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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 38.
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
RAILROAD LABOR
ACTION OF SECRETARY FALL IN
TRANSFERRING MATANUSKA
COAL FIELDS LOOKED INTO
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LEADERS CHARGE CONSPIRACY
BaHiine's. Charges that Road Is Being
Throttled Taken Up By
Unions
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Represen
tatives or the Big Four railway unions
today announced they are preparing
to press President Coolidge for action
or. . heir ’. quest for a cle in up in \i
aska railroad matters, charging in ef
fect a cousphacy to throttle govern
ment owneiship of the Alaska rail
way.
The investigation demanded of the
President by ?ue leaders of the rail
way labor unions, would also include
Investigating rates of the Alaska
steamship lines, and also the action
of Secretary Fall in causing the trans
fer of the Matanuska coal fields, which
was a naval reserve, from the navy to
the department of the interior, by the
signing of the order by Secretary
Denby. Immediately after the trans
fer it is charged that Secretary Fall
ordered work at the mine stopped de
spite the fact that money had been
appropriated for its development.
The action of the union heads is in
line with the policy of John E. Bal
laine, who charged practically the
same thing in a pamphlet several
months ago in Washington.
SHAW WILL ADDRESS
SEATTLE CLUB MEN
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Former Secre
tary of the Treasury Show will ad
dress the Lincoln club at a banquet
here tonight. He is touring the west
in behalf of the Mellon tax plan.
COMMANDER OF DIRIGIBLE
SHENANDOAH APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Lieut.
Commander Searchery Lonsdowne has
been designated as conmauder of the
dirigible Shenandoah, in its proposed
flight to the pole.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
ISSUES NEW LIST OF SAIL
INGS TO NORTHERN CITY
The Alaska Steamship Company
this week gave out the scheduling of
the steamer Victoria, operating on the
Bering Sea route. The Victoria will
sail from Pier 2, Seattle, at ten o’clock
a. m., as follows:
June 1, July 2, August 2, September j
4, October 4, for Nome Bonanza, Golo- j
via and St. Michael.
The company will also schedule a
freight steamer to sail about June 1,
for Nome, Bonanza, Golovin, and St.
Michael, and another freight steamer
to sail about June 20, for Nome, Teller
Peering, Keewalik and Kotzebue.
CANADIAN GIRL WEDS
PRINCE OF DENMARK
OTTAWA. Can., Feb. 12.—Lois,
F^oth. a Canadian girl, and Prince j
Erik of Denmark, were married here
this afternoon.
WARNS AGAINST BUYING
CANDY THAT’S TOO OLD
ANNISTON, Ala., Feb. 12.—In buy
lng candy for your best girl, or girls,
demand to know the age of it.
Thus warned chemistry officials of
the state department of agriculture
here recently following a "candy
haul” in which they confiscated and
destroyed 200 boxes of chocolates,
which they declared to be more than
two years old.
KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
TO HEAD NORTH POLE FLIGHT
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics
who according to a formal announce
ment, has been appointed Commander
in Chief of the naval expedition to the
j North Pole regions scheduled for
spring and summer. As Commander
in chief Admiral Moffett will be in
command of the airship Shenandoah
the six planes that will supplement
the work of the rigid, the two floating
bases, one at Nome, Alaska and the
other at Spitzbergen, Norway, as well
as other activities.
GOLD COMPANY FREE-MILLING
PROPERTIES CONTEMPLATE
EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT
“The quartz outlook for the Chan
dalar district is really promising,” de
clares E. M. Ashelby, who with his
lather Maj. H. E. Ashelby of Chicago,
a pioneer business man of Dawson, is
interested in extensive hard rock hol
dings in that district. Mr. Ashlelby
who has spent several months in the
Chandalar in the interests of his or
ganization, the Chandalar Gold com
pany, arrived in Fairbanks a few days
ago and will leave that place for the
south en route to New York. He will
return to Fairbanks before the break
up with machinery and supplies for
summer activities.
The Chandalar Gold Company has 1
extensive holdings on Little Squaw
and Tobin creeks. They are of a
free-milling nature, and, according
to Mr. Ashelby, will with the begin
ning of milling undoubtedly bring the
camp into new life. The rock is said
to average $160 to the ton, which is
considered safe values in view of the
high cost of operation there.
