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VOLUME XIX.
NUMBER 63
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDA Y,*MARCH 14,1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Wilbur Appointed Secretary of Navy
Secretary Mellon Drawn Into Oil Scandal
CURTIS D. WILBUR
NAMED SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.—Presi
dent Coolidge today asked Curtis D.
Wilbur, chief justice of the Supreme
Court of California, to become Secre
tary of the Navy, and Wilbur wired
his acceptance of the portfolio .
Coolidge telegraphed Wilbur: “You
seem to be the man needed for the
position and the Navy is drafting you
to take hold immediately.”
* In his reply Mr. Wilbur declared
that the Pacific coast was greatly hon
ored by the job being tendered to
one of its citizens, ami that he would
' take great pleasure in accepting and
would fill the office to the best of his
ability.
Anti-Johnson Republican
It is stated that Wilbur is an anti.
Johnson man, and his been identified
with the McClatchy interests for many
years. He is a man of forceful per
sonality and has been prominent in
State politics up to the time he ac
cepted the appointment as chief jus
ce.
Kenyon Declined the Job
WASHINGTON, Mar. 24.—It is
Stated nere mis morning mat reueidi
Judge Konvon of Iowa had declined to
accent the portfolio of Secretary of
the Navy.
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VESSEL BMI LOST
NEW YORK, Mar. 14—The captain
and twenty-four men of the crew of
the Ward Line freighter San Diego,
are believed to have been lost with the
vessel in a hurricane which swept the
Atlantic coast. The San Diego sank
off Cape Hatteras. Ten members of
the crew were rescued.
Trying to Stamp Out
Disease in Effort to
Save Last Aborigines
PAPEETE, Tahiti, Mar. 14—A de
termined effort is being made by the
authorities to clean up Papette and to
stamp out certain diseases which long
have been prevalent in Tahiti.
For many years Papeete, on account
of its insanitary state, has been the
breeding ground of maladies which
have spread to all the islands of the
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town and the outlaying islands from
this cause has been very great. This
is especially the case among the na
tive population, whose members have
little resistance to European or, in
fact, any disease.
It has been predicted by well-in
formed residents that if the old condi
tions were allowed to continue a few
more years would see the extinction
of the Tahitian race ,a fate which al
ready has overtaken the aboriginal in
habitants of the Marquesas archipel
ago.
Can’t Flirt With Hello
Girls in Chinese City
HONG KONG March 14—“Telephone
subscribers who flirt over the tele
phone wires with the “hello girls”
more than three times will have their
numbers cancelled.”
This, in effect, is a new order issued
by the Director of the telephone ser
vices, who states that girls have been
annoyed through subscribers making
love to them over the telephone.
NOTICE TO PIONEERS
Visiting brothers are asked to at
tend the meeting and luncheon of the
Pioneers tonight. A good time as
sured.
TO TEAPOT COME
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.—Reply
ing to a question by Senator Dill,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt admitted that he had asked
Harry Sinclair to give his brother,
Archie a job. He said the magnate
gave him a salary of $10,000 which
was soon increased to $15,000 a year.
Roosevelt further said that President
Harding had approved his sending the
Marines to Teapot Dome to remove
the squatters therefrom after leasing
the naval reserve to the Sinclair in
terests.
He reiterated that the former Secre
tary of the Interior believed it better
to eject the squatters by military
rather than civil force, as he did not
wish the legality of the leases aired
in court.
Asks Millions, Saying
A. F. L. Persecuted Him
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 14—A
62U.525 damage suit is on tile in the
courts here against the American Fed
eration of Labor and affiliated labor
organizations. The suit was brought
! by Harry S. Jeffery, who charges the
labor organization with having engag
ed in a conspiracy the last four years
to bring about his ruin socially and fi
nancially.
Jeffery maintains the alleged con
spiracy was actuated because he, when
j chairman of the advisory board of the
j railway employes of Philadelphia, and
vicinity, i-efusel to use his influence
j to bring about a nation-wide strike af
j ter the Government turned back the
railroads to private control.
NINETY-NINE PERSONS
INDICTED II HERRIN
HERRIN, Mar. 14.— Ninety-nine
| indictments were returned in connec
, tion with the murder of Constable
i Caesar Cagle and rioting at Herrin in
! February7.
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BE ELECTED PRES. CEN. LINES
NEW YORK, Mar. 14—Albert Hall
Harris, vice-president will be elected
president of the New York Central
lines to succeed A. H. Smith according
to word received today.
Claims Modem Girls Dizzy
Trying Keep Up With Folks
CHICAGO, Mar. 14—Girl students
at preparatory schools today are far
more moral than the students of three
years ago, according to delegates at
tending the conference here of the
National Association of Principals of
; schools for girls.
Dean Bernice V. Brown of Radcliff
college, declared that she was of the
! opinion that girls of today are more
j religious than those of 20 years ago.
Although church affiliation is not
obligatory in college, she pointed out
it is seldom that students do not be
long to some church and attend it
with more or less regularity.
Frank S. McGill of Penn. Hall, de
clared that it was his opinion that the
girls of today are as good as those of
f ormer generations but that they are
“dizzy trying to keep up the pace set
by their parents.”
