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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 276
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
EGYPTIAN FRACAS
NOT BE REFERRED
4 LEAGUE NATIONS
Fallacy of League Workings Shown
by Action of Britain in Punative
Measures Adopted
LONDON, Nov. 25—The contention
of foreign newspapers and publicists
th;.?^Pthe Egyptian trouble should be
referred to the League of Nations is
received here with a great deal of im
patience by those papers supporting
the government’s action following the
assassination of Major General F.
Stack, sirdar.
British papers express the opinion
that the League of Nations is too slow
in operation to handle an affair of
this nature.
ONE CANADIAN FAMILY
HOLDS FARM 295 YEARS
QUEBEC, P. Q., Nov. 25.—Ismael
Bedard, a French-Canadian farmer,
of Charlesbourg, Quebec County,
claims the distinction for his family
of having lived longer in one place
than any other family in North Am
erica. His forebears have held the
same farm, without interruption in
th^f succession since 1629, according
to the returns of a questionaire
sent out to parish priests in the
province by the Arts, Scientists and
Letters Society here.
Ismael Bedard, the present owner,
has been on the land thirty years.
He has a family of grown sons, and
the house in which he lives is be
lieved to be the original building
erected in 1629.
WASHINGTON THINKS
ITS ABOUT TIME FOR
FRANCE COME ACROSS
Washington, d. c., nov. 25.—
Reports that the French governmnet
initiate proceedings before long, in
looking into the refunding of that
nation’s debt to the United States
were revised here today.
BANDITS HOLD UP WOMEN;
ESCAPE WITH $6,000 CASH
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—Two bandits
held up Mrs. A. C. Warren and Mrs.
H. H. Wilson, just after their return
to the Hinckley Block this morning
and escaped with $6,000. The women
cl^m they will be able to identify
their assailants.
WHEELER WILL HAVE
SENATORS DEFEND HI
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Senators
Borah, Walsh and Norris will be as
sociated with the defense of Senator
Wheeler, they announced today, in
the^event that Federal proceedings
brought against him in his own state
on charges of misuse of office in oil
leases, are pushed to trial next
month.
JUMPS OFF LINER WHILE
CROSSING ALASKA GULF
Sara Purcides, known as “Sam
the Greek,” miner at Latuoche,
jumped overboard from the steamer
Yukon on her last voyage south
whiF^ crossing the Gulf of Alaska,
and although a powerful searchlight
was immediately used in an attempt
to locate him in the water, a life
boat lowered and the steamer held
for an hour and a half, he was never
seen after his leap.
Purcides, according to reports, had
been acting “queer” for the past
two weeks. At Latouche he told
his friends “somebody was after him
but he would fool them yet.” He
kf.j^, up his muttering and quiet
laughing spells while aboard the ship
and seemed especially jubilant the
night before.
At eight o’clock in the evening,
Pmcides is reported to have taken
his suitcase, containing all of his
personal effects, tossed it overboard
and then following it from the rail
af the main deck. The cry of “man
3verl|oard” rang out, the steamer was
stopped, the searchlight played upon
he waters, a life boat was lowered
rat neither the suitcase nor Purcides
.vas seen. After an hour and a half
search, the Yukon proceeded.
Purcides was going to Portland
vftere it is said he has friends.
ELEPHANTS RESENT NOISE
OF AUTOIST; RUN AMUCK
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.—Three
baby elephants with a vaudeville
show, confined in a garage, took
offense at the sounds of a balky
automobile, escaped from their garage
and wrecked the furniture in a
woman’s home nearby. They were
finally captured and the owner of
the “babies” is held under $300
bail pending repairs and damages
to the house.
ELECTRICUTED DRINKING
FROM GARDEN HOSE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.—L. A.
Daugherty, truck driver, was electri
cuted late yesterday afternoon when
he tried to quench his thirst at the
nozzle of a garden hose. The hose
was attached to a water pipe and in j
some way the pipe had come in con
tact with a 2,200-volt electric line.
AUTO THIEF IS
KILLED IN DUEL
Papers Found on Body of Dead Man
Show Him to Be Carl Peterson
of Vancouver, B. C.
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—Carl Nichols
Peterson, 35, of Vancouver, B. C.,
while attempting to drive off in an
automobile that had been stolen from
F. R. Dobson, was shot and killed
late this afternoon by Detective J. J.
Kush, after the suspect had opened
! fire on the officer. The dead man had
| two automatic [pistols and a belt con
taining 43 cartridges on his person.
He was identified by two letters from
his wife, which were in the coat pock
i et of the dead man.
FORMER EDITOR IS
NOMINATED TO TAKE
PLACE IN SENATE
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 25.—Hamilton
Holt, former editor of the New York
: Independent and well known league
j of nations advocate, was unanimously
i nominated for senator today by the
Democratic state convention.
