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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 18
SEWARD, ALASKA,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1025
PRICE TEN CENTS
*
SEATTLE’S SUPER
RADIO STATION BE
IN AIR TONIGHT IN
2 HOUR CONCERT
SEWARD FANS REQUESTED TO
REPORT TO GATEWAY AS TO
SUCCESS IN HEARING—WAVE
LENGTH WILL BE 405 METERS
POST INTELLIGENCER. Seattlle, 1
Wash.. Jan. 21.—Seattle’s super-radic !
station will he formally dedicated by
a “Hello, Alaska,” program tonight
from S to 10 p. m. Seattle time. The
call letters of the new station are
K.TR; its wave length 405 meters, and |
its power 1000 watts, or twice as pow
erful as any other station on the Pa
cific Northwest coast.
The Post Intelligencer, chief client
of the Northwest Radio Service Com
pany, owners and operators, has
yielded this program to the Young
Men's Business Club of Seattle, which
last year led a special excursion of
Seattle business men to Alaskan cit
ies and which sponsored Alaska’s
Fair.
Lieutenant Governor William J.
Coyle, president of the club, will be
the chief speaker on the program,
which includes other address on Se
attle-Alaska cooperation and on Alas-;
ka problems, and will be interspersed
with music and readings specially de
signed to meet the approval of Alas
kans.
CANADA PLANS TO
IMPROVE ROADS IN
CASSIAR DISTRICT;
LOOK FOR BIG RUSH
NOW POSSIBLE TO DRIVE AUTOS
FROM TELEGRAPH CREEK TO
DEASE LAKE DISTRICT—NEW
STRIKE EASILY ACCESSIBLE
(By Associated Press)
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 21—William
Sloan, provincial minister of mines,
has received petitions for further gov
ernment expenditures on roads in the
upper Cassiar district where a big
gold rush is expected in the spring.
It is declared that it is already pos
sible to drive an automobile from
Telegraph Creek to the Dease Lake
section.
Mr. Sloan has expressed his expec
tations of a thousand prospectors to
enter the country as soon as the
weather permits, and some may mush
from the mouth of the Stikine as
early as February or March.
Mounted police have been turning
back all miners and propectors at
tempting to enter the country this
winter, stating that it would mean
famine for them to go where supplies
are already scarce.
U. S. LAW RIDDEN
SAYS BEVERIDGE
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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Americans
are more! law-ridden that the Russians
were under the czar, or the Turks un
der the sultan, former Senator Bev
eridge of Indiana said in an address
at a dinner commemorating the 124th
anniversary of John Marshall’s ap
pointment as chief justice of the su
preme court of the United States.
He said this country was overburden
ed with Federal, State and local laws,
and “the country would be much bet
ter off if for every new law made an
old law was repealed.”
MISSING SHIPS ARRIVE IN PORT
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—The
steamers Zampa aand Commodore, re
ported overdue yesterday from Hono
lulu are off the Golden Gate and ex
pect to dock today.
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY EX-PRESIDENT’S WIDOW AT
SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA, SCENE OF .FAMOUS CHARGE
Fhotograph shows Major General J. G. Harwood, U. S. A., retired (in front
of flag) speaking at the dedication of the Roosevelt Memorial on the battle
field at San Juan, Cuba, just after it had been unveiled by Mrs. Theodorq
Roosevelt, Sr., on December 14. General Harbord drew a graphic picture
of the stirring events which led up to the conflict which was to free Cuba,
and characterized Roosevelt’s men as “the incomparable flghtire unit, of its
class—the Rough Riders of glorious memory.” President Zayas of Cuba also
spoke.
ASKS COOUDGE TO
CALL CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Without
discussion and without a record vote,
the Senate adopted an amendment by
Senator King of Utah to the Naval
bill, requesting President Coolidge to
call another arms conference. Chair
man Hale of the Naval committee, in
charge of the bill, accepted the amend
ment.
The administration said that the
reason it failed to oppose the amend
ment to the naval bill was that the
time was unripe for another confer
ence.
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EVSTONE.VIEW CO- NEW YORK
NOMINATED FOR JUDGE
ADVOCATE GENERAL.
Col. John A. Hull, who has been
nominated by President Coolidge as
Judge Advocate General of the Army,
with rank of Major-General, for a pe
riod of four years dating from No
vember 16, last.
EXILED SENATORS
OF RHODE ISLAND
RETURN TO HOMES
AFTER LONG FIGHT
REPUBLICAN SOLONS ARE GOING
BACK WITH STAMP OF PUBLIC
APPROVAL ON THEIR SELF-EX
ILE—RUN OUT BY G'AS BOMBS
RUTLAND, Vt., Jan. 20.—Self-exiled
Rhode Island republican senators are
going home today, the exile which be
gan with the release of bromide gas
in the senate chamber on June 19th,
I having ended when the general assem
bly adjourned after a session which
began in January, 1924.
Worn out by the strain of the fili
buster conducted by the democraitc
minority in which protracted sittings
were common, the last of 52 hours,
and during which disorders occurred
with threats of physical violence, 21
of the 22 republican senators left the
State.
They established themselves here
in a hotel and many of their families
soon followed, and the hotel became
almost completely a sub-station of the
Rhode Island capital.
Meanw'hile in Rhode Island, the af
fair in which the senators had been
leaders, went on without them. Elec
tions were waged at long range.
