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SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY • 9, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
FISHERIES OREGON
PROTEST OVER
NEW POWER PLAN
SEATTLE, Jan. 9 —Fish Commis
sioners of Oregon and Washington
have joined the Columbia river sal
mon packers in a protest to the Fed_
> ^ral Power commissioner against the
issuance of a water power light to
Hemy J. Pierce and associates, who
are planning a $100,000,000 develop
ment including a 90 foot dam across
the Ccdumbia river at Priest rapids
It is deemed the erection of the dam
wiil prevent the salmon going back
to their spawning grounds at the
headwaters of the Columbia and trib
utaiits.
1124 OUTLOOK FOR
HI INDUSTRY ROOD
West Coast Product Growing in Pop
ularity—Production in South
Is Curtailed
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—There is every
reason to believe that 1924 will be an
active year in the Pacific northwest
lumber industry, declared Robert B.
Allen, general manager of the West
Aoast Lumbermen’s association, upon
his return yesterday from the East,
where he attended a lumber standard
ization conference and the annual
conference of the National Lumber
Manufacturers' asociation in Washing
ton, D. C.
“West coast lumber is growing in
popularity in the New Yory market,”
he stated. “In the southern pine re
gion heavy rains have somewhat cur
tailed lummber production; several
operators have gone off the market.
The result is that southern pine
^•tocks on hand are light
in the northern pine and hemlock
region, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
there is a marked scarcity of common
lumber and stocks of upper grades
ale below normal.
“All these things indicate that there
will be a good chance for west coast
lumber in the coming year.”
HEALER A FAKER
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 9.—Of 350
persons anointed and declared to have
been pronounced cured by Rev. C S.
Price, who last spring operated in the
city as an evangelist and faith healer,
214 experienced no change, thirty-nine
died within six months, seventeen
grew decidedly worse and five became
insane, according to a report by an
investigating committee which was
published today. Five wrere listed as
cured.
The committee included eleven cler
gymen of several denominations,
eight physicians who are members of
Christian churches and were declared
to be specialists in diseases afflicting
the 350 patients, three university pro
fessors and one a lawyer. The report
was presented last night at a meeting
of the General Methodist association
Vancouver. The five listed as cured
were said to have suffei'ed from func
Tional disorders.
WJkSHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Sen
ate has passed a bill establishing a
Bureau of Civil Aeronautics in the
Department of Commerce at the re
quest of Secretary Hoover.
U Seward boy had a close shave
last night when his sled ran into a
dog, but his father had a close shave
at the O. K. Barber Shop. tf
'Will Take On European Heavyweigh
February First
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Gene Tunne;
American light heavyweight, and Ei
minio Spalla, of Italy, heavyweight ti
tie holder of Europe, have been match
ed for a 15-round bout at Mauit>oi
Square Garden February 1, it was a:i
nounced today. Spalla is expected t<
arrive here early in January. Tur
ney’s title will not be at stake.
DARN! MOSQUITOES
AND FLOWERS SPOIL
HIS DAY ON LINK
TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 9.—Unable t
work in such fine, spring-like weatl
er, John Rothwell unlimbered his gol
bag yesterday for a round over th
Humber Valley course. John is
good golfer but he had one of the pool
est cards of his career and for th
first time an alibi. “Tarnation!” h
said, “where’s the fellow that cai
putt with a smarm of mosquitoes pet
tering him!” Then he went horn
wearing a flower he had picked Iron
the course.
MRS. JOHN 0. SPRECKLES
DIES IN LOS RNSELEJ
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9.—Mrs. John E
Spreckles, wife of the California suga
king died here this morning, after i
long illness.
DANDELIONS BLOOMING
CHICAGO 111., Jan. 9.—Violets am
dandelions are blooming at Waterman
111 , forty miles west of here, and boy
and girls are picking them for Chrisl
mas decorations. Unusually mih
weather for the past week is respon
sible. The above dispatch was r«
" ceived Friday, before the recent col<
snap.
INGREKED FUST W
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Goid prc
duction in the United Slffes for 192:
was $41,377,700; silver, $59,541,184
an increase of 29 per cent over tin
previous year.
TWO BROTHERS COMMIT
SUICIDE IN TWO DAY!
