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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 131
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925
PRICE TEN CENTS.
JAPANESE MARINES;
LEAVE FOR CHINA
1 PROTECT CITIZENS
JNITED STATES MARINES LEAVE
CAVITE FOR SHANGHAI ON
U. S. S. JASON
TOKIO. June 4 (JP)—The Japanese
government has ordered a small
cruiser from Sasebo to Shanghai with
200 marines. It is stated the situa
tion has become so aggravated the
government intends to take all steps
'V accessary to protect the lives of its
citizens and their property.
United States Marines Embark
MANILA. P. I., June 4 (/p)—Three
hundred marines aboard the United
States gunboat Jason started from
Cavite to Shanghai. The gunboat
Sacramento has been ordered from
Hongkong to Shanghai.
Poindexter At Work
• Blazing Trial To
Top of Mountain
Ben Poindexter and a couple of vol
unteer assistants, started work yester
day blazing a trail along the moun
tainside to the top of the large peak
which towers above Seward. Mr. Po
indexter made the apt suggestion at
Chamber luncheon Tuesday that such
a trail would afford the citizens and
visitors a splendid opportunity to
view the surrounding country. Upon
the request of Jos. Badger, council
man. Mr. Poindexter said he would
only be too glad in assisting in this
work and to that end would blaze a
trail from the foothils to the moun
tain top. He expects to be done with
the work in the next few day.
WEEKS PASSES GOOD NIGHT
BOSTON^ Mass., June 4 (JP)—A bul
letin issued this morning by his phy
sicians said Secretary Weeks passed
*' the best night since Saturday. He
is believed to be out of danger.
WILL CONSTRUCT
ROAD BEAR RIVER
TODEASELAKE
VICTORIA, B. C., June 4 (^—Min
ister of Mines Sloan and Minister of i
Public Works MacLean is starting \
to Stewart on Portland Canal today
to investigate the practicability of
constructing a road from the head
waters of the Bear River to the Dease
Lake area so as to obviate the neces
sity of Canadians entering the new
4 gold fields by way of Wrangell. It is
said that delays in clearing United
States customs officers is the reason
for building the new road.
SIMPLE CEREMONY
MARKS FUNERAL
T. R. MARSHALL
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 4 (/P)—
f Simple obsequies, befitting the hum
blest citizen, were accorded Thomas
Riley Marshall, world war vice-pres
/ w ident, and twenty-seventh governor of
Indiana, in accordance with the wishes
of his widow.
Matthew Smith, a friend and pas
tor, paid the final tribute, after which
the Scottish Rites performed the fu
neral obsequies from their ritual. The
body was taken to Crownshill ceme
tery, where it will lie in a receiving
vault until the widow selects the final
% repository.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
South Ketchikan Is
Swept by Fierce Fire
Yesterday Afternoon
KETCHIKAN, June 4.—(£>)—Three
two-story apartment houses, one big
Doat shop and seven residences were
lestroyed by fire here yesterday by
mdertermined origin. The fire was
n the south end of the town.
The firemen combatted the flames
for two hours, but the wind spread
he fire rapidly. Out of town prop
?rty owner estimated the damage at
530,000. No known casualties.
COAST GUARD ASKS
REINFORCEMENTS
BOSTON, June 4 (>P)—Commander
Uberotli, division chief of the coast
guard, asked Washington for rein
forcements so he can deal with the
growing rum row off Cape Ann and
Boston Harbor which the vessels of
the coast guard drove from New York
waters. He asks that the number of
coast guard vessels be augmented.
BLIND NEBRASKA EDITOR
HEADS THE ASSOCIATION
RICHMOND. Va.. June 4.—The Na
tional Editorial Association today
elected F. O. Edgecomb, the blind
editor of the Geneva (Neb.) Signal,
as president of the association.
Mining Club Devising , .
Plans Protect Miners
SEATTLE, Wn„ June 4.—(^p)—The
need of arousing the interest of the
public for mining protection for min
ing industries by a tariff against un
fair taxation and the inadequacy of
transportation in mining district were
discussed by the Mining Club which
met here yesterday.
Huge Throng Witness
Departure of Victoria
SEATTLE, Wn., June 4.—(Jp)—The
Alaska Steamship company’s dock
was thronged by two thousand old
timers of Alaska witnessing the de
parture of the steamer Victoria,
which left on her seventh year for
Nome yesterday, with Captain Chas.
Davis at the bridge for his eighth
consecutive year.
Besides cannery, mining, business
men and fur traders, she carried
dredging machinery. Passengers to
talled 470.
INTENSE HEAT IN
EAST AND WEST
KILLS 60 OR 70
CHICAGO, June 4 (/P)—Deaths from
heat and thunderstorms in the East
and Midwest since Sunday are esti
mated at between sixty and seventy.
