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VOLUME XX, NUMBER 331.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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STEAMSHIP WEST
OROWA IN PERIL
NEAR CORDOVA
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CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 11 (IP)—
The tug Holbrook, which took the
West Orowa in town at 2:00 o’clock
this morning, commenced towing the
disabled vessel at 2 o’clock this after
noon with the steamer Dewey astern
as a jury rudder. The hawser parted
at 3:30 and the Holbrook passed a
wire cable aboard the Orowa, which
spliced the bight to the end of her
anchor chain and let it go by the
run. Immediately the Holbrook sheer
ed badly. Seventy-five fathoms of the
Orowa’s chain is hanging over the
stern of the Holbrook which is with
out apparatus to hoist it. The Cadron
is expected to arrive at the scene to
day with additional hawsers. The Hol
brook and Dewey are standing by the
West Orowa awaiting the arrival of
the Chadron.
CHINESE FIRE ON
FOREIGN TRAIN
PEKING, Dec. 11 (IP)—Four miles
beyond Yangstun, Gen. Ling’s troops
fired on an international train which
left here yesterday with 18 American
passengers and an American infantry
guard. The train returned to Yang
stun and the passengers hired auto
mobiles and went to Tientsin. Gen.
Ling exp&ained that he feared that
Peng’s .armored train was approaching
under cover of foreign flags.
FRfeD MARTINEIDES HURT
WOteE THAN FIRST REPORTED
Word from received from Anchor
age today that Fred Martineides, who
was injured several weeks ago by a
sling load; of lumber falling on him, is
hurt worse than was at first reported.
Dr. Romig reports that the pelvic bone
is injured and is now in a cast, and
that it will be at least three months
before Mr. Martineides will be about.
Mrs. Lindsay, who had an operation
performed in the hospital last week
is on the »oad to recovery and will be
home soon.
The report said the recent cold spell
had broken and that it was snowing
in Anchorage today.
STATES PETITION
RETURN RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11 (£>)—
Unofficial representatives and legis
latures of ten states have asked Pres
ident Coolidge and Congress to find
a way to return to the States their
dominion over their own affairs. They
also petitioned the abandonment of the
Federal inheritance tax, • - .
FILM STARS WILL
BUILD A HUGE HOTEL
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (£>)—
Ground will be broken this month for
a hotel in which many film celebrities
are stockholders and which is planned
christened Tlve Roosevelt and will
to become the center of screen and
social life. It has been christened
The Roosevelt and will cost $2,500,
000. Situated in the heart of the
busioeste district of Hollywood the
hotel is to be one of the most unique
in point of construction in the west,
according to Hugh A. Beaton, Jr., who
is managing director of the Roosevelt.
it is just as safe to guess that it
is the headlight nearest to you that
is out.
Take a little salt with what you
hear and put a little sugar with what
you say.
PROMOTED IN PROHIBITION
KiviTONi vnv col. mcw yo»<
Palmer Canfield, former State pro
hibition director of New York has
been promoted to be a consultant
and liasdon officer for General An
drews in prohibition enforcement. Mr.
Confield wlil supervise the liaison be
tween the customs service and the
coast guard with prohibition field
forces, in the combination assaults
upon border or coast smuggling-op
erations.
NATIONAL GUARD
HEAD IN FAVOR
DIVORCE BUREAU
RECOMMEND ABOLISHING TITLES
CHIEF, MILITIA BUREAU, AND
MAKE OFFICER ASSISTANT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11 (/P)—
Divorce of the Militia Bureau of the
War Department from General Staff
control through appointment of an
Assistant Secretary to handle all Na
tional Guard affairs under appropria
tions separate from those for the reg
ular army is recommended by Major
General George C. Rickards, head of
the Pennsylvania National Guard, in
his annual report made public today
as chief of the bureau.
Progress of the National Guard has
been hindered as a whole, General
Rickards declared, by the tendency
of the War Department General Staff
to take over certain administrative
functions of the Chief of the Militia
Bureau.
“It should be apparent to the Gen
eral Staff,” the report continued, “that
the Militia Bureau has a competent
staff of regular army officers who are
familiar with the National Guards of
all the states, and know their prob
lems through more intimate contact
with them than it is possible for any
other War Department agency to
have.”
