VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 22.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25,1924.
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Ell JONES COIL
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SHIPMENTS of ALASKAN FUEL
WILL ME MADE TO SOUTH- l
ERN MARKETS
The Evan Jones Coal company,:
inrough its president, Oscar Ander-'
•-on, will within the next thirty days,
purchase an ocean-going steamship oi
at least 1 000 tons gross capacity, to
earry coal between Anchorage and
Pacific coast ports, it was learned re
cently.
Oscar Anderson principal stockhol-1
der in the Evan Jones mine, and pre
sident of the company, who left Sat-:
urday for the south, expects to buy j
the vessel either in San Francisco or
Seattle.
Mr. Anderson said that he expects
to put the vessel on the outside run.
direct to Anchorage, bringing gener- ^
al freight for this port, and carrying
iioal exclusively on the return voy
age.
The vessel to be purchased will
nave no passenger space. Mr. An
derson expects to spend some time
looking over vessels that are on the
market before he makes a choice. He
wants a coal-burning freighter, he
said, that may be economically oper
ated on a year-round schedule.
The movement of the Evan Jones
company to use its own steamship in
the transportation of Alaska coal to
southern markets, originated here sev
*u*al weeks ago. The Evan Jones com
pany, it is understood has been pro
mised the co-operation of other coal
operators in supplying southbound
tonnage, provided, of course, that Pa
cific coast markets for Alaska coal are
to be developed as expected.
BEbffi SUIT 10
TEST VALIDITY
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JUNEAU, Jan. 25.—A suit was be
gun here today to test the validity o
the graduated tax on canned sal
mon output as adopted by the last te
ritorial legislature.
The suit was begun in the name c
the Pacific American Fisheries con
pany, but it is understood that a nun
ber of other canneries are behind th
suit.
Attorney General John Rustgar
will bring suits immediately again*
all canneries that have not paid the
taxes in full under the graduated ta
iaw. *
LATOUCHE MINES OVER
THOUSAND TONS DAIL
The Kennecott corporation’s copp*
mine at Lotouche is producing we
over a thousand tons of ore daily a
cording to 0. P. Opsahl, a miner, wl
returned from Latouche the oth<
day to relocate on Moose creek. M
Opsahl, who is staying at the Anchc
age, has been working at Latoucl
for the last three months. He sa;
all ol the ore mined is being conce
trated at Latouche and steamers ca
regularly to take the concentrates
the Tacoma smelter. Mr. Opsahl is
«> pioneer of the Moose creek section.
Anchorage Times.
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railway fireman will
TAKE LONG HOLIDA
Kenneth Lohnes, fireman on
freight locomotive on the Alaska ra
road, who fell from his engine sev<
al months ago fracturing his ski
has been given a six months’ leave
absence, which he will spend with 1
parents in Nova Scotia. Mr. Lohn
was injured severely and is recup
ating slowly.
MAY COMPANY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. —Charges !
ihat the Black Tom explosion in New j
Jersey in 1916, in which many lives
were lost, was caused by agents of
the German government acting under
orders from Berlin, were filed with
the mixed claims commission in Ber
lin today by the Lehigh Valley rail
way company which asks nine bil
lion dollars damages.
FORMER GRAND DUCHESS
MARIE OF GERMANY DEAD
MUNICH, Jan. 25.—Former Grand
Duchess Marie of Luxemburg died
here today.
MINISTRY TAKES STEPS TO
END BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Labor Minister
Shaw and Margaret Bondfield parlia
mentary secretary for the Labor min
istry, have taken steps toward end
ing the railway strike.
BUSINESS HM
I BOOM LIST
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—The names o
many prominent business men wen
found on a membership list of om
' thousand of the Union Club, a high
class liquor dispensing place raidei
today by Federal officials.
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WRANGELL MAN PORDONED
BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGI
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! George Robertson, who was cor
victed of robbery committed in th
town of Wrangell and who was ser
tenced to a year’s imprisonment i
I jail, was pardoned recently by Pres
| idem Coolidge.
SAMUEL S. KINCAID DEAD
c' Samuel S. Kincaid, a well know
, resident of Ketchikan died at h
''home unexpectedly last week of hea
' failure. Deceased came to Klawoc
f j in Southeastern Alaska, Februar
| 1912. He operated the electric ligl
j plant at Ketchikan for several yeai
L i Past.
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111 CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—A confessh
c’ was made today by Mrs. Albert I
0 j land, whose husband is suing her f
?r ! a divorce here that her relations wi
r", Dr. Carl D. Case a fashionable p;
r" j tor of the First Baptist church, h
ie j been improper.
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SEPARATION NO CAUSE
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SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 25.—M<
separation of a married couple d(
not constitute a cause for divorce,
cording to a decision of the super
j court, affirmed by a decision ot i
[•court of appeals.
