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VOLUME XVIII,
NUMBER 185
SEWARD. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
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GATHERING MUCH DATA OF
VALUE TO ALASKANS AND
BIG GAME HUNTERS
Ernest P. Walker, chief fur and U.
S. game warden, was a through pas
senger to the westward on the Ad
miral Evans, and will stop at Seward
a few days upon the return of the
Evans on her southbound trip.
Mr. Walker is compiling data in re
lation to the value of game and fur to
Alaskans and gave some interesting
facts in regard to the money spent
in the Territory by outside sports
men.
In response to a questionnaire sent
out by the biological survey, 44 out
side sportsmen who have hunted in
Alaska on fifty-two trips, reported ex
penditures in the Territory totaling
$107,586.50. Of this sum $5001 was
for licenses and export fees. The re
maining $102,585.50 was paid to Alas
kans for guides, outfits, transporta
tion, curios, etc. This averages about
$1,972.87 per trip. Three hundred
and twelve game animals were taken,
at an average cost of $328.70 per ani
mal. Of the 44 individuals who re
ported seven have since become fin
ancially interested in the Territory.
It is pointed out by Mr. Walker that
the money derived from this source is
at no cost to Alaskans, and by prop
erly building up the game supply it
can become a still greater attraction.
Mr. Walker declared that by letting
it be known that Alaskans have the
greatest wild life field remaining to
day we could profit mucii more in the
luture than we have in the past.
The returns received are from only I
a small portion of the hunters who,
have been to the Territory the past
few years.
Scientific explorations and photo-;
graphic expeditions which spend as j
much or more were not'included in'
the returns.
Mr. Walker is now compiling data
showing the benefits derived to the
Territory by big game hunters, and
by conservation of fiame. He believes
that the game and fur is one of the
Territory’s greatest assets, and that
its conservation lies with the people
and not with the officials. Every
town should have an area in its im
mediate vicinity where it would be
unlawful to hunt at any time, and
where game could find a refuge unmo
lested by man. This would increase
interest to the tourist, and would re
sult in better hunting for residents
as the overflow would be available
for local sportsmen.
Mr. Walker will return on the Ad
miral Evans and spend several days
in Seward looking over the situation
and conferring with local game war
dens.
BASEBALL SCORES
American League—Detroit 6, Chi
cago 3; New York 5, Philadelphia 4;
Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 4.
National League—Boston 3, Pitts
burgh 5, first game; Boston 3, Pitts
burgh 10; second game; Brooklyn 6,
Cincinnati 3.
LLOYD GEORGE REPLIES TO
SPEECH PREMIER POINCARE
BRISTOL, England, July 26.—Re
plying to Premier Poincare’s arraign
ment of him, Lloyd George said, “I
wish M. Poincare would not choose;
Sunday to unscrew his cylinders of
distilled hatred.”
ALASKA FISH RUN SHOWS
INCREASE; REDWOOD DUE
SOON WITH 52,000 CASES
BELLINGHAM, July 26—The larg
est cargo of salmon wrought from Al
at the Bellingham warehouse ny the
aska this season, will be discharged
Pacific American Fisheries company’s
This is twice as many cases as were
steamship Redwood, due this week,
brought by the steamship Catherine
D. late in June. All the company’s
canneries in Alaska contributed to the
Redwood’s cargo, except those far
thest west. Reports from Alaska are
that fish are running well there.
COST OF LIVING IN STATES
ADVANCING 1/2 PCT. MONTHLY
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The de
partment of labor announced that the
cost of living in the United States is
' advancing at an average rate of one
half per cent between March and
June. In the latter month it was 69.7
! per cent higher than in 1913.
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A.NTISALOON PRESIDENT IS
CHARGED WITH EXTORTION
NEW YORK, July 26.—A special
grand jury which last week returned
j three indictments against William H.
Anderson, state superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League, today returned
two additional indictments charging
ex.ortion.
SAYS WORLD COURT ANOTHER
NAME FOR LEAGUE OF NA
TIONS PROPAGANDA
| NEW YORK, July 26—Himar John
| son’s speech at a banquet given in his
j honor last night, which had been her
alded by senators and supporters as
the occasion for launching him on the
political sea as a presidential candi
date did not materialize as such al
though a few of the diners shouted:
“Hiram for 1924.”
