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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 267
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924
SUIT STARTED OVER
ESTATE W. CHAPPELL,
FORMER KLONDIKER
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Charging un
lawful, excessive and exorbitant ex
penditure of moneys from the income
of the $682,296.98 estate of the late
William Chappell, a former Klondike
gold mine operator, Marion J. Chap
pell, his brother, of Portland, filed
suit in the superior court today ask
ing that Margaret E. Chapell, her
■fljtiprney, Judge Arthur E. Griffin and
James F. Russell, a trustee of the es
tate, be compelled to return $100,000
in fees paid to themselves both as
executors and trustees.
SCATTERED LEPERS ENDANGER
PUBLIC HEALTH, PHILIPPINES
MANILA, Nov. 13.—More than 300
lepers detained in various parts of
the Philippines are held under con
ditions neither sanitary, humane nor
safe to the public at large, accord
ing to an urgent communication sent
by vice-Governor 'Eugene A‘. Gilmore
to the Secretary of Commerce and
Communications. Mr. Gili^ore re
quests that a coast guard vessel
be made available immediately for
the purpose of collecting these lep
ers from the various islands and
I transporting them to the Culion Is
* land, the leper colony.
According to the report of Dr.
Jose Avellana, chief of the Culion
Leper Colony, 5,103 persons are con
fined there, four of whom are Amer
icans. The colony consists of 2,487
men, 1,318 women, 802 boys, and
496 girls. There are 1134 single and
2350 married lepers; 267 widows;
and 1298 children.
POPULACE INVITED TO
ATTEND LIQUOR PARTY;
CHIEF RUST WILL POUR
BELLINGHAM, Wn„ Nov. 8 —
Skeptics who believe that the in
■ toxicating liquor confiscated in raids
made by the city police force is pour
ed in a sink directly connected with
a “barrel in th ebasement” and re
tained for the private use of officers,
are cordially invited by Chief of Po
lice Nick Rust to witness within the
next week or so, the disposal of a
large quantity of whiskey and beer.
Chief Rust issued the general invi
tation when an individual jokingly
suggested the alleged ruse of offi
cials to replenish their cellars.
4 AMUNDSEN’S SHIP IS
SAFE IN BEAR HARBOR
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13—Amund
sen’s Arctic exploration ship Maud
is free from ice and safe four miles
north of Bear Island, west of New
Siberia, according to radio messages
from the vessel today via Spitzber
bergen. All members of the crew
A are well.
SKELETON BELIEVED
THAT OF FISHERMAN
EVERETT, Wn., Nov. 7.—That the
skeleton found on the beach below
Florence last week is that of Will
iam McDonald, aged Camano fisher
man, lost from his boat last Spring,
was the belief of C. J. Gunderson,
deputy coroner at East Stanwood, in
a report to Coroner Charles H. Fick
el, yesterday afternoon. McDonald
poppled from his small craft a short
rime after he with a companion had
left from Stanwood where he had
been purchasing supplies. Inquiry
into the drowning led to two arrests
on liquor charges, the prosecutor’s
records reveal.
BOSTON PROTESTS.
OF LENINGRAD IN
* DIRECTOR DE1\
BOSTON, Nov. 12.—Complaints
made to the trustees of the Boston
Symphony orchestra over the use of
the name Leningrad instead of St.
Petersburg of Petrograd in pro
grams of the orchestra will result
in having the soviet name for the
^Russian capital of imperial days el
iminated from orchestra printing, it
is^stated.
Serge Koussevitsky, Russian direc
tor of the orchestra, disclaimed re
sjkmsibility for use of the name. “I
would be the last to wish to honor
RED CROSS MEETING BE
HELD FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8
P. C. McMullen, chairman of the
American Red Cross, reports that a
meeting will be held Friday night at
the fire hall, at 8 o’clock, when the
returns from the recent drive will
be made public. Election of officers
for the ensuing year will be held.
Miss Stella Fuller, local Red Cross
nurse, is leaving on the Northwest
ern, and Mr. McMullen asks that
the public be present to see and hear
what the Red Cross has done and
is doing in Seward.
