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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 85.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIERS WILL
JUMP OFF FOB SITKA TOMORROW
PRINCE RUPERT, Apr. 8.—Major Martin, in a
telegram to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce today says
that the ex])ects all four flyers to hop off from Prince
Rupert for Sitka today.
Prom pieces of seasoned spruce found at Prince Rupert
workmen repaired the broken struts on the flag ship Se
attle, and tin* plane is reported as good as new.
ATHENS, Apr. 8.—The British flyers will be delay
ed at Corfu another ten days awaiting the1 arrival of a
new engine for their plane.
CHEAT FALLS, Mont., Apr. 8.—Senator Wheeler
flL-is indicted by a Federal Brand Jury today, charged
with having having accepted fees as an attorney from
Gordon Campbell, an oil operator, after Wheeler’s elec
tion to the United States Senate for using his influence
in securing oil permits from the United States govern
ment.
WASHINGTON. Apr. 8.— Discussing his indictment
at Great Falls, Senator Wheeler tonight said this legal
service was performed “after 1 was elected to the Senate
but Indore I had come to Washington.’'
ATTEMPT TO BUT
COMli ELECTION
COOLIDGE ACCUSED BY OPPON
ENT WITH “RECKLESS. AND
SHAMELESS” EXPENDITIRE
SIOUX FALLS, S. D„ April 8—Sen
ator Hiram Johnson jumped out in
front today in his race with President
Coolidge for the republican presiden
tial indorsement in South Dakota as
additional returns came in from the
statewide primary.
An error in early returns from Mc
^Pherson county, corrected in final fig_
■ res today, resulted in a net gain of
900 votes for Jahnson and sent his to
tal in 1,566 of the states 1,825 pre
cincts up to 38,806, as compared with
87,099 for Coolidge.
This lead of 1,207 for Johnson was
trimmed to 1,092 by first returns from
Harding County, in the extreme north
western corner of the state, where el
even precincts, a third of the country,
showed Coolidge leading 3 to 1.
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ST. LOUIS, April 8—Senator Hiram
Johnson of California, in a statement
here today commenting on the South
Dakota presidential preference pri
mary, charged that “if ever an effort
was made to buy an election, it was
made in that state.’ ’
“In the fight in South Dakota the
most reckless and shameless use of
money was made by the President,”
said Senator Johnson, “not only in hir
ing an army of orators, but in buying
full pages of advertisements in every
newspaper in South Dakota and in
utilizing circulation without stint. Un
employment of politicians gave way to
most industrious employment at very
high salaries. There was no purchas
able element which was not purchased
and the result is the largest tribute
that can be paid to a citizen. For if
ever an attempt was made to buy a
citizenship, it was made in South Da
kota.
“If I win out there, it will be a mar
velous demonstration of how the peo
ple of the West feel toward Mr. Cool
idge.
CHICAGO, April 9—Coolidge car_
ried Illinois in Tuesday’s primaries,
defeating Johnson about one hundred
thousand. McAdoo was unopposed on
the Democratic ticket. The Democrats
nominated A. A. Sprague for the Sen
ate while forrr/er governor Charles H.
Deneen has apparently defeated Sena
tor McCormick for republican senator
ial nomination.
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OMAHA, April 9—Coolidge defeat
ed Johnson in the race for Nebraska’s
; delegate by about thirty thousand.
Norris was renominated for Senate,
j Bryan was renominated democratic
j candidate for governor.
BUM OF
001 Fill! OF
GREECE IS SOUGHT
ATHENS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
APPROVES RESOLUTION PRO
CLAIMING DYNASTY AT END
ATHENS, April 9—The national as
sembly today passed a resolution in
favor of the overthrow of Glucksberg
dynasty and the establishment of a
Greek republic.
A resolution introduced by the pre
mier proclaimed abolition of the Gluck
burg dynasty, banishment of the mem.
bers of the royal family, compulsory
sale of their propert and establishment
of a republic, provided the last named
proposal is confirmed at the forthcom
ing plebiscite .
It is intended that the regent, Ad
miral Coundouritis, shall continue to
act as governor of Greece until the
framing of a republican constitution.
REPORT OF Emms
PARIS, Apr. 8.—The reports of ex
perts engaged for the past three
months in the task of ascertaining
Germany’s capacity to pay repara
tions was handed in to the Repara
tions Committee today.
Recognizing the obligation of Ger
many to pay and declaring that she ;
has resorces with which to pay, the
experts insist that if Germany does
pay she must have her hands free
to exploit her economic resources.
The experts carefully omit in their
report any mention of the Ruhr.
A general board of control, includ
ing an American with Allied neutral
and Germany members, is the ex
perts solution of the difficult prob
lem of guarantees that Germany will
execute the terms of the eventual
settlement under their plan.
wORVRtGHT UNOEHWOOO * UNDERWOOD, N. V.
TWO OF A KINDT WHEN THEY AREN'T WRITING,
THEY’RE FISHING!