LINZ Austria, Jan. 9.—Child su:
cide, w'hich has been common in cer
tral Europe since the war, had a tra
fcic illustration here recently. A bo:
17 years old hanged himself, and th
next day at the same spot his 14-yea
old brother took his life in the sam
manner. The younger boy left a not
saying he could not live without hi
[ playmate.
This self destruction among child
ren is ascribed to neurotic precocit;
resulting from conditions under whicl
they passed infancy in war times.
ROME, Jan. 9.—The former Germai
Crown Prince is attending winte
sports at Meran, in the Tyrol moun
tains
CHICK EVANS ENTERS HOLE
IN-ONE GOLF SOCIETY
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Charles “Chick
Evans, who has been a champion gol
player for many years, gave himesl
a Christmas present yesterday in th<
form of membership in the hole ii
one club, when for the first time in th<
thousands of holes he has played hi
made an ace on the fourth hole of* th<
[Edgewater course. He had two wit
nesses. The shot was 190 yards.
r SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.—Parry
- Broalisky, once a power in local poli
- tics, later head of California’s rum
- running syndicate is dead in Los An
i geles. He was recently pardoned out |
- of the McNeil’s island penitentiary, on
>! account of fatal illness.
’ LONDON, Jan. 9.—Now in parlia
ment, Margaret Blondell will be the
first woman member of parliament
*! when the labor government is formed.
3 HERRON’S NEWSPAPER PLANT
3i AT JUNEAU IS ATTACHED
l
" i JUNEAU: Judgment was yesterday
3 granted by Judge T. M. Reed foi
1 $2769 against the Alaska Publishing
Company for moneys due from Chas.
Hen on’s plant, the Capitol, for rent on
a building occupied and other ex
penses. A writ of execution was is
sued on the company’s local property
i which comprises general newspaper
| equipment to satisfy the judgment.
(FRENCH MOTORISTS SUE
.1 RAILROADS WHEN DELAYED
r' -
i PARIS, Jan 9.—Long waits by au
I tomobiles at railroad crossings in
France, promise to grow shorter in
view of a recent court decision giv
i ing damages to an autolst for being
, kept waiting 45 minutes.
51 Schrieber tried strong language on
-1 a switching crew without effect, so he
1 got some witnesses and filed suit. It
- developed that an old law authorized
- department prefects to fix the limit
1 of delay where trains stop, or when
switching was lively to exceed ten
minutes. As there was no such limit
in this case the court accepted ten
minutes as the time a railroad might
block a highway and recognized the
(right of those delayed to collect dam
ages lor loss of time and mental suf
fori ng.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Woodrow
’ Wilson’s mail is becoming more volu
minous. He is wrriting more with a
gradual improvement in his health.
NAVY IN NEED OF MED.CAL
WORKERS OF All CLASHES
[ WASHINGTON, Jan 9.—Graduates
ot medical, dental and pharmaceutical
" colleges and of nurses’ training
5 schools are finding the opportunities
of civil life so attractive that the med
ical department of the navy is having
f increased difficulty in ge-'.Gtig suita
ble tiau.t-a personnel for its work.
Surgeon General E. R. Stitt, in his
annual ieport made public today de
clares that despite an intensive cam
paign duiing the year including the
sending of 12,000 personal letters to
■ young doctors it was not possible to
keep the medical corps up to its au
thorized strength.
“It is apparent,”. Dr. Stitts said,
1 “that the inducements offered by the
„ navy are not sufficient to attract the
young physician.”
PRISONER CUTS BARS WITH
WATCH SPRING AND FLEES
' MEDFORD, Ore., Jan. 9.—When
(Sheriff Richards of Linn county went
’ :to the jail this morning accompanied
f by Police Chief Adams, to get E. J.
f Curry alies A. H Fisk, who confessed
; on his arrest to stealing fifteen suits
i of clothes in Albany Sunday night,
i they found Curry gone. Investigation
i showed that Curry had filed off the
i Hock of the cell by using the spring
- from his Ingersoll and made his es
cape.
TOKIO, Jan. 9.—The American em
bassy turned over a million and a half
'for the American Relief Fund today
for use in relieving destitution grow
ing out of the earthquake.
