’ gib « ;
I P s O
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 272.
REWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924.
FISHERIES COMMITTEE
HOLDING FIRST MEET
i IN PUGET SOUND CITY
' SEATTLE, Nov. 20—Officials of
the leading fishing companies df the
coast assured the International 'Fish
eries Committee, at its first meeting
this afternoon of their hearty co-op
eration in its work of conserving the
halibut beds and also promised the
commissioners every aid in enforcing
th* regulations of the treaty.
The hearing was open to the public
and hundreds of heads of big fishing
concerns from the United States and
Canada attended.
John P. Babcock, assistant com
missioner of fisheries for the Domin
ion of Canada, was named chairman
of the body and Miller Freeman, of
Seattle, was appointed secretary. It
was decided to make a thorough study
of halibut to determine more intelli
gently just when the closed season
will be most effective.
SEARCH BEING MADE
FOR MISSING MEN
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Search was
organized in Anacortes today for
Aviators Edward and David Mooney,
f rs a result of the failure of the broth
ers to complete the hop from Naniamo
to Anacortes last night.
BANDITS PURSUED BY
AIRPLANE IN OREGON
NADRA, Ore., Nov. 20.—Pursued
oy an airplane an automboile contain
ing two men and a woman who par
’icipated in a holdup ol the Metoleus
State bank yesterday afternoon, was
sighted stalled in a muddy country!
road. Posses are now heading for
the scene .
*MRS. HARDING UNCONSCIOUS
NOT EXPECTED TO SURVIVE
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 20.—Dr. Carl
Sawyer’s bulletin this morning says
that Mrs. Harding passed a restless
night. She is in a semi-unconscious
condition and her heart action is
very fair. She is so weak and ex
hausted, however, that the Doctor
believes the end may come any time.
BETHEL NATIVE INSANE
Wm. Waska, a native of Bethel,
was adjudged insane last week and
will be sent to the Momingside sani
tarium in January.
KIDNAPPERS FORCE
DESERTING FATHER TO
DIG UP WIFE’S BODY
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 20—Kidnap
ped from his home at Dublin, Ga.,
^ as his aged father looked on and brot
here by three men, E. P. Dominy, 21,
was taken to the cemetery where his
wife, 19, was buried, forced to dig the
coffin from the new grave, open the
lid and gaze at his wife. Dominy was
then severely beaten, and released. It
developed that the man was wanted
for non-support of his child.
NATION-WIDE DRIVE
AGAINST TAX DODGERS
l WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—A na
tion-wide drive against tax dodgers is
about to be started by the government
it was learned at the internal revenue
bureau today.
ANTI-ROLLING TANKS ON
OCEAN STEAMSHIP TESTED
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 19.—The effi
ciency of anti-rolling tanks was deter
mined on the last trip of the Hapag
0 , liner Albert Baffin from New York to
Hamburg, when the ship for the first
time encountered rough seas. Scandi
navian Shipping News reports that the
gyroscope-pendelum indicated a roll
ing movement of six degrees against
the horizon with the tanks in opera
tion.
When the anti-rolling device was
put out of service, the steamer rolled
instantly up to an angle of sixteen
degrees.
LOCAL MEN GET CONTRACT
R. Kern, George Tobin and J. Nor
man have secured a contract for ten
thousand hemlock ties which will be
cut on the Tobin ranch near Six mile.
NEW CONFERENCE TO BE
CONVOKED BY COOLIDGE
GENEVA, Nov. 20.—The latest ru
mor in connection with the Geneva
disarmament question is that Presi
dent Coolidge will convoke a new
arms conference to meet in Europe,
perhaps at The Hague.
JAPANESE CONCESSIONS
CANCELLED ON COAST
OF LOWER CALIFORNIA
MEXICALA, Lower Calif., Nov. 19.
—Governor Rodriguez announced to
day that he has cancelled all the ex
tensive fishing concessions held by
Japanese on the coasts of Lower Cali
fornia.
