senmrd Baily Gateujng
VOLUME 19, NUMBER 209.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1924.
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DEMOCRATS IRE
Oil! OF LUCK
SAKS JERMAINE
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—Summarized
information obtained from republi
cans and democrats who are trained
g in sizing up the political situations,
Jermaine, in his Washington City
dispatch to the Times today, says
that part of what they say is true
in that the election will be very close
with a chance that Coolidge will be
elected, but with a chance almost
equally as good that the election will
♦ be thrown into Congress.
In state after state the democratic
party has practically disappeared. In
some cases, probably so far as this
ye«. is c- ncerned ti e fight .s be
tween Coolidge and LaF^detle.
Davis is , rarely mentioned and
when he is mentioned, it is for the
$ * purpose of saying D at he will run
third and in sonrm scutes a po<>r
third at that. La‘‘Yliette is develop
ing amazing strength it was stated.
LIBOR IS DEATH
ON BOLSHEVISM
MRS A BANKER
PULLEN, Eng., Sept. 5.—Address
ing the British trade unions here to
day, Peter J. Brady, president of the
Federation Bank of New York said
that American labor is against kai
serism and bolshevism or any other
form of bolshevism which seeks to
overthrow democracy institutions .
SURPLUS MATERIAL IS
USED TO REDUCE COST
OF HANDLING BONUSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.—
\ Correspondence showing that the
cost of equipping the offices in thi
war and navy departments to handle
the huge task of record searching re
quired under the bonus bill has been
^ reduced to nearly a quai-ter of a mil
lion dollars by utilizing the surplus
■‘quipment of various government d*>
partments, was made public today by
the war department. This achieve
ment was made possible by the ini
tiative of the adjutant general and
his assistants and the cooperation of
other agencies of the government,
Brigadier General H. M. Lord, direc
tor of the budget ,wrote to Secretary
Weeks.
THREE ARE KILLED IN
FIVE-CORNERED FIGHT
TEXARKANA. Ark., Sept. 5.—
Three men, Walter Armstrong, 50;
Charles Dixon, 26, and Jim Dixon, 29,
v. ere shot to dealt; in a five-cornered
gun fight in the main street of Pouk,
near here, recently, according to a
dispatch to the Texarkan. William
and Stewart Armstrong, sons of the
dead man, are alleged to have shot
the Dixon brothers.
SMALL BLAZE AT LIBERTY
The fire department made a short
run last night, the fire being confined
to the film room of the Liberty the
ater. Damage was slight ,a pale of
^ water extinguishing the small blaze.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept, 5.—
Two thousand of whom 1,500 were
women, threatened to break into the
court house where the second coron
er’s jury were impaneled at an in
qust into the death in this city last
July of Janet Smith, was being con
ducted. The fcirl met a mysterious
death in the home of Frank Baker,
a prominent citizens, where she was
employed as a servant girl.
FLYEHS DELAYED 101
PICTOU, Sept. 5.—Balked in their
plans to get away for Boston today,
the American army aviators are get
ting ready for the take-off tomor
row morning, weather permitting.
FLORIDA PLANS TO HAVE
MOVIE COLONY SHORTLY
DAYTONIA, Fla., Sept. 5.—With
the announcement that there will be
established a movie colony right here
in Florida, near this city movie pro
motors now are in the market for
scores of beautiful girls. To aid them
in their search for beauty there will
be a movie ball staged on the beach
near here on the evening of August
31, it was announced today.
Local and state beauties will pose
before the camera during the evening
so as to have their pictures entered
; in the contest for candidates for the
! movies colony.
The ball will be participated in by
real stars from filmdom, it was an
nounced. There will be a floor large
enough to accommodate 500 couples
and the best orchestras in the state
will supply music for the occasion, it
was said.
The movie colony to be established
! near here will be known as Sun City.
Construction work will begin in the
! immediate future, according to the
promoters.
“FLAPPER ITCH” SAID TO
BE DUE TO SHAVED NECK
PITTSBURG, Pa., Se;nt. 5.—More
j bothersome style nuisances than fur
j chokers are encircling the necks of
Pittsburg flappers this summer, ac
cording to Chief of Police Surgeon
Doniel Sable.
“Flapper Itch” is the newest trou
ble to locate on or about the part of
the neck just below where the young
girl’s brain is supposed to be, and
Dr. Sable asserts it’s getting seri
ous.
