SEATTLE, Dec. 24—The Alaska
Steamship Company today announced
the purchase of a new freight and
passenger vessel 474 feet long for the
Alaska trade, but declines at the pres
ent time to state the name of the
new vessel, saying it would be chris
tened later and be operated on the
Seattle-Seward run in place of the
Alameda which will be placed on the
Seattle-Skagway run in connection
with the Jefferson.
SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—i ug* r. Sound
Shipping men are pressing former
congressman Will Humphrey for mem
bership in the United States Shipping
Board, which they say he fai'ed to
win early in the Harding administra
fcn because of opposition from the
now discredited Charles R. Forbes.
DAVE CLOUGH PREDICTS
EARl.Y RUSH KUSKOKWIM
SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—Dave Clouffa
who arrived here from McGrath on
one of the last boats looks for a big
rush to the head waters of the Kusko
kwim next spring, where ground av
eraging $2.00 vo the pan was found in
June by John Strand, a prospector.
V
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. Z4.—
Twenty-seven men convicted of war
time treason and opposition to the
draft, recently pardoned by President
Coolidge, were released last nighi b>
prison officials.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Zi.—'Captain
Donald McMillan, on the Bowdoin in
latitude ST north, radiod to Admiral
Moffat today that May or June would
be the months best suited to Arctic
fiights, because no winds prevailed at
that time of year, and native aid
and game could be obtained in abun
dan^ up to within 400 miles of the
PolJJ
NO SMI PUN FOR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Federal j
officials are unwilling to commit them
selves regarding any specific proposal
for a debt funding settlement with
France, but expressed gratification
■that Paris appeared ready for consid
eration of the subject. The French
debt is approximately four billion dol
lars with principal and interest.
FAIRBANKS AND NOME AIR
MAIL SERVICE TO START SOON
SPOKANE, Dec. 24.—nans for an
aero mail service between Fairbanks,
interior terminal of the Alaska rail
road and Nome, on Bering sea, are be
ing worked out and service will begin
soon. j
This service wrill replace the old
and reliable dog teams which have
been used for so many years.
2^ie department is negotiating for
an ^experienced pilot to be placed in
charge of the planes.
BORAH MAY ANNOUNCE
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 24.—Frank E.
Johnesse, state chairman of the pro
gressive party predicted that Borah
would anonunce his candidacy for the
Presidency on the Progressive ticket,
within the next 90 days. Borah in a
speech Saturday, declared that he will
not be a candidate.
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN—Fresh halibut 13 and
7% cents; pickled none.
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OLD TBS LEM j
TRIPS TO II SMS
Several well known oldtimers ofi
the lower Yukon river left for the|
States on the steamship Alaska. One:
of the most prominent is Dave Mutch-;
ler of Iditarod tram fame; Alex Math-',
ison, manager of the company operat-J
ing the old Beaton & Donnelly dredge,*
Hugh Mathieson and .T^e Nevell, the'
last named being the owner of a
number of claims on Otter creek. The!
quartet of sourdoughs made theiri
way to the railroad at Nenana by dog
a, covering the distance lroit
Flat in the Iditarod district to Ne-]
nana in ten days.
The trail is improving with travel
but more snow is needed to put it ii
al good condition. There are rougli
spots now which materially dela\
travel, but which will disappear en
tirely after another good snow.
Extremely cold weather wras expe
rienced on the trail, the temperature
dropping to 50 below before the trav
elers reached Nenana. All of the mem
bers of the party wrere frostbitten and
I carry the scars.
Nevell had a team or nine dogs ana
the condition of the trail was such
that he was compeuled to put mosca
sins on the dog's feet every morning
not a pleasant task with the weather
as cold as it was on this particular
trip. The Nevell team and that also
belonging to Mutdhler will reach An
chorage this week and will be used by
Game Warden A1 Hardy until spring.
Mail conditions in the Kuskokwim
district are much better tins winter
than usual, the travelers report, and
the service is improving steadily. Four
trips per month between Nenana and
Hat are made with a limit of 80U lbs.,
the carriers being Billy Burke, Fred
Lemon,, ^at‘k Lamont, Tom Milligan
and a native boy.
Sam Applehaum, naukei ana mer
chant of Flat, was preparing to leave
for the States when the Mathiesoa
party started tor Nenana and he prob
abily is on the trail now. Tom Aitken
who is operating a 0n ~
also plans to make a trip to the
States this winter, and Superintend
ent Bullard ol the Treadwell Quartz
mine on Nixon Fork, is on his way to
the States and will catch the Victoria
Alex Mathieson Is In charge of the
operations of l' *son & Don
nelly dredge which is now controlled
by a new company. He reports a fair
ly good season was enjoyed, the late
ness of the fall helping materially to
swell the output. The dredge was
kept busy until November 15.