New York City is a panting haze of
humidity, one death being reported
up to noon today with six prostra
tions. The mercury reached 84 de
grees in the shade at 10 o’clock. Con
tinuance of high temperatures at
many points east and south is fore
cast
Minimum temperatures the past 48
hours were: New York, 92; Phila
delphia, 94; Washington, the highest
in the country, 98.
A heavy storm at Omaha yesterday
unroofed and razed houses, clogged
sewers and washed the streets away.
An expedition from the University
uf Toronto will conduct further ex
plorations in northern Saskatchewan,
where bones of dinosaurs were found
last year.
DEADLY TRIANGLE
CAUSES MURDER
THREE TACOMA
FORMER ORCHARDIST OF ORE-'
GON SHOOTS WOMAN AND
PARAMOUR; SUICIDES
TACOMA, Wn„ June 4 (/P)—Victor
Hugo Dale, a former orchardist from
Ashland, Oregon, shot and killed Poi
nette Quinot, who called herself a
French Dancer, and Harold Monica,
recently discharged from the Navy,
later turning the gun on himself and
dying instantly. The shooting occur
ed in the Studion apartments, which
the Quinot woman rented two days
ago. Dale shot the girl through the
head, severed the heart valve of Mo
nica and pierced his own brain, after
firing five shots, of which Monica re
ceived three, the girl one and Dale
one. Monica’s pistol was found half
drawn from his pocket.
Telegrams asking for money, and
signed “Evonne,” were found in the
pockets of Dale. The messages are be
lieved to have been from Monica, who
lived in the hotel where Quinot lived
before Dale arrived here from Oregon.
Papers found in the girl’s pockets
referred to the divorce suit of Dan
bery vs. Danberry, and were clipped
from the Dispatch published at Ash
land.
Dale and Mrs. Leffel Danberry (the
Quinot woman ( left Ashland several
months ago, where Mrs. Danberry
lived with her husband.
RUM SCHOONER
CAPTURED BUT
SOON RETAKEN
SIX BRITISH SEAMEN STEAL VES
SEL AND PUT TO SEA BUT
ARE OVERHAULED
ST. PIERRE, Miquelon, June 4 (JP)
The French trawler Asie speeded
out of this harbor last night and after
a sharp fight recaptured the French
rum schooner Marie II., which six
British seamen stole yesterday and
put to sea with its rum cargo. The
Asie sent a message to the port au
thorities that the schooner suffered
some damage but no casualties were
given.
The schooner until recently was of
j British registry, sailing out of Lunen
berg, but was transferred to the
French flag and was at anchor in the
roadstead yesterday when her former
captain and crew boarded her, over
powered the two members aboard of
her French crew, set them adrift in
a dory and got the Marie under sail.
Captain Wynacht of Lunenberg was
reported to be leader of the expedi
tion and piracy charges have been
filed against him and his crew.
SURPRISE PARTY FOR
MRS. R. L. MATH ISON;
LEAVING FOR HOPE
A surprise party, honoring Mrs. R.
L. Mathison, was given last, evening
by Mrs. R. J. McKanna at her res
idence. The social event was very
pleasant and came as a complete
surprise to Mrs. Mathison. Gifts of
a varied nature, beautiful as well as
practical, were presented to Mrs. Ma
thison who is leaving soon with her
family for^ her home at Hope.
The evening was spent in the play
ing of games and partaking of an
appetizing luncheon. Guests present
included Mrs. Thos. Neville, Mrs.
Chris Larson, Mrs. John Rostness,
Mrs. Carl Erickson, Mrs. Gus Man
they, Mrs. L. Manthey, Mrs. Connell,
Mrs. Mary Greenfield, Mrs. Henry
Richard, Miss Lucille Byrne, Clara
Manthey, Katherine Nevile, Hazel
Mathison, Robert Manthey and A.
'McNamee.
Canadian Road Man
Dispatched to Report
Road to Dease Lake
VICTORIA, B. C., June 4.—(£>)—
William Sloan, minister of mines in
this port, left for the Stewart dis
trict, Portland Canal region yester
day to investigate the advisability
of the construction of a wagon road
to the head waters of the Bear riv
er, northwest of Dease lake, to obvi
ate the necessity of Canadians of
entering the Cassiar goldfields via
Wrangell, which is resultant to de
lays by customs.
COOLIDGE TALKS
NAVAL STUDENTS
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 4.—Presi
dent Coolidge told the Naval academy
graduating class that the reduction
of the Nation’s forces to a minimum
depends upon how much attention the
average citizen gives to military af
fairs. He urged the new officers to
be ambassadors of peace but declared
an adequate defense is the first es
sential of peace with security.
