Hewnrd Daily Gemeinan
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
VOLUME XX. NUMBER 116.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1925. PRICE TEN CENTS.
KASSON SELLS BALTO
AND TEAM TO MOVIE
MAN; IS COMING HOME
WAS VICTORIOUS IN WAGE DIS
PUTE HE HAD WITH
HIS MANAGER.
LOS ANGELES, May 16.—(£>)—
Although Gunner Kasson won his
victory over a wage dispute, follow
ing his short stage career, and dis
consolate because Balto is not go
ing home with him, disclosed today
that his team of malamutes, includ
ing his famous leader, Balto, has
been sold and will remain in the
States. The team was bought by Sol
Lesser, who brought Kasson south
recently.
Kasson is taking the first boat for
Nome, his home.
United States Asks
Foreign Nations Pay
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16 ((£>))
The American government has advis
ed its European debtors that the time
lias come for a settlement pf their
debts to this country, and a commu
nication addressed to nine nations ex
pressed the earnest desire that they
would bring their war debt questions
to a solution without further delay.
Recipients of notes from the United
States were France, Italy, Belgium,
Rumania, Greece, Czechoslovakia,
Jugo-Slavia, Esthonia and Latvia.
Cutter Bear Sails
On Annual Cruise
SEATTLE, May 16 ((#*))—'The U. S.
Coast Guard cutter Bear sailed today
on her thirty-seventh annual cruise
to the Arctic carrying the Eskimos
brought from Wrangell Island, less
one who drowned here.
Steamhip Yukon Arrives
Seward This Morning
«r.
The steamship Yukon arrived in
port about ten o’clock this morning
from the south with a large list of
passengers and six hundred tons of
freight. She will sail for the south to
night, shortly after the arrival of the
train from the north.
Those listed for Seward were G. M.
Ashford, A. Bock. Mrs. A. Bock, Will
Clayson, Mrs. M. E. Coulter, Mrs. J
T. Cunningham, Dorothy Cunningham
J. T. Cunningham, Jr., J. B. Christie
P. J. Church. Mrs. M. C. Deyo, Miss
M. Downer, Roy H. Elliott, Walter S
Fisher, Mrs. J. H. Fliekinger, J. W
Gucker, J. W. Felder, Mrs. J. W. Fel
der, Thomas Hale, Alex Hasholm, L
Hile, Woodrow Hile, A. A. Humfrey
H. P. Karstens, W. H. Lovelett,A. Lan
dass, Harriett McBride, Dr. W. R. Me
Call, Mrs. Ray McDonald, T. F. Me
Atio, James McKenery, Margaret Me
Mahan, C. F. Miller, Mrs. Sigrid Mer
ritt, Miss Sigrid Merritt, John Mhal
cik, D. R. Muir, Miss B. Nyberg, Ivor
Olsen, J. S. Page, J. I. Peary, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Peyser, Edward Peyser, Miss
Adrian Pratt, C. Randoll, G. W. Rath
jens, Louis Rathjens, Maud Rathjens,
Joe Rady, N. D. Sheppard, Gilbert B.
Stevens, Norman C. Stines, George I,
Uitti, N. Clark Vestak, J. D. Whit
ney and wife, Ross Whited, six steer
age.
For Valdez—Mrs. John H. Baker, A,
C. Dowling, Virginia DeHart, W. W,
Greer, John W. Pratt.
For Sawmill Bay—W. H. Dorkin, J,
Franolich, H. Hammerose, C. Hansen,
"*■ J. Lundquist, H. Olson, J. Stoops.
For Latouche—J. Anderson, P. Aust
pas, O. Breimo, A. Dyo, C. Hudson, C
Johnson, Alex Johnson, Miss L. Me
Farland, N. Ruse, T. Thorsdale, P
Vog, Antone Zuanach.
The Yukon carried sixteen passen
gers for Thumb Bay, and sixteen foi
Drier Bay.
