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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 216
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 31,1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
Italy Prepares to Unleash Dogs of War
Fleet at Taranto is Clearing for Action
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GREEK OFFICIALS
GREEK SHIPS MUST FLY ITAL
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WHEN SALUTING
ROME, Aug. 31.—Further detailed '
Italian demands in the ultimatum to
Greece, are that the victims of the j
massacre be given a solemn funeral i
ceremony with services in the Catho- j
lie church in Athens with all members !
of the Greek government present; I
honor to be paid the Italian flag by J
the Greek fleet in Piaeraus, for which
purpose the Italian naval squadron
will be in formation; a salute of 21
guns fired by Greek ships while fly- J
ing the Italian flag at their masthead.
Greece Replies to Ultimatum
ATHENS, Aug. 31—The government
has replied to the Italian ultimatum
embodying terms for reparation for
the massacre of the members of the
f > Italian boundary commission at Alba- 1
ni. Greece accepts some of Italy’s
demands and rejects three of them.
Demonstration by Italians
ROME. Aug. 31.—Demonstrations ,
against the Greeks are being held all
over Italy.
Italy Mobilizing War Forces
ATHENS, Aug. 31.—It is reported 1
here that the Italian forces are mo- I
biiizing ready to advance against i
Greece in case her demands are re- i
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Fleet Clearing for Action
LONDON, Aug. 31.—A Milan dis-1
patch to the Evening News today j
said that the Italian fleet at Taranto
has been ordered to clear for action
as a movement against Greece may j
occur at any moment.
Taranto is an Italian naval base on
the Gulf of Taranto at the base of the ;
heel of Italy.
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Greek Cabinet Meets
ATHENS, Aug. 31.—The Greek cab
inet met today to consider the Italian j
ultimatum which gives this country j
24 hours to make reparation for the !
massacre of five Italian officials in j
Greek territory.
Europe May Flame with War
LONDON, Aug. 31.—England views
with great concern the menacing at
titude of Italy, and her refusal to al
low the League of Nations to arbi
trate her troubles. Prominent offi
cials fear that Europe will flame with
war in case Italy attempts to invade
Greece.
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BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug. 31.—
The largest run of humpbacks ever
recorded during the past fifteen years
set in this week, and the canneries
are swamped with fish. Many canner
ies failed to prepare for the run and
cans and box shooks are at a pre
mium.
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WILL TAKE PRISONERS VALDEZ
A number of prisoners from west
ward prints will be taken to Valdez
on one of the next boats, including
Edwards, the alleged Libbyville mur
derer, Practically all the business at
the Valdez term is front Seward and
Anchorage points.
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TODAY’S FISH PRICES
Seattle—Fresh halibut 14% cents.
Juneau—Halibut 10 and 6 cents;
king salmon, reds 12 and 8 cents;
whites, 3 cents.
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DAIRYMAN AT FAIRBANKS
HAS THREE CATTLE SHOT
Following the loss of a valuable
cow, found dead recently from gun
shot wounds, Mrs. R. J. Everman of
Engineer creek near Fairbanks, re
ports to the officers that a young buii
and a heifer, the remaining animals
of the herd, are now' suffering from
gunshot wounds. An effort is being
made to save them, although the bull
is believed to be fatally wounded.
It is believed cheehaco hunters
or an enemy of the family, shot the
animals.
PLUS Will ATTEMPT
NEW YORK, Aug. 31—Lieut. Victor
E. Bertrand of San Francisco, and
Lieut. Kenneth Garrett of Memphis,
will leave Saturday by airplane for
he Pacific coast via Cleveland, De
roit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Fargo.
Miles City, Helena, Spokane, Seattle,
Portland, Sacramento, and San Fran
dsco.
| . The present term of court at Valdez
will see two new measures passed by
the -Territorial legislature last spring
in effect, under which the selection of
the jury and to a certain extent the
personnel of the juries themselves, is
ladicallv altered. The new laws are
the Dimond jury law, a measure intro
; duced by Hon. A. J. Dimond of Cor
va, and the Woman’s Juif.' law, voted
upon at the last election by the wom
en voters of the Territory.
Under the Dimond law, all juries
except in certain civil cases under
specific conditions, must be drawn
from jury boxes containing 75 per
cent of the voters by precinct and di
vision. This includes not only jur
ies serving in the District Courts up
to the present time but also cases in
the U. S. commissioner’s courts, in
ci\ il cases by agreement of counsel,
juries may be drawn in any other le
gal manner.
The intent and the effect of the
Dimond Act is to do away with the
drawing ot juries on open venires,
While in the District Courts jurors
aie seldom it ever drawn on an open
venire until after the regularly sum
moned panel has been exhausted, in
the Commissioner’s Court at the
present time the open venire has been
the only method of drawing jurors.
Under the new law Commissioners in
the several precincts are required to
list the voters and such other quali
fied persons as are known to reside
therein and deposit in a box 10 inches
in cubical content three-quarters of
the total list. As occasion arises for
summoning jurors the names required
are publicly drawn.