The malady—which has affected
hundreds of women, particularly
girls of high school age-was dis
covered by Dr. Sable while he was
on vaccination duty. It is caused by
frequent neck shaving required for
the perfect bobbed-hair effect. ‘Flap
pers’ rash ’is another name for it.
‘The tender skin of young girls
I shaving
! is severely affected by frequent
j shaving,” Dr. Sable declared. “The
j only cure is to discontinue shaving,
; and most girls, jparticularly brun
I nettes, refuse to accept this cure.”
The rash has been called to the
| attention of scientists at John Hop
kins hospital, Dr. Sable said.
• Kissing in Cars Is All Right;
No More Harm Than in Parlor
BALTIMORE, Sept. 5.—“It is no
more harm to kiss a girl when in an
automobile than it is to sit in her
parlor with your arm around her
arid plant a kiss on her lips.”
Thus spoke Chief Inspector George
Henry, of the Police department
when told that fully two score Amer
ican cities are wrestling with the
problem of “automobile spooners”
and “parked petting parties” and
that "Baltimore would like to find
his views on the matter.
The hot weather has brought this
problem sharply to the fore and an
effort is being made in other cities
to determine whether or not kissing
one’s sweetheart in an automobile
is a greater crime than kissing her
a when she is on a porch or park
bench.
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But Chief Inspector Henry has
ruled that it is not unlawful just
so long as those couples do not
disturb the peace, act imorally
or disorderly. And they must not
stop the automobile where it will
obstruct traffic. He said:
“If they go in the outlying dis
trict and park their cars on the
road it is not against the law.”
Henry also said that the matter
of arrest lies entirely with the po
lice. He said:
“If he thinks they are acting dis
orderly it is up to the patrolman
to make an arrest, but if I were
passing an automobile and saw a
young man kissing his sweetheart
I would look the other way and
keep on going.”
PRINCE OF WALES’ POLO PONTES HERE
The Prince of Wales 'polo ponies arrived in New York on the S. S.
Minnetonka. The Prince came here recently to attend the International
Polo Matches. Left to right: Refuge Funny Story, I.X.L. and Valic.
Si. Uys
SEATTLE CITY JAIL
DELIVERY BLOCKED
SEATTLE, Sept. 5.—Twelve
prisoners who had reached a court
in the Seattle jail were discover
ed early today as they were about
to pry a grating from an air shaft
leading to the roof. Entrance to
the court was gained by prying a
bar with a cot leg. Earl Adams,
arrested last night when he had
a flashlight and some beads, was
credited with being the leader of
the attempt. Among his compan
ions were a man arrested in in
vestigation of a $14,000 holdup of
departments store employes and
three alleged deserters.
101 CUE WORST
1 SKIES HISTORY
—
WATERLOO, la., Sept. 5.— The
criminal annals of Iowa today failed
to reveal a parallel for the crime by
which six-year-old Nicholas Mahar
ies was thrown into the Cedar river
to drown by his step-mother, Mrs.
Marie Maharies, because, according
to her signed confession, she “hated
the boy and wished to hang for the
murder,” rather than commit an of
ten contemplated suicide.
The authorities refused to believe
Mrs. Maharies when she told them
the other day she killed her step
son but with the finding of Nich
olas’ today the theory that Mrs. Ma
haries was demented was discarded
and a charge of first degree murder
was brought against her.
The county prosecutor said he
would ask the death penalty,
In custody in the county jail, Mrs.
Maharies maintained a stolid indif
ference since she made her confes
sion but yesterday when she was told
Nicholas’ body had been found, an
expression of jubilance crept into
her face and she consented to eat a
light lunch—the first since Thursday.
She said she was “glad she had been
proved truthful.”
The story of Nicholas’ slaying, as
told by Mrs. Maharies’ confession j
is one of cunning and of carefully
laid plans. She told how her ‘ex
treme hatred” for her stepson,
coupled with her wish to end her'
life had led her to plot the slaying!
of Nicholas in the hope that she
would not only vent her desire to
rid herself of him but also to be
nut to death for the crime. She told
how she had selected, after several
trips to the river, a deep spot and
then lured the boy there on the pre
text that she would allow him to go
wading.
Boy Was Happy.
