Hm M stilg GUIEÆY
VOLUME XI\. NO. 11.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SECRETARY DENBY WILL RESIGN
BALLAINE CHARGE? TO BE INVESTIGATED
*
\ INTIMATED COOLIDGE MAY HAVE
TAKEN THIS STEP TO LET
HIM GET OUT EASY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-—The res
ignation of Secretary Denby as a re
sult of the abrupt halting by Presi
dent Coolidge of the North Pole trip
of the dirigible Shenandoah, is ru
0 mored today in naval circles, to take
effect immediately. In other quarters
it is intimated that President Coolidge
has taken this step to give Denby an
opportunity to quit the cabinet vol
untarily.
It is known that the refusal of the
president to allow the Shenandoah to
make this flight was a bitter disap
pointment to Denby, who believed
that much new territory would be add
ed to the United States in the vicin
ity of the Pole.
burglars show poor
JUDGMENT IN ROBBING
HOMES OF PROFESSORS
SEATTLE. Feb. 15—Burglars oper
ating in the University district of Se
attle, have been showing very poor
judgment in lining up prospects, ac
cording to general opinion here. One
night last week they robbed houses of
professors of the faculty of the U. of
W. Their labors netted them a total
of 35 cents in cash, a worthless watch
and a baby’s penny bank.
SEATTLE, Wn„ Feb. 16.—The Dem
ocratic State convention will be held
here on Monday, May 2nd. Elaborate
plans*are being made lor their entei
tainment.
% investigating committee
recesses for ten days
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Sen
ate Oil Investigation committee re
cessed this morning for ten days.
VICTORIA ARRIVES NOON
The steamer Victoria of the Alaska
Steamship company arrived in port
about 1:30, with passengers and mail
t from the south.
mmm
LOAD OF ISM SEASON
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—The steam
ship Alaska sailed this morning with
1S4, the largest trip of the present
season. The following are for Sew
♦ ard : J. W. Wither, N. Butler, Mrs.
B. Prest, Ray Larson and wife, Hel
en Parson, Anna Franklin, T. P.
Wetherell, Harry Gond, J. S. Gerow,
j A. Stewart, D. W| Sohlenan, C. F.
Anderson, J. R- Lee, Jos. Loughary,
Virginia Harper, James Harper, Mrs.
L F. Harper, John Runkel, John M.
Larson, H. S. Balderston, Mrs. C. H.
Conklin, Gust Vidin, A. T. Brooke,
M. E. Holben and wife, J. J. Chis
^holm, L. Thurgerson, Peter Mires,
Bert Thorsen, P. Byrne, C. Stern,
J. Dolan, H. M. Abram, C. W. Spear,
J. T. Kelly and wife, Madeline and
Jay Kelly, P. C. Gallagher, Mrs. M. A.
Wylie, L. C. Bates, George Hansen,
* N. Madevitt, W. M.. McGettigan,
Alex Llsca^ Harold Day, Chas.
’ Rogas. i
W
! fifth matrimonial try
OF DE WOLF HOPPER IS
ENDED BY SEPARATION
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The fifth
matrimonial venture of De Wolfe Hop
per, musical comedy star, ended in
failure yesterday wliet, Mrs. Elda F.
Hopper, known c.> the stage and
t-rreen as Hedda Hopper., was granted
an interlocutorv decree of div< ree and
<; stody of her 7-yeai-old sou. William,
:.y Supreme Courc Justice Vs n Sick
1 i in Quen-’ county.
PACIFIC FLEET WILL
VISIT PUGET SOUND
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Pac
ific fleet will be ordered to Puget
Sound for July and August maneu
vers.
SHElld WILL
CONGRESS MAY TAKE HAND IN
KEEPING GIANT DIRIGIBLE
FROM EXPLORING ARCTIC
SEATTLE, Feb. 16— Repairs to the
dirigible Shenandoah will be complet
i ed within thirty days,, and nothing
| but an act of Congress will prevent
j the dirigible from making the Arctic
j flight this summer, Lieut. Wyatt, com
manding the Navy’s advanced Arctic
expedition, announced today. The
craft is scheduled to arrive at Camp
Lewis, June 12.
SENATOR FROM VERMONT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Frank
Greene, senior senator from Vermont,
was shot and seriously wounded last
night during a pistol duel between
| prohibition agents and bootleggers. He
j and Mrs. Greene were out walking
when the shooting took place.
LEADER OF GOLD QUEST IS
FINED IN POLICE COURT
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.—A. H.
■ Moore, secretary of the Eldorado De
| velopment company, who headed an
• unsuccessful expedition searching for
i gold in the Arctic last summer was
■ fined $500 n police court here to
day for violating the California wage
and labor laws.