Lnder the Women’s Jury Act both
men and women are equally eligible
tor jury service, except that women
mav claim sex if they so desire as a
ground for exemption providing the
claim is made within a stated time in
the District Court within two days
after the summons for service has
been received.
In the Commissioners’ Courts both
laws are operative at once. The first
juries to be drawn in the District
Court in this division under the two
acts will sit at Valdez next month
rhe list of jurors drawn show a fair
percentage of women.
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NATIVE BOY DROWNED
The small son of Paul David, one
>f the Chena Indians, was drowned in
he Cena recently and the Indians are
seeking help from the marshal’s office
it Fairbanks to recover the body.
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SEATTLE CONGRESSMAN IN FAV
OR OF SOME PORT TO THE
FOR WESTWARD
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—Congressman
Miller, chairman of the House Mili
tary Affairs Committee, this after
noon in discussing the proposed Alas
ka naval base, said naval protection
of Alaska as well as the entire north
ern Pacific coast, calls for a base in
the far westward part of Alaska; the
farther west the better, adding that
probably the south coast of the Aleu
tian group will be the only desirable
point.
M’COMBE BROTHERS IN
MONTREAL AUTO ACCIDENT
A clipping from a Montreal paper
was received at Fairbanks this week
containing the story of an auto acci
dent, in which three persons including
John and Robert McCombe, students
of the Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines last year were seri
ously injured.
LONDON, Aug. 31.—Princess Anas
tasia wife of Prince Checisterpher of |
Greece, formerly Mrs. Wm. E. Leeds i
an American, died here tonight.
Will Be Interred in America
LONDON, Aug. 31.—The body of
Princess Anastasia, who died here
last night will be interred in America
in compliance with her last wishes.
ILK SALVAGED
LONDON, Aug. 31.—A salvage ship
which salvaged ?30,000,000 dollars in
gold bars from the sunken liner Lau
rentic off the Irish coast is under
guard of a destroyer fleet to prevent
a raid by the Irish republic.
WORK STARTED ON NEW
SCHOOL BUILDING PETERSBURG
Work on the erection of the new
school building was started at Peters
burg last week, following the arrival
of the superintendent of construction
from Seattle. The building will face
Wrangell Narrows. All rooms will
have excellent light. The building
will be 81x33 feet, two stories and a
basement, and a 40x60 gymnasium.
NEW PAPER AT ANCHORAGE
GETTING READY TO PUBLISH
A letter received from Anchorage
parties last evening stated that the
new daily would start publication the
first of September. The plant and
equipment is being removed from Ne
nana to Anchorage. It is the inten
tion of the publishers to issue an
eight-page paper, with full telegraph
ic report. The letter adds that the
Anchorage residents are promising
iots of support to the promoters.
The steamship Starr will make two
nore trips to the westward before
eaving for the States for her annual
rverhauling. When she returns from
ter October trip she will leave for
Seattle carrying passengers and
reight.
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TO AVERT STRIKE
MINERS claim will walk out
TOMORROW MORNING UN
LESS TERMS MADE
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 31.—Gov
ernor Pinchot as Federal mediator to
night asked the miners and operators
to avert the strike on a basis of ten
per cent increase to all miners, an 8
hoar day throughout the industry and
recognition of the right to collective
bargaining.
GRADING OF ROAD BED FINISHED
NEXT MONTH, AND RAILS
NOW BEING LAID
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Construe*
ion of the spur four and a half miles
ong from the Matanuska branch of
he Moose creek mines will be com
peted next month, the Interior de
>artment announced today. Grading
>f the road bed has been finished and
aying the rails has been started.
SEATTLE ESTATE!
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—David and Hai
ry Roseberg, sons of Samuel Rose
berg, millionaire Seattle merchant de
ceased, have instituted a suit charg
ing that the executors and Mrs. Rose
berg, their stepmother, have defaulted
them out of their portion of their
share of the estate.
BOSSED HUB OUT OF STM
STATE CZARS OF FKSHION
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Now that
all, or nearly all, the young girls have
their hair bobbed, along come the
fashion czars to inform them that
bobbed hair will be down and out in
the coming winter season. They are,
however, going to help the girls by im
porting tons and tons of wigs and '
buns to wear until their hair grows 1
long once more. The women however, '
are not obeying fashion’s dictates as
much as formerly. Short skirts went
out of syle, but are still worn instead
of the old street sweepers. Bobbed
hair is more sanitary, cooler and
easier to keep clean, so the wig mak
ers may not make a killing.
V'OUNG SEATTLE BRIDE
FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH ^
COLORADO SPRINGS,. Aug. 27.—
Vlrs. Elsie Jorgensen, a Seattle bride,
6 years of age, died here this after
loon. She was found in her bed this
norning unconscious following a ter
iflc beating. A Spaniard livUng In
Denver, said to be a former suitor,
s being sought
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Prank Kempfer will leave on the
Ldmiral Evans fpr Valdez to attend
he annual stockholders meeting of
’he Pathfinder.
