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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 263
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
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TWO MOOSE, TWO BROWN BEAPC:
AND ONE BLACK BAGGED
NEAR SEWARD
Mr. C. A. Fritz and Mr. J. F. Fritz
who arrived here from Zanesville, 0..
about a month ago, accompanied by
their wives, and Wm. Grimm, of the
same city, who is a brother-in-law o'
J. F. Fritz, returned from lower Kenai
this week with two moose and three
bears, one of which was a record ani
mal, 11 and a half feet long, with a
fine pelt.
The party encountered very bad
weather while absent, hunting about
four days cf the time, but seeing lots
of moose, mostly cows and small bulls.
Mr. Fritz reports lots of "rabbits in
the district, and millions of ptarmi
gan. They had a very enjoyable trip
notwithstanding the bad weather,, and
plan to return at some future date.
They will leave on the Admiral Wat
son for their home in Zanesville.
The cableship Dellwood arrived in
the bay Thursday night and yesterday
picked up and spliced the ends of the
cable, which was broken recently
when a halibut schooner fouled it
with its anchor. Officers on the Dell
wood report the present trip one of
the stormiest ever experienced. At
Port Etches in southeastern Alaska,
the gale was so severe that two an
chors were put out to hold the ship.
The Igdlwood will leave tomorrow
for Seattle.
12 MILES OFF SHORE
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The British
government has accepted in principle
tii* pioposal of the American govern
ment that vessels destined for Ameri
can waters may be searched for con
£ traband liquor within twelves miles
of the American coast.
I PRISONERS FREED
DUBLIN, Oct. 27.—The Free State
government announced today that no
prisoners would be released in conse
quence of the hunger strike.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS
ACCEPTED BRITISH PROPOSAL
PARIS, Oct. 27.—The French gov
eminent has accepted the British pro
posal tor examination into Germany’s
capacity to pay reparations.
MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN OPENED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The cam
paign of the Harding Memorial Asso
ciation opened today. Funds will be
raised to erect a memorial to the
late president in his home town ot
Marion, Ohio.
SHENANDOAH MAKES FLIGHT
♦ ^ WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The U. S.
S. Shenadoah, the world’s largest air
ship, made a flight down the Shenan
doah valley today.
FOUR KILLED IN COLOGNE
COLOGNE, Oct. 27.—Four persons
wrere killed in food riots here today.
FIFTY MILE GALE ON ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—A fifty mile
gale is raging off the coast today, and
many vessers are reported in distress
from here to Cape Hatteras. The
storm is working eastward.
WILL HE BECOME CZAR OF
RUSSIA
UNDER WOOD A UNDERWOOD. N. V.
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia—who it
is said—is ambitious to take the place
of his late cousin, Nicholas II, as
Czar of all the Russias. It is reported
by cable from Europe that the astute
Queen Marie of Roumania, has been
trying to place Cyril on the throne o!
the Romanoffs.
FORMER KAISEH10
CROWN PRINCE PAY
VISIT TO FROHTIDI
DOORN, Oct. 27.—Ex-kaiser Wil
helm and the ex-crown prince, accom
panied by two of their staff, left here
last evening in an automobile, taking
i dinner at Arnheim, ten miles from
I the German border and returned at 2
o’clock in the morning. They were
! followed by three automobiles filled
I with Holland secret service men.
OMAHA, Oct. 27.—A chapel service
broadcasted by the Bethany Presbyte
rian church of Council Bluffs, Iowa,
was heard aboard the schooner Bow
doin, locked in the ice north of Green
land, 11 degrees from the Pole, by
MacMillan, the explorer, according to
a message relayed today via Prince
Rupert.
THYSSEN WORKS CLOSE
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—It is reported
from Essen that the Thyssen works at
Hamburg have closed owing to finan
cial difficulties, and 1300 men are
idle.
MY OWN HAS BAD COUGH
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—The race
horse My Own, has developed a bad
coughing speel that has frightened its
owner, Admiral Grayson, who is plac
ing My Own* against Zev, winner of
the recent international race.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Frank B.
Kellogg, former senator from Minne
sota, has been selected as American
ambassador to succeed Harvey.
AMERICAN R7ED CROSS
HAS SPENT 164 MILLIONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—The Red
Cross has spent $164,000,000 for the re
lief of disabled soldiers according to
its annual report.
AIRPLANE KILLS TWO
SOFIA, Oct. 27.—Two officers were
killed in an accident which wrecked
the sole airplane of Bulgaria.
