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VOLUME 19
NUMBER 290
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FRANCE WORRIED
OVER RUMOR OF
GERMAN ARMS
REPORTI THAT LARGE STORES OF
ARMS AND ANTI-TANK GUNS
* REPORTED FOUND
PARIS, Dec. 11.—Recent reports
from the Allied Military Control mis
sion in Germany have causd consid
erable worry in Allied quarters. The
mission has found numerous secret
stores of newly, manufactured arms
and some newly perfected weapons,
including anti-tank guns.
CONDUCT OF BUREAU
AGENT HELD IMPROPER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.—
Action of the bureau of internal rev
enue officials in the tax settlements
of the Richard Croker estate was ap
proved today by the committee in
• vestigating the bureau, but the con
duct of George B. Walker, the bureau
agent who handled the case, was de
scribed as improper due to misjudg
ment. The case revolved around a
* complaint made by Walker against
the bureau officials, who he charged
had interfered with his investigation
of the estate by attempting to prevent
him from opening the Croker safety
deposit box at the First National Bank
of Palm Beach, Florida.
Testimony, Chairman Couzens said,
brought out that Walker disregarded
instructions from his superiors and
opened the box, discovering §117,000
in bonds and municipal transfers not
included in the estate.
GOVERNMENT RY.
'OPENS COAL LAND;
The Matanuska coal field, which
contains one of the most valuable
coal reserves in Alaska, extends from
an area near tidewater at the head
of Knik Arm, an inland extension of
Cook Inlet, eastward to the upper
valley of the Matanuska River, reach
ing a point within eight miles of the
Matanuska glacier. The Matanuska
branch of the new Government rail
road taps this coal field and draws
fra1^ it much of the fuel used on
that railroad.
Although the coal bearing formation
is of the same age throughout the j
field, the coal shows a wide range
in character. At the west end of
the field, where the beds are only a
little deformed, the coal is a lignite.
Farther east, at Moose and Eska
Creeks, wrhere the beds are somewhat
folded and faulted, they contain bi
t ;;|6inous coal of good grade, which
is now being profitably mined to an
extent justified by the market de
mand. Here several mines are now !
producing about 7,000 tons a month.
Still farther east, in the vicinity of
Chickaloon, the terminus of the Mat
anuska branch of the railroad, the
coal is a bituminous coking coal of
the first rank, but the structure of
the beds is more complex than at
Moose Creek. The coals of the
highest grade, which are found on
Anthracite Ridge, 12 miles east of
Chickaloon, include anthracite of su
perior qulaity, but the beds are high
ly complex in structure. No at
tempt has yet been made to mine
this anthracite.
Surveys Made in Matanuska Valley
The part of the Matanuska Valley
that includes the area near Chicka-,
loon and hte area immediately east of
it form what is generally known as
the upper Matanuska Valley. A sur
vey of the Upper Matanuska Valley,
an ||iea which is about ten miles wide
and extends eighteen miles eastward
from Chickaloon, was completed in
1924 by S. R. Capps of the Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior,
whose work supplemented a survey
af a part of this area made in 1913
ay G. C. Martin and associates. The
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RIVER SHANNON
BE HARNESSED
POWER PUNT
FAMED IN SONG AND STORY,
IRISH RIVER WILL BE USED
GENERATE CURRENT
NEW YORK, Dec. 11—The River
Shannon, which has been dear to the
heart of the Irish race from time im
emorial, famed in song and story,
will be harnessed to generate elec
tricity for a $15,000,000 electrical
plant, erected by the Irish govern
ment, according to a statement made
today by Timothy A. Smiddy, minis
ter plenipotentiary from the Irish
Free State, who arrived here today
from Ireland.
Minister Smiddy said that Ireland
would soon be linked with immense
power plants, to be erected by the
government in hopes of inducing
manufacturing enterprise to enter
the former strife torn republic.
One can’t get along with his cook
but try getting along without her and
see the difference.
Good cooking may be called the art
of interior decoration.
BIG LAND BRIDGE
ONCE CONNECTED
ALASA AND ASIA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The navy
through its projected expedition to
explore ocean depths and their life,
looks forward to aiding in solving the
problems of today and yesterday.
One of these grows out of the fact
that every year the Mississippi river
dumps into the Gulf of Mexico a vast
quantity of mud with an effect not
heretofore fully appreciated.
A study of the sea bottom between
Northern Siberia and Alaska might
uncover interesting data concerning
the supposed land bridge that long
ago linked two .continents, Dr. E. W.
Nelson, chief of the Bureau of Bio
logical Survey informed the confer
ence.
“It is believed that north of Ber
ing Sea a great land bridge once con
nected Asia with Alaska and thus
made a road across which came most
of our big game and many ot our
smaller animals.
