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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 128
SEWARD, ALASKA, MAY 29, 1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
JAPANESE MINISTER SEND STRONG
PROTEST TO SECRETARY HUGHES
TOKIO, May 29.—Foreign Minister Mat
sui today asked and obtained assent from the
Prince Regent to forwarding the Japanese pro
test against American enactment of the Ameri
can immigration bill barring Japanese from the
United States. The proceeding was extraordi
nary and is interpreted as indicating that unu
sual importance is attached to the document.
The protest was placed upon the cables for
transmission to Ambassador Hanihara at Wash
ington shortly after the Foreign Minister had
*hft the imperial palace, and the ambassador
will deliver it to Secretary of State Hughes.
This action by Japan indicates that the nation
is determined to force recognition by the United
States that the Japanese is not an Asiatic as de
fined by the immigration laws, and that the sub
' jects of Nippon must receive the same treatment
as those of the Nordic races.
Plans for U. S.
Participation in
a World Court
SENATOR PEPPER INTRODUCES
“BILL IN SENATE ASKING FOR
PARTICIPATION
WASHINGTON, May 29.—A plan
for American adherance to a world
court under conditions divorcing that j
tribunal from the League of Nations;
was laid before the Senate today by j
Senator Pepper, its author, who ask- j
ed for recommendation of the Re- j
publican majority to the Senate For- j
eign Relations Committee for Ameri- j
can participation.
Alleged Bank Bandits
Identified by Victim
Anacortes Robbery
MT. VERNON, May 29— Russell E.
Evans, a business man, David W. Na
deau, secretary of the Lions’ Club of |
Tacoma, and Warren L. Ridley, his
neighbor and brother-in-law, were
picked out of eight men lined up in
the Superior court room this after
noon as the men who participated in
the Anacortes bank robbery,
Lawrence H. Lee? a fourth suspect,
was not identified.
The men were released on $25,000
bail bonds.
COOLIDGE IS STILL
FOR WORLD COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29—
President Coolidge let it be known to
day that he had not been directly con
sulted about the provisions of the
world court proposal presented in the
Senate today by Senator Lodge.
The president still regards the per
manent court of international justice
created under the league of nations as
the best agency for settlement of in
ternational disputes and stands on the
position taken in his message last De
cember.
Charles S. Doney
Named Asst. Treas.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Charles
S. Doney, vice president of the
♦Northern Trust Company of Chicago
has been appointed assistant secre
tary of the Treasury.
R
FRENCH FLYER AT PEKING
PEKING, May 29.—Lieut. Doisy, the
Viator arrived at Peking today from
a non-stop flight of 650 miles from
Shanghai.
Five Cent Fare Be
Restored in Tacoma
TACOMA, May 29.—Beginning June
1, a five cent fare will be restored
on the street car lines of the city, $1
purchasing twenty tokens without
privilege of transfer.
The Tacoma Railway and Power
Company will make this concession
to the council, but only as a trial
the old rate being restored if the
company finds itself losing money.
Compensation Bureau
Formed to Fix Up
Bonus for Soldiers
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The War
Department announced the formation
of an adjusted compensation branch
of the Adjutant General’s office as a
separate unit to handle work made
necessary by the enactment of a bo
nus law. Adjutant General Major
Robert C. Davis will be in charge.
Major Davis announced today that
all insurance policies would be issued
the first of January, 1925, and request
ed veterans to refrain from making
claims until that time.
Oil Scandal Holds
Attention Committee
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Sinclair
tried to borrow $27,000,000 from the
Shipping Board for the purpose of
oil development in Mexico, and Sec
retary Fall later cancelled a contract
which the Shipping Board had with
the Interior Department for a supply
of oil from the Salt Creek field,
thereby causing a loss of $6^000,000
to the merchant marine annually. It
is alleged that Fall took oil from the
Shipping Board and turned it over
to Sinclair.
These facts were brought out to
day in an inquiry into Shipping
Board affairs which is being conduct
ed by a committee of the House.
LABOR PARTY TO HAVE
ITS EXCLUSIVE CLUB
LONDON, May 2.>—'The Labor Par
ty following in the footsteps of the
Conservatives and the Liberals, has
started a semi-exclusive party ciub
of its own.
