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VOLUME XVIII. NUMBER 125
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Bandits Chieftain Threatens to Kill Captives
Sen.Borah Starts Friday on Speech-making Tour
SEWARD RESIDENT IS
KILLED KT FLIT
Mr. Tallack Tallason, for the past
ten years a resident of Seward, died
last evening ait the family home in
this city from injuries received yes
terday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock
while at work in the engine room of
the San Juan Fishing & Packing Com
pany’s cold storage plant.
At the time of the accident Mr. Tal
lasen was alone in the engine room,
but was discovered shortly after i*
happened. According to the best in
formation obtainable Mr. Tallason was
oiling a bearing on the main shaft
ing, standing on a ladder to do so.
The supposition is that the ladder
slipped and he grabbed hold of the
shaft to keep from falling. A set
screw on the shaft caught hold of his
clothing and within the space of a few
seconds he was being whirled to his
death. The first intimation to be had
that he was in danger was when the
carpenter of the plant, who a few min
utes before had left the engine room,
heard a cry of distress, followed by
several loud thumps, and later a fall
as though a heavy body had struck
the floor. Calling to Foreman Nicho
licli and hastening to the engineroom,
Mr. Tallason was found lying on the
floor, bleeding profusely from the
many wounds caused by his legs and
body striking a huge timber above the
shafting and also from an ugly gash
in the back of his head. With the ex_
ception of portions of his garments
from the shins down his body was
stripped of clothing. His lower limbs
were practically beaten to a pulp and
nearly all his ribs were broken. The
shinbones were protruding through the
flesh in many places.
I)r. Baughman was hastily sum
moued and the injured man taken to
his home, where death occurred short
ly after half past five o’clock. Nurse
Perry, who was in attendance, made a
heroic fight to prolong life by artifi
cial respiration but all efforts were
unavailing, Mr. Tallason passing away
quieuy.
The deceased was born in Norway
on March 3, 1866. At an early age he
came to the United States and on
reaching manhood's estate tor a time
followed a seafaring life About thirty
years ago he came to Alaska, leaving
later for the states. At a later period
he went to Nome, where he was mar
ried to Miss Severein Evanson, in
1901. On May 6, ten years ago, he
moyed to Seward, which place he
made his home. Prior to his arrival
at Nome he served in the Spanish
American war, and was at Manila
when Admiral Dewey captured that
city. His residence in Alaska for the
past twenty years has been continu
ous. Surviving him in addition to a
devoted wife, are three daughters,
Helen Marie (Mrs. John Slavin), liv
ing at Elva, Tennessee; Thelma Se
verien and Myrtle Fern, both of whom
are living at Seward.
Mr. Tallason was a member of Sew
ard Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, and
he will be buried under the auspices
of that order, interment being made
in the Seward cemetery. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow after
noon at the Undertaking Chapel at
2:0U o’clock.
The funeral will be attended by
members of the Loyal Order of Moose,
Spanish-American war veterans; and
ex-service men, and friends of the
family, all of whom are requested to
attend.
MOOSE ATTENTION
There will be a meeting of the mem
bers of Seward Lodge, L. O. O. M. this
evening at 7 o’clock in. the offices oi
Ray & David for the purpose of mak
ing arrangements for the burial ol
Tallack Tallason. Promptness is de
sired on the part of all members.
STEAMSHIP NEWS
The steamship Northwestern left
Ketchikan at 9:00 p. m. last night.
The Admiral Watson will reach Cor
dova tomorrow morning.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY RE
SIGN AT EARLY DATE OWING
TO UNDUE FRICTION
WASHINGTON, May 15.—That At
torney General Daugherty will not
manage President Harding’s cam.
paign for renomination, and may be
I forced to resign at an early date is
the understanding of republican lead
ers who participated in a series of po
litical conferences at the White
House ending today.
SEATTLE, May 15.—Car*. A. C.
Jansen, 77, a pilot on the Admiral Ev
ans, died today aboard the vessel at
Ketchikan, according to a cablegram
received by the Pacific Steamship Co
Capt. Jansen was one of the best
known mariners in Alaskan waters,
having been on the Alaska run for the
past thirty or forty years. He was
formerly commander of the City of
Seattle.
His son is chief engineer on the
steamship Starr, plying from Seward
to westward points.
Wifi FLEES WITH
MOW WOMEN
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SEATTLE, May 15.—H. J. Frazer, a
local broker, fled last night, after hav
ing swindled two score of women, in
cludiig a number of school teachers
out of $60,000 in fake stock purchases.
The federal as well as local authori
ties are looking for him.
AIRPLANE EXPRESS FUELS
CONTY, Frane, May 15.—Lawrence
von Post Schwab and Miss Juanita
Bates, both American residents of
New York, and four Europeans were
killed this afternoon when a Paris
London airplane fell to the ground
from a great height.
