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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 7.
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
FENG RESIGNS AS
HEAD OF ARMY
PEKING, Jan. 9 (ff)—It was learned
today that the cabinet had accepted
the resignation of Feng as head of
the National People’s army, and has
been appointed commissioner to study
industries abroad. The resignation,
which Tuan, the chief executive issued
and recalled and reissued fails to set
the date for his retirement.
WOULD PARTICIPATE IN
ARMS CONFERENCE GENEVA
WASHINGTON—Congressional lead
ers said today that they had been
reliably informed that President
Coolidge plans to ask congress for ap
proval of participation in the arms
conference at Geneva.
ATTORNEY COPPERNOILL BACK
Wm. D. Coppernoll, Seward attorney
whb has been at Washington and in
the East tor the last two months, re
turned home this morning, a passenger
on the steamship Victoria. This is
ZVlr. Coppernoll’s sixteenth trip to the
States from Alaska in the past sixteen
years. “Not a bad average,” Copper
noll exclaimed. On two different oc
casions he made a trip Outside twice
in one year.
MINES WILL OPEN SOON
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9 (/P)—An
thracite coal operators are planning to
break the strike of 150,000 miners by
opening the mines to all who want to
work regardless of unions unless the
walkout is ended within the next
week or so. The peace conference of
miners and operators is scheduled to
resume Tuesday.
PLOT FORCES ARCHDUKE
OUT AS PRETENDER
BUDAPEST, Jan. 9 (/P)—An inter
national counterfeiting plot has forced
Archduke Albert out as a pretender to
the throne by reason of his resigna
tion as president of the Hungarian
Fascisti. One of the reports is that
the plot was backed by a desire for
a monarchist renaissance, and that a
deal had been made with the former
Kaiser and the former Crown Prine
of Bavaria.
The latest to be arrested in the net
is General Hails, professor of cartog
raphy at the military academy. Prince
Ludwig Windisch Graetz who con
fessed he was the ringleader of the
plot told the police that his first aim
was for revenge for the treaty of Tri
anon, and alos to recoup h:is own for
tunes lost in gambling and dissolute
women.
The plot which embraced the coun
terfeiting of 30,000,000,000 in franc
notes has aroused all Europe. The
scandal threatens to overthrow the
movement to break up the fascisti and
a huge rightabout face on the part of
the government.
WILL FIGHT AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9 (Jp)—
The Ways' and Means committee re
ported to the House favorably on all
foreign debt agreements but plan to
fight the Italian agreement; on the
floor of the House Tuesday.
SNOW IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (/p)—Three
inches of snow fell in this city last
night and it is still snowing.
SKIRTS ARE DOOMED
BERLIN, Jan. 9 (if)—Regina Fried
lander, Berlin’s foremost modiste an
nounced that skirts a^ a garb for wo
men are doomed and that they will
become shorter and shorter until they
are gradually extinct, and this within
the very hear future. She believes
that trousers after the style of those
used by Turkish or Chinese women
will be adopted.
Cliff Johnson, former Valdez young
man is a member of the steward’s de
partment oh the steamship Victoria.
MARSHAL SULLIVAN EN
ROUTE HOME FROM SEATTLE
It is reported that Marshal H. P.
Sulliwn, and family, who have been
spending the holidays in Seattle and
other points in the States, are return
ing passengers on the steamer which
left Seattle this morning.
Mrs. Martha Frakes of Uarthage,
111., is reported to have husked 110
ibushels of corn and milked ten milk
cows in a day.
DOG SLED RACE
IS POSTPONED
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WONALANCET, N. H., Jan. 9 (£>)—
The 25-mile dog sled race set for to
day has been postponed on account of
jno snow.
COUNTESS OF KAROLYI
SUES SECRETARY KELLOGG
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9 (;P)—
Attorneys for Countess Karolyi of
j Hungary began suit against Secretary
of State Kellogg in the district su
preme court to compel him to lift the
ban on her entrance to the United
States. The petition in the suit de
: scribes the action of Kellogg in bar
ring her as “arbitrary, tyrannical and
J capricious.” It declares that the
| Countess desires to come here as a
, tourist and not as an immigrant as
the law was applied to her. It further
! charges that no existing law supports
the action of the State department
against her because of Iter supposed
i communistic views. The action would
| mandamus Kellogg to lift the ban and
order the American consul in Paris to
jvise her passport.
NEW ZINC PLANT IS
PROMISED FOR B. C.
VANCOUVER, Jan. 9.—Plans are
well advanced for the establishment
of a new zinc reduction plant in the
Kootenai country, according to infor
mation received by the British Colum
| bia chamber of mines. The initial unit
will be capable of producing daily ten
tons of electrolytic zinc. The company
is known as the Canadian Metals Ex
traction Company, Ltd., and is
! financed by English capital. The mill
| will be capable of extension to 100
tons capacity.
PORTUGUESE WOMEN POINT
TO OWN FAMOUS ARTISTS
LISBON, Jan. ,8- (JP)—Wilhemina
i Suggia, the world renowned violin
j cellist, and Reginal Paccini, star of
j the operatic firmament, share the
stage of famous Portuguese women.