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CAILLAUX-BRI AND TO SOLVE
MUCH MOOTED CONTROVERSY
PARIS, May 16.—(/P)—'The cabi
net authorized Minister of Finance
Caillaux and Briand, foreign minis
ter to study the international debt
question and seek a solution of same.
Caillaux committed himself on the
stand that France must solve the
situation in order to reestablish her
credit.
FORD AFTER S. B. SHIPS
DETROIT, May 16.—(>P)—Henrfy
Ford was in conference with Chair
man O’Connor of the Shipping Board
yesterday, and it is reported that
negotiations are progressing for the
purchase of the 400 shipping board
vessels.
BOMBERS GET DEATH PENALTY
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 16.—(/P)— j
Court martial imposed the death sen- j
tence on eight men for the recent
cathedral bombing; two others were
given prison sentences.
Navy WiH Not Help
Fight Rum Runners
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16 ((/P))
President Coolidge thinks the Navy
will not be needed to take a hand in
the rum war, but that the coast
guard will be able to maintain the
blockade with the 11 million dollars
appropriated by congress for that
purpose. The president thinks that
a unit of the national defense should
not be required to police rum row.
Radical Pastor Called
To Wealthy Church
NEW YORK, May 16 ((£>))— Park
Avenue Baptist Church, long called
“the Rockefeller church,” announced
yesterday that Dr. Harry Emerson
Fosdick, whose liberalism caused his
expulsion by the Baptists, would be
pastor of the Park Avenue church.
John Roach Stratton, pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, said he had long
expected such action to result from
“the deterioting influences of great
wealth.” He said he expected other
Baptist churches in the city to make
an emphatic protest.
ENGLISH LEADER DIES
LONDON, May 16.—(£>)— Sir Al
fred Milner, secretary of war in
1918, died here yesterday.
REP. SALMON DIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—
(IP)—Representative W. C. Salmon,
republican, of Tennessee died here
last night.
SEATTLE TAKES
DOUBLEHEADER
LOS ANGELES, May 16.—(>p)—
The ability of Stryker and Hosty,
Seattle pitchers to keep the Tigers
from scoring in either game, resulted
in Seattle winning today’s game. Eigh
teen hits were scattered about by
Seattle, and supplemented by sharp
fielding. The Tigers appeared dead
and couldn’t get to first.
Batteries, fi^t game—'Stryker and
Baldwin, Barfoot and Hannah; sec
ond game, Hasty and Daly, Rudolph
and Whitney.
Pacific Coast League
Sacrameiabo 0, San Francisco 5.
Oakland 2, pwtland 1.
Salt Lake 3, Los Angeles 10.
Vernon 0, 0, Seattle 6, 4.
National League.
Phila. 8, Chicago 4.
New York 7< Cincinnati 2.
Boston-Pittsburgh, rain.
Brooklyn 8, St. Louis 7.
American League.
Cleveland 10, Boston 7.
St. Louis 7, Washington 12.
Detroit 7, Phila. 8.
Chicago 5, New York 6.
MOUNT LOGAN PARTY
ON WAY GLACIER BASE
MEMBER PRELIMINARY PARTY
DIES IN VANCOUVER AS
RESULT HARDSHIPS
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 16.—(Jp)
—Filled with optimism, the Mount
Logan expedition started its long
trek towards the glacie” base, ac
cording to a dispatch from McCar
thy. Austin E. Trim, former mem
ber of the Alaskan boundary sur
vey and noted guide and member of
the preliminary party, is dead here
as a result of terrific struggles his
party had against the cold, and in
breaking trail in the soft snow'.
CONFINED IN JAIL
WITHOUT DOCTOR
RESULTS IN DEATH
SEATTLE, Wn., May 16.—(^P)—
Inspector Joe Mason, .testifying at
the inquest of Samuel Hillegas, a
Tacoma automobile salesman, in jail
four days without a doctor, who died
May 4, a half hour after he was sent
to the hospital, said “it was most
unfortunate that the case proved fa
tal. It would have been better to
call a doctor.” He insisted that the
jailers had done their duty.