The company now has a three-stamp
mill on the holdings. This battery will
be increased by the addition of four
more stamps next summer. A crew of
twelve or fifteen men will be employ
ed. Prospecting under the direction
of Harry Patterson, is now being done
in preparation for opening up the ore
bodies, thus assuring a sufficient
quantity of ore when milling begins.
Transportation is one of the great
est difficulties to be overcome, and |
in order to move supplies with the
greatest possible rapidity a Holt trac-1
tor will be brought in with the open
ing machinery and supplies will be
hauled over the distance of one hun
dred and twenty miles.
An innovation in fuel is contemplat
ed by Mr. Ashelby in the form of hy
dro-carbon gas, whic h would replace
the more expensive gasoline. While
Outside he will personally direct the
fuel equipment of the tractor. The
“gas” will be generated from char
coal carried on the machine.
Mr. Ashelby repoi'ts that a strike of
good pay by Fred Smith on Little
Squaw was the cause of excitement at
Beaver at the time he left for Fair
banks. The ground was reported to
go $11 to the foot, but the extent of it
had not as yet been learned.
The trip from Beaver to Olness was
made in seven days. Owing to lack
of trails and recent snows the time
required was greater than had been
anticipated. Mr. Ashelby accompan
ied Frank Yasuda, Beaver trader who
was called to Fairbanks on business.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—The rev
enue bill reported to the House today
by the Ways and Means committee,
which has been under consideration
since the opening of Congress may be
taken up for consideration Thursday
with the prospects that the debate
over the measure will last a month or
more, before its passage.
PASSENGERS ON ALAMEDA
i Additional passengers on the S. S.
Alameda, besides the list printed in
| yesterday’s paper were:
j For Seattle—P. S. Peterson, Mrs. P.
! S. Peterson, Katherine Peterson, Lar
ry Tozier, E. M. Wheeler, Ed. Crider,
Julia Rahmstorf, H. H. Hall^ E. R.
Jesson, Mrs. J. L. Lewis, J. L. Lewis,
C. V. Gav, J. L. McAllen, Iver Johu
son.
For Juneau—R. A. Maurer, G. W.
Lauger and Vic Imran J.
For Cordova—A. J. Dimonl and E.
Tillman.
EAST
ALASKA TAGGED FISH
The Bureau of Fisheries recently
received a letter from Vladivostock,
dated, October 28, stating that on
August 18 in the river Pankara, in
the district of Karagin, Kamchatka, a
fish with the U. S. Bureau of Fisher
ies mark, No. 10,385 was caught. The
local residents did not pay any atten
tion to the mark and the fish was
cleaned and salted, and in this form
was discovered by the Bureau agents,
at Vladivostock. The length of the
fish was 59 centimeters. It was tag
ged July 4, 1923 on the north shore of
Unga island.
FORMER VALDEZ COUPLE
ARRESTED FOR SWINDLE
With their preliminary hearing
scheduled for January 23 in Justice
Hanby’s court, Los Angeles, R. H. L.
Noaks, accused of an oil swindling
scheme growing out of “occult oil
finds” on the J. J. Mueller orange
grove near this city, w^ere today plac
ed under $2,500 bail each.. Both were
being held in jail in Los Angeles. No
aks was the leading figure and his
wife an alleged accomplice in oil pro
motion activities, which formed the
basis of a grand larceny complaint by
Hilla Vachs, Hindo woman, who com
plained that Noaks had swindled her
out of $4,000, says the Santa Ana
Daily Register.
“Dick” Noaks was a former serg
eant in the Signal Corps at Valdez,
and later at Cordova. He and his
wife left tor the states about four
years ago.
According to reports received in Se
ward, Charles E. Herron is planning
to open real estate offices in Los An
geles, to deal in city and suburban
property.
Mr. Herron recently sold his inter
est in the Alaska Weekly to Frank
Cotter and Earle W. Knight. Cotter,
who writes under the name of Pat
OCotter ,is a well known Alaskan and
Is a former bicycle racer of note. He
Is a brother of George Cotter, game
warden here. Mr. Knight has been ad
vertising manager of the Weekly. He
was formerly associated with Edward
C. Russel, Juneau and Seattle publish
er, and successfully promoted the
Golden Spike edition of the Alaska
Dispatch before Mr. Russell sold the
Dispatch to the Alaska Weekly com
pany.