The boy apparently was jubilant
over his stepmother’s unusual kind
ness and went with her clad only
in blue overalls, without stockings
or shoes. When they reached the
river, Mrs. Maharies said she woed
into the river twice to test with a
stick the depth and finding a spot
sufficiently deep, she lured the boy
away from the bank. Then she al
lowed the boy to pass in front of
her and while she, with seeming
nonchalance, threw stones into the
water, she waited until the boy had
reached the perilous position and
then gave the thrust which sent Nic
holas to his death, the signed confes
sion related.
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MISS HUH KNOERSON
MARRIED TO J, J. BARR
A quiet wedding occurred at the
radio station last evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cook,
when Miss Hannah Anderson became
the bride of A. J. Barr, Judge Cur
tis Morford performing th eceremo
ny. Miss Anderson is a popular girl
whose mother lives in Seward, while
Mr. Barr is in charge of the govern
ment radio station. The young cou
ple will make their home at the sta
tion.
A sumptuous wedding dinner was
served to the following guests: Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. C. Spott, Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Hickok, Mr. Charles Christen
sen, Mr. F. L. Melsbach, Mr. L. S.
Kobel, Mr. James Hawkins ,Mr. C. L.
Pugh, Master William Cook, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Cook.
WILLTflHK
UP IHSUKT1
SHANGHAI, Sept. 5.—Advices
from Mukden, sources close to Chang
the war lord of Manchuria, says that
an emergency military conference is
in session there and has decided to
immediately check the oncoming in
vasion. General Chang is said to
have issued -a manifesto denouncing
Tsao Kun Chihli, governor, and is
calling on all China to overthrow the
Peking government.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 5.—Though a
contingent of troops to the number of
40,000 had battered throughout this
sunshiny day, a witness declared that
neither side had made any material
gain in the fighting which is steadily
gaining momentum here. ^
GEORGIA WATERMELONS
ARE FREE FOR ASKING
STATESBORO, Ga., Sept. 5.—Ge
orgia watermelons, the very best
grown can be had in this section for
the asking.
If you are too lazy, or if it’s too
hot to go after them, just give some
boy a nickel, and he will bring all
you want right to your door. Farm
ers will welcome you to their fields
if you will carry a load of the mel
ons away with you.
This was the situation over this
entire district as a result of low
market prices for melons in t he
East. Farmers declared that by the
time the freight is paid to the East
ern markets they make absolutely no
profit.
The melon growers were unanim
ous in the opinion that Georgia will
see a great decline in melon crops
over the State next year.
“FLOATING CAFE” MYTH
NEW LONDON, Sept. 5.—“Some
body’s brain child,” is term applied
to the “floating cafe” reported on
Tuesday to have been anchored fif
teen miles off Fire island, by Cap
tain Eugene Blake ,jr., master of the
coast guard cutter Seneca, which has
been searching for the vessel. The
Seneca arrived here eayly today af
ter a thorough search for such a ves
sel.
FISH PRICES
JUNEAU, Sept.*5.—Halibut 12 and
7 cents. Salmon quoted here at 10
and 5.
ATTEMPTED MURDERER
DRAWS LIFE TERMS
IN CAL PENITENTIARY
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.—Harry
J. Dunfap, convicted today, was sen
tenced by Superior Judge Crail to
two terms of life in prison and 21
years additional on seven counts of
robbery and attempt to commit mur
der. The sentences are to run con
secutively.
Dunlap was considered the second
Stacy of the Pacific coast and for
years terrorized California towns
with his line which barred nothing.
ENGLISH MMHIIGE SLUMP
Li 10 HOME SHORTAGE
LONDON, Sept. 5.—A big slump
in marriage has set in in London
and other large English cities. Fig
ures recently issued indicate that
the marriage rate in London for the
first six months of 1924 was the low
est for twenty-five years.
Since 1920 the marriage rate has
dropped 22 per cent.’ while the birth
rate has corespondingly decreased.
The house shortage is given as the
main contributory cause of the
marriage rate decrease.
The assailants declared they came
from the village of Opichen, where
they had previously commited out
rages. They sacked the hacienda
and fled with 150 federal troops in
pursuit.
The band, comprised of Indians,
is likewise charged with a recent
attack upon the village of Kalkini.
The special dispatch asserts there
is no specific reason for the attacks
which are attributed to the chaotic,
conditions following the recent oc
cupation of the territory by the rev
olutionists.
Official quarters here have no con
firalion of the press reports.
