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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 251.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1924.
PRICE TEX CENTS
INTERNAL REVENUE
OFFICE AT CAPITAL
DISCLOSES INCOMES
NEW YORK, Oct. 25—The Intern
al Revenue office disclosed today the
income tax payments as follows:
John W. Davis, $$4,425; Calvin,
Coolidge, $6,643; Andrew W. Mellon,
$1,173, 967; Robert M. LaFollette,
$641; Harry M. Daugherty, $101; Mur
ray Guggenheim, $346,949; S. E. Gug
genheim, $300,000; E. B. McLean,
$422,849; E. L. Doheny, $225,869.
v audience cheers german
WAR SONG AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—An audience
of six thousand persons cheered the
playing of “Deutschland Uber Alles,”
in a local theatre last night at a din
ner given to the officers and crew of
the ZR-3. No manifestations of un
friendliness were shown when Hugo
Eckener, commander of the flight,
made an address in German.
THREE REBEL LEADERS
EXECUTED FOR ATTACK
ON PASSENGER TRAIN
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25.—A court
martial executed three rebel leaders
at Piedras Megros yesterday, under
the command of General Almazen,
chief of military operations in the
state of Vera Cruz. Reports say
they were arrested Sunday and charg
ed with participation in an attack on
a train where several military guards
and passengers were killed, and sev
eral young women carried off.
RUSSIA WILL BE ADVANCED
TWO BILLION RUBLES CREDIT
MOSCOW, Oct. 25.—Finance Com
missioner Sokolnikov announced to
day that the Russian parliament will
be advanced extensive commercial
credits regardless of the position of
the labor government of Britain. It
was declared at the same time that
Russia had balanced her budget for
the first time since the revolution.
The budget totaled two billion and
ninety-one million six hundred thou
sand rubles of which 18 million will
be used for famine relief and 378 mil
lions for defense. Revenue from the
stale properties are expected to ex
ceed one billion rubles. A two hun
dred million yield is expected from
credit operations including the issu
ance of copper and silver currency.
SHORTAGE OF HALIBUT
BAIT BOOSTS PRICES
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—A shortage of
halibut bait in Alaska at the approach
of the closed season, boosted halibut
prices. Two thousand pounds of No.
1 Halibut, arrived yesterday on the
schooner Discovery and brought thir
ty-four cents a pound.
POLICE ARE SEARCHING
FOR MISSING CHILD
MONTREAL, Oct. 25.—Police on
both sides of the Atlantic today be
gan a search for thirteen year old
Jeanne Vivant whose inexplanable dis
appearance either in Cherbourg where
she is said to have boarded the liner
Empress of Scotland, o?“from the lin
er itself, caused her distracted fath
er, who was at the dock at Quebec
to meet her when the ship arrived, to
appeal to the authorities.
I -
ANFU LEADER ESCAPES;
ON WAY TO ENGLAND
SHANGHAI, Oct. 25.—Shu Tseng
former Anfu leader has again escaped
his enemies and has sailed on the lin
er President Jefferson and is expect
ed io debark at Vancouver, accompa
nied by his 19-year-old son. They
are believed to be bound for England.
* COLLECTOR ORDERED
TO HAVE BOOKS OPEN
INSPECTION TO PUBLIC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Blair this afternoon directed all col
lectors of internal revenue to have
available for public inspection com
plete lists of taxpayers showing the
amount of income tax paid by each
individual. This action is taken in
compliance with the internal revenue
law of 1924.
MANY KILLED BY STORM
WHICH HITS PINAR DEL RIO
HAVANA, Oct. 25.—Eight to thir
teen are reported killed and fifty hurt
in a tropical storm which hit the
town of Arroyes de Mantus in Pinar
iet Rio. Almost every building in the
town and province was badly damaged
and the tobacco crop wasted and beat
en into the ground by the terrific
rains.