Thirteen of the 22—several had not
run again—were returned to office in
the republican landslide which swept
the state. Now with the stamp of
approval placed on their course by
jthe voters, they enter Tuesday upon
ja new legislative year.
FLOWERS TO MEET
BERLENBACH
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Tiger Flow
ers, negro heavyweight, has been
matched to meet Berlenbach in a 12
round bout, February 12.
RUSSO-JAPANESE TREATY
SIGNED IN PEKING
MOSCOW, Jan. 21—The Russo
Japanese treaty, providing for a re
sumption of diplomatic relations be
tween the two nations, was signed in
Peking 'yesterday at midnight.
HUGHES BROADCASTS SPEECH
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The road
to all American unity is the support
of the principles of the Monroe doc
trine, pointed out Secretary Charles
Evans Hughes in an address last
night, broadcasted to the people of
North and South Americas.
INDICTED MEN FLEE
FROM SEATTLE TO
ESCAPE ARREST IN
OLMSTED EXPOSE
CHANCE FOR HOUSE CLEANING
NULLIFIED BY ACTION MAYOR
BROWN—GUILTY MEN LEAVING
CITY TO ESCAPE INDICTMENTS
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 21—Arrests in con
nection with the grand jury indict
ments following the Olmsted expose,
have already reached thirty out of
the ninety indictments returned, and
it is reported that many of the in
dicted have fled the city, several to
Canada, one to Mexico and one to
England. In the cases of the thirty
arrested, including Olmsted’s wife,
the bail has been fixed at $97,250. The
total bail in the ninety cases would
amount to $295,000.
Mayor Brown held up the suspen
sion of Policemen 'Baerman and Rey
nolds, who are indicted and arrested
after Severyns had announced his in
tention of suspending them. Brown
said: “It is a shame to permit men
of such character as these prohibition
I agents to drag prominent men before
grand juries and get innocent folks
of splendid character indicted.”
Tried to Beat Engine;
It Couldn’t Be Done
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 20.—Carroll
W. Morrissey, 70, was critically injur
ed when struck by a Michigan Cen
tral train at a crossing near here.
Morissey saw the train coming and
attempted to cross ahead of the en
gine. The old man was going nowhere
and had unlimited time on his hands,
but said he could not resist the temp
tation to try to cross the track.
ROYALTY PICKS STRANGE JOBS
The majority of royal refugees be
come curio dealers, tutors or instiuc
tors in all things Russian, bui Grand
Duke Dimitii has become a cham
pagne salesman. lie would map a
fortune if he could work in the Unit
ed States.
REFERENDUM MAY
BE TAKEN ON CHILD
LABOR BILL NEXT
GENERAL ELECTION
WASHINGTON STATE SOLONS
AMALGAMATE FORCES AND
BLOCK VOTE ON BILL—ACTION
BE DELAYED UNTIL ELECTION
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Wn., Jan. 21— Coalition
of the Carlyon-Conner factions pre
vented decisive action on the child
labor amendment, at a meeting of
the Senate committee of the whole
yesterday. So much confusion occur
red on a motion to refer the amend
ment to Senator Westfall’s bill to put
the measure before the people at a
general election next year, that Presi
dent Cleary admitted himself confus
ed after a viva voce vote had been
taken.
When another viva Voce vote was
taken, he declared the motion passed.
Proponents of the measure pre
sented a united front on the vote, but
were disorganized on the vote of the
Senate as to whether to enter a com
mittee of the whole, which was taken
previously. All advocates of the child
labor bill then sought to delay deci
sive action on ratification, but were
divided as to liow' this could best be
| done, by a committee of the whole,
or in regular session of the senate.
| The vote was carried by 21 to 20.
The committee of the whole then
referred the child labor amendment
to the committee on Federal rela
tions.
Gov. Hartley Reads Message
OLYMPIA, Wn., Jan. 21.—Governor
j Harley unexpectedly summoned both
houses to convene jointly at 11:30 a.
m. today. Both immediately voted
to acquiesce in the request.
Governor Hartley read his message
I to the joint assemblage, asking them
| to pass appropriations! to carry on the
I State’s work for the coming year, and
i to attend to other pressing matters,
including the child labor amendmend
ment, and adjourn in three weeeks.
He promised his hearers that if
i they would do this he would call a
special session in November. In the
meantime he would make a business
like survey of all activities of the
State, and present the results for
their consideration.
An ovation greeted him when ho
entered the House chamber, where the
joint meeting was held. Scattered
hand clapping followed the reading of
his message. Republican leaders in
cluding Mark Reed, Ed Sims, Lon
Johnson, Ralph Metcalf, W. W. Con
ner, Guy Groff, and Oliver Morris,
joined by Senator George Christen
son, democrat, hastened to approve
the idea of an early adjournment.
HUGHES ASKED FOR
INFORMATION
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—Without
discussion the Senate adopted a res
olution presented by Senator Johnson
of California, asking Secretary of
State Hughes for a copy of the Paris
reparations agreement, with such in
formation concerning such surround
ing circumstances as may be neces
sary for a full understanding of its
terms.
Heber V. Votaw Has
Tendered Resignation
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Heber V.
Votaw, superintendent of prisons and
a brother-in-law of the late President
Harding, tendered his resignation to
day.
With the indicated retirement of
Prohibition Officer Haynes, the circle
of intimate friends which Harding
brought along to Washington, at the
beginning of his administration, will
virtually have disappeared.