ACCUMULATED A FORTUNE OF
SEVENTY THOUSAND IN LESS
THAN TWO YEARS
WAR DEPARTMENT IS CURIOUS
Osborne Wood Is Now Military Aid
to Father in Philippines—Money
Made In Wall Street
NEW YORK, Dec. 27—The finan
cial operations of Lieutenant Osborne
C. Wood, sou of Governor General
Leonard Wood of the Philippines, who
ia reported to have accumulated a
fortune of $70,t)<»0 in Wall Street in
the past three months, were made the
subject of a War Department investi
gation, the New York Times said iO
day. Young Wood, now in the Phil
ippines, is nis father's military aide.
Department Has No Comment
WASHINGTON Dec. 27.—The War;
Department is withholding comment i
on the financial operations ol Lieut-:
ant Osborne C. Wood, it was said here
today.
Secretary Weeks admitted that he!
would be obliged to officially check)
the financial operations of Young;
Wood who is reported to have made
a fortune of a million in fourteen
months, sending his orders in by ca-|
ble to Wall Street.
Carried in Oil Stocks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2^.—Official j
representatives here ot the Philippine1
government, charge that Osborne
Wood s advent in high nuance dates
from the period ot his father’s cam
paign for the presidency tour years i
ago. Iu this quarter it is reported
that certain American duancial inter-’
ests during the pre-convention period
carried Osborne Wood on a deal fori
$300,000 in oil stocks, tile proiit tromj
which gave him a start lor iuture1
speculations.
Congress is expected to order in
vestigation immediately alter ihe hol-i
iday recess.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Fifteen pa
tients in the state hospital fm rhe in
sane at Dunning burned to death in a
fire which destroyed the dormitory
for tubercular patients last night.
Four thousand, many violently in
sane, fought to escape the flames, and
fifty who escaped are still at large.
SEAT1LE, Dec. 28 —George Muin-j
ford, chief engineer of the British
steamship Proteailus, was arrested to
day, when $4,000 worth ot opium was
found In his possession.
TWO CANDIDATES FILE
rassantEMiMn
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SEATTLE, Dec. 28 —Mayor Brown,j
the present incumbent, and Council-'
man Erickson filed declarations of
candidacy for mayor this morning. j
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WILSON CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Woodrow
Wilson Is receiving a flood of congrat
ulations on the anniversary of his 07th
birthday.
KENA1 LAKE SERVICE
THE GAS LAUNCH
KENAI
Making regular trips twice a
week from Roosevelt to Coop
er’s Landing, lower Kenal, with
oassengers and freight. The
Habitat of the moose, sheep,
ma oear. Guides furnished for
nuntmg parties, and cabins for
tourists Special trips made on
request. Write to
LOUIS BELL, Master
Roosevelt, Alaska
j
PARIS, Dec. 27.—The geueral belief
among officials here la (hat tue Dig
dirigible lacking fuel and with one
moter out of commission has been
forced down in the Mediterranean,
the crew being drowned. The Dix
mude carried fifty officers and men
Scandal Is Developed
PARIS, Dec. 27.—The loss of the
French naval dirigible Dixmude this
afternoon somewhere in the Sahara,
was severely condemned by the cabi
net in session this afternoon, and the
affair has developed into a saandai, of
which explanations are to be demand
ed by the government.
ii mm m liiier
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—Alfred H. Lun
deii, former prosecuting attorney, has
entered the mayoralty race, to suc
iviayor Brown.
TWO Milos1
Grim Reaper Wields Scythe In Seat
tie, Taking Man and Child
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—N. P. Tubbs,
a caretaker at Woodland Park and
Catherine Gardner, aged 8, were run
down and killed by autos early this
morning.
LAKEHl’RST, Dec. 17.- -Comman
der Weyerbacher. Construction Mana
ger Anton Heinan, and Consulting En
gineer Capt. F. R. McCrary of the big1
dirigible Shenandoah wiil confer in
Washington next week with the Navy
department relative to the proposed
North Pole trip.
DOCTORS ADMIT THEY MADE
ERROR AND KILLED PATIENTS
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 27.—After
several weeks investigation by local
authorities, Dr. Jonathan Forman and
Dr. E. F. Gordon admitted today they
had unknowingly administered poison
to two patients who died m Septem
ber with a short time apart, and to a
local physician who recovered after a
violent illness. The patients were un
der treatment lor digestive disorders
at the time.
he doctors claimed an error in!
their prescriptions was the cause of'
the poisoning.
