VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 50
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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TRIBUTE TO THE
HARDING BELONGED TO ARISTO
CRACY AND TO THE PEOPLE,
SAID HUGHES
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—The Sen
ate and the House today paid formal
tribute to the memory of the late
President Harding. Both chambers
met jointly in the presence of Cool
idge, the cabient and members of the
Supreme Court to hear the eulogy de
livered by Charles E. Hughes, secre
tary of state.
A section of the gallery was res- \
erred for Mrs. Harding and the ladies
of the official group.
"Harding belonged both to the ar
istocracy and the plain people,” said
Hughes. He said the late president
was equipped for his task by inherit
ante and training which were com
pletely typical American.
NEW GAS RATES ARE
OPPOSED AT SPOKANE
OLYMPIA, Wn, Feb. 28.—Notice of
suspension of a newr three part rate
by the Spokane Gas <L- Fuel company
will be filed soon, officials of the de
partment of pubic works announced
today upon receipt of a protest by the
city of Spokane.
The complaint of the city alleges
that the new rates asked by the gas
company are excessive and exorbi
tant and contrary to prov’sicns of
the franchise un lor which ti e com
pany is permiu j 1 1*. operate. ». ne
city as cs rc£.'l;u of present
rates.
February 9 was the effective date of
the new rates filed by the company.
MAY BE TRAIN SATURDAY
It is reported that train service may
be resumed between Seward and An
chorage Saturday, or Sunday.
FREIGHTER ON WAY
The freighter Oduna sailed from
Seattle Feb. 25, with general freight
and explosives.
NORMAN DAWN IN EAST
TO SELL ALASKA PICTURE
Norman Dawn, director of the Nor
man Dawn Alaska Productions pic
ture, filmed in Fairbanks this win
ter, is in the East negotiating for the
sale of the film. He has had several
offers from well known companies
but is holding on for a higher price.
IMPERIAL KLONSEL BELIEVES
EMPEROR SEWED UP TIGHT
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 28.—Paul S.
Etheridge, imperial klonsel of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, has is
sued a statement declaring the con
tract in which Wiiliam Joseph Sim
mons, imperial emperor, relinguished
all rights and interest in the order,
was “so tight, he, Simmons, cannot
bob up again,” the Atlanta Constitu
tion sayS today.
The statement followed the pur
ported issuance of a statement by
Simmons in Jacksonville last night,
which quoted him as denying he
had “sold out” for a consideration
of $145,500, and declaring he has
merely severed relations with the
organization and has discounted his
royalty of $1,000 per month, which
was being paid him for the use of
the ritual which he is said to have
copyrighted.
Attorney Eetheridge, according to
the Constitution, announced that
under the agreement with Simmons,
all litigation pending between Sim
mons and imperial headquarters, in
cluding a libel suit filed by Imperial
Wizard H. W. Evans against Sim
mons for $150,000, now pending in
Little Rock, Ark., would be termi
nated.
ANCHORAGE MAN WILL
SEED 35 ACRES TO OATS
Paddy Welch ,an Anchorage home
steader, plans to seed 35 acres to
oats. One acre will be planted to
strawberries and vegetables. Mr.
Welch has 12 head of fine cattle. Last
year his oat crop from seven acres
ran 75 bushels to the acre. Mr. Welch
says that agriculture sure pays.
APPROPRIATION ITEMS
ARE VETOED BY WOOD
MANILA, Feb. 28.—Governor Gen
eral Leonard Wood today vetoed
items of the annual appropriations
biil, passed during the last session of
the insular legislature, which ad
journed providing funds for the execu
tive, treasury and commerce and com
munications departments. The rest
of the bill was approved.
By executive order the appropria
tions bill of last year will hold over
during the coming year in respect
to the items vetoed by the governor
general.
The action of the appropriations
bill items had been anticipated.
The bill curtailed the appropria- j
lion lor the governor general’s of-1
fice, slashing the salaries of his aides
and cutting of funds for the operation J
of the governor general’s yacht.
Elimination of an appropriation for
the payment of a special bank exam
iner is said to have caused the execu
tive’s decision to veto the three treas
ury items.