ARGENTINE FLYER WILL
MAKE PORT CALL HERE
The Gateway received a cabled mes
sage today from La Nacion, repre
senting the Argentine republic, stat
ing that Major Pedro Zanni, the world
flyer, who is scheduled to cross Al
aska in about three weeks time would
make this place a port of call. Major
Zanni will cross to Attu, Atka, Dutch
Harbor, Chignik, Seward, Sitka, and
Prince Rupert, tentatively following
the route taken by the American fly
ers who were here last Ajpril.
The town is asked to give Major
Zanni all possible attention and to
help him in every way possible. Moor
ing will probably be placed at some
sheltered spot in the bay as was dope
with the world flyers.
JACKIE COOGAN STOPS
EVERYTHING BUT THE
CLOCKS ON HIS TOUR
GENEVA, Oct. 25.—The machinery
of the League of Nations assembled
in this city was stopped for five min
utes because the entire personnel in
sisted on catching a glimpse of Jackie
Coogan, the diminutive American film
star, who was received by Sir Eric
Drummon, the League’s Secretary
General, and thanks for his efforts
on behalf of the Near Eastern refu
gees.
JAP PAPER URGES
HANIHARA RETURN
TOKIO, Oct. 25.—The English edi
; tion of the Nichi Nichi, a publication
which is close to the Japanese foreign
office, editorially urges the return of
M. Hanihai*a as ambassador from the
Japanese nation to the United States.
PRINCE OF WALES AGAIN
VISITS UNITED STATES
MONTREAL, Oct. 25.—The Prince
of Wales expects to be in Massa
chusetts tomorrow. He will leave
here shortly after midnight on a speo
ial train for Hamilton, Mass., where
he will be the guest of the Myopia
hunt club.
SEVEN CHINESE ARRESTED
MANILA, Oct. 25.—Seven Chinese
were arrested today charged with se
ditious utterance and inciting the Chi
nese attacks on Filipinos last Sunday.
BODY OF ACTOR NOT FOUND
YUMA, Ariz., Oct. 25.—Thirty men
who have been searching the Colorado
river near Laguna Dam failed to find
the body of Wm. Harborough, a movie
stunt actor, who was drowned while
doubling for Victor McLaughlin in a
picture being filmed.
FLYERS PRESENTED
WITH PURSE OF $7500
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24.—Liuet.
Smith and brother flyers were present
ed today with a purse of $7500 cash
by San Francisco residents, in appre
ciation of their splendid record made
during the world flight.
INDICTED VIOLATION
OF VOLSTEAD ACT
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.—Form
er State Assemblyman Eddie Mar
ron, Joseph Gorman, police sergeat,
Patrick Kissano, patrolman, and four
others were yesterday indicted by
the grand jury on charges of viola
tion of the Volstead act.
DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA
BENEFIT SEATTLE’S TRADE
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—The proper
development of Alaska’s resources
will result in bringing enough trade
to Seattle to keep this city prosper
ous indefinitely, declared the speak
ers from the Seattle chamber of com
merce yesterday at the luncheon giv
en by the Young Men’s Business
club.
SPRINGS DEEP ONE ON
BORAH COMMITTEE, LED
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25.—
Samuel Cntermyer, offe of the lead
ing counsels representing the Pro
gressive party, sprang a surprise to
day at the hearing of the Borah com
mittee of the slush fund charges,
when he asked for an executive ses
sion to consider the evidence which
he said, “if substantiated, would tend
to greatly injure the Republicans in
this campaign.”
The committee decided to hear l n
termyer and Frank P. Walsh; the
latter, also counsel for the Pregros
sives, behind closed doors.
MINER RECOVERED FROM
BLOCKED MINE SHAFT
MADISONVILLE, Ky., Oct 25.—
Paul Wheeler, nineteen year old min
er, was recovered this afternoon from
the Hard Coal Company’s mine where
a dust explosion last night entombed
fifteen. Two are still missing and
are believed to have been buried under
a fall of slate. Fourteen escaped dur
ing the night.
EPINARD MAKES POOR SHOWING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Epinard,
famous French racehorse, because of
his bad showing at Laurel Saturday,
when he ran fifth, will not race in
America again. He will be shipped
to France immediately.
