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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 15
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SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
DEMPSEY MAY RETIRE
FROM FISTIC ARENA
WANTS FIGHT SOON
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.—Dempsey
stated today that he was through with
the fistic arena unless some one ar
ranged a fight with him before he
marries Estelle Taylor, the film star,
in May or June.
Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, said
today that he and Dempsey would go
East in February, seeking a bout for
the summer. Dempsey said there
was nobody he would rather see suc
ceed to the title than Gibbons.
Gibbons reported that if Dempsey
retired he would claim and defend
the title.
Coolidge Will Await
Action In Oil Cases
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1^.—President
Coolidge will await the action of the
courts in the oil cases before acting
on the recommendation of the Navy
General Board on the promotion of
Rear Admiral John R. Robinson, who
approved the Elks Hills lease when
chief of the bureau of engineering.
GOOD TRADE BALANCE
' (By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—
A trade balance of $977,285,000 favor
able to the United States was shown
by the figures compiled by the De
partment of Commerce for the year
of 1924.
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
(By Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Jan. 17.—Jean Hercette,
the first French ambassador to So
viet Russia since her recognition by
France, presented his credentials to
M. Kalinin, president of the All-Rus
sian Central Executive committee.
Delaney Knocks Ont
Colorado Heavyweight
NEW YORK, Jan. *17.—Delaney
knocked out Tiger Flowers, the col
ored middleweight in 43 seconds of
the second round. The bout was in
tended to go twelve rounds. A short
right uppercut was the blow which
tumbled his antagonist.
ROME ON PINS
(By Associated Press)
ROME, Jan. 17.—An air of sup
pressed excitement and expectation
pervaded Rome today with the re
assembling of the Parliament for con
sideration of Premier Mussilini’s elec
tion reform bill. Premier Mussolini
wil preside at a meeting of the Grand
Fascisti Council, where rules will be
laid down to be followed in uphold
ing and applying the Fascisti Princi
ples n the light of present day po
litical struggles.
Nomination of Stone
Has Been Deferred
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee again defer
red action on the nomination of H. F.
Stone to the supreme bench.
People of Nation Pay
Vast Sum State Units
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The cen
sus bureau announced today that the
peojple of the United States had paid
$1,249,170 to National and State sub
sidiary units, an increase 198 per cent
in a decade. The Federal government
showed the greatest increase.
UNIVERSITY OREGON
COACH HAS RESIGNED
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 17.—Joe Had
dock, head of the University of Oregon
football team has resigned because
his business will not permit him to
devote his entire time to athletics, as
desired by the faculty.
COP' P'tlNT LfNOER WOOD A UNDEPWOOO. N. V.
“THE THREE GRACES,” WINNERS NATIONAL BEAUTY CONTESTS
That man Ziegfeld just will keep on glorifying the American girl and
now the famous picker of peaches has got a regular three ring circus,
corraling the three most famous beau ties in the country to appear as a foil
to the “homely chorus” he has engag ed for “The Comic Supplement.” We
thus have with us today, left to right with their most-prized trophies:
Lois Wild, “Follies” beauty, who won in the 1923 Beauty Contest at Atlan
tic City; Dorothy Knapp, winner of the “Modern Venus” contest; and
Beryl Williams, winner of the 1924 contest in Atlantic City.
FARMERS CLAIM THEY
ARE FOR CHILD LABOR
AMENDMENT IN WASH.
OLYMPIA, Jan. 17.—The Washing
ton State Agricultural Council, repre
senting the State Grange, State ‘Farm
Bureau, Federation of United Dairy
Association, the State Co-operative
Egg and Poultry Association, the Ya
kima Fruit Growers’ Association, the
Wool Growers, Washington Growers
and Packing Corporation, Northwest
ern Hay Association, Washington
Berry Growers Association, and oth
ers at the end of a two-day session
last night expressed displeasure that
opposition to the child labor amend
ment had been credited to the far
mers of the State. They said the be
lief and sympathy of this great body
of farmers was for the amendment.