CLEELUM ROCKED
BY DAMAGE SUIT
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—The town of
Cle Elum, Washington, was rocked
from center to circumference today
when one city councilman, one coun
cilman-elect, and seven business men
of Cle Elum were named defendants
and branded as bootleggers by Mrs.
Glenna Karterman, jeweler’s widow,
of Seattle, in a suit to recover $40,000
for the sudden death of her husband.
She alleges in the suit that the men
furnished her husband the liquor that
killed him.
Soviets Now Ready to
Backslide In Views
MOSCOW: President M. Rykoff,
of the Council of Commissars told the
Federal trades union at the Congress
of the Soviet Government that “We
bent the stick too far and too fast in
fighting private capital.”
He stated that gold and silver re
serve must be used to buy manufact
ured articles abroad which the state
and co-operative industries have fail
ed to produce.
The Seward Hotel is undergoing all
manner of improvements these days.
F. B. Moore is repapering and fixing
up the halls and the lobby will be
enlarged and beaverboarded.
MAID OF ORLEANS
LOCKED IN ICE
HERSCHEL ISLE
BELIEVED TO BE LOST, BUT RE,
PORTED SAFE—PASSEN
. GERS AND CREW SAFE
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec. 11 —
Defeated in their efforts to reach Vic
toria Land, the Seattle power schoon
er Maid of Orleans, which was given
up for lost, is locked in the ice at
Herschel Island with her passengers
and crew safely housed for the win
ter.
Aboard the Maid of Orleans are
Miss Alice Supplee, a Seattle high
school teacher; Capt. Christian Klen
genherg and crew of eight men.
The news was brought here today
by Capt. T. P. O’Kelly, C. H. Clarke,
Rudolph Johnson, E. J. Gall and Am
brose Agnaveluk, survivors of the
lost schooner Lady Kindersley, arriv
ing here by dog team from their long
trip from Herschel Island.
—
NO CLUES UNCOVERED IN
HUNT FOR CAMP BANDITS
SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 11.—Sheriff
Matt Starvvich today called off a
hunt near Snoqualmie Falls, 25 miles
east of here, for a band of armed
robbers who escaped with approxi
mately $700 after raiding the office
of the Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co.,
near Snoqualmie Falls, lastnight.
Two suspects, taken the first day
of the search, were released when
they furnished satisfactory alibis to
the police.
Failure to find clues to the direc
tion taken by the armed ^ien makes
further search futile, stated Star
wich. ,
BRITAIN BLOCKS
PAYMENT TO U. S‘
LONDON, Dec. 11.—The statement
by Winston Churchill in the House of j
Commons as chancellor of the ex- !
: chequer that the British government
considers it essential that any pay
ments by Great Britain’s debtors in
Europe to the United States should
be accompanied simultaneously by
proportionate payments to England
has greatly pleased the press of the
| country, which declare that England
should be paid first.
—
United States Accepts
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The U. S.
Treasury department has accepted
the statement of Winston Churchill
on the Allied debts as obvious and
logical.
JUDGMENT CAN BE
LIQUIDATED IS RULING
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Judgment
can be liquidated out of property in
! the hands of the alien property cus
todian, under a supreme court deci
sion handed down today.
The trading with the enemy act, it
was held, makes unliquidated claims
for damages a debt collectible out of
property of alien enemies in the
hands of the property custodian.
The court held to be valid a con
tract of the German firm of Beerond
heimer & Co., for the purchase of
crude ore from F. C. Robertson of
New York.
TWO DROP DEOD WHEN
STANFORD TIES SCORE
WITH CALIFORNIA TEAM
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 11.—Ex
citement attendant upon the tying of
the score in the last few minutes of
play in today’s Stanford-California
football game claimed two victims.
W. H. Philips of Berkeley, and Os
car H. Hansen of Alameda, chief
cashier in the Southern Pacific com
pany’s San Francisco office dropped
dead as Stanford evened the score
count.
SAMUEL GOMPERS
SERIOUSLY ILL;.
. RUSHED TORY.
PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FED
ERATION OF LABOR AT
POINT OF DEATH
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Dec. 11 —
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, who
has been visiting President Calles of
Mexico, following the adjournment of
the Federation convention at El Paso,
last month, was taken dangerously ill
yesterday and is being rushed back
to New York on a special train.
President Calles this morning re
ceived a message that the aged labor
leader was standing the trip better
than was expected, althougn his con
dition is most serious.
Admiral Watson Sails
Yesterday for North
SEATTLE, Dec. 11—The steamship
Admiral Watson, of the Pacific S. S.
Co., left Seattle yesterday morning for
Seward and way ports with forty
three passengers including the fol
lowing for Seward:
Mrs. M. A. Gilman and E. L. Tim
mons. For Kodiak, Chas. A. Ophem,
W. L. Farrell and wife and W. H.
Trout.