DRY AGENTS FOLLOW STREAK
OF MASH AND FIND STILL
SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—Mash running
down a creek and reported by farmers
led to the seizure of a 3till in a cave
19 feet wide and 50 feet long near
Kirkland across from Seattle today.
Federal agents who followed the mash
back to the mouth of a sewer and
then searched until they found the en
trance to the still through a stall in a
deserted barn, captured 25 gallons of
moonshine. They arrested three men
wrorking in the place.
Grey Haired Speculators Say Young
Wood Has Them All Bested
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Market spec
ulators who have grown grey at the
task ot trying to grow wealthy in Wall
street today studied the system re
puted to have made the fortune of
Lieut. Osborne C. Wood, son of Gov
ernor General Leonard Wood of the
Philippines, who is reported to have
accumulated between $7UU,0U0 and
$800,UOU by cable speculation from
Manila to the street.
Commenting on the declaration yes
terday of a financial “tipster” service
head that Wood had acted on nightly
cablegrams sent to him and for which
he was said to have paid $1000 a
montn including cable tolls, specula
tors said the young officer had dem_
onstrated that long range shots are
the best.
Every day, it was declared, a ca
blegram analyzing the state of the
stock market was sent to young Wood
in Manila, and in addition, special ad
vice to buy or sell and answers to re
quests for information were set, all
in plain English and not in code. Tolls
ranged from a few dollars to $80 a
day, or more.
The last message from Wood was
said to have been sent December 19,
and it was believed it was on that day
that Secretary of War Weeks directed
that the young officer’s operation*
should cease. Mr. Weeks said yester
day in Newton, Mass, that he had is
sued the order because he thought the
amounts involved appeared to be be
yond the financial responsibilities of
Wood. He added that he did not be
lieve the subject warranted depart
mental action.
THE AVERAGE MAN HAS NO
SUNDAY CLOTHES NOR
HOME BUT OWNS AUTO
CHICAGO, Jan. 9—The average man
no longer has a Sunday suit of clothes
or a home but he owns an auto or Is
buying one on the installment plan,
according to a nation-wide survey
made by the National Association of
Retail Clothiers.
People don’t seem to care much
about clothing any more, according to
results of the survey made public yes
terday. And one state is about as
bad as another in taht respect, altho
Texas, Iowa, and New York seem to
be the most careless about their ap
pearance.
There was a big cotton crop this
year and many merchants laid in fine
stocks of clothing, but the money went
for new autos
In an Iowa district where ex-sol
diers received their bonus money 850
new automobiles were sold besides
hundreds of second hand ones.
The survey shows Denver, Colo., as
a typical victim of the automobile,
where in a city of less than 300,00,
there is a registration of 51,000 autos
one for each family.
TODAY'S FISH MARKET
JUNEAU Jan. 8.—Fresh halibut
13 and 8 cents.
TICE II y, CHURCH
Sermons in 1924 Will be Devoid of
Arguments on Nativity
NEW YORK, Jan 9—Modernists in
the Protestant Episcopal church today
declared they would preach from now
on in conformity with the diocesan let
ter issued by Bishop Wm. T. Manning
asking that a truce be observed in the
interactional controversy.
The war has been waging for many
weeks, and it threatens to disrupt at
tendance and interest in the churches.
j LOCAL BANK STITEMI
SHOWS GREAT INCREASE
j
A statement of the Bank of Seward
published in Saturday’s daily, shows
several interesting features in con
nection with improved conditions in
this city. The previous statement
gave loans and discounts at $162,013;
while the December 31st statement
gives loans at $197,489.40. Total re_
sources in the previous report were
$316,311.21, while in the last state
ment they are given as $324,442.67
The recent report shows that depos
its have also increased from $280,536
to $288,165, a fine showing for the
last quarter of the year.
Seward today is the richest spot in
Alaska. Giving her population at 700
her per capita wealth is $4634.80.
I
Mi PUNE
ARRIVES IN SEIM
i SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—The DeHavi
land tour aeroplane in which C. B.
Eilson of Fairbanks will carry the
mail between Nenana and McGrath
( has arrived here in the course of ship
ment to Alaska. The machine will be
used by the postoffice department as
an experiment in mail carrying. It is
said that the route, which now' takes
twelve days to cover by dog team, will
be covered in three hours by plane.
