BANK CLEARANCES
REACH BIG SUM
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Bank clear
ances for 1924 totaled two billion,
twenty million, five hundred thousand
dollars, and the city’s water-borne
commerce aggregated seven and a
half million tons valued at six hun
dred thousand dollars.
Seattle Man Suicides
By Taking Gas Route
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Eric Mannu
son took his life by the gas route this
morning. Two months ago his wife
committed suicide in the same man
ner
TEMBLOR SHAKES
TOKIO DISTRICT
TOKIO, Dec. 29.—An earthquake
shock which lasted two minutes, was
felt at Kusjiro in northeastern Japan
this morning. The earthquake’s aver
age intensity w'as felt in Tokio last
night, the shocks lasting for a dura
tion of twenty seconds and causing
great alarm.
FIND SPECIAL DELIVERY
MAIL HIDDEN IN BARN
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich., Dec. 29.
—Fourteen year old Harold Nead,
of this city, faces prosecution for
the alleged violation of postal regu
lations and forgery, following his
arrest.
Nead employed at the local post
off’ce as a special delivery mes
sengei, was said to have admitted
lie forged names to delivery b’arks
and opened three letters intruded
to him for delivery. He is said to
have concealed scores of letters he
4'ailed to deliver in a barn and under
a s ciewalk. The police were 1-d !o
the hiding places by the boy, who
is held pending instructions frm-.i
the l nited States district atto r.ey.
hugTWspiracy
BY LIQUOR RING
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—A special as
sistant to the Federal Attorney Gen
eral will be chief prosecutor in a
coastwise liquor conspiracy, center
ing around the arrest last month of
Roy Olmstead.
McCoy Jury Is Told To
Continue Deliberations
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29.—The jury
sitting in the trial of Kid McCoy was
instructed today to continue their de
liberations instead of being discharg
ed when it failed to reach a verdict
at the opening of court here today.
Will Place Stamp Mill
On Property In Spring
J. L. McAllen, superintendent of
the War Baby, Gold Bullion and
Lucky Shot properties, who left on
the Northwestern with his family, for
the States, advised the Gateway that
he would bring back a stamp mill for
his properties this coming spring. He
stated that a hydro-electric plant will
be installed, and a large crew of men
employed. Mr. and Mrs. McAllen and
daughter are going to Portland, Ore
gon, and then by car to California.
They expect to be gone several
months or more.
Henry Savage Landor
'Arctic Explorer, Dead
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The death of
Henry Savage Landor, noted Arctic
explorer, has been reported from
Florence, Italy.
Past Grand Exalted
Ruler of Elks, Dead
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 29—Robert W.
Brown, past grand exalted ruler of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks died today of cerebral hem
orrhage.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS SAID
TO BE GOOD IN SEWARD
Seward merchants state that their
Christmas trade was much better than
in previous years, and that business
this week is also above the average.
Considerable belated Christmas buy
ing is going on, and several large out
fits have been sold for tie camps.
BOAT OWNED, BY SEATTLE
GIRL TAKES WILD RIDE
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—With fourteen
girls aboard, the Camaraderie, a for
mer U. S. Shipping Board vessel, was
torn from her moorings by a gale and
driven across the lake, crushing three
house boats and damaging one of nine
newly built rum chasers.
The hulk was recently sold to the
Seattle Campfire girls and remodeled
into a home.
Occupants of the boat houses were
notified in time to escape injury.
Harbor patrol boats and all avail
able tugs were trying to pull the ves
sel back to its moorings today.
REWARDS GIVEN
WORLD FLYERS
BY SEC WEEKS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—Secretary
Weeks today approved the plans for
rewarding the Army world flyers. The
plan as proposed, would advance
Lieutenant Smith 1000 files on the
promotion list, and Lieutenants Nel
son, Wade, Leslie and Arnold 500 files
each. Staff Sergeant Agden and Civi
lian Mechanic Harding, who hold re
serve corps commissions as second
lieutenants, w'ould be appointed offi
cers in the regular army in their re
serve corps grades.
All members of the flight squadron
would receive distinguished service
medals, and would be permitted to ac
cept decorations offered by foreign
governments.
FRIGIDITY LESSENS
ABOUT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—A gradual re
laxation from the frigidity wrhich tum
bled temperatures to low records for
the past 25 years over much of the
Middle West,- w'as forecast for today
and tomorrow'. The present cold spell
caused more deaths than at any time
for a quarter of a century. Coal deal
ers ran out of stocks and the poorer
quarter of the city suffered greatly.
Several thousand persons wrere given
permission to sleep in public build
ings and churches.
FIRE IN ASYLUM AT
T0KI0 KILLS 108
TOKIO, Dec. 29.—Fire in a private
sanitarium for the insane here last
night resulted in a serious loss of
life. Out of 343 inmates 108 are dead.
Thirteen bodies have been recovered
so far.
GRANDDAUGHTER
OF GRANT SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—Mrs.
Fanny G. Purdy, a granddaughter of
General U. S. Grant, former president
of the United States, and daughter of
U. S. Grant, a prominent resident of
San Diego, committed suicide today
in the court of the St. Francis hos
pital, where she had called to visit a
sick friend.
FIVE HOSPITALS
BE CONSTRUCTED
FOR VETERANS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The con
struction of five hospitals for world
war veterans, the completion of one,
and the purchase of another, will be
undertaken soon by the Veterans’
Bureau, wuth funds made available by
Congress.
RAIL EMPLOYES
GET INCREASE
IN RATE WAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29
Secretary of Interior Work today an
nounced that the increase of pay for
employes of the Alaska Railroad had
been granted as follows: Enginemen
and hostlers, $30 per month; baggage
men $36; hostler helpers $1.63 a day.