VANCOUVER FIEND FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER GIRL
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VANCOUVER, Wn—George Edward
. Whilfledt of Battleground, accused of
the assault and murder of Anna Nos
| ko, an ll_year-old girl, whose body
i was found in the bushes of his un
! cle’s farm, was found guilty of first
| degree murder on Saturday by a jury
| of which seven members were worn
: en. The jury recommended the
1 death penalty.
The evidence showed that the girl
; was walking down the railroad track
going home from school; that Whit
field met her and accosted her; that
he dragged her into the bushes and
assaulted her, afterwards cutting her
throat. His bloody knife was found a
short distance from the scene of the
crime. Whitfield was a young farmer
of Battleground.
EIGHT DEAD AT KING COVE AND
FIVE SUCCUMB AT MAR
2H0VIA VILLAGE
ST. PAUL, Pribilof Island, May 15—
An epidemic of influenza is reported
among the natives on the western end
of the Alaska peninsula, officers of j
the coast guard cutter Haida reported
today upon the arrival of the vessel,
here in the course of its annual pa. j
trol of the Bering Sea district.
Eight natives died at King Cove and
Belkofsky, and five succumbed at Mar-'
zhovia. The Haida supplied food and
medicines to the places visited.
The Uualaska correspondent of»the
Gateway sent Seward news of the out
break about a month ago, and it was
published, with an account ot the
deaths of the eight natives at King
Cove and Belkofsky. This is but one
of the many scoops the Gateway has
published the past year.
bIeoels taken1
AFTER FIERCE
Fill i
DUBLIN, May 15.—The last band of
Republicans operating in County
Wicklow were captured today after aj
fierce engagement, during which Thos.
Plunkett, their leader was shot dead.
Two machine guns were taken.
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WASHINGTON, May 15.—Examina
tion of the records of spring municipal
elections in all parts of the country,
the Democratic National Committee
in a statement made this afternoon,
said that the tide is running strong to
Democracy in nine states, including
Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illi
nois, Michigan and Iowa.
Democratic leaders report that it is
a sign the people are swinging back
to normalcy, believing the republican
party has not made good its pre-elec
tion promises.
OIL DOMINATION 10
BEEN DECLARED BY
OFFENSIVE BRINGS SMASHES IN
PRICES ON WALL STREET
NEW YORK, May 15.—A struggle
for domination between opposing ele
ments in the oil industry is seen by
Wall Street, the New York World
says today, the Standard Oil interests
and a few other big refiners aligned
against the independent operators, in
the Mid-Continent field. The total fin
ancing strength of the Standard Oil
group is given as $592,000,000 by the
paper and that of the independents as
$489,200,000.
Recently gasoline prices have been
subject to severe cuts, always initiat
ed by Standard Oil. These cuts ap
pear purely artificial as production has
slumped and consumption has increas
ed at a terrific pace.
MAY BE CUBA’S ENVOY TO
WASHINGTON
>T0N£ VIEW CO.. 1
Dr. Cosmes de la Torriente, Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Cuban Senate, who
iccording to latest reports may be
Cuba’s first ambassador to the United
States. A bill is pending in Congress
providing that the post be raised from
minister to ambassador.
BY IMHO; 77
REPORTED DEAD
ST. LOUIS, May 15.—Seventeen
lead and sixty missing is the death
oil of a tornado which swept the re
gion around Hot Sppring, Arkansas,
ast night, according to information
■eceived at headquarters of the Mis
souri Pacific railroad here today.
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FRANCE IS INGRATE
COMERCY, France, May 14.—Lloyd
George has aroused considerable in
dignation here by his accusation that
France is an ingrate and has forgot
ten services rendered by England
The former British premier also said
that the French had bai'red the way
to London, by their occupation of the
Ruhr.
Premier Poincare replied to the ac
cusation, starting that France was in
tent only upon her own salvation and
had no designs against any other na
tion.
W OF THESEUS IS
BURNED EDO DID METAL
SEATTLE, May 14.—The Glory ot
the Seas, the fastest clipper ship in
the world, was burned today in Se
attle harbor for the old brass and cop
per contained in her hull. Negotia
tions had been pending for the past
year between Boston parties and her
owners for the sale of the ship tc
eastern parties, to be rerigged and
moored in the harbor for historic pur
poses, but the deal fell through, ow
ing to lack of funds.
The Glory of the Seas was built ir
East Boston, Mass., in 1869, and held
the record for the fastest trip from
New York to San Francisco, in the old
days of fast clipper ships.
Dr. C. C. Georgeson, head of tht
government experimental farms ir
Alaska has telegraphed to Washing
ton, D. C., to be allowed to shoot th«
deer which almost nightly invade th(
strawberry patches on the experimen
tal farm on the outskirts of Sitka. H*
applied once before to the commis.
sioner for permission but it was re
fused. The presence of a dag fails t(
keep the deer from the plants.
WASHINGTON, May 15.—Beginning
Friday at St. Louis, Senator Borah
will deliver a series of speeches thru
out the country, which will probably
determine whether he is to be a third
party candidate next year or not.