The association endorsed the fight
now being made in Oregon against the
compulsory education bill and a legis.
lation committee was appointed to
watch for attempts to pass similar
laws in other states, which laws, it
was claimed, abridge the right of par
ents to “educate their children as
and where they see fit.”
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A GOOD TIME WAS HAI) BY ALL
Henry Ford, auto magnate, photographed after the old fashioned par
ty he staged at the Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, Mass., for friends.
Jap Crown Princess
Writes Poetry About
the “New Year’s Sun”
TOKIO, March 13—Following the
marriage of the Prince Regent of Jap
an and the Princess Nagako Kuni pub
lication of the Princess’ New Year
poem was authorized. The Crown Prin
cess, following the imperial comand
for all Japanese to write poems on the
subject “Shinnen-kokoro-zashi-in”, in
other words, “Speak your heart in re
gard to New Year’s”, wrote as fol
! lows:
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“xYs thou risest among snow-laden
trees
And shinest on silver-drifted roads,
Inspire this shattered and troubled
life
To rise to thy beauty, O New Year’s
Sun! ’’
The Princess was deeply affected by
the ruin wrought by earthquake and
lire in her native city, and this is
said to have been responsible for the
words “this shattered and troubled
life.”
Denverite Has Watch
Worn by Roht. E. Lee
I FV ER, March 13—An old r-un
si vt i wadi, weighing about half a
••..un i vr ch was i led through the
Civil •' by Genevrl Robert E. Lee,
!( in<i:i:lt -in-Chief 0‘ Ike Confederate
aimy, e to lip, ;• in Denver recent
ly.
The watch is of the old key winding
type, with the hunting case embossed
and the name “Robert E. Leo ’ engrav
ed on the wrorks.
It is now the prpoerty of Mrs Gladys
Roberts Massey, who lives near Fort
Logan, on the outskirts of Denver.
Mrs. Massey declares the vatch was
presented by Lee to a private in the
Confederate army for some act of
bravery and came into the pi. „ession
of her gi<t>r: father 'William Robert,
who v i i. -av Macom, Ga.
Woman, 70, Cuts Timber
and Rides Horseback
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NEWCASTLE, Wyo., Mar. 14—Cut
ting her own wood on her ranch north
of this city, Mrs. Lillian Portwood, 70
years old, is a familiar figure in New
castle as she hauls the timber a dis
tance of 30 miles into town for sale
among local residents.
Mrs. Portwood is very active and
frequently makes the 60 miles from
her ranch to Newcastle and return on
horseback in a single day. She per
forms all the work of the ranch.
Mrs. Portwood came to Wyoming 30
years ago. She claims the distinction
of having shaken hands with Abraham
Lincoln when he was campaigning in
Illinois.
FIRST TO RETURN
STARTING POINT
WINS AIR FLIGHT
SEATTLE, March 14—Lieutenant
Colonel L. E. Broome declared here to
day that the winner of the air race
between American and British armies
in the around the world flight starting
on March 15 will be declared to the
side which first returns to the start
ing' point.
l.t. Col. Broome said “forced land
ings and other troubles are part of
the game.”
He left on the Canadian steamship
Thispval to place food and petroleum
stations in British Columbia, Alaska,
and Japan for the fliers to pick up. He
will join the fliers in Yokohama and
accompany them to St. Johns, New
foundland.
Aviator Ready for Another
Try at Altitude Record
DAYTON, March 14—Although he
has been warned by anonymous let
ters of dire things that would happen
to him if he did not cease his attempts
to get closer to Heaven, Lieutenant J.
A. MacReady, the intrepid army flyer,
expressed himself today as being
ready for a third effort to wrest the
world altitude record from the French
ace, Sadie Lecointe.
U. S. LIVESTOCK
IS BARRED FROM
ENTERING CANADA
OTTAWAY, Mar. 14—An embargo
has been placed on cattle from the
United States by the dominion depart
ment of agriculture. An outbreak of
hoof and mouth disease in Alameda
county, California, was confirmed
from Washington today.
The order also prohibits importation
of sheep, swine, goats, dogs and poul
jtry, or of flesh or hides, horns, hoofs,
or other parts of such animals, or of
hay, straw, fodder or manure that has
been in California, Nevada and Oregon
within two months immediately preced
ing their offer for entry into Canada.
The department of Agriculture de
clared a quarantine on account of the
foot and mouth disease in Alameda,
Centra Costa, and Solano counties,
California. Six herds involving 66C
cattle and 200 hogs are infected.
Seward up to yesterday has had
13 days of rain, snow, sleet, hail and
sunshine mixed up badly, and with
no regular program for the day. Yes
terday the sun was shining and auto
bugs were looking up the season’s
catalogs. Today it is snowing and
things are again normal.
SEATTLE, Mar. 14.—Mrs. Virginia
Clarke, 2f!, wile ot' the cashier and
■redit manager of the newly recon
structed Dexter-Horton National bank
was found dead today with a bullet
in her heart, in an untenanted sum
mer home of Edward E. Agnew, Jr.,
in the Highland's, an exclusive sum
mer colony of Seattle’s richest bank
ers and capitalists. The police say
that it was a plain case of suicide.