SHIPMENT SALMON EGGS
MAY ARRIVE SATURDAY
H. E. Eliswortn, territorial fish
commissioner, states that the ship
ment of salmon eggs recently secur
ed in Oregon by the commission may
arrive here Saturday. The shipment
contains six millions eggs, king sal
man, two million of which will be
hatched in Ketchikan, two million at
Cordova and two million in the
Grouse lake hatchery. Supt. Went
worth has gone to feedttle to convoy
the shipment to Ketchikati, where the
Cordova and Seward quotas Will be
taken in charge by Karl Dragcr, su
perintendent of the Grouse lake hat
chery and brought north. This ship
ment is being imported from Ore
gan in exchange for humpback sal
mon eggs from Alaska. The Gateway
was in error yesterday in saying
the eggs were obtained at Ketchikan.
Mr. Ellsworth states that twelve
tons of salmon trout were caught out
of Bear lake last year, not counting
those caught by anglers. At the pres
ent time a fisherman is operating
gill nets on the lake and securing
about 100 pounds per day which are
disposed of to the San Juan compa
ny tor 10 cents per pound.
Mr. Ellsworth stated that this year
many red salmon spawned in spots
in the Grouse lake stream, and this
spawn was later destroyed by silver
salmon following and fanning up the
eggs. He also states that many sal
mon spawned this year in overflow
ed spots along the stream and that
later the dry weather caused the
waters to recede and the eggs were
left high and dry, freezing and spoil
ing.
BATTLESHIP UTAH TO
HELP PERU CELEBRATE
BOSTON, Nov. 20.—The battleship
Utah sailed today for Peru, with a
first stop at New York to take on
board General John J. Pershing, as
head of the mission from the United
States which will help celebrate on
December 9 the anniversary of the
end of Spanish rule^in South America.
BALTIMORE PAPER IS
INDICTED, GRAND JURY
| BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 20.—The
Baltimore American was indicted to
day by a United States grand jury in
an action brought by the government
to test the legality of the publication
of income tax returns by newspapers.
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 20.—
No halibut offered. Salmon 21, 13 and
9 cents.
NOTER OPTOMETRIST AND
OPHTHALMOLOGIST HERE
Dr. J. W. Edmunds, of Seattle, oph
i thalmloogist and optometrist of note,
arrived in Seward on the Admiral
’ Watson this morning and wlil remain
in Seward until Monday mornnig,
when he leaves for Interior points.
Dr. Edmunds visited Seward in June
and July of this year, and plans to
make Alaska at regular Intervals in
the future. Dr. Edmunds has correct
j ed defective eyes for the past quar
ter of a century and has made nu
| merous cures of cross-eyes by the
j use of properly fitted glasses. In
some cases he reports cross-eyes
of many years standing straightened
within a few hours. Dr. Edmunds
i has numerous diplomas from promi
| nent Eye colleges and has a reputa
1 tion for square dealing, among his
many patrons. After a trfp to Anch
orage, Fairbanks and Nenana, Dr.
Edmunds will return to Seward on
his way to Seattle.
ALASKA CITIZENS BE
HELPED MAKING OUT
INCOME TAX RETURNS
TACOMA, Nov. 20.—Alaska citizens
next year for the first time will be
given assistance in preparing their in
come tax returns, according to an an
nouncement made this afternoon by
Burns Poe, internal revenue collec
tor. Late next month Deputy Will
Steiner of Tacoma, will leave for
Ketchikan. He will visit several cities
going as far into the interior as Fair
banks. Poe said that Dan A. Suth
erland, delegate from Alaska, has
expressed satisfaction with the plan.
ADMIRAL WATSON IN
PORT ON WAY WEST
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port at an early hour this
morning, sailing about eight o’clock
for Anchorage and ports west. She
brought a quantity of freight and the
following passengers:
For Seward—J. W. Edmunds, Joe
Apoebusche, J. G. Brigel, Geo. Aschr
enfelder, Ester Apoebusche,, Mr. Apo
busche and wife, J. H. Kline, E. Carl
son, J. Tritt, Jno. Campbell and two
steerage.
For Kodiak—Elice von Scheele, Lot
ta vonScheele, Herman vonScheele,
Margaret Zahn, Marie vonScheele, C.