WOULD LOST ONE OF IIS
GHEflTEST ELECTRICIANS
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 27 —
The world lost one of its greatest
mathematicians and the elecrical in
dustry will miss one of its most shin
ing lights, said Thomas Edison, com
menting on the death of Steinmetz.
iiioTip
EXTEND HOLD OH
COBLENZ, Oct. 27.—Operation of
active French support enabled the
Rhineland republic today to extend
its hold over a number of towns and
villages. French and Belgian troops
suppressed disorders growing out of
attempts by Loyalists to overthrown
the Separatist groups.
FIFTH MILLION BUSHELS
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The ad
plan by a western group of wheat
growers to ship fifty million bushels
to wheat to Germany this winter, pay
ministration looks with favor upon a
ment to be made b?; the Berlin gov
ernment.
FORD CONFERENCE BE HELD
DETROIT, Oct. 27.—A conference
of “Ford for President” clubs will be
called December 12th to organize a
new party. It is expected 3000 will
attend.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Oct. 27.—
Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the
“electrical wizard,” died at his home
here today, following a physical
breakdown, due to a trip to the Pa
cific Coast, from which he recently
returned. He was one of the foremost
electrical experts of the day and a
close friend of Thomas A. Edison.
FIRE DAMAGES TONOPAH
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
TONOPAH, Nev., Oct. 27.—Fire
causing a loss estimated at $200,000
destroyed, two buildings here Tues
day and threatened the Mizpah hotel.
The flames started in the Western
Union telegraph office.
AMERICA’S DECISION HAS
LIFTED LOAD OFF EUROPE
LONDON, Oct. 27—America’s deci
sion to1 lend her advice and co-opera
tion in a conference for the settlement
of the German reparations t*”'1 '
has lifted Europe out of a slough of
despond.
HAMBUR GREPLACES BREMEN
HAMUBRG, Oct. 27.—It was an
nounced that Hamburg would re
place Bremen as the eastern terminus
of trans-Atlantic service of the Amer
ican line.
SUPPLIES TURNED OVER TO
JAPANESE RED CROSS
TOKIO, Oct. 27.—All American mis
sions and supplies for the relief of
Japanese earthquake sufferers, have
been turned over to the Japanese Re
lief Bureau and the American Relief
will now be distributed through that
Bureau and the Japanese Red Cross.
All American Field Hospitals at To
kio and Yokohama with thousands of
beds and supplies to last three or
more months have been turned over
to the Japanese.
MOB OF UNEMPLOYED
SEIZE KRUPP WORKS
LONDON, Oct. 27—A mob of un
employed seized the Krupp Works at
Essen barricaded themselves in the
main buildings, says a dispatch to
the Daily Express from Essen, seven
vere killed and 2uo wounded.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.— Lloyd
George was called into conterence by
Secretary Hughes tonight, with an un
expectedness regarded as significant.
He said in an interview with corres
pondents he regards the European
situation more hopeful than at any
time since France’s invasion ot Ger
many begun.
He regards the exchange of notes
between Sec. Hughes and Lord <
zon, together with the provisional ac
ceptance by France, as indications
that something can be done to fix up
the reparations muddle. _
GEM CH01W,
SMS m STRESEH
HAGEN, Germany, Oct. 26.—“Ger
many cannot pay her reparations
when she cannot dispose of her own
property,” said Chancellor Stresseman
this evening. “So long as the Ruhr
is cut off from Germany we don’t
want to and shall not pay any repara
tions to France.”
BANDITS HOLD UP BANK
AND ESCAPE TO MEXICO
LOS xVNGELES, Oct. 27.—Four ban
dits this afternoon held up the No
walk Commercial Savings Bank and
securing $13,000 escaped to Mexico in
an airplane.
EARL OF ATHLONE NAMED
GOVERNOR GENERAL AFRICA
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The Earl of
Athlone, a brother to the queen of
England, was appointed today govern
or general of South Africa.
DETROIT, Oct. 27.—Ford announc
ed that he will erect 30,000 cement
homes near his South Dearborn plant
{'Or employes.
F0R3ES CALLED DOWN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Colonel
Charles Forbes, former director of the
Veterans bureau, was twice silenced
yesterday when he dramatically in
terrupted the proceedings of the spe
cial senate committee.
HERMINE WOULD BE EMPRESS
DOORN, Holland, Oct. 27.—It is re
ported here that the wife of the ex
kaiser has strong hopes that the roy
alist party will win in Germany and
that she will be empress.
WAR ON TO FINISH
MANILA, Oct. 27—Prominent Fili
pinos declared today that they would
do all in their power to embarrass
Gov. Wood’s administration until he
was removed and replaced by a Fili
pino.