“I am convinced,” the General de
clared, "that sound business princi
ples and best interests of national de
fense will be served when the Chief,
Militia Bureau, shall have his duties
fully defined by regulations, if not by
law, and be permitted to exercise
them. My experience leads me to the
conclusion that it (the National
Guard) should have a separate appro
priation. This would eliminate any
feeling which now exists in the regu
lar army to the effect that moneys
used for the maintenance of the Na
tional Guard are being taken from
funds necessary for support of the
regular army.”
One of the government teachers
from Kodiak Island, who passed thru
Watson, en route to the States, said
Seward a few days ago on the Admiral
that the Baptist Orphanage, located
on the island is strongly figuring on
purchasing the present wireless sta
tion unless the price is prohibitive.
ALASKA MEMBERS
URGE UNIFICATION
AT CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, Dec. 11* (£>)—Eight Alas
ka delegates to the midyear meeting
of the Western Division of theHJnited
States Chamber of Commerce adjourn
ed Tuesday, and lunched at the Arc
tic Club today, where they discussed
the formation of an AU-Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce. Judge Schofield
of Nome declared that Alaska’s voice
is weak in Congress becauses Tier del
egate is voteless. Alaska must ap
peal to the business men and repre
sentatives from the States when her
interests are jeopardized. Mr. Scho
field lauded the Seattle Chamber for
its consistent pressing of Alaskan
progress.
MANY KILLED IN
RY. ACCIDENT
MADRAS, India, Dec. 11—Several
were killed and a number injured
when an engine and five coaches on
a passenger train on the Mayavaram
Avantang’s branch of the South India
railway overturned when a bank col
lapsed from heavy rains.
WM. HENRY BOUND OVER
Last Monday prohibition officer re
paired to the homestead of Wm. Hen
ry on Sourdough Hill, McCarthy dis
trict, and found enough evidence to
swear out a warrant for violating
the ‘Fourteenth’ Amendment, accord
ing to the McCarthy News. Mr.
Henry was absent from the premises
at the time of the raid and was not
located for several days being on
a hunting trip to the Chitistone. At
the preliminary hearing the man
plead “not guilty,” conducting his
own defense and testified that the
apparatus found, resembling a still
was not what the prohibition officers
thinks it is, but a shower bath of his
own arrangement.
INSURGENTS ARE
EXPELLED FROM
ALL COMMITTEES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11 (£>)—
The Republican Committee on Com
mittees swept the House of Republi
can insurgents with the exception of
Cooper of Wisconsin, from all impor- j
tant standing committees. Cooper
was removed from the ranking posi
tion on the Foreign Affairs committee
but was retained on the roll at the
bottomfl Lampert Nelson of Wis
consin lost a chairmanshipship and
Nelson, Frear, Brown and Voight of
Wisconsin, and Sinclair of North Da
kota, and Peavy and Schneider lost
their positions on committees. Tilson
of Connecticut, Republican floor lead
er, explained the actions of the party
in carrying out the mandates of the
caucus last spring to remove all La
Follette supporters.
ALAMEDA DUE THIS P. M.
The steamship Alameda of the Alas
ka Steamship Company is scheduled
to arrive in port from the south this
afternoon at 3:30 or 4:00 o’clock ac
cording to the local naval radio sta
tion. About 250 tons of general cargo
will be discharged for local and rail
points. The vessel will depart tomor
row night at midnight.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING
The Sunday School class of the
local Catholic church will meet to
morrow (Saturday) morning at 10:00
o’clock. All children are requested to
be on hand.
BEAT KLAN IN DETROIT
■tvrroNi view co, niw vonk
James W. Smith, the man who
.beat the Klan in Detroit. Newsboy
at 6, he became Mayor of Detroit
,at 42. In the intervening years he
had served in the Spanish American
war, became a steam fitter, then a
political district leader, then Deputy
Labor Commissioner for Michigan;
Backed the Roosevelt Presidential
campaign, became sheriff—then state
senator. A year ago there was a va
cancy in the office of Mayor and
Trends urged hm to run. He won. j
The big fight came this year when
the Klan organized to put in their
candidate, Bowles. He won because
,he is a Republican. Like Governor
Smith of ew York, he is a man of
the people and the people love him.
