SEATTLE CLUBMAN
MAY BE SUICIDE
THINK FRIENDS
SEATTLE, Jan. 6.—A search has
been organized for Captain Harry
Degueldre, 41, who lived in the Arctic
Club. He has not been seen since he
left the building December 27, leaving
a note in his room saying, “In the
event I don’t return give everything
I own to the club telephone operator;
she has two young children to sup
port.”
Mrs. Zella Clegg, a widow, who is
the operator referred to, knew De
gueldre only casually. He was a na
tive of Belgium and had worked for
cannery company the past 17 years
as cannery superintendent, Alaskan
ship master of the cannery fleet, port
captain in Seattle, and was comman
der of the ship St. Paul, bark Guy C.
Goss and sailing vessel J. D. Peters.
PHANTOM FINN
WRITES EPIC IN
NEW YORK MEET
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New
York. Jan. 7.—Pavo Nurmi, the Phan
tom Finn, wrote an epic in indoor
track field history tonight, opening
his American campaign with twro
spectacular victories in which he
shattered the w'orld’s records, conquer
ing the pick of American and Finnish
distance runners. He defeated Joie
Ray by a narrow margin in the mile
run, and two hours later won the 5000
meters from Willie Ritola, a Finnish
runner.
Nurmi’s time in the 1500 meters
was 3:56:5, which eclipsed Ray’s
former record of 4:0:1 3-5; while at
the mile his record of 4:13 3-5 clips a
second from the record established by
Ray in 1919. His time for the 5000
meters, 14:44 3-5 bettered by 10 sec
onds the record hung up by Ray in
1919.
Eioran Murchnison won the 50-me
ter print over Frank Hussey, who
held the world’s indoor record of 6
seconds, and easily wron the 250 me
ter sprint in 29 seconds.
AMERICANS MAY
BE SHUT OUT IN
STICKINE STRIKE
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 7.—Fol
lowing a conference here today, it was
decided that a special meeting of the
Dominion Mining Bureau would be
held soon to consider suggesting to
the government that all British Col
umbia mines be owned only by Brit
ish Columbia citizens, all other na
tions being barred. The proposal is
aimed toj safeguard the business inter
ests of the province in the event that
the Cassiar field develops into a rich
strike and a stampede ensues. It was
declared that Seattle and Wrangell
merchants are arranging to capture
the Cassiar trade.
MAN WHO SHIPPED
FIRSTGOLDFROM
KLONDIKE DEAD
SUMAS, B. C., Jan. 7.—Clare Saint
George Yarwood, who is credited with
making the first shipment of gold to
Seattle from the Klondike, died of
cancer here today.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce
sent him to Dawson in the early days
■where he helped to organize the first
Bank on the Yukon.
MERGER TODAY
BIG COMPANIES
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The American
Telephone and Telegraph companies
today were sold to a banking group,
headed by J. P. Morgan, for $125,000,
00. An issue of 35 year gold bonds
has been issued, the proceeds to be
loaned to the associated firms.
NELLIE CASHMAN,
ALASKA PIONEER
DIES IN VICTORIA
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 6.—Nellie
Cashman, a pioneer of the Cassiar,
Klondike and Wiseman districts, died
here today at St. Joseph’s hospital.
Mrs. Cashman, who has been ailing
for the past yedr, recently suffered
a severe siege of pneumonia in the
Fairbanks, Alaska, hospital, and was
here to recuperate. She owned exten
sive mining interests in the Wiseman
district, which she was endeavoring
to open up with outside capital.
Mrs. Cashman joined the stampede
to the Cassiar, where she was known
as the “Little Mother of the Camp,”
on account of her nursing many min
ers who became ill from an epidemic.
She later went to Dawson and operat
ed in the Klondike for several years,
later joining the stampede to Fair
banks.
She was on her way in to her prop
erty from Fairbanks, when her last
illness overtook her.
CREW INJURED AS
SHIPS BUCKS 90
MILE GALE
.' .V, ,
SAN PEDRO. Jan. 6.—Three officers
on the oil tanker Gold Shell were
on the sick list, and nearly all the
crew were nursing injuries when the
vessel docked after bucking a ninety
mile gale for six days between this
coast and the Orient. Her 12-foot
propeller was out of the water most
of the time, her officers said.