ENDORSERS OF KENAI
CANNERY NOTES LEFT
HOLDING THE SACK
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—The Federal
Court of Appeals has given judgment
against five Alabamans who endorsed
a note for $60,000, executed by the
Kenai Packing company in favor of
the National Bank of Commerce of Se
attle.
HERRIN, 111., Feb. 12.—Former Ma
; yor Pace was arrested today on the
; charge of murder in connection with
the killing of Constable Caesar Ca
gle, a prohibition officer in a dry raid.
Pace was arrested at the coroner’s in
quest over the death of Cagle the tes
timony showing that Pace was instru
mental in the death of the officer.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HAVE WHISKEY CACHES
SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—Prohibition of
ficers today seized several bottles of
whiskey in the lockers of Queen Anne
high school students.
AMENDMENT ON TAXATION
DEFEATED ill SEVEN VOTES
—
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment to stop the issuance of
tax exempt securities was defeated in
the House last night by seven votes
800! OF KING TOT
FOUND III IIS TOMB
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 12..—The lid
of King Tutenkhamen’s sarcophagus
was raised far enough today to prove
that the body of the ancient monarch
was resting within. The lid was then
lowered. The remains of the King
were said to be in perfect condition.
RAILROAD TIE-UP CAUSES
SHORTAGE OF PROVISIONS
—
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 11.—Residents
of Reedille, Wis. were eaten out of
house and home during the recent tie
up of all traffic on theChicago and
Northwestern railway by heavy snow
storms. A serious food shortage is on
in the village, and supplies are being
rushed by sleds to the famished pas
sengers. The snowstorm was one ot
the worst in years, blocking the rail
ways so dozens of trains were stall
ed.
$82,000 SAVED ON
PAYROLL IN DECEMBER
General Manager Lee H. Landis
states that he saved $82,000 on the
railway payroll during the month ol
December, by the recent dischaige of
surplus labor. This saving was made |
by virtually abolishing the engineer
ing department, superintendent of j
maintenance, bridge engineer, super-,
intendent of bridges, one resident en
gineer and three assistants assistant
superintendent of transportation, wa
ter division, the same position on the
railway, and chief filing clerk and two
draftsmen. A further reduction in!
the force is planned until the road ;
meets the annual deficit.
TRAFFIC MANAGER OF
C. M. & ST. P. IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—James R.
Veitch traffic manager of the Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul railway died
here this rnoning from heart disease.
CHILKOOT BARRACKS HAS
EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
An epidemic of influenza in a mild
form has been prevalent at Chilkoot
Barracks, spreading to Haines, the
past week or so. Many cases are re
ported.
CAPT. COURAGE UNDER
ARREST FOR POACHING
SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—Captain John
Courage, of Seattle, whose schooner
the Siloan, was sunk by Canadian
fisheries patrol near Vancouver Isl
and last April when Jacob York, Se
attle fisherman was killed by gun fire
was an ested yesterday when he went
to Port Kildonen, British Columbia,
wtih his new fishing boat Carona.
Captain Courage was lodged in jail
at Nanaimo, on a charge of poach
ing. He denied the poaching charge
but admitted that he failed to stop
when the Malaspina hailed him last
April at the time his boat was sunk.
tl is understood that the American
state department has accepted the
Canadian version uf the affair.
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COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
IN COMMAND OF FLIGHT
AROUND WORLD
Major Frederick L. Martin, an offi
cer with an outstanding record in ar
my aviation, is one of the four men
named to participate in the flight a
round the world which starts next
spring. Major Martin will be in com
mand and already he and his fellow
fliers are receiving a thorough course
of training for the event at Langley
Field, Va. Major Martin was de
tailed to the Aviation service during
the war and served in Washington^
D. C., and overseas in connection with
supply matters.
(From Juneau Empire).
Good progress is being made toward
placing deer on islands in Prince Wil
liam Sound, according to Game War
den E M. Goddard, who arrived here
yesterday on the Northwestern from
Cordova. He has just placed ten deer
on Montague Island where they will
be protected for a number of years in
order to insure unhampered propaga
tion.
The deer were taken on Baranof
Island and shipped from Sitka re
cently on the freighter Cordova. El
even animals were shipped. Owing to
extremely rough weather in crossing
the Gulf of Alaska, said Mr. Goddard,
all of the animals were extremely sea
sick and one of them died. The oth
ers recovered and were landed safely.