INTERIOR WORK AT JESSE
LEE HOME PRACTilCAlLV
COMPLETED BY SATURDAY
The girls’ building at the Jesse Lee
Home will be completed tomorrow, j
stated R. V. B. Dunlap, superintendent j
of the big institution, during his visit
in town yesterday. Another week's
work in the boys’ building will see
the completion of all work there as
well.
Yesterday was the first day he was
unable to pilot the auto truck into
Seward owing to the prevailing high
winds having drifted the roads badly.
At the Home proper but little wind is!
felt owing to the sheltered location
of the buildings.
Applications to the number of eight
have been received from children to
the westward who wish to enter the
Home. At the present time there is
no excess accommodation due entirely
to the early arrival of the children
now residing in the buildings before
construction was Completed. However
it is believed the new applicants will
be admitted shortly after New Year’s.
Mrs. A. Olson arrived from the
States a short time ago and has been
placed in charge of the laundry and
other work. Mrs. Olson formerly
taught a class at the government
school at Chignik.
DEMPSEY HAS
DODGED MATCH
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (>P)—Jack
Dempsey admitted today that his con
tract with Floyd Fitzsimmons to fight
Harry Wills for the championship had
been broken, but said he was waiting
for another contract.
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
The local igloo of Pioneer will meet
this evening at Odd Fellows’ hall
to take up the matter of a community
Christmas tree. It is of the utmost
importance, J. H. Flowers, president
of the organization statedrthat every
member be on hand go that plans may
be completed. ^
STILL GUARDED BY
RADIO AND TNT
FOUNDTACOMA
TACOMA, Dec. 11 (#*)—Federal pro
hibition agents raided a Bald HilTg,
Thurston county still, mined with 200
pounds of dynamite. The officers sev
ered the wire leading to the explosives
and prevented the blast. They found
a 300 gallon still fully equipped with
.radio. The operators escaped.
Three thousand gallons of mash was
destroyed.
HARTLEY SIGNS
COMPROMISE BILL
OLYMPIA, Dec. 11 (JF)—Immediate
development of the $9,000,000 Kittitas
irrigation project is possible when
Governor Hartley signed the compro
mise reclamation bill ordering the
state to sign a contract with the Fed
eral government when the district
agreed to underwrite the settlement
expenses. Hartley vetoed the previous
bill.
APPLE BUTTER IS
LIKED IIM GERMANY
LOS AGELES, Dec. 11 —Ameri
can apple butter is being consumed
in Germany at the rate of nearly 1000
tons a year according to local export
ers.
61 MINERS DEAD
ALABAMA MINE
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 11—Sixty
one coal miners lost their lives in the
gas explosion in; the mines of the Ala
bama Fuel and Iron Company. Fif
teen escaped injury. Five are in the
hospital in a serious condition.
Trappers Ceding Results
Around Ciulima District
Three feet of snow has fallen in
the Chulitna district according to a
Gateway correspondent. The weather
to date has been fine with Old Sol
on the job every day.
Since November 16, Moose Johnson
and his partner Harry Wertz, owners
of the rich Ruby Mint mine have had
their trap lines out and have bagged
twelve mink and eight weasles. The
report that they had killed eight cari
bou was incorrect, as Mr. Johnson
said that eight caribou would be too
much meat. The truth was they
bagged the limit the law allows and
no more.
Realism Invades Ranks of
’Frisco Chinatown Theater
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. (;p)—
Realism has invaded San Francisco's
Chinatown theaiters.
In a stage play called “The Gold,
en Butterfly,” a motion picture show
ing a river was introduced as part
of hte scenery. The actors stood
back of the screen, appearing to be
on the banks of the stream as they
spoke their lines in Cantonese.
The hero, hard pressed by h/is en
emies, feigns to have been killed,
but when they approach his body, ha
suddenly hurls them into the river.
The new version was so skilfully han
dled that the villains appeared tai
have disappeared under the swirling
waters of the serene.
Anyway Adam and Eve did not have
any curious neighbors scanning their
clothes line.
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