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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 275
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AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.—The Dutch
government formally announced todayj
that former crown prince, Frederick
Wilhelm of Germany, crossed the
German frontier this morning, en
route to his Oels, Upper Silesit estate,
to which he recently expressed a dey
sire to retire.
The Dutch government is under
stood to have given him permission
to leave Holland.
An exchange telegraph account of
the Crown Prince’s departure says he
left the island of Wieringen at 4:30
o’clock, two big motor cars awaiting
him in the village of Ewijcksluis on
the mainland. Frederick Wilhelm en-j
tered the first car accompanied by!
Burgomeister Wieringentwhil. His
luggage was loaded in the second car.i
and the party drove off at daybreak.;
The Allied nations have remonstrat
ed over the entrance of the Crown
Prince into Germany, believing it the
preliminary steps to the establish
ment of a monarchy.
France Makes Protest
PARIS, Nov. 10.—A note signed by
Premier Poincare as president of the
Allied Council of Ambassadors was
delivered to the German charge d’af
faires yesterday protesting emphati
ically against the return of the ex
crown prince to Germany.
Meet to Discuss Escape
PARIS, Nov. 10.—The French Supe
rior Council of National Defense which
includes Gen. Foeh and all the high
military authorities of the nation, met
this afternoon at the Elysee Palace,
with President Millerand to discuss
measures to be taken with regard to
the escape of the crown prince.
Holland may not be regarded as a
sufficiently secure retreat for the for
mer emperor, Wilhelm of Germany, in
view of the flight of the crown prince,
it was said, and a second St. Helena
may be chosen for him.
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OATS RUN ONE HUNDRED BU.
* TO ACRE AND OTHER CROPS
IN PROPORTION
Mr. P. J. Rickert, dean of agricul
turists and a prominent farmer of the
Tanana Valley arrived in Seward on
Wednesday’s train, in the interests of
the interests of the Tanana Valley Ag
ricultural Association, and will leave
on Monday’s train on his return trip
home. Mr. Rickert owns one of the
largest and most highly improved
farms in the valley, adjoining the
southern part of Fairbanks, and has
met with great success in his endeav
ors to wrest a competency from the
soil of the Far North. He raised
among other products, 150 tons o
food products for the Fairbanks mar
ket, as well as supplying nearbj
camps.
In an interview with a Gatewa>
representative, Mr. Rickert statec
that the past season has been unusu
ally good, bumper crops being produc
ed all through the valley. Grain was
especially good, being well matured
some of the oats running as high a;
one hundred bushels to the acre, an<
some of the wheat as high as fift;
bushels. Rye, oats, barley and whea
were the principal grain products,
v Potatoes were excellent, being larg
and mealy and of a better quality that
the ones shipped in from Outside. Tn
Tanana Valley Agricultural Assocte
tion, Inc., expect to start the flou
mill about the middle of Novembei
Wheat growing and milling is now on
of the principal industries of the va
ley. While the growers experience
some difficulty in getting their flou
into the local homes, they succeede
so well that the Fairbanks people wi
l use no other kind if they can get i
They are now milling a blend of fou
different varieties of wheat.
The Association is also working o
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FIJI US M
SOUGHT CHUM
VANCOUVER, Nov. 10.—A move
ment is under way here to have the
Fiji or Suva islands annexed to Can
ada. Col. E. Jerome Dyer is working
for the annexation and is now in Suva;
taking the matter up with the Fiji;
government.
The annexation of the Suva Islands
would give Canada an arm on the Pa
cific, the same as the United States
has in Hawaii and the Philippines.
CALIFORNIA VOLCANO IS
AGAIN ERUPTING A TIVEiY
REI) BLUFF, Calif., Nov. 10.—j
Lassen Peak, the only active volcano
in the United States, has been in
eruption since early Friday.
STABLE GOVERNMENT IN
CONTROL AFFAIRS IN BAVARIA
BERLIN, Nov. 10.—The govern-1
ment of Premier von Kuilling is now
in complete control in Munich.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10-—Former
President Wilson’s voice will be heard
tonight in the far corners of the coun
try. From his study the former pres
ident will address the nation by radio
on the significance of armistice day.
He is expected to begin a ten minute
talk at 8.28 eastern time.