DIVORCON TELLS OF
GAY LIFE LED BY
OFFICIAL SET
ALPENA, Mich., Jan. 6.—Mrs. Edna
Scott, defendant in the divorce suit
filed by Congressman Frank D. Scott,
testifying today said that eggnpg par
ties were very popular during the
Yuletide in the homes of congress
men and army officers in Washing
ton. She said: “I went to them with
my army friends, and we had a merry
time.”
She named among her army friends
attending these parties, Brigadier
General Mitchell, Major Harvey Bur
well, Colonel and Mrs. Robert Lunch,
and Colonel and Mrs. George Ham
mond.
She testified: ‘‘On the trip to Pan
ama in 1921, we, the wives of con
gressmen, were together a lot, be
cause the men gambled and drank
all day.” She saidJScott liked no men
who did not gamble, but would not
play with women, except with Mrs.
I Royal Johnson, who was an expert
card player. She said for this reason
she had her friends among the army
set.
The case was adjourned to March
tenth.
FIRPO PLANS ANOTHER
MATCH WITH DEMPSEY
NBW YORK, Dec. 6.—Luia Angel
Firpo plans to stage a comeback by
which he hopes to have another match
with Jack Demmpsey. He announced
today that he had arranged to train
under Jimmy DeForest, who piloted
the South American to the most of
his important victories, prior to the
Dempsey match.
MAN SLEEPS IN
WARM WATERS
OF CAVE SPRING
SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 8—K. N.
Jensen was found yesterday floating
naked in a pool of natural warm sul
rpuh water in a cave nearby. He
told the police he had no place to
stay and had slept in the cave for
months to keep warm. He used a
wooden pillow to keep his head out
of water, and apparently was as com
fortable as if in bed.
UNION HEADS WORK
NON-UNION MEN
AT LOW WAGE
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6.—President
Tetlow of the West Virginia district
of the Union Mine Workers, declared
the published statement of Warren
S. Stone, president of the Locomotive
Engineers and chairman of the board
of directors of the Coal River collier
ies is false. Tetlow asserted that no
union men are working in two of the
four mines managed by Stone, and
asserted that strikebreakers are op
erating them under armed guards.
“Stone’s company refused to make
a wage agreement with the union, and
insists on paying his men the same
scale as was paid in 1917, a much
lower rate of pay than at present,”
said Tetlow.
JIMMY O’CONNELL
BANISHED FROM
BASEBALL 1925
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.—Jimmy
O’Connell, former Giant outfielder,
has been banished from baseball for
attempting the bribe players in the
recent World series. He was dismiss
ed from professional baseball after
President Hydler of the National
League said he was also in favor of
suspending George Kelly, the Giant’s
first baseman, who was implicated in
the bribery expose with Kelly.
REPORTS OF
COMMISSION
CAUSES WORRY
Newly Manufactured Arms and Mu
nitions Found by Commission
In German Territory
PARIS, Jan. 6.—Recent reports
from the Allied Hilitary Control Mis
sion in Germany, have caused consid
erable worry in allied quarters. The
! mission, it is stated, has found num
erous stores of secretly manufactured
arms and some newly perfected wea-!
pons, including anti-tank guns.
SENATE SUSTAINS
COOLIDGE VETO
POSTAL BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—The
Senate by a vote of 55 to 29 sustained
the veto by President Coolidge of the
postal pay bill. The vote was one
less than was needed to override the
veto, which left increases in pay de
pendent upon the administration bill.
Many senators predict that the ad
ministration bill will not be passed
this session.
Senators Argue Over Bill
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—In
the opening debate, following the vote
which was two over the number ne
cessary to prevent overriding the
veto, Senator Walsh of Massachusetts
argued that the increases would be
necessary to give the employes a liv
ing wage. Senator Dale of Vermont
assailed the veto, insisting at the
same time that his stand was not dis-!
loyal to President Coolidge. Senator |
Dial of South Carolina made the first;
defense of the veto, urging that it
should be defeated for business rea
sons. He declared that, the country
was paying enough postage on its
mail, and that to make money the
postoffice department must take it
from the people.