The club will be tried as an experi
ment for three year#, and ten thous
and being spent on rent and struc
tuial alterations.
Unlike the other party clubs, mem-'
bership will be open to m embers’ fam
ilies.
Senator La Follette
Will Be Candidate
Independent Ticket
WISCONSIN STATESMAN GETS
MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM FRIENDS
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Intimate
friends of Senator Robert La Follette
of Wisconsin assert that it is now
certain he will try for the presidency
on a third party ticket, as the split
in the Railroad Brotherhood with
President Stone of the Locomotive
Engineers having declared against
McAdoo being one of the determined
factors in causing him to decide to
make the race.
Makes Announcement Today
WASHINGTON, May 29.—In a let
ter to Attorney General Ekren of
Wisconsin, Senator La Follette today
virtually announced that he will run
for the presidency on the Indepen
dent ticket^ unless the approaching
Republican and Democratic conven
tions demonstrate to the people that
either of those parties can and will
purge itself of evil influences which
have long dominated them.
NEW YORK, May 29.—The Com
mittee of Forty-Eight and its affiliat
ed bodies through J. A. Hopkins,
chairman of the committee^ and mem
ber of the arrangements committee
of the St. Paul, June 17th convention,
last night withdrew from participa
tion in the St. Paul meeting and urg
ed all other organizations to do the
same.
The committee pledged its support
to nominate Robert La Follette for
the presidency at a meeting in Cleve
land, July 4.
Hopkins in a statement declares
the entrance of communists into the
St. Paul meeting was sufficient rea
son for his withdrawal.
Cutter Algonquin
Will Aid Natives
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The cut
ter Algonquin has been rushed to
Nikoloski, Unimak island, with pro
! visions -for the starving inhabitants
I there.
GOLD STREWN IN SEA
ON CALIFORNIA COAST
LOS ANGELES, May 29—Wreck
j age at the bottom of the sea off Point
; Hondo, Calif., is carpeted with gold
and already $30,000 of this store has
I been returned to the Pacific Salvage
; company, it is announced.
| The golden treasure, is not pirate
: loot, but part of the United States
i Navy payroll which went beneath the
waves when seven United States de
stroyers crashed on the rocks last year
and sank.
The salvage company ,it is said, is
planning to recover the remainder of
the gold.
MEMORIAL DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
The Seward Post of the American
Legion asks the public generally to
observe Memorial Day and join with
the members of the Post in the work
of beautifying the Seward Cemetery.
The Legion last year did considerable
work in clearing the ground of stumps
and willows but there is still plenty to
be done. For this reason the Post de
sires everyone who chooses to join
with them in this civic work.
Last year car owners were very
generous in furnishing transportation
to and from the cemetery and they will
be again asked to assist in this man
ner.
It is planned to leave Seward at
9:30 in the morning armed with rakes,
hoes and picks and shovels. All desir
ing to join in the work will assemble
at the Bank of Seward corner .
Lunch will be served at about noon
and the work continued for a time af
ter lunch. At three o’clock a short
Memorial Service will be held which
will conclude the day.
House Passes Bill
to Build Vessels
WASHINGTON May 29—The House
last night passed the Butler bill ap
propriating $111,000,000 for alteration
f six battleships and the construc
tion of eight scout cruisers and six
river gunboats.
Secretary Commerce
Granted Powers to
Regulate Fisheries
AMENDMENTS BY DELEGATE DAN
SUTHERLAND DEFEATED
IN TEST OF STRENGTH
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The Sen
ate this afternoon passed the House
Bill granting to Secretary of Com
merce Hoover authority to establish
closed areas for Alaskan fisheries.
The bill also contained provisions de
signed to co-operate the salmon in
dustry in Alaska.
The amendments to the bill pro
posed by Delegate Dan Sutherland,
were defeated in the Committee.
Sutherland Amendments Deleted
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The only
important change made by the Sen
ate in passing the Alaska -fish bill
previously passed by the House was
the elimination of the section prohib
iting the use of traps and seines.
Hoover Denounced by King
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Secretary
Hoover was denounced in the Senate
today by Senator King for helping to
maintain a fishing monopoly in Alas
ka. King charged that Hoover’s pol
icy in allowing exclusive fishing con
tracts in Alaska was harmful and un
warranted by law.
