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VOLUME XVII. NUMBER 92
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923
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WOULD GIVE INDIANS CORPORATE RIGHT
WAR MUST BE OUTLAWED, SAYS SEN. BORAH
HARDING ASKED VISIT
ALASKA BY SEAHLE
BUSINESSMEN
SEATTLE, April 13.—The Chamber
of Commerce today wired President
Harding requesting him to carry out
his plan for a trip to Alaska and con
\>'jing the thought that “the peop-e
of Seattle feel that the president
owes it to the Territory of Alaska <o
make an investigation."
Mrs. II. McGinley, resident of Ko
diak, returned to that place on the
EVans after visiting in Anchorage.
HUT IS NOW COOLING HEELS IN
JAIL AWAITING TRIAL FOR
CRIMINAL LI8EL
CHICAGO, Apr. 13.—Arthur Lorens,
editor of the Illinois Staatz Zeitung,
a German, newspaper, was arrested to
day in St. Paul on a charge of crim
inal libel in branding American sol
diers as <‘Bums and tramps."
He is being held in jail until he can
urnish a $50,000 bond.
LEI1E ion SUITES
Rev. Wallace S. Marple and wife,
who for the past three years have
been in charge of the First Presbyte
rian church at Anchorage, were num
bered among the southbound passen
gers on the steamer Admiral Evans.
Both Rev. and Mrs. Marple are mak
ing the trip to the stages for the pur
pose of vacationing, having been
granted a two-months* furlough. While
out they will go as far east as the At
lantic coast. Rev. Marple prior to
taking up church work at Anchorage
was in charge of the Presbyterian
church at Fairbanks, filling the pul
pit of that edifice for a number of
years. Both look forward to their va
cation with much anticipation, bui
also await the time when they will re
turn north, as their interests are with
Alaska.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Apr. 13.—Fish prices
at noon today; l'resh halibut 11 and 8
tents.
Bishop Howe, of the Episcopal
Church arrived on the train Wednes
day from Anchorage and will hold
services in the local Episcopal church
Sunday noon. The Bishop has just
concluded a long dog-team trip down
:he Tanana^ river in the interest of
his missions. Mr. Rowe reports con
ditions in the interior as promising,
but rather slack at this time.
Rev. George A. Learn, superinten
dent of the Baptist Orphanage at
Wood island, returned on the Admi
ral Evans to his home after a week’s
visit at Anchorage.
Frank H. Morgan, wife and child, ol
Ketchikan, were numbered among the
passengers of the Admiral Evans or
his way home. Mr. Morgan attended
the American Legion convention at
the Cook Inlet City, acting as dele
"ate for the southern city.
notice to consumers
The water will be shut off sA 8 z0(
o’clock tonight on Fourth and Fiftt
avenues, and Adaxns street.
JOHN NELSON, Sttpt.
IN FAR NORTH
MATTERS RELEVANT TO DEVEL
OPMENT OF TERRITORY
BE INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON'. Apr. 13—Senator
Wesley Jones, now motoring to his
home in Seattle, cold his colleagues
as he was departing, that he intended
to spend the greater part of the sum
mer in Alaska, investigating charges
made against the United States Bu
reau of Fisheries and other matters
relevant to the development of the
Territory.
BE
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MUST FIRST AGREE TO PAY FIFTY
BILLION GOLD MARKS WITH
OUT ANY CONSIDERATION
PARIS, Apr. 13.—No German prop
osition will be listened to by the
French government or taken as a ba
sis for negotiations unless Germany
first agrees to pay fifty billion gold
marks without any considerations, it
was officially announced tonight.
CANADIAN MONEY DISCOUNTED
Businessmen of Seward are advised
that Canadian money is subject to a
discount of five per cent and should
accept it with that understanding. Of
late quite a bit of Canadian currency
has been circulated in Seward, with
some of the business houses accepting
it at face value.
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CROSS OF LEGION OF
PARIS, Apr. 13.—France is confer- j
ring the cross of the Legion of Honor j
on Premier Mussolini of Italy.
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HORACE G. STONE DEDfl:
j ISSISMI0IIFTII8
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CHICAGO, Apr. 12—Horace G. Stone
chief .assistant to W. H. Taft in 190S,
i died while sitting in the Union Lea
■ gue club.
BETflOTHflLOF PfliNOfSS
j BttGISN GROWN PflISGE
—
ROME. Apr. 12.—The betrothal of
Princess Mafalda, second daughter of
the King to Duke Brabant, the Bel
gian crown prince, will shortly be an
nounced.
SALT LAKE CITY, Apr. 13—Mar
riner and John M. Browning, jr., who
are charged with first degree murder,
in an interview with the county attor
i ney this afternoon said they were
i sons of the noted firearms inventor.
