VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 309
SEWARI), ALASKA,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
MOSCOW, Dec. 20.—'“We are eon_
tinuing to fix our hopes on a change
of sentiment in public opinion in the
United States,” said Foreign Minister
Tchiteherin, to a correspondent this
afternoon, commenting on the Wash
ington government refusal to recog
nize Russia.
Hughes Gives Reasons
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20....Intercept
ed instructions from Russia to the
Workers’ Party of America, outlining
plans for a revolution in America to
raise the Red flag over the White
House, were made public by the State
Department in support of Secretary
Hughes’ retusal to enter into an\ ne-|
gotiations with Russia. The Depart
ment of Justic assured congiess the
authenticity of these instructions.
TEXAS INSANE ASYLUM
PROVES LIQUOR OASIS
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. .19-—j
Discovery and seizure of liquor on the^
State Insane Asylum premises by ran
ger forces is developing into a state-j
wide investigation prompted by the^
urging ot scores of civic oiganizations.
The liquor, rangers declare, was
found in the quarters of an assistant
supervisor. Jesse Robinson, the as
sistant, has been placed under J5000
bonds to answer to a Federa. charge.
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LEMS OH LOSE HUP
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Dr. John Aiken Flanders, of Chi
cago, accompanied by Douglas Clem
ons, left today for Mile 23, where lie
will be joined Saturday by the “Mal
emute Kid” from Anchorage, with a
15-dog team that will carry the Doc
tor to his new home on the shores of
Kasilof Lake.
Dr. Flanders is an eminent surgeon,
one of the heroic figures of the Amer
ican Army in France, where lie served
two years. He was severely wounded
many times, gassed and shell-shocked
when operating in a hospital on the
W/'ront, which was shelled and then
bombed by the Germans, although
roof and flags showed the Red Cross.
Of 86 men at this station, 80 died
around him, while Dr. Flanders, cut
ting knife still poised over a patient,
was hurled over an operating table,
the knife entering his own abdomen
and by half an inch missing a vital
entrance. During another furious
bombardment, he operated steadly,
without rest, for 73 hours, until finally
falling exhausted, to be in turn borne
out on a stretcher.
He was persuaded last summer, by
Gordon Jones, an Alaska Packers As
^ sociation manager, to visit Cook In
let and the Kasilof Lake region and
ended by putting up a cabin, being
joined by his nephew, also an over
seas veteran. A large amount of
dressed lumber, windows, and other
material has now been ordered, to be
lined up the river in the spring, where
a comfortable lodge wrill be built, with
a laboratory and facilities for medical
research work.
Recently Dr. Flanders was sum
moned as a material witness in a Ke
nai murder case to the court term at
Valdez. Leaving there, he was held
by weather conditions in Seldovia for
V 18 days, making several attempts to
' reach the mouth of Kasilof river,
without success. He had to return to
Seward on the Northwestern, having
meanwhile from excitement and the
change from his quiet mountain re
treat, suffered one of the sinking
spells to which victims of gas and
shell shock are subject. He was ver>
ill on arriving here, but determined
to undertake the long, hard trip home
The party expects to be aided from
Skilak lake by guides George Nelson
and Henry Lucas, as the snow is deei
* and there is no trail.
Mrs. K. V. Page, mothers of Mrs. L
V. Ray, is visiting her son Charles
Sheldon, in Nenana.
*
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Rising from
ihe center ot' the spectators’ seats in
Judge Frater’s court this afternoon, a
Japanese caused considerable excite
ment by exclaiming in his native ton
gue: “I will kill Nataks if he takes
the witness stand,” meaning if the
Japanese testified against T. Yamado,
on trial for murder. The Japanese es
caped before he could be apprehended
by court officials.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.—Janies L.
Wilmeth, former head of the bureau
of engraving and printing, who was
summarily dismissed under executive
order by Harding, received an offer of
reinstatement by Secretary Mellon
this afternoon but declined it.
SEATTLE CLOTHING STORE
MAN R03BE0 BY BANDITS
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—L. W„ Fried
lander, manager of a big Second ave
nue clothing concern was beaten in
sensible and robbed by bandits this
morning as he was opening the es
tablishment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Albert
Fall, former secretary of the interior,
now in seclusion in New York, this
afternoon for the second time declin
i ed, on the grounds that he is sick, to
! appear before the Senate Lands Com
j mittee investigating the Teapot Dome
; oil lease given by Secretary Fail to
the Sinclair interests.
