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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 220
SEWARD, ALASKA,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1923 /U i . L ii
PRICE TEN CENTS
Dead In Japan Now Total 240,000
350,000 Buildings are Destroyed by Quakes
ITALY WOULD REGARD
MENTION ST
HUES UNJUSTIFIED
GENEVA, Sept. 6.—Italy’s represen
tatives today told the Council of the
League of Nations that Italy would
regard intervention by the League of
Nations in the Greece-Italian crisis,
as unjustified.
South America Backing Up Italy
PARIS, Sept. 6.—Brazil and Uru
guay have instructed their delegates
at Geneva to make common cause
with Italy and withdraw from the
League of Nations if she does, asserts
a Milan dispatch to Le Matin.
WOMAN BROKES RECORD
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6.—Miss G.
Ederle broke the world’s record yes
terday for women’s free style swim
ming making 9S0 yards in 13 minutes
and 19 seconds.
KRUGER NOW A. A. U. CHAMPION
DETROIT, Sept. 6.—Harold Kruger,
formerly of Hawaii, but now wearing
the colors of the Illinois Athletic club
has supplanted Weissmuller as the
National A. A. U. Pentlialon swimming j
champion. Weissmuller did not de
fend his title.
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port about 5:30 o’clock last
evening and sailed about ‘ 10:30 tor
the westward. Her passengers for
Seward were:
Miss O. Dill, Miss N. Hummel, Miss
Margaret Holly, Mrs. Wa?ne Blue and
son, Burdette, Miss Grace Granthen,
Ethel Halperin, Mrs. Halperin, John
F. Coffee, Florence C. Kelly, Mrs. A.
D. Bixby, R. F. Eberhart, Florence Hy
lan, Mrs. Namur and three sons, Har
ry Taggart, M. W. Goldstein, Chas.
M. Romanowich Miles Palmuter, Asa
Beatty, E. A. Goebel, George Guest.
For Seldovia—Mrs. B. M. Strykker,
Miss Gene Ferndell.
For Anchorage—J. F. Baltzell, D
Cone and wife, Mrs. W. F. Leroy, Da
vid Leroy, G. Sterling Landon, Miss
G. Hudgins, Mrs. W. S. Goodyear,
Miss Helena Stellway, Edward Mc
Cullough, Chas. Bentley.
For Kodiak—Mrs. Guy Cable, Alvin
Hemerich and wife, Chas. A. Fiske,
Homer H. Whit ford and wife, Grace
L. Street, Miss M. Sloane, H. F. Kor
ahner, Mrs. C. Sharp and infant, Clay
C. Cook, P. A. Peterson.
Henry Ford, the richest man in the
world is coming to Alaska next sum
mer, and will visit oeward and An
chorage, according to John E. Chovin
who passed through Seward on one
of the last boats. Mr. Chovin and
Henry Ford were boyhood chums and
attended school together in Spring
wells, Michigan, 42 years ago. Mr.
Chovin, a prominent electrician of
Anchorage, has been visiting in De
troit and in Atlanta, Ga, where he
went as relegate to the B. P. G. E.
convention.
Mr. Chovin states that Henry Ford
told him he was coming to Alaska in
the near future and he urged Ford to
come soon. He will makV> the trip to
Seward in his private yacht and will
go over the railroad to Fairbanks, vis
iting the Chovins at Anchorage.
It has been 25 years since Mr. Cho
vin last seen Henry Ford.
MAD DOG LEAVES TRAIL
OF DEATH IN ITS WAKE
HAR1LAND, Conn., Sept. G.-—Like
a pestilence, hydrophobia is sweeping
farms in the hill country following
the trail of a mad dog which raced
through Lie fields on July 2, biting
every creature in its reach, and finally
succumbing to the disease in a herd
of cattle. Only cattle were supposed
to have been uitien un il a horse
owned by Wilfred Butler, farmer, was
taken with the disease and literally
bit itself 10 deatu.
PRESIDENT ILW1C0 BANK
GITS TERM IN THE PEN
OLYMPIA, Sept. 6—The South
western Bank of Ilwaco and the Min
ers and Smelters Bank of North Ilwa
co were closed today by the State ex
aminer.