Clarke was a son of Charles H.
Clarke, of the Kelly-Clarke company,
and was until recently cashier of the
Union National bank.
He carried the weapon used by his
wife through the world war, and it
was kept about the house as a me
mento.
Mrs. Clarke leaves two girl bath s.
Germans Smuggle Food
Over Border With Skiis
PRESLAU, Mar. 14—Almost every
body on this side of the frontier this
winter is devoted to skiing. Skiis never
before were in such demand, and the
can ior mem increased as tne cost oi
I food in Germany went up.
Parties of skiiers leave every morn
I ing for the wild mountain passes lead
ing toward Czechoslovakia and come
back before night with knapsacks full
of sausages and cheese, fresh meats
i and canned goods.
Over the hills on the other side,
runs the explanation. Things to eat
j and drink cost less than half what
i they do in Germany, for in the moun
j tain passes the snow lies too deep for
j the Czech customs officials to prevent
! smuggling.
TREATY WITH BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14—The Sen
i ate late today ratified the treaty be
tween the United States and Britain
giving America authority to search
! and seize British rum ships within 12
[miles of shore.
Young Earl of Suffolk
Joins Merchant Marine
LONDON, Mar. 14—American
blood that flows in the veins of the
Eai’l of Suffolk and Berkshire has
surreu me spirit ui auveniuic, aim
this eighteen-year old peer is now a
seaman before the mast on the sailing
clipper Mount Stewart.
The mother of the Earl of Suffolk
was formerly Miss Daisy Leiter the
daughter of the late Levi Leiter, of
Chicago and Washington.
Earl Suffolk since boyhood has had
a yearning for the sea but when it
was proposed that he enter the Royal
Navy, he chose instead the merchant
marine. He sailed from England last
July and his ship will not return for
a year.
SUIT FILED TO RECOVER
BALTIMORE, Mar. 13.—The United
States District Attorney has filed suit
to recover seven million dollars from
the Smith, Hauser and Mclsaac cor
poration, alleging fraud and graft,
and the fraudulent misuse of govern
ment funds in the construction of
Camp Meade.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
■Fresh halibut 20 and 10 cents, and
and 16.10 and 9 cents.
is lira of
THE i/DLSTESD ACT
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.— Secre
tary Mellon’s name was brought into
the Daugherty investigation today by
Gaston B. Means, formerly a Depart
ment of Justice agent, \\ ho said that
he investigated matters having to do
with certain violations of the Vol
stead Act, for President Harding.
He said Jess Smith wanted him to
catch Secretary Mellon, and “we
caught him,” said Means. Harding
wanted the information. “The first
time he slipped through out fingers.”
Means, under indictment in a liquor
case was asked if he wanted immu
nity. He replied, “I waive immunity;
I ask no quarter and will give no
quarter.”
SCHOONER GOES ON ROCKS
The halibut schooner Director which
has been fishing on the halibut banks
! near Cape St. Elias, went on the rocks
on Hinchinbrook island Sunday night,
during a blinding snow storm. The
freighter Redonda passed the point
j at the same time and had a narrow
I escape from being wrecked as she
j came very close to the schooner. The
Director is high and dry with her
keel badly damaged.
YV. D. Coppernoll, Seward’s candi
j date for Attorney General, returned
[on yesterday’s freight from a trip to
Anchorage, Fairbanks and other
points in the Interior, having been
gone from Seward about a month.
Mr. Coppernoll states that he had
a most enjoyable trip and was accord
ed every courtesy by the splendid peo_
pie of that section. Also, on his re
turn he stopped at Curry, Talkeetna,
Willow Creek and other stations on
the Alaska railroad, where he met
with much encouragement, and will
leave for Juneau and southeastern
Alaska tomorrow in a very optimistic
mood.
While at Fairbanks, Mr. Coppernoll
enjoyed a delightful visit with Presi
dent Bunnell of the Agricultural Col
lege and School of Mines, and was as
tonished at the progress made in the
few short years the college has been
in existence. The institution, said
Mr. coppernoll, is one wmui uie m
ritory may well be proud of. Although
less than two years in existence it has
a large student attendance and its
future success is assured. “I was
amazed and delighted to see the spir
it of unity and co-operation which ex
ists among students and faculty,"
said Mr. Coppernoll. “The only
thing wrong is the lack of needed
room to carry on the work of the fac
ulty. The present quarters are totally
inadequate for present needs. The in
stitution is lucky to have a president
as efficient and as familiar with the
work and the Territory as is President
Bunnell.”
Apparently the Interior country is
now coming into its own. New capi
tal is coming into all parts, and
much development work upon placer,
quartz and coal mines will be done
the coming spring. Dredges, mining
machinery, and other freight are be
ing constantly moved into the various
sections. I feel that from now on, the
Fourth Division will be seething with
activity. You can say for me,” he
concluded, that my heart is with the
people of this Division.”
Mr. Coppernoll will leave on the
Alaska directly for southeastern Alas
ka, where he will remain until after
the result of the primaries is announc
ed.