VOLUME XIX. NUMItER Hr / ^ _SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1924. _ PRICE TEN CENTS
FLAMES SWEEPING
SUBURBS OF TOKIO
TWENTY-TWO KNOWN DEAD AND HUNDREDS
INJURED—TWISTED RAILS STOP ALL TRAP
FIC—QUAKE LASTED OVER 12 MINUTES
TOMIOKA, Japan, January 15—The strongest earth
quake since the terrible convulsion of September rocked
tokio, Yokohama and the surrounding country-side at six
o’clock this morning, spreading panic throughout the en
tire district. In Yokohama the street car tracks were
thrown out of alignment forcing suspension of all tram
service.
TWENTY TWO KNOWN DEAD
TOKIO, Jan 15—Twenty-two are known dead and
probably double the number killed in Tokio, Yokahama
and the outlying districts in today’s tremor, which was of
t twelve minutes’ duration, with intensity estimated at half
♦ that of last September.
FIRE RAGING IN SUBURBS OF TOKIO
OSAKA, Jan. 15—Fire is raging in the suburbs of To
kio. One train as thrown into the river at Banqugawa and
six trains overturned between Gotemba and Tokio as the
result of the earthquake.
SECRETARY INJURED IN QUAKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 15—The American Am
bassador at Tokio cabled Washington that Tokio and Yo
kohama suffered a severe earthquake shock this morning.
Newspapers estimated fifty killed. Frederick D. K. Lec
lerco, second secretary at the American embassy was in
jured.
SINGS ML TO
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Chairman
Farley of the United States Shipping
Board confessed to the Senate today
that he had been successful in his
efforts to get the American Bar Asso
ciation to travel on American ships.
The entire membership of the Bar As
sociation had selected British ships
for travel and for the proposed trip
to London the coming summer.
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NEW GREEK LEADER WILL
FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
ATHENS, Jan. 15—General amnes
ty for all political prisoners probably
including the leaders of the recent
counter rebelion, will be granted by
the new Venizelos government.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold a meeting Tuesday, January
15th, at 8:00 o’clock, City Hall. In
i stallalion of officers. k-w.
GUNBOAT ARRIVES
MANILA, Jan. 15.—The gunboat
Sacramento arrived at Surigao island
of the Mindanao group, where clash
es have occurred between the con
stabulary and members of religious
society.
refuses transfer
DETROIT Jan. 15.—Bobby Veach,
who was sold by the “Tigers’ ’ to
the oBston Americans refuses to go
to the Red Sox aggregation unless he
is given three thousand dollars more'
than his salary to defray moving ex
penses.
DESPONDENT, JUMPS
FROM HUGE LINER
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—Mrs.
Abe Apple, of Spokane, despondent
because of ill health, jumped over
board from the liner Dorothy Alexan
der enroute from Seattle, Washing
ton and was drowned.
WILL ATTEMPT FLIGHT
AROUND THE WORLD SOON
LONDON, Jan. 15.—English avia
tors will attempt a flight around the
world next April, taking off in the
opposite direction from the American
army fliers The British air minis
try is backing the flight. The squad
ron leader, A. S. McLaren, a distin
guished English pilot will make the
attempt soon after the Americans go
on their journey.
WIFE ENDS LIFE AFTER
KILLING DAUGHTER AND
NOW FATHER TAKES LIFE
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—John Barwell,
a Seattle city employee, whose wife
shot herself and her daughter to
death in November, 1922, was found
dead today. Official investigators
said that Barwell attempted suicide!
when .he went to a morgue and saw1
the bodies of his wife and daughter, I
which had been found in their home!
five days after their deaths. The!
mother, it was announced, had shot
thedaughter, a high school girl of 16
and herself, as they lay in bed An
estiangement had caused Barwell to
leave his home four days before the
horrible tragedy.
FAMOUS RELIC WILL BE
VISIBLE DAY AND NIGHT
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.—The Li
berty Bell, treasured American relic
will be made visible to the public*!
day and night, summer and winter, un
red plans being formulated by Wilf
red Jordan, curator of Independence
Hall, where the bell rests.
Heretofore thousands of visitors
have failed to see the famous old bell
because the building is closed on the}
public building during certain hours.