SEVENTEEN KILLED BY
OUTLAWS IN MEXICO
• -—
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4.—Seven
teen defenseless persons were killed
and ten others wounded when a band
of fifty armed outlaws attacked a
hacienda near Opichen, state of Yuc
atan ,according to a special dispatch
from Merida to El Universal today.
VETERAN GETS HIS WISH
T 0“DIE WITH BOOTS ON’
VANCOUVER, B., C., Sept. 5.—
Fate gave Thoas Walters, 60, *of
Vancouver, B. C., his wish of sud
den death. A Canadian World War
veteran, after twenty years’ service
in the British army. Walters visit
ed the post-war military doctor
owing to a slight indisposition. Af
ter examination he was informed
that he would live to be eighty. “I
don’t want to,” he told a friend af
terward. “I want to die with my
b^ots on.”
Five days later Walters, who was
employed as a zoo attendant at
Stanley Park .Vancouver, was in a;
shed preparing his lunch. He had
a teapot in his hand when a 17-lb.
rock, dislodged through a blast set
off 186 feet away hurtled thru the
air, striking the attendant and bring-;
ing instant death.
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OflViS DECLARED
WORKERS WILL
UPHOLD PUS
WESTBROOK, Me., Sept. 5.—Sec
retary of Labor Davis in an address
here last ' night declared that the
workers of this country can be de
pended upon to follow the American
flag no matter who may wave the
Red banner of discontent.
OLD TIMER ARRESTED
ILLEGAL POSSESSION
Nick Bruhns, an old timer of this
section, was arrested yesterday for
having in his possession two sea ot
ter skins. The statutes are somewhat
mixed in the matter, one section
making possession a felony and an
other section a misdemeanor. Mr.
3ruhn may be taken before the grar J
jury.
CONFESSES HE IS
PASADENA, Cal., Sept. 5.—Rob
ert Considine, a member of a weal
thy Virginia family, after admitting
that he had robbed a score of Pas
adena homes, confessed that he is an
internationally known crook and was
pardoned in 1922 in England, thru
the efforts of Lady Aster.
NATIVES ALARMED AT
RIVER OF MUCK
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 5.—A
veritable river of mud, boulders and
ashes .extending to a half mile from
a few hundred yards, in some places
from 15 to 20 feet deep, is flowing
from the mouth of Mud Creek canyon
8 miles above McCloud on the slope
of Mt. Shasta into the McCloud riv
er ,says a dispatch to the Sacramento
Bee. McCloud is in Siskiyou county,
about 250 miles from Sacramento.
Boulders of great weight are being
carried toward the river in thick
streams, the like of which has never
been seen before in the McCloud sec
tion and the origin is a mystery,
the dif patch declares.
Old residents, students of Mt.
Shasta’s formation, blame the phe
nomenon on a glacier, the only one
the McClould slope of Mt .Shasta
which is situated near the peak of
an extinct volcano and which had
been exposed to the sun because of
the dearth of snow.
They are convinced that a portion
of the glacier has broken loose, slip
ped down the slope and is now melt
ing rapidly.
Sweeping past McCloud at a point
three miles distant, the mass broke
the pipes of McCloud’s water supply
and for two days the inhabitants
were forced to depend upon the
railroad tank cars for drinking wa
ter, the Bees’ advices stated.
GIRDWOOD RESIDENCE BURNS
The home of Joe Reno at Gird
wood burned last night. No particu
liars other than the loss have been
received.
The house and store were both
burned, according to later informa
tion. A large part of the stock was
stored in another building and es
caped the flames. The fire occurred
at 7:30 this morning.
White Persons Found Living
as Slaves in African Jungles
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Out of the
great African interior by way of
Capetown comes a pathetic story of
a group of white men and women
who are living in a state of subjec
tion to blacks, who exercise complete
mastery over them.
The tragic fate of these unfortun
ate whites has just been revealed in
a report which officials of the South
African government’s locust expedi
tion, now in the interior and of the
groat Kalahari desert, have sent to
Capetown.
When they arrived at Molopo’oic
they found the native chief, Sebele,
well educated and able to speak
English fluently.
The visitors discovered some fifty
white men and women living near
the chief’s kraal, where they act as
servants. They are thought to be
descendants of old Dutch pioneers
who, treking in the interior, lost
themselves in the desert and flung
themselves on the mercy of the na
tives.
These unfortunates have no pow
er to own land and no privileges of
any kind . They are virtually serfs
to the natives, tilling the land of
their black masters, who give them
small quantities of grain as wages.