POSTaiTbandits are
FOUND GUILTY, CHICAGO
—
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 25.—A verdict,
j of guilty was returned today by the
Federal jury against William J. Faliy,
former postal inspector and James
Murray, politician, in connection with
the $2,000,000 Roundout, (111.) mail
hold-up on June 2.
The leader of this gang is already
doing his time in the state peniten
tiary at Joliet.
SPANISH KING GIVEN
GREAT EXPOSE OF HIS
ACTIONS DURING WAR
PARIS, Nov. 25.—Victor Balasco
Ibanez, internationally known Span
ish author wrote a manifesto of one
hundred pages against King Alfonsa
which was published in France, Great
Britian and the United States, charg
ing the Spanish ruler with direct
and personal responsibility for the
Spanish military disaster at Amonsal,
Morocco in 1921 in which General
Silvester and several thousand sol
I diers were killed and thousands tak
en prisoner.
The manifesto also charges the
King with betraying France by giv
ing valuable informtaion to the Ger
mans during the World War.
TYONIC NATIVES ARE
NOW ATTENDING THE
SCHOOL AT EKLUTNA
The Orphanage which is located at
Tyonic for the native children of the
westward has been abandoned for the
winter and the sixteen children and
some of the equipment has been
moved to Eklutna, the new native
industrial school where the children
will be taught manual arts and fit
ted to care for themselves in future
years to become good citizens. The
new school is superintended by the
same heads who had charge of the
Tyonic institution.
Sometimes the upper hand comes
from the bottom of the deck.
IOWA SENATOR
WINNER OVER
DAN S. STECK
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 25.—
Senator Brookhart was officially de
clared winner of Iowa’s senatorial
race by the executive council of state
this afternoon with 447,706 votes
against 446,951 cast for Dan F.
Steck, the democratic candidate.
PROHIBITION DIRECTOR
SAYS OLMSTED ARREST
IS ONLY A STARTER
SEATTLE, Wn„ Nov. 25.—Lyle, the
prohibition director lor the state of
Washington declared today that the
arrest of Olmsted, the other day, was
only a small detail of the govern
ment’s plan of prosecution that in
volves, he said, a score of other per
sons whose names are well known in
ligitimate business circles as sellers
of contraband liquor and also of
twice that many citizens, equally
prominent, as buyers of intoxicants.
ZR-3 HOVERS OVER
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nvo. 25 —
The new giant dirigible, the ZR-3
which recently came over from Ger
many where she was constructed pas
sed leisurely over the capitol today in
a test flight from Lakehurst, N. J.,
where her hangers are located.
YOUTH MARRIES TWICE
BEFORE REACHING 21
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.—William
M. Taylor was a fast worker as a
benedict. Before he was twenty-one
years of age he had led two brides
t othe altar. This statement was
made in Superior court when he
brought a suit for an annulment of
marriage against Lillian Shehan,
wife No. 2, on the ground of having
a spouse at the time he stepped into
[ the matrimonial pool the sceond time.
The name of the former bride,
the complaint stated, is Charlotte
Trierweller. The plaintiff is alleg
ed to have chosen the name of Tay
lor because it is more euphonious
than Kriauzinas, which is his legal
name, his lawyer says.
CRAZED WITH DRINK
SCARES H. S. GIRLS
SEATTLE, Nov. 25—William Jones,
a drink crazed negro, ran amuck in
a lunch room here today, and while
a dozen high school girls struggled to
get out he shot and dangerously
wounded C. P. Doran, proprietor.
SEATTLE PROSECUTOR
HAS QUIT HIS OFFICE
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.— Prosecutor
Malcolm Douglas, elected to office
as judge of the Superior Court, to
day handed in his resignation as pros
ecutor of the board of county com
missioners.
SEVERAL SEWARDITES
ENTITLED TAX REFUND
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Addi
tional Alaskans entitled to income
tax refunds are:
Latouche—Owen McDevitt.
Anchorage—Oliver Jones, T. C. Lar
sen, 0. P. Larsen, J. G. Laughlin,
Wm. Linn, Sam Listi Luoma.
Seward—Arthur Lovgren.
Nome—M. McLeod.
Juneau—Jacob Jensen, Paul Jensen,
C. F. Johnson, C. S. Keil, Ed King
loyd, Jdhn Logan, J. McConnell.
Ketchikan—Frank Linke, Norman
Loveloss.
Kennecott—P. 0. Johnson, Mike
Kopeossik, V. Kauch, Sam Lozich, W.
MacBeath.
Cordova—August Johnson, P. Kijor
akis, M. Knevich, Huder Butler, Lar
son Hope, A. Keinwold, E. Maine.