In case the plan is successful, oth
er mail routes will be established.
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COMPULSORY EDUCATION!
BILL EDS WASHINGTON
OLYMPIA, Wn.,' Jan. 9.—A petition
for an initiative measure to compel
all children in the state between the
ages of eight and sixteen years to at
tend public schools unless mentally
or physically incapacitated, was filed
with the secretary of state today. It is
said that the object of the bill is to
force Catholic schools and private
seminaries out of the state.
LYONS WILL GET BUCK
LYONS, France, Jan 9.—Two gold
en keys for the gates of the city of
Lyons, for more than 100 years re
tained in Vienna by the Austrians as
spoils of the inyasion of France in
*1814, are to be returned to Lyons.
Citizens of Lyons tried to insert a
stipulation in the treaty of Versailles
that Austria should return the prized
keys, but they did not succeed.
Since then M. Poincare has been ne
gotiating with Vienna and has come
to an agreement with the Austrian au
thorities for the exchange of the keys
for certain Austrian works of art be
ing exhibited at the Lyons fair when
‘hostilities broke out.
The two keys now in Vienna will be
brought back to the old Lyons muse
um to take their place beside the third
key to the city which was overlooked
by the Austrians in 1914.
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HISTORIC (OLDEN LEVS
APPOINTMENT OF HEAD
ALASKA GABLE SYSTEM
CONFIRMED 8! SENATE
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Sen
ate today confirmed the appointment
of Major General Saltzman as chief
of Signal Corps.
'FOREIGN MADE LIQUOR LESS
DEADLY THAN HOME BRAND
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Liquor smug
gled from the rum fleet is less deadly
than that made in America, R. Q. Mer
herring across the trail of the facts
and is a specls of communist propa
ganda in itself. The Investia stated
I'the truth, which more than some of
'the soviet officials are doing today.
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PUN 10 TAX VOTERS
10 SO NOT GO POLLS
[ CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—A plan to tax
voters who fail to cast ballots was pre
sented by Judge M. E. McKinley at a
joint meeting of the University of
1 Iowa alumni today. Judge McKinley
'advocated passage of a bill to be pre
sented to the next legislature in the
I nature of a voters’ tax based on the
I same principle as the poll tax, with a
i provision that there shall be levied
!say, $15 to $25 to $50 against every
(voter, man or woman with specific
and stringent provisions for collection.
CHRISTMAS TREES COST THE
PEOPLE OF NATION $2,000,000
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The ten
million Christmas trees which shed
their radiance in American homes this
year represented $2,500,000 put into
the hands ol farmers and others who
cut them, and as much more for their
distributors.
It was estimated that if all the
! Christmas trees were from regular
! tree crops it would require only 24,000
j acres to meet perpetually the market
demands. As it is, however, probably
j several hundred thousand acres are
j culled each year often in a careless
! and destructive manner.
SAXON, Wn., Jan. 9.—Wesley Bow
i man, a high rigger for the Bloedel
j Donovan Mills, who fell 135 feet to
the ground yesterday when his life
| line broke, is a lucky man. Otherwise
| than being sore he is practically un
I hurt. Bowman was cutting off a limb
»135 feet from the ground, to attach a
rigging to handle logs. The limb
fell on his life line, parting it, and
Bowman, with a cross cut saw on his
back and an axe in his hand, dropped
sheer 135 feet to the ground below.
Fortunately he landed in a pool of
mud in a swampy spot. Bowmian is
30 years of age, and said to be one of
the strongest men in the woods.
VETERUN lUSU PILOT DIES
Well Known Mariner Succumbs to
Ravages of Time
SEATTLE, Jan 9.—Capt. George
A. Crockett, a veteran Alaska pilot is
dead. He was one of the best known
mariners in the north.
SITE OF OIL WELLS IS
INFESTED BY ALLIGATORS
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.—Only alligators
and Indians exist in the regions of
Panama represented as the location of
the gushing oil wells of the Bayano
River Trust company, in which more
than $5,000 was invested by friends of
Leo Koretz, fugitive oil promoter, ac
cording to a committee which return
ed from Panama today.