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VOLUME XX, NUMER 243.
SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS
JOHN T. ELLIOTT
LOSES LIFE IN
ACCIDENT, H. I.
(Juneau Empire)
John T. Elliott, formerly of this
city where he was on the engineer
ing staff of the Bureau of Public
Roads was accidentally killed recently
on a construction job in the Hawa
iian Islands, according to telegraphic
advices received here. He was a son
of C. N. Elliott, Assistant Superin
tendent of Lighthouses for the Alaska
District residing at Ketchikan.
No details of the accident Avere re
ceived. A brother Phillip, who was
on the same job is bringing the re
mains home and will reach Seattle
this week arriving in Ketchikan on
January 1.
John T. Elliott had many friends
here and was a member of two local
organizations, the Blue Lodge of Ma
sons and the Elks Lodge. He was
also well known in Anchorage and in
Seward.
While with the Bureau of Public
Roads he spent some time in the vi
cinity of Moose Pass where he was
resident engineer.
He was married to Miss Clare L.
Isaacson of Anchorage January 6, 1924,
and they lived in Juneau several
weeks, later removing to Seward and
then to Anchorage. Mrs. Elliott died
about June 20 of the same year and
shortly after her husband left for the
states later going to Honolulu where
he was engaged in engineering con
struction work.
CONGRESS TO RECONVENE
MONDAY, JANUARY FOURTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28 (JP)—
Congress reconvenes January 4.
SMALL BOAT LOST
OFF LONG ISLAND
STANFORD, Conn., Dec. 28 {!■P)—
After endeavoring for more than an
hour to reach a vessel ablaze three
and a half miles south of Shippen
Point, Long Island Sound, Harbormas
ter Ryle returned to the harbor, be
ing unable to buck the heavy seas off
the point in his small boat. The blaze
died down at 10 o’clock. No partic
ulars have been received as to the
identity of the vessel which is believ
ed to have been a rum runner.
Coi. Mitchell Win Fight
for Proper Air System
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 28 (/P)—Col.
Mitchell said in a letter to the Flor
ida Morning Statesman today that he
plans to continue his fight for a de
fense system “which will constitute
a real protection to the country.”
The letter was in reply to a letter
. inviting him to spend his five year
sentence in Florida developing the
proposed commercial air industry of
the state.
Depositors of Bank
Wait for Money 47 Years
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 28 (£>)—
Checks totaling $800,000 were mailed
today, representing the unpaid prin
[/ cipal and interest of depositors in the
old J. Bunn private bank, which fail
ed here in 1878. The money was dis
tributed as a memorial to their father
by the sons and daughters of the late
Jacob Bunn, owner of the bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yago, well
known.Japanese residents of Seward,
were outgoing passengers on the
steamship Alaska, en route to Seattle
They will return the latter part oi
January.
Astronomres Predict
Bitter Cold Weather
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CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (IP)—Astrono- j
mers who predicted bitter cold wea
ther would end the month of Decem
ber have been vindicated by the icy
winds which invaded all parts of the
United States except west of the
Rocky mountains. Nearly thirty are
dead from the cold and the property
loss will be several million dollars.
Lightning fired the oil tanks at
Buenos Aires. Storms continue to de- j
vastate France. A fishing boat foun- j
dered at New Rochelle, drowning the i
crew of seven.
Melting snow has gorged the many
streams of the country and low tem-j
peratures prevail. The lowest report- j
ed in Eastern states was 23 below at I
Tupper Lake, New York.
TRAINMEN ME
IN COLLISION
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 28 (IP).
Four trainmen were killed and two
were injured near here on the Fort
Worth & Denver railway, when a
| switch engine backing east collided
with a westbound freight train leav
ing for Wichita Falls and killed ev
ery man in the switch engine.
Colonel Coolidge 111;
Condition Not Serious
PLYMOUTH, Conn., Dec. 28 (/P)—
Col. Coolidge is confined to his bed.
He has lost the use of his right leg
through faulty circulation. His phy
sician says his condition is not seri
ous.
Western All Stars
Beat Eastern Eleven
At Honolulu, Washington State col
lege 24, Honolulu town 7.
At San Francisco, Western All
Stars 6, Eastern All Stars 0.
FAIR LISTING
SOUTHBOUND ON
LINER ALASKA
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NUMBER INTERIOR PEOPLE DE
PART FOR STATES; MOST
RETURNING SOON
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The steamship Alaska, Captain We
! terland in command, departed for Se
j attle Saturday night at midnight with
a fair list of outgoing reservations
; listed the majority of whom arrived
| in Seward on the train from Interior
! points.
i The southbound list was as follows:
Latouche—Lee Johnson, Frank Mil
ler, Oscar Grand, Ed Johnson, George
! Pittas, Marion Petroff, Harry Weir,
I Offer Kine.