Myron E. Sinclair, president, con
fessed that he had embezzled ?S0,000
from the Ilwaco institutions and was
sentenced to serve four years in the
penitentiary this afternoon.
WHEAT CROP OF WORLD
ESTIMATED 2,566,510,000 BU.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The De
partment of Agriculture has estimated
the 1923 wheat crop of the countries
north of the equator, which produce
about four-fifths of the world’s supply
at 2,6S3,306,000 bushels. The produc
tion in Europe outside of Russia and
Germany is given as 1,178,000 com
pared to 829,218,000 last year.
DIVISION IN SPANISH CABINET
MADRID, Sept. 6.—A marked divi
sion occurred yesterday in the cabi
net meeting, regarding the method ol
carrying on the Moroccan campaign,
and another meeting will be held this
week. It is generally feared that the
Moroccan differences may precipitate
a government crisis. An official com
munique states that quiet reigns on
the Moroccan border.
EIGHTEENTH CABLE BEING
STRETCHED ACROSS ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The Cornmer
ciai Cable Company has begun unroll
ing their 18th cable across the Atlan
tic via Nova Scotia and the Azore
Islands to Havre, a distance of 4600
miles.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT REPLIES
PARIS, Sept. 6.— The French gov
ernment’s reply to the recent note of
Marquis Curzon, British forengn sec
retary, on the reparations situation,
was handed to the British embassy.
LONDON, Sept. 6.—A Central News
dispatch from Berlin stales that Ru
dolph Havenstein, president of the
Reichsbank, resigned.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Ambasso
dor Crowder, who is here conferring
with officials on the Cuban situation,
will return to his post after a short
rest.
DES MOINES, la., Sept. 6.—Frank
Howard, self appointed chaperon of
“lovers’ lane,” having had his activi
ties curtailed by the police, young
men and women are breathing easier
again. The exposure of the would be
guardian of the lane came when How
ard, posing as a special officer, was
anrested after he had shaken down a
youth sitting in the park with a girl.
The officer threatened to arrest the
couple and the youth promised to give
him money. He marked a $20 bill and
gave it to Howard, who was arrested
by detectives in the background.
RENO, Sept. t>.—Silver producers
and representatives of the smelting
interests of the country in session in
connection with the hearing of the
Senate Commission on the gold and
silver inqux’y, adopted a resolution to
day recommending the organization
of a permanent association of those
interested in the silver industry.
Senator Key Pittman said it would
require several months to complete
the organization. W. Mount Ferry of
Salt Lake City is permanent chair
man of the conference.
SEATTLE SCHOOLS OPENED
SEATTLE, Sept. 6—The schools re
opened here Tuesday. The first day
of enrollment showed 43,900 pupils.
ITALIAN INFANTRY LANDED
CORFU, Sept. 6.—Two regiments of
Italian infantry have landed here to
relieve the sailors who have bee a
garrisoning the forts. Every Greek
official has been deported.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6.—The na
tional encampment of the Giand
Army of the Republic met here today.
A thousand veterans of the Civil War
participated in the parade.
ORIENTAL LINER ON ROCKS
MANILA, Sept. 6.—The Eastern
Oriental liner Changsai, British, with
passengers and freight from Austra
lia to Manila, is on the rocks at Tigi
Bank, off the Philippines.
MORE MINES SEIZED
DUSSELDORF, Sept. 6.—It was an
nounced that three more coal mines
in the Gelsenkirchen district have
been seized by the French. Thirty
five billion marks were also confiscat
ed.
GERMANY WILL REQUISITION
MONEY NATIONAL DEFENSE
BERLIN, Sept. 6.—Germany’s indus
tries, commercial organizations and
banks will be called upon immediately
to list under oath foreign currencies
in their possession to enable the gov
ernment to requisition a certain per
centage for a national defense fund.
With this money the government will
endeavor to stop the fall in the value
of the mark and will also purchase
food abroad.
LONDON, Sept 6.—War regulations
now farcical, still exist in Britain.
After 9:30 it is illegal to sell any
strawberries and cream but legal to
sell strawberries and ice cream.