CROWN PRINCE MOVING
LISBON, May 16.—(Jp)—The for
mer Crown Princess Cecille of Ger
many, accompanied by her sons and
Admiral von Karpf landed at Lisbon
today en route to Hamburg. The
former Crown Prince Wilhelm is said
to be moving to Italy with his fam
ily.
BEATRICE IVALL RELEASED
ABERDEEN, Wn„ May 16.—(JP)—
The sheriff today released Beatrice
Ivall, but apnounced that she would
be under surveillance during further
! investigation.
CALL GAME BY MUTUAL
CONSENT; SCORE 65 TO 18
MARINE CITY, May 16.—(^P)—
With hands badly battered, shoes
sorely torn, and feet weak from run
ing, was the result of a game of
baseball betweeen local girls of this
city, when Yale and the Michigan
High School teams ended their game
by mutual ‘consent yesterday at the
end of the fifth inning with a score
of 65 to 18 in favor of Yale.
Convict Be Charged
First Degree Murder
SACRAMENTO, May 16 ((£>))—It is
stated here by local authorities that
Floyd Hall, the escaped convict, will
be charged with the murder of H.
Litzberg, a Sacramento merchant, and
assault on Policeman Clyde Munn,
either charge carrying the death pen
alty, because Hall was serving a life
term in the penitentiary at the time
he escaped and was recaptured.
Hall denied that either he or Tanko,
his accomplice, wras implicated in
either crime, saying, “Tanko is one
of the best friends I ever had.” Hall
w’ill be 21 years of age next October.
The search which has been center
ed here for the past month will be
continued for Tanko, who is still at
large.
The two men escaped from San
Quentin prison after a running fight
in which several guards were wound
ed seriously.
SACRAMENTO, May 16.—(£>)—A
squad of policemen found Hall in
a Japanese rooming house, hiding un
der a bed. Hall came out with his
hand up, when they flashed a light.
He had no weapon, save some 30-30
rifle cartridges. Tanko, his pal, is
being sought in Sacramento.
CHINESE SOLDIERS BREAK
UP LARGE BANDIT GANG
PEKING, China, May 16.—(/P)—The
Times correspondent at Kaifeng Ho
nan reported that thirty-five bandits
were killed and sixteen wounded as
a result of a ruse by the soldiers.
The bandits had receivd word that
some of their companions had incor
porated with the army and captured
Kaifeng. The bandits then attacked
a passenger train bound for Kaifeng
and rode into the city. When the
train arrived the bandit cars were
dropped at the east platform, where
soldiers surrounded them and riddled
them with bullets. Many soldiers
were wounded by random firing.
JAP STEAMER TURNS OVER
TOKIO, May 16.—(£>)— Eighteen
were drowned and seven are still
missing w'hen the fishing vessel “Fu
do Maru” overturned in a typhoon
off Oshima Island yesterday.
AMPHIBIAN PLANES
WILL BE USED IN
NORTH POLE FLIGHT
MI'£CHELL FIELD, New York,
Miay 16.—(fP)—The two Loening am
phibian planes for use in the navy
dash to the North Pole next month
were flown from the factory to the
testing grounds, and, if accepted by
the navy, will be flown to Phila
delphia, where they will be fitted
with special instruments used in the
Arctic. Then they will fly to Bos
ton and be put upon the Mothership
Peary, which will leave June 17.
OIL QUIZZERS ADJOURN
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.—
(/P)—The Federal Grand Jury in in
vestigation of the charge growing
out of the oil leases, adjourned un
til Miay 25 on the ground that they
failed to reach some witnesses with
subpoenas.
WOULD SETTLE DISPUTES
CHICAGO, May 16.—(£>)—'W. G
Lee, president of the Brotherhood o!