HURRICANE HITS FLORIDA;
MUCH DAMAGE IS DONE
• FORT MYERS, Fla., Oct. 25.—The
hurricane which hit this district yes
terday afternoon did great damage
in Lee and DeSota counties. Many
bridges on the Atlantic Coast Line
between Fort Ogden and Punta Gorda
were washed away, and considerable
damage was done to the port of Tam
pa. The orange and grape fruit
crops in this section were badly dam
aged the ripening fruit being heavily
thomed by the wind which blew for
a time at 90 miles an hour.
| JOHN J. M’NAMARA IS
AGAIN UNDER ARREST
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct, 25 —
John J. McNamara, who served more
than nine years of a fifteen year sen
tence in the California state prison,
for his alleged connection with the
dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times
building in 1910, was arrested here
today and held under $20,000 bond
on four indictments returned by the
Marian county grand jury charging
blackmail.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
AT MT. EVEREST
LONDON, Oct. 25.—It was an
nounced at a meeting of the Royal
Geographical Society last night that
the governor of Tibet will be asked
to give permission for another at
tempt to reach the summit of Mount
Everest.
A recent attempt ended in fail
ure, and two gifted members of
the expedition met their death. They
left the main camp one morning to
take observations, and were never
seen again.
MRS. SWEETEN SAYS
SHE IS NOT GUILTY
MOUNT VERNON, Oct. 25.—Mrs.
Sweeten, arraigned on a charge of
murdering her husband by adminis
tering poison to him, pleaded not
guilty today. She filed an affidavit
declaring that Rev. Hight, who is
charged with poisoning his wife, was
a “willing tool for the prosecution.”
She asked for a separate trial. Hight
has not been arraigned.
AIR MAIL FROM CHICAGO
DIRECT TO LONDON IS
A NEAR POSSIBILITY
CHICAGO,, Oct. 24.—Airmail direct
from Chicago to London is possible
within a few years. Rear Admiral
Moffett, commander of the naval forc
es in an address before the Chicago
Izaac Walton League last night. Ad
miral Moffett declared that the recent
flight of the Shenandoah and the ZR
3, had demonstrated that these ships
were dependable under the most try
ing conditions, and could maintain
long flights without stops.
TREASURY OFFICIALS
HORIFIED OVER UST
CAPITALISTS’ INCOMES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25.—
Officials of the Treasury department
were in a state approaching a panic
today upon discovering that the of
ficial order issued, making a complete
list of income tax returns available
for public inspection had resulted in
the whole publication of these lists
in newspapers all over the globe.
Most newspapermen, who printed
this information about the nation’s
capitalists did so after the Treasury
had sent a warning last night, say
ing that “the law which prohibited
for public inspection of income tax
returns and made publication thereof
of this matter is considered a penal
offense.”
STR. ALASKA SAILS
WITH 82 PASSENGERS
SEATLE, Oct. 25.—The steamship
Alaska sailed this morning with
passengers, as follows:
W. D. Coppernoll, J. S. Hunting
ton, J. M. Dahl, F. J. Hjortsburg and
wife, E. T. McNally, Dorothy Hjorts
burg, J. A. Magill, G. B. Stevens and
wifefi Mrs. C. Anderson and daugh
ter, Ruth, Mrs. R. M. McKenzie, W
Furst, J. Van Empel, Lillian Far
anger, Dr. O. A. Braafladt, wife and
child, George P. Stevens, A. H. Nor
dale.
SEATTLE TO PLAY ST. PAUL
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—The Seattle
baseball team by winning the Pacific
coast championship is scheduled to
play St. Paul, the American Associa
tion champions, for the minor league
championship. The date will be an
nounced later.
ENSIGN DREXLER HERO
IN RECENT NAVAL DISASTEF
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 25.—Ensigr
Henry C. Drexler, one of the five deac
in the recent explosion on the cruises
Trenton, off Cape Henry, was a here
of tales related by survivors. He
rushed into the flames and draggec
three men to safety and then startec
back into the turret with his face
raw and his clothing blazing, where
he dropped. The Trenton was com
missioned just before the explosion oc
curred on the Mississippi, off the Cal
ifornia coast, in which 48 were killed
COVERED WAGON PILOT
ENJOYED AIRPLANE TRIF
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—Ezra Meekei
returned to Seattle from the White
House by rail last night. The nine
ty-four-year-oM covered wagon pilo
said that the flight he took across
the continent with Oakley Kelly was
the greatest joy of his life.
