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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 307
SEWARI), ALASKA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18,1923
PRICK TEN CENTS
SO. DIKDn REFUSES
ALLOW J
TO GO ON TICKET
CALIFORNIA SENATOR SAYS HE
WILL RUN NAME IN INDE
PENDENT COLUMN
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 18—The
Pierre Supreme Court today upheld
the contentions that all further filings
in the Republican minority column of
the primary ballot of South Dakota
would be prohibited and refused to al
low the name of Hiram Johnson to be
filed as minority candidate for presi
dent in this stafp.
Will Run Independent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The name,
of Hiram Johnson of California, for
The Republican nomination for presi
dent will be placed on the ballot in
the South Dakota primary of that
party in the independent columns the
Senator said today when infoimed of*
the decision of the Supreme Court of
South Dakota under v. hich his uaine
in the Republican nrnority column is
prohibited.
MRS. A. C. GOSS WRITES
POPULAR ALASKA SONG HIT
The newest Alaska song hit. “Dear'
Alaska ” written by Mrs. A. C. Goss
of Unalaska, has been published and1
is ou display on Seward stands. The
music is catchy and the song is one
that will be quickly taken up bv Alas
kans in general. Mrs. Go&s nas for
some time been a teacher in the gov
ernment schools at Unalaska, and her
ability as a musician has long been
recognized. The music was written
by W. H. Ruebush, and the words are
by Mrs. Goss and Mrs. E. J. Day.
This song will make an appropriate
Christmas present for Alaskans to
mail to outside friends.
COUNCIL MEETING TRANSACTS
ONLY ROUTINE BUSINESS
The city council at its regular meet
ing last night transacted little but
routine business. Several bills were1
allowed and the ever-unpopular dog
question came up for debate, consid
erable acrimony ensuing.
No action was taken on the light
and power question, it being held
over until more data could be obtain
ed.
This is the last meeting of the coun
cil this year, and all outstanding busi
ness matters were cleaned up.
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PERFECTS MS TO
In response to a notice published by
Mayor L. V. Ray last night, the com
mittee named on the Harding Memo
rial Fund met at the town hall at the
conclusion of the council meeting, and)
perfected plans for raising the Seward
quota for the Harding Memorial)
Fund.
No special sum to be raised was'
set by the committee owing to the
fact that it was felt unnecessary to do
so, insofar as President Harding had
spent considerable time in this com
munity, and the committee believes
the citizens will respond as liberally
as their ability permits.
The chairman, Mr. W. O. Perry,
read a letter from Mr. George Haze
lett relative to the fund, and many in
teresting points were brought out con
cerning the Memorial and endow,
ments.
It was also decided by the Com.
mittee that no house to house canvass
would be conducted at the present
time, but that lists would be left in
» all the principal business houses,
where citizens may contribute.
It is hoped that Seward will respond
liberally to this appeal, as the names
of the donors are sent to Washington
and placed on perpetual record. We
were honored by this visit of the
President; let us honor his memory.
KEHOE HEADS JUNEAU POST
J. W. Kehoe. a Juneau attorney, was
elected Post Commander of the Alford
John Bradley Post at Juneau last
week. Capt. Dancey was in attendance
and an informal luncheon was served.
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LIGHTING THE LIGHT TO BURN FOREVER AT THE TOMB OF UNKNOWN FRENCH SOLDIER, IN PARIS
M. Maginot, Minister of War, of France is seen with alcohol torch suspended from a sword, lighting the big
Memorial Light at the Tomb of the Unknown French Soldier, in Paris, which is to burn forever. The Minister of
War earned his right to this task, as well as to his present Cabinet portfolio, as a simple sergeant in the war.
'(COPVHIQMT KEYSTONE VIEW CO, NEW.YOPKj
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—When the
Clerk from the Whitehouse brought In
a long list of presidential appoint
ments for postmaster, Senator Patj
Harrison of Mississippi observed that;
G. Bascom Slenop, secretary to the;
president appeared to be working in!
behalf of Virginia, his home state, as
Virginia got 35 new postmasters and
other states about one each.
ID VESSEL
FOR ALASKA TRAOE
VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 18.—Thei
Canadian government will shortly call!
for tenders for the construction of a
340-foot passenger steamship to cost
$1,0U0,000 for service to Alaska out of
Vancouver. The ship will be in serv
ice in 1925 and will have a speed of
23 knots or about 27 miles.
BIOLOGICAL AGENT WALKER
STUDIES THE WOLF MENACE
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After a trip of several weeks in the
southern end of the territory, in com
pany with H. P. Williams, predatory
animal trapper of the bureau, Mr.
Walker has returned to Juneau. While
absent he placed several snowshoe
rabbits on the Village Islands near
Wrangell.
Mr. Walker states that Mr. Wil_
liams is having much success in trap
ping wolves and that one of his pu
pils recently came in with seven wol
pelts.