Before spring it is expected to land
four deer on Hinchinbrook island to
give new stock to the herd that has
been built up from the animals plac
ed there a number of years ago. Ten
others will be shipped to Katchemak
Bay and released on Kenai Peninsula
where weather conditions are said to
be favorable for their propagation.
The Hinchinbrook island herd, he said
has done well. Recently deer, which
had escaped to the mainland from the
island have been seen as far as 20
miles out along the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad.
On his arrival here, Mr. Goddard
received cablegrams from Sitka tell- j
ing of the arrival there of five moun
tain goat from Sum Dum Bay. They
were captured by Tom Mitanain. Four
more of these animals will be placed
on Baranof island and nine on Chi
chagof island. Funds for stocking both
islands with mountain goats were ap
propriated by the 1923 legislature,
which also provided for stocking isl- j
ands adjoining Prince William Sound
with deer.
CONFERENCE TO PROMOTE
AMITY BETWEEN NATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Senator ;
King of Utah, offered a resolution in;
the Senate directing that President
Coolidge invite the nations of the
world to convene in a conference for
the purpose of formulating a conven
tion promoting international amity, to
reduce armaments on land and sea,
and arrange for payment of interna
tional debts.
ELEVEN POISON VICTIMS
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 12.—The funer
al of the eleven victims of botuline
poisoning was held yesterday. Ten
caskets bearing the dead members of
the Gerber and Ruehling families
were covered with floral offerings and
hundreds of friends attended the ser
vices.
BY VOTE OF 47 TO 34 SENATE DE
MANDS RESIGNATION OF
SECRETARY DENBY
RIGHT IS NOT RECOGNIZED
President Declares That Act Is Not
Official and That Denby Will
Remain
I
—
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The Sen
ate at 6 o’clock yesterday b\ a vote
ot 47 to 34, passed the resolution of
! fered by Senator Joseph T. Robin
j son, democrat, ot Arkansas, calling
upon President Coolidge to demand
the resignation of Secretary of the
Navy^ Edwin Denby. Ten republicans
including Hiram Johnson, and the
two Farmer-Laborites, Sheepstead
and Magnus Johnson, voted with the
Democrats for ousting Secretary Den
by.
Secretary Weeks, following a three
hour conference with the President,
stated that the President intended to
retain Secretary Denby, and later the
White House issued a statement re
fusing o recognize the Senate resol
ution as official, and, stating that Sec
retary Denby would be retained.
“I do not propose to sacrifice any
Innocent man for my welfare, nor do
I propose to retain in office an unfit
man for my welfare ” Coolidge said
in the statement dealing with his re
fusal to oust Denby at this time.
Senator LaFollette, in a speech said
that President Coolidge must bear a
full measure of the responsibility for
the oil leases, as he was aware of the
policies of both Secretary Denby and
Fall, in the Teapot Dome and other
leases long before the Senate investi
gation called attention to them, add
ing that Coolidge was in the Senate
as vice-president, when the Teapot
Dome lease was denounced as a piece
of political corruption.
Party leaders stated that the resol
ution was a Democratic measure de
signed to embarrass the administra
tion, and to influence voters at the
November elections.
HOISTOBS IE
RELIEVED liOfflCE
Under recent instructions received
at the Anchorage Land office, the
system of submitting proof on a
homestead in the Territory has been
changed. In the future when a home
steader has complied with the law in
regards to residence, cultivation and
improvements, he may submit his
proof by going before any notary pub
lic, a U. S. Commissioner or any of
ficers having seal and submit his own
proof as well as that of two witnesses.
The proof he submits to the land
office, if found satisfactory, the re
gistrar will then issue notice that
proof has-been submitted five weeks
of the time notice first appeared. If
no protest is filed, final action will
then be taken.
The difference fW ween the new
system and the former that under the
former practice followed the regis
trar asked the homesteader to sub
mit proof and the land office would
then issue notice stating on such a
day, two months later, he would be
requested to appear with two wit
nesses and submit proof. In several
cases the homesteader was unable to
have witnesses at the land office on
the day mentioned. It was then ne
cessary to republish the notice which
resulted in a further delay and add
ed expense.
This change of system now in ef
fect was made at the request of
the local land office.
FRANCE WILL TRY TO BEAT
AMERICA TO NORTH POLE
PARIS, Feb. 9.—An international
air race between the United States
and France to claim uncharted terri
tory at the North Pole is assured by
the announcement that a French Arc
tic expedition will get under way in
May.