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SE\VARI)y ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
RAIN INTERFERING WITH PLANS OF
AVIATORS IN START ON LONG FLIGHT
SEATTLE, Mar: 28.—Rain is seriously interfering
with the work of shifting the planes trom landing geai to
pontoons, and the start of the world flyers will piobablv be
delayed until Wednesday, April J. Twenty planes, flying
from (California will reach Seattle Friday to participate*
in the giant air carnival, being stageel in honor of the visit- ]
i ug aviators.
SEATTLE, Mar. 28.—Five round the world planes i
were forniallv christened Seattle, Chicago, New Orleans,
and Boston. The Seattle was christened by Mrs.^ David
Whitcomb, wife' of the* pre*siele*nt oi the* Seattle ( nambei
of Commerce, and will be the flagship of the squadron dur
ing its trip around the world. ^
During the* ceremonv, which occurred at 5 o’clock, O
plane's arrived at Sand Point from California, to partici
pate in tlu* ceremonies at the time the squadron hops off for
Prince Rupert, its first leg.
An immense crowd participated in the* christening.
Johnson Defeats Coolidge in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Mar. 28.—Calvin Coolidge|
and Hiram Johnson ran neck and neck in the preferential j
primary for president yesterday, with less than a hundred j
votes between them up to the last. Johnson finally won
bv about 1800 votes, the delegation being instructed to cast
their vote at the Republican National Convention tor the
( alifornia candidate.
Coolidge Leading in Kentucky by Only 33 Votes
FRANKFORT, Ky., Mar. 28—It is reported that <1al
vin (Molidge is leading in Kentucky by only do votes.
La Follette Will Be Nominated by Third Party
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Trained political observ
er. here today declare that it is certain that Middle West
radicals will nominate Robert La Follette as a presidential
candidate at the Third Party convention called for Saint
Paul, June IT.
Vice President Dexter Horton Bank Drops Dead
SEATTLE, Mar. 28.—(diaries E. Burnisde, vice
president of the Dexter Horton National Bank dropped
dead at his desk here this afternoon.
Three Killed When Bombing Plane Fails
HONOLULU, Mar. 28— First Lieutenants W. < L
Moore and Oreas Monthan, and Private Robert Get lunger
were killed today when a bombing plane fell from an alti
tude of 2,000 feet.
Hughes Be Temporary Chairman Convention
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Secretary Hughes will
art as temporary chairman at the Republican l tali con
vention opening in New York City, April by_
Underground Fire Is
Slowly Ruining Town
—
LONDON, March 28—Tipton, a lit
tle town in Staffordshire is being slow
ly but systematically destroyed by a
subterranean fire.
The fire is supposed to have origin
ated some months ago by spontaneous
combustion underneath some artificial
wasteland near the town, and ever
since it has been steadily gnawing its
way toward the town.
Stables, houses and cottages have
been destroyed, and whole rows of
houses have been rendered uninhabi
table through the walls cracking and
steam issuing through the floors while
the whole town is pervaded by an over
whelming smell of coal-gas fumes.
Poincare will Form
an Entire New Cabinet
PARIS, Mar. 28.—Premier Poincare
agreed tonight to retain his post and
form a new government.
At a late hour tonight he was in
consultation with prominent officials
a, .h a view to forming a new cabinet
ENTERTAINED BY RADIO
C. M. Brosius and J. P. Hannon en
tertained a party last evening with
their radio receiving set. Among
those present were Professor and Mrs.
A. J. Goodskey, and the members of
the Odd Fellows’ lodge, who closed
the session early in order to be pres
ent and listen in on the Pacific Coast
stations’ broadcasting concerts with
two eastern stations coming in late.
The concert was very much enjoyed
by those present.
The Gateway has been so busy with
jobwork the past two weeks that the
force has hardly had time to breathe.