SESSI
The Seward Volunteer Fire Depart
ment met in regular session last night
at the Fire Hall with a full attend
ance on hand. All bills were audited
and ordered paid. The Department
donated the sum of $10 to the Red
Cross Chapter.
The new cloth for the pool table
which was received on the last boat,
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will be placed on the table at once.
After some discussion in regard to
the Fireman’s Ball on New Year’s
Eve, it was decided to proceed with
the plans along the same lines as last
year. The business houses will be
asked to donate the prizes for the ball
A committee of three was appointee
to handle the ball as follows: J. P
Hannon, chairman; P. C. McMullei
and D. H. Tver. Committee on deco
ratoins consists of the Fire Chief as
chairman, with all members of the de
partment as assistants.
After the close of the meeting sand
wiches, beans and coffee was served
j to all present. P. C. McMullen pre
| sented the boys with a box of cigars
| which was appreciated by all.
The department had as their guests
for the evening Messrs. Orlander
Krefting, Whittlesey, Smith and A. J
j Goodskey.
'} After lunch had been served an ex
'i citing pool game was staged, writt
: Orlander and Goodskey on one sioe
and Urbach and Hannon on the other
The game lasted.until the wee sma
hours, and the championship was no
decided as Mr. Urbach had to quit ant
: go home to breakfast.
, plans to make the valley a great dair;
j! center, with butter, cheese and con
1 densed milk the main products. Mr
H Rickert declares that the valley cai
t -well handle 500 additional farmers
I for at the present time $800,000 i
3 sent out yearly for products that cai
i be raised at home. This sum woul<
3, insure a good living for a large nuir
- ber of farmers.
r! The farmers have no difficulty i:
'• disposing of their produce to loca
3 trade, the residents of the nearb
-| towns and camps refusing to buy anj
J thing else if the local products are o
i the market.
i Mr. Rickert represented the Fourt
1 division in the lower house of th
1921 Territorial legislature, and wa
r one of its most progressive members
his influence being thrown towar
n mining and agriculture.
DRILLING A SIX MILE TUNNEL TH ROUGH BASE OF THE ROCKIES
Start of the Moffat Tunnel, whi n is Heing drilled for the State of Colo-|
rado through six miles of solid rock under ilie Continental Divide in the
heart of the Rocky Mountains. The east portal is at Tolland and the pho- j
to shows the west portal near Vasques with the first timbers in >)lace. j
The tunnel will be 9,239 feet above sea level, and will reduce the distance
between Denver and Salt Lake 23.13 miles, the elevation of the highest
point of the tracks by 2,211 feet and the maximum grade from four per
cent to two per cent (about that of the Alaska Railroad^, and the running
lime between Denver and Salt Lake City by more than an hour. Man>
Alaskans believe the grade of 2.2 per cent on the Alaska Railroad is too
heavy to haul over. Here is a road that has been hauling over four per
cent grades, and spending millions to bring it to the grade ot our road.
COMMISSION IK
ill! CONSOLIDATION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Arrange
ments were made today for closing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
investigation into the possibility of
railway consolidation in the United
States.
January 7 has been set as the date
for hearing the arguments.
HUNTERS LOST NEAR JUNEAU
W. A. Warwick and a companion,
whose name is not given, are said to
be a week overdue from a hunting
trip in the vicinity of Juneau, and a
searching party has started after the
missing men. Both are experienced
hunters and able to care for them-,
serves. It is feared their engine may
have become disabled in the recent
heavy gales and the men cast away in
some lonely spot.
ALAMEDA SAILS WITH
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—The steamship
: Alameda sailed for Seward this morn
ing with 82 passengers, the follow
ing for Seward: J. A. Magill, Mrs. B.
Baker, J. E. Zalusky, Mrs. Lee H.
I Landis, J. C. Clark, Frank Soukel,
John G. Kain, A. E. Rucker and wife,
Mrs. C. B. Phillips, Dan Ross and
wife, Mrs R. A. Bards, Mrs. O. Lie
! man, Otto Delaber.
LIVING IS HIGH OUTSIDE
According to oldtimers returning to
Alaska living is higher there than it
is here. Rents are higher than the
■ average rent for the average wage is
1 here and everything is in keeping
I with rents. A man and his wife who
left here a few months back write
that they are forced to pay $75 per
month for three small rooms. The tip
ping system also gets the oldtimers
who are not used to it and bitterly re
sent it.