Van Campen Heilner (in the trick pants, ^nd fresh air slippers) author
of “Adventures in Angling,” “The Call of the Surf,” etc,; and Zane Grey,
most famous for his “two gun stuff,” but celebrated among fishermen for his
skill with the rod and reel, as their fishing camp on Long Key, Florida.
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HOUSE COMMITTEE WANTS T(
KNOW CLAIM THAT WORK
IS ABUSING POWER
WASHINGTON, D . C., April 9
The house irrigation committee vote<
today to request Governor Hart of Ar
izona, to testify in regard to charge,
by him that Secretary Work is “util
j izing his position” to favor Colorad<
i in the proposed Boulder Canyon dan
development on the Colorado river.
In a telegram to Chairman Smith
Gov. Hunt said the “proposal of Sec
retary Work and California official;
to nationalize the river as proposed ir
the Swing-Johnson bill is insulting.’
The secretary’s report to congres;
urging nationalization of the river, h(
said, “attempts to further the aims oi
Colorado.”
“Arizona will not ratify the Colora
do river compact,” he said as it is s
proposal wholly unfair and unjust tc
this state. The people of Arizona whc
hope to see the river developed and
who are opposed to the compact, have
been opposing it in a manner to create
as little bitterness as possible.
“We are just beginning to fight the
compact and desire as little friction be
tween the two states as is possible
when the compact is dead.”
CHICAGO. Apr. 8.—Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller McCormick has received
a diamond necklace valued at a
million and a half formerly worn by
the Empress of Russia, after paying
a duty of 80 per cent of its value.
GREAT FALLS, Apr. 8.—Gordon
Campbell, oil geologist, and operator,
in a signed statement today denied
ever having paid Senator B. K.
Wheeler any sum of money to secure
government oil and gas prospecting
permits.
/POUCHES MONEY-LADEN MAIL
CONSIGNED TO BIG MANU
FACTURING CO.’S TAKEN
j CHICAGO, Apr. 9.—Four bandits
held up a postal messenger in Harvey,
: a suburb, early today, and escaped
■ i with two pouches of mail reported to
' contain between $110,000 and $150,000
' in currency consigned to manufactur
;' ing companies.
• \ The robbers intercepted Wm. Russel
1 a postoffice clerk, who was carrying
1! the pouches to the postoffice, overpow-1
! ering- the messenger, the robbers seiz
, ed the two pouches and escaped in an
•; automobile.
; At the postoffice it was said the loss
1. would be large but the exact amount
' j could only be determined by checking ,
1. The pouches were said to have been |
1 consigned by the federal reserve bank j
: to the First National Bank of Harvey.;
j The Austin company of Harvey,
| manufacturing road machinery report-!
ed that its payroll of $25,000 had fail-;
I ed to arrive.
Postmaster Pease, of Harvey, de-1
j dared his belief that some inside in- j
| formation had been given to the rob
j bers .otherwise they would not have
j known of the shipment of currency.
SEATTLE, April 9—The steamship'
Admiral Watson left yesterday morn
ing with two hundred and fourteen
passengers on board including cannery
men for Crews Bay and Tee Harbor.
The following- passengers were listed
for Seward:
C. Nelson, Alfred Hendrickson, Hen-'
ry O. Ford, W. Campbell, E. Long, J.
Abrahamson, William Malloy, George
Ashley, T. G. Weiss, A. A. Rehuu, J.
O’Donnell, Charles Cameron and wife,
i Master Cameron, O. Herning and wife,
Robert Collins, William O’Neil, J. B.
Wadman, Mrs. H. Redw-ood, Carl John
son, T .C. Youle and wife, sixteen steer
i
age.
J. C .Hepfinger has secured reser- '
vations on the steamship Alameda and
will leave for the States, where he will
make his home. Ray O. Lewis bought
out his interest in the O. K. Barber 1
Shop. ; , i i
AUTO KING SAYS FORI) CAR COULI) NOT BE SOLD
FOR LESS THAN $1,500 IF HIGH SURTAX HAD
PREVAILED IN PAST—SAYS PRES. COOLIDCE
SHOULD CLEAN HOUSE.
NEW YORK. April 9—“I am more useful where I am.
A man ought to do what he is best fitted to do. President
Coolidge knows this situation perfectly. He has a cool
clear head, and he can take care of it, provided he is allow
ed to.” These are the words of Henry Ford, auto magnate,
given to Collier’s in an authorized interview last week in
reply to a question as to whether he would accept the re
publican or democratic party nomination in the event that
public confidence was so shaken that a third party, headed
perhaps, by Senator Lafollette, had a good chance of being
elected.
Mr. Ford talked on many subjects. He said we have
not recovered from the war boom. “One part of more
effective government should be in the
direction of keeping prices down,” he
said, “not by reg’ulationg—because the
prices cannot be kept down by regula
tion—but by not doing those acts
which tend to raise prices.
Tax Question Discussed.