Elms to Be Planted on
Inland Empire Highway
YAKIMA, March 28—A beautifica
tion plan, under which hundreds of
American elm trees would be planted
along the Inland Empire highway thru
Yakima county, has been proposed by
a civic organization of this city and
is receiving warm indorsement
It is proposed to put out a mile of
elm ir»cs this spring, beginning a the
south c ty lim'-s. Tre*r. eight o ten
feet in height would be planted at in
tervals of fifty feet, or approximately
212 to the mile.
A delegation of citizens has been se
lected to appear bdioie civic organi
zations of Toppen.sh, Wash, near here,
with a view toward getting their co
operation in the project.
Mah Jang 111 Is Now
Attributed to Poison Ivy
NEW YORK, March 28—The hither
to mysterious mah jong malady mani
fest in local social circles recently is
no longer a mystery.
: Nor is credence given to the theory
that those itching palms have any phy
siological aspect—such as the desire
to win.
The phnenomea is due to poison ivy
and is not caused by the tiles, by the
the lacquer on the cases!
Skin specialists and medical jour
nals agree that the Oriental lacquer
which the cases are coated with, con
tains the juice of poison ivy and that
the irritating propensities may lie lat
ent for so much as 400 or 500 years.
These warm, sunny days have caus
ed autoists to get out their cars, the
streets being bare of snow and the
road to the radio open.
DAUGHERTY '
RESIGNS POST;
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Seattle., Mar. 28.—Attor- •
iey General Daugherty re-1
signed this morning at Presi- '
dent Coolidge’s repest. The '
demand for his resignation
followed Mr. Daugherty’s re
fusal to permit the Senate in
vestigating committee to in
spect the papers and records!
of the Attorney General’s of
fice. His resignation was ac
cepted promptly by Coolidge.
The action of the President
clears the administration of
another cabinet member who
has been a storm center in
the oil scandal.
Will Investigate Source
Demo. Campaign Funds
—
WASHINGTON, Mar, 28—The Sen
ate Oil committee has decided to in
vestigate the source of the Democratic
campaign funds.
Says Testimony Before
Senate Committee False
SULLIVAN, Ind., Mar. 28.—Will
Hays today declared that A1 Jennings’
testimony before the Senate oil inves
tigating committee that he had re
ceived $250,000 from Jake Hamon for
his services in throwing the nomina
tion to Harding in the 1920 campaign
false. He said he had received no
money either personally or as chair
man of the Republican National com-1
i ittee.
Harding’s Name May
Be Drawn Into Probe
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Former
President Harding’s name was drawn
into the Daugherty Senate investiga
tion this afternoon, when Mrs, Roxie
Stinson was asked to name the five
men friends of Attorney General
Daugherty, who she said yesterday
had cleaned up $33,000,000 in dealing
| in Sinclair oil stocks, but the commit
I iee decided not to permit her to an
t swer the question after former Sena
i tor Chamberlain, Daugherty’s attorney
broke into the questioning, saying, “If
Mrs. Stinson is going to invoke the
name of President Harding we want
| to know it.”
Representative Indicted
Violation Volsted Act
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2S.—Represen
tative Langley of Kentucky, now serv
| iing his eighteenth year in Congress,
i was indicted today for violating the
| prohibition act and conspiring with
I Millard F. West, former acting com
missioner of Internal Revenue to com
mit a fraud against the government.
Hawaiian Japanese Adopt
Dual Citizenship Plan
HONOLULU, March 28—Hawaiian
: born youth of Japanese parentage are
j freeing themselves in noticeably large
numbers from allegiance to the Em
j pire of Japan under the “dual citizen
j ship” status, according to figures at
! the local Japanese consulate.
Japan is taking official steps to
j make expatriation more easy, and this
I will facilitate the “dual-citizenship”
problem in Hawaii.
During the last year almost as
many persons applied for and were
granted expatriation from Japan as
were granted expatriation from that
country for the entire period from
1916 to 1922. The figures are 93 ap
plications for 1923 as compared with
112 for the longer period.
IOTWALS IS REMOVED
FROM ALASKA AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Major
ohn C. Gotwals was removed thru an
vrmy order from further service in
he Department of the Interior in con
ection with the Alaska railroad and
s a member of the Board of Road
Commissioners in Alaska, and has
ieen ordered to report temporarily to
rie Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army.
