VOLUME XIX NUMBER 191
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iUYVARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
FORMER GOVERNOR
DAVIS NOMINATED
BY OHIO REPUBLICANS
COLUM'BUS, O. Aug. 14.—Form
er Governor Harry L. Davis, of Ohio
was nominated at the primaries at
Cleveland by the Republicans for
governor.
CHIICAL SlTBSTITUTE
FOR ALCOHOL SOUGHT
MADISON, Wis., Aug. 14.—Tests
are under way at the University of
Wisconsin in an effort to discover
a substitute for grain alcohol in fla
voring extracts, according to Profes
sor A. Schuette, of the university
chemistry department. Research on
the project has b^en in progress sev
eral months.
The problem on which the univer
sity is working is to find some sol
vent for various oils used in flavor
ing extract . Alcohol is declared to
be %ne most satisfactory substance
thus far discovered because oils of
lemon, orange, peppermint, Spear
mint, almond ,wintergreen and other
popular oils used in extracts are not
soluble in water.
Explorers Looking for
Remains of Ancient Race
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 14.—W. 1.
Staley, secretary of the Oregon
Growers, and E. E. Bragg, industri
al accident commissioner, yesterday
visited the Elkhorn district, where
excavations are being made into the
side of a huge pyramid which, ex
plorers believe, holds the remains of
some ancient people
Work has progressed in two tun
nels, one for a distance of thirty feet
and the other about twenty feet.
KETCHIKAN RADIO
STATION TRANSFERRED
Tl Ketchikan Naval Radio station
will be transferred to the Signal
Corps soon. This is in line with the
efforts of the Signal Corps to in
crease the efficiency in the hadling
of vJ&ffic. The Naval Radio Station
at Juneau will be transferred to the
Signal Corps at the same time The
exact date for the transfer has not
been set as yet but it is expected
that it will be soon. Seregant Ree
ser will be in charge of the Naval
Station at Kethcikan when the now
change is made and will combine su
pervision of the station with his pre
sent duties at the c.dde office.
OPERATIONS ON FACE
OFTEN ARE FAILURES
NEW YORK, Aug. 14—The so-call
ed Black Oxen operation is a gam
ble, in the opinion of Dr. Frederick
B. Van Wart.
Florence Lawrence, former screen
star, who has had fifteen such op
erations, now is undergoing the six
teenth.
Miss Lawrence fell in making a
pic\ftre on the Palisades. Her face
struck against a rock with the re
sult that she was forced into re
tirement. This was eight years ago.
Some months after the accident
Miss Lawrence had her nose reshap
ed, b\/t this failed to restore her for
mer beauty. With each succeeding
operation her appearance so improv
ed# that she expects to return to the
movies prettier than ever.
Fannie Brice had complained of
her nose for years. Finally she un
derwent the Black Oxen treatment,
and she was so pleased with the out
come that several of her friends had
operations.
Fannie Ward tried it- So did Ed
na Wallace Hopper, sixty-two. She
said she was mistaken for a young
girl when she reappeared after being
treated, and her renewed beauty
won her an offer of marriage from
the son of an English earl.
Mrs. Susan Simpson, forty-eight,
having heard of these operations, had
one and on her recovery eloped with
Burton Tucker, seventeen, to New
Jersey, where they were married.
* There is no feature that cannot
be temodelled by a clever surgeon/’
said Dr. Van Wart. “Missing eye
lids can be replaced. False lashes
can be grafted into place. Lips can
be remade and given their proper
col^ providing the blood is pure,
and noses can be reshaped. But it’s
a gamble.”
*
LA FOLLETTE MAY ACCEPT I
PROPOSAL OF SOCIALISTS!
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Acceptance
of the socialists’ offer in California
to withdraw their presidential elec
tors from their column to make room
for independent electors supporting
Senator LaFfVette will depend on
success or failure of the LaFollette
forces to obtain a column of their
own, John M. Nelson, national mana
ger for LaFollette, said today.
He said that even though Spreckles
of San Francisco and other LaFoll
ette independents ran as electors un
der the socialists,’’ they would not be
committed to alliance with the rest
of the socialist ticket
BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS WARNED
CLEVELAND, Aug. 13.—A note
of warning to building and loan as
sociations against over-expansion
thru over-building and the charging
of greedy interest rates on loans was
sounded today by William R. Adair
of Omaha at closing sessions of the
United States League of Local Build
ing and Loan Associations .
The need of conservatism and
gradual instead of%mshroom growth
was stressed by Adair. He said the
country is nearing financial stabiliza
tion and lower interest rates.