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FATHER HEM O'NEILL
SHOT ID KILLED
BY ASSISTANT
MURDERER CALMLY PHONES PO
LICE OF DEED AND SAYS HE
WAS BEING MISTREATED
KALAMAZOO, Apr. 13.—Rev. Path
er Henry O’Neill, pastor of the Saint
Augustine Catholic church of this city
was sl^ot and instantly killed last
night by Rev. Father Charles Dillon,
assistant pastor of the same institu
tion. The latter calmly called the po
! lice over the telephone, telling of his
act. He claimed that Father O’Neill
I had mistreated him.
DEFICIT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO
$300,000 FROM $1,700,000—DU
BIOUS OF COURT PLAN
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i WASHINGTON, Apr. 13.—A three
days’ conference of Republican lead
ers, presided over by Fred W. I'p
ham, of the Republican National com
mission, ended last night, with much
preliminary discussion of the 1920
campaign and how to wipe out the de
ficit of the 1920 campaign, which has
.been reduced from $1,700,000 to less
than $300,000.
It leaked out that the conferees
are very dubious of the success of the
Harding world court plan, a number
of politicians stating frankly that if
adopted as a plank in the 1924 plat
form that it would defeat the presi
dential candidate.
i FUNDS INK
I GEHMIN TEDRITORY
BERLIN, Apr. 13.—Warsaw advices
this morning say that Poland is in
vading the German province of Silesia.
CITV BRIDGE ENGINEER
01 SEATTLE SUICIDES
SEATTLE, Apr. 13—Despondent be
cause of illness, Frank A. Rappe, city
bridge engineer shot and killed him
self this morning.
CHICAGO, Apr. 12.—Settlement of
one million dollars in cash was made
this afternoon, by Stanley Field, a
| nephew of the late Marshall Field
| upon his diyorced wife.
: SDUTOR SISLEY JONES
SHOTS [ONE MITO TRIP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 10.
Senator Wesley Jones of Washington
last evening began a long motor trii
to Seattle by way of California. He
will visit the capitals of many westerr
states en tour.
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TROOPS SCOUR HILLS
DUBLIN, Apr. 13.—Six columns of
Free State troops are scouring the
mountains in Tipperary for Eamon ue
Valera, the Irish republican leader,
who was erroneously reported captur
ed by Free State troops Wednesday
Mary MacSweney on her way to ihe
funeral of Liam Lynch at Clonmel,
Count Plunket and Mrs. O’Callaghan,
widow of the late lord mayor of Lim
erick. and a brother of Liam Lynch's,
were taken from a train by Free
State troops and arrested.
WHITE SILVERS SHIP
GIRLS TO ORIENT
TRAFFIC IN HUMAN FLESH ON
PACIFIC COAST INCREASING
SAY DEPT. AGENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 13.—White
girls are being transported from the
Pacific coast to the Far East by white
slavers who force them into leading
immoral lives, according to an an
nouncement made today by depart
ment of justice agents, who asserted
that the trade in girls was rapiuiy In
creasing.
WITH MANY FROM HERE
The steamer Admiral Evans s;ul»*d
I from Seward for Seattle and way
[ports shortly after eleven o’cloot inis
| morning. In spite of the stack season
! a good-sized passenger list is noted.
| Those who secured passage from an
chorage were as follows. Frame H.
Morgan, wife and child; Robert Jl:rt
ruan, Benjamin F. Brown, Helen
Lange, Ray Lange, jr., W. S. Marple
'■ and wife.
S The bookings made at Seward were;
j N. R. Weisberg, Miss Rose McDonald,
P. Osterberg, Owen Williams, Walter
Gaffney, Paul Barnes, Tom Jones,
Mike McKalieck, Andrew Satra, Nels
| Johnson. Pete Whalen, Sam Camp
bell. James Polsen, H. E. Carter, Jno.
A. lioseen, George E. Mann.
IN SEATTLE STREET HOW
SEATTLE, Apr. 12.—K. Iwashita, a
i gunman who had killed two other
' Japanese of this city, was shot to
death in a street fight this morning by
M. Turakami, proprietor of a restau
; rant on Jackson street. It is repont
; ed that Iwashita lived off blackmail
collected from Japanese business men
whom he terrorized.
VACATION AT SPRINGS
Tom Jones, who for a number of
; years has resided in the interior is
! numbered among those who left on
[ the Admiral Evans for the south. Mr.
| Jones will journey to the Tenakee
Hot Springs for the benefit of his
health. For the past several years he
has been employed in the stewards’
department of the commission, hardly
a camp along the line but what has
seen his services. Sourdoughs of the
coastal and interior regions wish him
a quick recovery.
PIONEER MEETING TONIGHT
The local Igloo of Pioneers will hold
a meeting tonight to which all mem
bers are requested to attend. Busi
ness of importance.