GRAY’S HARBOR CELEBRATES
LOADING BILLIONTH FOOT
OF LUMBER IN ONE YEAR
HOQUIAM, Wn., Dec. 11.—Within
ten days Gray’s Harbor will celebrate
loading its billionth foot of lumber
aboard ship this year, establishing a
world’s record for water shipments
of lumber from any port in one year.
ROLLED HOSE CONDEMNED
BUT DANCING GETS O. K.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Rolled stock
ings put kinks in girls’ feet and hurt
the circulation of the blood but danc
ing is a beneficial pastime, Dr. Carl
A. Herzog declared here in an address
before the Illinois Pedic Association.
“Rolled stockings tie kinks in the
nerves. Dancing and walking are the
best exercises for aiding the feet.
When the feet move in the dance the
whole body is benefited. When one
walks every motor nerve is in action
and the circulation stimulated.’’
Charles Henning, merchant tailor,
is showing some nice samples of suit
ings these days and is one of the
busiest men in the city over his holi
day trade. Mr. Henning is one of the
pioneer tailors of the city.
58 ORANGES EATEN
AVERAGE PERSON EATS 58 A
YEAR, ALSO 5 GRAPEFRUIT
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11.—The av
erage person in the United States and
Canada now eats during a year 58
oranges, 5 grapefruit and 16 lemons,
according to the annual report of E.
G. Dezell, general manager of the Cal
ifornia Fruit Growers exchange, of
Los Angeles, which was issued today.
Of the oranges consumed 36 are
grown in California, and 16 of these
are of the nationally famous Sunkist
Drand. The remaining 22 oranges
come from Florida and other sources.
Most of the grapefruit is produced in
Florida, while 89 per cent of the lem
ons are from California.
The season just closed has shown
an increase of citrus fruits consumed
in the United States and Canada of
15 per cent over the preceding year
and 60 per cent over that of five
years ago.
California furnished approximately
22.000. 000 boxes of oranges and grape
fruit, mostly oranges; Florida over
20.000. 000 boxes, about 60 per cent of
which were oranges and 40 per cent
grapefruit; while other sections of the
country made up the remainder.
LIGHT CRUISER
BE BUILT FOR
CHINA SERVICE
SIX BATTLESHIPS BE CONVERT
ED FROM COAL TO OIL
BURNING VESSELS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.—
1 The Naval construction bill author
I
izing a program to cost SI 10,000,000,
j nrovicles for the construction of eight
light cruisers, six gunboats to be used
on the Yangtze river in China, and
the conversion of six battleships from
coal to oil burners. The measure was
passed by the House and Senate last
i session, but was held up by motion
of Senator King to reconsider today.
The motion was lost and the appro
priation was approved.
RUM RUNNER UNDER ARREST
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10—W. J.
I Emmons, said to have been involved
jin International rum smuggling op
erations between San Francisco and
j Vancouver, has been arrested when
! found with two automobiles contain
' nig 35 cases of Scotch. The authori
| ties also arrested Gene Gills, alleged
ringleader, and Albert Johnson, the
driver of the second truck.
DIES SUDDENLY
IN NEW YORK
INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NEW
YORK FINANCIAL WIZARD
TERMINATES CAREER
-—
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—August Bel
; mont died suddenly at his home here
| this evening.
August Belmont was born in New
York Feb. 18, 1953; a son of the late
August -and Caroline Slidell Terry
Belmont; a brother of Perry Belmont.
He was educated at Harvard univer
i sity, 1874; married Elizabeth Hamp
ton Morgan 1881 (died 1898), married
the second time to Eleanor Elise Rob
! son, Feb. 26, 1910. Was head of Au
gust Belmont and Company, Ameri
can representatives of the European
banking firm of the Rothschilds; was
chairman of a score of railways, real
| estate firms, etc.
FOUR DEAD IN
PLANE WRECK
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Dec. 11.—Four
men missing in this morning’s sea
plane disaster off the entrance to the
harbor are dead. They were Lieut.
G. Varini, pilot in command; Lieut.
A. P. Thurston, observer; Lieut. K. H.
Roby, second pilot; F. D. Trull, avia
tion machinist mate, and Joseph W.
Wieczk, radio man.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 11.—
Congress will adjourn from the 20th
to the 29th inst.
Mrs. Alice McKinna, who has been
in the Anchorage hospital for the past
week, returned on last night’s train.
Late Hotel Arrivals
. Van Gilder—Mrs. E. G. Jones, An
chorage Frank L. Knight, H. Horn.
Sexton—G. W. Tobin, Frank Short,
Wm. Manthey, G. B. Nelson, Arthur
Gregory.
Overland—George Kelly, Fairbanks;
Louis Poulous, Anchorage, W. H.
Lynch.
Seward—H. G. Roberst, P. Shannon,
C. W. Cook, Andrew Nelson, ,T. Mc
Leod, Harry Babro.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Dee. 11—Salmon 21,
10, and 8.