MURDERER OF FAMILY
SENTENCED TO HANG
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 28.— ;
Frank McDowell, a Florida youth who
confessed to the murder of his father
mother and two sisters, has been sen
tenced to hang, but on account of his
youth may have his sentence commut
ed to life imprisonment.
MAL DE OJO
The mal de ojo, or evil eye is still
believed in by the natives of Hayti,
Central America, and many of the La
tin republics. A greenish tinge to the
eye is attributed to this cause. Its
possessor is shunned as something
deadly.
KEEP TOUCH FALL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The Sen
ate committee today in executive ses
sion, delved into telegrams sent to
Edward B. McLean when the latter
was at Palm Beach. It developed
that Fall, through McLean, was in
touch with every thought and action
of the Senate investigating committee
sitting in Washington, and that Mc
Lean who had a leased wire to Palm
Beach, Florida, received and sent hun
dreds of telegrams to Fall.
Many Secret Messages.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Many se
cret and more or less damaging mes
sages, which passed between Wash
ington and Palm Beach for E. B. Mc
Lean and Albert B. Fall were made
public this afternoon by the Senate
committee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—It devel
oped shortly after a visit of Senators,
Lenroot and Smoot to Albert B. Fall,
that Will Hays, Republican National
committeeman, held a secret confer
ence with Fall.
SPOKESMAN FOR LAFOLLETTE
GROUP
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Representative James A. Frear, of
Wisconsin, spokesman of the Ways
and Means Committee for the LaFol
lette group, and to some extent for
the Republican progressives in gen
eral.
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AMERICA VI CTORIOUS
Here is Lieut. David Rittenhouse, of the U. S. A., who, driving his Cur
tis Navy racer at a speed of 177.38 miles an hour, won the Schneider Cup
from its English holder, against a fiel d which had simmered down to two ,
Americans, one Englishman and a Frenchman. Lieutenant Rittenhouse’s
speed record is a record for the event, beating by 20 miles the hour record
established last year by Captain Biard.
HARDING ADVISED
ILLNESS LIABLE
IF RECOVERED WOULD HAVE
BEEN INVALID REST OF
HIS DAYS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The late
President Harding was advised before
his death of tlie character of his ill
ness, and the prospect that if he re
covered he was likely to lead the life
of an invalid, Scretary Hughes said,
following his memorial address. The
Secretary said that when Harding was
told this, he exclaimed: “Well, if
that’s the case this party might just
as well come to an end now.”
KETCHIKAN. Feb. 28.—Fresh hal
ibut, 17.5 and 8.9 cents.
DAUGHERTY IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty arrived here today,
ostensibly in connection with the fed
eral grand jury investigation of the
Veterans’ Bureau.
LEFT THOUSAND TO
57-YEAR-OLD BIRD
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2S.—Polly,
the 57-year-old parrot, which sings
popular songs and converses fluently
in French and English, has been left
a thousand dollars in the will of the
ate owner, Thos. B. Whitney, a hot
el man.
DAUGHTER OF ALASKAN
MARRIED AT U. OF W.
SEATTLE, Wn„ Feb. 28.—Helen
Menon, a daughter of Walstein G.
Smith, territorial treasurer at Juneau
and John Tufts Cass, of Pasadena,
were married today in the University
of Washington fraternity house. Mar
guerite, a daughter of Governor and
Mrs. Scott C. Bone, was one of the
bride’s attendants.
ANCHORAGE SPORTSMEN
WORK ON GAME LAWS
To get suggestions toward the re
vision of the game laws and fur laws,
a meeting was held at the home of A1
Hardy .deputy game warden of .Anch
orage, at which a number of Anchor
age sportsmen were present. Sug
gestions made will be endorsed by the
Anchorage Rod and Gun club.
Newspaper files of 1904 show pick
led pork then was 8 cents a pound. A
gentleman could buy a pair of fancy
worsted pants for $2, or a pint of
rock and rye for 29 cents. Women had
abandoned the bustle and become fad
dists for the flowing sleeve. Stiffly
starched undermuslins were standard
equipment for the fair and low derbies
for the men. In World affairs, Japan
and Russia were about to go to war,
and a lot of European monarchs had
signified their intention to attend the
Kaiser’s birthday eelebration on Jan
uary 27th.