Mr. Ford discussed the effect of sur
taxes on high prices.
“It is high time we got to thinking
straight about taxes,” he declared.
“There should be nothing political
about taxes. People seem to be fooling
themselves about taxes. We have had
a period of hysteria in government.
No one seems to caer how much gov
ernment costs, provided the money is
raised from the other fellow. It is time
we put a stop to this and started to
thing of taxes in terms of the cost of
living. We have to pay some taxes,
but the greater part of what we pay
ought to go for productive purposes—
for good roads, for schools, for better
health, and all those things which
make life easier. But we ought to
pay as we go and not attempt to have
things we cannot afford to have and
we could afford to have a great deal
more than we now have and pay out
lessmoney. That we can do by wast
ing less than we now waste. But there
is nothing more dangerous to pros,
fierity of the country than putting
heavy taxes on those who seem to
have more money than they need.”
At this point Mr. Ford said that
“from a purely selfish standpoint” it
makes no difference whether the gov
ernment taxes him one per cent or 99
per cent—he could live on one per
cent of his income. He said he is in
business not to make money as money,
but to do many things which he thinks
of public benefit and he believes that
he can put his money to better use
than the government can. He went on:
Cites Own Experience
“Take the Ford car as an illustra
tion. We had very little money when
we began to build that car. We took
out small wages for ourselves and put
back the profits into better machinery
—whic enabled us to reduce prices. We
made more money and we put that
back. Our profits began to be large
and if the present income tax had been
in force we should have had to pay
most of what we earned to the govern
ment. We did not have to do that and
so we were able to put that money in
to more and more machinery—which
enabled us not only to bring the price
sf the car down, but also to raise our
wages first to a minimum of five dol-,
lars and then to a minimum of six dol
ars a day. We were able still further
:o spread in the way of going back to
;he source of materials, in employing
nore people, and in making things
:heaper and cheaper. We did not
spend the money we made. We put it
nto production.
“With the high surtaxes, advocated
is a benefit to the poor man or the
nan of moderate means, I doubt if
;ver we should have reached a point
where we could have produced a car
inder fifteen hundred dollars and that
mly by paying evry low wages. We
should haev had to pay low wages for
she backs of men and not the backs of
nachines would have had to bear the
weight of production. Our past eam
ngs—our wealth—are in those mach
nes.
High Taxes Burden Poor
“High taxes on the rich do not take
jurdens off the poor. The put burdens
> nthe poor. As far as our company is
nw are whether the surtax be 25 per
cent or fifty per cent. We can make
some improvements ,but we cannot do
the great things we should do had we
the money. We cannot make as much
progress in the next fifteen years as
we have in the last fifteen, and all oth
er forward-looking companies will be
in exactly the same boat. The men who
tell the country tha' t.*e high incomes
must be cut down are not working for
the benefit of the masses.”
Mr. Ford said he is ‘‘again.^t any
thing which stops the country where
it is.” “One of the great troubles
with Europe,” he continued, “is that
the people exist for the government.
Taxes take up what surplus ought to
be ned for bettering conditions. And
I here it another point. If the surplus of
industry be taken away, then in hard
! times a concern must borrow money
and soon we have industry owned by
banks. That is what has happened in
Europe. Sometimes I wonder if the
support of the Mellon Bill by the lead
I ing banks is sincere. It is all in a way,
1 rather funny. The radicals support
a high tax program which would throw
industry into the hands of the banks,
while the banks support a program
which would keep industry in the
hands of the owners and operated for
the benefit of the people!”
Harding is Praised
While either business have reogan
ized after the war boom, the govern
ment has not done so “because its in
terests are so vast that no one knows
all the facts,” said the auto king.
“When President Harding came into
office he faced a nearly impossible
problem. He early began to realize his
task. 1 knew Mr. Harding and I know
he woulc not compromise with evil in
any form. He had called certain men
| to his side whom he felt he could trust.
In ceitain cases he learned that his
trust was cruelly abused. He died be
fore he knew the full extent of the
abuse, but saw enough to bow him
down. “President Coolidge is the heir
to what has gone before. Any man who
failing to realize the vastness of the
task, wishes to heckle the president for
purely partisan reason is not worthy
of membership in any party.
“President Coolidge must clean
house. He will clean house. And he
is the kind of man who cleans thoro
ughly. He will not rush around with a
feather duster. He will scour. The
President of the United States has no
partisan duties. His oath is registered
in heaven to serve the nation—not to
serve a party.
TIRANA, Albania, Apr. 8.—The bod
ies of George C. DeLong and Robert
Lewis Coleman, Americans, killed by
Albanian bandits, were brought here
today by motor car.
Warships Go to Albania
WASHINGTON, Apr. 8.—American
destroyers have been ordered from
European waters to Albania to seek
redress for the murder of two citi
zens of the United States.
M’ADOO TO SPEAK AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Apr. 8.—William G.
McAddo will address the Seattle
Democrats April 19.
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