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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 28
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
Former President Wilson Near Death
WILSON REPORTED III
DEATH S DOOR BY
AITEf MG DOCTORS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1—
Former president Woodrow Wil
son rallied at noon and talked in
whispers but physicians say the
end cannot be long delayed.
“You have done the best you
could,” said Wilson to Grayson
just before he fell asleep, “but I
am a broken machine.”
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Woodrow
Wilson suffered a serious digestive
disturbance, Dr. Grayson stated last
night.
Wilson Gravely 111.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Wilson is
reported worse today and gravely ill,
attending physicians admitted.
Hovering Over Death.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Woodrow
Wilson’s death within a few hours is
inevitable Doctor Grayson so inform
ed Mrs. Wilson today.
‘I am ready,” the ex-President re
plied.
Members of the family have been
summoned by Mrs. W ilson and three
physicians are in constant attendance
and President Coolidge sent a mes
sage to Mrs. Wilson.
EPISCOPAL BISHOP DEAD
NE WHAVEN. Feb. 1.—Bishop Kea
ton, of the Episcopal diocese Olympia
died last night of heart disease.
NORTHWESTERN FISHING
SUPERINTENDENTS PLACED
Two former superintendents for the
Northwestern Fisheries company who
have been out of its service for the
last few years have returned to the
organization, says the Pacific Fisher
man.
_ „ .. ot the TCenai
cannery, who has been out of the sal
mon canning game since 1920, has
been assigned to the Chignik cannery,
and E. J. Fribrock formerly at Seldo
via, who has been with other concerns
for several years, takes the Kenai can
nery. Capt. H. DeGueldre, who was at
Quadra, and T. Thompson, last year at
Quadra, is assigned to Hunter’s Bay.
The other assignments are the same
as last year, P. A. Berglund being sta
tioned at Naknek, F. A. Gapner at
Nushagak, K. F. FredHckson at Uvak,
A. Nilson at Dundas, A. Dorks at
Shakan and C. E. Taylor at Kasaan.
IN FIRST DEGREE
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1.—The Star
said last night that warrants charging
first degree murder have ben issued
for Doctor Kenn B. Ohls head of the
Ohls sanitarium at Overland Park.
It is alleged that Ohls murdered
* William E. Gibbs, a recluse, near Hut
chinson.
The warrant was issued on testi
mony of Frank Leonard, a former
patient at the Sanitarium.
BANK DEPOSITS INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—The sav
ings bank deposits, now seven billi
ons have increased five hundred and
seventy millions the past year, the
Federal Reserve Board announced to
* day.
BANK PRESIDENT ROBBED
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Toby, president
of the Rainier Valley State Bank was
t held up and robbed of fifteen hunrded
v cash this afternoon.
mineral output good
Ti^TTORIA, B. C., Feb. 1.—The Min
ister of Mines, Sloan, announced that
the British Columbia mineral output
last year was fifty-nine million seven
..hundred thousand dollars.
CHINESE EDITOR PAYS
$3 FOR CALLING NAMES
PEKING, Feb. 1—Dr. Wang Hsi
nirn, editor of the Shing Pao, was
[ fined two dollars, Mex., recently and
! in addition had to pay court costs of
! one dollar, Mex., because in an editor
ial in his paper he called the mem
bers of parliament who extended their
own terms of office, “pigs.”
His defense was that he did not men
tion the name of any individual, and
that the word “pigs” has long been
employed in Canton to indicate slaves.
HUGE STILL IS FOUND
TWO 200-GAL LON STILLS TAKEN
3 V VArfiMA OFFICE US
YAKIMA, Wash. Jan. 31.—Four de
puty sheriffs of Yakima county cap
tured the biggest moonshine outfit ev
I er brought in in this state Saturday,
; including two 200-gallons stills, about
; 500 gallons of finished products ready
! to be bottled in bond under a well
known label, and 200 gallons of wheat
mash all ready to be run off. The out
fit was found in the basement of a 10
i room residence near the city limits
and John Voelkner, 25, son of an old
j resident, was arrested by the dry ag
ents.
A five ton truck was required to
haul in the spoils which included 175
pounds of sugar and 200 empty sugar
sacks, indicating the extent of the
traffic evidently carried on.
“I just got started, ’ said Voelkner,
when arrested according to the offic
ers. His sister who lived in the house
raided, said she had not been in 'the
basement for three months.