800 FISHING BOATS
AT SAN DIEGO IDLE
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 13.—Eight
hundred fishing boats and more than
2,500 fishermen are idle in San Diego
as a result of the owners of the ves
sels to operate in the albacore and
tuna industry for a price of $120 a
ton.
Representatives of the American
Fishermen’s Protective Association
and the two Japanese associations
were instructed to confer with the
packers next Saturday in an effort
to come to an agreement on albacore
and tuha prices, which up to last
Monday were $240 a ton.
The strike comes at the height of
the season declared to be the great
est in the history of the industry
here, the pack thus far being esti
mated at 16,(TOO,000 pounds.
Many northern fishing boats and
barges which have been operating in
this vicinity left today for their
home ports.
OPENS DRIVES TO SMASH
LONDON BLACKMAILERS
LONDON, Aug. 14.—“Civilization
has many cancers. In my view one
of the worst of those cancers is this
offense of blcakmail.”
JusticeMcCardie, who has started
a campaign to wipe out blackmailing
in London, made this statement and
then proceeded to sentence six men
before him on blackmailing charges
to an aggregate of thirty-three years
imprisonment.
“The result qf blackmail is to in
flict slow death on the victim,’ ’said
Justice McCardie. “The object be
ing to extract from his terror as
much or more money than’ he can
possibly afford. This offense is on
the increase. Blackmail must be
stamped out.”
Justice McCardie invites all upon
whom blackmail is being practiced,
or attempted, to bring charges a
gainst the blackmailers in his court.
Aviators May Be Delayed
Owing to Ice Conditions
REYKJAVIK, iceland, Aug. 14.—
A disquieting report today for the
Naval flight commander from eight
een passangers aboard the cruiser
Raleigh off the Greenland coast may
again delay the hop-off tomorow as
was scheduled by the Army flyers
as ice conditions are reported bad.
CHINESE GIRL GIVES LIFE IN
CAUSE OF MARTIAL FREEDOM
NANKING, China, Aug. 13.—A
Chinese girl student at the govern
ment normal school committeed sui
cide recently by jumping into the
school well rather than go thru with
a marriage her parents had arranged
for her.
It appears that the girl had done
all in her power to dissuade he*'
parents from forcing the distasefu!
marriage to take her own life in the
hope of helping in the fight which
is being waged bjr many modern
young Chinese women against this
ancient custom.
TIES WORLD’S RECO RD AT OLYMPICS
Miss Ethel Lackie, of the Illino is A. C., who tied the world’s record
in winning the 100 meter free style swim of the Olympics in the time
of 1 minute, 12 2-5 seconds.
Eastern Banker Under
Arrest Denies Charge
PORTLAND, Aug '4.—A removal
order for Henry E- Rohlf, who sur
rendered to federal officers Saturday
saying that he was wanted in Hay
ward, Wis., on charges of irregulari
ties in the hank there of which he
was piesident, was issued today by
Federal Judge Bean.
Roh’f denies the charges, the of
ficers said, declaring that his brother!
who was cashies in the bank used the j
missing money for speculation. The
brother was lat°r killed in an auto- i
mobil* accident. Frozen credits al- ]
S' played a part in causing the bank
to close, he said.
SIXTEEN PERISH IN
- BLAZE IN CALIFORNIA
KNIGHTS LANDING. Cal., Aug. j
14.—Sixteen laborers perished in a
fire which destroyed 750 tons of hay
on the holdings of the River-Farms
Company.
YOUTH IS ARRESTED
ON GIRL ATTACK TALE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.—Vic
tim of an alleged attack by four
youths in the Presidio reservation,
Miss Mary Kennedy, 19 years of age,
is said to be in a serious condition.
George Carinella, 20, identified by
Miss Kennedy as one of #he quartet
that attacked her, was later placed
under arrest and is held.
The girls told the authorities that
they met the four young men while
attending a dance and accepted their
invitation to take an autom .bile
drive. They >!>< •' at a p’aee ( u
I rinks ;hc rirls said, and then wp e
whirled :iw:u to the l kesidio g*mrd?
where in a lonely spot the ait <c’r
was attempted.
JOSEPH E. ROBINSON
ALLEGED RUM RUNNER
ARRESTED SN SOUTH
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14.—John
R. O’Neil, accused of extensive liquor
smuggling operation between Van
couver, B. C., and Portland, Ore., was
arrested by department of justice of
ficials yesterdays. He was said to
have been indicted at Portland a year
ago, charged with conspiracy to vio
late the Volstead act.
TEMBLORS IN JAPAN
CREAK WATER MAINS
TOKIO, Aug. 14.—Earthquakes,
described as being fairly severe
were reported in Kobe, Osaka and
Nagoya districts today. The reports
irom Nagoya state that the water
mains in that city were broken by
die tremblers cutting off the water
supply and flooding the streets.
