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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 274
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Commission Headquarters at Seward
OUSTS VON KILLING
HITLER INSTALLED
ADOLPH HITLER AND FASCISTI
PARTY TAKES CHARGE OF
INSTITUTIONS
BERLIN, Nov. 9.—A revolution
broke out in Bavaria tonight, Premier
Von Knilling being ousted and Adolph
Hitler, leader of the Bavarian Fascisti
being named dictator. A directorate
has been formed under Hitler with
General Ludendorf, General Von Los
sow and Dr. Koehler.
Will March on Berlin
MUNICH, Nov. 9.—Dictator Hitler,
following the formation of a directo-,
rate and the ousting of the Bavarian
government last night, ordered the
long anticipated march on Berlin to
begin. General Ludendorf has been
made head of the National army and
the Berlin government has been de
clared deposed by the new Bavarian
authorities.
May Mean European War
PARIS, Nov. 9.—A German Nation
alist dictatorship would mean one of
two things, says the semi-official news
paper, the Times, either a German
revolution or a European war.
Outbreak Suppressed
BERLIN, Nov. 9.—The revolution
Munich has been suppressed, and for
mer police chief, Von Poedner, one of
the leaders of the movement, who had
been appointed one of the governors
of Bavaria, has been arrested.
General Ludendorf and Adolp Hit
ler have barricaded themselves in the
ministry of war building, and an
nounce they will fight to the death.
All other buildings are held by the
regular Bavarian government, under
Premier von Knilling.
CHR'STMAS MAIL FOR FILIPINOS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—The Navy
department issued directions for send
ing all Christmas mail for Pearl Har
bor, Guam, Cavite and the Philippines
on the transport Argonne, sailing
from San Francisco on Nov. 10.
COCHRANE DEFEATS SCHAFFER
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Cochran defeat
\ ed Jake Schaeffer of San Francisco,
500 to 54 in the National billiard tour
nament, creating a triple tie between
.the two and Hoppe.
ODUNA IN PORT
The freighter Oduna arrived in port
this morning and has been delivering
cargo to the Standard Oil dock.
The Alaska Transfer received a car
load of Healy coal last night.
1S. UKI IN PORL
GOES DN TO UNGHORNGE
The steamship Alaska arrived in
port about 3:30 o'clock this morning,
sailing about 5 o'clock for Anchorage
with perishables, which were billed to
the Cook Inlet port before the embar-j
go was raised. The Alaska will re
turn to Seward sometime tomorrow
night or early Sunday morning. The
following passengers were booked for
Seward • Mrs. M. J. Anderson, Lieut.
B. M. Bryan, Miss Barthoff, J. A. Car
* mody, R. E. Edwards, J. R. Edwards,
« j. \v. Farrell, Mrs. Ferrell, Freda Fer-,
rell, Jack Ferrell, F. Ferrell, Mrs. Fer
rell, H. Freydenlund, Mrs. J. Gardner,
Anna Gardner, Dora Gardner, Johm
Gardner, C. M. Hall, M. S. Kennedy,:
Col. L. H. Landis, P. C. McMullen and
wife, Miss J. Meredith, Mrs. J. J. Me
Isaac, L. 0. Nyberg, I. Nearhouse,
Mrs. J. W. Spencer, Ida Soberg, Miss
Sallie Roop, Dr. S. M. Thompson, Les
lie Wooten.
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SOFIA, Nov. 9—Bulgaria and Jugo
Slovakia have agreed In /principle In
all their disputes over boundary mat
ters and Bulgaria will pay three hun
dred million leva.
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\COPYRlGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD.
FAMOUS PRIMA DONNA
Mary Garden, queen of grand qpera,
who recently returned from her sum
mer home in Monte Carlo.
RICE FUTURES MARKET
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9.—The first
rice futures market in America was
opened on the Louisiana sugar and
rice exchange with many dealers.
.More than one million pounds of clean
rice was sold during the first hour.
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LOSE HEAVILY IN MARAS
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—The Tribune
states that American investors have
lost half a billion dollars in the col
lapse of the German mark. English
investors lost a half billion and other
countries a like amount. The news
papers declared that not only was the
National debt repudiated, but the
German government gained two bil
lion gold marks by not paying her lat
est requirements under the Versail
les treaty to France.
