VOLUME XIX. NUMIIER 14.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1924
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VERA GETZ. -Tan. 16—A
blockade of Tampico has been or
dered by Adolfo De La lluerta
revolutionary leader in a decree
issued here. The blockade becomes
effective immediately and will be
undertaken by squadrons of vessels
loyal to the Vera Ortiz government.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 16—An
English cruiser has arrived at Jue
ropo. Mexico, Southern Vera Cruz,
to protect British interests there,
according to information brought
here by travelers returning from
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—The
Democratic Senate attacked Cool
idge's Mexican policy which result
ed in— the embargo placed on am
munition and arms being sent to
Mexico. Senator Robinson, flooi
leader introduced a bill which pro
hibits under heavy penalty, the
sale of munitions to any foreign
government by the l.nited States
or any of its citizens.
WASHINGTON, 1). (’.. Jan 16
-—The government is taking steps
to enforce its embargo on arms to
the Mexican rebels and ordered cus
toms and prohibition officials to en
force all border laws and also or
dered the railway association to
keep strict watch on all shipments
into Mexico.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 16
—Steps are being taken by the gov
ernment to stop interference with
American vessels off" Tampico by
blockade set up by De Lalluerta
Revolutionary group and also to re
open cable and wireless communi
cation with Mexico.
VANCOUVER, Jan. 16.—An impasse
into which a revolution reported in
Mexico has cast the rum fleet, dis
closed to the public by a Vancouver
newspaper, was a street topic oday.
The well established technique of
rum running from British Columbia
into the United States has been for
the carriers to clear for Mexican
ports of Ensenada and Topolobampo,
smuggle their cargoes ashore in some
quiet spot on the shore of the Unit
ed States or transfer them to Amer
ican craft in waters near the Inter
national boundary, proceed to the
Mexican ports, have the papers vised
ar.d return here with everything In
order.
The revolution has closed the Pa
cific ports of Mexico to International
trade, lament the navigators of the
“whisquito” fleet which is lying by
here in Coal Harbor.
APPOINTEES ARE NAMED
HANDLE COOLIDGE CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, Jan 16.—Butler
designated Marshall Hale, Percy V. i
Long of San Francisco, Mark L. Ri-!
qua of Oakland, Ralph Arnold and
Frank Merriam of Los Angeles to han
dle the Coolidge campaign in Calif
ornia.
482 U. S. STUDENTS FAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.—482
students at the University of Calif
ornia were flunked out of the institu
tion at the close of the last semes
ter, President Campbell announced.
COMMUNICATION IS
RESUMED WITH THE '
ARCTIC EXPLOP
i AVALON, catalina Island, Cal., Jan
16.—Radio communication between
S here and the MacMillan ship which is
froze in the ice 11 degrees from thf
north pole were resumed after a few
weeks interveal due to an electrical
disturbance in the Arctic. It w'as de
dared in the radio talk that an a sue
I cessful trip into the Arctic by the
, Shenandoah, the Navy’s giant dirigi
ble, much more could be accomplish
ed than numerous other expeditions
The Arctic currents and air condi
tions were transmitted by thepolai
party for relaying to Admiral Moffett
'who is chief of the Naval aviation
service who commands the Navy’s po
lar flight next summer.
S0L0»0lffiLL
WASHINGTON DRINKING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Drastic
action to put a stop to alleged liquor
drinking by members of congress and
other high officials in government i>o
sitions and to prevent leakage of
“diplomitic liquors into bootleg chan
nels” was demanded today by Repre
| sentative Upshaw, democrati, Geor
gia. His demand was embodies in a
resolution and a speech.
Mr Upshaw said congress should
"clean around its own doors by pass
ing a resolution declaring persons
non grata to the floor of the house
any member found under the influ
ence of liquor in the capitol or house
office building or known to have li
quor illegally acquired in his office.”
He also suggested that all federal
appointees, including cabinet officials,
army and navy officers and diploma
tic and consular representatives a
broad, be required to give a pledge
of total abstinence. The “executive
guillotine,” he added, should be used
on all government officials known to
drink liquor.