/10T0R SHIP SERVICE BE
USED IN ALASKA FISHERY
SEATTLE, March 28.—Skinner and j
Sddy have purchased the motorship j
service, which will be used as a ten- j
ler for the Sunny Point (Alaska) can
ierv, recently purchased by the firm.
SEATTLE DRUGGIST DEAD
SEATTLE, Mar. 28.—Louis Ruben
;tein, a widely known Seattle druggist
iropped dead today from heart dis
ease.
Smraigration Bill Has
Gone to the Senate
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—The bill
restricting immigration to two per
cent of the 1910 census was favorably
reported to the Senate late today.
This will further lower the number
of immigrants coming into the United
States.
ISLAND PROVINCE HAS
GOVERNOR DRAWN
FROM RESIDENTS
MANILA, March 28—For the first
time since foreigners interfered in the
old governmental forms, the province
of Lanao toda y has a governor drawn
from among the Moro people who
make up the great majority of its pop
ulation.
Following out his policy of extend
ing a greater voice in their own gov
ernment to the Moros on the Island
of Midanao, and is in the Sulu arch
ipelago, Governor General Wood today
appointed Datu Ira, a Moro chieftain,
to be acting governor of Lanao. He
is the first of his race to ever hold
such an office.
Bus System Abandoned
Street Cars Come Back
AKRON, March 28—Akron yester
day gave up its plan of bus transpor
portation. Street cars, thrown out
February 1, as a result of a franchise
squabble resumed sei'vice as rapidly
as ice and snow, packed down by the
heavy busses could be removed from
the streets. The city councilmen en
tered a fifteen-month agreement witl
the traction company. The temporary
franchise provides for a five cent fare
plus a one cent transfer charge. Num
erous civic organizations had protest
ed against the bus system.
MANIAC IS HUNTED DOWN
TACOMA, March 28—Posses frorr
Elbe, Mineral and Morton, togethei
with deputy sheriffs from Pierce anc
Lewis counties, are searching for ar
armed maniac wTho tei’rorized a num
her of Elbe residents this morning anc
escaped after a revolver battle.
The man, hatless and coatless, ap
peared on the streets of Elbe anc
threatened a number of persons witl
a drawn revolver. Constable Kolbc
and eight citizens pursued the mania<
who engaged them in a running gun
battle before he disappeared in the un
dergrowth.
Two Nine-Foot Cougars
Bagged Near Tenino, Wn
OLYMPIA, March 28—State hunte:
Charles McMillon, assistant inspecto
in the bureau of animal industry cami
in from near Tenine yesterday to re
port to Dr. Bach of the killing Sun
day of two nine-foot cougars. McMil
Ion’s dogs jumped the first cougar a
nine in the morning. It 'was caugh
by two toes in a coyote trap and brok<
loose, later being caught by the dog
after a short run, when McMillon sho
it. Immediately the dogs took u;
the scent of a second one, which the;
treed later that evening. The cougar
were both thin, as deer are scarce
that section ,the hunters said.
AL JENNINGS TESTIFIES HARDING
NOMINATION COST HAMON $1,000,000
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—AI Jennings, former
train robber, and one-time candidate for Governor of Okla
homa, told the Senate Oil committee today that Jake Ila
mon had told him at Ohicago in 1920, that W arren G.
Harding was to bo nominated as President, and that it had
cost Ilamon one million dollars. Of this sum 8250,000 is
alleged to have gone to the late Senator Penrose.
Jennings said lie was told by Ilamon, who then was
Republican National < Mmmitteeman for Oklahoma, that
he gave $25,000 to Harry M. Daugherty.
W AS! 11 N< iTON, Mar. 28....Attorney (Jeneral 1 )angh
erty again defied the Senate* committee this afternoon to
force him to turn over reports of his special agents on gun
running on the Mexican border.
W ASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Daugherty is in confer
ence with President Poolidge at a late hour this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—Se nator McKellay of
Temnessee, a democrat, demanded the* immediate* resigna
tion of Secretary Mellon this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—The Senate* committee
investigating the Internal Revenue Bureau, went into ex
ecutive session this evening te> consider the* proposals of
Senator Cemzens that the Senate take the records of com
panies in which Secretary Mellon is interested, and which
are alleged to have received special fave>rs from the* Bu
reau in tax rebates.
Giant Air Carnival Staged at Lakehurst, N. J.
WASHINGTON', Mar. 28.—Secretary of the Navy
; Purtis Wilbur announced this afternoon that a giant air
| carnival lias been arranged for the late spring at Lake
! burst, with the dirigible Shenandoah participating.
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Another Bank Consolidates with Dexter Horton
SEATTLE, Mar. 28.—By vote of the directors of the
Seaboard National Bank, that institution has been con
solidated with the Dexter Horton National Bank, which
j recently absorbed the Union National Bank. The eom
i billed institutions have deposits aggregating over forty
i million dollars.
Veterans’ Bureau Bill Carries $350,000,090
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—A bill was reported in
the House this afternoon which carries £bf>0,()()(),()00 for
the Veterans’ Bureau for the fiscal year ending July 1.
Nomination of Knight Turned Down by Senate
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.— President Goolidge’s
nomination of Samuel Knight to conduct proceedings
against the Standard Oil <\>mpany looking toward the re
vocation of the lease of the Elk Hill naval oil reserves, has
been rejected by the Senate Public Lands Gonmiittee
Chinese Thwarts Law
By Swallowing Opium,
But Dies in Agony
RENO, March 28—Gee Foo fooled
| the law, but he died to do it.
Wafted up from the smell of hops
and joss of Reno’s Chinatown recently
came the strange tale of Gee Foo’s
;death.
A warning from federal narcotic au
thorities in San Francisco that a Chi
nese drug peddler, carrying a quantity
of “dope” would an’ive on train No. 6
I reached Reno several hours in advance
1: of Gee Foo.
Police arrested him. In his posses
j sion they found scales for weighing
I the drug, but no opium. He was let
I! loose.
i Foo, sick, sought refuge in China
I town. Several hours later he died in
agony. A physician declared death was
| due to narcotic poisoning.
I Gee Foo had swallowed the “evi
| dence.”
Pioneer’s Cache Buried
in 1840 Is Discovered
VENTURA, Cal., March 28—For
: tune smiled faintly on F. W. Barron,
i an indigent ex-Canadian soldier, when
■ he was cutting down an old pepper
• tree near here recently. As the tree
• fell he noticed a knot hole in one of
t the upper branches with a piece of de
t cayed wood nailed across it. Pulling
J off the board, he caused a piece of old
3 burlap to drop and with it a roll of
t bills. Barron found $50, mostly of
5 $1 denomination and all of 1841 date.
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NORTHWESTERN DJe. SUNDAY
The steamship Northwestern will
reach port tomorrow forenoon.
American Ladies Are
Loneliest in the World
CHICAGO March 28—American wo
men are the lonliest women in the
world, although they are charming, in
telligent, hospitable, dress faultlessly,
and never are too fat or too thin, Mme.
Marie Jonescu, sister-in-law of the ex
Premier of Roumania, and art emis
sary of Queen Marie, said yesterday .
She concluded that American wo
men are lonliest because they have not
learned that happiness comes first,
their husbands wearing themselves out
to provide luxuries for their women,
and consequently die young.
“American men are too good, they
are angels,” she declared.
PLAN TO LEGALIZE BEER
Forty House Members Would Legal
ize Mild Drink
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2S—
Forty members of the house joined in
an announcement that next week they
each will introduce a bill to legalize
the manufacture and sale of beverages
with an alcoholic content of 2.75 per
cent, by volume. I
The announcement was made in a
letter sent to all other house members
calling on them to join in the move
ment to modify the Volstead act.
Pope Confers Red Hat
On American Prelate
ROME, Mar. 28.—The Pope today
conferred the red hat on Hayes Mun
delle in the final act of elevating
American prelates to membership in
the Sacred college.