It is unlawful to sell cigarettes or
tobacco after 8 p. m., but a soloon
keeper can legally sell either if he
serves a mqgl at the same time. But
if he sells a biscuit with a glass of
wine he is committing an offense.
A restaurant may serve a cooked
sausage at any. time, but to hand over
an uncooked one is a offense.
After 9:30 a shopkeeper may sell
all the soft drinks he likes so long as
they are consumed on the premises,
if they are taken away he commits a
crime.
Members of parliament are agitat
ing to have these absurdities swept
away.
$100,000,000 in Silks Burned
GENEVA, Sept. 6.—The superstruc
ture ot' the League of Nations is im
periled and in the British view the
very foundations of present day Eu
rope are shaken. Such is the British
summary of the situation tonight in
the Graeco-Italian embroglio. Italy’s
refusal to recognize the right of the
League of Natoins to intervene in the
dispute.
CRUISER SEATTLE FLOATED
SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—The cruiser Se
attle, flagship of the United States
fleet, which went ashore early yes
terday morning, was floated at 11:45
a. m. yesterday and proceeded for
Bremerton.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
SEATTLE—Fresh halibut 13 cents.
OLD MS MID
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 6.—George K.
Gilbert, who came north during the
Klondike rush dropped dead in the
street here yesterday.
BUNTING INSURED FOR $5,000,000
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.JDispatches
from Toronto state that Dr. F. G.
Banting, discoverer of the insulin
treatment for diabetes, has been in
sured for five million dollars, and be
comes the world’s heaviest insured
man.
SPANISH WAR VETERAN
FOUND DEAD NEAR VALDEZ
Ralph Wintler, one of the old timers
of Valdez, was found dead in his boat
late last week by J. S. M. Quist and
wife, and Mr. Jas. Cox, who were vis
iting their fox farm on Eaglek island.
The body was found in Wintler’s boat
lying face downward, Wintler having
evidently been dead a month or more.
His boat was anchored in a cove lit
tle visited.
Deceased was born in Vancouver,
Wash., in 1S73, and in 189S enlisted in
Troop K of the Fourth cavalry. He
served in the Spanish-American war,
and in the Philippine war taking part
in many engagements, during which
he received three wounds and was
discharged with honorable mention.
He first went to Valdez in 1900 and
engaged in mining and prospecting.
He has a brother in Pendleton, Ore.,
one in Vancouver, Wash., and a third
in Portland.
LOCUSTS SERIOUS MCE
TO PHILIPPINE COOPS
MANILA, Sept. 6.—So serious has
the locust menace become in the isl
ands that Governor General Wood has
taken personal charge of the cam
paign and is utilizing every resource
to fight the pest. The planters are
losing half their sugar "crops after
spending $25,000 on trying to extermi
nate the insects. Under the existing
law every able bodied male citizen
must assist in a locust drive when
called upon or pay a fine of 50 cen
tavos (25c.).
. S, ASIATIC FLEET
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Sept. 6—
A wireless message picked up here
to Admiral Eberle, chief Naval oper
ators from Admiral Anderson, com
mander of the Asiatic fleet reads:
“Reports show 240,000 are dead in
Tokio and Yokohama alone, and 450
COO injured. Expedite in every way
the loading of the U. S. S. Pecos with
stores, rations and medicals supplies
of all descriptions which are urgently
needed and in as large quantities as
can be obtained.”
U. S. TO GIVE $5,030,000
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—The Red
Cross plan approved by President
Coolidge contemplates this country
contributing five million dollars to
Japanese sufferers.
SEATTLE GIVES $100,000
SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—The Chamber
of Commerce has raised $100,000 for
Japan.
EARTHQUAKE WIDESPREAD
LONDON Sept. 6.—A Reuter dis
patch from Osaka says that Japan’s
earthquake affected 20,000 square
miles with a total population of over
16,000,000.
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR KILLED
ROME, Sept. 6.—Italian ambassador
j to Japan, N. E. Martino, is reported
I to have perished in the earthquake.
$100,000,000 SILKS BURNED
OSAKA, Sept. 6.—It is estimated
that one hundred million dollars
worth of silks were destroyed in Yo
kahama. ~ „ -r.