After the dinner Johnson and oth
ers denied any political significance,
saying, “The sole object was to clear
up a few points in the European sit
uation.”
Regarding the world court, which
he said was regarded in Europe as a
part of the League of Nations pro 1
gram he said, “What we condemned
under the Democratic administration
we will not accept under the Repub
lican administration.”
Political observers following Sena
tor Johnson’s speech last night see in
it a sharp division in the ranks of
the Republican party.
Senator Johnson further declared
that America should stay out of the
world court and league of nations,
and insisted that the nation’s foreign
policy should be decided at the polls
in 1924. “It is a dreadful thing,” he
said, “to tell our people that an inter
national court will stop war, or that
it will have the slightest effect upon
wars.”
BAPTIST MINISTER KILLED
BY TENNESSEE BOOTLEGGERS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.( July 26.—Rev.
James Hale, a Baptist minister, was
shot and killed this afternoon by un
known bootleggers, against whom he
had been waging war. At the time of
his death the divine was sitting on a
river bank fishing.
CHARGE AGAINST HOSPITAL PHY
SICIAN UNPROVEN
PORTLAND, Ore., July 26—Formal
investigation of the charges against
the professional conduct of Dr. Chs.
G. Rattner, captain of United States
public service and surgeon at the Hah
nemann government hospital, No. 71
here was held yesterday before Mayojj
F. N. Gordon, superintendent of the
institution.
A complaint against the conduct of
the hearing was lodged by Walter H.
Gleason and F. A. McMenamin, attor
ney lor Dr. Rattner upon the basis
that Major Gordon, who was officially
conducting the hearing for the govern
ment, was also the compainant against
Dr. Rattner.
Major Gordon, in his charges, de
clared that the surgeon displayed a
morose and unsympathetic attitude to
ward his patients, used profanity, and
neglected to give adequate attention to
a critical case.
Those charges were denied by the
acused physician and the denial was
substantiated by a number of the pa
tients of the hospital, who on the
stand, declared they had no complaint
against either Dr. Rattner or any oth
er physician of the hospital.
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ropyaiGMT UNOERWOOD & UNDERWOOD. N. V.
LOOK OVER THIS PICTURE AND SEE IF YOU FIND AND OLD PAL
You may have some difficulty in lo eating the gentleman; but you will
finally land him somewhere about the middle of the photo. Just Babe Ruth
the Baron of Bats, with a number o f his young admirers.
IS
PROPELLER
ADOLPH NELSON, LOGCER, 35,
KILLED INSTANTLY—HEAD
SEVERED BV BLADE
SEDRO WOOLEY, Juiy 26—Adoiph
Nelson, aged 35, of this ciiy, was kill
ed instantly before a large crowd yes
terday afternoon when he walked di
rectly into a revolving airplane pro
peller, which was ready to start on a
flight about the city. His head was
severed from his body.
The propeller of the machine, which
was owned and operated by Mark D.
S. Steenson, of Yakima, was said to
be revolving at about 500 revolutions
a minute when the accident occurred.
The wheel first struck Nelson’s el
bow. He was either drawn or in some
manner fell on the revolving propeller
which slashed the top and back of his
head from his body, the scalp being
thrown several feet away. Death oc
curred instantaneously.
FISHING SEISIN CLOSES
!N 6BIST0L BAY TODAY
PACK AT NUSHAGAK FAR BELOW
THAT OF LAST SEASON
ASTORIA, Ore., July 26.—The sal
mon fishing season in Bristol Bay
closed today and advices received in
dicate the pack is far below that of
last season at Nushagak. The catch
was exceptionally light.
OPPOSED SOVIET RECOGNITION
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 26.Nation
al Commander Owlsey, of the Ameri
can Legion, in an address today vig
orously opposed recognition of the
Soviet government.
HP0LB9Y IS OFFERED
SOVIET SPOKESMAN SEEKS WAY
TO TRADE AGREEMENT
TOKIO, July 26—A. A. Joffe, repre
sentative of soviet Russia, in conversa
tions with Toshihiko Kawakami, rep
resenting Japan, today attempted to
pave the way for a Russian-Japanese
agreement by offering to apologize for
the Nikolaievsk massacre, without
however, providing for any indemnity.