HUNDRED MILLION MARKS
IS PRICE OF ONE LONE PRUNE
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 8.— Oregon
prunes just sold by the Oregon Co
operative Growers will cost their Ger
man purchaser, approximately one
hundred million marks for one lone
prune, the essociation estimates, tak
ing the basis of today’s exchange val
ue of the mark.
The prunes are petites of the 40-50
size and sold at the rate of $11 for
110-pound lots.
MYRON T. HERRICK SPEAKS
NAVARIN FARM, France, Nov. 9.—
Myron T. Herrick, dedicating the mon
ument to the American and French
war dead, said: “We have put oui
hands to the plow and are willing to
run a furrow whether we like it oi
not, and our lot is cast with that of
other nations to a very considerable
extent.”
HOLIDAY TRADING FIRM
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Accumulation
of high priced investment shares, par
ticularly hard coal carriers and pub
lic utilities imparted a firm tone to
a restricted pre-holiday trading. Sales
were 800,000 with a firm closing.
BREAD WORTH A FORTUNE
BERLIN, Nov. 11.—Bread prices
jumped to one hundred and fifty bil
able. The food control commission
lion marks per loaf, but was unavair
denounced prices and ordered bakers
to take receipts from those unable to
meet the price. Great confusion is
pending in the re-establishment of the
bread card system.
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BIG DIRIGIBLE iY
BE ASSIGNED TO
FLIGHT TO POLE
AMUNDSEN WILL BE NAVIGATOR
AND •THREE PLANES ACCOM
PANY EXPEDITION
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—The Shenan
doah, the navy’s big dirigible, may be
assigned as a relief ship for the Arc
; tic e.^edition, headed by Raold
Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, who it
was announced last night in Washing
ton, will have the co-operation of the
United States Navy in his attempted I
flight to the North Pole.
Lieut. Ralph F. Davidson, of Missou
ri, has been selected to represent the'
Navy and will be the navigator of one!
; of three planes to compose the expe-'
dition. In one of the other two planes;
will be Amundsen, and Lieut. Oscar
Omdal, and in the third S. H. Ham
mer of Seattle, who will select a com
panion.
Amundsen and Davidson will be the
navigators of the party.
LOCAL RED CROSS CHAPTER
RECEIVES DONATION CLOTHING
Boxes of clothing from the East
, have been received by the local Red'
; Cross Chapter. The materials used
were new and the garments were
neatly folded and packed in sets. The
Red Cross Chapters in Camden, New
Jersey, and in New Haven, Conn.,
have sent children’s clothing and ba
bies layettes. The local people have
also given clothing and the Chapter is’
now in a position to care for any
needy families in the town of Seward
or along the Alaska peninsula.
The officers of the local Chapter are
glad that the clothing is packed in dry
goods boxes ready for distribution.
The steamer Starr carries Red Cross
packages free of charge.
BUFORD REACHES SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—The steamship
Buford arrived here at nine o’clock
last night from Nome, closing the
1922 season.
FIREMEN’S SMOKER TONIGHT
The firemen hold their smoker to
night at the fire hall, which will be at
tended by the members en masse. The*
members of the city council have been
invited to be the boys guests, and a
good time is promised. The menu fol
lows :
Baked Pork and Beans
Sourdough Sandwiches
Pickles Apples
Coffee a la Hydrant
Cigars and Cigarettes
CHANGE NAME OF STATION
Effective Nov. 1, the new U. S. tele
graph station at Our Home, on the1
Valdez-Fairbanks trail, which replaced
the old Hogan station destroyed by
fire, was named Haggard, in honor of
Sergt. Jesse E. Haggard, of the Sig
nal Corps, who died in service at Se
attle, May 3, 1922.
LOOTING OF BANKS AND
STORES REPORTED IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Nov. 9.—Looting of food
and clothing shops continued through
out the entire night in the northern
districts of the city. In the fashion
able west end many autos were held
up and their occupants robbed. Gangs
of men and women nummber 300 par
ticipated in the robberies also many
women took part. Several banks in
the city and the Bourse have contrib
uted twenty billion marks and seventy
thousand dollars toward a public feed
ing fund. Many attacks on Jews w^ere
reported and youths seized aged He
brews and chopped off their beards.