Dave Mutchler is an old timer in
Alaska. He is one ot the most widely
known men in the north and has tak
pn an active part in the development
of nearly every gold camp thus far
discovered, from Dawson to the heart
of the Kuskokwim district. He and.
his brothers operated a tram road be-1
tween Iditarod City and Flat for a
number of years. Last summer they
took in a large shipment or frozen
meat, on two cold storage barges, one
of which was towed to Ophir and the
other left at Iditarod. The trip to
Ophir was a rough one, owing to the
low water in the upper reaches of the
Innoko river. The barge was stuck
on a bar for several weeks but Dave
stuck to the job and finally got thru
to his destination. George Mutchler is
in charge of their interests this win
ter.
At the time the travelers tert the
Interior nothing new had been re
ported from the recent strike on
Crooked creek.
They report that no headway has
been made in the solution of the mys
tery surrounding the mail robbery
last winter, the people of the Kusko
kwim district are not aware of it. No
arrests have been made.
OPERATOR GETS LICENSE
John Cook, mail clerk of the An
chorage post office states he has just
received on the last mail his radio op
erotars license. This gives him a sec
ond grade amateur rating. His call
number is expected to arrive soon.
VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN
W|LL LEAVE FOR MAYO BROS
W. F. Thomposn, veteran newspa
man and editor and publisher of th<
Fairbanks News Miner will leave 01
one of the next boats for Rochester
: inn., to undergo an operation for re
a tioubles. Mr. Thompson has beer
suffering from kidney trouble for sev
eial months and recently had a se
vere attack.
THUG'S VICTIM RECOVERS
Thomas Burns, victim or an
known thug who robbed him in
cabin at Anchorage two weeks age
slowly recovering. His skull was
badly fractured that trephining
necessary to relieve pressure on
brain.
M. C., Winchester and U. S.
Ammunition at Graefs. tf
JUNEAU: Fire destroyed the old.
Heidelberg saloon building occupied!
by the Palace of Sweets confection
ery, the former U. and I. cafe ana
O’Brien’s barbershop, causing a loss
of $12,000, partly covered by insur
ance.
The building stood on the southj
side of Front street in the heart of
the downtown section.
The Heidelberg saloon was built in
1913 by Harry Goldenhaar and at cue
time was one of %ie best furnished
thirst emporiums in the North.
TAXPAYERS WILL MEET NO
DELAY IN FILING RETURNS
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 27.—Assured]
by the Bureau of Internal Revenue ofj
prompt service in furnishing the ne
cessary forms, taxpayers need experi
ence no delay in the filing of their in
come tax returns for the year 1923. j
The filing period is from January 1 to
March 15, 1924. On January 2, the>
first being a holiday, forms for filing|
individual corporation, partnership,
personal service corporation, informa
tion, fiduciary, and other returns re-!
quired by the revenue act will be!
available at the office of Collector of
Internal Revenue, Tacoma, Washing-!
ton and the following branch offices;
Seattle, Spokane, Bellingham, Everett,!
Aberdeen, Vancouver, Wenatchee, Ya
kima, Walla Walla. After January 2,
a copy of the form desired may be ob
tained on written request from Burns
Poe, Collector of Internal Revenue at
Tacoma.
Form 1049-A, heretofore used for
filing returns of individual net in
come oi $5,000 and less, from what
ever source derived, has been revised
and simplified in the interests of the
largest class ol taxpayers, salaried
persons and wage earners. The new
form will be used lor reporting net
incomes for the year 1923 of $5000
and less, derived chiefly from salaries
and wages. Reducing to a minimum
the problem of correctly making out
an income tax return, Form 1040,A
consists of a single sheet in which
space is provided for answers to only
three questions in relation to income:
salaries wages, commissions, etc.; in
terest on bank deposits, notes, mort
gages and corporation bonds ant
“other income.’’ On the reverse side
are instructions. Formerly Form
1040A has consisted of six pages, the
questions pertaining not only to sal
aries and wages, but to income from
business, professions, sales of real es
late and other sources. It is estimat
ed that for the year 1923 more than
four million persons or 70 per cent of
those who annually are required to
file income tax returns will use the
new form.
Persons, any part of 'Aht.se income j
for the year 1923 was derived from!
business or profession, farming, sale
of property or rents, regardless of the
amount, will be required to use the
larger form, 1040. The use of Form
1040 will be required, also, in cases
where the net income w*as in excess
of $5000 whether from salary, busi
ness, profession, or other taxable
sources. Formerly Form 1040 was
used only for reportinig individual ne
income of more than $5000.