Borah will talk about world court
affairs, recognition of Russia, the at
tack on the primary systems, railroad
taxes, immigration laws and the na
tion’s shipping policy.
MEXICO FUTURE II. S.
FIELD FOR FIE
RANGE CATTLE INDUSTRY SOON
TO BE LEADING BUSINESS
SAY U. S. VISITORS
KANSAS CITY, May 15.—Returning
cattlemen who have spent the past
few months in Mexico, say that na
tion will be able to feed the world,
when stable conditions are maintain
ed and herds made secure from ban
ditry. Mexican ranchowners are now
afraid to purchase high bred stock
on account of roving bands of outlaws
who steal and kill livestock, leaving
I the rich grazing lands to lie in idle,
ness because protection is not avail
able.
Between the Sierra Madre moun
tains and the coastal mountains on
the east are millions upon millions
of acres of the finest grazing land in
the world. The average altitude is
about 4,000 feet. Near the Rio
Grande the country is tick-infested,
but there are no ticks on the uplands.
Mexico will be a cattleman’s para
dise when the government can stamii
out the banditry existing the past hal;
century, and turn the ranges into pio
ductive areas.
MAYO BROS, HAVE CLINIC
5EI1I11.L WASHINGTON
William Wagner, a partner of Fred
Liljgren in a fox ranch on Storey Isl
and returned to his home in Valdez
recently from a trip to the States. Mr.
: Wagner states that he went Outside
some time ago for treatment at Mayo
Bros, clinic, Rochester, Minn., but
they informed him that they had a
clinic with a staff of six doctors In j
| the American Bank Building, Seattle,
and one of the best X-ray laborato
ries in the West, Dr. Ristine, one of
the staff, was with Mayo Bros, two
years. As thorough a diagnosis can
be had at this clinic would be possi
ble in many cases as at Rocliescer,
Mr. Wagner declared.
This will be good news to many
Alaskans, who have been going out
side for medical treatment, and who
pin their faith to Mayo Bros.
FACING DEATH PENALTY
PRISONER CUTS THR0A1
MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 15.—L.
W, Peare, in jail here under sentence
to be hanged June 2, on conviction of
the murder of his wife and James Cul_
ver, a neighbor, whom he suspected of
intimacy, was found lying in his cell
yesterday wiith his throat cut and a
safety razor by his side. Surgeons
said he would die from loss of blood.
ARMY BEATS PITTSBURGH
WEST POINT, May 14.—The army
■ defeated Pittsburgh in their dual
i track meet here Saturday by a score
of 93 to 38.
DEATH TO IE
BANDIT CHIEFTAIN STATES ONLY
TERMS UPON WHICH CAP
TIVES BE RELEASED
SHANGHAI, May 15.—Foreign dip
lomatic representatives received a pe
remptory order today from the bandit
chieftain, called Wang, to guarantee
by nightfall that the Chinese govern
ment would meet his demands for
ransom; that several thousand of his
followers entrenched in the mountain
fastnesses of Shantung would be for
given their depredations and accord
ed the status of regular soldiers, in
which case the bandits would bring
in their prisoners and surrender.
In case the government refused or
failed to comply with the price as fix
ed by Wang, in a letter delivered to
the American consul at Linceng, ail
captives, foreigners and Chinese, now
held as hostages, would be put to
death.
The letter was brought from bandit
quarters to Linceng by the Rev. Wil
liam Lenfers, an aged English clergy
man.
Prisoner Released on Promise
SHANGHAI, May 15.—J. A. Heniey,
of San Francisco, one of the prisoners
captured by the Suchow bandits, ar
rived at Liching today, having obtain
ed twenty-four hours leave from the
bandit chief, from whom the American
also borrowed $24 and a mule to make
the trip. Henley stated he would
keep his word and return to the bau.
i dit stronghold.
Government Demand China Act
PEKING, May 15.—Allied govern
ments today notified the Chinese gov
ernment that it must acquiesce in ail
demands of the Suchow bandits, that
the foreigners held captive may be
liberated at once. It was stated that
the death of these captives would
cause China to be overrun with for
eign troops within a few hours after
being reported.
FORMER MEMBERS OF CULT ARE
AWARDED COMPENSATION
FOR SERVICES
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 15.—
The House of David colony and Ben
jamin and Mary Purnell, its leaders,
were characterized as frauds in a de
cision handed down by Judge Sater
today who awarded compensation to
John and Margaret Hansell for their
services while in the colony.
“Benjamin Purnell has taught his
religious creed so as to cause some of
the women of the colony to submit
themselves to his embraces, and be
cause of the secrecy imposed it is
impossible for knowledge to be ob
tained of such wrongs, except from
voluntary statements from the colo
nists. The moral tone of the colony
has been very low,” said the judge.
DAWSON, May 15.—It is expected
that navigation will be opened here
by the first of next week, as the ice
is ready to move at any time now.
The last of the mushers to come over
the trail report the ice too rotten to
be safe.
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