According to a rough estimate the
seized liquor and mash was worth
more than $10,000 and the stills had
a capacity of 30 gallons an hour.
They were going full blast when the
officers burst in. The county sheriff
and prosecuting attorney live less
than a half mile away in sight of the
place, which was in an exclusive res
idence district.
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WIFE OF THIRTY ASKS DECREE
FROM HUSBAND OF SIXTY
MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 1—Charg
ing non-support and cruelty, Mrs. L
Wood has started court action for di
vorce in the superior coui-t here
against her husband, Green Wood, 60
years of age. The couple, who have
lived at Bow for two or three years
were married at Mason, N. C., in 1907
and have four children ranging from
5 to 14 years.
LAZINESS, MAIN REASON
BOBBING HAIR “PAIR-SOIR"
PARIS PROBE DISCLOSES
PARIS, Feb. 1.—Why do the wom
en bob their hair? Laziness is the
main reason, according to an investi
gation recently made by the “Paris
Soir.”
“We no longer have the time to
j spend dressing our hair,” said a num
ber of bobbed-haired damsels who
were questioned. “You know we have
so many sports now and dancings and
rendez vous. Then, too, our clothes
tend more and more to assume a mas
culine air and our silhouettes would
be ridiculous if we conserved the coif
fure of Melisande.’
A stroke of the comb, a few pats
and allez done, one is ready for busi
ness or pleasure with the new bobbed
fashion. Long locks have gone the
way of corsets, petticoats, ultra-heels
and other out-of-date feminine encum
brances. A Paris specialist declares
that the present mode is attributable
to the young Russian girls who have
come to the capital since the war.
Fluffy locks are very much passe. The
new style is what the French call “en
filed haid,” for the hair is cut in tiers
and closely outlines the head.
It is said that 75 per cent of the
society women in Paris have bobbed
their hair this year , together with
85 per cent of the actresses and 90
per cent of the shop girls. Employ
ment bureaus declare that even ser
vant girls are bobbing their hair and
finding places just the same due to
the shortage of domestics and the
popularity of the vogue of the short
head, called in Paris, “a la fiev-ty
phoid.”
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BUST OF WORLD FA MOUS ELECTRICIAN
Bust of Charles Proteus Steinraet z, the late wizard of mathematics and
electricity, done by the famous Italia n-American sculptor Onorio Ruotolo j
shown working on the bust in his New York studio—noted for his bust oi
Edison, the heroic Caruso in the foyer of the Metropolitan Opera House,
Cardinal Mercierfi “The Prince of Sor rows,’ ’and other figures and groups
celebrated the world over.
MUHIG FISHES
ANALOGOUS 10 OIL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Secretary
of Commerce Hoover’s handling of Al
askan fisheries was likened to the
leasing of the Naval oil reserves was
declared by Delegate Dan A. Suther
land, before the House Merchant Ma
! rine Fisheries Committee today. He
charged Hoover with permitting big
concerns to dominate Alaska fisheries
and form a monopoly for themselves.
j AMUR PROCLAIM FREE STATE
TOKIO, Feb. 1.—“White” forces in
Siberia have seized the occasion of
the death of Premier Nikolai Lenin to
proclaim a free state in Amur prov
ince and have interrupted communi
cations to Vladivostock, and to the
eastward say Japanese government
advices from Mukden.
MOTHER WINS CHILD ON
MORAL RIGHTS GROUNDS
AKRON, O., Feb. 1.—“It isn’t so
much a question of law as it is a
question of right. The mother sacri
ficed that the child might have birth.
She Is entitled to her companionship.’'
This was the reasoning of the court
of appeals here in deciding that Mrs.
Mary Cox was entitled to the custody
of her daughter, Thistle, aged 5.
The decision, which ends a court
fight that has stretched over more
than two years, gave to the mother
custody of her daughter for the first
time in three years.
Sampson and Inez Cox aunt and
uncle of the little girl, had cared for
her since babyhood and fought thru
two courts unsuccessfully to continue
their guardianship.
i Fran m
FDR SMALL SHOWS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The re
moval of the federal tax on theater ad
missions up to 50 cents was agreed
upon yesterday by the house ways and
means committee, meaning a loss of
$33 000,000 to the government.
The Mellon tax reduction proposal
called for the repeal of all admission
taxes, which would have meant a loss
of $7,000,000 to the government.