Railroad Trainmen is endeavoring
to assemble the union chiefs repre
senting over two million workers
in Cleveland, June 29, to discuss anc
attempt to settle major differences
Indians and Whites
Staking In Cassiar
VICTORIA, B. C., May 16.—(/P)—
In a letter from W. S. Simpson, In
dian agent at Telegraph Creek tc
W. E. Ditchburn, Indian commis
sioner here, said that the Indians
and whites are staking claims a
Dease lake. He said that naviga
tion on the Stikine might be slow
because the water is the lowest ir
a decade, and said steamers are hav
in gexceptional difficulty. He said ths
miners are working on the new Gold
pan Creek, but are laboring undei
a great disadvantage owing to snow
and difficulty in restraining the sur
face waters.
WOULD NOT EXTEND THE
COASTWISE LAW TO ISLANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 16.
(;p)—President Coolidge doubts th<
advisability of extending the coast
wise laws to the Philippines becaus<
of possible interference that migh
accrue to the conduct of business
in the Islands. Coolidge referred t(
the recommendation of Americai
ship owners and government depart
ments affected.
PLANE BADLY DAMAGED
TOKIO, May 16.—(JP)—Uriburu re
received a message from Zanni to
day saying that his plane was seri
0U3ly damaged and was not yet re
covered from the water. Zanni is
returning to Tokio bv train tomor
row.
YUKON RIVER RISES;
ISLANDERS FEARED
LOST; POLICE AIDING
MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
DAMAGE RESULTS FROM
RIVER OVERFLOW
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j DAWSON, Y. T., May 16.—Fears
are being entertained here for the
safety of several farmers, living on
islands three mils south of here
on the Yukon river, as a result of
the recent flood which has today
subsided to a certain extent.
Mounted police are leaving in a
launch in an endeavor to find the
missing. The river fell four feet on
Thursday night. Property damage
ran up to many thousands of dollars
and many are reported homeless.
Radio^ communication has been down
for the last twelve hours.
Vigilant Search On for
Slayer of Santa Ana
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—(£>)—
Police are hunting for the slayer of
A. C. Santa Ana, writer and leader
of the Filipino colony here, who died
last night in a hospital from guushol
wounds. A love affair and suspect
led jealousy is believed to be the
cause of the slaying.
Sai ta Ana wras a university of
California graduate and was the au
thor cf several Spnish- American
books. He also conducte l an eni
ployme.ii office.
Is Lost Soul.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—(/P)—
No relatives claimed the body of
Santa Ana. Burial services will be
conducted by the Filipino club. The
police have been unable to find any
clue to the murder as yet, but it
is claimed that Santa Ana had many
enemies.
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STRIKE LOOMS UP
IN MEX OIL LANDS
MEXICO CITY, May 16.—(JP)—A
general strike loomed up in the oil
regions during a struggle between
workers affiliated with the Mexican
Regional Confederation of Labor and
those adhering to the General Con
federation of Workers. One was re
ported killed and several wounded.
HINDENBURG SEEMS FAVORITE
BERLIN, May 16.—(^P)—Newspaper
. comments seem to indicate that von
i Hindenburg has become a universal
. favorite with the German people.
FRENCH TROOPS RELIEVE
BESEIGED BLOCKHOUSES
[ PARIS, May 18.—(/P)—The foreign
. office announced that the French
. troops have relieved all the beseig
. ed blockhouses excepting two^near Bi
. dane.
PEOPLE APPRECIATE
ADVANCED AVIATION;
GOVERNMENT IS LAX
HOUSTON, Tex., May 16.—(£>)—At
! a speech here, Senator Dingham of
■ Connecticut said the people of the
! United States appreciate the import
: ance of aviation, but the government
1 fails to provide definite support with
» the result that flying is virtually
1 stifled in this country. He commend*
■ ed the establishment of a bureau of
air navigation. Other speakers in*
eluded Mrs. Edith McClure Patter
son; budget specialist and general
- of the Women's club; and Martin
• Insull, president of thef^Liddle West
■ Utility Company of Chicago.
, ICE GOES OUT AT NOME
NOME, May 16 (jP)—The ice went
out at this port Tuesday.