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT INSISTS
ON LIMITING CONFERENCE
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PARIS, Nov. 10.—A statement is
sued by the French foreign office to
x day shows that the French govern
j ment insists upon limitations to the
P expert reparations inquiry which have
been rejected by Secretary of State
1 Hughes of America.
^ PERSHING IN PARIS
e PARIS, Nov. 10.—General Pershing
s was received today by Premier Poin
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care.
Barn Dance tonight, I. O. O. F. ha
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.—Charg
ing that he is a bigamist. Mrs. Marie
Campbell Paul Weightman of Los An
geles, California, has entered suit here
against her husband, William Weight
man, a scion of the Weightman fam
ily, who are multi-millionaires in the
chemical business here.
JUNEAU BOATMAN DROWNS
H. D. McLeod, captain of the gas
boat Iowa, was lost overboat in the
Gastineau channel last week, as he
was proceeding to the relief of An
drew Brown, who died from the effect
of burns received when his house was
destroyed. McLeod started aft to gel
a cup of coffee and this was the Iasi
that was seen of him. The boat was
not a great distance from shore at ths
time and the water was calm, so ths
family of McLeod have hopes he maj
yet be alive.
FAILS IN DIVORCE SUI1
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—W. E. E
Stokes, a wealthy New York hote
man today for the second time failei
in his efforts to divorce Mrs. Elele:
Elwood Stokes, formerly of Denver.
NUGGET CREEK A PRODUCER
Nugget creek, a tributary of Gol
stream about 20 miles from Fail
banks, promises to join the produein
streams of the camp following th
discovery recently of a likely lookin
jiaystreak. The find was made by t
R. Hezer and partner who put in th
summer prospecting the creek. As
result of staking and taking option
i the two partners now have about
dozen claims under their control an
, they plan to do considerable wor
this winter. Nugget creek is abon
' four miles long.
The current number of the Hunte
Trader and Trapper has an articl
from Ben Grier, of Kanatak, showin
a number of well known Alaskans an
a fine string of fish caught in Bech;
rof lake.
Florence Willoughby is writing ai
other Alaskan novel, having Sitka ft
its foundation, the story revolvin
around Rev. Fr. Kasbevaroff.
The passenger train is reported 1
have a number of passengers on
for the steamship Alaska.
It is reported the fox farmers <
Kachemak bay will form an assocl
l.tion.
1 MIDNIGHT CULL
OKLAHOMA CITY, Niv. 10.—Paul
J. McCarthy, a prominent attorney of
this city, was shot to death in his au
tomobile at midnight. He had left his
home in response to a phone call to
meet an unidentified person.
O^ECiON VOTE TO ADOPT
A ST A 1E INCOME TAX
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 10.—Oregon
voters at Thursday’s election adopted
a state income tax, complete returns
tonight disclose.
HARVEY SAYS HE HAS
RETIRED TO PUBLIC LIFE
NEW YORK, Nov. 10—Ambassador
Harvey arriving on the Aquitania to
day declared that like Benjamin
Franklin he was leaving the public
service to join the masses. He de
scribed himself as an optimist regard
ing conditions in Europe.
COKE REJECTS
CONFERENCE PL1
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 — Presidem
Coolidge at the close of a cabinet
meeting this afternoon said the United
States had again rejected the French
plan of restricting the proposed Cur
zon-Hughes conference to an inquiry
into Germany’s ability to pay
LIHIRF AND HIM!!
i CSPTdD IK BlliilS
BERLIN, Nov. 9.—An official com
munique says, “The kommandantui
building at Munich was taken this aft
! ernoon by the Reichswehr troops aft
er a sharp struggle during whici
1 heavy losses occurred on both sides
General Ludendorf and Dictatoi
Adolph Hitler were captured and an
! are now in confinement.
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Hitler Said to Have Escaped
BERLIN, Nov. 10.—Adolph Hitler
, who led the Bavarian revolt, is report
, ed in a late dispatch to have escapet
■ | despite the wounds he received, whih
Gen. Ludendorf is still in jail. Eigh
persons were killed in the district.