GIFFORD PIMOT
LOOKS FDR SCUM
BALLAINE’S CHARGES MAY SHOW
MORE DETAILS FALL’S
DEPRAVITY
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Gifford Pin
chot, who is resting in a private san
itarium here, declared this afternoon
that the coal lands scandal in Alaska
would overshadow the Teapot Dome
oil leasing sensation. He said more
details concerning Fall’s interest In
Alaska would be accounted for when
the oil investigation is completed,
and in time it had to take up the
charges of John E. Ballaine and the
Big Four Brotherhood, who allege
that the coal lands were turned over
to the interior department and devel
opment suspended.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR HERE
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Sir Esme
Howard, the new British ambassador
arrived here today.
NOME NATIVES ARE BEING
DRIVEN OUT OF COUNTRY
Wm. T. Lopp, superintendent of the
Alaska division, Bureau of Education,
is authority for the statement that the
time is fast approaching when the na
tives in the Seward peninsula will be
driven out of the country by the en
I croachment of capital. The reindeer
grazing grounds are being taken up
by miners and there are no grazing
permits or land leasing laws in Al
aska. Many Eskimos owners of large
herds of deer are starting to drive
their herds toward the railroad dis
trict.
SHORT STORY WRITER
TAKES LETHAL DOSE
NEW YORK, Feb. 288—Miss Val
lie Belasco, actress and short story
writer of Seattle, committee suicide
this morning by swallowing poison.
She was a cousin of David Belasco. j
STANLEY HARRIS HAS BEEN
IN BIG SHOW FOUR YEAR
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Stanley Har
ris, young second sacker picked to
pilot the Washington Americans this
season, steps into this role with one
of the briefest major league records
any manager has ever had. He is 27
years old, the youngest leader in eith
er circuit, and has had but four full
seasons of play in fast company, yet
his employer, Clark Griffith, himself
a former major leaguei', has placed
the fullest confidence in his youthful
star.
Harris is three years younger than
George Sisler, now manager of the
St. Louis Browns, and four years
the junior of Dave Bancroft, former
Giant shortstop, who has taken over
the helm of the Boston Braves. Witn
Tris Speaker of Cleveland, and Ty
Cobb, of Detroit, they are the only
player-leader in the majors.
EL WOOD WILL ARRIVE AT
KETCF|IXAN ABOUT MAY 10 \
The steamship Delwood will arrive
t Ketchikan with the new cable May
3, and the cable will be connected
[ay 12, according to reports received
; that place last week. The cable from
[etcliikan to Seward will not be com-'
leted until September 18. The ca
leship gives out the following sched- p
le:
Arrive London, March 5, leave Lon
on March 24, arrive Seattle May 3,
save Seattle May 5, arrive Ketchi
an May 10, leave Ketchikan May 12,
rrive Seward May 15, leave Seward
lay IS, arrive Seattle May 24, leave
leattle May 26, arrive London, July 1
, leave London July 25, arrive Seat- c
le September 6, leave Seattle Sep- i
ember S. arrive Seward September 1
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The Army and Navy Register quotes i
he price on the new cable at $1,000
i foot, including laying.
GERMANY COMING BACK
BE PROSPEROUS NATION
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Charles M.
Schwab, who arrived here from a
two months’ European trip, said that
Germany is stagging a come-back, and
will again become one of the most
powerful nations of the world.
WRANGELL TEAM WINS
The Wrangell basketball team tour
ing the state of Washington, has
managed to win a game at last, de
feating the Mt. Vernon five. The
team is a good deal like the man who
challenged any man in the word to a
jumping contest, and was so badly
beaten by a number o f men in his
own neighborhood that he sat down
and cried. He took in too much ter
ritory.
AGED WOMAN POLLS OFF
BIG SWIMMING STUNT
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 28.—
Mrs. Anna Van Slike, of this city cele
brated her 63rd birthday by swim
ming ten miles at sea in nine hours
and 20 minutes, and to show that she
was still fresh mangled the Star
Spangled Banner the last mile of her
swim.
