Heut nrd stily Gatemay
VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 238
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
There is a tiny, gray village far to
the westward where the Red Cross is
so greatly appreciated, because ot its
unstinted assistance to Alaskans, that
a voluntary subscription of $35 has
come in to the Seward chapter.
This little village is Belkofsky and
its population numbers 42 men, wom
en and children. Situated on the
slope of a high headland, and undei
the influence of Mt. Pavlot, with its
thin tongue of smoke perpetually be
smirching the sky, Belkotsky comes
to the front, lending inspiration to the
Red Cross workers and setting an ex
ample that every village and city "ill
be surely anxious to emulate.
The people there are only fishers
and trappers and it has not been a
good season for fishing. Some ot the
men earned only $6 the whole season,
but they gave part of that $6 to the
Red Cross.
Father Hotovitzky is the guiding
influence in this work; he welcomes
the visit of the Red Cross nurse and
co-operates with her in every possible
way. As yet little has been accom
plished; in fact a survey of the chil
dren and notes of their needs is all
that has been done in this tar place.
But when the news came of the intlu
enza the nurse, Miss Stella Fuller,
took the first Starr to the westward;
the epidemic had somewhat subsided
when she arrived, but the interest
shown by the Red Cross will not soon
be forgotten.
Thirty-five dollars is a noble sum
to come from such a small, remote
and little visited village; every cent
of it is received with a double meas
ure of appreciation because it came
unsolicited and before the Roll Call.
Let everyone follow the good exam
ple of Belkofsky and give in full mea
sure, as they have done before. These
folk face a long winter and they have
not many resources, nor much laid
by, yet they gave a part of their $6
and we who have many times $6
should give in proportion.
Remember the Roll Call in Novem
ber.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-—Members
of the Republican National commit
tees of Montana, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and the
chairmans of republican committees
of these states, will hold a conference
at Denver, October 11th.
WILL KEEP OKLAHOMA UNDER
MARTIAL LAW FOR A YEAR
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.—Gov
ernor Walton is rea«dy to keep Okla
homa under martial law for a year if
necessary to stamp out the lawless
ness of the Ku Klux Klan, so he told
a reporter for the Oklahoma City
Times today. The governor said he
had the men and the money to keep
going for a year and after that the
U. S. government would take hold.
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VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 26.—
Capt. Robert Drever and four of the
crew perished when the tug Peggy
O’Neill capsized in the Gulf of Geor
gia during a heavy gale.
REPORT ON ASSASSINATION OF
ITALIANS IS FORWARDED
JANINA, Sept. 26—The report of
the Allied Inquiry commission into
the assassination of the Italian mem
bers of the Boundary Commission
will be forwarded to Paris tomorrow
and it Is believed the report absolves
the Greeks from negligence and that
the murders were no* *he ~utc'tne of
political vengeance . . •
H. V. HOBEN LEAVES EAST
FOR SEWARD HOME TODAY
Wayne Blue received a wire today
}from H. V. Hoben, who is in eastern
Canada, stating that lie would leave
lor Seward today. Mr. Hoben has
been gone several months, visiting his
mother, who was dangerously ill.
TWO KILLED IN BERLIN
BERLIN, Sept. 25.—Two were kill
ed and 11 injured in a clash between
the Nationalists and Communists near
Leipsic.
EARTHQUAKE SHOOKS KILL
123 IN VICINITY OF BUJNURD
TEHERAN, Persia, bepL 21.--Or.”
hundred and twenty-three persons
were killed in the vicinity of Bujnurd,
Persia. The shocks are continuing.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 25/—Chief Justice
Calvin L. Brown of the Minnesota
Supreme Court was found dead at his
home in Minneapolis todav.
TODAY’S FISH MARKET
Seward—Fresh halibut 8 and 5 cts.
Juneau—Halibut 10 and 6 cents;
king salmon, reds 12 and 8 cents;
whites, 3 cents.
Ketchikan—Fresh halibut 11 and 9
cents; pickled, none.
AMERICAN FEDERATION WILL
NOT BACK THIRD PARTY
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ST. PAUL, Sept. 26.—The American
Federation of Labor will not back a
third political party Gompers declared
here. 1
CHURCHES SEND OUT CALL
FOR BIG PROHIBITION RALLY
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-—The Fed
eral Council of Churches sent out a
call for a rally of all dry forces in
the support of the ISth amendment,
for a “Good citizenship and patriotic
conference,” announced to be held in
Washington the 14th, 15th, and 16th
of October, and which is intended to
spur on those who believe in prohibi
tion but who have lost interest.
