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VOLUME XVHI NUMBER 214
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
ASSASSINATION OF ITALIAN MILITARY LEADERS
MAY INVOLVE COUNTRIES IN WAR—ITALIAN
GOVERNMENT DEMANDS THAT MURDERS BE
HANDED OVER AT ONCE.
ATHENS, August 29—General Telini, and Lieuten
ant Conati, Italian members of the commission charged
with the delimination of the great Greco-Albanian fron
tier were killed by unidentified assassins, as they were in
their car near the Albanian border. The chauffeur and
Dragoman of the party were also killed. The news of the
assassinations comes from Janiat, Albania.
The Italian government has threatened reprisals for
the assassinations and has demanded that the Greek
government turn over the murderers immediately.
Whole Italian Mission Assassinated
ROME, August 29—It has been officially announced
that the entire Italian mission assigned to the work of es
tablishing the Albanian-Greek frontiers, has been massa
cred by Greeks. The first report had only General Telini
assassinated, but Doctor Scorte, and two other members
of the mission were murdered.
The Italian government has taken severe measures
that the extraordianry gravity of the situation warrants.
There is intense excitement here over the incident and the
Greek Foreign Office has expressed to the Italian minister
at Athens, its profound regret.
HUGHES WILL VISIT MONTREAL TO
FURTHER FRIENDLY INTERESTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29—The visit of Sec
retary Hughes to Montreal, Canada, to address the Cana
dian Bar Association September Fourth has been announ
ced. Hughes left the White House for the sole purpose of
giving further evidence of the friendly interests voiced by
President Harding in his speech at Vancouver, B. C.
KU KLUX KLAN STAGING BIG
PARADES THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
BARTELSVILLE, Okla., August 29—A great parade
of the Ku Klux Klan marching behind the American flag
was staged here last night.
PITTSBURG, August 29—Atrhur A. Wilbur, of Wil
kinsburg, and member of the Ku Klux Klan has been miss
ing since the rioting at Carnegie, Saturday.
MELBOURNE, August 29—The “Argus” says a
branch of the Ku Klux Klan has been formed at Auckland
New Zealand, to combat the Asiatic labor and traders.
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS SETTLEMENT STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29—White House of
ficials said President Coolidge believed good progress is
being made in an effort to avert the suspension of work in
the anthracite fields.
The President also stated that he was convinced an
improvement in the agricultural situation had aleradv be
gun.
NUMEROUS HIJACKERS ARREST
ED BY SEATTLE AUTHORITIES—
TOOK CARGOES AT POINT OF
REVOLVERS IT IS ALLEGED
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—Charges of pi
racy on the high seas are contained in
an indictment filed in the courts ot
Vancouver, B. C., against several rum
runners who have boarded Canadian
vessels and transferred liquor cargoes
at the point of revolvers.
Hijackers named in the indictment
include Theoiore Eggers, H. H. Kel
ley, Tiny Palmer and a scare of oth
ers who have been plying bootlegging
crafts on the sound.
WEATHER FORECAST
Showers tonight and Thursday.
TODAY'S FISH MARKET
JUNEAU—Halibut 10 and 6 cents,
king salmon, reds 12 and 8, white 3
cents.
POLICE BREAK UP PARADE IN
NEW YORK AND DESPERATE
FIGHTING FOLLOWS — KLANS
MEN INVADE EDITORIAL ROOM
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 29
Three men were rescued by the po
lice after a meeting called by Klans
men had been broken up 1t>y rioters.
Desperate fighting followed in which
several hundred participated.
Klansmen Raid Newspaper
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29.—The edi
torial rooms of The Excelsior were
the scene of heavy fighting last night
between the editorial staff and mem
bers of the Ku Klux Klan who invad
ed and attempted to wreck the news
paper office.
SUBMARINE IS LOST
TOKIO, Aug. 29.—Divers are still
unable to locate the Japanese subma
rine No. 75 which sunk off Swaji isl
and while returning from a trial trip.