GERMAN PLANTS TURNED
OVER TO THEIR OWNERS
COBLENZ, Oct. 25.—The Interalliee
High Commission has ordered th<
discontinuance next Tuesday of the
Franco-Belgian occupation of Germar
plants for reparations on account oj
the return of the plants to their fon
mer owners.
FORMER ALASKAN PIONEER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—Nicholas Han
na, 75 years of age, and a pioneer Se
attle policeman and railroad man is
dead in this city. Hanna went tc
Alaska in the rush of ’97 and was 8
resident of the Territory until 1602
AUTO FALLS OVER
BANK, KILLING ONE
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 25.—W. W
Curren, a contractor, while riding ir
an automobile, pulled a cap over the
eyes of C. Martin, who was driving
as a joke. The car went over a thir
ty foot bank near Ebrt Geo. Wright
Curren was killed, and Martin anc
another passenger escaped withoui
being injured.
ANOTHER FORMER COP
IMPLICATED IN RECENT
BON MARCHE ROBBER*
SEATTLE, Wn., Oct. 24.—Ross C
Watson, police detective was arrestee
today as a suspect in the $22,000 Boi
Marche robbery in this city.
STEAMSHIP CO.’S ARE NOT
RESPONSIBLE CREW'S ACTS
—
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—That steam
ship companies cannot be libeled by
the government when members of the
crew of any vessel are caught smug
gling liquor or narcotics Into the
United States, without the knowledge
of the vessel’s owners, according to a
rule handed down by Federal Judge
Hand here yesterday. Judge Hand
dismissed the proceedings against
the Oduna which was raided on the
12th of March.
ESAO KUN RESIGNS;
HISANG IN CHARGE
PEKING, China, Oct. 25.—Tsao Kun
has resigned the presidency of Cen
tral Chinese government and Gen
eral Feng Yu Hsiang, who is in
control at the capital, has instructed
the cabinet to carry on.
The cabinet resigned last night af
ter countersigning a mandate of the
resigning president, in order the ces
sation of hostilities.
PROMINENT JUNEAU
MAN PASSES AWAY
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 24.—W. W. Ca
sey, a real estate man of Juneau
and a former member of the territor
ial legislature, and a candidate this
year on the democratic ticket, drop
ped dead Sunday of heart disease.
Mr. Casey was a prominent Juneau
business man and a well known char
acter of Alaska.
WALLACE NO INTENTION
RESIGNING PORTFOLIO
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24 —
The department of agriculture has is
sued a statement that Mr. Wallace
is rapidly recovering from the recent
operation and has no intention of
resigning his portfolio as Secretary
j of Agricultural.
|BASEBALL COACH WILL
BRING SUIT AGAINST LANDIS
| __
, I NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Cozy Dolan,
j former coach of the New York Giants
! who has been banned from baseball
, with Jimmy O’Connell on charges of
, attempted bribery, will bring suit
, against Commissioner Landis and or
. ganized baseball for allegel slander,
according to an announcement made
! today.
WALLACE LOSES GROUND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25 —
l j Secretary Wallace lost ground during
the night in his fight against Toxe
mia poisoning.
CELEBRATES 10IRO BIRTHDAY
VANCOUVER, Oct. 25.—“Dad” V.
Quick, celebrated his 103rd birthday
by v orking in his saddle ship. He
said lvs motto has always been “early
to bed and early to rise, and lots of
hard work.”
i
RUMORS OF TROUBLE IN
MEXICO DENIED BY OBREGON
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 24.—Rumors
that President Obregon would declare
the election of General Calles as pres
ident of Mexico invalid and that arm
ed trouble was in prospect in Sonora
and Sinaloa were denied here today
by President Obregon. General Calles
will arrive in New York Sunday from
Europe and will proceed to Mexico,
where he will be inagurated December
15th peaceably, said Obregon the re
tiring president.