Flagrant Abuses.
"In reference to “diplomatic” liquor
Mr. Upshaw said:
" I he flagrant abuses of diplomatic
' immunity on the part of many of the
j embassies put into italics the neces
sity for revoking a privilege that
should never have been allowed un
der our national prohibition. Recent
investigations have convinced me
that some of these diplomats would
be heartily glad to be relieved of the
expenses and all their troubles and
responsibilities for liquor immunity
1 am introducing a bill to relieve them
of theier Bacchalalian temptations in
| our prohibition land.”
WOULD ALLOW
GIRLS PROPOSE
AT If TIME
—
SPOKANE, Jail. 16.—Mrs. W W.
Barnhart, president of the Spokane
Women’s Club, declared here that
women should be allowed to propose
marriage ont only in leap years like
1924, but every year.
Mrs. Barnhart said: “The reason
many girls who would build up won
derful homes, go through life with
out marrying, is that they are unable
to make their love known to the
right man.”
CONVICTS GAIN CONTROL
ALABAMA COAL MINE
MONTEVALLO, Ala., Jan. 16.—Six
Thomas-Waller Coal mine near here
mutinies, gaining control of the pits.
Stern measures were adopted to oust
the men who are said to be firmly
entrenched. The mutineers include
fifty-four negroes
SUB RAMMED BY SHIP
LONDON, Jan. 16.—It was learned
here today that the British submarine
L-24 which sank off Portland, Engl
and yesterday was rammed by the
warship Resolution during a mimic
battle She sunk with all aboard.
Gateway—$1.25 per mo. delivered
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YOU CAN’T BEAT THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY
“Over the top,” at Fort Myer, Va. a trooper of Troop E, United States
Cavalry, proving that nothing can stop a United States trooper, not even
a lull sized horse, at the exhibition of rough riding given tor the benefit
of tlie Army Relief Society.
—
FRENZIED RISE EXCHANGE
OF DOLLAR AND STER
LING TS FALSE
PARIS, .Jan, 16—The frenzied
j rise in exchange of both the dol
lar and the English pound has
caused the government and public
irravest anxiety. Premier Poincare
has called a conference of ministry
of finance, justice and interior to
I consider methods to defeat maneu
vers tending to depreciate the
I franc.
, NEW YORK. Jan. 16—Millions
I°f trench francs were thrown into
i Loudon, Paris. Amsterdam and
I New \ oi k markets by Europeans
i causing the demand rate to break
j thirty-seven points to -L27 cents,
j the lowest price ever recorded.
The publication on an unsatis
| factory report on French finances
! is believed to have caused the
flooding of the market.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The Dem-j
ocratic National convention will be
held fti New York on June 24, the
National Committee decided late this
afternoon with she bid $205,000, which
wipes out all the National commit
tee's back indebtedness and gives it
a new working fund of twenty-five
thousand dollars.
SEATTLE MAN KILLED
WHEN SHOW TRUCK
GOES OVER HIGH BANK
EVERETT, Jan. 6.—A heavy truck
carrying the Kroger animal shows I
company from Seattle went over a!
high embankment near Arlington to-1
day, while en route to Stanwood to j
show tonight. Charles Simpson of!
Seattle was killed and the truck con-i
taining bears, ponies, dogs, cougars,1
etc., was totally destroyed. Many of!
the animals were killed. Roy Rich-!
ards was seriously hurt and Mrs. Al-!
ice Weisser was cut and bruised.
BISHOP SUICIDES
AMARILLO, Jan. 16. —Bishop Ed
ward Temper of the Episcopal church
died. He w^as found dead in the bath
room of his home with a bullet in his
head. The coroner said it was a case
of suicide.
SHIPBUILDER DEAD
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 16.—Charles
D. Bowles, noted shipbuilder and in
dustrial leader of -thwest died
here this morning of heart diseaese.
SEATTLE, ajn. 16.—The Alaska
Steamship company’s “Yukon,” form
erly the Colon which was operating
between New York and the Panama
Canal is being brought from Balboa,
Canal Zone to be reconditioned at
either San Francisco or Seattle for
Alaska service.
