VOLUME 19. NUMBER 216
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
Ballaine Carries
Fight to Capital to
Prevent Filing
demands the OPPOSING LAFOL
LETTE TICKET BE TAKEN
FROM OFFICIAL BALLOT
SEATTLE, Sept. 12—John E. Bal
laine, La Follette manager for the
State ticket, carried his light against
the La Follette Independent Progres
sive ticket filed at Olympia on Pri
mary Day to Attorney General Stone
at Washington. In a telegram to
the Attorney General Mr. Ballaine
charged fraud in the filing and de
manded of Stone that the Department
of Justice take steps to have the
ticket withdrawn.
^ir. Ballaine declares that his par
ty is the legitimate and only party
authorized to represent La Follette
in Washington State.
ANOTHER HOLIDAY NAMED
BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
Washington, Sept. 12.—Presi
dent Coolidge has issued a procla
mation naming October 30 at Fire
Prevention Day.
Every citizen will be asked to study
rules issued by the Forestry for the
prevention of fires.
Davis Flays Coolidge
in Cheyenne Speech
CHEYENNE, Sept. 13.—Comment
ing on National Defense Day, in an
address here last night, Davis, the
democratic nominee for president, be
rated President Coolidge and his ad
ministration for permitting the naval
forces of this countiy to drop below
5-5-3, the ratio fixed by the Wash
ington armament conference.
He said, that it startled an Amer
ican to learn from the lips of the sec
retary of the navy himself, that
those in power have permitted the
American actual strength in battle
ships to fall to a figure of four or
below.
Pendulum Swings
Back to Hartley
SEATTLE. Sept. 12.—After the
lea*'fc-ship in the race for the nom
ination for governor on the Republi
can ticket had swung back and forth
for thirty-six hours, between Hartley
and French, revised tabulations of
Thursday’s primaries result in 2361 of
2453 State precincts this morning
giving Hartley a lead over French,
his nearest competitor, of 1599.
COURT REFUSES QUASH
CHARGE AGAINST M’COY
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13.—Mo
tion of attorneys of Kid McCoy to
quash the indictments against him
charging murder, robbery and as
sault with intent to commit murder,
in connection with the shooting of
Mrs. Theresa'Mors August 12, were
denied in the superior court today.
The motions were based on irregu
larities in t*e preparaton of the n
dictment and failure to include the
name of Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Kid
McCoy’s sister, as a witness.
Farther arguments on the legality
of the indictments wTere heard.
THREE COMMUNISTS SEEK
NEXT REALTOR’S CONVENTION
YAftiMA, Sept. 13.—Two hundred
realtors recently began the annual
sessions of the Northwest Real Es
tate association ,which is holding its
eighth annual convention here. Three
cities are already contending for the
1925 convention.
WEST VIRGINIA BOY HANGED
WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 13.—
Tiny McCoy, 23, was hanged today
in the state penitentiary tor the mur
der of his wife, mother-in-law and a
brother-in-law in April. The rest of
the family escaped.
STRIBBLING SIGNS ARTICLES
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Young
Stribbling, “Mamma’s boy,” signed
articles to meet Ad Stone in a twelve
round fight September 24.
SEVEN BURNED TO DEATH
DICKINSON, N .D. ,Sept. 13.—
Seven persons were burned to death
when fire destroyed the farm of Louis
Spilichal ,southwest of here. Six
daughters of Spilichal were the vic
tims and Bergen Roller, 69, father
of Spilichal.
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LABOR FEDERATION IS
OPPOSED TO DOCTRINES
URGED BY LAFOLLETTE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.—
The American Federation of Labor
is now swallowing Senator Robert
M. LaFollette or radicalism.
Although an indorsement has been
the third party nominees as individ
uals, the “Federationist,’’ the official
organ of the American Federation of
Labor, will say in its editorial in the
October issue number shortly to be
issued, some important things which
cannot but be construed as funda
mental objection to certain principles
for which La Follette stands .
The American Federation of Labor
frankly disagrees with LaFollette on
the subject of trusts and monopolies
and government ownership, and de
mands that the Sherman anti-trust
law be repealed.
Coolidge and Pershing
View Patriotic Parade
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.—
President Coolidge and General J. J.