Because of environment and rather
restricted educational facilities, wo
men of Portugal have rarely sought
| to employ their talents in scientific
| or political wrork. But many suc
; eeed artistically, with Suggia and
j Paccini the most shining examples.
LEGION OF HONOR PALACE
NEW HOME OF ART LOVERS
_
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. (^—Cal
ifornia’s Palace of the Legion of
Honor, completed a year ago and
dedicated to men of the state who
gave their lives in the World War,
has bcome a mecca for art lovers
of this region and a new point on
the itinerary of all tourists.
Its situation is superfb. From one
of the highest points in the city Jt
looks down o nthe Golden Gate. It
commands a panorama that stretches
far out to sea, reveals the wide ex
panse of San Fraflcisco Bay, the tow
ering browm hills of Marin county,
topped by Mt. Tamalpais, and, in
the other direction, sections of the
city scattered like countless rows
of toy houses. The scene might
have inspired some of the old mas
ters whose paintings are hung in tne
Palace.
CAR OPERATOR
HELD TO BLAME
TACOMA, Jan. 9 (fP)—A coroner’s
jury placed the blame for the acci
dent when a street car plunged thru
an open bridge killing five passengers
on Clyde Staley, the motorman, who
jumped when he saw a wreck was un
avoidable. Staley claimed that his
brakes failed to work.
PROTEST MADE
TO MEXICO U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9 (J-P)—
It was announced that Ambassador
: Sheffield has formally protested to
Mexico against retroaction in the new
lawrs on alian land holdings.
ALASKA SAILS
WITH 19 SEWARD
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SEATTLE, Jan. 9 (fP)—The steam
ship Alaska sailed this morning at 9
o’clock with 19 passengers for Seward
including Theo Carlson, Rev. A. J.
Markham, Frank Gleason, O. J. Corn
w'all, E. S. Mathison, Mrs. R. J. Me
Kenna, C. E. Johnson, Lee Considine,
R. W. Chase, Wife and baby, D. S. Mc
Donnell, Robert and John McCombe,
Frank Clark, S. Sullivan and wife,
C. J. Shallet and one steerage.
GERMAN ZEPPELIN SKIPPER
POSTPONES PLANS FOR SHIP
TO FIND ELUSIVE NO. POLE
BERLIN, Jan. 9. (JP)-~Hugo Ecke
ner has (postponed his plans to raise
a fund for the construction o fa giant
Zeppelin for a flight ito the North
Pole.
FLAMES MYSTERIOUSLY SHOOT
OUT OF COLD WATER POOL
SEATTLE, Jan. 8. (/P)—Flames
/which shoot high in the air from a
pool of cold, salty water, in Green
river canyon, 36 miles southeast of
Sea.ttle, are attracting much atten
tion.
Water in the pool, which is about
six feet in diameter, sometimes sinks
almost out of sight. Tien it rises,
troubled with the gas passing thru
it. If a lighted match is thrown in
while it is turbulent, fire rises.
At times the eruptions are par
' ticularly violent, throwing out rocks
and sending flames 100 feet high.
At rare intervals the geyser fails to
work at all. These variations have
not been explained.
A short distance from the geyser,
flames play for two weeks at a time
over water which bubbles up between
rocks in a stream. Altho the water
in the geyser pool is salty, and
contains many minerals, it is within
ten feet of a perfectly fresh brook.
Sulphur and fresh water springs are
found near by.
This phenomenon is near the bank
of Green river, from which Tacoma
gets its water supply. Although ru
mors of “water that burns” had been
spread by Indians and hunters, the
place was inaccessible until a road
was built in last year.
PRE-WAR LIQUOR ARRIVES
Wm, Butler, special agent for the
Alaska Railroad, returned to Seward
this morning from Valdez en route to
his Anchorage headquarters. It is re
ported that Mr. Butler has a large
supply of pre-war liquor in his pos
session which has been released to
the government hospital at Anchorage.
Dan Ross, the popular deputy mar
shal at Unalaska, returned to Seward
today from Valdez on the steamship
Victoria, en route to the westward.
He will leave on the steamship Starr
tomorrow.
KILLS WIFE WHEN
FOUND FLIRTING
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (/p)—Because’
he found his wife flirting with an
other man when he arrived home last
night, Thomas King, a young chauf
feur took a baseball bat and killed his
wife and three children, piled their
bodies in a bed, slashed his own
throat, turned on the gas and died.
DIRIGIBLE MAKES
STORMY FLIGHT
BELLEVILLE, 111., Scotts Field, Jan.
9 (/P)—The A-l, the world’s largest
semi-dirigible, make a successful
flight of one hour in a wild snowstorm
here today. The ship it 282 feet long.
NINA BANG OF DENMARK
BEST CABINET MEMBER
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 8 (ff)—Here
in Denmark they say Nina Bang, the
first woman member of a Danish cab
inet is the “best man in the whole
Statsraadet,” or ministry in the nation.