LIEUT C. U. GRIFFIS
IT BE PHONES
MOSBACH, Germany, Dec. 18.—An
early pardon for Lieut. Corliss Hoover
Griffis, serving time for the attempted
kidnapping of Grover Cleveland Berg
doll is probable.
former kanatak resident
SUFFOCATED BY GAS HEATER
SEATTLE: James W. Higgins, 60,
who came here recently from Kanatak
was asphyxiated In his room here
some time during the night
A gas heater in Higgins* room ap
parently had been blown out by a
gust of wind. The body was propped
np in bed and Higgins had been read,
irg before he turned out the light.
Higgins, whose wife remained at
Kanatak, when he came to Seattle,
was preparing to close a deal here for
the purchase of a cigar stand.
Harding Memorial Fund
Agent G. C. Henderson today receiv.
ed word that the freighter Latouche,
which sailed from Seattle December
15th, would caii at Seward picking up
passengers and freight, and make the
trip to the westward tn place of the
steamship Starr which will be towed
to Seattle to go on dry dock for re
pairs to her bottom, wdiich was dam
aged by the pounding received when
she hit on Point Malina recently.
From Sewmrd the Latouche will sail
to Kodiak picking up freight and pas
sengers left thc-io by th * Starr, and
will then make the full round trip to
Unalaska, calling at all ports served
by the Starr, with ihe exception of
Seldovia westbound.
This will give Seward shippers an
opportunity <o get westward freight
ready in time to catch the Latouche.
The freighter Cordova will tow the
Starr from Kodiak to Seattle, and it
is expected that she will return to
Seward in time to take up her Janu
ary schedule.
SEATTLE ATTOIET
GAS-FILLED HOUSE
SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—The bodies of
Eugene A. Childe, a prominent Seattle
attorney, former state l?gislator and
police judge, and Mrs. Clara Lien, of
Vancouver, B. C., dancer and musi
cian, divorced from her husband, were
found late this afternoon in a gas-filled
house on the South Side, which he
had recently purchased for the woman.
A half dozen empty whisky bottles
were lying near the bodies. Mrs.
Childe is spending the winter in Los
Angeles.
HONGKONG, Dec. 18.—The flotilla
of foreign gunboats in the harbor at
Canton, where a tense situation has
prevailed since the threat of Doctor
Sun Yat Sen to seize the customs
funds is preparing for eventualities.
Some of the warships have been clear
ed for action.
WILL NOT FORM ALLIANCE
LONDON Dec. 18.—Lord Asquith
declared in a speech this afternoon
the Liberals would not form an alii,
ance tfitU any other party.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18 —
Plans of the House Ways and Means
i Committee for consideration of the
! Mellon Plan for tax reductions and the
I soldier bonus bill have been shifted
I today so that now the bonus measure
| will be given an enthusiastic place on
! the schedule.
ATHENS, Dec. 18.—King George
and Queen Elizabeth will leave Ath
ens today for Rumania. The govern-1
men! informed King George in writing
that it considered him advisable for
him to leave Greece until the Nationalj
Assembly had decided on a regime j
both benefiting the country and the
royal family. Premier Gonatas and
Col. Plastiras signed the letter re
questing the king to leave.
PETERSBURG PAPER PAYING
PENALTY OF PATRIOTISM
The Petersburg Report which re
cently published the proceedings of an
Americanization meeting at that place
at which time Rev. Flint, a minister,
made several unpatriotic remarks re
garding the Red Cross and American
Legion, for which he was severely
arraigned by Capt. Dancey, has lost
quite a few of its old subscribers who
apparently stand behind the minister
in his disloyalty. The Report retali
ates by stating that he does not want
the disloyal persons on his subscrip
tion list and threatening to publish
their names.
Rev. Flint was very strenuous in his
remarks about the Red Cross and the
American Legion and in turn Captain
Dancey handled him without gloves.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secretary
Hughes informed the Russian Soviet
government officials today that “there
would seem to be at this time no rea
son for negotiating with the Soviet
government,” and added, “America is
not proposing to barter away ila
principles.
The convict Jon of L. R McOov at
Juneau recently for alh-g.-d reaching
on fox islands, is regarded with ap
proval by fox farmers everywhere.
McCoy was given 18 months at Mc
Neil’s island fo- MX poaching.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—In a state
ment issued this afternoon on the ac
tion of President Coolidge in releasing
the violators of war time laws, Coili
n’. aider Quinn of the American Legion
said: “The President of the United
States has released 31 criminals. I
cannot but wonder what the effect
will be on the next generation. Sup
pose another war were imminent?
Would a radical, cowardly, unpatriotic
aliens in our nation choose service in
the armed forces of the country or
would they choose spending a limited
time in jail.”
FOR POUR EXPLORjUIRii
LAKEHURST, N. J., Dec. 18.—Stef
fansson has advised the navy board
that a submarine is probably the saf
est craft to explore the regions about
the North Pole.
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
FILED BY BIG NOME COMPANY
JUNEAU: Filing of articles of in
corporation and notice of appointment
of C. G. Lewis, Fairbanks, as agent of
the Pioneer Gold Dredging Company,
is believed to signify the actual entry
of W. P. Hammon interests into the
mining industry in the Fairbanks dis
trict. These filings were made last
week in the office of the Territorial
Secretary.
While the directorate of the com.
pany does not contain the name of W.