Sleeping Sickness
Sweeping England;
Country Alarmed
LONDON, May 29.—Several r.ew
cases of the mysterious malady
known as sleeping sickness were re
ported by the health officers today,
and the epidemic seems to be spread
ing throughout England at an alarm
ing rate. The disease is not the sick
ness caused by the bite of the tsetse
fly, but is a first cousin to spinal
meningitis, caused some scientists
aver by spores from the soil.
The best doctors in the empire are
endeavoring to segregate the bacilla
responsible for the disease, and hope
to prevent its further spread.
Midshipman Killed in
Annual Class Frolic
ANNAPOLIS, May 29.— Thrown
overboard from the seawall at the
naval academy by classmates in the
annual class • frolic, Midshipman L.
R. Smith, of Kent, Ohio, was killed
this afternoon.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
Mrs. W. Meyer, sister of Mrs. Chas.
Lechner, will arrive from Seattle on
the Northwestern on a two months’
visit.
Miss May Wolden, a professional
nurse who has been touring Alaska
from Yakima, Wash., left for the
States on the steamer Yukon.
Dan Patterson, an old timer of the
Interior district, left on the last boat
for Hyder, where he expects to lo
cate.
On Sunday evening June 1st at the
hour of 7:30 Memorial Services will be
held in the M. E. Church under the
auspices of the American Legion. A
fine program will be arranged which
will be announced later.
George C. Burford, salesman for
the J. B. Caro company of Juneau
left on the Alaska.
Joe Ulmer, a member of the Ter
ritorial road commission, who has
been in Seward awaiting the arrival
of some horses, left on Monday’s
freight taking the team to the To
kotna district.
A1 Hardy, game and fur warden,
left on the Admiral Evans for An
chorage.
Carl Marstrom, a section hand for
the Alaska railroad, was an outgo
ing passenger to the states on a va
cation trip.
COOLIDGE SIGNS BILL
WASHINGTON May 29.—President
Coolidge signed the bill appropriating
$70,000,000 for the Departments of
State, Labor, and Commerce during
the fiscal year beginning July 1.
.■out ti-e Chamber of Commerce.
AMERICAN FLYERS READY TO HOP OFF
ON LONG FLIGHT TOKIO TO SHANGHAI
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NO PAPER TOMORROW
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| holiday, and the telegraph of- j
j fice closed here and in Seattle,
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receive our usual cabie service, j
| there will be no paper. We w'il
i i'rsue again Saturday, as usual.
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Rum Fleets Break -
Cables When Ships
Anchor off Coast
TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS AP
PEALED TO BY CABLE
COMPANIES
NEW YORK, May 29.—The large
rum fleet anchored off the New Jer
sey and Long Island coasts are play
ing havoc with the submarine cables
to such an extent that the trans-at
lantic cable companies have protested
to the Treasury department at
Washington.
The companies allege that the ves
sels anchor near the cables and when
they drag catch up the cable, break
ing it in many places.
The department may bring action
against the vessels for interfering
with communications.
New Alaska Cable
In Working Order
SEATTLE, May 29.—Messages ot
congratulation from the Alaska Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
and to the Mayor of Ketchikan were
filed this afternoon. These messages
will make the opening of the first
unit of the new Alaska cable from
Seattle to Seward. The section from
Ketchikan to Seward will be laid by
September 1.
I. W. W. PLANNING STRIKE
IN WEST EARLY IN JULY
SPOKANE, May 29—A general
strike of members of the Industrial
Workers of the World in lumber and
mining industries and harvest fields
of the Pacific Northwest is planned
for July 1, according to a story pub
lished by the Spokane Chronicle to
day. It says that plans were discussed
at a secret meeting of the I. W. W
i organizers here yesterday.
Grasshoppers Eating
Crops Washington
OLYMPIA, May 29—State aid ir
fighting plague of grasshoppers whicl
are reported to have devoured the alf
alfa crop and are now threatening
the apple crop of Oklahoma county
was asked in telegrams received her«
today from 8. P. Scott, district horti
cultural & Traffic association.