Forms for filing individual returns
of income will be sent to persons who
filed similar returns for the year 1922
It being impossible to determine this
year the form desired by the taxpay
er whether he be a man whose in
come was derived chiefly from salary
or wages or from business, profession
or other taxable sources,—the taxpay
er will receive both forms and is ad
vised to note carefully the instruc
tions regarding their use.
WARSAW, Dec. 28.—The foreign
office today sent a cable to the Polish
minister in Washington requesting an
immediate report of the finding of a
large quantity of liquor in the base
ment of the apartment building in
Washington which Dr. H Okolowski
secretary to the Polish legation, said
was his property.
The United States ha3 made a pro
test against legations having such im
mense stocks on hand.
Investigation Be Made
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Congres
sional attention to Washington boot
leg conditions with special considera
tion of the late scandal Involving nu
merous public men, customs officials
and diplomats' liquor stock? now ap
pears certain.
FB. F. J. RUPPERT
LOSE LIFE WHEN
HEAD OF LOURDES MISSION ON
WAY TO ORPHANAGE WHEN
ACCIDENT OCCURRED
DOGS SCATTERED BY REINDEER
Aged Priest Followed Trail for Man
Miles Until Extreme Cold and
Exhaustion Overcame Him
NOME, Dec. 21.—Furthei particu
lars regarding the death of Father F.
J. Ruppert, S. J., who perished from
cold and exhaustion on the Pilgrim
River trail, December 16, were mot to
Nome today.
Father Ruppert, who was head of
Lourdes mission, started for Hoi
Springs Orphange with a dog team,
carrying oranges, apples and other
Christmas cheer for the fifty boys and
girls at the orphanage, 80 miles north
of Nome. It is stated that a reindeer
herd stampeded the dog team, while
Father Ruppert was in camp alone,
about eight miles from his destination.
The priest l'ollow'ed the trail of the
dogs for two miles, and finally entered
a clump of brush near the trail, where
he attempted to build a fire. A heavy J
blizzard was raging at the time, and
the mercury stood thirty below zero.
Father Ruppert left Duffy O’Connor’s
roadhouse that morning after the
men had vainly tried 10 get him to
remain over until the storm subsided,
saying that the could not disappoint
his little friends in their Christmas.
Following the departure of the aged
divine the blizzard increased anti it
appears that he had gone in camp, to
await a luil in the wind, ii was then
that his dog team took out after the
reindeer herd.
Alter attempting to oulld a fire ofj
willows the priest had apparently laid
down to rest. His parka was neatly j
folded and lay between his arms and
his body, and death apparently came
painlessly and while he was asleep
from exhaustion.
The search for Father Happen
started immediately when one of his
dogs showed up at the orphanage on
Christmas day. Another of the dogs
showed up at Iron creea, 15 miles
away and every available man started
out from that point.
"Mink,” the huge malamute leader
of the priest’s eight dog team, return
| ed to the body of his master and was
standing guard when found. The ani
mal resented the party’s approach so
fiercely that it was over an hour be-|
force it would consent to the removal
of the frozen corpse.
Father Ruppert was buried on
Christmas Day, by the members of the
orphanage, for whose pleasure he
gave his life. j
The victim has relatives in San
Francisco and came north in 1918, en
clearing lnmselt to the people of Nome
and this district, by his unsparing ser
vice to the people. During the iuflu-1
enza epidemic in the fall of 1918 he
worked day and night with both Eski
mos and whites, giving of his strength;
; and resources to aid the afflicted.
This is the first life lost on the trail
I this winter.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Senator Mc
Nary of Oregon, arrived from the Na
tional capital today to wed Miss Cor
nelia Morton, daughter of the late
Major Morton, for thirty years aide to
General Miles. The wedding will oc
cur tomorrow.
SHERMAN DUGGAN NOT ILL
WRITES HARRY G. M’CAIN
Harry G. McCain, assistant district
attorney at Cordova writes that re
ports of a nervous breakdown of Dis
trict Attorney Sherman Duggan of
Valdez are not true. Mr. Duggan says
that Mr. Duggan had a severe case of
influenza at Cordova which kept him
out of court work during the term,
but after a few weeks was in good
health again and is now in the States
on a business trip. Mr. Duggan re
turned to Valdez on the Watson.
FORMER ALASKAN DEAD
SEATTLE, Dec. 28.—Samuel A.
Sutherland, a former Alaskan, died
here today.
An Armstrong Table Stove makes
an ideal Christmas gift, $12.50 at
Seward Drug Co. tf
Brown & Hawkins Corp. will supply
your winter footwear and clothing
wants.