The next dance to be given in Sew
ard will be that on March S, by the
Seward Serenaders, in A. B. Hall.
NINETEEN FILIPINOS DIE
FROM EATING POISON FiSH
MANILA, Feb. 28.—Out of twenty
r-htives who ate fish at a banquet at
the town of Boronong, nineteen died.
Many species of fish in the Philip
pines are poinsonous at certain sea
son of the year which were responsi
ble for the deaths.
PRESIDENT OF SOUTH CHINA
New photo of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, head
of the Canto Government, who has ca
bled to Ramsay Macdonald, leader of
the British Labor party, asking him
to “bring to the notice of the British
people, and particularly the workers,
the grave situation which the British
representatives in China have been
instrumental in creating at Canton.”
He declared the foreign gunboats in
the harbor and other threats of force
are “done at the instance of the Brit
ish Minister on advice of the senior
Consul at Canton, who is the British
Consul, and the inspector general of
Chinese Maritime Customs, who is a
British National.
'RESIDENT AERO LEAGUE OF
AMERICA GOES ON WITNESS
STAND
NEW YORK, Fob. 28.—Henry Wood
iouse, president of the Aero League
if America, will tell the Senate oil
nvestigating committee, before whom
te has been subpoenaed the names
>f high officials of the Harding ad
ninisiration, who received $100,000
irib-'s for their influence in connex
ion with oil matters, he declared to
Ask Immunity for McLean.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Senator
Underwrood, democratic candidate for
the presidency, was among those who
have gone to Senator Walsh with
pleas to excuse Edward B. McLean
from testifying before the senate in
the Teapot Dome oil leasing investi
gation. Senator Walsh also announc
ed that A. Mitchell Palmer will likely
be called as a result of his efforts to
keep McLean off the stand.
Conspiracy to Loot Lands
ST. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 28.—Albert B.
Fall resigned a superior position in
the Senate to acept an inferior posi
tion as Secretary of the Interior, as
a part of a previously formed con
spiracy to loot the oil reserves, Sen
ator J. A. Reed, democrat, of Missou
ri, charged in an address here last
night.
Will Call Palmer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The Sen
atorial Committee decided today to
call A. Mitchell Palmer to the stand..
Senator Dill declares Palmer to have
been a go-between in the delivery of
the McLean messages to Fall, read
today. John A. Mayer, a McLean em
ployee, said that the Philadelphia
publisher was busy with Underwood
Curtis and Zev.
McAdoo Gets Big Fee
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.—Wm. G.
McAdoo, democratic candidate for
the presidency, confirmed the report
that his firm got a $150,000 fee from
the Republic Iron and Steel company,
of Youngstown, Ohio, but said the
work was for helping the company out
in a tax matter at Washington.
Will Not Resign.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—“It is not
my purpose to even consider resign
ing until after a fair hearing on the
charges preferred against me,” At
torney General Daugherty said today,
as he was leaving for Palm Beach,
Florida, via Chicago.
SERIOUS INTERFERENCE
CAUSED BY SUN SPOTS
WESTCHESTER, Pa., Feb. 28.—Se
rious interference in telegraph commu
nication is predicted by Dr. David
Todd, of Amherst College in a state
ment in which he announced the dis
covery of a new outbreak in sun
spots.
HEAD OF ALASKA ROAD
EXPEDITION IS FINED
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28.—A. H.
Moore ,the promoter of the Eldorado
Development company, who took 105
men ana women to Nome last year in
the schooner Fred J. Wood, the ob
ject being a community colony, was
fined $500 in the police couit here for
violating the wage and labor laws.
Each employe paid Moore $200, and
was promised that the company would
take out $40,000 a day by working
Moore’s properties near Nome The
scheme was a dismal failure, many of
the gold seekers nearly starving be
loj'o they vrere able to retu a to the>
states.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Le
on Urbach is reported ill.
MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS
GRAVE OF HERO SON
PARIS, Feb. 28.—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt is visiting the grave of her
son, Quentin, at Chateau Thierry to
day. Quentin, who was an aviator in
the late war, was shot down by a
German flier. -