Recent testimony given before the
committee showed that Fall, a poor
man before the lease was given, sud
denly branched out into a prosperous
ranch ofvner, and the committee is in
quiring as to the reasons therefore.
The dry squad picked up Rex
Greenwood and Martin and Madeline
Peterson at Tanana last week. Green
wood entered a plea of guilty and the
Petersons were bound over to the
grand jury.
ATHENS Dec. 20.—King George
and Queen Elizabeth are being accom
| panied on their trip to Rumania by
! the marshal of the court and the
| king’s aides.
DEATH SENTENCE OF
ESKIMOS BEEN POSTPONED
Because Sergl. Hubert Thorne of
the Canadian Mounted Police, who
; passed through Seward last month en
route to Herschel Island was unable
to reach his destination by December
I 7th, the date set for the execution of
. :wo Eskimos for murder, for whom
i the officer carried death warrants, sen
l tence has been postponed until Feb
> ruary.
Tr. Charles Daggett writes that he
. has not succeeded in selecting a
i location as yet, but is v ng to Los
A.’geles and look the c.uutry over.'
WALT WHITMAN HOME DEDICATED ^ !
The scene in Camden, N. J. when scholars and literary authorities •
joined in a belated dedication of the little Mickle Street house that was
once the home of the famous poet. The good gray poet lived in this snug
house from 1884 to the date ol his leath, March 26th, 1892. Harrison S.
Morris, of Philadelphia, an old mend of Whitman’s is seen making the
dedicatory address to a huge audience gathered in front of the home.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—President
Coolidge sent a telegram of thanks to
Henry Ford today for the nice things ^
said about him in connection with
Ford’s announcement that he would
not run against Coolidge tor the
presidency.
HOW Of KING 111 lira
MS US HUSBAND
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LONDON, Dec. 20.—The widow of.
Lord Carnarvon, one of the discover-;
ers of the tomb of King tutankha
men, was married this afternoon to a
Col. Deuniston.
SEATTLE WOMAN
! IS A CANDIDATE
I TO SUCCEO101
SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Kathryn
A. Miracle, a member of the city
council, announced her candidacy for
mayoralty tonight, declaring herself
as well lit in a business sense for the
office as any man.
WORLD WAR VETERAN AND OF
FiCER DIES IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Dec. 20—Asa Lee, a)
deputy sheriff and world war veteran
died this afternoon, the victim of
three serious accidents within the
past year.
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND IS
AGAINST DIVISION OF ALASKA
Delegate Dan A. Sutherland Is op
posed to a division of the Territory,
and will not introduce a bill to this
effect in congress it is said. The del
egates thinks the time for division is
Inopportune.
NORTH POLE FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.—
Secretary Den by within a Lew days
will appoint the commanding officer in
the coming naval North Pole flight,
probably a rear admiral.
PRY FOR APPOINTMENTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Southern
senators are solemnly charging that
negro postoffice appointments are be
ing sold to the highest bidder by per
sons representing themselves as ad
ministration agents. They promise
to make good their charges and pend
ing submission of proof all such nom
inations for southern states have been
laid aside.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The sol
diers’ bonus bill and administrative
features of the Mellon tax reduction
plan are being considered together by
the House ways and means committee
under the program adopted yesterday.
MUTINY OF SOVIET TiOPS
HARBIN, Dec. 20.—Mutiny of the
Soviet Russian troops stationed at
Vladivostok, Nikolik and Khabarovsk
is reported in today’s dispatches.
MRS. A. G. THOMPSON SPEAKS
TO LOS ANGELES AUDIENCE
At a recent "sourdough” meeting in
Los Angeles, Mrs. Arthur G. Thomp
son of Anchorage, spoke on Alaska,
and received an ovation. Mrs. Thomp
son and daughter are spending the
winter at the Biltmore, in Los Ange
les.
SEATTLE. Dec. 20.—Edgar A. Nel
son, 18, a neighbor of the Blethens on
the fashionable Highland Drive held
up the branch office of the Pacific
Steamship Company on Pike Street,;
the busiest block in the center of the,
city, this afternoon, securing $60 from
K. C. Van Wyck, agent in charge.
When captured the boy said he
wanted some Christmas money.
ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 20.—Four [
thousand officers of the Greek army
and navy have sent telegrams today
to former Premier Venizelos, now in
Paris, urging him to return to Athens
at once and assume the head of the
new republic.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20— In a di
vorce action filed this afternoon, Mrs.