Tomorrow the delegates will take up
the question of the future of the is
land of Saghalien, which will involve
the concession for oil and gas explo
tations rights granted to the Sinclair
Exploring company, an American con
cern, by the Russian council of com
missars. Joffe insists that if northern
Saghalien seceded from Russia, Japan
must settlq With the Sinclair company.
The question of Russia’s debts to
Japan and recognition of the soviet
government by Japan have not yet
been discussed.
FAMOUS SUMMER RESORT NEAR
SEYMOUR NARROWS VISIT
ED BY PRESIDENT
On Board Heiderson, En Route to
Vancouver. July 26.—Good weather
is favoring President Harding’s party
today on the voyage out of Alaskan
waters and through the waters of'
British Columbia. In Queen Charlotte
Sound the water is as smooth as a
millpond with the sun shining bright.
The transport anchored off the mouth
of Campbell river, a famous salmon
fishing resort, and the President is
trying his luck angling, with a guide
pulling him back and forth across the
mouth of the river.
The voyage to Vancouver was con
tinued this afternoon. Tomorrow the
: party arrives in Seattle.
Harding Goes Fihsing
CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C., July 26—
The transport Henderson is at anchor
here to permit the members of Presi
dent Harding’s party to fish. Secre
tary Hoover brought in the largest
string of salmon. The transport arriv
es at Vancouver tomorrow, marking
the first time an American president
during his term of office, has stepped
onto Dominion soil. A big reception
has been planned including a game of
golf.
TWO HUNDRED KILLED AND
THREE HUNDRED INJURED
SOFIA, July 26.—One hundred and
sixty bodies have been recovered from
the wreckage of two Bulgarian ex
press trains which crashed between
Sofia and Varna. Two hundred were
killed and three hundred injured.
MURDERER IS CM
GRAYS HARBOR RESIDENT AD
l 1 MITS KILLING HIS WIFE
MONTESANO, July 26—Valentine
Osina, accused of shooting his wife
dead, and fleeing to the woods about
their ranch near McCleary, in the
eastern end of Grays Harbor country,
was arested last night when he enter
ed the home of a neighbor and asked
for food.
Sheriff Elmer Gibson said Osina ad
mitted to him that he had killed his
w'ife. According to the sheriff, Osina
said:
“Married life has been a burden for
two years. Yesterday morning my wife
refused to get my breakfast, and
made for me with an axe. I took the
axe away from her, made her kneel
down and shot her.”
When Osina came into her home
last night and asked for something
to eat, Mrs. J. Pugh ran out of the
door and sent word to the deputy
sheriff in McCleary, who arrived in a
few minutes at the Pugh ranch. Osina
was found rummaging the larder, eat
ing as he’went.
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FIRPO AND HOMER SMITH |
SIGN FOR TEN-ROUND GO
OMAHA, July 26—A ten round bout
between Luis Firpo and Homer Smith
of Kalamazoo, well known heavy
weight, will soon be permitted by the
authorities. Arrangements for the
bout were concluded by Francisco
Doyle, an Omaha promoter.
FIRPO MATCHED TO FIGHT
TOM COWLER OF ENGLAND
ST. LOUIS, July 26.—Firpo has been
matched to fight with Tom Cowler of
England, in a ten round bout here on
August 6, Leo Heyman, a local promo
ter, announced today.
DATES AS YET UNDETERMINED
BOUT WILL GO FIFTEEN
ROUNDS
NEW YORK. July 26.—Jack Demp
sey and Luis Firpo were this after
noon isgned up for the big battle for
the heavyweight title of the world.
Dates were left open to be anonunced
later by Rickard. It is rumored that
Labor Day will see the fighters in the
ring. If they fight at the Polo ground
it will be a 15-round go; but if at
Boyle’s 30 acres the bout will be 12
rounds with a knockout to win.
FORD WILL FURNISH BAIL
FOR WOMAN MURDERESS
DETROIT, July 26.—Henry Ford to
day instructed his attorneys to furn
ish bail for Mrs. Katherine Gorka,
who killed her husband, Frank be
cause he had purchased a Ford auto
instead of buying a home with his
savings.
BOTH CRIQUI AND DUNDEE
ARE CONFIDENT OF WINNING
NEW YORK, July 26.—Both Criqui
and Dundee are confident of a victory
in today’s fifteen round bout for the
featherweight championship of the
world. A crowd of 65,000 is expected
to be at the fight.