AMOY, Sept. 26.—Japanese sailors
and marine who landed here to pro
tect Formosans against attacks by
Chinese are refusing to leave despite
the threat of a general strike if they
do not evacuate the city.
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINES
HAVE MADE COMBINATION
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—The White
Star and Cunard lines have agreed to
combine and run a joint transatlantic
service during the coming winter in
stead of fighting each other for the
scanty traffic.
WILL HOLD CONFERENCE OF
GOVERNORS ON PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Presi
dent Coolidge has virtually decided to
hold the proposed conference of gov
ernors on the enforcement of prohibi
tion and other laws in Washington
about the middle of October.
TACOMA, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Henry
McCleary, vice-president general of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution is dead at'her home here.
END OF PASSIVE FIGHT
AGAINST FRENCH CONTROL
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—After two days
in extraordinary session of the cabi
net, followed by conferences with
government officials, leaders of poli
tical parties, industrial leaders, labor
ites, and big bankers, the government
late tonight signed a proclamation
decreeing the end of passive resis
tance in the Ruhr occupation.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA ON
VERGE OF CIVIL WAR
OVER EAN ACTIVITIES
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TAKES HAND IN OKLA
HOMA ROW OVER KU KLUX KLANS AND OR
DERS DOORS OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS CLOS
TO LAWBREAKERS—MILITIA ON GUARD.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Should members of the
Oklahoma legislature fail to gain entrance to the state
capitol, in an attempt to impeach Governor Walton for his
fight against the Ku Klux Klan, and try to meet in special
session in any other Federal building, they will find its
doors closed to them by orders of the Federal government.
This decision was reached in respone to Governor Wal
ton’s appeal to President Coolidge to prevent use of Fed
eral buildings in Oklahoma City by the state legislature.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.—Military occupation
of the State capitol intended to prevent the convening of
an extra session of the lower house of the legislature at
noon, was completed at 9:30 o’clock. Guardsmen were
stationed in every corridor, every outside entrance, and in
all driveways in the immediate vicinity.
Thirtv-five thousand men imthe State have volun
teered to help the governor preserve order and abolish the
Ku Klux Klans.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.—President Coolidge
and Attorney General Daugherty will use the Federal
official forces to prevent any attempt to remove Governor
Walton from office by the state legislator.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.—State troops are mar
shalling here to prevent impeachment proceedings by the
lower house of the legislature. The members say theyj
will not resort to force but wiil decide upon future proce-;
dure at a caucus last night. The adjutant general is in'
structed to prevent a session at any place in the state.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 26.—Adjutant General B.
H. Markham was ordered by Governor Walton to:
; use all force of arms necessary to prevent a session of the
lower house of the Oklahoma legislature called for noon |
today. All citizens and soldiers between the ages of 21
I and 45 were ordered to hold themselves in readiness with;
! such arms as they possess or can obtain to come to assis- i
ranee of the sovereig nstate of Oklahoma when ordered to |
do so by the governor. The troops have been ordered to
shoot to kill, if necessary, to prevent the assembly, the
Governor told newspaper men today. *
SOFIA, Sept. 26.—Bulgaria is not
only struggling to crush the commu
nist and agrarian revolution of wide
ramifications, but according to gov
ernment authorities her borders are
menaced by 50,000 foreign troops.
NEW TIFF BOOSTS
0. S. CUSTOMS IECEIPT5
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Higher
duties of the Fordney-McCumber tar
iff has boosted customs receipts two
hundred million dollars in the first
year of its operation over the receipts
in the last twelve months when the
Underwood tariff was in operation,
the treasury department announced
last night.
MAN STOLE AUTO FOR
SAKE OF SICK WIFE
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—O. Hornbrook
was arrested today for stealing an
automobile in which he intended to
provide medical attention for a sick
wife. Hornbrook did not dispose of
the car but used it in his work.
PEASANT REVOLT SUPPRESSED
SOFIA, Sept. 26.—The ^ government
is apparently putting down a revolt of
the peasants under- conimunist lead
ership.