L nder the new plans it is proposed N
to place at the rear portals of Inde
pendence Hall a eGorgian grill of
wrought iron work, so open in charac
ter that the bell may be clearly seen
at all times. At night it will be il
luminated with floodlights.
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COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N
AN INTERESTING CONGRESSIONA L GROUP
The oldest and youngest members of the House of Representatives,
with only woman member of the House, on the steps of the Capitol j
Left to right: Isaac R. Sherwood, 88, former general in the Civil War, of j
Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. I Nolan, of California, and Lester Hill, 28 of Ala
bama.
REFORM CAME WHEN REALIZED
INEFFICIENCY RUM HAD
CAUSED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Rear Ad
miral Sims told the anti-saloon league
coiAerence here today that there was
no more temperate class of men in
the country than the sailors.
He stated the navy could not exist
unless it was sober and that reform
came in the navy when it was realiz
ed how much inefficiency was caus
ed by rum.
PROSPERITY Fen y s
CHICAGO Jan 15—Real permanent
prosperity for the United States de
pends on putting agriculture on its
teet, Coolidge declared in a message
to the Farmers Manufacturers con
vention which opened here today.
WILL ESTABLISH REFINERY
NEAR AUBURN, WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—The Utah-Ida
ho Beet and Sugar Company complet
ed arrangements for the establish
ment of a million dollar refinery in
the suburb of Auburn.
JOURNALISTIC RECORD
1 RACINE, Wis., Jan. 15.—Fifty years
of editorial director of the Racine j
Journal-News, one eof Wisconsin’s
leading newspapers, were rounded out
today by F. W. Starbuckf veteran pre
sident of the Journal Printing compa
ny. Although for 11 years Mr. Star
buck has lived in California, depriv
ed of his eyesight, he has continued
actively to direct the policy of the pa
per.
George Jensen has returned to Wil
low Creek after spending a time in
the town of Anchorage.
FEDERAL FORCES HIE
Mill BIG GAINS
REGION 111 m
ADVANCING ON GOVERNMENT
RAILWAY—CAPTURE NUM
BER OF TOWNS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 15—Federal
forces have captured Techuacan, Pu
eblo and are pursuing the retiring
rebel forces. The War department al
so announced theadvance by the gov
ernment troops on Vera Cruz by way
of Mexico City and the Inter-Ocean
ic railroad.
THINKS DOING WRONG
TUG BANK FIDS
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—“I am doing
wrong, but this is the only way to get
ahead of the world,” teller Robert
Beckett wrote the bank president, as
he took flight with thirty-five thous
and dollars of the West Madison
state bank funds
VOTE 2,500 TO EXPOSE
ROTTENNESS POLICE
DEPARTMENT OF SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—County Com
misisoners here this afternoon voted
Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas a sum of
$2,500 which he said it would enable
him to expose to the fullest extent
the rottenness that is going on in the
police department.
UIH IN PARIS’
STURTLES OFFICIALS
PARIS, Jan. 15.—A statement made
yesterday by Dawes, an American
member was that disaster is facing
Europe unless common sense is
crowned king. He socked the repar
ations commission from its complac
ency and startled official circles and
alarmed the financiers.
TAMMANY LEADER IS
SEEKING PREVENT THE
NOMINATION OF McADOO
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Murphy,
Tammany leader, and George F. Bren
nan, Illinois leader are holding a se
ries of meetings here seeking to pre
vent the nomination of McAdoo.
HEBBERD RESIGNS CHMR
SEATTLE, Jan. 15—Clias. Hebberd
resigned the Republican si ale chair
manship.
COOLIDGE AND WIFE
CALL ON NEGRO VALET
WASHINGTON, I). C„ Jan. 15—
Coolidge and wife made a Sunday call
on Arthur Krooks, negro valet of the
President since the Taft administra
tion, who has been confined to his
home several weeks by illness.
DECIDING QUESTION GERMAN
ABILITY TO PAY WAR DEBTS
PARIS, Jan. 15— Germany’s abil
ity to pay is being decided today by
representatives of Amereica, Britain,
France, Belgium, with Charles G.
Dawes as presiding officer.
DISTRICT MB
EETTINE PU3LICITY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—Dist
rict attorney Mathew Brady of this
city and three uniformed policemen,
the latter special officers were among
themerry-makers in Mioma cafe when
it was raided by Federal prohibition
otliceis. The raid revealed many wto
men of tender age drunk.
