POSTAL SCANDAL
LOOMS CONGRESS
OVER PAY BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—E. H. McRermott, the recent
ly dismissed clerk of the senate com
mittee declared that a central figure
of arrangement, by which he receiv
ed twenty-six hundred dollars was for
pushing in the interests of the As
sociation of postal supervisors.
Had No Influence.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 2.—(AP).—
Fields said “McDermott was in no po
sition to influence legislation while
in the employ, of him. He was Wash
ington correspondent of the postal su
pervisor of the official organ of the
postal association.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—Secretary New announced the
suspension today of six postal offi
cials in six different cites. The clerk
of the House who works in connec
tion with the postoffice committee
during its investigation was also dis
charged for using money to influence
legislatiion on the recent Postal bill.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—Officials suspended members
of the legislative committee of the
National Association of Postal super
visors who held some important posi
tion in the postal service.
The Men Involved.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—Officials who were suspended
were Peter McMurty, acting superin
tendent of mail in New York; James
E. Greig, cashier of the Bostos office;
Peter Wiggle, acting postmaster of
Detroit; Harvey M. Tittle, assistant
postmaster, Springfield, Ohio; J. J.
Fields, superintendent of mail, at
Lolisville; William Sanson, assistant
superintendent of delivery, Chicago.
ALASKAN MINES
PRODUCED HUGE
SUM LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Estimates
prepared for the Geological report for
1924 showed that Alaskan mines pro
duced 317,670,000 this year, compar
ed with 320,330.000 in 1923. The gold
output was $6,350,000 compared to
35.685,314. the only metal to show an
increase. The copper output w'as 10
million dollars, compared with $12,
630,000. The total Alaskan mineral
output since 1S9S was $66,835,000. The
increase in gold is attributed to lodes
in southeastern Alaska. It is predict
ed that the dredges now exceed any
other method of placer output through
out the year and showed a 3300.000
decline from last year.
Another Former Seattle
Policeman Caught With
Goods; Attempted Theft
SEATTLE, Wn, Jan. 2.—(AP).—
Ed. Hagen, who was convicted of
bootlegging and former policeman,
was arrested last night and charged
with complicity in the attempted
hold-up of the Union Oil company’s
general office early yesterday.
Inspector Joe Mason had received a
tip and immediately dispatched two
policemen in waiting at the office,
who opened fire on the intruder who
fled.
Bill Cooper, associate with Hagen,
was arrested in a waiting automobile
half a block from the attempted rob
bery. He stated he was only carry
ing a load of booze, but the license
plate on his car had been issued in
Hagen’s name.
FRATERNAL ORDER EAGLES
DEDICATE KETCHIKAN HALL
SEATTLE, Jan. 1.—Aerie Number
One, Fraternal Order of Eagles, made
a special gesture toward Alaska last
night from 8:30 to 9:00 as a special
feature in the dedication of the Eagle
hall at Ketchikan, Alaska. Broadcast
ing by KFOA, which included a talk
from Malcolm Douglas, judge of the
superior court, congratulating the
Ketchikan Eagles, was a feature of
the program.
PEARL WHITE SUCCESSFULLY
OPERATED FOR APPENDICITIS
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PARIS, France, Jan. 2.—Pearl
White, famous movie actress, was
successfully operated upon for appen
dicitis at a private hospital in the
Auteil district this morning.
SENATOR BORAH WANTS MORE
LIMITATION TO ARMAMENTS
• WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—Senator Borah of Idaho is
considering the revival of his plan
on an economical conference and may
add a proposal of further limitation
of armaments.
WORK ANNOUNCES
INCREASED PAY
FOR ALASKA RY.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Secretary
of Interior Work today announced
that one hundred employes of the j
Alaska railroad would receive increas
ed pay dating from December 1 of
last year. The scale increases train
dispatchers’ pay an average of $10 per
month; operators an average of $5
per month, and gave a $30 increase to
engineers before receiving $211.20;
conductors receiving $200.40; brake
men $160; and $236 per month to fire
men, who had been paid $162. A few
minor adjustments of working hours
and conditions of 25 unskilled em
ployes will be left for adjustment
when Smith returns to Alaska.
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China Doesn’t Want the
Eskimos to Land Unless
They Have Some Means
WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. 2.—
(AP).—Chinese authorities in Habin,
Province of Manchuria, declared that
they will oppose the entry into China
from Vladivostock of the twelve Es
kimos, who were landed by the Bol
shevik ship, Red October, and whoj
were taken from Wrangell island un- j
less they can prove means of sus
tenance, the State department inform
ed Delegate Dan A. Sutherland today.