UNDERWOOD 4 UNDERWOOD.
BBSS
OLD AND NEW HAWAII JOIN IN S ILVER JUBILEE OF ANNEXATION
At the celebration in Honolulu of t he 25th anniversary of the annexation
of Hawaii by the United States—the annexation which resulted in the pres
ent prosperity. Left to right, Judge Sanford B. Dole, who was head of the
Provisional Government of Hawaii; Judges Henry E. Cooper, his Minister
of Foreign Affairs; Lorrin A. Thurston, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to Washington, 1893-95; Col. Curtis P. Iaukea, Military
Aide to President Dole, G. C. Potter, Military Aide and Secretary of the
Foreign Officer under the Republic.
CHIEF FUR WARDEN WALKER AN
NOUNCES CHANGE IN EXISTING
REGULATIONS WINTER TRAP
PING DESTROYS HOUSES
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The above order was received yes
terday by Deputy Marshal Ralph
Reed, trom Chief Fur Warden Walker
of Juneau, indicating that a closed
season will be placed on beaver, espe
cially thru the winter months. The
order, while a good one, will work a
hardship of many trappers, who have
left lor the hills and will be not
aware of the new ruling until they re
turn in the spring with their furs.
No date has been set in the order
for the closed season to start, but it
is expected that this will be announc
ed later.
It is declared that the order was
caused by many trappers last winter
destroying the beavers’ houses and
dams, starving whole colonies.
BED OF OCEAN LIFTING
SLOWLY NEAR CAPETOWN
LONDON, Aug. 29.—Officers of the
Eastern Telegraph Company who are
repairing the broken Capetown cable
report that the ocean bed has risen
to a point within three-quarters of a
mile at the surface where the chart
shows depths of three miles. Sound
ings for the chart were taken in 1899.
M’KELLER IN RUSSIA
MOSCOW, Aug 28—United States
Senator McKeller of Tennessee arriv
ed here for a week’s visit.
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SCHOONER MARION WHIPPLE
POINT FOUNDERS SOUTH
OF ALEUTIONS AUGUST 1
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—A bottle was
found washed up on the shores of
Bainbridge Island today containing a
letter telling of the tragic fate of the
schooner Marion Whipplepoint, sever
al hundred miles south of the Aleutian
Islands, August 1st last.
According to the letter the schooner
was foundering and the lifeboats a
total wreck, fifteen men facing death.
(Note—A search of the U. S. Regis
ter fails to give a vessel of the above
name, and the affair may be a hoax.)
IB PRESIDENT
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WILL LIVE FOR YEAR WITH NE
GROID SENAGALES IN WEST
FRENCH AFRICA
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Col. David
P. Barrow, former president and pro
fessor of political science in the Uni
versity of California, sailed today to
live for a year among the negroid
Senegales and Sudanese in west Afri
ca, studying the people and their gov
ernment.
SARATOGA, Aug. 28.—Mayor Hylan
of New York is down with a severe
attack of influenza.
W OF ill* MAY CONTINUE TO
KEEP RESIDENTS YUKON TERRITORY DRY
PROVINCIAL LIQUOR BOARD PLANS TO USE AIR
PLANES IN TRANSPORTING LIQUOR OVER
PANHANDLE OF ALASKA—OFFICIALS CLAIM
U. S. JURISDICTION EXTENDS UPWARD ALSO.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29—The plan before
the Provincial liquor board at Vancouver, B. C., for using
Airplanes to transport liquor into Yukon Territory across
the strip of the Alaska Panhandle, is regarded by interna
tional experts here as promising important developments
in the laws of the nations.
It is the opinion of officials that prohibition extends
upwards in the air infinitely over American Territory.
They hold that liquor cannot be carried over Alaska under
any circumstances. This view is based on the Supreme
Court decision in the shipping of liquor and other cases.