KllMPPl
LAWS EXTENDED I
10 PUPPIES,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Presiden J
Coolidge has taken up the question of;
extending the coastwise shipping laws!
under the Jones Act to the Philippines'
and today asked Chairman Jones of
the Senate committee on commerce to!
submit a memorandum setting forth'
his recommendations.
LEOBHijT I
ENGKCED TO HCTRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.—The en
gagement of Leonard Wood, .;r , the
theatrical manager, to Miss Dolores
Graves, a member of his company, will
not be consummated in marriage ac
cording to their joint announcement,
but is merely a matter of convenience
in business relations.
LINER ALASKA USED AS
PLACE TO WED CORDOVA PAIR
The first wedding to take place on
the new liner Alaska was celebrated
several days ago as the boat lay at the
dock at Cordova, when Miss Nell Stag
and Harold Craig were united In mar
riage by Rev Fred G. Scherer, pastor
of the Cordova Presbyterian church.
Miss Stag, whose home is in Seattle,
came north to wed her fiance, a tele
graph operator at Cordova.
First Division Approves
Organic Act Drawn up by
Convention Delegates
I JUNEAU: The Organic Act for the
Territory of South Alaska, prepared
by the committee of the convention
• which convened at Juneau December
| 15, and which is now in recess, has
1 been submitted to the delegates to the
convention who have returned to their
homes, and by most of them to the
respective city councils Wrangell
suggested a minor amendment relative^
to payment of United States Commis
sioner's salaries instead of fees, and
Ketchikan will suggest a few changes,
all of a minor nature according to a
telegram received by R. E. Robertson,
chairman of the convention which pre
pared the act. When the suggestions
are all in there will probably be an
other meeting of the delegates who
are in Juneau.
The proposed Organic Act estab
fishes the Territory of South Alaska
to comprise alt that part of the pres
ent Territory of Alaska iyiug east of
the 141st degree of longitude west of|
the Greenwich meridian; it estab
lished the Juneau Land district and
the Soutli Alaska Customs district,
and the boundaries of all of which are
made co-extensive with the bounda
ries of South Alaska. The capital of
the Territory, the land office and the
headquarters of the Customs District;
are located at Juneau.
The Territory of South Alaska is to
have a Delegate to Congress. A Terri-'
torial organization similar to that1
which the Territory of Alaska now
has is provided. A separate set of of
ficers is provided for South AlasRn.i
i lie court system is retained as it is
now in the First division, except that;
the Judge, Clerk, District Attorney!
and Marshal shall be for the Terri-!
toi\ ol aourh Alaska instead of for the1
First Judicial Division of the Terri
tory as now. Their duties shall be
the same as now and the court head
quarters are fixed at Juneau. The
Circuit Court of Appeals is made the
Court of Appeals for the Territory. 1
The Legislature
A Territorial Legislature is created
so be apportioned among Legislative
'.istricts and based on population The
Legislative districts which may be
changed by the Territorial Legisla
ture, shall be identical with the pres
ent. seven Recording Precinct of Hy
der, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell,
Juneau, Sitka and Skagway. Each of
these districts shall have one Sena
tor for each 2500 white inhabitants or
traction thereof, and one Representa
tive for each 1500 or fraction thereof,
but each district shall have at least
one Senator and one Representative.
It is provided that under no circum
stances shail there be more than 13
Senators and 21 Representatives.
The 1920 census of white popula
tion is fixed as the basis of apportion
ment for the first Legislature and
thereafter, in non-census years, the
votes cast at the last preceding elec
tion shall be used as the basis.
It provides that half of the Sena-:
tors chosen at the first election shsrfl
serve for two years and the other half
for four years, the selection to *>«•
made by lot and thereafter all Sena
tors shall be chosen for four year
terms except where one is elected to
fill a vacancy.
The Legislative sessions are to be
gin the second Monday in January
and are limited to sixty days unless
called into extra session for not to ex
ceed fifteen days.
The proposed Act defines the pow
ers of the Territorial Legislature, in
Section 12 as follows.