I BIOLBGisfMTS
HARE FISH SHOUTS
IS IT SWIMS
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 16 —One of
the most interesting announcements
delivered before the scientists com
prising the Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology
which is holding its final session here
today was that made by Dr. C. W
Greene, University of Missiouri who
has made extensive research into the
habits of a newly discovered fish
which has been named Poricthys No
tatus.
In a ten-minute paper Dr. Greene
told of his observations of this unus
ual fish, which shouts as it swims
The fish is illuminated by 350 glim
mering phosporescent lights and was
discovered in the waters of Monerey
bay, California.
Because of the peculiar construc
tion of its swim bladder, it is able to
shout. The bladder is U-shaped, each
leg about the size of a man’s finger.
Between the two legs is amembrane
with a small hole in it. When the
Notatus bears down upon a smaller
fish it drives some of the gaseous con
tents of the bladder from one end to
the other. This produces the noise.
SEATTLE, Jan. 16.—The Admiral
Watson o fthe Pacific Steamship com
pany sailed this morning from Seattle
with 57 passengers, including the fol
lowing for Seward:
Ben Dahl and wife, Franklin Dahl,
Carl Erickson and wrife, Catherine
and Carl Erickson, Edwin Kelly and
Wife, O O. Touchstone and Frank
Reedy.
TAKING ANOTHER CHANCE
AT THE NORTH COUNTRY;
97 YEARS AGAINST HIM
SEATTLE, Jan. 16.—A. M. Burns,
an intrepid sourdough declared he
will leave shortly on a prospecting
trip to the Jack River country. He
is ninety years old and declared it
may be his last trip but was confident
he would strike it this time.
WINS TROPHY
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.—“Yakima
Canutt,” the world’s champion cowboy
was awarded the Roosevelt trophy
which replica attests the supremacy
in the saddle.
SUE US
DIO NOT AUDIT THE
CHEHALIS, Jan. 16.—Senator Sin
claiu said in his own defense that he
never audited the books of the south
western Washington bank of Ilwaco
explaining “that business of the state
was to look after it.” He admitted
that tie had told his son Myron that
ne would plead guilty but said he
did so under an emotional strain and
changed his purpose when his mind
I cleared.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.—What
drove Mabel Normand’s chauffeur to
shoot Courtland S. Dines, Denver oil
operator and clubman, in Dines’ apart
ment here New Year’s night in the
presence of Miss Normand and ano
ther actress, Edna Purviance, today
was a matter on whichh those most
intimately concerned in the shooting
seemed utterly unable to agree.
Horace A. Greer, the chauffeur al
so known as Joe Kelly, still insisted
that he put a bullet through Dines’
lung in self-defense. The police
were equally positive that infatuation
for Miss Normand, coupled with an
ambition to be her hero and protec
tor, et Greer to shoot when balked in
his effort to “rescue” the actress from
Dines. Miss Normand, ignoring her
chauffeur’s self-defense plea, ridicul
ed the police theory of infatuation
wiih: ‘Impossible! The man must
have been insane.”
Dines, lying on his cot al the Good
Samaritan hospital, said he did not
know “why in the world that fool ev
er shot me,’ ’but in the same breath
declared “He must have been full ol
hop.” The theory advanced by Miss
Purviance was that Greer was fool
ishly jealous enough to have shot any
man he might have found in the ap
! artment with Miss Normand that
night.
in ii a
TEH BOOM
NEW \ ORK, Jan. 16.—Edward T.
Hall, Boston shoemanufacturer, is de
lighted because there was a certain
bump in the floor of a little tearoom
in Spokane, Wash. Joan Gardner, r
waitress .tripped on the bump and
dumped a sup of tea into the lap of
Ina Claire, theatrical star. Her quaint
apology won forgiveness and started
conversation.
Next day Miss Claire wirede Flo
Ziegfeld, producer:
“Found Venus with arms and voice.
Will you engage her?’’
The answer came:
“Rush Venus. Protect arms.”