Helen Lamaie of Long Beach, charged
that her husband, Elsinor Lamaie, a
film director and theatrical manager,
tried to sell her for $500,000 to Lou
H. Baker, a wealthy negro gambler of
Jaurez, Mexico.
10 ICE WISE
on raira
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Threats of war
involving Afghanistan and India are)
prompted by Britain according to!
dispatches from Moscow quoting So
viet Minister Tchitcherin, who states
that England is threatening Afghan
istan unless that country severs rela
tions with Russia.
While the Fairbanks fireboys were;
at work at the Nordale hotel Are re
cently some one went through their
clothes getting considerable money.
He has been voted the meanest man
in town.
GAGNON SELLS HOTEL SEWARD
W. C. Gagnon, for some time intei
i ested in the Hotel Seward with Ed
j Dahl, has sold his interests to Mr.
; Dahl and will leave soon for the
States.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20—The city
of Merita, capital of Yucatan, with a
population of 100,000 was taken over
by the rebels, and the garrison de
clared for M. de la Huerta for presi
dent, it was announced today by Mex
ican Consul Raininez.
Commander and Mrs. Dowling are
now stationed in New Jersey. Com
mander Dowling was in charge of na
val operations in the Chlckaloou coal
fields.
Otis Ross, oil man in the Cold Bay
district left on one of the last boats
for the States, en route to his home
in Idaho to spend the holidays. He
will return to Kanatak in the spring.
The steamship Alaska will arrive in
port about 11 in the morning.
DETROIT, Dec. 20— Henry Ford to.
day declared that ho feels the coun
try is quite safe with Coo:dg“ and
that he himself would never con-i ter
running against Ccolidge on an\ tick
et. Mr. Ford gave as his reasons for
refusing to make the presidential
race that he was a “busy man.”
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 20.—The
names of Ford as a democrat and
Cooliiige as a republican will appear
on the preferential primary ballot in
April, despite Henry Ford’s announce,
ment that he would not run against
President Coolidge.
LKTivOlT, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Henry
Ford, assisted by Rev. Win. Daw as,
presiceut of the Ford lor President
Club :n Detroit, tonight made Henry
declare that he would not run for the
nomination. Mrs. Ford declared that
her husband’s health would not per
mit the worries of a campaign, and
that they were “doing well enough.”
Accuse Ford of Pique
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Some po
litical observers here construe Henry
Ford’s declaration for Coolidge due to
pique over the apparent disposition of
Democratic leaders to deny him the
party nomination.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Supreme
| Court Justice Davis toda\ decided
that each of the children oi the late
George J. Gould by his first wife is
| t-n.i leu to $582,871 from the trust
1 fund established by Jay Gould in bis
! will for the benefit of George J. ard
| h.;s ether children.
PAT TOLD ATTENDANTS
HE WAS GOING TO DIE AND
PROVED THAT HE KNEW
BAKER, Ore., Dec. 19.—Evidently
hearing the wailings of banshees and
knowing that his time had come, Pat
rick McGinnis, well known in mining
circles in this section, appeared at a
local hospital and announced to the
officials that he was going to die and
gave minute instructions as to the dis
position of his property. Despite the
assertions of physicians that there
was nothing wrong with him Pat
died a few hours after being admitted
to the institution.
Hospital attendants said the man
evidently had a premonition of death,
and that his affairs had been taken
care of.
FAST TALKER ESCAPES
TRAFFIC LAW PENALTY
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 19.—Local
police have been conducting a cam
paign for stricter obedience to the traf
fic laws. Usually two offenses are
fined.
One of those whose automobile
was taken was J. L. Kuhn a busy
contractor. Kuhn talks at a rapid fire
rate.
Carrying the red tag which requires
reporting at the mayor’s office Kuhn
brushed past police officers and went
directly into the inner sanctum.
“Mayor,” said Kuhn, talking fast,
“one of your fresh cops put this on
my machine. I haven’t time to listen
to your story and you haven’t time to
listen to mine. Good-bye,” and he was
gone before the mayor could recover
from his surprise.
Gerhard Johnson and C. A. Carlson,
Seward contractors have started
plastering Odd Fellows hall in An
chorage. The work will require about
two months.
Barney Hagen, a section foreman at
Grandview for the past two years, left
i this week for New York on an ex
tended visit.