Valdez—Dan Ross.
Cordova—C. J. McMann, S. Dimond
Juneau—T. O. Perry, L. D. Roach,
T. Johnson.
Ketchikan—Earl Sorensen, Fritz
Karstensen, Louis Dumas.
Seattle—R. C. Henry, R. Washing
ton, Clarence Jensen, James Ryan, F,
A. Cornell, W. W, Caravan, John Ker
ner, C. W. Sanders, Rice Coldwell
Wm. Sargent, Peter Nelson, Dan T
Kennedy, Lee Johnson E. A. Johnson
A. K. Moller, Matt Larsen, Mrs. Ollie
Gray, T. W. Lockhead, C. McDough
erty, R. H. Dodsen, Pat Stapleton
Arthur B. Gray, J. J. Brennan, J. J
Guinan, Mrs. 'Edith Small and baby
Gertrude M. Watson, Jack Lodge, A
Sullivan, G. R. Bishop, Karl Rasmus
i sen, Larry Lombard, Miss Sarah Hoff
, man, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yago, T. S
! McDougall, J. L. McAllen, Robert G
Lee, C. H. Blidell.
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CORDOVA BLAZE
CAUSES DAMAGE
PLACED $40,000
CORDOVA, Dec. 28 (#>)—Fire of
unknown origin demolished the Davis
Phillips Grocery, and the Dimond
Nickoloff general merchandise store
here Saturday at midnight, with a loss
of $40,000 partly covered by insurance.
Nearly the entire population turned
out to combat the flames in the prin
cipal business block in the heart of j
Cordova. Work of fighting the fire
was difficult due to gas from the
burning roofing which was of rubber
composition and from shoe leather.
About 20 volunteers were overcome
by the fumes from the fire but were
revived later. Two received minor
injuries.
The blaze commenced with an ex
plosion in the interior of Nickoloff’s
store. Halpern’s Working Men’s
Shoe Store’s stock was drenched
with water and practically ruined.
George Meaker, who was sleeping
in a room near Nickoloff’s never
awakened until the flames caught his
bedding. lie was uninjured.
WILL SPEND TEN
Mil,LION DOLLARS
IN FAIRBANKS
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 29 (/P)—Norman
Stines cabled the News-Miner from
Havana, Cuba, that the head of the
Fairbanks Exploration Company had
authorized his program to spend ten
to eleven million dollars here within
the next three years in development
of properties recently taken over by
the big company.
The mercury stood at 22 above here
i Christmas Day.
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Pithecantropus Was of
Very Low Intelligence
PRINCETON, • Dec. 28 (£>)—W. B.
{Scott, professor of geology, stated
1 that a re-examination of the plaster
; that re-examination of the plaster
least of the skull of a pithecanthropus
indicated beyond doubt that the pith
I ecanthropus was distinctly a human
being of a very low grade.
Dr. Eugene Dubois, a Dutch army
surgeon found the skull 34 years age
; on the banks of the River Bengawan
; in Java. The skull, thigh bone and
| two teeth were enclosed in a plaster
'cast and sent to Princeton university
for classification.
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Harding Letters in Vault
Marion, Ohio., Not Burned
I MARION, O., Dec. 2S (#•)—Hoke
Donithen, chairman of the Harding
I Memorial Association denied that
. Mrs. Harding before her death burned
: practically all letters pertaining tc
iher husband’s administration. He de
i
dared that these letters were in £
vault in a Marion bank, and had beer
; turned over* to the Memorial Associa
ition by Mrs. Harding’s executor.
!GENERAL BUTLER HAS
WITHDRAWN RESIGNATIOb
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 28 (£>)
Colonel Butler went to General L<
Jeune’s office and withdraw his resig
nation. Coming out he announced h<
was back in the service again. Askec
if this meant no more speeches, h<
replied, “no more anything.”
Considerable floe ice is floating ii
. Cook inlet and Tur'nagain Arm, but no
. heavy enough to impede small boa
. traffic at times. The snowfall aloni
the Arm has been light.
Eskimo Finds New York (
Too Chilly for Comfort
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (/P)—Robert
Mayokok, an Eskimo, who arrived in
the city yesterday from Alaska re
marked regretfully that he had left
the Eskimo equivalent for heavy un
derwear in Alaska under misrepre- £
sentations as to weather conditions in v
the states. t
Mayokuk and Barry Keown are ac- •,
companying a herd of reindeer to this j
city, which will be transferred to the j
Hudson Bay district. ]
Mayokuk said if it was not too cold (
today he planned to see two things <
he had wanted to see all his life—
battleships and camels.