Walker, Grace Street, Geo. Selig.
For Uzinkie—Mrs. 0. L. Grimes, F.
Schrenger and wife.
The following persons sailed on the
Admiral Watson, routing from Sew
ard: C. R. Olsen, Floyd Smith, Bar
tols Mehelich, R. V. B. Dunlap, for
Seldovia, A. P. Snyder, for Kodiak.
EAGLES TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY IN WEEK
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The birth
place of the Eagles and the home of
the mother aerie of all lodges of the
fraternity in the United States will
celebrate Eagles’ Week next week,
it was announced by officials today.
FAIRBANKS COUPLE WED
Miss Iris Felicia Bell Hinckley and
Don Maurice Adler were united in
marriage in Fairbanks recently. The
bride is a Fairbanks girl and was edu
cated at the inland metropolis. The
groom is prominent in musical circles
and is also a linotype operator at the
News Miner.
SPECIAL SESSION OF
COURT BE CALLED
IN OLMSTED CASE
SEATTLE, Nov. 20—Attorney Re
velle announced this afternoon that he
will ask for a special session of the
Federal grand jury to take up the
case against Roy Olmsted, whose
home was raided Monday by Prohibi
tion Director Lyle’s men. Olmsted is
said to have enjoyed immunity from
arrest under Mayor Brown’s regime,
and a grand jury will investigate this
phase of the question.
BUTLER APPOINTED DEPUTY
Wm. Butler, special agent for the
Alaska railroad, has been appointed
deputy marshal for both the Third and
Fourth divisions.
PLANS COMPLETE FOR
AIR-MAIL SERVICE FROM
NEW YORK TO CHICAGO
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Prepara
tions are complete for eight or nine
overnight air-mail services between
New Ytork and Chicago, to be inaug
urated next spring.
HORNET FLEET OF 100
TO COMBAT RUM RUNNERS
NEW YORK, Nov. 19—A hornet
fleet of more than one hundred rum
boat chasers were ready today to be
gin operations off Long Island and
New Jersey with the arrival of three
supply' ships for them.
COMPLETION NEGOTIATION
OF LOAN TO FRANCE SOON
PARIS, Nov. 19.—The completion
of negotiations between the Morgan
interests and the French governme”
for a loan to be raised in the Unit
ed States will be announced the lat
ter part of this week it is under
stood.
BARTLETT WILL START
ON LONG POLAR TRIP
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Capt. Rob
ert A. Bartlett announced today that
he hoped to start next spring on his
three-year journey from Nome across
the North Pole to Spitzbergen. His
boat will be of 400 tons and will be
manned by a crew of ten men and
two scientists.
MAYOR BROWN IS PEEVED
OVER ARREST BOOTLEGGER
_ j
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Mayor Brown
tonight denounced Director Lyle’s ar
rest of Roy Olmsted Monday night as ■
a grand stand play.
SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE
ZR-3 ON TRANS-ATLANTIC
FLIGHTS WITH HELIUM GAS
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Doctor Eck
ner, who commanded the ZR-3 on her
trans-Atlantic flight, said he believed
it would be impossible to carry out
the Navy’s plan to use the airship as
a Trans-Atlantic mail carrier if hel
ium gas were used instead of hydro
gen, because it is less economical and
its lifting power would not probably
permit the carrying of sufficient fuel.
TORONTO MAN WILL
ATTEMPT TO CROSS
OCEAN IN A CANOE
LONDON, Nov. 19.—P. C. Smythe,
the Toronto man who is attempting
to win a bet that he could paddle
alone in a canoe from Sydney, Nova
Scotia, to New York and from Lon
don to Rome and cover the whole
distance in two months, left Dover,
England, this morning on his peril
ous trip across the English Channel
to Calais France. He proposed keep
ing to the coast after crossing the
Channel going round the Bay of Bis
cay and then proceeding along the
Mediterranean sea to Rome.
DISTRIBUTION PRODUCTS
WILL AID AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—
The agricultural problem today, Pre
sident Coolidge said in an address be
fore the Association of Land Grant
Colleges, is concerned with distribu
tion more than production and urges
more attention be given to* scientific
marketing of products.