Whenever conversation turns upon
prominent women of the land her
name springs spontaneously to the
lips of every Dane.
The widow of a well known writer
on economics and herself a learned
writer on the samp subject, Mme. Bang
sprang into prominence as a forceful j
administrator upon her appointment
as Minister of Education in the pres
ent Labor government.
WANTS ACCESS TO RECORDS
SAN FRAN CISCO, Jan. 9. (#)—
George' H. Sawyer of Waterford and
one of the three farmer-directors of
the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley
condemns what he terms one-man con
trol of the institution in retaining
•counsel to obtain for him free access
to the records of the hank.
STORM PLAYS HAVOC, SAMOA
HONOLULU, Jan. 9. (/P)— Striking
with suddenness and force of an
earthquake, a terrific tropical hur
ricane wrought ruin and havoc to
American and British Samoa.
MANY BUILDINGS
FOR POSTOFFICES
ARE PROPOSED
BUILDING AT FAIRBANKS AND
JUNEAU WANTED—SEATTLE
WANTS $800,000
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 9 (JP)—
Representative Busby of Mississippi
introduced a bill proposing an appro
priating $187,000,000 for construction
of more than 300 postoffice buildings
all over the United States, including
$400,000 for a building at Fairbanks
and $400,000 for a building at Juneau.
Eight hundred thousand is asked for
a new building for Seattle.
SLASH PREDICTE/R IN TAX
WASHINGTON, D. €., Jan. 9. (JP)
—‘Congress /will slash at least $338,
000,000 ifrom federal taxes in (the
new revenue bill, Senator Smoot pre
dicted today.
GIVES NEGRO CHANCE
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 9. (JP)—^Declar
ing he would not turn over a man
for trial by white men when ne
groes were not allowed to sit on a
jury, Judge James Drew freed Sandy
Husey, a negro, after he had been
arrested for police in North Carolina.
Now comes the “better teeth”
movement with its appropriate pro
paganda, at which the usual percent
age of editors may be expected to
bite.
BOREAS BLASTS
SWEEP STATES
ALONG ATLANTIC
SEVERE STORMS RAGING ALONG
ATLANTIC COAST WITH
FLOODS IN WEST
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (£>)—Icy and
snow laden blasts are sweeping the
North Central States and the Atlantic
seaboard from North Carolina to Bos
ton. It snowed in Ohio and Virginia.
Incoming steamers reported severe
storms in the Atlantic. One liner is
bringing four injured passengers. Ice
was dynamited from the water intakes
at Fort Niagara, the first time in ten
years.
Heavy floods have made hundreds
of families homeless in Mexico, with
hundreds of farms inundated and crops
ruined.
Mexican Town Threatened
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9 (/P)—Dis
patches received here report that the
town of San Bias in the State of Nay
arit is threatened with destruction
by floods from the river Derma. It is
declared that several towns have al
ready been wrecked and the loss of
life is heavy.
_ Snow in Many Cities
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (JP)—Snow fell
here today. Washington also experi
enced a heavy snowstorm. Many ves
sels have sought shelter in port. The
Adirondack region is experiencing sub
zero temperatures.
Dead Total Over 300
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9 (^—Dis
patches place the dead in the flood
in the State of State of Nayarit at
from two to three hundred, with the
loss at five million pesos. The San
tiago river overflowed its banks fol
lowing torrential rains and inundated
a rich agricultural section wrecking
seven villages each with several hun
dred population.
FRANCE HAS BALANCE
PARIS—Despite her heavy ffnali
cial obligations France is described
as being in a strong economic posi
tion with the foreign trade balance
in her favor.
STILLMAN OFFERS WIFE MILLION
NEW YORK—James A. Stillman is
reported to have offered his wife
$1,500,000 in bonds and securities in
lieu of alimony. It is understood he
will not contest her divorce suit.
TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE
FROM MANITOBA PRISON
WINNIPEG, Jan. 9.—Selecting a
time when all the guards were wrap
ped in slumber, Tony Tili, alias G. Ri
vard, and Richard Lawrence, serving
terms for shopbreaking and theft, res
pectively, escaped from the prison
farm near here during the night.
So well was the getaway planned
that the absence of the pair was not
discovered until several hours later.
AGED NEGRO LEAVES
$100,000 TO CHILDREN
MAYS LANDING, N. J., Jan. 9.—
The school children whose pennies
spent in his candy store had formed
the basis of his fortune were the bene
ficiaries of the estate of more than
$100,000 left by John U. Underhill,
aged negro, by his will filed for pro
bate. Underhill, w'ho made a fortune
in real estate, lived in a two-room
shack until his death. His money
was left to the local school board with
instruction, “Spend it so that that the
children will enjoy the fruits of my
labor.”
NOTICE
The I. O. O. F. and Rebekahs will
hold a joint installation on Saturday,
January 9, at 7:30 p. m. for the mem
bers and their families. All visiting
brothers and sisters invited.