VOLUME 19. NUMBER 212
'WARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
Wills—Firpo Battle
Will Be Held Despite
Protests of Churches
TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 9.—No ac
tion will be taken upon any protest,
by civic or religious associations,
seeking to prevent staging the Wills
Firpo bout Thursday night in New
Jersey City, State Boxing Commis
sioner Burgee declared this atter
noon.
Wills is the favorite in the bet
ting.
FLYING FISH DRIVEN
ASHORE BY HEAVY WINDS
OCEAN CITY. N. J., Sept. 9.—Fly
ing fish believed to have been driver
*• ashore by the heavy storms at sea
during the past few days, have in
vaded the city of Cape May, New
Jersey in some instances they were
flying so thick that they broke the
telephone and telegraph wires, crip
pling the service.
Davis Leaves Denver
Trip to Estes Park
DENVER, Sept. 9.—John W. Davis
left here this afternoon for Estes
Park where he will spend the nexi
three days preparing a speech or
Reclamation and Conservation whicl
he will deliver here Thursday.
Davis spent the day in conferring
with state leaders and appeared tc
be much encouraged by reports the)
brought him.
ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL
PREMIER MUSSOLINO, ITALY
LONDON, Sept. 9.—A dispatch tc
the Daily Express from Rome says
that an attempt was made Sunda)
night to assassinate Premier Musso
lino, who was driving about Rome ir
an automobile.
Several shots were fired at him anc
his party but none took effect.
Lewis Named Member
Federal Tariff Commissior
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—David J
Lewis, a Democrat of Maryland, ha:
been reappointed a member of tin
► Federal Tariff Commission by Presi
dent Coolidge.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
COLUMBIA HELD UP MONDA'i
COLUMBIA, 111., Sept. 9—Fou
men held up the First National Ban!
near noontime yesterday and escapee
with eight thousand dollars, leaving
no clues. A short time later l'oui
men held up Murray Lang, a jewelry
salesman for a New York firm anc
obtained his bag, which they thol
contained goods worth $250,000 ant
escaped safely. The bag was empty
however, except for a few clothes, as
the jewels were safely packed in i
trunk and had already been checket
to the Pacific coast.
Northwestern Sailed for
Seward Late Yesterday
V The steamship Northwestern of th<
Alaska Steamship company left Se
attle yesterday afternoon with nine
ty-five passengers. Those booked t<
Seward are:
J. E. Tuttle, H. C. Scott, D. Walk
’ er, Maragret Mix, Mrs. I. Jacobson
C’. and Helen Carlson, C. L. Jones
Mrs. A. Erickson, F. Edwards, Le
, Roy and Bertha Crawford, Pauline
McNeil, Sidney Jacobson, W. G
Hanson, J. H. Williver, Mrs? S. J
Carlson, J. J. Delaney, Margaret Boe
gler, W. Nevin, C. E. Smith, A. Sol
ka and Mrs. J. H. Crawford.
GOVERNOR BRYAN SMOKES
A MISSOURI MEERSCHAUM
LINCOLN, Sept. 9.—Governor Bry
an smokes a cob pipe while at work
around the state house. He said he
had heard lots about high prices,
but if the voter would listen to rea
son he could buy a corn cob pipe for
ninety per cent less than he would
pay for the one with the trick bowl.
BANDITS SHOOT THREE
WHITE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 9.—A.
K. Kolet, together with his daughter
and son, were shot early yesterday
afternoon, when they interrupted five
bandits, who were raiding the Citi
zens State Bank, whereafter the rob
ebrs escaped with twenty dollars.
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KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW V0»*
POET LAUREATE OF ENGLAND
Dr. Robert Bridges, English Poet
Laureate, who has been at the Uni
versity of Michigan for some time
as one of the exchange professors be
tween the United States and Great
Britain, He has been- Poet Laureate
of England since 1923 when he was
appointed by Mr. Asquith then prime
minister.
Germany Repudiates
Clause Which Holds
Responsible for War
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—French, Brit
ish and Belgium ambassadors called
on foreign officers and warned it
again officially that Germany repudi
ates the clause in the Versailles
treaty which makes Germany solely
responsible for the world war.
JEFFERSON STATE BANK
HELD UP BY BANDITS
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Sept. 9.—Four
masked men robbed the Jefferson
| State Bank at the edge of this city
yesterday. They drove all the em
ployes into the vault and escaped
’ with an amount estimated to be be
’ ; tween 25 and 50 thousand dollars.
No shots were fired but Vice
President Warren was beaten over
the head when he offered resistance
to the robbers.