Pershing, reviewed the Defense Day
parade in which thirty thousand men
participated, yesterday afternoon.
The President commented on the
parade and said that it was a very
fine demonstration of patriotism for
the District of Columbia, and cou
pled with that was the knowledge
and feeling that it was in a way
complimentary to General Pershing,
the retiring veterans who was gen
eral in command of the United States
Army and instigator of the Defense
Day plans .
Loeb and Leopold
Narrowly Miss Death
THE PENITENTIARY, JOLIET,
Lll., Sept. 13.—Loeb and Leopold
narrowly missed possible death dur
ing the motor trip to the prison last
night. The center of the five car
convoy traveling thirty-five miles an
hour which was the car in which sat
the two murderers was suddenly seen
to swerve abruptly to the right and
dive into the unballasted tracks of
! the electric railway, righted and
i bounded fifty yards to the center
track before stopping. The brakes of
I the car in front had stuck and burn
! ed bringing the car to an immediate
J stop and to avoid a smashup the
driver of the prisoner car gambled
with death and steered at a right an
gle into the tracks. Coolness and
! judgment of the many officers of the
party is attributed to aversion of
j more serious results. The boys were
j unhurt. An electi'ic train bore down
on the car but stopped a scant six
ty feet from the spot where the auto
bounded off the track.
Like New Home.
JOLIET, 111., Sept. 13.—“Well this
is not such a bad place,” said Loeb
: and Leopold, who answered quickly
1 and with smiles to the question as to
what they thought of their new
home.
Hindus Try Burn Up
Mohammedan Sector
SILMA, India, Sept. 13.—Ten were
killed and twenty wounded in com
munal rioting Tuesday and Wednes
day at Kopat. The trouble started
when Hindus tried to set fire to the
Mohammedan part of the town. Sol
diers who were .brought in, fired on
the Hindus forcing them to evacuate
| the city.
NUKA BAY MAY BE GOOD
CAMP SAYS TOM BABCOCK
Tom Babcock, who recently return
ed from Nuka Bay states that wea
ther conditions have been bad there
the past week or so. The camp has
fine indications and four prospects
have been found the past summer.
Mr. Babcock states that no stampede
exists to the camp, but all that has
been found has been very rich. The
Alaska Hills mine has a wonderful
showing.
OLD TIMER ACQUITTED OF
SMUGGLING SEA OTTER SKINS
Nick Bruhn, who was recently
charged with having sea otter skins
illegally in his possession, has been
released from the charge. Mr. Bruhn
is a popular old timer who has many
friends in Seward who are pleased
to have him thus acquitted of wrong
doing.
New Immigration Law
May Interest Readers
W. G. Strench, District Director of
Immigration, is a recent anival in
Seward and wdll leave oji one of the
next boats for his headquarters in
Ketchikan.
In discussing the new immigration
law Mr. Strench referred to certain
provisions which may be of interest
to some of our readers who are non
citizens and who may be contemplat
ing a visit to their former home in
Europe. He says that such persons
in order to avoid difficulty and pos
sible denial at the port of entry
when returning to the United States
should before leaving provide them
selves with a permit to re-enter. Ap
plication for such a permit should
be made to the Commissioner Gen
eral of Immigration at Washington,
D. C., on forms provided by the De
partment and should be accompanied
by a money order for $3.00. In the
event an alien leaves the country
without a permit it will be necessary
for him, before he can return, to
procure from the American consul
an immigration visa for which a fee
of $10 is charged. In either case a
previous lawful admission must be
established.
A citizen of the United States who
desires to bring his wife and child
ren to this country from Europe may
file a petition for an immigration visa
with the Commissioner General ot
Immigration at Washington. The pe
titioner must be vouched for by two
citizens of the United States who
must swear that he is a responsible
individual able to support the immi
grants for whom admission applica
tion is made.
The necessary blank forms may be
obtained from Mr. John L. Abrams
the Deputy Collector of Customs at
Seward who acts for th£ Immigration
Service in this vicinity.
A quota has been established for
all countries except Canada, New
Foundland, Mexico, Cuba, Central
and South America. Natives of these
countries migrating to the United
States are not charged to a quota
but must be in possession of the
prescribed immigration visa obtain
able from American Consuls abroad.