ARCTIC TOWNS SEND
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
HARDING MEMORIAL
From the Arctic Slope via Nome
has come to Governor Scott C. Bone
what is Alaska’s final contribution to
the Harding Memorial fund, contribu
tion from w'hite residents of the
communities of Wainwright and Pt.
Barrow, nineteen in number, each
donating $1 to the fund. The money
was forwarded to Carl Lomen, chair
man of the Fund committee for the
Second division, at Nome, and by
him forwarded to Gov. Bone.
Those donating to the fund from
the two communities are the farth
est north subscribers to the Me
morial to the late President Hard
ing Gov. Bone said. It will take
several months for them to receive
aelirowiedgements of their dona;i> ns
amt membership certificates of lie
Jl i U:ng Memorial As5r-.it I ;. Ttf •«
c.i< not be sent in lim» to i**a< ‘i
•!i» in bt <ie next season.
Chas. E. Herron, head of the Hy
der-Jumbo Mining Company, return
ed from the south last week, in com
pany with L. F. Paddison, a Boston
mining engineer, who is connected
with the U. S. Smelting and Refin
ing company, of Salt Lake. Mr.
Paddison is in Hyder to look over
the district. He and Mr. Herron and
Dan Woodmore left after their arriv
al in town to visit the Big Missouri
and other properties along the upper
Salmon valley.
Ernest Bryson, who left for Bell
Island Hot Springs some weeks ago
to secure relief from a bad attack
of rheumatism, is back in Hyder with
health much improved.
BUTLER WILL SUCCEED
FORMER SEN. LODGE
BOSTON, Nov. 13.—Chairman But
ler, of the National Republican Com
mittee today was appointed by Gov
ernor Cox to succeed the late Sena
tor Lodge as senator for Massachu
setts.
STARR SAILED YESTERDAY
The steamship Starr, Capt. O. A.
Johanson, sailed from Seattle for
Seward yesterday at 1 o’clock. She
carries a number of passengers and
a full load of freight.
Paris Launches War
on Bobbed Hair with
Camouflage Devices
PARIS, Nov. 13.—The attack on
bobbed hair opened at Deauville,
now is being fully developed at the
start of the Paris autumn season.
The main support of bobbed hair,
its opponents declare, is the diffi
! culty of presenting an attractive
! appearance during the intermediary
i period while the hair is growing
again. To overcome this the hair
dressers are making a special show
of devices for camouflaging scanty
locks.
\GAINST NAME
MUSIC PROGRAM;
UES RESPONSIBILITY
Lenin and Trotzky,” he said. “I
have left my country because of
them. I had a fortune of more than
a million dollars in your money, and
it is gone. They took it from me.
I could not understand why the
capital city of my country should
be called Leningrad in the programs
of our orchestra.”
Among those orotesting against
the use of the name -vas Courtnay
Guild, president of the Handel and
Haydn, society and brother of the
late Curtis Guild, who was ambas
sador to Russia.
REAL ESTATE BROKER
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13.—Hal H.
Hale, a real estate broker, was taken
into custody this afternoon and Is
being held on suspicion of the mur
der of I-larry I. Katz. Police say
that they found valuable jewels own
ed by Katz in possession of Hale.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
ASSUMES NEW NAME
SEATTLE, Wn„ Nov. 12.—The Se
attle Times received advices from
Washington today that the name of
the Admiral Oriental Line has been
changed to the American Oriental
Mail Line.
Denmark supplied most of Holland’s
fresh meat.
Queen Victoria was taught court
etiquette in her nursery as the court
was too corrupt for her mother to al
low her to attend it.
Wickham Steed’s Book
Discloses Secrets of
Peace Conference
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Woodrow Wil
son separated Lloyd George and Pre
mier Clemenceau, when the British
Prime Minister had the French Pre
mier by the collar, and was threat
ening to punch his head unless he
apologized for calling George a liar,
Wickham Steed, former editor of the
London Times, disclosed in his book,
“Through Thirty Years,” published
today. The row occurred during the
Versailles peace conference and led
to Clemenceau challenging Lloyd
George to a duel.