SHENANDOAH ON LAST
LAP OF LONG FLIGHT
FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 24.—
The last lap but one of th etranscon
tinental flight of the navy dirigible
Shenandoah from Camp Lewis to
Lakehurst, N. J., was completed here
this morning when the ship was
tied to her mooring mast.
ANCHORAGE CITY LIMITS
VISITED BY PTARMIGANS
Residents in various part of Anch
orage, says the Anchorage Times, re
port ptarmigan as unusually plenti
ful this fall, a number of them being
- seen on the streets of the business
section. Chas. Leckie, who resides
near the city limits in the southern
. part of town, stated Sunday morning
, he counted forty of the birds in his
; back yard. Hunters in his neighbor
hood killed nine of them he stated.
U. S. WILL HAVE FULL
CONTROL DESTINIES
SAYS PRES. COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—
In an address last night at a dinner of
the Near East Association, Coolidge
said, “It may be admitted that our
people have given little confidence to
fine profession and pious phrases.
They have placed small faith in the
plans brought forward to insure a
lasting peace by threats of using
force. They want peace and will do
their full part to assure peace, but
they will sacrifice no part of their
absolute control over their own des
tinies and they will assent to no in
ternational trusteeship to shape their
future relations with the rest of the
world.”
SLAYER TO TEACHER
ARRAIGNED FOR CRIME
GRANDHAVEN, Oct. 25.—Egbert
Dyke, confessed slayer of Molly Flem
ing, the young school teacher who
was found in a woodshed here with
her head split open with an axe, was
arraigned yesterday on a first degree
murder charge. He said he would
plead guilty.
COLUMBIA RIVER CANNERY SOLD
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.—The
Columbia River Packers’ association,
a $4,000,000 salmon canning firm op
erating in both the Columbia river
and Alaska, was purchased today by
W. L. Thompson, vice-president of
the First National Bank of Portland,
and W. A. Tyler, president of the
Astoria National bank. The former
owners were the A. B. Hammond
company of San Francisco, Cal.
PACIFIC FISHERIES
ELECT PRESIDENT
SEATTLE, Oct. 25.—Daniel Camp
bell, the Bellingham (Wash) cannery
man was reelected president of the
Association of Pacific Fisheries.
DAVIS TO NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. 25—John W. Da
vis will devote the next seven days
to the campaigning of New York
state.
RIOTING IN MANILA DECREASES
MANILA, P. I., Oct. 25.—Fierce
rioting between Filipinos and Chinese
continued today and more than 300
Chinese shops have been wrecked up
I to this morning. Police report they
| have the disturbances quelled.
! DISASTROUS FIRE IN
WENATCHEE TOWN
WENATCHEE, Oct. 24.—Fire, be
lieved to have started in an amonia
plant, ruined half of the business sec
tion of the town of Dryden, eighteen
miles west of here, this morning.
Eight persons were trapped upstairs,
so rapidly did the flames move. It
was later reported they escaped by
the use of ropes. Orchard sprayers
were rescued to combat the fire.
CESSATION HOSTILITIES
IN PROCLAMATION OF
PRESIDENT TSUO KUN
PEKING, China., Oct. 24—Presi
dent Tsuo Kun issued a proclamation
today ordering the immediate cessa
tion of hostilities, and dismissing
Wu Pei Fu, commander of the Pek
ing military forces front his present
post.
CAN DRY SQUAD ENTER
WITHOUT A WARRANT?
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
The Supreme Court has refused to
grant appeals in cases involving
“whether prohibition agents can
stealthily investigate private prem
ises without serving a search war
rant.” '
CHANGE IN CABLE OFFICE
Staff Sergt. Walter M. Gutheridge
and family arrived in Cordova on
one of the last boats and will take
charge of the Cordova cable office,
relieving Staff Sergt. Barnett, who
will be stationed at Chitina, a new
station since the line was changed
from over the Summit to via Cor
dova.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Services at 11 o’clock tomorrow
morning by the Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe,
Bishop of Alaska.