The grasshopper scourge struck th<
state at a most inopportune time, ac
cording to 'Frank H. Gloyd, supervise
of agriculture, as na appropriation tc
take care of such an emeigency was
made by the last legislature and the
limited funds available for the work
of the department of agriculture art
being taxed to the limit owing to the
foot and mouth epizootic measures.
STORES CLOSED TOMORROW
Tomorrow being Memorial Day, all
stores, markets and shops will close
at noon.
The Bank of Seward will be closed
all day.
NOTICE
Autos will leave the Bank of Sew
ard corner tomorrow" at 9:30 a. m. and
lp.m. for the cemetery. Everyone is
asked to join in the work with the
Legion. Bring a rake, hoe, shovel, pick
or mattack. There is w-ork for every
one, men, women and children.
TRAPPERS BURY BODY
Acting under instructions from
Deputy Marshal Staser? Paul Augustt
and Oscar Fagenberg, two trappers
who found the body of an unknown
man on the Yentna river, returned
and buried the body.
STARR DUE SATURDAY
The steamship Starr is due in port
! some time Saturday from her first
trip of the season to Bristol Bay.
\U. S. War Vessels
Stationed on Route
Be Taken by Flyers
SEA WILL BE PATROLLED BY
AMERICAN FLEET BETWEEN
TOKIO AND SHANGHAI
TOKIO, Japan, May 29.—Thir
teen United States war vessels,
comprising the 38th and 43d di
visions of the Asiatic fleet de
stroyer squadron are taking up
positions in the China Sea to pa
trol the course during the flight
from Kagoshima to Shanghai of
the American world planes.
Lieut. Smith announced today
that all plans had been complet
ed to hop off for Shanghai either
today or tomorrow
Many Banquets Given Flyers
TOKIO, May 29.—After spending
the past four days at Kasumigaura
getting their planes in shape for the
hop off Friday or Saturday for Shang
hai, the American aviators last night
attended a special farewell banquet,
where thousands of influential Japa
nese bade them farewell and a suc
cessful continuation of the globe
flight.
Lieut. Smith today stated that the
worst flight in the world was between
Sitka and Seward, and related inci
dents of the trip where the whole
squadron narrowly escaped destruc
tion.
Lieut. Smith declared that there
was a vast difference in the hospital
ity of the Japanese and that of Rus
sia, where they were denied sanctu
ary from a heavy gale.
The fleet commander stated that
the flight from Shanghai on would
be child’s play compared to what the
airmen had been through, and that
the most dangerous portion of the
flight remaining was from England to
Greenland.
The machines have been overhaul
ed and tuned up until they are ready
to make an endurance flight, Lieut.
Smith declared.
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William J. Burns
Takes Reports from
Government Files
WASHINGTON May 29.—Charges
that confidential reports on Mexican
revolutionary activities were taken
from the files of the Department of
Justice by Wm. J. Burns, when he
resigned as chief of the .bureau of
investigation were made before the
Wheeler and Brookhart committee to
day.
Man and Wife Are
Asphyxiated by Gas
NEW YORK, May 29.—Reunited a
day, Mrs. Lydia Larson and husband,
Henry, the latter arriving yesterday
from Sweden, were asphyxiated in
their apartments here.
The couple were married in Swe
den a few months ago, and Mrs. Lar
son came to America where she se
cured work as a clerk. Her husband
arrived on a Cunard liner from En
gland and the reunion was joyful.
The young couple were found dead
sitting in a chair, gas from a heater
having filled the room.
Nationalist Elected
President Reichstag
BERLIN, May 29.—Herr Wailraff, a
Nationalist, was elected president of
the Reichstag.
LEAD EDIT
PARIS, May 27,—Jeering the U. S.
players, hissing the American flag and
fights between the French and Am
erican spectators at the Olympic rug
by game brought official expression of
regret from French Olympic commit
tee when the American team defeated
the French players seventeen to three.
TAX COLLECTOR HERE
E. M. Polley, territorial tax collec
tor returned to Seward on the Yukon
and is engaged in collecting autp and
other Territorial taxes. . Mr. Polley
will leave tomorrow for Anchorage, re
turning in about a week and leaving
on the Starr for Bristol bay points.