Joan soon had a part in one of
Ziegfeld’s musical shows.
Hall went to see it; saw only Joan,
and on New Years day between shows
they were married
She will continue her stage work.
1923 B. C. SALMON PACK
SET AT 1,341,681 CASES
VANCOUVER, B. C., Jan. 16.—Dur
ing thepresent year the salmon pack
in British Columbia amounted to 1,
341,681 cases, an increase of about 50
GOO cases over the pack of 1922, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
office of thedominion fisheries.
The higher pack was crediteed to
the unusually heavy runs in north
ern streams. The value of the 1923
pack nearly equaled that of the pre
vious yesar, however owing to the
fact that the bulk of the pack was of
the cheaper variety of salmon.
FIRE DAMAGES VESSEL
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Fire broke
out in the Red Star liner Lapland
this afternoon at the pier, prior to her
sailing around the world on a tour.
Firemen had control of the blaze by
four o'clock in the afternoon.
1 felt Sum
EHWTjB S. M.
DEATH LIST IX TWO (’ITIES
IS PLACED AT THIRTY
PERSONS
TOKIO--Sendia, an important
market center on the bay oi Sendia
was shaken at lour a. m. today hy
another earthquake .r
TOKYO. Jan, 16 -Mrs Roose
ell, hoie on a \ isit rei* I to leave
her bni during the quake. adding,
“I don’t mind this, it's not v.
bad.” This «•>eniug she was the
ho!.* r guest at a bam.tie: given by
tin Aineiiean-.Japa;;ese Society.
Ik-.ion Matsui. tore;..i< minister
eulogised her husband. t
TOKIO, .Jan. 18- lb.•ports from
the two districts in w'ti •!• the earth*
iipiake occurred, brougV the known
jdt.ad to thirty.
SAX FRANCISCO, Jan.16—A
i strong earthquake was felt at Tokio
and other portions of Japan yes
| terday. The center of the quake is
believed to have been at Matsumoto
and shocks were felt at Osaka. Kov
to and Kobe. Communications have
been interupted but no serious
damage as yet has been reported.
lOKIO,—Former premier Taka
hashi to*lay declared he would re
nounce his title as viscount to be
come commander.
POWER BOAT RETURNS SOUTH
AFTER PENETRATING FAR
NORTH WATERS
i he power schooner Donaldson,*
which sailed from Nome November
1, en route to Seattle, arrived in port
this week to remain here during the
winter. On board were Captain Alex
ander Allen, master and owner; Mrs.
Allen^ James Bain, chief engineer, G.
F. Muzzy and Captain Joe Bernard,
master and owner of the Arctic trad
ing schooner Teddy Bear.
1 he Donaldson last summer was
chartered by the Stefansson Explora
tion & Development Company under
Captain Noyes and made the trip to
beria in the Arctic, and took off the
only survivor of the party of the
Stafansson expedition left there in
1921. The sole survivor was an Es
kimo woman, Mrs. Ada Blackjack;
also a black cat. Three members of
the expedition had started over the
ice for Siberia, and were never heard
of again. One died on the island.
The program was to rescue the mem
bers of the expedition in 1922. The
Teddy Bear was chartered, but ice
conditions made it impossible for Cap
tain Bernard to get near the island.
The Donaldson was on the mail
run between St. Michael and Nome,
and was chartered this past summer,
and the Virginia IV, now running
out of Ketchikan, wras placed on the
mail run to take her place. Captain
Noyes found an open season and had
little trouble in reaching the island.
He had on board dog sleds and pro
visions and a number of Eskimo with
the intention of going as far as ice
conditions would permit, and then to
continue over the ice, but the ex
woman and cat, he left 12 Eskimo
and a white man named Wall on the
island. They desired to trap and hunt
and make further explorations They
are to be relieved or taken off next
summer, if possible.
Both Captain Allen and Captain
Bernard have been all over Bering
Sea and penetrated into the Arctic.
They have been into every nook and
corner of the Siberian coast and be
yond East Cape, as well as at Her
schel Island. They know enough
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