In the decision rendered in the ci
of Ernest L. Sweet vs. Hazel E. Sw
the records disclosed that Mrs. Sw
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of
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had gone from Salinas to San Jose
live and that the husband had fine
brought an action for divorce.
The lower court refused a decree
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PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT
: LAST PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN OF DEAD RUSSIAN PREMIER, LENINE
Unusual snapshot showing Premier at his counti> \ilia testing
I his faithful wife sits beside him. Pre mier Lenine died Tuesday._
DHl COtS ON
HONEYMOON TRIP
—
• j WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Attorney
General Daugherty and his new wife
^! left today on a honeymoon trip to
Palm Beach, Fla.
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OLDTIMERS ARE TO SEEK
DEPOSIT OF PEARLS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.—Capt.
I Bob C. Nye, aged 80 years, and Tom
J Bowling, aged 74 years, both oldtim
- j ers in the whaling business and Will
? i iam Woods, aged 66. a waterfront
-i character, announced they would
a1 cruise the South seas in a castoff na
!- pvy cutter to seek secret deposits ot
i pearls.
BEN GRIER TO RUN
FOR LOWER HOUSE
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k ! Ben Grier, a well known resident o!
. : Anchorage, announces that he will be
it' a candidate for the lower house or
'S I*the republican ticket. Mr. Grier ha:
been in Alaska for over twenty-five
j years. At present he is engaged ir
the lumber business at Anchorage.
JUDGE BUNNELL RE-ELECTED
AS COLLEGE LEADEF
i President Charles E. Bunnel wa
i re-elected for a two-year term, twi
extra professorships were created am
other important business was trails
j acted at the meeting last Thursda
[ at Fairbanks of the board of trustee
(of the Alaska Agricultural Colleg
and School of Mines, according to tli
'board, who returned to Anchorag
Saturday from Fairbanks.
LONDON THINKS “BABE
RUTH MOVIE BEAUT
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LONDON, Jan. 25.—The London C
server today reprints from the Ne
York Independent a list of the ou
standing personalities for 1924, ar
makes the following comment:
“Alas that this country should 1
blind to the great ones of our tim
as we have not heard of Babe Rut
Is she a cinema star?
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A FORTUNATE TOWN
Juneau boasts that no merchant
business man sends outside for the
printing, patronizing home indust]
Juneau is indeed fortunate if she c
induce her people to keep their me
ey at iiome. .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—De la
Huerta having lifted the rebel block
ade of Mexican ports, seven Americar
warships have been ordered to leav*
: Mexican waters, and they sailed to
j day for Colon.
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MADISON, Conn., Jan. 25.—Ells
i worth Bassett, house painter, chau
feur, and orange grower has failed i
l an attempt to become ‘reconciled t
l his wife, basketball, player and poi
'< tal clerk, from whom he became e
•tranged when he went to work fc
i i Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, no’
' elist, whose unsuccessful efforts t
i obtain a divorce in Rhode Island ai
being investigated by the attorne
general of that state.
| Bassett, summoned by Mrs. Sa
, dersou from her Florida oranfie gro*
| which he has been managing, was i
i nored by his wife. He went straigl
51 to the postoffice after visiting Mr
| ' Sanderson in New York and resign*
his job. He explained his resignatic
' was due to the publicity given hi
and Mrs. Sanderson. The noveli
had telegraphed him to go home ai
arrange his domestic affairs.
1 | He told townspeople Mrs. Basst
| was mistaken in her views of his i
lations with the novelist. Mrs. Bj
sett has said that Mrs. Sanders'
has asked her to get a divorce a:
/ that she contemplates no legal pi
ceedings against her husband.
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% FOXES KILLED BY EAGLES
, SAY ALASKA FUR FARMEI
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JUNEAU: Many thousands of <3
lars worth of young foxes are kit
in this section annually by bald e
les, say fox farmers of this vicini
One rancher claims that the eag
pick the young off as they come i
of their dens and that each tox 1
or
sir
7
in
•n
' means $150.
Ranchers in this vicinity state t
the bounty is not high enough, as
fox industry is menaced by eagles.
PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT
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SIMM BITES
MOSCOW, Jan. 25.—'The funeral of
former premier Nikolai Lenine will
be held here Sunday. Notwithstand
ing his persecution of the Russian
church it is stated that the funeral
sermon will be preached by clergy of
that denomination. The body will be
interred in Moscow.
Was Necessary to Labor
TIFLIS, Ga., Jan. 25.—“Lenine was
necessary to the world’s working
\ class, perhaps as nobody before in
j the world was necessary ’’ said Leon
j Trotzky, now here for his health and
' unable to attend the funeral of his
chief.