U. OF M. RETAINS YOST
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 1.—The
board of regents of the University of
Michigan made “tlury Up” Fielding
Yost, veteran Wolverine football
coach ,academic professor of theory of
practice and head of all athletic coach
Lng at a meeting hare today.
( BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Feb. 1.—
: Members of the House of David—the
; long-haired religious cult that has
a colony here—who have been taught
| their daily tasks today unmoved, while
| nearby a Benton Harbor undertaker,
was laying out the body of Coy Pur
nell, 40-year-old son of “King Benja
I min” Purnell, the fugitive leader of
the sect.
Purnell’s death from pneumonia
Sunday was revealed today when the
undertaker was summoned to the
House of David.
Purnell had been ill for a week, but
no physician was called to treat his
i malady.
—
I DITARODER CHARGED
WITH POWELL MURDER
FAIRBANKS, Alaska Jan. 29.—
Charles Bergeran has been arrested
at Flat, on suspicion that he murder
ed his friend, James Powell, whose
charred body was found in the smoul
dering remains of his cabin at Flat
Monday, according to advice received
by G. B. Stevens, United States Mar
shal.
Bergeran wras arrested after the co
roner’s inquest had connected him
with the case.
It is sain that Bo gervi and P. well
had been on a protracted spree and
that some time Sunday night they had
a serious quarrel. Later the Powell
cabin caught fire and Powell perished.
When Bergeran was arrested he wore
several wOtfhds.
The Fairbanks grand jury has voted
an indictment changing Romeo Hoyt
with the robbery of the postoffice in
this town a year ago. Most of the
witnesses in the case were postal of
ficials. Hoyt will be defended by At
torney T. A. Marquam.
FOOTBALL STAR WEDS
SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Fred Abel, hus
ky Washington University gridiron
star was married last night to Miss
Dorothy Johnson in the home of the
bride. Abel is from Montesano and
is credited with being one of the best
football players ever on a Washing
ton team.
SOVIET 15511WIIUS
U. S. SHIP TO MOVE ON
MOSCOW^ Feb. 1.—Russia today
forwarded a protest to Washington be
cause the American revenue cutter,
Bear, Is interred in the port of Kam
chatka, with permission of the Soviet
authorities.
ANCHORAGE COUNCIL FINES
MANY MERCHANTS FOR
RUNNING WITHOUT LICENSE
—
The city of Anchorage last week
caused a score of business men to ap
pear before the Commissioner where
‘.:hey were fined ten dollars and costs
for operating without a license. The
object of the campaign was to secure
the licenses for the city and to bring j
about impartial enforcement, many
escaping ^payment in the past.
IflUTPfMS
CALIFORNIA HAS ENOUGH FOR
DRINK FOR MOST OF WORLD
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31—In these ;
days of prohibition the subject of Cal-;
ifornia’s wine supply is an interesting.
one. »
A wine survey for the year has just
been completed by Collector of Inter
nal Revenue Rex Goodcell. Accord
: ing to information furnished the Los
j Angeles Chamber of Commerce by
! Mr. Goodcell “California’s wine supply
I stored in Federal bonded wineries
j would furnish a drink of wine for ev
' ery man woman and child in the en
tire world, barring Asia.
“If the water supply of Los Angeles
were turned off and the state’s supplv
of wine turned into the mains, it
would meets the city’s requiiements
for eight hours.
Of some 33,3S3,100 gallons of wine
stored the Lnited States, 28,143,
516 gallons is '■hi-' >' be nell in 694
California b o ded wineries, exclusive
of pri’ ate stocks and 230 gal.o...- ol
iiuit anowf.i fti'...u8lly f.*r hone con
■ sumption
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ESCAPE OF FLORIDA
OUTLAW IS FEARED
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan 29.
—John Ashley, one of the two mem
bers of the notorious Ashley gang,
still at large, today apparently had
made good his escape as small sear
ching parties one by one, gave up
the pursuit and returned to their
homes.
H?rford Mobley, the other member
of the band now sought b\ officers,
was said not to have returned from an
alleged rum running trip to the Bah
amas. His return trip had been ex
oeoted yesterday.
Residents expressed the opinion
that the breaking up of the outlaw
-■'row hpd accomplished and that
crimes in the section would lessen.