.SEPARATISTS ARE BITTER
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—It is reported the
Separatists are treated the citizens in
the towns captured with the utmost
severity and brutality and that many
prominent prisoners have been exe
cuted.
KING OF SPAIN
'ioE.YRIOHT UNDERWOOD JL.UNDEfLWOOD. H.y
King Alfonso, of Spain, the latest
European monarch to have trouble
with his subjects.
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LONDON, Oct. 27.—France, BeJ,
gium and Italy have accepted the in
vitation of Britain for a reparations
conference with the understanding
that it shall take the form of a com
mittee of experts under authority oi
the present inter-allied reparations
commissions.
LLOYD GEORGE VISITS
BATTLEFIELD AT GETTYSBURG
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27 —
Lloyd George left here today for a
week's visit at the battlefield of Get
tysburg.
Ml
0» WHY TO ALASKA
TO SIB lit
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Wm. G. G
Cheness, wanted for trial at Ketchi
kan, Alaska, charged with having il
legally sold Katalla oil lands and
worthless stocks in Hyder mines, ar
rived here in custody of a deputv
marshal today, from a mining canif
in the Sierras where he was arrested
Cheness is a former Klondike opera
tor.
WRECKS BREAKING UP
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 27—
It is thought that within the next
week there will be nothing left of the
seven destroyers that were wrecked
on Point Honda, due to the constant
pounding of the sea upon the hulls.
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—The North
western sailed this morning with 78
passengers including seven for An
chorage and D. E. Williams, Dr. W.
A. Bystrom, C. Dustin, H. E. Wil
liams for Seward.
PRESIDENT WILL NOT ALLOW
ANY ANTI-JEWISH MOVEMENT
\\ ASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—President
Coolidge in a message to Rabbi Wise
today declared that the administra
tion would refuse to sanction or tol
erate and discrimination or propagan
da against the Jewish race or any
other race.
Colder weather for tomorrow.
FIFTY-EIGHT PER CENT OF NA
TIVES CAN READ AND
WRITE ENGLISH
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Chief of the
i Alaska Division of the Bureau of Edu
: cation Wagner, forwarded a report to
i day to Dr. Tigert, U. S. Commissioner
of Education in Washington, showing
| the Native school census of the Ter
j ritory of Alaska.
The Native population, adults and
! children, attending school is 25,SOS,
| and of this number 11,158 pupils ex
: elusive of grown-ups were served in
! government schools for the fiscal year
j ending June 20, 1023. Of the Indians
| and Eskimos attending school 5S per
cent of the total adults read and
' write, and among the children two
I thirds of them were in school every
day during the year.
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| SEPARATIST MOVEMENT IN
GERMANY SURE TO FAiL
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NEW \ ORK, Oct. 27.—The Separa
tist movement in Germany will fail,
declared German Ambassador Weid
l feldt, who returned today from Ger
many.
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SEAMAN WASHED OVERBOARD
i NORFOLK, Oct. 27.—Paul Russell
I Howard, seaman second class, was
wnished over the side of the destroyer
Overton in a gale off the Virginia
coast and the body could not be re
I covered.
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Frank Horn, radio operator on the
good ship Starr and Mrss Eisie Locke
were married in Seattle yesterday.
The bride is an English girl who trav
eled several thousand miles to wed
Mr. Horn. The young couple will re
turn to Seward on the Starr and re
side in the cottage recently vacated
by Clias. Smith and wife.
Mr. Horn is a popular radio opera
tor on the Starr, and has a wide cir
cle of friends here.
PHILIP E. FISHER, SEATTLE
CAPITALIST, DIES TODAY
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Philip E. Fish
er, capitalist and manufacturer, well
known throughout the Northwest, is
dead at his home in this city.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26-—A row
over parking his auto in front of a
cafe cost E. J. Hoff, a Seattle marine
engineer, who went to the Arctic with
the first Steffansson expedition, his
life.
Hoff parked his auto in front of the
Hollywood Cafe, owned by Harry Win
ters, and Winters objected. A quarrel
followed and Winters drove a butcher
knife in Hoff’s side killing him in
stantly. Hoff leaves a widow and
two children in Seattle.
OFFER FOR U. S. VESSELS
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—The Interna
tional Mercantile Marine reported to
night that it has made an offer to the
Shipping Board for the purchase of
the liners President Roosevelt and
President Harding. The amount of the
offer was not made public. The ves
sels are planned for the London run.
FIRST TRAIN DUE THURSDAY
It was reported here today that the
first train over the Alaska railroad
would reach Seward Wednesday night
or Thursday morning.
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