WASHINGTON, July 26—Cognizant
of the grim race among the world
powers for air supremacy, congress
next winter will be asked to inci’ease
the army air service appropriations
nearly a hundred per cent it was said
today.
BONES OF MAMMALS ARE
FOUND IN YUMA SANDS;
MAY BE CENTURIES OLD
YUMA, July 25—A petrified speci
men believed to be part of the back
bone of a prehistoric mammoth or din
osaur with fragments of the ribs still
attached has been brought here from
the Mohawk district in eastern Yuma
country and placed on display.
The bones were found in sandy soil
but portions of quartz adhering to the
bone are believed to indicate that the
remains have been under pressure for
centuries.
Plans are under way for an expedi
tion to the site of the find in an effort
to locate the rest of the gigantic skel
eton. If the site proves to be rich in
fossils an attempt probably will be
made to interest the University of Ari
zona in more extensive excavations.
NEW BUTTER RECORD
MADE BY HOLSTEIN COW
CHICAGO, July 26—A new world’s
record butter fat production for one
year on all breeds has been establish
ed by Dekol Plus Segis Dixie, a Hol
stein cow owned by Raymondale farm
at Vandreuil, Quebec, the Holstein as
sociation of America announced today.
This cow produced 33,467.7 pounds of
milk containing 1,349.35 pounds of but
ter fat in 365 consecutive days.
FILIPINO LEADER DISCLAIMS ANY
PREJUDICE AGAINST U. S. IN
RECENT ACTIONS
MANILA, July 26.—The fight that
is being waged against Governor Gen
eral Wood is a fight against Wood,
and is not a fight against the United
States, said Manuel Quezon, Philippine
senate leader and head of the domi
nant political party. This is the
most peaceful as well as the most
powerful protest made against any
governor since the civil war in the
islands.
Wm. Taft says, “There is nothing
personal in this conflict as Governor
Wood is highly regarded by the peo
ple here.”
DIRIGIBLE MAY BE SENT
TO RESCUE OH EXPLORERS
WASHINGTON, July 26.—It is con
templated sending the monster naval
dirigible 2R-1 to rescue a handful of
explorers planted on Wrangel Island
more than two years ago, from whom
no word has been received. The ZR-1
is nearing completion at Lakehurst,
New Jersey.
QUEZON WOULD BE GOVERNOR
MANILA, July 26.—Manuel Quezon
said today that what the Filipinos
want is the appointment by Harding
of a Filipino governor general.
MATER IS BROUGHT TO ATTEN
TION OF PRESIDENT HARDING
SAYS BLACK
VANCOUVER, B. C., July 26—The
fact that $100,000 worth of liquor con
signed to the Yukon is held up here
because the United States refuses a
permit for it to be transported across
the panhandle strip in Alaska will be
brought to the attention of President
Harding during his stay in Vancouvei.
This is the statement of George Black
member ol the Canadian Parliament
Irom the \ukon, who is here inroute
to Dawson.
FORD MARK SET AT 311,000
FOR MONTH OF JUNE
DETROIT, July 26—June finds the
Ford Motor Company undertaking the
greatest task of its career, that of at
tempting to fill an order list for cars
and trucks which totals 311,000 for the
month.
Popularity of the Ford has never
been so strikingly illustrated as this
J car, toi every month has brought in
creasing orders, with June topping
them all.
BRITISH MEDICAL CHEER
DISCOVERER DIABETES CURE
PORTSMOUTH, Eng., July 26.—
Savants of the British Medical Asso
ciation forget their dignity and heart
ily cheered for the young Canadian,
Dr. F. G. Banting, when he was in
troduced to tell of his discovery of in
sulin for the treatment and c^ of
diabetes.
BEATING AND SENTENCE
GIVEN MAN ACCUSED OF
DISRESPECT TO THE FLAG
PORTLAND, July 26—Mathew VV.
Weeks, who said he was a steamshov
el operator, tore an American flag
from above the door of a prominent
hotel here early today and trampled
it under foot. Edward Harson, a log
ging foreman, saw him do it, pounced
upon him, knocked him down, blacked
his eyes and gave him a severe beat
ing, forcing him to kneel and kiss the
flag. Two policemen came along just
then and took Weeks to jail. The
judge gave him six months on charge
of being drunk and disorderly.