Plans a Platform
Denouncing the Klans
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AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 9.—Proclaim
j ing no quarter from or for the Klan
and framing a platform denouncing
the Klan, and meanwhile maintaining
a policy of strict economy in gov
ernmental affairs, Mrs. (Mother)
; Ferguson, effected a partial perma
l nent organization yesterday, in her
[ race for the Governorship of Texas.
MESSENGER BOV ROBBED
ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Louis La
Chappelle, a messenger for the New
York State Bank said that a bandit
tripped him Saturday, seized his
satchel containing several thousand
; | dollars and fled before he could draw
■ j his pistol. «
i FIRE RAGES IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9.—One of
■; the worst forest fires in the history
, of Southern California threatened
, to develop yesterday afternoon as
1,000 men of the Federal fire fight
| ing crews fought to keep back the
! conflagration which has been raging
j in San Gabriel valley since Saturday
| it is believed to have been under
; control at a late hour today.
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ROGER HORNSBY GREATER
BATSMAN THAN BABE RUTH
j CHICAGO, Sept. 9—A careful study
! of the baseb'all records for the past
four years shows that President Hav
dler had correctly proclaimed Roger
Hornsby to be a greater batsman than
Babe Ruth, as Hornsby’s record for
j the past four years averaged 383 per
cent while Ruth averaged 366 per
cent.
CONDITIONS EXTREMELY BAD
Managua, Nicarague, Sept. 9.—
Honduras refugees declare that con
ditions in Honduras are extremely
bad and that the shortage of arms
and ammunition forces the govern
ment troops to agree to follow the,
revolutionary leaders.
■logical Survey Heads
leave on Steamer Yukon
\ Walker, head of the biologi
rvey and chief fur warden for
A and W. C. Henderson of
Washi -;ton, D .C., who is in Alaska
looking over the game and fur situ
ation, left on today’s boat for south
ern ports. In an interview with the
gentlemen they stated that game
conditions were satisfactory in most
portions of Alaska, and compliment
ed Seward and the railroad district
for its observance of game laws and
interest in propagation. Mr. Walk
er stated that money was scarce for
the aopointment of game wardens
I but that he would manage in time to
place a man back at Seward.
The officials were much interested
in the increase of sheep and moose
in the Seward district and believed
that in a few more years the big
game of the district would be a
source of much revenue to Seward
merchants and citizens. New regu
lations are under advisement with
touch closer supervision.
Erckenbrack Appointed
Director Shipping Board
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—Eugene P.
Erckenbrack, director for the United
States Shipping Board has been ap
pointed director for the United States
Shipping Board in Europe.
NO RECEIVER APPOINTED
TO SUCCEED ADM. STRAUSS
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Sept. 9.—Uni
ted States District Judge, T. Blake
Kennedy declared yesterday that he
may not appoint a receiver to re
place Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss
resigned, even though applications
may be handed him for new appoint
ments.
This .action was in view of the
fact that the Bureau of Mines was
on the ground at the Tea Pot Dome
and was competent and capable of
handling the government’s interests
in the receivership.
Admiral Straus Been
Designated as Receiver
CHEYENNE, Sept. 9.—Admiral
Straus has been designated as re
, ceiver for the Tea Pot Dome Res
j erve, on the grounds that the regu
j lar detail work of the Navy took too
much time.
AIRPLANES BE CONTROLLED
BY WIRELESS APPARATUS
FARNSBOROUGH, England, Sept.
9-—Great progress lias been made in
the ocontrol of pilotless airplanes by
wireless, according to test experi
; ments carried out recently.
The Evening News says that an
other problem under consideration is
the launching of the winged bombs
j from aircraft in flight and their con
j trol over a limited distance onto a
I desired objective.
TREMBLORS CAUSE ALARM
MANILA, Sept. 9.—Strong earth
quakes caused considerable alarm a
! long the Eastern coast of Mindanao,
Satrday ,according to advices reach
ing the Weather Bureau yesterday.
There was no loss of life, but the
J earth cracked near the town of Pan
| Palan and telegraph lines were brok
j en by falling trees.
BOOZE SEIZED
TACOMA, Sept. 9.—Seventy-one
cases of imported whiskey and an
automobile was seized and the watch
man arrested at a raid on a dwelling,
in the suburbs last night.
The police officers said that the
bootleggers were hurrying in from
Canada trying to beat the new Coast
Gnard run fighting float.
AFFIDAVIT PREJUDICE FILED
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 9.—An
affidavit of personal bias and preju
dice and a petition for a change of
venue against Judge Rose, before
whom his receivership suit against
the Piggly Wiggly Corporation is
pending in the United States Dis
trict Court was filed yesterday by
Clarence Saunders, formerly presi
dent of the corporation.