DRILLS NEARING OIL BEARING
SANDS, SAYS J. J. FINNEGAN,
IN INTERVIEW
ASSOCIATED TO RESUME WORK
Cessation of Drilling Only Temporary
Until Flans Could Be Clarified,
Says Finnegan
Predicting that the Standard Oil
Company will strike oil in the Cold
Bay field within 60 days, provided “it
wants to,” and reporting that the As
sociated Oil company will resume
drilling in that field early in the
spring, Capt. J. J. Finnegan, in an in
terview with the Anchorage Times, is
very optimistic over ihe outlook tor
the Cold Bay district in the spring.
In a statement to the Times Mr.
Finnegan is alleged to have cleared
up the mystery surrounding the sud
den abandonment of drilling by the
sudden abandonment of drilling by
the Associated company last fall. He
said:
“The Associated company's cessa
tion of drilling was only temporary,
and I am positively advised by offi
cials that drilling will be resumed in
the early spring. Supt. G. L. Jones,
who is now in San Francisco, will sail
for Kanatak probably in March. The
company has two holes down on our
ground one 910 feet deep *he other
560 feet deep. Under our contract
with the associated they paid us
$65,000 for the privilege of drilling
and guaranteed to drill to a,000 feet
depth in 1923. The penalty lor their
failure to drill to that deptn cost them
$25,000 which has been paid to our
company,— the Alaska Oil Company.
However, the Associated must resume
drilling this spring and the company
will go ahead without tail. The Asso
ciated is interested with me pet son
ally in the Kanatak townsite, and I
was assured at San Francisco they
have no intention ot sacrilcing either
their drilling or their townsite rights
and will resume.”
Interested with Capt. Finnegan in
the Alaska Oil company are Frank
Curtis, James Hayden and Jack LeeJ
The Standard Oil Company is now
down over 1,000 feet on the W. C. Fee
and Mrs. Ed McNally claim, according
to Cap*. Finnegan and according to
him could “hit the first oil sand with
l-i sixty tiays if it wanted to." The
first oil well will be struck at about:
180J feet depth. Capt. Finnegan osti-j
mates. He says that geologic opinion
is that there are three oil sands be
neath the first one.
The Standard Oil Company’s con
tract calls for continuous drilling,
that of the Associated does not.
5, S. EIDER 8E III POUT
Capt. J. A. Beck of the € »• »►
Eider, which arrived in port Saturday
bringing the Wells party, states that
his vessel will remain in Seward un
til after New Year’s. He reports •
good summer to the westward. Th«
Norwegian steamship Tindahl, of 10,
000 tons capacity, the largest ship to
laud at Unalaska, called there for
coal shortly beiore the Eider left.
Mrs. Goss gave a fine Thanksgiving
dinner to a party of 18 citizens whlcJk
was greatly enjoyed.
Agent Strauss of the A. C. company,
entertained the officeis oi the Norwtr
gian steamship Tindahl at dinner last
week.
The Eider picked up the Wells par
ty at Kanatak. They were in no dan
ger Capt. Beck said, the delay being
caused by the party fishing and tour
ing the coast.
According to Uapt. Beck no trace
has been found of the gasboat Viking
which went adrift in a heavy north
west gale from Kanatak. -• j cook a
man by the name of Johnson, was on
board at the time and the vessel may
be picked up safely. Johnson was no
sailor, and suffered violently from
seasickness it is said. The Viking
was well fueled and provisioned and
carried a storm jib and mainsail. It is
thought that Johnson could have saved
her if he knows anything at all about
handling a boat, as she is an unusually
good sea boat and her anchor is out,
which may help hold her head to th*
wind.
Karl Armstrong and the gasboat
Apex are hunting for the Viking.
ANCHORAGE MAN ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF PERJURY
Gust Schustereid of Anchorage has
been bound over to the grand jury on
a charge of perjury growing out of the
recent Louis Hertle case, who was
recently found guilty of having intox
icating liquor in his possession. It is
alleged that Schustereid who is a
partner of Hertle in the California
pool hall at Anchorage, swore that he
had seen federal officials “plant” the
evidence on the premises. He alleged
a “trame-up.” The authorities retal
iatd with the perjury charge.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Henry C.
Hall will become chairman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission Jan
uary first it was stated here today.
Capt. John Newmarker, inspector of
boilers in the Territorial steamboat
inspection service, was married in
Portland, Ore., recently to Miss Vir
ginia Goff, a former teacher in the Ju
neau public schools. The newly wed
ded pair returned north on the Ad
miral Watson and will make their
home in Juneau.
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your vicinity sells them. See him, or write our Ser
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