The signers included J. A. Scollard,
of Chehalis, president and A. S. Goss,
of Seattle, vice-president.
Bonding Election Fails
to Carry by Small Vote
At the special election held yester
day to ascertain the sentiment of the
voters in bonding the town for not
more than $100,000 to be used in the
construction of a new school house,
the (proposition failed to carry by a
small vote. Owing to the heavy gale
and bitter cold, about half the votes
were cast, 68 being for and 74 against
bonding.
Alaska Sails With a
Fair List for Seward
SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—The steamship
Alameda sailed at 9:00 o'clock this
morning with 114 passengers, the fol
lowing being for Seward:
A. McKae, W. Schauer, Charles
Balhiser, E. E. Kain, E. Booth, E.
Bertz, J. Codene, R. Casley, A. P.
Evans, E. C. Fisher, T. Heek, J. Har
ner, F. King, R. Pelose, L. A. Let
kewisz, A. M. Mordale and wife, and
baby, Mary M. Knodson, Chas. A. Ben
son, F. A. Mann, Mrs. J. O’Brien, C.
McGonogle, C. F. Townsend, H. K.
Carlisle and wife, Mrs. H. C. Scott,
T. N. Scott and two steerage.
Daniel Gray Reid,
Tinplate King, Dead
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Daniel Graj
Reid, 67, the tinplate king, died here
today of pneumonia.
Reid was one of the organizers oi
the American Tinplate Company, anc
was a director in many concerns. He
began life as a messenger boy in 2
bank at Richmond, Indiana, and accu
mulated a fortune of $30,000,000. He
was a national figure when he wenl
out of business on Wall Street at the
age of 41.
Alaskans Invited To
Hear Radio Dedicated
SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—Alaskans are
invited tc the Terminal Sales building
club rooms, the home of KJR, Wed
nesday night. A loud speaker in the
broadcasting room will enable visitors
to hear/the special Alaskan program
to be broadcasted by the Post-Intel
ligencer on its new 1000 watt radic
broadcasting station.
Nome has requested that a former
resident, Gretchen Young, sing, and
she is bqng sought for.
Husband She Fled
from Gets Divorce
NEW YOR £, Jan. 17.—Married five
years ago at -he age of 18 to a rela
tive of the President of Cuba, Miss
Mary Eckl four. l that the Cuban idea
of matrimony differed greatly from
those in the States.
The story of her flight from Cuba
under an assumed name when it was
discovered that her husband, Paul Ors
d’Scott, had divorced her, was learned
today. His brother is 'a son-in-law of
Dr. Alfredo Zayas, president of Cuba
“Well, that’s how wt\ live down
here.”
This was the only answer she got
when she complained of ht r husband’s
wildness. So in March, 1922 she pack
ed up and returned to New York.
This winter she decided to divorce
him and consulted a lawyer. They
learned that d’Scott was in 1 lorida
and he had already obtained a di rorce.
Miss Eckl is now engaegd to wed
a New Yorker. d’Scott has returned
to Cuba.
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; APPOINTMENT OF NEW ALASKA GAME
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COMMISSION WILL END ALL COMPLAINT
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AGAINST LONG RANGE GOVERNMENT
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND BELIEVES BILL WAS
BEST OBTAINABLE IN FACE OF MANY WIDELY
DIVERGENT VIEWS ON SUBJECT—DELEGATE
HAS TRIEDD FOR 18 YEARS TO GET GAME BILL
SEATTLE, Jan- 17.—A Jarmane dispatch to the Se
i attle Times says that Delegate Dan A. Sutherland believes
the new Alaska Game Commission law will practically
end all complaint against long distance administration
of Alaska’s game supply, and was the best obtainable in
the face of the many widely divergent views.