Bride-to-Be Recipient
Shower by Friends
The Misses Beatrice Baughman and
! Elsie Leslie gave a shower last even
ing at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J,
A. Baughman, in honor of Miss
Thelma Ellsworth, who will on Wed
nesday next become the bride of
| Mr. Harold McCutcheon. A large
number of friends gathered about 5
o'clock and Miss Ellsworth was the
recipient of a large number of pres
ents from her friends. Most of the
evening w-as spent in opening and ex
amining the present, Miss Ellsworth
sitting under a chanderlier trimmed
with mineature umbrellas. A dainty
luncheon wras served, one of the f^a
i tures of which was a huge cake with
a ring, a thimble and a shoe, much
merriment being caused when the
guests drew’ the emblems of ap
proaching nuptials.
After luncheon Mrs. Krefting and
Mrs. Leslie told fortunes for all those
| who wished to delve into the future
I Among the guests present wrere Mes
| dames Leslie, Krefting, Sexton, Me
: Nally, Rucker, Henderson, Banbury
! Denny, Thoday, Ellsworth, Swetmann
Dykstra, Hinde, Ray, Hannon, Bal
derston, and the Misses Patsy Ray
Helen and Betty . Balderston, lne2
Waugh, Sylvia Sexton, E<jjth McIn
tosh, Elsie and Cecil Leslie, Nellie
and Viola Sheldon, Beatrice and
Dorothy Baughman, and Miss Thelma
Ellsworth.
YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL
Americans—St. Louis 5, Cleveland
0; home runs, Robertson and Jacob
sen of St. Louis.
Nationals—Philadelphia 8, Chicago
10; Boston 4, Pittsburg 5; New York
1, St. Louis 5; home runs, Jackson of
New York, 1; Miller Chicago 1, Wil
liams Philadelphia, 2; E Smith Pitts
burgh, 1.
Coast—Oakland 9, Vernon 4; Los
Angeles 7, San Francisco 5; Salt
Lake 21, Sacramento 9; Seattle 5,
Portland 18. Homers, Vinci, Sheehan,
Pittenger, Cochrane, Poole.
GOLD RUSH ON
WRANGELL, Sept. 13.—Captain
Sid Barrington of the Hazel B., said
today that 15 Wrangell citizens have
made reservations on his boat to
go to the scene of the new gold
strike in British Columbia.
1Voted Mining Engineer
Has Faith Naka Bay
Wm. M. Peschel, a noted mining
engineer of Nuka Bay, who returned
from the properties yesterday after
an extensive investigation of the new
fields states that the Alaska Hills
property, opening up at present has
one pay streak, and six fissure veins
beside. The veins open upen up have
high grade ore, the matrix being
quartz highly decomposed by iron ox
ides which carries free gold in appa
rent large quantities, distinctly vis
! ible. All other prospects are very
■ encouraging, notably those of Bur
man and Carlson, the Lang property,
and others. Burman and Carlson
are having a mill test made in
Fairbanks at the present time,
i The Alaska Hills are intersecting
la vein on paystreak on the lower
j tunnel.
The veins have a direction ot
I northeast to southwest and dip about
150 degrees west.
The mill in course of construction
on the Alaska Hills property is of
the best, being of the ball type, amal
gamator, classifier and concentrators.
The concentrates will run high in
gold but will be recovered on the
tables. There is also a tramway just
completed which will be used to car
ry the ore from the mine to the
mill. Power is provided by a 66 inch
Pelton wheel.
Mr. Peschel states that the veins
[ uncovered run from six inches to six
and eight feet.
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More Kidnapings in
Feud Region Feared
LO SANGELES, Sept. 13.—Pros
pect of further kidnapings in Bish
op, Inyo county, by Owpns valley
people of agents or persons friendly
to Los Angeles in the feud over wa
ter rights was expressed in a dis
patch received by the press recently.
The word came from Harry Glass
cock, editor of the Owens Valley
Herald at Bishop, which has been the
recognized mouthpiece of the Owens
Valley people in their fight against
the Los Angeles aquiduct officials.