ALGONQUIN IN PORT
The U. S. coast guard cutter Algon
quin arrived in port today from the
far westward, having made a trip io
St. Paul Island just before coming
south. At Unalanka the Algonquin,
towed in a Japanese steamer which1
had lost her propeller.
American Legion Dance Sat. night.
ALARMED OVER DANGER OF DIC
TATOR BEING APPOINTED,
ALLIES PROTEST
BERLIN, Nov. 9.—Evidently alarm
ed at what they consider the danger
of Germany in her despair at chaotic
conditions, the example of Italy and
^pain and establishing an extreme Na
tionalist or even a military dictator
ship, some of the Allied and associat
ed governments have let Berlin know
that they view such a move with the
greatest distrust.
Ambassador Wiedfeldt has cabled
Chancellor Stresemann from Washing
ton that the American government
has expressed great concern over the
possibility of such development in
Germany.
BRITAIN, ITALY AND BELGIUM
REACH AN AGREEMENT
\\ ASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—The State
department issued advices today say
ing that Britain, Italy and Belgium
had reached an agreement favoring a
free and full reparations inquiry by
an expert development committee. It
is understood the position they agree
on coincides with that of the United
States and opposes French develop
ment of the Ruhr. The new align
ment of the Allies stimulates the hope
that France will eventually yield from
her adamant policy regarding the
Ruhr and reparations.
SARCOPAGHUS OF HEROD’S
UNCLE UNEARTHED IN EAST
JERUSALEM, Nov. 9.—Excavators
from the University of Pennsylvania
have unearthed a sareopaghus bearing
the name of Phalion, uncle of Herod.;
who tried Christ, at Beisp Palestine,
which was known as Bethshean in the
old testament.
THYSSEN’S PLANTS CLOSE
MULHEIM, Germany, Nov. 9.—Ail
of August Thyssen’s plants in Ger-j
many including the huge steel ylants
at Mulheim and Hamborn will be
closed next Saturday. It is understood j
Thyssen reached the decision to close
down his plants completely to avoid
being co-erced by other industrialists
into a working agreement with the
French.
W ASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Friends of
Woodrow Wilson are planning to make
their Armistice Day tribute to him the
greatest demonstration in his honor
that has taken place since he became
ill.
HOPPE DEFEATS SCHAEFFER
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—William F.
Hoppe, world’s champion 18.3 balk
line billiardist, defeated Jake Schaef
fer II., 500 to 447 in one of the great
est matches in history. Cochrane of
Los Angeles defeated Edward Horse- j
mans of Belgium, 500 to 480, Hoppe
and Cochran being tied for first place
and will meet for the title in Chicago
in the near future.
BROWN, OF CALAVERAS. FOUND
A LOT OF FOSSIL BONES”
SANTA BARBARA, Nov 9—A group
of scientists studied the bones found
recently by J. P. Harrington of the
Smithsonian institution and came to
the conclusion that the man probably
lived eigth thousand years ago and
not antedating the Neanderthal man.
.....WILLS KAYOHS THOMPSON
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 9.—Harry E.
Wills, heavyweight title contender,
technically knocked out Jack Thomp
son of Boston in the fourth round of
a scheduled twelve round bout.
New Alaska Board
Named by See. Work
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Introduced
to President Coolidge by Managing
Director Meyer of the War Finance
Corporation, as “the biggest wheat
grower in the world,” Thomas D.
Campbell of Hardin, Montana, told the
President there should be an increas
ed tariff on wheat.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TALKS
SALVATION ARMY CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—President
Coolidge greeted the delegates of the
thirty-eighth anniversary congress of
the Salvation Army in a speech from
the south portico of rfe White House.
He said in part, “The army’s success
has demonstrated the follow of those
who believe that the men and women
of today are all wrong.’’ He praised
the Army’s work, especially their war
record.
The delegates outlined the plans for
the ensuing year which calls for con
siderable expenditure for educational
work among the illiterate classes of
the nation.
The Alaska Steamship Company'
gives out its winter schedule with
practically the same service as that of
previous winters except that the Vic
toria will take the place of other boats
when they go on dry dock.
Boats are scheduled to leave Seat
tle every Saturday morning at 9
o’clock as follows: Alameda, Nov. 10;
Northwestern, Nov. 17; Victoria, Nov.