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WILL BRING ANOTHER
LOAD OF OIL TO SEWARD
The tanker Standard Service which
arrived in port Wednesday, unloaded
a quantity of cased gasoline and kero
sene and a number of oil drums yes
terday, but has not yet started pump
ing oil into the big tanks. It wi 11 re
quire about six hours for the tanker
to pump out her cargo when once
the pumps are started. A six-inch
pipe connects the wharf with the oil
tanks.
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—The coroner
today decided to hold an inquest into
the death of Mrs. Alice White, wife
of a prominent Seattle attorney who
was tound dead recently, from sup
posedly self-inflicted bullet wounds.
The police are now looking for an
other woman in the case.
SEAiTLE, Aug. 31.—A coroner’s
jury has decided that Mrs. Crawford
White committed suicide.
GOVERNMENT SELLS LOTS
IN TOWN OF NENANA
George Parks, chief of the field di
vision, General Land Office, held an
auction sale of lots at Nenana last
week. Louis Johnson, Charles Hagan I
and Chas. Bergman were the princi
pal puichasers, the total sales amount •
ing to $1100.
1 he lots sold were widely scattered,
the one sold to Hagan being the only
business lot. The Government had set
an appraised valuation and no bids
were accepted for less than that sum.
Buyers also had to pay the old assess
ments so no remarkable values were
offered, except as compareu to the
boom prices of 1916.
SiEO OIL CO.
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COMPANY WILL INSTALL BIGGER
AND BETTER DRILLING OUT
FIT NEXT SPRING
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.—When the As
sociated Oil Company ceased drilling
at Cold Bay last month many persons
believed that it was for the purpose of
abandoning the field. But it is now
known that the company paid the
sum of $25,000 to the claim owners
from whom the property was bonded. ,
The company now states that it will
lesume operations in the spring with j
a bigger and better outfit, and will
continue until it is definitely proved
that no oil is to be had.
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, O., Aug. 29.—
Wedded at 18, mother of an 18-months
old son, divorced and yet, according
to Ohio laws, too young to marry.
That is the position in which Mrs.
Bertha Sea* Sayer found herself when
she applied for a license. In 1920
she married Clarence Sawyer and in
1922 they were divorced.
The couple decided to remarry, but
the clerk at the courthouse refused
under the new law to grant a license.
Bertha argued that If she was old
enough to marry three years ago she
is old enough now, but the clerk said:
“Times have changed."
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THRONG STORMS HALL AND PO
LICE UNABLE TO COPE WITH
INFURIATED MOBS
PERTH AMBOY, N. J.,. Aug. 31.—A
mob of 5,000 persons broke up a meet
iug of the Ku Klux Klan last night in
Odd Fellows hall. Seventy-five police
men and 150 firemen were unable to
drive back the infuriated throng that
stormed the building. Firemen drove
trucks into the mass of people, but to
no avail.
It was with the utmost difficulty
that the Klan members were saved.
The battle between Ku Klux Klans
men and the mob was resumed this
morning on the streets of the city, as
members of the order tried to escape
from Odd Fellows hall, where they
had sought refuge during the attack
on the Klan meeting last night.
Hundreds of men with sticks and
stones attacked thirty Klansmen who
dashed from the hall and they were
so severely beaten that they were
taken to the general hospital.
The police had the utmost difficulty
in rescuing them from the infuriated
mob.
Judge Fred M. Brown, his son, Har
Brown, Henry Suessedorff, and Al
bert Debney, well known residents of
the Third division, have joined issues
and purchased a large tract of land in
the vicinity of Los Angeles, which
the\ plan to sub-divide into small
tracts and place on the market. These
four men are pioneers all hailing from
Valdez section, of the Territory. Judge
Biown went to \aldez when that town
was young and opened a law office
there.
He was from the Black Hills sec
tion of the Dakotas and consequently
was familiar with life and conditions
in mining camps. For about fifteen
■ ears he lived in Valdez; was among
the leaders of the bar and prominent
n the civic life of the town. When
he Wilson administration come into
power, Judge Brown was appointed
l ■ S. district judge, serving two terms
\t the expiration of the second term
rudge Brown was not in the best of
lealth and figured that a change of
dimate would be of benefit to him.
de located in Los Angeles and re
ports from his friends say his health
s very much improved.
Harry Brown grew to manhood in
lealth.
Lntil two years ago, when he mov
'd to Southern California, he was a
oputy Lnitied States marshal at Tal
eetna in the Susitna valley.
Henry Suessedorf was a pioneer
esident of Valdez. He w^as identified
uth business and mining while there
nd report says he was well repaid
5r the time sPent in that good old
wn, which was a mighty prosperous
ommunity when the Valdez-Fair
anks trail was about the only means
t ingress and egress to the coast
om interior Alaska. Albert Debney
pent many years in Valdez and is a
ian in comfortable circumstances.
DROUGHT KS BROKEN
A heavy rainfall occurred last night
ie first for sixty-two days. Indications
•e that the weather will fair up once
ore. It is estimated that last night’s
iin saved thousands of acres of tim
ir from destruction as forest fires
ere raging in many places between
ire and Anchorage.