JOHN BERNSTITCH INTERRED
John Bernstitch, who died last week
at the Fairbanks hospital, was buried
in the Fairbanks cemetery Monday.
He had lived in the Fairbanks district
for many years, residing on a farm
on Birch Hill.
ALASKA COAL FOR SITKA
When the Admiral Watson sails
south from Seward on this trip she
will have 100 tons of coal aboard
for Sitka. This coal which is of a
particularly high grade is from the
Evan Jones mine and was loaded at
i Anchorage.
I ___
CANNERY TUG BONILLA
ADRIFT OFF VANCOUVER
SEATTLE. Nov. 19.—The cannery
tug Bonilla, Capt. McFarland, with a
scow load of salmon, is disabled off
Carmanah light, Vancouver Island.
The cutter Snohomish is proceeding
to her rescue.
Major-General G. W. Reed
Retires From U. S. Army
MANILA, Nov. 19.—Major General
George W. Reed, head of the Philip
pine department of the United States
Army, having passed the age limit, re
tired today, turning over his depart
ment to Major General James H. Mc
Crae.
AUTHORITIES WILL DEPORT
WIFE SEATTLE BOOTLEGGER
SEATTLE, Wn„ Nov. 19.—Federal
authorities today are endeavoring to
bring about the deportation of Mrs.
Roy Olmsted, wife of the notorious
bootlegger arrested Monday night,
while staging a drinking party at his
home, at which 16 persons were ar
rested, and a quantity of bonded li
quor captured. It is claimed by the
authorities that Mrs. Olmsted is a
British subject and is in this coun
try unlawfully.
INDIANS WHO ENTERED
HAWK INLET P. 0. ARE
NABBED IN CAPITAL CITY
JUNEAU, Nov. 19—Charley John
son, William Watson and three com
panions have been identified as the
Indians who bound and gagged A. E.
Crasa, acting postmaster at Hawk
Inlet, and caretaker of the P. E. Har
ris cannery and store, last week, and
robbed the postoffice safe and looted
tho store, were arrested in Juneau
yesterday.
They came into the Indian village
here and the local Indians informed
the officials, who made the arrest.
Widow of Late President
Harding at Point Death
MARION, Ohio, Nov. 19.—Mrs. F.
Harding, widow of the late President
Harding, is growing weaker each
hour, a bulletin issued at 8:30 last
night stated that physicians express
ed the belief however, that she would
survive the night.
ENGLISH ROADS USE
AMERICAN COUPLINGS
LONDON, Nov. 20.—English rail
roads are to adopt the automatic coup
lings as used in the United States and
throw over their present system of
coupling with heavy iron chains which
have fastened together English cars
since Victoria’s youth.
Installation of automatic couplings
will cost the English railroad over a
million dollars. *
WHITE STONE CROSSES
MARK AMERICAN GRAVES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The Bat- i
tie Monuments Committee, headed by
General Pershing, has decided infor
mally that the graves of the Ameri
can war dead in France will be mark
ed for all time with white stone
crosses.
_
OLDTIMER DEAD
Wm. Bittner, a reii-iC::’ of Alaska
for the past twcrl,' *i.u years, died
r cently at Fair* ;'ks, following ar.
^ ■ jticri for app l .icitis. Littncr
was born in Germany 58 years ago
and came to the Klondike when prac
tically a young man. He has been
a resident of Fairbanks since 1905,
and was connected with the local bott
ling works. Deceased was a member
of the Pioneers and the Eagles.
FAIRBANKS MAN DEAD
Jud Williamson ,a resident of Fair
banks, died last week, and was inter
red Monday in the Fairbanks Ceme
tery under the auspices of the Pio- j
neers. He leaves a daughter in Mor- j
rell, Neb.
FIND BOY’S BODY
BURIED IN HILLSIDE
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—The body of
Ernest Schwer, Jr., aged 13, years,
who disappeared from Brooklyn ten
days ago, was found buried yesterday
on Richmond Hill, Long Island, by de
tectives led to the spot by four boys.