FRANCE WANTS
TIME ON DEBT
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FARIS, Jan. 2.—Finance Minister
| Clementel called on Ambassador Her
i rick at noon today and presented him
| with a copy of the minister’s inven
| tory of France’s finances, calling par
; ticular attention to paragraph seven,
j in which he stated that while France
| had no thought of repudiating her war
debts, she sought to justify her claim
for leniency of treatment and asked
for application of the principle of the
Dawes plan in the settlement.
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Atlantic Seaboard Liner
Goes Into Flames with
Many Passengers Aboard
LEWIS, Dela., Jan. 2.—The Clyde
liner Mohawk, carrying two hundred
passengers from New York for Jack
sonville and Charlston, caught fire
last night off the New Jersey coast
while tripping one of the wildest
storms of the winter. The liner made
for Deleware- Bay and the coast guard
cutter Kickapoo removed the passen
gers in the tempest, while the flames
were brought under control. The pas
sengers were landed here and tha
Mohawk was beached nearby.
San Francisco Heralds
New Year with Fatalities
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—(AP).—
Two killed, and with one critically
hurt as the wave of revelry wafted
in the New Year.
An unidentified man was found in
a residential street here, believed to
be one of the “late” revelers whom
robbers slew. An automobile killed
John Olson, an iron worker and sped
away without giving aid. Another
automobile struck a taxicab in which
Ruth Raymond, twenty-three was rid
ing and fractured her skull. The lat
ter “killing” car also ran off without
rendering assistance.
FLOOD CAUSES
DEATH SEATTLE
DRUG SALESMAN
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 2.—Receding
waters today revealed the body of
Charles Adler, a well known Seattle
salesman for a wholesale druggist
firm, lying against the dense brush,
two hundred yards down the Willa
mette river from where his automo
bile was found yesterday at the edge
of a steep grade with the doors open,
at a spot w'here the deep waters
swirled, indicating that he drove into
the flood while coming into Eugene
from Coburg. He attempted to wade
ashore when his auto stalled and got
beyond his depth.
PORTRAIT PAINTER DEAD
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Carl Lotave,
internationally known portrait painter
■was found dead in his bed in his
studio. A hospital orderly wrho had
been attending him told the police
that a gas tube was in the artists
mouth when he found him this morn
ing.
ROBBERS DO DAMAGE
DENNISON, Tex., Jan. 2.—(AP).—
Fire attributed to robbers destroyed
nine business buildings in Pottsboro
with a loss of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. The disaster re
sembled the work of the men who re
cently looted banks at Valley View
and Paradise, Texas, where they ig
nited the business sections after blow
ing up safes with property loss much
exceeding this loss.
CHICAGO HAILS IN NEW YEAR
WITH TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—(AP).—Four fa
tal shootings, two correct arrests for
drunkenness, with packed restaurants
of numberless parties, parties in
homes, heralded in the New Year.
AL SMITH INAUGURATED
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 2.—Allred E.
Smith was inaugurated in his third
term for governor, exactly one hun
dred years from the day Dewit Clin
ton, the only other man governor
of New York served three terms.
RUM RUNNING CRAFT
FOUND PILED ON BEACH
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Jan. 2.—(AP).—
Returning fishermen reported the
finding of wreckage which was mark
ed with the name of the British
schooner Hakadate, formerly a rum
runner. The ship was confiscated
some time ago, and Stacy Lass re
cently sold it at a United States
marshal’s sale. The Vancouver pur
chasers have heard nothing of the
crew since it left the latter port.
CHICAGO HAS PRECEDENT
IN FIRE ALARM HISTORY
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 2.—More than
200 fire alarms were turned in during
the night and day of Jan. 1. Most
of the fires were started from over
heated furnaces resulting from the
cold wave which is holding the ther
mometers in the bottom of the regis
ter.
A new high record for calls has
been made.
GOVERNOR SMALL
OF ILLINOIS IS
SCORED JUDGE
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 1.—Gov
ernor Small of Illinois was held ac
countable today for the “entire inter
est” intrusted to him as State treas
urer, in a decision by Circuit Judge
Burton. The decision was accompa
nied by adenunciation of the State
official, who sat before him preparing
a formal decree for presentation in
I court. Assistant Attorney General
Boord said that the amount of Gov
ernor Small’s indebtedness to the
State was considerably more than a
; million dollars.
SCIENTISTS THINK THAT 13
MONTH YEAR BE BETTER
WASHINGTON, D. ., Jan. 2.—(AP).
—The American Association of Ad
vancement and Science has approved
the calendar, which would have thir
I teen months of twenty-eight days
i each, writh an extra New Year’s Day.
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FOOTBALL GAMES
—
PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 2.—The great
Notre Dame football horsemen tore
over the serried phalanx of Stan
ford in one of the most spectacular
of the inter-sectional gomes seen
in the West.
Notre Dame, 27, Stanford 10.
California 14, Pennsylvania, 0
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