NATIONS DO NOT WANT PEACE
UPON TERMS OF EQUALITY
AND JUSTICE
NEW YORK, Apr. 13.—Senator Bo
rah replying here tonight to the
League of Nations speech by Lord Ce
cil declared that “no peace league can
function for peace until war has been
outlawed as^au institution and that
the proper place for Lord Cecil to
talk of peace was in the old world.
“It may seem harsh to say that th
governments of Europe do not want
peace upon terms compatible with
equality and justice between nations,
but the record is there and anyone
can read it. tt is written in the blood
of millions of subjects," concluded
Mr. Borah.
PICRIC MI IS IMP
GOVERNMENT WILL DISTRIBUTE
EXPLOSIVES LEFT OVER
FROM THE WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apr. 13.—
The bureau of public roads finds that
it has a suffcient quantity of blasting
caps or detonators to enable it to sup
ply one to each pound of the cart
ridged picric acid left-over war sur
plus explosives, which the government
is distributing to the farmers and
roadbuilders of the country under an
act of congress.
These caps or detonators will be
given free, plus transportation to the
farmers and road builders.
FORMER CHIEF FEDERAL
CIVIL SERVICE IS READ
NEW YORK, Apr. 13.—Wm. T. Ha-(
zen, former chief of the Federal se-1
cret service is dead at his home here, j
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LEAVES FOR TERRITORY
SEATTLE, Apr. 12.—Freight ship
ments on vessels of the Alaska Steam
ship Company alone for Alaska last
week aggregated 18,000 tons.
I. B. HALOEMAN
NEW ORLEANS, Apr. 13.—General
W. B. Haldeman, of Louisville, Ken
tucky, was elected commander in
chief of the United Confederate Vet
erans in annual reunion here.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12.—American
ambassador (to Great Britain, George
W. Harvey, will come home this
month to manage the administration’s
campaign for American entrance into
the International Court of the League
of Nations. President Harvey and
Mr. Harvey together will map out and
co-ordinate all the administration’s
activities in support of this policy.
A. C. Erskine, Kodiak merchant who
has been visiting in Anchorage for the
fast few days, returned to the island
town on the Admiral Evans.
DIMOND BILL PLANS FORMULATE
PLAN FOR ALASKA PARTICI
PATE ANNIVERSARY
(By Special Correspondent)
JUNEAU, Apr. 13.—Senator Snod
grass of the Fourth division, introduc
ed Senate Bill No. 94, greatly enlarg
ing the powers bestowed upon Indians
under Chapter eleven, laws ot 1919,
virtually giving the Indian villages
the right to incorporate as cities ot'
the second class; with powers to ar
rest and prosecute white residents
for certain offenses; powers to col
lect a general tax not to exceed one
per cent, and otherwise adding to the
powers granted under the old law.
1 An anti-gambling measure was ir.
troduced in both Houses, prohibiting
; bookmaking on elections.
I A resolution introduced b> Senate;
i Dimond of the Third division author
izes the creation of a sesquict ntenniai
'commission, composed of two sena
tors and four representatives, with,
i the governor as chairman, to formu
late plans for Alaska’s participation
in the celebration of the one hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of American
Independence, at Philadelphia in
1926. rThis resolution passed the
' Senate.
Senator Ayer of Nome, introduced o.
; memorial asking congress to repeal
the Act of August first, iyi2, relative
to the location of placer claims in
! Alaska, and authorizing the legisla
ture to cover the subject.
Representative Staser of the Third
division introduced a bill to prevent
high-grading by providing written evi
: idence at the time of sale or delivery
of ores, samples, and amalgams. An
other bill punishes interference with
samples intended for assays as a pro
tection against false or bogus essays.
The Aldrich comptroller bill and the
commiUee subsidy and resolution au
thorizing the Attorney General to ex
pend $10,000 fighting the fish reserve,
and defending persons or corpora
; tions prosecuted for violation thereof,
I is slated for the Senate tomorrow.
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COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED TO
INVESTIGATE GRIEVANCES
EX-SERVICE MEN
LONDON, Apr. 12.—The govern.
raent today bowed to the will of the
opposition in the House of Coritmons
on the question of treatment of the
war veterans, which brought about its
defeat on the snap division Tuesday.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bald
win announced that a committee
would be appointed to investigate
grievances of ex-service men in re
gard to salaries they are receiving in
civil service.
NOT A WORD OF REGRET
OVER KILLING GERMANS
BERLIN, Apr. 12.—Chancellor Cunt)
speaking in the Reichstag in eulogy
of the thirteen Germans killed by
French soldiery at the Krupp plant,
| declared that not one word of apology
or regret for the occurrence had been
received from any French official.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH
Services, Sunday, April 15, 1923.
Morning Prayer, 12 o’clock noon.
Sermon by the Rt. Rev. P. T. Rowe.
Bishop of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Apr 12.—Secretary
Hashes and Secretary Weeks observ
ed their birthday anniversaries today.