He asserted our defense “should be
broadly extended and borne by all
the people, and added, “We don’t be
lieve or wish to bear the expense of
maintaining a large standing military
force that threaten the policy of our
republic.”
Air Passengres Will
Travel De Luxe Style
A number oi Seward residents took
advantage of the monoplane which ar
rived last week on the S.S. Alaska.
The interior was a revelation to them.
Beaded curtains, vanity cases, mir
rors and flower vases were but few
of the many luxurious surprises to
greet them. One large davenport and
two chairs take ample care of six
passengers. To the rear of the daven
port is a rack for suit cases and per
sonal baggage. A handsome rug on
the floor, the entire walls and ceiling
in a striped, red leather upholstering
and an altimeter, for the convenience
of the air travelers, were additional
comforts noted. A strap is attached
to each of the chairs and davenport
to circumvent the passengers.
Graduating Exercises
Seward School Tonite
The Seward public is cordially in
vited to attend the graduation exer
cises of the Seward High School
which will be held this evening at
8:30 o’clock at the Odd Fellows hall.
A splendid program has been arrang
ed for the affair which is certain to
please those attending. Lucille Byrne
and Clara Manthey compose the 1925
graduating class and will be present
ed with their diplomas tonight.
BIG ATTENDANCE
FORECAST FOR
MILL TOMORROW
NEW YORK, June 4 (£>)—Judging
by advance sales it is estimated that
Tunney and Gibbons will earn over
$4400 for each minute in the fifteen
round battle tomorrow night if the
fight goes the fifteen round limit.
Already receipts have reached over
$400,000 with 60,000 tickets sold.
Gibbons will receive 30 per cent or
$120,000, and Tunney 20 per cent, or
$80,000.
Jack Dempsey cabled from Berlin
yesterday to Billy Gibson, Tunney’s
manager, that Dempsey would meet
the winner “if proper inducements
were offered.”
OHIO LABORER
KILLS EIGHT AND
THEN SUICIDES
FIVE CHILDREN, MOTHER, SISTER
AND BROTHER-IN-LAW FALL
BEFORE BULLETS
HAMILTON, Ohio, June 4 (/P)—
Lloyd Russell, a laborer, shot and
killed eight persons here today in
cluding five children belonging to his
brother, his mother, brother and sis
ter-in-law, and then turned the gun
on himself.
Lloyd greeted the police with the
remark, “I’ll shoot the pictures off
the walls and then I will surrender.”
He turned and fired more bullets
into the bodies of his victims, then
appeared at another window of his
home, where he shot and wounded
himself through the lung near the
heart, but will not die. He was pro
nounced insane by doctors who at
tended him.
A mortgage on his home was the
cause of his insanity.
MANY HAVE FAITH
IN CASSIAR STRIKE
SEATTLE, Wn., June 4.—(£>)—The
plane owned by J. Scott Williams ai
rived at Alkali lake on Wednesday.
Freight is moving rapidly to Dease
Lake to the gold camp farther on.
The Hudson’s Bay Company an
nounced they were not able to han
dle freight until August at which time
eight cents a pound will be charged
instead of twenty, the present charge
that Frank Cotter cabled the P.-I. re
cently.
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
Pacific Coast League.
Oakland 0, Salt Lake 1.
Other games Postponed—rain.
American League.
Boston 4, Phila. 2.
New York 6, Washington 4.
Cleveland 6, St. Louis 7.
Detroit 7, Chicago 12.
National League.
Phila. 5, Boston 4.
St .Louis 7, Cincinnati 3.
No other games.
Bear On Way To Nome;
Donaldson Is Overdue
NOME, Alaska. June 4.—(/P)—The
cutter Bear left Dutch Harbor Wed
nesday for Nome. The ice at St. Mi
chaels is practically clear, but the
mailboat Donaldson had not yet ar
rived here which left Nome Tuesday
on her first mail trip.
BUREAU OF MINES BE
TRANSFERRED COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4.—
(JP)—The transfer of the bureau of
mines from the Interior department
to the Department of Commerce has
been decided upon.
ANTI STEEL TRAP LEAGUE
ASKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4 (#>)—
The new Anti-Steel Trap League has
urged all women' wearing furs to send
a dollar to its Washington headquar
ters to be used in a campaign against
non-killing traps, which they allege
cause much unnecessary suffering to
animals.
YUKON ARRIVES CORDOVA
The steamer Yukon arrived in Cor
dova this morning at 7 o’clock and
unless an extended delay occurs ea
route from that port, should arrive
in Seward late tomorrow. She will
depart for the South at 4 o’clock Sun
day afternoon.