The boys declared a gun had been ac
cidently discharged while rabbit hunt-1
ing and they had become (panicky and
hid the body.
FRENCH PREMIER GIVEN
A VOTE OF AMNESTY
PARIS, Nov. 18.—'Former Premier
Caillaux who was found guilty of hav
ing impeded the prosecution of the
late war was voted amnesty today by
the Senate. The amnesty was adopt
ed by the Chamber of Deputies last
July.
DESTROYER SUNK WHILE
SEARCHING FOR MINES
REVEL, Esthonia, Nov. 19.—An Es
thonian destroyer was sunk yesterday
after an explosion, while searching
for mines in the Gulf of Finland.
Two of the crew were killed and six
injured in the explosion, which tore
the ship nearly in half.
NEW YORK STUDENTS TO
BUILD LIGHT RACING PLANE
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Students
of New York university will build a
light passenger plane to compete in
the next year’s Pulitzer races.
POLICE QUIZ PASTOR
ON WIFE’S DEATH
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 20.—The
police are questioning the Rev. C.
V. Sheatsly, for rune years pastor
of a church in Boxley suburb, con
cerning the finding of ashes of his
wife’s body in a furnace.
The coroner's verdict had declared
that the woman suicided by crawling
into the furnace, in the face of the
flames, closing the door after her.
GOVERNMENT SUIT TO
CANCEL LEASES IN ELK
HILL RESERVE COMPLETED
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19.—The gov
ernment’s suit to cancel leases in the
Elk Hills naval oil reserve will be
completed and the case placed in the
hands of the judge not later than next
Tuesday night, according to an agree
ment of the counsel.
DUBLIN PROTESTED
AGAINST ARMISTICE
DAY CELEBRATION
DUBLIN, Nov. 19.—At a meeting
of the governmental party near here
a protest was voted against the Ar
mistice Day celebration in Dublin.
The protesting resolution described
the celebration as “a British demon
stration under theguise of memori
al services to the men who died in
the army of our late enemies.”
EXPENSES CUT IN TWO
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The ordi
nary expenses of the government
have been cut in half during the
first three years of the budget of the
present administration, H. M. Lord,
director general of the Budget, told
members of the New York State
Chamber of Commerce.
sovietflagIuffers
AT HANDS OF FASCISTI
ROME, Nov. 19.—For the third time
within the past few months the red
flag of the Soviet embassy here to
day suffered indignation at the hands
of the Fascisti.
While the Soviet ambassador, Dr.
Constantine Youreneff, was driving in
his car to the Chigi Palace for an
audience with Premier Mussolini, a
Fascisti snatched the red emblem
from the hood of his machine and
threw it to the ground. The Fascis
ti was arrested and Premier Musso
lini expressed dee*p regret at the in
cident.
DEPARTMENT JUSTICE
WILL START SUITS
AGAINST NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Within
the next few days the Department of
Justice will file suits against six of the
most prominent newspapers of the
country for publishing a schedule of
income taxes paid by prominent citi
zens in alleged violation of the inter
nal revenue act, to test the validity of
the clause in the tax law passed by
the recent congress.
SHOULD LET TAX REVISION
STAND TILL BOOK FIXED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 19.—
The revision of the tax law. the Ad
ministration holds, should not be at
tempted until after the government
books are balanced at the end of the
present fiscal year, June 30th, 1925.
ENGINEER ONDEN RESIGNS
SEATTLE, Wn, Nov. 19—Engineer
C. F. Unden this afternoon placed
his resignation in the hands of Ma
yor Brown, stating that the work
for which he was employed, the first
step in the Skagit hydro-electric de
velopment had been completed.
MRS. CALVIN C00LIDGE
TO CHRISTEN DIRIGIBLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.— Mrs.
Calvin CooTIdge will christen the diri
gible Los Angeles at the naval air
station at Bolling Field within the
next ten days, the Navy department
announced.
Dr. J. W. Edmunds, Eye-Specialist
ofs Seattle will be in Seward from
20th to 23rd, inst., inclusive. See hi«
“ad” on Page 4.