Hitler’s followers are still holding
von Knilling, Bavarian president, wh<
was placed under arrest during Thurs
. day night’s coup.
Collapse Due to Ruprecht
LONDON, Nov. 10.— Informatio
has reached the Dutch foreign offic
that the collapse of the Bavarian r(
j volt was due to the intervention c
Prince Ruprecht who disapproved c
General Ludendorf’s proposals to r<
instate the Hohenzollerns as rulers c
Germany.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10.— Completel
overhauled and refitted, the Sewar
mail steamer Starr, Capt. O. A. J<
hansen, will sail for Seward tonigh
carrying several* passengers, includin
the bride of Operator Horn.
The officers and crew of the cutte
Algonquin will attend the America
Legion barn dance tonight.
Rabbits are reported unusuall
plentiful in Resurrection river valle;
Some large bags are being made b
the youngsters.
The show at the Liberty tonight
reported to be an unusually good on
It is taken from The Net, by Rt
Beach.
Shipments of Healy coal will be r
ceived regularly by local dealers fro
now on.
Bain Dance tonight, I. O. O. P. ha
ALASKAN EXECUTIVE TELLS OF
VALUE OF PRODUCTS FROM
TERRITORIAL FISHERIES
SEATTLE, Nov. 10,—Governor S. C.
Bone, addressing the members of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce yesterday, at a special
luncheon given in his honor, declared
that this has been the best year Alas
ka has had in- her history. In canned
salmon alone, Alaska has 'produced in
seven months $38,000,000 worth, the
Governor asserted, and that is mor»
than the purchase price of the entire
Territory, bought at a rate of two and
one-half cents an acre.
Addressing the same body, Captain
Robert Dollar said that the Dollar and
allied interests today had started to
build on the Skinner & Eddy site, not
only the largest, but the best equipped
terminal private dock on the Pacific
coast. Continuing, he said, “Now
as a practical shipping man, I can say
to you that God gave Seattle the fin
est and best harbor in the world.’’
Governor Bone sailed for Juneau
I today on the Alameda.
FIGHTING PARSON HAS
A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 10.—Rev.
Otis H. Holmes, Walla Walla’s fight
ing parson, has resigned the pastorate
of the First Congressional church and
is now in a sanitarium in Portland
suffering from a nervous breakdown.
Overwork during the last two years
was assigned as the principal cause
by Mrs. Holmes.
LLOYD GEORGE DESCRIBES
U. S. VISIT AS “AMAZING”
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SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 10.—Lloyd
George arrived here this afternoon,
and described his American visit as
“An amazing experience.” Regarding
prohibition he said, “I believe if there
were a plebiscite America would re
affirm her verdict.”
GOVERNMENT TAKES PART IN
l SUPPRESSION OF PENNSYL
) VANIA INDUSTRIES
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 10.—
Fourteen breweries in and near Phil
adelphia were seized and searched by
1 prohibition agents today, assembled
e, here from different parts of the coun
try, with K. C. Yellowly, natioual chief
j. of the Geld agents in charge.
It is announced that fourteen brew
V eries with products valued at yh)0 000
I were in the hands of the government.
It sounds to me like a good start on
what I said was needed, ’ was Govern
or Pinciiot’s comment, when he receiv
ed the news.
I PIONEERS TO GIVE COMMUNITY
XMAS TREE AT YULETIDE
The Pioneers of Igloo No. 9 are ask
y i ing the committees who took charge
of the arrangements last year for the
r Community Christmas tree to act in
t | the same capacity this year, which as
g sures as successful a celebration of
i the occasion as in the past,
i Considerable pep is being injected
r in the Pioneer meetings this winter,
n the old-timers having many pleasant
| surprises on schedule.
y; SEVENTY PAIRS OF FOXES
SHIPPED FROM KACHEMAK BAY
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Seventy pairs of foxes have been
shipped out of Kachemak bay for
breeding purposes this season. The
fur farmers of the Seldovia district
have shipped out more foxes this sea»
son than any other part of Alaska.
e- ALASKA DUE IN MORNING
The steamship Alaska left Anchor
age at 11 o’clock this morning and Is
expected to reach Seward southbound
11. about 5 o’clock tomorrow morning.