“The people here are desperate
over the situation and it would not
be surprising if many more who are
either agents of Los Angeles or
are friendly to that city would not
meet the same fate as L. Ch Hall,”
Glasscock's dispatch said. Hall, an
attorney, was seized by seven men
in a restaurant on the main street
of Bishop the other day, disarmed
and carried out of Bishop with a
warning never to return.
“Feeling in this section is intense
j and it is only the cooler heads that
are keeping in line,” the dispatch
; says.
Seattle Celebrates
First Defense Day
SEATTLE, Sept. 12.—This city to
day is responding to the Nation’s
call for a showing of America’s po
tential defensive miliatry strength in
the observance of the First National
Defense Day. Her citizenry, 10,000
strong, drawn from business and so
cial life, marched beneath the folds
they have sworn to protect in proud
answer to that call which through
out the country is bringing the Army
of the United States to full war
strength for the day.
A parade in the afternoon, a dance
and a patriotic meeting in the State
armory are the principal items on
the day’s program.
FATHER DEAD, SON IS
WOUNDED, IN QUARREL
OVER i$10; ONE HELD
LOGAN, W. Va., Sept. 12.—Char
ley and Obe Conley, brothers, quar
reled over $10. Andrew Conley, their
father, intervened as peacemaker.
Today the father is dead, Charley is
in jail charged with the fatal shoot
ing while the other brother is nurs
ing a bullet wound. General Bry
ant, a friend, is charged with wound
ing Obe Conley in a scuffle over the
pistol uspd.
SNOW IN WYOMING
LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 13.—Three
inches of snow fell at Lookout and
Medicine Boy during last_ night.
CATHOLIC SERVICES TOMORROW
Rev. Fr. Turnell will arrive on to
night’s train from Anchorage, hold
ing mass tomorrow at the usual
'hour.
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AL. SMITH NOT CANDIDATE
FOR THIRD TERM, BUT MAY
BE DRAFTED INTO RACE
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Governor
Al. Smith’s decision not to be a can
didate for a third term may be final
so far as his own deterimnation is
concerned, but the sentiment to draft
him for the office is to be reckoned
with, not only because of h’*s popu
larity bet because the leaders ’•.hem
selves may have to torn to him agair
after they have sized up all the n.en
now being mentions 1 for the place.
What is ultimately done about the
New York governorship concerns the
national campaign vitally. Al. Smith
showed as ability to carry the state
under adverse conditions, and now
with the klan issue becoming a dom
inant factor the selection of Smith
to make the race in the end may be
compelled by political circumstances.
There is no man around whom the
anti-klan forces would rally mere
enthusiastically to squelch the klan’s
ambitions than Al. Smith.
Tamrnany at heart wants Smith
to make the race. Judge Olveny,
who succeeded Charles F. Murphy as
leader of Tammany Hall, plainly
showed his regret when he announc
ed after conferring with the New
York that he did not desire to run
again. He sincerely does not. He
wants to go back to private life and
business. To the argument that he
would help the Davis-Bryan ticket
more by running for office again
1 his answer hast been that he can help
it more by stumping the eastern
states for the national ticket.
STARR CARRIES LARGE
CARGO ON SPECIAL TRIP
The steamship Starr on her recent
tiip to the westward carried one of
the lsfcgest cargoes from Port O'Brien
J to Tutka Bay ever stowed on tne
I staunch little craft. Every available
! inch ot space was taken.
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Present Government
Closes Eyes Is Charge
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 13.—John
W. Davis, presidential nominee on
the democratic ticket, in a speech in
this city last night, charedg the re
publican party with having broken
many of their promises which were
made to the American people years
ago, and spoke in particular with
emphasis on the subject of conserva
tion and reclamation and declared
that the present government is
against government operation of big
power plants. He said the govern
ment should determine the locations
of necessary dams and carry out
their actual construction,
heto tnfdmostpadespokeaga
HENRY FORD DENIES HE
COMMENDED ON K. K. K.
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DETROIT, Sept. 13.—Henry Ford
in a wireless dispatch from the
yacht from Montreal to Detroit to
night possitively denied statements
: credited to him recently by the Mon
treal Star, wherein he was quoted as
saying that the Ku Klux Klan was
misunderstood.
Mr. Ford in his message not only
denied the interview, but asserted
that he had given no interview to
anyone and also stated that he had
not discussed the K. K. K.