SPORTS ARE SCORED
BY BRITISH DOCTOR
LONDON, Nov. 13.—The British
public golfs too much and eats too
much, according to Dr. Leonard Wil
liams, a Harley Street specialist
and a corresponding member of the
American Climatalogical Society.
As for golf, the game has a bad
moral effect, according to the phys
ician. “A man loses his match,”
says Dr. Williams, “and, as a re
sult, is unhappy about it, is dis
gruntled, is bad tempered. His
thoughts are on the next game which
he vows he will win. And too oilen
he is discontented until h ;• does
win.”
“The way the English take their
food is almost as disturbing to Dr.
Williams as the way they take their
golf. “It is not realized Dy the
public that it takes as much energy
to digest an English meal as it
does to take a five mile walk. Peo
ple eat far too much. The day is
started with a heavy breakfast; a
full meat lunch follows; then there
is tea, accompanied by scones and
cakes; and finally there is dinner,
running to several courses. This is
far more than can be properly di
gested.
“It would be saner and healthier
to start with a Continental break
last, and follow it with a light
lunch. Tea should be a cup of tea
and nothing more. Dinner then
could remain what it is.”
TRIBUTE PAID TO
MEMORY OF LODGE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 13—The
city and nation united are paying
tribute to the memory of Senator
Lodge whose funeral was held at
Christ Church this afternoon. Presi
dent Coolidge was represented by
Secretary of State Hughes.
MACDONALD TO VISIT AMERICA
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Ramsay Mac
Donald is contemplating a visit to
America.
Mrs. Leon Urbach entertained at
bridge last evening. There were
eight tables at play. Miss Sylvia
Sexton and Mr. A. E. Rucker won
high prizes; Mrs. E. Swetmann and
Mr. C. C. Hinde won low prizes, and
Miss Stella Fuller was the guest of
honor.
SWEDISH SWIMMERS
ARE COMING TO U. S,
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13_Arne and
Ake Berg, the famous Swedish
swimmers. Intend to emigrate to the
United States in December.
CONTRACT FOR NAVAL
FLYING BOAT LET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—A con
tract for a naval flying boat, capa
ble of making a sustained flight
from the west coast to Honolulu, to
be built in Seattle, has been signed
•by the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics.
Specifications call for a capacity of
five passengers and a ton of freight.
Many Deaths Among
British Aviators Deeply
Concerns Government
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Since the be
ginning of the present year there
have been 58 deaths among officers
and men of the Royal Air Force di
rectly due to accidents to machines.
Considerable anxiety is occasioned
by such a large number of fatali
ties to the personnel of the youngest
arm of national defense, and the
Aeronautical Research Committee is
urging that steps be taken immed
iately to lessen the losses due to
lack of technical knowledge among
members of the force. All of the
experts declare the skill of British
pilots cannot be questioned.
The Aeronautical Researcli Com
mittee last year emphasized the need
for a higher standard of technical
knowledge in all ranks of the Royal
Air Force and particularly among
squadron officers. In this year’s
report they note with satisfaction
that the Air Council agrees with
them.
“But a general raising of the
standard of technical knowledge,”
the committee’s report declares,
“must take time. Meanwhile acci
dents which, in the view of the
committee are primarily due to the
absence of this knowledge, continue
to occur. Many machines are de
stroyed, while in some cases lives
art lost. The committee has felt
it to be within their province to
urge, any steps that might reduce
such losses.”
Aei'onautical experts are prompt
to suggest, as the real remedy for
present defects, that the Royal Air
Force be equipped with machines
that will not stall, machines which,
when they get to the stalling point,
will simply glide forward and sink
flat.
“To provide the remedy may mean
the expenditure of money,” said
j one observer, “but you have either
to supply an elementary training
machine that is foolproof or go on
with the present method with its
loss of life?”