AMERICANS MAY BE SAFE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—All Amer
i icans in Tokio are believed to be sale,
I Ambassador Woods reported today to
I the State department. He estimates
1 the dead in Tokio at 100,000. He said
! some Americans in Yokohama have
been killed. Communication with the
latter place has been opened.
SEVERAL ATTACHES KILLED
NAGASAKI, Sept. 6.—The family
of an American commercial attache
at Yokohama E. G. Baldwin are all
dead. T. DeJordia, French consul at
Yokohama, was killed in the quake.
SHOCKS CONTINUING IN TOKIO
TOKIO, Sept. 6-—Shocks are still
continuing in Tokio. Heavy rain has
quenched the fires.
350,000 BUILDINGS DESTROYED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.—Thirty
thousand are dead in Tokio, 10,000
thousand injured, and 350,000 build
ings destroyed in the city are the
latest estimates of the toll of Satur
day’s earthquake and fire made by
the Japanese home minister, accord
ing to a radiogram to the Radio Cor
poration of America received here
early today.
EUROPEANS LEAVING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The State
department announced today that 300
refugees are departing for Seattle on
the liner President Jefferson.
NAVAL HOSPITAL DESTROYED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The State
department tonight received a radio
message from Kobe saying that the
naval hospital at Yokohama had been
destroyed and that Chief Pharmacist
L. Zamback, his wife, and two enlist
ed men had been killed; Dr. U. R.
Webb in command of the hospital, is
seriously injured.
QUAKE DERAILS TRAIN
NAGASAKI, Sept. 6.—An American
military attache and 25 other persons
were killed by the derailment of a
train between Hiratsurk and Oiho
during the earthquake.
FINANCIA LLOSS $2,500,000,000
LONDON, Sept. 6.—The Central
News reports that its.Tokio correspon
dent escaped from injury and after
many hardships arrived in Kobe. He
sends the following: Early estimates
of loss of life and damage to property
has been found rfiuch two low. It is
known that the death loss will exceed
250,000 and the financial loss two and
a half billion dollars.
ROCKEFELLER GIVES $200,000
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—John D.
Rockefeller and son subscribed $200,
000 to the relief fund for Japanese
sufferers.
LINERS LEAVES WITH SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—Three Oriental
liners were dispatched today with car
goes for relief of the sufferers.
LUMBER COMPANIES GiVE
TACOMA, Sept. 6.—A gift o! lumber
worth $1,500,000 for upbuilding the
devastated area of Japan was voted
here by the Douglas Fir Exploitation
and Exporting Company representing
all the fir mills of Oregon and Wash
ington.
U. S. TRANSPORTS LOADING
MANILA, Sept. 6.—The Army Q. M.
Corps is loading the transports Mer
ritt and Meiggs with supplies for re
lief of sufferers in Japan.
YOKAHAMA A CHARNEL HOUSE
TOKIO, Sept. 6.—Yokohama is a
charnel house, the canals and water
front being filled with dead bodies
and the stench from the decomposing
bodies is unbearable, according to
refugees arriving from the stricken
city. It is estimated that 200 foreign
ers lost their lives in Yokohama, in
cluding Capt. McDonald, Mrs. Root
and son, Max D. Kirjasoff, American
consul in Tokio; and \V. M. Bulme of
thhe General Electric Company.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6.—The
constitutionality of the Ship Mort
gage Act of 1920 was upheld by the
Federal Court here in the case grow
ing out of the tangled affairs of the
steamer Nanking.
BILLIONS OF BBTTtfS
OF SOFT DRINKS SOLD
\\ ASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—The De
partment of Agriculture today says if
Methuselah had been given the task
of disposing of the soda pop manu
factured and consumed in this coun
try last year, he would have had to
drink eight bottles a minute from the
time he lived up to the present year.
Each year thirsty Americans empty
4,000,000,000 bottles of soft drinks,
exclusive of such beverages as near
beer. The sparkling flood comes from
ten thousand bottlers and pours over
1110,000 counters.
The enormous thirat quenching in
dustry is a new development, a com
mercialization of the discoveries of a
chemist, and one that necessitates a
careful watch by the department to
keep out harmful substances.