Mrs. Bert Denny received a wire
from Spokane yesterday advising her
that her father Was very low and not
expected to live. Mr. and Mrs. Denny
will take the Admiral Watson for the
states instead of waiting until Decem
ber 15 as previously announced.
PITTSBURG WINS
CROSS-COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIP
NEW YORK, Nov. 25—Pittsburgh
University sprang a sensation here
yesterday by capturing the intercol
legiate varsity cross-country team
championship in a race in which in
dividual honors went to Mac Smith,
of Yale.
Pittsburgh finished with a score of
57 points, while Harvard was second
with 75, while Syracuse, a two-time
champion and favorite was third with
82 points.
MOTHER “KID ffi’COY” IS
INTERRED LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.—Mrs.
Mary Selby, mother of “Kid McCoy,”
the ex-pugilist awaiting trial here for
the murder of Mrs. Theresa A. W.
Mors last August, was buried today.
By permission of the superior court
McCoy was allowed to attend the
funeral.
SEATTLE FIRM GOES
INTO BANKRUPTCY
SEATTLE, Nov. 25.—Called by the
Chicago Board of Trade at the close
of business to make a payment of
$9,000, and unable to respond,, the
brokerage firm of James MacFarland
& Company went into the hands of
Receiver William Jensen this after
noon.
A. F. OF L VOTES DOWN
FORMATION LAB. PARTY
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 25.—The
American Federation of Labor this
afternoon voted down two resolutions
asking for the immediate formation
of a distinct labor party. The mem
bership were averse to entering poli
tice as a labor organization at this
time.
WAR DEPARTMENT HAS
POWER TO DISPOSE OF
MUSCLE SHOALS’ DEV’S
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25.—
The War department has temporary
authority to dispose of the power
developments at Muscle Shoals pend
ing a permanent disposition of the
Muscle Shoals property. The Judge
Advocate of the Army handed down
the opinion to the secretary of war
yesterday.
$475,000 PURSE AWAITS
DEMPSEY TO BATTLE
THE NEGRO PUGILIST
. WHITE PLAINS, Nov. 25.—An of
fer of $475,000 for a championship
bout between Jack Dempsey and Har
ry Wills, negro heavyweight has been
made to Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s
manager, by a syndicate of West
Chester business men. The announce
ment was made today by George
Doolan, a local real estate dealer
who, however, refused to reveal the
identity of his backers.
The syndicate plans to stage the
bout in West Chester on July 2,
next year, and will build an arena
costing $125,000 with a seating capa
city of 100,000. Doolan today . had
received no reply from Kearns.
DIRIGIBLE ZR-3 TUBE
NAMED LOS ANGELES
LAKEHURST, N. J., Nov. 25.—The
big dirigible ZR-3, which recently ar
rived here from Frederickshaven,
Germany, took the air at 9:00 o’clock
this morning headed for Bolling Field
where she will be christened “Los
Angeles” by Mrs. Coolidge.
CURTIS WILL SUCCEED
LODGE FLOOR LEADER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25.—
Senator Curtis virtually was agreed
upon today by the majority of the
senate leaders to succeed the late
Senator Lodge as Republican floor
leader.
STATIC WILL BE THING
OF PAST IN NEAR FUTURE
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 25—That
the range of radio sets will be in
creased ten fold, Interference from
local stations will be" entirely elimi
nated by the high power broadcasting
stations just getting under way by
the removal of power limiting re-1
strictions by Secretary Hoover, was ;
the prediction of Crosly Corporation, |
radio experts addressing Electrical j
Jobbers in convention here.
MURDERER GANGSTER
DENIED CHURCH RITES
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—The members
of the O’Bannion family were yester
day denied the right to hold church
services over the dead body of Dion
O’Bannion, murdered Chicago gang
ster. Cardinal Mundelien of the
Catholic Church also refused per
mission for the burial of the body
in consecrated ground at Mount
Carmel cemetery. In an effort to
stamp out the disorders of crimes
becoming daily more frequent in the
gangster’s w;ar Mayor Dever has or
dered the polcie to put every gun
man in the city in jail.
SUIT IS STARTED
BY K. ROOSEVELT
\_
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—Suit for
$215,000 was begun today in the Su
preme Court against Tex Rickard,
Archibald and Kermit Roosevelt, and
the Sinclair Consolidated Exploration
Company by Blanco Pombona, who
alleges that the money is due him for
services rendered in obtaining Guate
malan oil concessions.
MEN'S CLOTHING IS IN
GREAT DEMAND, AFRICA
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25.—
In spite of the popular belief that
the average resident of interior Af
rica wears “little here below,” or
above either, the Department of
Commerce announces that there is
a “fairly large and growing market
in British *tnd French West Africa
for men’s wearing apparel.”
White and khaki twills and light
worsteds are in demand in Africa.