REDUCTION IN NUMBER
DEPARTMENT’S HELP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—A reduc
tion of 1438 in the number of Interior
department employes during the past
fiscal year was announced by Secre
tary Work today. The number on
the rolls at the present time is
17,734. The greatest decrease was
on the Alaska railroad where 619
workers were dropped.
NOTED CHESS MASTER DIES
IN LONDON AT ADVANCED AGE
LONDON, Nov. 13.—J. H. Black
burn, an outstanding figure in Brit
ish chess, who was accounted one
of the fines to tournament players
that ever lived, died recently at the
age of 83.
Blackburn received his early in
spiration in chess from Paul Mor
phy, the American prodigy, 'whom
he met in 1859. Then it was that
he took up the study of chess with
a self-confidence born in youth and
genius. It is said that no player
was ever more successful in exhi
bitions of blindfold and simultan
eous play.
In 1862 Blackburn’s success in an
exhibition of blindfold play in an
international tournament in London
against ten strong amateurs most
astonished his critics. On that oc
casion he won five games and drew
two. He was the first to meet 12
and then 15 opponents without sight
of board and men, and at Baden
Baden he wras preparing to deal
“blind-folded” with no fewer than
40 opponents when the Franco-Ger
man war broke out and scattered
the gathering of players.
With a smile, recalling the inci
dent in later years, Blackburn re
marked: “Perhaps it was as well for
me.”
HALIBUT COMMISSION
NAMED BY COOLIDGE
TO CONFER CANADA
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.— President
Coolidge this afternoon named Mil
ler Freeman of Seattle and Henry
O’Malley, of the United States Fish
eries Commission, as two United
States members of the newly created
international halibut treaty commis
sion. W. A. Found and John Bab
cock have been selected by Canada
as the two members of their com
mission to be active in protecting
the halibut fisheries resources of the
Pacific waters. The first meeting of
the commission will be held in Se
attle, November 19, at which time
the body will be formally organized,
and an open hearing held for those
interested in halibut fisheries. Sug
gestions for the conservation and
protection of the industry will also
be received.
AIR MAIL LINE MAY
CONNECT COAST TOWNS
SAN FilANCISCO, Nov. 13.—Con
nection of the entire Pacific coast by
air mail lines, with the establishment
of air mail feeder routes between
Seattle and San Francisco and Los
Angeles and San Francisco making
this city the far western depot lor
trans-continental mail was announc
ed from Washington this afternoon.
Wm. A. Sinhold, an oldtime Al
askan, who is the inventor and man
ufacturer of a new type of super
heater for store and household use,
which he is introducing'in this sec
tion, was a visitor in Hyder during
the slay of the Wales last week. Mi*.
Sinhold’s invention has been tested
for years in the colder sections of;
the Territory and has been found to
be the most effective fuel saver on
the market, saving in many instances
as much as fifty per cent, of fuel j
costs. One of the devices has been
installed in the Golden Gate Hotel;
lobby. Mr. Sinhold plans to return j
to Hyder again with a complete line j
to complete local orders.
Libel Is Filed Against
Fishing Schooner Akutan
Libel action was started against
the halibut schooner Akutan in the
Juneau Federal district court recently
by the Alaska Pacific Fisheries,
The latter company claims $2,500
due for salvage, towage and piloting
the fishing vessel to Juneau from
I'ixon Harbor where it was disabled
and unable to make the trip.
The Akutan was towed to Juneau
early last week by the Frances E.,
one of the company’s cannery ten
ders. It had repairs made to its
engine and was ready to leave port
today. A writ of attachment was is
sued and it was understood arrange
ments for bond were made so that the
vessel could be released and make
another trip to the fishing grounds
before the end of the open seavon
Nyvemoer 15.
BRIDGE PARTY GIVEN IN
HONOR MISS STELLA FULLER
Mrs. George Scmhidtt gave a fare
well bridge party yesterday afternoon
in honor of Miss Stella Fuller, who
is leaving on the Northwestern. Two
tables were in play. Mrs. Alvah
Eames won first prize and Mrs. E.