WELL-KNOWN FIGHTER
DIES AS RESULT OF
SEVERE RING BATTLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 15—Frank Doh
rety known in the boxing game as
Frankie Jerome, died from a com
pound fracture of the skull, believed
to have been caused by the severe
lacing he received in a bout at Terra
Haute, Ind., Friday night, in which
he was matched with Bud Taylor
BRITISH CRUISER ARRIVES
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15 —A Brit
ish cruiser has arrived at Puerto, in
Mexico and the southern port of Ve
ra Cruz to protect the British inter
ests of those places.
LEGISLATURE DISSOLVES
MADRID, Jan. 15—All provincial
legislatures except in the provinces
of Basque and Navarre, were dissolv
ed by decree of the military director
ate.
REBELS RETREATING
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 15.—The War
department announced’ last night that
therebels are retreating on both the
Western and Southeastern fronts.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Elihu Root;
has undergone a successful operation
for the removal of kidney stones.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 15—A i
total of fourteen and one half billions
of dollars in tax-exempt securities are
now outstanding, the house ways and |
means committee reported to the low
er house today.
INTRODUCES ANOTHER
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
WASHINGTON Jan. 15.—Senator
Burson introduce’d another soldier's
bonus bill while Senator Harris spon
sored one providing five million dol
lars for a government corporation to
operate railroads of the country. La
Follette introduced a bill which would
new national government in the Phil
ippines
WANT CURFEW TO RING
ON THE MEXICAN BORDER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—One thou
sand prominent residents of Los
Angeles and San Diego have petition
ed Coolidge that he close the Calif
oraia-Mexican border inghts after 9
o’clock.
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WILL DENY U S. CITIZENS THE
RIGHT TO OWN LAND IN
JAPAN
TOKIO, Jan. 15.—Japan’s answer to
the recent Supreme court decision up
holding the California Alien Land
Laws, will be an enactment of new
land ownership laws of a reciprocal
nature, according to th eleading news
I papers of the empire.
This law will grant the rigth to own
land to individual foreigners except
those whose governments deny the
same right to Japanese.
. PROFESSOR SAYS CAMEL
IS AMERICAN BEAST
SEATTLE Jan. 15.—Professor M.
A. Hanna, of the geology department
of the University of Washington de
clared that the camel is an American
beast and that many ages ago had
migiated to Asia, via the Bering
straits.
FRISCO PUTS IN BID
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.—San
Francisco has bid to a certified check
of two hundred thousand for the De
mocratic National convention.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15.—Auth
orities of St. Charles parish, assisted
by New Orleans police, today were
trying to unravel the mystery sur
rounding the killing of Fred Bentley,
employed as a detective by the New
Orleans Public Service Inc., whose
body, wnth the skull crushed, was
tound yesterday on the Mississippi
river levee near Hahnville, in St.
Charles parish, a few miles from New
Orleans.
according to parish authorities the
condition of Bentley’s body indicated
that he had been tortured before be
ing killed.
Bentley came here from Los An
geles last October, notes found in his
room at a local hotel, indicated. He
was said to have a wife from whom
he was separated, living in Los An
geles.
U. S. CRUISER IN EAST
ZANZIBAR, East Africa, Jan. 15—
The American cruiser Concord arriv
ed here today.
WIFE OF MISSIONARY IS
RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS
PEKING, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Bernard
Hoff, wife of the American mission
ary, who was shot by Chinese bandits
is slowly recovering from her wounds.
Mrs. Juliana Kilen, who was kidnap
ped by the bandits has not been
heard from.
SEWARD 0. E. S,
At a regular meeting of the Seward
Chapter, No. 10, Order of Eastern
P. W. M., Mary C. Eames installed the
following officers for the ensuing
year.
Viola T. Swettman, W. M.; W O
Perry, W. P ; Helen L. Smith, A.M.;
Clara Perry, Sec.; Earl Sweek,
Treas.; Dorothy Urbach, C.; Margar
et Hannon, A. C.; Richard NcNally,
Chap.; Anna Leslie Marshal; Francis
McNally, Organist;* Myrtle Braafladt,
Adah; Garth M. Lechner, Ruth; Mar
tine Johannson, Esther; Goldie Blue.
Electa; Rhoda Cooper Warden.
After the installation of the above
members a sumptuous luncheon and
social hour was enjoyed.