TILDEN DEFEATS JOHNSON
FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 9.—
Tilden, four times champion, defeat
ed Johnson in the finals of the Na
tional Singles Tennis Titles, 6-1, 9-7,
and 6-2.
Davis Makes Speech
At Omaha, Nebraska
OMAHA, Sept. 9.—John W. Davis,
democratic candidate for the presi
dential election, put his campaign
underway yesterday with a rush by
delivering an address in the morn
ing, one in the afternoon and anoth
er at night, while he conferred be
tween times with his running mate,
Charles Bryan and other party lead
ers.
His principal speech was at the
auditorium last night, for the pre
sentation of his views for a program
of relief for the farmer. He declared
he was for a readjustment and low
ering of the rail and water freight
rates for tariff and tax reform and
government aid in stimulating the
co-operative marketing movement and
in establishing an export marketing
commission.
He vigorously assailed the repub
lican party for what he character
ized as discrimination against the
farmer, in favor of the manufacturer
and for its failure to co-operate fully
in the restoration of economic condi
tions abroad so as to furnish a mar
ket for American farm products. He
also said that if America had, “thru
their unofficial presence, aided in
the settlement of the reparations
problem it laid a crushing burden of
blame and responsibility on the
shoulders of those who for five Ions
years had prevented any form of
American participation. In taking
I up the republican proposal for refer
• ring the matter to a farm relief com
; mossion, he said there had already
J been enough investigating.
Ten Head Ballot in
Washington Primaries
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—In the pri
! maries which ai-e being held through
out the state today for congression
al nomination, ten are seeking the
! republican nomination, with Govern
or Norman H. Hart, Everett; Geo
Lamping, Seattle, Edward Clifford
Tacoma, E. L. French.
Those few are apparently the
principal contestants.
CALIFORNIA PRACTICALLY
FREE OF HOOF AND MOUTH
DISEASE, SAYS OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Cali
fornia has been practically freed ol
foot and mouth disease, Dr. John R
Mohler, chief of the bureau of ani
mal industry, has reported to Secre
tary Walace after a personal inspec
tion of the regions visited by the live
1 stock plague.
Of the sixteen counties involved
, fourteen are considered entirely free
from infection, another is probably
free and the final one, Tuolumne
contains only a small but baffling
center of suspected infection. Eradi
cation work is continuing actively
ises to be extremely small when com
pared with the losses occurring an
nually in foreign countries where the
disease is present in chronic form
Dr. Mohler said. Through effective
quarantine measures and other safe
guards outbreaks of the disease in
the United States have averaged only
one a decade for the last forty years.
French Officers Mobbed
When Caught Spying
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—Two French
officers, a captain and a lieutenant,
were mobbed and nearly lynched to
day by an enraged populace at Baer
wald, near Berlin, when they were
discovered spying on German army
maneuvers. Only the appearance of
Reichswehr officers saved the French
officers from being strung up.
TOKIO PAYS DUE
RESPECTS TO
LATE VICTIMS
TOKIO, Sept. 9.—Tokio bow
ed its head yesterday in solemn
remembrance of the catastrophy
which a year and three days ago
killed more than a hundred thou
sand of its citizens and devalu
ated by earthquake and fire 65
per cent, of the area of this city
of two million inhabitants.
Two minutes before noon all
activity ceased, tram cars stop
ped .factory whistles wailed and
bells and gongs in scores of Bud
dhist Temples tolled in memory
of the victims.
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NEW PREMIER OF PERSIA
Reza Khan, who has just been
elected as the new Premier of the
government of Persia.
Colonel Landis Gives
Interview to Reporters
Regarding Railroad
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—“The govern
ment Alaska Railroad is in such good
financial condition, that it can be op
erated next year without aid of
Congress,” said Lee Landis, head of
the Alaska Railroad ,upon arriving
here on his way to California. Col.
Landis obtained a sixty-day leave of
absence and will spend the greater
part of the leave in California and
Texas.
Col. Landis, emphatically branded
as false, the charge rumored of mis
management by the administrative
heads and employes of the Alaska
Railroad, and also denied any knowl
edge of alleged information pertain
ing to “wild orgies” in Alaska.
“The knowledge mentioned,” said
emanated through a general shake-up
the Colonel, “was in reports which
of the railroad personnel recently.”
SEATTLE PATROLMAN
STEALS AN AUTOMOBILE
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SEATTLE, Sept. 9.— Patrolman
Robert Bridges was suspended today
for having a stolen automobile in
his possession. Bridges claimed the
auto was purchased in good faith and
that he was not aware the machine
had been stolen.