Swetmann low prize. Miss Fuller re
ceived a handsome farewell gift from
the hostess. Those present were:
Miss Fuller, Mrs. Eames, Mrs. Bar
nett, Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. Olsen, Mrs.
Roberts, Mrs. Swetmann.
CHURCHES SHOULD RUN
“ADS” IN NEWSPAPERS
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—Churches
should avail themselves of the op
portunity to reach the public through
newspaper advertising, in the opinion
of the Committee on Publicity of the
Lutheran Church in America. The
view is expressed in the committee’s
report to the biennial convention of
that church in session here. The
committee says:
“The churches have found pub
licity and advertising proper aids in
prosecuting their work nationally
and locally and the public press has
come to attach a growing value to
church activities as news for their
readers. The paid advertisement
ns become invaluable to a consid
I-e number of local churches.”
TWENTY-FOUR MEN
INDICTED AT ’FRISCO
BROKE LIQUOR LAWS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13—Twen
ty-four men including a distinguished
barrister of Vancouver, B. C., and a
millionaire importer of that city,
were indicted here late today by a
Federal grand jury on charges of
violating the national prohibition
law and also violating the tariff laws.
Those indicted were F. R. Ander
son, wealthy head of one of the old
est legal firms of Vancouver, and le
gal advisor to the Dominion govern
ment; Russel. Whitlaw, president of
the Consolidated Exporters, Ltd., of
Vancouver; Capt. George Ford of the
British rum runner, Quadra, and 21
members of the crew.
The indictments came as one of
the biggest surprises sprung by the
Federal government in its war
against Pacific coast rum runners.
It isn’t cough around town that
carries you off—it's the caugh-in.
SARAZEN GETS PRO
JOB AT FLORIDA CLUB
MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 13.—Gene 3ara
zen, former national open golf cham
pion and professional golf champion
during 1922 and 1923, will assume
the duties of professional at the
Hollywood links here this winter.
Sarazen will represent Hollywood
in all of the winter tournenmets in
the South.
He lecently married.
MRS. HARDING WORSE
TODAY SAYS SAWYER
MARION, O., Nov. 13.—Dr. Saw
yer’s bulletin today stated that Mrs.
Harding was not so well.
QUIZ 18TH CENTURY
MARRIAGE LEGALITY
LONDON, Nov. 7.—The legiti
macy of the deemed heirs to the
Duchy of Somerset, one of Eng
land’s oldest titles, dating back to
1240, is being contested in one of
the queerest cases on record. It is
now before the committee of privi
leges of the House of Lords.
The argument of the case turns
upon the question whether or not
Colonel Francis Compton Seymour
was legally married to Leonora
Hudson in the latter part of the
eighteenth century. Leonora Hud
son was the grandmother of the
present heir to the Duchy Sir Ed
ward Hamilton Seymour.
Previous to her marriage to
Colonel Seymour, Leonora Hudson
was the beautiful wife of an Eng
lish seaman. The Duke met her ac
cidentally when he went to her res
cue on a London street when she
was being attacked by her hus
band. Several years later the Duke
married the girl, when it was be
lieved Seaman Hudson had been lost
at sea.
Later the then Duchess of Somer
set believed she saw her former
husband loitering about her home.
It has never been confirmed wheth
er or not Hudson was still living
at the time. The defence in the
present action maintains that a
second marriage was consumated
in 1792 to make assurance doubly
sure. Despite the fact that 600 cir
cular letters were sent throughout
England this second marriage has
not yet been officially confirmed.
The House of Lords committee
expects to give a decision about No
vember 15.
LOCAL ITEMS
Charles Denton, who arrived here
recently from Teller left on today’s
train for Fairbanks.
Walter Holben returned to Seward
for the winter. He has spent the
summer season at Moose Pass in the
employ of the Bureau of Public
Roads.
Anton Kyas, who has been employ
ed at the Seward Grill for some time
left on today’s train for Anchorage
where he will take over the terminal
restaurant.
James Keenan left on today’s t ain
for Fairbanks.
Irving Reed, who arrived here from
Nome on the Cordova, left on today's
train for the Interior.