COMMUTE STARTS LOOK
INTO GERMANY’S FINANCES
—
PARIS, Jan. 25.—The first commit
I tee on reparations experts began to
day to investigate the condition ot
i Germany’s railroads,
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! , WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—A joint
a Congressional session has been plan
ned for February 27, as a memorial
n service for the late President Hard
e i ing. Former President Wilson am
a. members of the supreme court art
' invited to attend.
,STEFANSSON TO WRITE
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPH\
I LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.—Explore
Stetansson has decided to devote si:
months to exploration of Australi;
! with a view of writing a suitable gee
II graphy of that part of the world. Thi
j is what he told the members of th
t Adventurers’ Club at a dinner las
I night in his honor.
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lt iuTAH WATER USERS ARE
in < TESTIFYING TO COMMITTE
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,s'| SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 25.
}S‘ | With all members of the Reclamatio
or(Fact Finding Commission here excel
,v"t Julius Barnes, the Commission is re;
to I dy to plunge into investigations toda
re ‘ with water users of 28 projects read
f to testify.
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ve CONVICTED STATE SENATOR
ig- MAKES MOTION NEW TRIA
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CHEHALIS, Wn„ Jan. 25.—Sta
Senator Percy Sinclair has filed a n
tion for retrial of the case in whi<
he was convicted by a jury of tab
fying accounts of the Southwestei
Washington Bank at Ilwaco, now d
funct.
ett It is alleged in the motion th
re_ Judge Reynolds talked improperly
as' > the presence of the jury and ma
i0a mistakes in instructions to the jui
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MESSAGE FROM BOAT
WHICH SANK 3 MONTHS
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lied
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out
lost
MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 25.—A messa
from the sea telling of the sinking
the tanker City of Everett on Octol
11, east of Tortugas, has been fou
in a bottle on Elliott’s Key. The ra
message stated all aboard would p
ish. The note was a farewell m
sage from those aboard the doon
vessel.
that
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Forty residents of Wrangell hi
subscribed $30,000 for the erection
a cold storage plant at that place.r
plant will be in charge of Oliver
Leet, a cold storage engineer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—Former
Secretary Albert B. Fall, arrived this
morning under subpoena for re-exam
ination before the Senate Committee
investigating the Teapot Dome oil
lease, and owing to his health his ap
pearance before the committee was
deferred until Monday.
Fall admitted that he lied when he
said he got $100,000 from Edward
McLean, and also admitted he lied
when he testified in December that
he never borrowed any money from
either Doheney or Sinclair.
Doheny Loaned Fall Money
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25—E. L. Do
heny, a California oil operator, testi
fied today before the Senate Teapot
Dome committee that he had loaned
$100,000 to Albert Fall, former secre
tary of the Interior November 30th,
1921.
Doheny’s testimony this afternoon
made it clear in the minds ol the in
vestigating committee that Fall had
borrowed $200,000 alter negotiating
with Doheny and Sinclair for the
Teapot Dome oil lease, and out of
which Doheny reiterated that he ex
pects to make $100,000,000.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
IDLE IN RAILWAY STRIKE
LONDON. Jan. 25.—Two hundred
thousand railway employes are idle
as a result of the railway strike in
. Britain and Scotland.
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PLANNED BY ENGLAND
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Premier Mac
• l Donald plans the early recognition of
t'Russia with James O’Grady, M. P., as
.' ambassador.
j, ALASKA COUPLE ARE
, ARRESTED IN BOISE
ON SLAVERY CHARGE
JUNEAU, Jan. 24.—Charged with
I violation of the White Slave traffic
1 act, Dan Terzik and Mrs. Mary Pa
i akanine, former residents of the third
-1 division of Alaska, have been arrest*
n ’ ed at Boise, Idaho, according to ad
»t! vices received here today says the
i-: Juneau Empire. The man formerly
yl resided at Anchorage and the woman
is said to be the wife of Ralph Paaka
''nine, known as “Russian Ralph,” tra
der and fox farmer of Uyak Island.
Official reports said Terzik and the
woman eloped last October from An
chorage. They went first to the vic
inity of Portland, and later to Boise.
Federal officials in the third division
reported the matter to the local of
fice of the bureau of investigation,
N. H. Castle, agent in charge. Thru
it and the Portland and Boise offices
of the bureau the couple was located.
Terzik and Mrs. Paakanine are now
in the federal jail at Boise pending
further action. While it is believed
they will be brought back to Alaska
for trial, it is said to be possible that
action will be brought by the Boise
'federal authorities.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 25,—President
Coolidge today nominated William S.
fHill, of South Dakita, Frederick I.
Thompson of Alabama, and Bert E.
Haney of Oregon as members of the
U. S. Shipping Board.
The Leap Year dance at A. B. Halt
Saturday is a novel entertainment.