SAYS HOUR-GLASS STOMACH
CAUSED DEATH OF WOMAN
LONDON. Feb. 1.—The “hour-glass”
stomach is the newest freak illness.
The new disease came to light at an
inquest on an elderly woman who had
suddenly died while in apparently
good health. Testifying as to the
cause of death, her doctor said that
she suffered from chronic indigestion
and an hour-glass stomach, meaning
that the stomach was in two parts—
food having to pass like the sand in
an hour glass from the upper to the
lower portion to insure perfect diges
tion.
Her last meal had failed to pass in
to the lower portion of her stomach
and had caused death according to
the doctor.
WILSON OPENS OFFICE
WITH J. B. BURFORD CO.
Territorial headquarters for the Am
erican Paper Company, Seattle whole
sale house, have been established by
M. S. Wilson in Juneau with offices
in the place of business of J. B. Bur
ford & Co. Mr. Wilson has put in a
full line of samples in his new of
fices.
The company’s Alaska business in
the past few years has been very sat
isfactory, said Mr. Wilson. I expect,
however, that it will be materially in
creased during the present year as
Its reports indicate increasing pros
perity in all lines of industry and bus
iness in the Terirlory- Mr. Wilson
took over the company’s line the first
of this year. He spent the holidays in
Seattle headquarters since his return
has been busy opening local offices.
He expects to leave in a few days on
his first trip with the line, visiting
several towns in this district
I
WASHINGTON Feb. 1.—President
Coolidge in a conference today re
quested that Senator Walsh and oth
er Democratic Senators desist in their
assaults, and let the court clear up
the oil lease mess. The solons in the
Senate declined to do so and Senator
Pittman declared Secretary of the Na
vy Denby a constant and continuing
danger to the United States. During
the Senate’s debate on Denby, Presi
dent Coolidge and Theodore Roose
velt walked about town for three quar
ters of an hour. Denby himself ini
tiated a move to transfer the control
of the Navy reserve oil lands from the
Navy to the Department of the Interi
or, Rear Admiral Latimer, judge ad
vocate general of the navy told the
House Naval Affairs committee.
Leflality Question Is Up —•
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. i.—Sec
retary of State Hughes issued a for
mal statement declaring that the ques
tion of legality of the Naval oil leases
and of the policy of leasing the re
serves was never brought up in any
: meeting of the Harding Cabinet.
—
Fall Able to Appear
WASHINGTON Feb. 1.—Ex-Secre
tary Albert B. Fall is in condition to
appear for examination in the Senate
oil inquiry, the investigation commit
tee was told today by a special medi
cal committee which was appointed
yesterday to examine him. The chair
man announced a subjoena for Fall,
requiring his presence before the in
vestigating committee at ten o'clock
tomorrow. The Senate concentrated
their attention upon Denby while the
House took up the Walsh oil lease
annulment resolution which was pass
ed by the Senate yesterday.
Gregory Will Not Prosecute Case
WASHINGTON Feb. 1.—Gregory
; will not be employed to prosecute the
i Naval oil leasing cases it was offi
! cially announced from the White
i House today after E. L. Doheny told
! the Senate Committee that Gregory
had been in his employ some time ago.
Doheny also testified that his com
pany employed McAdoo on Mexican
affairs. McAdoo was then out of the
cabinet and received fees of a quai
ter of a million dollars and Doheny
also stated that the late Franklin K.
Lane was employed by his company
at fifty thousand a year, ^,v • >
Pass Walsh Resolution
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Housd
passed the Walsh resolution as it
passed the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—The
Lehigh Valley railroad company today
filed a brief with the federal claims
commission which declared that the
Black Tom explosion in New Jersey
on July 30, 1916, which caused a large
loss of life, was the act of German
agents under orders from Berlin.
hTe brief asserted this evidence had
been obtained in the last sixty days. .
TWO WOMEN, MAN AND
DOG FALL INTO WELL
CAMAS, Wash., Jan. 29.—Two wo
men ,a man and a dog fell thirty feet
to the bottom of an abandoned and
forgotten well here last night and
stayed there until early today, when
their cries were heard by Policeman
McEachran, who summoned help and
removed them. For over an hour
the three persons were forced to stand
waist deep in icy water. They suffer
ed somewhat from bruises caused by
the plunge. Those who fell into the
well were Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Seeley
and Mrs. R. A. Sorrell.