Moore’s party to Nome set out from
San Francisco early last summer on
the schooner Fred B. Wood. There
were 105 men, women and children
in the party. The schooner had an
airplane, an automobile, livestock and
was equipped with a late type radio
set. Moore told his followers they
could clean up $40,000 daily working
the Eldorado company’s mining prop
erty near Nome. The schooner was
wrecked September 29 at Port Clar
ence and the voyagers had a taste of
real hardship before they were res
cued.
Moore was accused in police court
of holding out a five dollar pay day
wage promised to his expedition.
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 16— Leading
Georgia Democrats will meet here on
Monday to launch a boom for Sena
tor Walsh of Montana for the presi
dential nomination.
EGYPT! GOV'T
WRITTEN ORDER GIVEN TO CAR
TER BY CHIEF OF POLICE
WILL KEEP KEYS
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 16—The dis
pute between the Egyptian govern
ment and Howard Carter, noted ex
plorer and discoverer of the tomb of
King Tut-Ankh-Amen, came to a head
today. When Carter presented him
self at the gates of the tomb he was
refused admission by the chief of po
lice, who presented a written order
from the Egyptian government order
ing .he explorer to c<ase excavating
and to turn all property taken from
from the tomb to government offi
cials.
Carter retired from the scene, but re
fused to give up the keys to the tomb
to the government representative. The
action of the Egyptian government
will create an extraordinary situation
as Lord Illenby, high commissioner,
will arrive February 20, and desires to
visit the tomb.
Following the discovery of King
Tuts tomb the government passed a
law' forbidding archeologists to re-!
move their finds from the country,
claiming all treasures for the nation.
This law has practically put a stop to
excavating by scientists who see no
use in pursuing their discoveries with
out hope of reward.
MILL BE PLACED ON
BREWER-HAYDEN MINE
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Word w'as received in Seward yes
terday that Messrs. Tom Hambright,
Henry Larson and Nels Hagen will
place a mill on the Brewer-Hayden
property in the near future. The pro
perty lays about four miles from the
main road, and is easy of access. The
property is rich in gold, and has long
been a paying proposition.
PREPARATION TB
CEASE AT OSCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Secretai’y
Denby on orders from President Cool
idge last night directed that prepara
tions for the Shenandoah North Pole
flight cease; at least until Congress
is given the opportunity to express
its views as to the Polar expedition.
Six men were removed from the lin
er Alaska tonight who were to have
sailed for Seward on their way to
Nome on the vessel today, and have
been sent to Bremerton to await fur
ther orders.
Many congressmen are opposed to
the Arctic flight on account of the dan
ger to the dirigible and "her crew.
LETTER FROM GERMANY
COVERED WITH STAMPS
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 15.—it
quired stamps to the amount of 6,925,
500,000 marks for the postage on a
registered letter that was sent from
Volkach, Germany, to a manufacturing
company here.
The letter is covered on both sides
with stamps, leaving hardly enough
room for the address. The stamps
range in value from 1,000,000 to 500 -
000,000 marks each and before the
war the value piesented by the post
age was $1,731,375,000, acocrding to
figures by officials of a bank where
the letter is being displayed.
VANDERLIP TELLS COMMITTEE
THAT HE HAD NO AUTHORITY
MISLEADING STATEMENTS
010 NfiT KNOW PRICE STAR
HAD NO FACTS WHATEVER TO GO
ON WHEN HE MADE THE
OSSINING SPEECH
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Pres
ident Coolidge today appointed
Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia
special ^counsel in the oil lease
prosecutions in place of Strawn.
Had No Facts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —Frank A.
Vanderlip told the Senate Committee
today that he had no facts whatever
to go on when he made his Ossining
speech, bringing the name of former
President Harding into prominence
Tuesday night. He said his speech
asking for an inquiry into the circum
stanc.es surrounding the sale of Hard
ing’s Marion Star was made because
he thought it a pubhc duty fc cail at
tention to current rumots. co as to
stop them.
“I do not even know the price the
paper sold for. but heard it was some
where around $550,OoO, which I be
lieved an excessive figure,” he said,
Ohio Banks Supplied Money.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16-—Louis
H. Brush, one of the owners of the
Marion Star, told the Senate investi
gating committee, that the Ohio banks
supplied Ihe only outside money used
in the purchase of the paper.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 16.—No fresh
fish offered.
PROCEEDINGS BEGIN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—'The House
today adopted the resolution offered
by Senator Walsh of Montana to start
proceedings to annul the naval oil
leases, and recover sections 16 and 66
within the naval oil reserve in Calif
ornia, now operated by the Standard
Oil Company.
FINEST BOUND BOOK IN
WORLD MADE FOR MIR2A,
SON OF TARTAR WARRIOR
LONDON, Feb. 15.—A book claim
ed to have the finest‘binding in the
world, is now on view at the Albert
and Victoria Museum. It is a Per
sion work and dates from about 1430
1470, believed to have been executed
for Mirza Shahruk, son of Timur, the
Tartar conqueror.
While of unassuming appearance its
beauty is in the perfection of its in
tricate tooling, much of it “blind,"
on the mellow brown leather. With
in the covers are original medallions
of pierced arabesque ornament, tool
ed and enriched by a backing of
bright blue and gold.