24; Alameda, Dec. 1; Northwestern,
Dec. 8, Alaska, Dec. 15, Victoria, Dec.
22, Northwestern, Dec. 29.
Ports of call include Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Latouche, and Seward.
The Alameda on her Nov. 10th sail
ings and Dec. 1 sailings and the North
western on her Dec. 29th sailings are
also scheduled to call at Hyder, and
Stewart, B. C., northbound only.
The Victoria on her December 22
sailing is also scheduled to call at
Chilkoot Barracks (Haines) and Skag
way northbound only.
SUGAR REFINERY DAMAGED
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.—A fire
damaged the warehouse of the West
ern Sugar Refinery Company to the ex
tent of four hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars, destroying sixty thou
sand bags of sugar.
FORMER KAISER LAYING PLANS
TO AGAIN ENTER GERMANY
DOORN, Holland, Nov. 9.—Wilhelm
of Hohenzollern, the former kaiser, is
continuing his conferences here with
military and political personages who
arrive daily from Germany.
DRY OFFICERS ARE MOST
UNMITIGATED SCOUNDRELS
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Wm. Dudley F.
Foulke, president of the National Civ
ic Service Reform League published a
letter he had sent to President Cool
idge today in which he declared the|
Prohobition enforcement service “is
honeycombed with the most unmitigat
ed scoundrels unhung.”
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
Seattle—Fresh halibut £2% cents
per pound.
American Legion Dance Sat. night.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC BOATS MAY
RUN UP TANANA NEXT YEAR
CONNECTING WITH RY.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—Governor Scott
C. Bone, arriviing from Washington
last night, found a letter from Secre
tary Work, advising him of the forma
tion of a Commission of Policy ot the
Alaska Railroad, composed of Gov
ernor Scott C. Bone, chairman ex-of
ficio. The other members of the board
will be Lee H. Landis, general mana
ger of the road; Major John C. Got
vvals, chief engineer; B. S. Barndollar.
legal adviser.
Secretary Work ordered the estab
lishment of the commission’s head
quarters at Seward.
The members of the commission
are to serve without compensation,
and its purpose is declared to be to
“strengthen the hands of the general
manager,” and advise with him as to
development of the district covered
by the raliroad.
Discussing the Alaska tourist move
ment the past season, and the lack ot
adequate transportation, Governor
Bone said:
“In my report to the Secretary and
President I declared it my belief that
at least three thousand people failed
to make the trip to Alaska this year,
because of lack of steamship accom
modations. We need more boats, ancr
I am informed that the Canadian Pa
cific expects to have two new boats
operating to Southeastern Alaska next
season. We need also new tourist ho
tels, particularly at Juneau. Sitka and
the entrance to Mt. McKinley National
Park.
“I told them there was a likelihood
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad run
ning boats up the Tanana next sum
mer to connect with the Alaska Rail
road at Nenana. If the Canadian and
Alaskan roads could be connected up
there would be a 1000-mile trip unpar
alleled in beauty and charm.”
Gov. Bone will sail for Juneau on
tomorrow’s boat.
STR. LATOUCHE SAILS
The freighter Latouche sailed last
night for westward points after dis
charging 200 tons of coal here and
miscellaneous cargo.
COL L. H. »IS PUSSES
Till 01S S. USM
Col. Lee H. Landis, newly appointed
manager for the Alaska railroad, pass
ed through Seward last night on the
steamship Alaska, on his way to head
quarters at Anchorage. Contrary to
expectations Col. Landis did not go
over the railroad but took the steam
ship through. As the hour was about
3:30 no interview was secured.
It is expected that Col. Landis will
take a trip over the railroad some
time in the near future.
ACCIDENT COST HIGH
-» CHICAGO, Nov. 8.—Carlessness by
pedestrians and driveis of automobiles
caused 31,604 fatal accidents in the
United States in 1922 and a financial
loss of $13,509,078.
RED CROSS SUNDAY
Our Red Cross membership week
starts on Sunday evening, November
11. with a Red Cross service at the
Methodist church. Everybody Is in
vited. Let’s all go and fill the little
church so full there won’t be standing
room. Remember, Sunday evening, at
7:30. The roll call committee wants
to meet you there.