Delegate Sutherland said: “Every delegate to Con
gress since Alaska had a delegate, eighteen years ago, has
endeavored to get through Congress a comprehensive
game act. The presumption is under this bill that the
people of Alaska will have a voice in the administration
of its fur and game laws through their four commission
ers, and that remedial legislation will be more easily en
acted by the commissioners being on the ground ”
He pronounced criticisms of trappers ist regu
lations promulgated by the Department oi Agriculture
on the taking of fur bearing animals this winter are jus
tified, particularly with regard to the closed season on
beaver and marten. He expressed the hope that the newly
appointed commissioners will make more equitable rules
for trapping and killing fur and game animals.
“The biological survey contends that proper regula
tions will greatly increase the fur industry in Alaska and
make it one of the largest Territorial assets,” said Mr.
Sutherland.
Tunnel Collapses
| Twelve Are Dead
FRESNO, Jan. 17.—Twelve are re
, ported dead in the collapse of a tun
nel in the Yosemite, east of Merced.
• Five bodies have been recovered.
John Rockefeller Gives
Large Sum to Japanese
NEW YORK, Jan. lT.^John D.
Rockefeller, jr., has given a million
six hundred thousand dollars to reerect
the Library of the Imperial Univer
sity at Tokio, destroyed by the earth
quake and fire in 1923.
Companies Await the
Perfection of Aircraft
NEW RORK, Jan. 17.—Railroad
and steamship companies are ready
to undertake air transportation as soon
as the airplane or dirigible is brought
to a reasonable standard of perfection
witnesses today told the congressional
sub-committee.
House and Senate
Leaders Asked Confer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—President
Coolidge requested Republican House
and Senate leaders to seek a final un
derstanding on Muscle Shoals legis
lation before the Underwood bill ad
vanced to the next legislative step.
Anchorage Alaskan
Sold Marshal’s Sale
News received from Anchorage to
day is to the effect that the Anchor
age Alaskan, the morning daily plac
ed in the field a year ago last Novem
ber to compete with the Times, was
sold at marshal’s sale to satisfy a
mortgage of $3,000 held by a local
bank. The Alaskan was a splendid pa
per, and had a wide circulation.
Dr. Chas. Jenne, of Juneau, district
deputy of the B. P. 0. E., arrived on
the Alameda and will leave on the next
train for Anchorage to look over
lodge affairs. This is Dr. Jenne’s first
official visit.
Nurmi Smashes Seventh
Record Chicago Tracks
CHICAGO COLISEUM, Jan. 17.—
Nurmi, the Finnish speed marvel,
smashed his seventh world’s indoor
record by defeating Ray by half a lap
today, or by nearly eighty yards in a
special mile and three-quarters race.
The crowd gave Nurmi a tremendous
ovation as he ran to his dressing
room. Ray finished nearly exhausted
but recovered and congratulated the
victor. Nurmi’s time was 7:52 2-5th
second, a fifth of a second off his own
New York record. He boarded a train
to compete in his third meet at New
York tomorrow.
Jury Convicts Woman
of Helping Bootlegger
SEATTLE, Jan. 17.—A jury today
convicted Clarence and Anna High,
proprietors of the farm near this city
where Sheriff Matt Starwich seized
a $10,000 w’orth of whiskey, cham
pagnes and wines in November. The
couple were accused of having liquor
in their possession unlawfully.
Ore Robbers Will Be
Exicuted; No Trail
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 17.—The gov
ernor of Chihuahua has decreed the
execution of all ore robbers without
trial, because the robbers dig under
mine timbers imperilling the lives of
the miners.
LACK OF PERSONNEL
CAUSES TRAIN WRECK
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—The Dawes Rep
arations Board was blamed for the
train wreck Tuesday at Herne, in
the “Prussian Diet,’ which made such
charges regarding the collision, in
which two persons were killed and
eighty-six injured. It was claimed
that the wreck might have been
avoided had the trains carried suf
ficient flagmen to place torpedoes
on thet racks during the fog which
obliterated the regular signals. The
wholesale reduction of the railway
personnel by the Board was charg
ed, and is a constant menace to pub
lic safety.