Mileage hourly or monthly on a 26
day basis as applied at present. Dis
patchers $10, operatrors $5. Thirty
days leave accumulative.
This ends a long drawn out contro
versy, lasting from the date Colonel
Frederick Mears cut the wages of the
men until the present time.
HIJACKER CAUGHT
IN NEW YORK CITY
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Owen B. Ba
ker was arrested last night in New
York city, and will be extradited to
Seattle to stand trial as one of the
three men who boarded the rum
schooner Beryl G. off Sidney Island,
September 15, murdering Capt. W. G.
Gillis and son William, jr., aged 17.
The bodies of the two men were
wrapped with anchor chain and sunk.
VISCOUNTmL
AWARDED PEACE
PRIZE $25,000
NEW YORK, Dec. 29—Before a dis
tinguished gathering which included
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the
former president, Viscount Cecil was
presented tonight with the $25,000
peace award and medal given under
the Woodrow Wilson foundation, for
meritorious service in the cause of
international co-operation and peace.
Lord Cecil, in accepting, stressed
the accomplishments of the League
since its inception under the leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson, whom he
i
characterized as ‘‘the greatest Amer
ican and citizen of the world,” adding,
“There is not a title to fame greater
than this.”
Hazeltine Raids Offices
of City and County
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—Pacific North
west Prohibition Director F. A. Ha
zeltine Wednesday raided the county
and city buildings and found nine
bottles of whiskey in the paint room.
Employes told him the bottles were
used as turpentine.
Hazeltine also searched the jani
tor’s room. Justice Dalton refused
a search warrant to search the tele
phone operators’ room. The super
intendent of the building declared
the search was a political raid and
he has complained to Washington.
AGED FLIVVER BEARS REBUKE
TO FLAPPERS AND GETS GRIN
DEFIANCE, Ohio, Dec. 29.—“Don’t
laugh, girls. You’d look like h—1, if
you had no paint on.”
This is the wording on a large
placard fastened across the rear of
an antique flivver which rattled thru
the business district recently. Its ap
pearance prompted many a laugh on
the part of shoppers.
British Justice Speedy
In Case of Burglary
VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 30.—
Young Fee, a Chinese, broke into a
tobacco store this morning,, was ar
rested at, 8:45, arraigneed at 9:30 and
at 10:20 was on his way to serve two
years in the penitentiary.
Copper Companies Resume
With Dividends, Jan. First
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.—(AP).—
The California Copper Corporation,
with its subsidiary, the Engels Cop
per Mining company, yesterday an
nounced the resumption of monthly
dividends of one per cent., beginning
January 20.
INNOCENT MAN IS
GIVEN FREEDOM
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Dec. 29 —
Seven hours before he was hanged at
Villa Platte, La Euzebe Vidriene, a
Mexican confessed that he had killed
five men and gave their names. As a
result Frank J. Smith is about to
be free from the Texas State prison
where he is serving a 15-year sentence
for the murder of one of the men the
Mexican confessed to killing.
KID M’COY FOUND
GUILTY MURDER
MRS. MORS
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30.—Kid Mc
Coy was found guilty of manslaughter
this evening by a jury of nine women
and three men, who were out delib
erating 78 hours before returning a
verdict. McCoy said: “I wanted to
either be hanged or acquitted.”
McCoy was found guilty of the
murder of Mrs. Theresa Mors, n al
leged sweetheart, while under the in
fluence of liquor.
SPOKANE SURGEON MADE
PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30.—The
thirteenth annual meeting of the
North Pacific Surgical Association
w is conduct.: ’ here today with "he
'l otion of ' Chaves f Ei »enbary,
of Spokane, as president to succeed
Dr. A. E. Rockey, of Portland, and
the selection of Spokane as the meet
ing place for 1925.
Old Klondike Pioneer
Dead at Salem, Oregon
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 30.—Leroy M.
Tozier, a lawyer and pioneer of the
Klondike district, formerly of Seattle,
is dead here.
POLAND NEGOTIATING
FOR AMERICAN LOAN
W AhSAW, Dec. 30.—The ministry
of finance today confirmed reports
• hat Poland is negotiating tor an Am
erican loan which is expected to be
m the neighborhood of $30,000,000 or
* 40,000,000
300,000 BOXES APPLES SOLD
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Dec. 30.—The
Apple Growers’ association today sold
to New York City export apple mer
chants the entire remaining export
tonnage of all grades and varieties
of apples, totalling 300,000 boxes. The
sale, which will involve payment of
an approximate $500,000, was the
largest in the history of the north
western apple industry.
President To Promote
Mine Safety Measures
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—President
Coolidge plans an early conference of
the governors of the coal producing
states to consider the promotion of
mine safety measures.
SPANISH DIRECTORATE ENDS
PORT VENDRES, Spain, Dec. 29.—
The end of the rule of the directorate
in Spain was adopted here last night
by consent of its members who do
not feel qualified for the tasks, is the
forecast in dispatches cabled from
here.
I DRY AGENTS MAY HAVE
KILLED SALOON OWNER
C HICAGO, 111., Dec. 30.—Belief that
the four men who killed Omer
Finch, former Joy, 111., grain dealer,
j recently, in his saloon at Chicago
Ridge, were federal prohibition men
and not, as federad authorities main
tain, hijackers posing as officers.
Cole Finch’s story that the shoot
ing resulted from his father’s refus
caught him with several drums of
al to pay a bribe when the men
alcohol, was corroborated by Law
rence Pedigo of Rock Island, 111., al
so a witness of the slaying.
Cole was theson of the slain victim.
CONGRESS RECONVENES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Congress
[reconvened here today.
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