P. Hammon. wrho is actively directing
the operations of the Hammon Con
solidated forces on Sewrard Peninsula
where they acquired extensive hold
ings some two years ago, W. C. Ham
mon is on the board. The latter is
also a director of the other company.
The board of the Pioneer Gold Dredg
ing Co., consists of H. C. Hammon. R.
R. Barrows, A. E. Boynton, and A. L.
Dahl. It is a Maine company with an
authorized capital stock issue of one
million dollars.
REBEKAHS TAKE IN LARGE
CLASS OF CANDIDATES
At their hall last evening the local
Rebekah lodge took in a class of thir
teen candidates. After initiation an
elaborate luncheon w'as served and a
general good time enjoyed. Another
class is leady for initiation in the
near future.
APPLICATION BLANKS MAY BE
HAD FOR BRANOING IRONS
E. M. Policy, territorial tax collec
tor, at Juneau, now has application
bianks for bran ling irons issued by
the territory to fox farmers, and will
furnish them to all who desire to reg
i3ter their hr.in I.
NORTHWESTERN SIS
SOUTH LUST NIGHT
The steamship Northwestern arriv_
ed from Halibut Cove last night about
five o’clock, and sailed about 10 for!
Seattle and way ports. The follow-1
ing passengers were booked from this
port for the ports named below:
For Latouche—C. P. McCreary, Fred
Jensen, Ole Jensen, C. A. Hagen, Os
car Moberg.
For Valdez—James Higgins and Sel
ma Scott.
For Cordova—Ted Traustad. Matt
Stinnes, Geo. Elliott F. Janssen.
For Juneau—Otis Ross.
For Ketchikan—Barbara Townsend,
Jas. Nitrani, Felix Guernett.
For Seattle—Miss Morris Michel,
Edward Schneirla, Jas. E. Rice, J.
Clark, M. f. Mick, R. D. Mcnzie, An
drew Nerland, S. Mark Sells, C. R.
Mayben, Leslie Christansen, J. \v.
Galloway, R. H. Dodson, Elva /geabo,
Miss G. Lang, E. Carlson, C. M. Hall
John Lidstrom, Jas. F. Gilbert, Fred
erick Eroadwell, E. G. Griggs/ H. A
Anderson, Mrs. Jessie Anderson, Q
Delabar, Aifonso Bleir.
Harding Memorial Fund
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REPRESENTATIVE RAINEY SAR
CASTICALLY DEFINES NEW
POLITICAL BLOCK
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Represen
tative Harry Rainey, democrat of llli_
nois, sarcastically commenting on the
feat of the Ixoase in organizing and
electing its committees this a. moon
after two weeks of inactivity because
of a revolt b-tween tile Republicans
and Progressives, defined a “Progres
sive Republican as a Standpat Re
publican, in all his anatomy except
his mouth, which he cannot control.”
The insurgent revolt against Repub
lican leadership continued to dead
lock the Senate for Gve ballots in an
attempt to elect the chairman for the
interstate commerce commission. The
voting was featured by a split lor the
first time in the regular ranks when
five administration senators joined
the insurgents in voting for Senator
Couzens of Michigan, as a compromise
candidate. The break in the ranks
followed the statement by Joues of
Washington that he was convinced
Senator Cummins, the administration
candidate, could not be elected, and
he was willing to support a compro
mise candidate. Jones was joined by
Cummins himself who voted for Sen
ator Couzens.
The House will take a recess from
December 20th ,o January 3rd in or
der to allow the members an opportu
nity to spend the holidays at home.
Will Enact Bonus Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Chairman
Smoot of the Senate finance commit.,
tee made a flat prediction today that
the soldier’s bonus bill will be enacted
despite the veto of President Cool
idge. He declared a larger number of
senators opposed to the bill last ses
sion were now favoring it.
SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—The will of A.
E. Holland, the Sedro-Wolley banker
and druggist, who died in Seattle July
3, bequeathes all of his $6i)U.OOO estate
to his bride of two months, a woman
36 years his junior.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—William
G. McAdoo telegraphed the Democrat
ic State Chairman Howes his appro_
val of the South Dakota Democratic
proposal platform.
The convention platform said; “We
shall get no relief from burdens now
oppressing us, nor shall we progress
in any direction through Republican
policies of ‘stand-stillism and wishful
waiting' for these problems to solve
themselves. The Democratic party
stands for progress and popular rights*
It welcomes the opportunity to da
battle for them.*’
STOCK BOOK STOLEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—A stock
book containing 25,000 shares of Ajax
Rubber Co. stock, face value $175,000,
was stolen from the company’s office
and sold thru Wall street brokers.
TWO AVIATORS KILLED
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Dec. 17.—
William D. Fowler, and Harvey Light
foot of the air reserve, lieutenant and
sergeant respectively, were killed at
Clover Field here today when their
plane fell 400 feet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—A Soviet
note asking for negotiations with the
United States to bring about a formal
recognition of the Russian government
was received today at the White
House.
BIFLITZ, Silesia, Dec. 14.—Twenty
five persons were injured when three
hand grenades were hurled Into a
crowded hall where two German mem
bers of the Polish parliament were ad
i dressing the meeting.