It is estimated that it took three
years to finish and that in its dec
oration from one-half to one mil
lion separate tool impressions were
required to form the design.
REWARD OFFERED FOR
MISSING STANWOOD BOY
STANWOOD, Feb. 16.—A reward of
3100 to the person finding Floyd Puf
fer, dead or alive, has been offered by
Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, sister of the
16-year-old Stamvood boy who rowed
away in a duck boat one morning
nearly three weeks ago on a hunting
trip, and who never returned.
His fate is a mystery yet to be solv
ed.
DOCTORS CLAIM LETHHAL
IS HUMANE EXECUTION
CARSON CITY, Nev., Feb. 16.—Sci
entists and doctors who witnessed the
execution of Gee John here last week
in the states lethal gas chamber,
claim that this method of execution is
more humane than either hanging or
si voting. The victim is said to have
lost consciousness in five seconds.
NO ONE ELIGIBLE WHO HAS NOT
LIVED ALASKA THREE YEARS
PRIOR ELECTION
\\ ASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Delegate
Dan Sutherland, of Alaska, introduced
a bill today which was referred to the
Committee on Territories .proposing
that the Governor andv Secretary of
Alaska be elected by the people of Al
aska, instead of being appointed as at
the present time.
The bill provides tor a four-year
term, with salaries of $7.0oO and $5,
000 respectively .which salaries shall
be paid by the Territory. Their du
ties are to be the same as now.
The bill provides that no pers ms
except bona fide citizens of the Unit
ed States, more than thirty years of
age, and who have been residents of
the Territory for three years immedi
ately preceding their election be eli
gible to serve in either office.
ONE MILLION RED CEDAR
POLES MARKETED IN 1923
SPOKANE, Feb. 15.—Shipment of
nearly 1,000,000 red cedar poles dur
ing the last year by members of the
Western Red Cedar association, was
reported by the president, George F.
Merrill, at the seventeenth annual con
vention here today. This volume of
business, he said, was the largest in
the history of the industry.
Due to the condition of agricul
ture and the lack of railroad construc
tion, the demand for piles and posts
has not been so great as in the past.
Mr. Merrill reported.
He endorsed the Mellon tax reduc
tion proposal and urged members to
wiite to their congressmen and ask
their support for the plan.
E. A. Lindsey, reporting as chair
man of the export committee, said
standardization of poles had enabled
the association to compete in foreign
markets with steel poles and those of
other material and predicted opening
new markets in South America and
elsewhere for the red sedar product.
Ray Larson and wife of Anchorage
are returning from a trip to the Out
side.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—President
Coolidge definitely decided upon Chas.
B. Warren for ambassador to Mexi
co, and his nomination has been sent
to the senate.
DECLARES THAT COAL FIELDS
TRANSFERRED FROM NAVY
TO INTERIOR DEP’T.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—John E.
Ballaide of Seattle laid charges before
the Senate investigating committee
j early this afternoon to the effect that
Secretary Denby and Albert B. Fall,
in June, 1921, began negotiations for
a transfer of the Matanuska coal
fields from the Navy to the interior
department and for the leasing of that
reserve for fifty years, with the re
sult that the Matanuska mines were
eventually closed after several hund
red thousand dollars had been spent
in their development.
President Coolidge referred the
charges to the Department of the In
terior.
Will Investigate Agreement
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A resolu
tion was introduced in the Senate to
day by Senator LaFollette, directing
the Secretary of the Interior to send
to the Senate a copy of the agreement
between Former Secretary Fall and
Secretary Denby regarding the trans
fer of the naval coal lands in Alaska
i from the Navy to the Interior depart
ment. The resolution also calls for
even* scrap of correspondence of ex -
ecutive orders on file in the Navy and
Interior departments relating to the
Alaska coal leases and applications
j for leases,
PARIS, Peb. 16.—Premier Poincare
announced tonight that Fiance must
borrow thirty billion francs. Applica
tion will be made to American bank
ers.
KIEL MOVES TO ANCHORAGE
Fred Kiel, old timer of the Inte
rior, whose home on the Tanana riv
ei near Nenana was recently destroy
ed by fire, is a recent arrival in An
chorage and may remain here perma
nently. He says conditions are such
in the Interior he does not feel war
ranted in rebuilding on his home
stead where he has resided during the
last ten years or more.
SHAFFER FRIED ID
TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEE
SHOWS PUBLISHER WANTED
FINGER IN THE PIE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—At a
hearing this evening before the com
mittee investigating the Teopot
Dome oil leases, George K. Thomas,
treasurer of the Pioneer Oil Com
pany, as a Standard Oil subsidiary,
testified that John C. Shaffer, new3- /
paper publisher, came again and
again to the Pioneer Company for
a share in the one million dollars
paid by Sinclair for the Teapot
Dome leases.