Steamship Admiral Evans
Sails With Small List
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—The steamship
Admiral Evans sailed today for Sew
ard and way ports with fifteen pas
sengers as follows: John Nash, Mar
garet Inglo, Doctor Inglo, Mildred
Reeder, Joseph Rout, O. H. Ander
son and wife, Wm. McKenzie.
BODY FOUND IN FLUME
YAKIMA, Sept. 9.—The county
coroner said that Samuel Dykstra,
whose body was found Sunday, in a
flume of the Cascade Lumber compa
ny, had been murdered and thrown
there.
IVC/HLHORN A WINNER IN GOLF
(iJ-CAGO, Sept. 9.—Win. Moh’honi
of St. Louis yesterday won the West
ern Open Golf championship by play
ing the last round of 73 holes for a
gross score of 293.
LA COSTA BEATS WOOD
BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 9.—La
Coste of France defeated Wood of
Australia 8, 1, 6, 1, 8, 5 in the finals
for the Davis cup match though Pat
terson’s victory Friday clinched Aus
tralia’s position as the challenger of
the United States for the Davis Cup
championship.
FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Sept. 8.—Fish pric
es yesterday for fresh halibut were
13 and eight. Sable four.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9.—
Over a thousand letters have been re
ceived by Chairman O’Connor, of the
Shipping Board, to a thousand let
ters sent out to American vessels
and ship brokers, who stated that
they were controlled by a large ex
tent, by the instructions of foreign
agents, as to the use of vessels un
der their own flags.
New Oil Lease Inquiry
May Be Stopped by
U. S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, .SepL 9. An attack
on the Government’s new oil lease
inquiry was made in the Supreme
Court of tire District of Columbia
today on behalf of Former Secretary
Fall, whose lawyers asked for a rule
to show why the new proceedings
should not be quashed, contending
they were merely a “fishing expedi
tion” and not designed to obtain an
indictment but merely to obtain evi
dence.
Justice Siddon issued a rule on
the government special counsel to
show cause tomorrow why proceed
ings should not be stopped.
Flyers Are Changing
from Pontoons to Wheels
MITCHELL FIELD, N. Y„ Sept. 9—
The three American flyers en route
to Seattle arrived at Mitchell Field
at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. The
pontoons will be replaced by wheels
before they proceed on their journey.
REPORTS PLEASE BUTLER,
MANAGER FOR COOLIOGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—With en
thusiastic reports before him from
his campaign manager, William M.
Butler, and other political advisers,
President Coolidge turned his atten
tion yesterday to the work on his
next speech to be delivered.
Held Up and Robbed
of Neat Little Sum
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—Fred Hamby,
bookkeeper for the Puget Sound Na
vigation company was held up and
robbed last night by bandits near the
Colman dock. The robbers got $3,
800 which belonged to the firm.
FAVORS CONFERENCE FOR
DISARMAMENT IN EUROPE
j GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 9.—
Premier Ramsay McDonald of Eng
land declared that he was in favor
of the next disarmament conference
being held in Europe instead of in
Washington because it should be at
tended by the Premiers of Europe
and they would be able to devote
more time to the conference.
Fine Apples Raised on
Ranch of E. E. Carson
E. E. Carson, of Hope, Alaska, sent
H. V. Hoben two fine apples raised
on his ranch at hope. The fruit is
as well formed and perfect as any
apple raised in the states, and Mr.
Carson declares that there is no rea
son why the fruit could not be suc
cessfully raised in his section. For
several years he has experimented
with fruits which it is alleged cannot
be raised in Alaska, and has had no
trouble in raising anything planted.
Mr. Carson is an old timer in the
Hope district having mined on Re
surrection creek and other districts.
At the present time he is postmaster
at Hope.
Mr. Hoben also has an apple tree
planted in the park here which is
growing fine and within a few more
years will bear fruit.
RED CROSS ACTIVE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9.—
The American Red Cross, yesterday
sent a shipment of clothing1 and hos
pital garments to the two thousand
victims of the Virgin Islands hurri
cane and President Coolidge tele
graphed his sympathy, in behalf of
the American people.
ATTEMPT STEAL SAFE
EVERETT, Sept. 9.—Bandits at
tempted to steal a safe at the River
side Drug Co., last night, but fled
when the police appeared.
They fired on two passing automo
biles and the police car, but no dam
age resulted.
The safe was left on the sidewralk,
marred but not opened, as the ban
dits sped past the police station at
fifty miles per hour.
WOMAN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
NAYATT, R. I., Sept. 9.—Mistress
Dorothy C. Hurd, of Philadelphia, won
the Woman's National Golf Champion
ship Saturday for the third time, by
defeating Mary K. Browne, of Saul a
Monica, California, seven to six
rea ches of thirty holes.