RED CROSS NOTES
Mrs. Jessie Ellsworth will act as
Chairman of the Eighth Red Cross
Roll Call in the Seward Chapter. Mrs
Ellsworth is well known in the settle
ments along the Peninsula and her
many friends in Seward will be glad
to assist her in the coming member
ship campaign. Last year the chapter
raised about $1500, and it is hoped
that an equal sum—or more will be
collected this fall. At the recent
meeting of the chapter, a formal re
quest was made to the Delano Com
mittee, in Washington, asking that
the Delano Service be continued for
another year—after which the Chap
ter would undertake to finance the
work iot the following twelve
months. This request and promise
was made in the belief that thru this
pioneer wrork, the Red Cross is pav
ing the vmy for an efficient health
service in the future. The U. S. Bu
reau of Education has shown an in
terest in the work and is in regular
communication with Miss Fuller, the
Delano nurse. It is perhaps only a
matter of time before there may be a
Government hospital or a traveling
physician located some where along
the Alaska peninsula.
Miss Yeteve Taake, field represen
tative from the Pacific Division of
fice will speak on The Work of the
Red Cross at the M. E. Church on
Sunday evening. This will be an ex
cellent opportunity, for Sev'ard peo
ple to learn more about the soldier
work, the disaster relief, and the
health and home service work of the
organization. A large attendance is
expected and there will be a special
music and a poster exhibit. The pos
ters are copies of the beautiful paint
ings of Anna Milo Upjohn, wrho spec
ializes in pictures of children.
Classes in First Aid are being or
ganized. The Ladies Aid of the Me
thodist Church has voted to begin
taking instruction at their meeting
next Wednesday. .Other classes will
be ^organized during the next few
weeks. Persons who are interested
should see Miss Fuller.
RESOLUTION FOR BETTER
MOTION PICTURE PASSES
LOS ANGJELES, Calif., Aug. 14—
A resolution was passed here yester
day by the Associated Motion Pic
ture Producers ’association of Calif
ornia pledging the association to “es
tablish and maintain the highest pos
sible moral and artistic standard of
motion picture production.” The res
olution adopted was identical with
that adopted by the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of Amer
ica, June 19, 1924, and was pres
ented by Will Hays, president of the
Motion Picture Producers'and Distri
butors of America.
The association represents seven
teen producing companies in oLs An
geles controlling ninety-five per cent
of the motion pictures produced in
Southern California.
ALBANIAN HARBOR
NAMED AFTER WILSON
BOSTON, Aug. 14.—The port of
San Giovani di Meduz, one of the
four harbors of Albania has been re
baptised Wilson, by order of the Al
banian government.
STOLEN AUTOS ARE
FOUND AT CIIEHALIS
CHEHALIS, Wn., Aug. 14.—Two
stolen automobiles belonging to Seat
tle parties were picked up by the
Chehalis police department last even
! ing. One, a roadster, was returned
today to Herman Toetz, of 707 16th
aevnue, Seattle, by Chief Parr, who
went to attend the state gathering
of chiefs. The other, a large touring
car belonging to C. E. Nielsen, 901
Western avenue, is held for instruc
tions. The roadster had been aban
doned eight miles southeast of Che
halis on the Pacific highway. The
other car was abandoned at the Mil
waukee depot in this city. Neither
car had been robbed of accessories
by the parties who had driven them
here.
| SIOUX -SOW MAY READ
HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
CINCINNATI, Auf. 14.—An inno
vation ir. the printing of biblical his
tory in the language of Indian^,
from the Teton Sioux tribe of the
I Pine Ridge leservation of South Da
kota, has made its appearance in
Cincinnati. The work which is the
fruit of much painstaking and self
denying work on the part of its au
thor, Rrv Eugene Buechel, S. J., who
is stationed at St. Francis, South Da
kota, >.ame from the presses here
with the distinction of being the first
time that a history of the bible has
been mr. slated into m Indian lan
guage.
“Wowapi Waken," is the name of
the new book and this turned into
the English language means "Bible
History.’1 'Xatin characters consti
tute the words, forming phonotically
the language of the Teton Sioux.
About 3000 copies of the work
have been printed and are ready for
distribi Lon among the Sioux.
THREE CHILDREN MEET
END IN BURNING TENT
PAWPAW, Mich., Aug. 14.—Lour
ene, 1-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Sheldon of South Bend,
Ind., her 3-year-old brother ,Donald,
and 6-year-old sister, Genevieve,
were burned to death early yesterday
at Lake Cora, a resort, when the
tent in which they had been left was
destroyed by-fire. hTe tent flaps ig
nited from an oil stove left burning
when the parents went to a nearby
farmhouse.