THREE WORLD’S RECORDS BROKEN BY AVIA
TION OFFICERS IN FLIGHT—REFUELED AND
FED FROM OTHER PLANES—IN AIR OVER 37
HOURS CONTINUOUS.
SAN DIEGO, August 29—With the engine of the air
plane apparently functioning property, three world’s rec
ords of speed having been already shattered, Capt. Lowell
Smith and Lr. John Richter, army airmen, late Tuesday
gave every indication of hanging up several more marks
before the end of the endurance "flight, which was started
Monday. They are being refueled and fed from other air
planes.
SAN DIEGO, August 29—Smith and Richter landed
at six-twenty last evening, having flown fifty-three hun
dred kilometers at a speed of eighty miles an hour. They
were in the air thirty seven hours and fifteen minutes, a
new world’s record.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE SAYS COUNTRY
NEEDS FEELINGS OF STABILITY
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29—President Cool
idge’s first pronouncement on the general business situa
tion was made at the White House through an authoriz
ed spokesman. The President said that all the country
needed was primarily feelings of stability, confidence, re*
assurance, and the knowledge that things are running
along smoothly.
COUNT GOMBEIYAM INVITED FORM CABINET
TOKIO, August 29—Count Gombeiyam has been sum
moned to court by the Crown Prince Hirohito. It is under
stood that the count has been invited to form a new cabi
net to succeed that of the late Premier Kato.
The funeral of Premier Kato was held yesterday.
TAFT WANTS JUDICIAL REFORM IN U. S.
MINNEAPOLIS, August 29—Congress and the state
legislatures should be awakened to the importance of ju*
dicial reform, Chief Justice Taft told the American Bar
Association delegates, at their meeting here yesterdav.
NATION WIDE INVESTIGATION GAS. PRICES
MINNEAPOLIS, August 29—A nation wide investi
gation of gasoline prices has been decided upon by the
| national association of attorneys general in a resolution
passed today.
BOMBING TESTS START SEPT. FIFTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29—The Navy De
partment announced that air service bombing tests with
the obsolete battleships Virginia and New Jersey will be
gin twenty miles off Cape Hatteras on September fifth.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—Peter Joseph,
the noted architect who came to Chi
cago from South America to help
build the exposition buiuiings at the
world’s fair in 1893, died Tuesday of
pneumonia. He was born at Cologne
59 years ago. He assisted in plan
ning the city of Buenos Aires.
LOW TEMPERATURE PREVAIL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Many low
temperature records for this date are
broken today in the states around the
Great Lakes.
FOB FREE STATE
CABINET MISIEBS
ALL CANDIDATES WIN SEATS
BY LARGE MAJORITIES WITH
THREE REPUBLICANS
LONDON, Aug1, 29.—Returns from
the Irish elections held yesterday dis
close sweeping victories for the Free
State candidates, nearly a score of
whom including almost all the cabinet
ministers have won seats by large ma
jorities with only three republicans
seated.
KNUD RASMIJSSON MAKING WAY
BY NORT HWi-IST PASSAGE TO
COAST Or ALASKA — EXPEDI
TION SENT CUT BY DENMARK
WINNIPEG, Aug. 2b —Or. Burk»t
Smith of Copenhagen arrived here to
das' after a ,to year trip e/pkoing
Bahin Land, a<* second in ci nimand to
Knud Rasmussen, who is making his
wa • to Alasaa by the Northwest Pas
sage.
L»j. Smith r-ai 1 he s* as under obii
gadon to make his J.st r. tort to the
King of Denmark, under whose au
thority the journey was made.
GREECE SERIOUSLY ILL
LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Princess
Anastasia of Greece, formerly Mrs. W.
B. Leeds, is seriously ill at her home
here.
PRESIDENT WILL MITT 'EM
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—President
Coolidge will continue to shake hands
with delegations, although he has
been urged not to do so.