicago 3, New York 0.
Sept. 20—Washington has one game
lead over New York in the Ameri
can League by winning from St. Louis
as the Yankees lost to Detroit. In the
National League the Giants, by beat
ing Chicago, increased their advan
tage of one and one-half games over
Brooklyn which lost td the Pittsburg
Pirates.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21—The Washing
ton Senators lost to St. Louis Browns
in ten innings, 16 to 14, but retain
a full game lead in the American
League race, as the New York Yan
kees lost to Detroit. In the National
League the New' York Giants lost a
tw'elve inning game to Chicago 7 to
3, but keep a margin of a game and
a half when Pittsburg wTon from
Brooklyn.