Admiral Watson Sails
Southbound Today
hTe steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port this afternoon, sailing
later for southern ports with a large
j assenger listing.
For Valdes—A. Schroeder and W\
Schroeder.
For Latouche—Swan Lind.
For Cordova—Mrs. Mary Pcrnk,
Miss N. N. Welles.
For Petersburg—Mr. and Hrs.
Stoll, Elinor, Aneta, Andrew and
Wm. Stoll.
For Ketchikan—E. D. Lachman.
For Seattle—S. T. Kelsey and
wife, E. B. Gibbs, Kathryn B. Mc
Comb Jack Lester, E. J. King, Frank
Pires, C. W. Clifford and C. H. Carl
ton.
MAN CHOOSES DEATH
RATHER THAN RAM
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—Choosing
to face death instead of accepting the
alternative of ramming a civilian
flyer’s plane, Lieutenant F. H. Con
ant, navy aviator, dropped two hund
drcd feet with his plane on the Sand
Point field last night. His plane was
demolished by the fall, but the pluc
ky navy man escaped with minor in
juries.
UNDERWRITERS STUDY
BUSINESS INSURANCE
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14.—Busi
ness insurance was the theme of to
day’s session of the thirty-fifth an
nual convention of the Association of
Life Underwriters, opening officially
here today with insurance men from
all parts of the country in attend
ance.
Among the speakers on the morn
ing program were Drs. Huebner of
the University of Pennsylvania
school of commerce and finance,
whose topic was “The Human Value
in Business Compared With the Pro
perty Value,” and Job E. Hedges,
! general counsel of the Association of
i Life Insurance Presidents, wrho was
i slated to speak on “The Real Amer
S ica.” The afternoon will be devoted
! to recreation.
CHAIRMAN SHAVER IS
DUE CHICAGO TONIGHT
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Chairman
Shaver of the Democratic National
committee is due to arrive in Chicago
tonight to open his headquarters for
! the coming campaign.
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WOMAN KILLS WILDCAT
WITH AUTO; GETS BOUNTY
EVERETT, Aug. 14.—“There are
| more ways than one to skin a cat,”
■ according to the resourceful wise
I acres, and there is more than one
way to kill a cat, too, even if it hap
pens to be wild.
This was proved to the satisfaction
of Deputy County Auditor John Hau
ghen yesterday morning when Mrs.
R. A. Pittack. Everett, walked into
the office with the carcass of a
husky, good-sized wildcat and claim
; ed the $5 bounty fee.
Driving on the highway near Gra
nite Falls Sunday night, her automo
bile struck the animal and killed it
instantly, Mrs. Pittack told the dep
uty. She stopped the car, she said,
I at ill si believing she had hit an or
dinary house cat. The beast evident
ly had become blinded by the glare
! of the headlights. Its skull was crush
ed.
MANY DESTITUTE.
CANTON, Aug. 14.-The flood si*- '
uation here is unchanged today, but
serious^.news is arriving from distant
points regarding the spread of Suf
fering among many ousted from
their homes by the waters. Many are
destitute . Relief measures are being
j taken but the activities or river pi
; rates, who are only too ready to seize
supplies intended for the flood vic
tims, and the want of money to fi
nance the relief work are hampering
it sadly .
Bridge Luncheon Given
in Honor Mrs. Dornberger
| * Mrs. O. A. Johansen and Miss Inez
Waugh were hostess on Wednesday
■ afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs.
j Dornberger, who has been spending
! the summer here. She and her two
j children, accompanied by Mrs. Johan
! sen will be Seattle passengers on the
S.S. Yukon Sunday. A dainty lunch
| eon was served at one-thirty after
; which Bridge and Whist were en
joyed. Bridge favors went to Mrs.
H. Thody and Mrs. A. R. Roberts;
Whist to Mrs- C. G. Sheldon. Mrs.
Sheldon also won the cut prize.
Those present were Mesdames Alvah
Eames, G. Seiffert, K. Drager, Jan
sen, S. Graff, C. C. Hinde, A. E.
Rucker, R. M. McNally, C. Lechner,
B. Denny, W. Blue, A. R. Roberts,
J. P. Hannon, W. E. Root, H. Thody,
E. Swetman ,H. Dougherty, C. Dyk
stra, G. Sexton, Hi B. Selby, J.
Baughman, L. V. Ray, E. Weybrecht,
W. E. Moultray, G. Schmidt, C. Shel
don, Olson, L. Urbach, D. H. Tyer,
: Mrs. Dornberger, Miss Stella Ful
ler and the hostess.