CALLED “BOBBED HAIR SISSIES”
AND THE CHORISTERS STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 25.—
Bobbed hair choristers of the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal
Church have gone on a strike against
the term “bobbed hair sission” as ap
plied to them by the Rev. Burke
Culpepper, evangelist of Memphis.
ADMIRAL WATSON IN
PORT; ON WAY SOUTH
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port this morning a day
ahead of he*r schedule. She will re
main in port until the arrival of the
train tomorrow night, sailing south
about 9 o’clock. Her passengers for
Seward were: Mary Hughes, Effie
Rossing, E. Nielson, H. Eames, Jen
nie Torsen, Julia Torsen, J. J. Chis
holm and two steerage.
For Latouche—Mrs. P. S. Waltand,
H. H. Biglove.
For Seattle—Catherine de Brox, J.
M. Blinn, Jess Blinn, R. S. Woods,
Andrew Sholin, Henry Meyers, Hans
Systad, Leon Frisby, P. V. Flynn, J.
S. Sturdevant, Mrs. Trout, Winnie
Simpson, R. Lura, 1 steerage.
For Cordova—One steerage.
Quite a number of reservations by
interior people have been made on the ;
Watson.
SISTER TO HARDING IS
WITNESS FORBES CASE
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—The name of
Mrs. Heber Votaw, a sister to late
President Harding, is disclosed as one
of the witnesses in the government’s
case against Forbes, former head of
the Veteran’s Bureau, and J. W.
Thompson, when the trial is opened in
the Federal court here next month.
JOYRIDERS HIT RAIL TRESTLE
TACOMA, Nov. 25.—Going at sev
enty miles an hour, pursued by a
police car, an auto containing sev
en negroes hit a bulkhead at rail
way trestle No. 3. One of the ne
groes was killed. The car was listed
as belonging to the Evergreen Cem
etery Co.
COOLIDGE AGAINST
EXTRA SESSION OF
CONGRESS MARCH
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Presi
dent Coolidge is opposed to an extra
session of congress, and Republican
leaders are by no means sure that one
can be averted. Senator Borah has
assumed leadership in the extra ses
sion movement, and has served notice
on the President that congress should
be assembled immediately after March
fourth, saying: “There will be an ex
tra session, you may bank on that.”
INNOKO LUMBER CO. MILL
ON NEW OPERATING SITE
Situated about two miles above the
mouth of the Tocotna river, but not
over about 1,500 feet above McGrath,
the plant of the Innoko Lumber
Company, formerly located near Med
fra, is commencing to assume real
proportions.
All foundations are in for the ma
chinery, all set in solid position.
Practically all of th emill machinery,
as well as about 100.000 feet of lum
ber, are on the ground. Three of the
buildings, all set up, are also in po
sition.
Tip at Medfra there still remains
the company’s mess house, about 50.
000 feet of lumber and about 50
cords of slab wood, all of which will
be hauled down on the opening of
navigation.
A blacksmith shop and woodwork
ing shop, two new features, have
been added, which are provided for
in a new building, 12x30 feet.
The company is figuring on cutting
100,000 to 150,000 feet of logs next
summer, for which work everything
will be in readiness before the oper
ating season is at hand.
MORE INDICTMENTS IN
LIOUOR SMUGGLING ON
COAST ARE PREDICTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 25.
—Additional indictments in the in
vestigations for liquor smuggling ac
tivities. involving Canada, Mexico and
the United Slates were predicted
today by United States Attorney Carr
as the new grand jury took oath and
went to work.
PUBLICITY "CLAUSE IN
INCOME TAX RETURNS
WILL BE LIVELY ISSUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25.—
The publicity clause in the income
| tax law providing for the publication
of income tax returns promises to
be the basis for a lively fight in the
next session of congress. Coincident
with the indictment of the “Balti
more Post” for the publication of a
list of the returns, Senator Harrison,
democrat, declared although he voted
for the measures he now opposes
them saying they are harmful to bus
iness. He declared he would lead
the'fight to prevent any further pub
licity of the tax returns.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—No halibut offered,
salmon, 21 3-4, 16 1-2 and 10 cents.
L TUALE OF KNIGHT’S
ISLAND KILLED BY GAS
Escaping gas from an engine’s ex
haust asphyxiated L. Tuale, book
keeper for the Knight’s Island Pack
ing Company, at the company’s can
nery last week. Mr. Tuale was in the
toilet of the gasboat St. John at the
time of his death, and -when he did
not appear, employes on the boat
found him asphyxiated.
His body is on the Admiral Watson
being taken outside for burial.
EGYPTION PARLIAMENT
IS DISSOLVED BY KING
CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 25.—The
Egyptian parliament was adjourned by
royal decree today until December
25, owing to the assassination of Ma
jor General Stuck, sirdar of the Su
dan army.
Several warships arrived at Cairo
today, and a number are on their way
to Alexandria.