PRESIDENT RECEIVES 4,000
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Four thou
sand persons were received by Pres
ident and Mrs. Coolidge at the annual
White House reception New Year’s
Day.
TYPHOON SWEEPS PHILIPPINES
MANILA, Jan. 6.—A typhoon which
swept over the Philippines during the
past two days forced Governor Gen
eral Wood in his yacht to take refuge
in Malampaya Sound.
SENATE LEADERS
TOLD WEAKNESS
NATION’S NAVY
TWO HUNDRED DESTROYERS GO
ING TO RUIN IN HARBORS
OF THE NATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6.—
Senate leaders demanding an inves
tigation of the Navy Department, were
furnished additional evidence today of
the decrepid state of America’s sea
forces by William B. Shearer, naval
expert.
He charges that America’s so-called
superiority over other nations in de
stroyers is merely theoretical and
that Japan has laid great stress on the
destroyer strength of the American
navy.
He states that although we have
lover three hundred destroyers only
one hundred of them are in commis
sion and that there are not enough
officers and men to man even this
number properly. The remaining two
hundred are laid up at Philadelphia
and San Diego and are rapidly going
to rust and ruin, and in a few years,
he states, they will be of no value in
case of an emergency.
Huge Sum Needed for Ships
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 6—The
United States, in the opinion of Sec
retary Wilbur, would have to spend
one hundred and ten million dollars
annually for the next twenty years on
the navy if it were to be maintained
on an equal footing in all branches
with that of Great Britain and super
ior to that of Japan, according to tes
timony given by the Secretary of the
Navy at a conference of the subcom
mittee which drafted the new navy
supply bill, held behind closed doors.
The statement made public today
shows that such an expenditure would
be necessary to maintain the full arms
conference treaty ratio of 5-5-3 in all
classes of ships and aircraft.
DIRECTOR OF MIT
GIVES ESTIMATE
METALS MINED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—The direc
tor of the mint estimates the refining
and production of gold for the year
1924 at 2,511,243 ounces, worth $51,
912,000; silver, 64,792,216 ounces. The
gold refined exceeded the previous
year by 178,000 dollars; the silver out
put was the largest since 1919. Alas
ka is credited with 300,907 ounces of
gold and 66,165 ounces of silver.
California led the states in the pro
duction of gold with 630,082 ounces;
Montana in silver, with 13,154,937
ounces.
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DEMPSEY MAY
FIGHT GIBBONS
JULY FOURTH
Be Staged Somewhere in the East on
July Fourth, Says Rickard in
Recent Announcement
CHICAGO, Jan 1.—A championship
battle between Jack Dempsey and
Tommy Gibbons will be staged by Tex
Rickard, somewhere in the East on
the fourth of this coming July.
The announcement to this effect, *
was made today by Gibbons when he
arrived here with his wife and babies,
and manager, enroute to his home in
St. Paul from New York, where he
knocked out Kid Norfolk in six rounds
of fast work.
ADMIRAL WATSON
ON WAY SEWARD
! __
| SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—The steamship
Admiral Watson sailed for Seward
and way ports this morning with 51
passengers. The following are for •
Seward: Fred Erenthinger and J. E.
Courtney.
WANTED—Any kind of inside or
outdoor work. Call Madison 16. 6t
EU.15 BALL-CHILI M1U.
ELLIS
CHILI
The mill that takes the pros
pector off the labor market.
Cheaper than an trastra, more
efficient than a stamp mill.
MADE IN SIZES FROM
TWO TO FIFTY TONS
DAILY CAPACITY
Priced $150 to $1989
Investigate the Ellis Mill First
NELS HAGEN
ALASKA AGENT
Write for information to
P. O. Box 1105
SEWARD. ALASKA
A. Fountain
of "Youth.
Beauty linked with power that
stays young — that’s the Willys
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sleeve-valve engine improves with
use—a fountain of thrills and
satisfactions. In ten years we have
never known a Willys-Knight
engine to wear out! Touring
$1195, Coupe-Sedan Standard
$1450, 5-pass. Standard Sedan,
now $1695, f. o. b. Toledo.
KNIGHT
P. M. OGLE, AGENT
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