ARMED BANDITS
ROBLARGESTORE
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VANCOUVER, Dec. 28 (/P)—Three .
or four armed bandits entered Chas. (
Woodward & Son’s department store, ,
i and binding the two caretakers broke (
! into the small safe and escaped with
between six and seven thousand dol
lars. The bandits failed to open the
large safe containing many thousands
of dollars.
The caretakers were found at noon
and released.
Woodward’s store was robbed in a
similar condition several years ago.
Many Xmas Accidents
Reported In St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28 (^-Twenty
three violent deaths in the pa^st 24
hours, seven of which were traffic ac
cidents, and a number from burns and
exposure, and one from inhaling gas
is the Christmas record for this city.
The coroner said most of the deaths
were attributed to intoxication.
PRISONER DIES
AS JAIL BURNS
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Dec. 28 (JP)—
Fire destroyed the Lakeside wooden
city jail, burning to death Fred Kul
ju, 20, who was drunk and who had
requested he be jailed until sober. It
is believed that Kulju fired the jail
when smoking cigarettes in bed.
Chicago So Cold Polar
Bears Refuse To Eai
CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (/P)—Christmas
Day was so cold that the polar bears
retired to the corners of their dens
and refused to come out for food or
other encouragement. Six deaths in
this city were attributed to cold wea
ther. The thermometer touched six
below and at Hibbing, Minn., was 30
below.
i PROVI NCIAL TAXES WILL REMAIN
' | SAME AS LAST YEAR, DECLARES
! FINANCE MINISTER TO BODY
VICTORIA., Dec. 28. —Little hope
■ is held out by Minister of Finance
MacLean in the Legislature that ex
taxation would be reduced this year.
On the other hand he gave assurance
[ that there would be no increase in
taxation until the views oif the bus
- inessmen of the province had been
> secured and considered.
Reviewing the history of P. G. E.
s Railway, Dr. MacLean said that at
i the end of June of this year the road
> owed the government $47,000,000. The
operating losses amounted to $1,400,
000 in all, last year’s loss being
i $337,000.
t TODAY’S WEATHER
r Temperature, 44 above.
Clouding, more rain.
CHICAGO HAS NINE
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE YESTERDAY
CHICAGO, Dec. 28 (Jp)—Nine deaths
nd a million doljar fire were attrib
ited to sub-zero temperatures yester
[ay when 8 below zero weather pre
railed. More than 300 fires were re
>orted by firemen, who fought four
dazes, one of which destroyed the
darks building, estimated to have
:ost over §250,000. Another destroy
'd a 12-story apartment.
Russians Attack Afghan
Post and Capture City
LONDON, Dec. 28 (/P)—Newspapers
rom Kabul, the capital of Afghanis
an, reported yesterday that Russian
roops suddenly attacked the Afghan
jost at Darlsbod, killing the Afghan
lommander and capturing the city,
md Encludes island, which was form
ed by two branches of the Oxus river.
ALAMEDA SAILS
NORTH SUNDAY
SEATTLE, Dec. 28 (JP)—'The Ala
meda sailed yesterday with 59 passen
gers. Her list for Seward comprises
F. D. Estes, Mrs. . C. Wingfield, Mrs.
A Grosvold, Arthur Skulstad, Tom
Skulstad, Wm Anrig, Jesse Pitts and
one steerage.
Many Natives Killed In
Fire In Filipino Movie
MANILA, Dec. 28 (JP)—Thirteen na
tives were killed and nearly 100 in
jured in a fire which destroyed a mov
ing picture theatre in the town of
Opon, Cebu province, Christmas Eve.
DOG DERBY BE
RUN CALGARY TO
TOP OF WORLD
BANFF, Dec. 28 (JP)—'The world
championship dog derby to the top of
the world will start for the first time
February 5th to 11th, the course being
from Calgary to the Great Divide and
bank to Banff. The course will exceed
all past derbies by 23 miles.
The Strongheart trophy and cash
prizes will be awarded.
From Calgary the teams will travel
to a height of 5,300 feet over a dis
tane of 133 miles to Banff, via Lake
Louise, completing the 173 mile course
over the most rugged country on the
continent of North America.
McLARNIN KNOCKS OUT
THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28. (JP)—Jack
Fields, former Olympic champion,
featheweight, was knocked out in the
second round bout by Jimmy Mc
Larnin of Vancouver, B. C., bantam
weight.
EARNINGS OF SWEDISH
VESSELS FALL OFF.
GOTHENBURG, Dec. 28. —There
was a decrease of 1.8 per cent in
earnings of the Swedish, merchant
marine last year, compared with the
previous year. The time charter in
come, however, showed a gain of 70
per cent. The marine earnings
reached 163,569,600.
The majority of the local business
houses are how deep in taking in
ventory, prior to the arrival of the
new year.