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SI KILL ELECTED 10
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SPOKANE, Sept. 26.—Judge Sam
uel B. Hill, a Democrat, of Waterville,
was elected to congress from the
Fifth Congressional district, defeating
State Senator Charles E. Myers, re
publican. The election was held to
fill a vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Congressman Webster, who re
signed to accept a Federal judgeship.
RENO, Nev.,Sept. 26.—Six inches of
snow in the Sierras is blocking east
bound automobile traffic from Cali
fornia.
EIGHTY-FIVE BUSHELS WHEAT
TO ACRE BY SKAGIT FARMER
MOUNT VERNON, Sept. 26.—
Eighty-five bushels of wheat to the
acre is the yield reported by E. J.
Pierce of this city, who grew this
amount on his farm two miles south
of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Pierce says that
at least five bushels of wTieat to the
acre went into the straw pile, owing
to conditions at the time of threshing.
The wheat is Red Russian.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 26.—Miss
Catherine Campbell (Miss Columbus)
retained her crpwn as Miss America
fpr the second straight year tonight.
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GREEK SHIPS SALUTE ALLIED
SQUADRON LED BY ITALIANS
ATHENS, Sept. 26.—Greek ships to
day saluted an allied squadron which
was led by the Italian warship Conte
di Cavour, at Phaleron Harbor there
by discharging one of the measures as
an apology which had been prescrib
ed by the Italians for the Greek mas
sacre of the boundary commission.
INSURRECTORY PEASANTS
ARE MARCHING ON MOSCOW
LONDON, Sept. 26.—A Reuter dis
patch from Riga today says that it is
rumored that masses of insurrectory
peasants are surrounding Moscow and
Petrograd and that re-enforcements
to their ranks are constantly arriving.
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—It is officially
announced this afternoon that pre
miers of the German federated states
at a conference with Chancellor Stres
emann today unanimously agreed to
abandon passive resistance to French
occupational troops.
GOMPERS IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 26—Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor arrived here last
night.
TARIFF FIGHT ON IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Sept. 26.—The tariff re
formers and free traders are prepar
ing to make the forthcoming econom
struggle since the time of Jos. Cham
ical conference the greatest tariff
berlain.
TYPHOON HITS JAPAN
TOKYO, Sept. 26.—The tail end of
another typhoon hit Japan today, a
deluge of rain and wind causing ad
ditional suffering among the poorly
housed quake sufferers.
COMMUNISTS JAILED IN SPAIN
BARCELONA, Spain. Sept. 26.—The
principal communist and bolshevik
leaders have been arrested and jailed
and the French border is being close
ly watched for any others who ma}
try to get out of the country.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Japan’s
financial loss in the earthquake disas
ter averages $13 per capita of its pop
ulation it was announced by the com
merce department.
NEWSPAPERS RESUME IN JAPAN
IOKIO, Sept. 26.—Five newspapers
have resumed publication yesterday
with full staffs,
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JAPS EXPEL RUSSIAN SHIP
MOSCOW, Sept. 26.—A dispatch
from Vladivostok said that the steam
ship Lenine, a Russian relief ship, was
expelled from Yokohama by the Jap
authorities.
MASON DISQUALIFIED
PARIS, Sept. 26.—Harry Mason, of
England, officially recognized by the
International Boxing Union as the
lightweight champion of England,
succeeding Seaman Hall, who was dis
qualified for hitting low in their
match at London last May.
BABE RUTH AWARDED A
TROPHY AS BEST PLAYER
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—Babe Ruth,
who is declared to be the most valu
able player to any team in the Ameri
can League Baseball was awarded
the League s Trophy for the season
upon his having received the highest
possible number of points. Ruth wTas
the unanimous choice of a committee
for the prize.
His work with the bat this year
frightened all pitchers and in conse
quence he received 156 bases on balls
184 hits and 37 homers.
Mrs. Matt V. Nicolich, wife of the
foreman at the San Juan cold storage
plant, will leave on the Alaska to
spend the winter in the States, with
her father. She will be accompanied
by her two sons.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Testifying in
her action for divorce this afternoon
in Judge Hall’s court, Mrs. Frederick
Otto Burckhardt, branded her hus
band, a wealthy Alaska salmon pack
er with being an arsonist, alleging he
had burned his cannery at Chilkoot,
Alaska, in 1919, collecting insurance
of $290,000 on the burned plant. Mrs.