Thought of Cancer
Is Cause of Suicide
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—A victim of
the ravages of the incurable cancer,
Mrs. Charles A. Stidwell, leaped to
her death last midnight from the
seven-story window of the Columbus
Sanitorium.
PLANS MADE TO FLY
FROM ’FRISCO TO HONOLULU
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—Plans
are being made * by Army flyers for
a non-stop flight from San Francisco
to Honolulu.
WIESBADEN, German,y Sept. 12.
12.—A group of Communists and
others, arrested for distributing anti
military propaganda, were discharg
ed yesterday at their trial by a
French court martial, under a sus
pended sentence for their persecu
tion of political rights, contrary to
the London agreement.
NEWPORT, Seut. 13.—A large
unidentified basketless balloon drift
ed over the city today and passed
out to sea traveling northward.
Dawes Atttacks
La Follette As a
Dangerous Demagog
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 13.—Charles
Dawes, in his Defense Day address,
attacked LaFollette’s independent
candidacy as “the quintessence of
demogogism animated by a vicious
purpose for undermining the consti
tutional foundation of this republic.”
He described LaFlIette as a “mas
er demagogue.’ lie also warned ary
pe.iy of attempting to take position
on i alf way grourd between “those
who favor the constitution of the
United States and those who would
destroy it. Never in the history has
the common sense of the individual
received a greater affront than by
the p’- rases used by this ‘master dem
LaFolIette’s speech here recently
socialists flying the Red flag.”
LoFollette’s speech here recently
raised a question by Dawes—“Does
he consider us a race of fools.” To
this Dawes characterized LaFollette’s
movement as “the culmination of a
tnost dangerous era of demagogism
through which this country has ever
passed,” and said in conclusion of his
address, that “a government whose
policy is determined by the ultimate
judgment of the people will perma
nently survive.”
Che Kiang Forces
Capture Town Ihang
SHANGHAI, Sept. 13.—Che Kiang
forces defending Shanghai, and oper
ating on the front west of this city
have captured the town of Ihang,
compelling the Kiang Su army in
that section to fall back toward
Hung Low.
BRYAN’S CAR SEARCHED;
SHRER1FF FINDS BOTTLE
LONG VIEW, Wash., Sepr. 13.—W il
j!iam J. Bryan was stopped today en
i route through Cowlitz county by the
sheriff’s ear and the Bryan auto was
searched for liquor. Bryan admitted
he had bootleggers’ goods in his pos
session and produced a bottle of
mineral water. He and the sheriff
enjoyed a drink together.
Leopold and Loeb
Shown No Leniency
JOLIET. Sept. 13.—The two cells
which were awaiting the two youth
ful murderers, Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb closed their doors yes
terday, being vacated so as to re
ceive the two boys, who are begin
ning to serve their ninety-nine year
sentence for the murder of the little
Franks boy.
No leniency will be given the pair,
nor preference Just because they are
scions of wealthy Chicago parents.
They will be assigned to manual
labor despite their educations as all
office work at the prison is reserved
for good behavior. Lopold will have
no opportunity to follow his book
writing.
STARR RETURNS FROM
SHORT TRIP TO WESTWARD
The 'steamship Starr, Capt. O. A.
Johansen, arrived at an early hour
this morning from Uganik and west
ward poihts. She brought a number
of passengers including Messrs. W.
W. Kelly, Blair, Young and Chris
tensen. Fine weather was experi
enced with the exception of a blow
shortly after leaving Seward.
MOVING PICTURE PARTY
RETURNS FROM WESTWARD
The Starr brought in members of
the Robertson-Young moving picture
company from Tutka Bay where they
have been taking pictures for the
past week weeks. Those arriving on
the Starr were Art Young, W. \Y. Kel
ly, A1 Blair and Mr. Christiansen.
Mr. Robertson has been awaiting the
arrival of the party in Seward for
several weeks. The party will leave
Monday for lower Kenai lake to take
wild game pictures.
DAWSON PAPER BUYS
NEW TYPESETTING MACHINE
The Dawson News has purchased
one of the latest model Linotypes,
which will be installed in the com
ing spring. The old reliable News
model three has been in use for
nearly a quarter of a century.
The Nome Nugget also ordered a
new Model 14 and large outfit.