Burckhardt also seeks custody o; the
ten-year-old son.
Mrs. Burckhardt testified as fol
lows: “I followed Fred down from
the house to the cannery. He did not
see me or know that I was there. I
watched him go in to the building and
from one end of the cannery to the
other place oil-soaked waste into
boxes along the wall. Then I saw him
start the fire. My husband then came
running into the house and rolled on
the floor, crying out that he was ruin
ed. I told him not to act that way
again before me, because I was onto
■who set the cannery afire and he got
up and cursed me and said if I ever
told he would w'reck my life.”
Rev. Sidney H. Mormean, pastor of
St. Paul’s Episcopal church and Mr.
Burckhardt, came near to blows this
afternoon in the courtroom following
the divine’s testimony that he consid
ered Mrs. Burckhardt a good mother
and a fit person to have the custody
of Frederick Otto, junior, over whose
care and custody the father and Mrs.
Burckhardt are fighting.
GLORIA SWANSON DIVORCED
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26.—The sec
| ond divorce of Gloria Swanson, rao
j vie star, was granted in the Superior
I Court yesterday when her husband
was awarded a decree on a charge ot
desertion.
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port about 5 o’clock yesterday
from the westward, leaving at 6:30
for Seattle and way ports.
Passengers arriving on the Evans
were J. R. Malutin and wife, Roy Ma
lutin, Victor Malutin, Marion Malutin,
E. W. Edwards, Mike Chernikoff, Ted
■ Pestrikoff and five steerage.
: Outgoing passengers on the Evans
I were Arthur Silberman, N. A. Erick
: son, \V. C. Snook, Rev. D. Hotovisky,
I Edward Smith and son, Nick Talli
! noff, John Glokoff, Otto Spera, Peter
Petrokof, Alex Bear, for Valdez; Miss
L. B. Willson for Cordova; M. W.
Goldstein and John Lockie for Ju
neau, James G. Mulroy, Ole Neversek
John Uren, Walter Johansen, W. Ed
I kin, Mrs. Olga Holstrom and son, and
| 12 steerage for Seattle,
Through passengers on the Evans
were: - .v *****i& *.
For Latouche—R. E. Mclvei*. * "“*•
For Valdez—Ted Phillips, Mrs. F.
Phillips, Walter Phillips.
For Cordova—Ed Hathaway, A. F.
Erickson, Joe Meloy, 3 steerage.
For Juneau—M. W. Garster.
For Ketchikan—R. E. Forsythe.
For Seattle—R. F. Eberliart, Mrs.
Bert O’Brien, Bert O’Brien, R. E. Cor
sen, Mrs. Thelma Meehan, Bobby
Meehan, W. B. Hudson, Mrs. W. B.
Hudson, Louise Hudson, Dr. H. E. Ut
ter and wife, Mrs. B. Miller, George
Scheures, Tony Baehr, Fred Fehr, B.
Marlowe and wife, Elma Makela, J. E.
Stewart and wife, Pearl Hale, Pauline
Brown, C. B. Gilson and wife, Gladys
Bumstead, Lulu Gage, H. L. Howell
and wife, Tony Freeman and wife, F.
E. McConaghy, C. A. Gilson, Walter
Rourke, Harry Smith, E. B. Hamilton,
Mario nKelly, Elmer Filander, Clar
ence Brown, Henry Okkonen, Otto
Hill, Emil Woirta, R. H. Sargeant, K.
Mather, W. R. Smith, Ray Russell, A
C. Painter, C. N. Fenner, R. K. Lynnt,
Chas. Frarnklin, John Tichenal, Clyde
Goodwin, Chas. Yori, Ray McCreary,
Annie Mosbrukoff, Miss M. Hinds,
Ml’s. G. D. Gould, Miss Leota Rogers,
Hilma McKay, Alex Sigurdson, Alvin
Hemrich, Mrs. Alvin Hemrich, H. T.
Korschner, Mrs. O. Erickson, John
Scott, Oliver Bestland, Pete Evje, J.
Roach, Victor Wickstrom, Walter Hor
ner, I. M. Foster, Seiver Syverson,
Zeigler Jorgenson, Cleve Howe, Axel
Jorgenson, Go Wong. Ten steerage.