Powers of Legislature
“The Legislative powers of this Ter
ritory shall extend to all rightful sub
jects of legislation not inconsistent
with the Constitution and laws of the
United States, but no laws shall be
passed interfering with the primary
disposal of the soil; no tax shall be
imposed upon the property of the Uni
ted States; nor shall the lands or oth
er property of non-residents be taxed
higher than the lands or other prop
erty of residents; nor shall the Legis
lature grant any corporation, associa
tion or Individual any special or ex
clusive privilege, immunity, or fran
chise without the affirmative appro
val of Congress; nor shall any Legis
lature pass local or special laws in
any of the cases enumerated in the
Act of July 20, 1886; nor shall any
public money be appropriated by the
Territory or any municipal corpora
tion therein for the support or benefit
of any sectarian, denominational, or
private school, or any school not un
der the exclusive control of the Gov
ernment; nor shall the Government of
the Territory of South Alaska, or any
political or municipal corporation or
subdivision of the Territory make any
.subscription to the capital stock of
uuv incorporated company, or in any
manner lend its credit for the use
thereof; that neither said Territory
nor any municipal corporation therein
have power or authority to create or
assume any bonded indebtedness what
sover, or borrow money in the name
of the Territory or any municipal di
vision thereof or pledge the faith of
the people of the same for any loan
whatever, either directly or indirectly,
or to create or assume, any indebted
ness, for other than the actual run
ning expense thereof, except unless
first specifically authorized by the
Legislature, and in no event for an
amount in excess of ten per centum
of the assessed valuation of the prop
erty in said Territory or municipality
as the case may be; that no indebt
edness for actual running expenses
-ia - he created or assumed in excess
oi the actual income of the Territory
or municipality lor that year, includ
ing as a part of such income appro
priations then made by Congress and
taxes levied and payable and applica
ble to the payment of such indebted
ness and cash and other money cred
its on hand and applicable and not al
ready pledged for prior indebtedness;
Provided That all authorized indebt
edness shall be paid in the order of
its cication, all taxes shall be uni
lorm upon ihe same class oi' subjects
; and shall be levied and collected un
dei the general laws and the assess
ments shall be according to the act
ual value thereof. No tax shall be
| levied for Territorial purposes in ex
l cess of one per centuin upon the as
| sessed valuation of property therein
in any one year, nor shall any incor
porated town or municipality levy any
tax for general municipal or school
purpose in excess of two per centum
the value of property within the
(own in any one year; provided that
the municipality may levy an addi
tional tax of not to exceed two per
centum ot said valuation for other
purposes, but that such levy shall not!
be made unless first authorized by a:
majority of the property taxpayers of
-such municipality at a special election
called for that purpose.
Officials Must Be Residents
I be proposed Organic Act provides
that all the officials of the Territory
ot South Alaska w^ho are appointed by
the President must be actual residents
of South Alaska for at least one year
immediately preceding their appoint
ment.
It provides that all Territorial prop
erty lying within the boundaries of.
South Alaska shall become the prop
erty of South Alaska and that the
Territory of South Alaska shall be
given a percentage of the money in
the Treasury equal to the percentage
ol the money she has contributed to
it during the preceding biennium and
that all money due to the Territory
from that portion of the Territory
comprising South Alaska shall be due
and owing and paid to the Territory
of South Alaska.
All laws of the present Territory of
Alaska applicable to South Alaska,
are continued in force until repealed
or amendment by the Legislature or
by Congress.
Corporations organized in the Ter
ritory of Alaska are permitted to elec
whether they shall retain their stand
ing in South Alaska or in the remain
der of the present Alaska
CITIES OF AMERICA HOE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—The cities
of the nation are not living within
their incomes the census bureau of
statistics announced today. The per
capita indebtedness of 260 of the larg
est cities is $93.
TOKIO, Dec. 28.—Home Minister
Goto resigned today, assuming respon
sibility as home minister for the at
tempted ahsassination of Prince Re
gent Hirohoto, by the twenty-year-old
youth under arrest
PARIS, Dec. 28.—The body of Capt.
Duplex Isdedreneda, commander of
the French dirigible Dixmude which
has been adrift the past week over the
northern part of Africa, was found by
fishermen today in the Mediterranean
off the coast of Sicily. Officials of the
ministry and marine expressed the be
lief that the airship was lost at sea
several days ago. The crew may have
jumped with parachutes and life pre
servers before the crash, but there is
little hope than any of them are left
alive.
Hope for Safety of Crew
PARIS Dec. 28.—While the loss of
the French dirigible Dixmude is now
reluctantly admitted, hopes for the
safety of her crew of fifty officers and
men have not been relinquished.
LONS LIST OF TRJEEDIES
TARLOW, Okla., Dec 28 —A W.
Birch, proprietor of the largest hotel!
in this city, was yesterday shot and
killed by a band of armed men in de
fending a negro porter from an attack
by the mob. Birch had been warned
to replace the negro with a white'
an, but replied that he would hire
whom he pleased, and as the negro’s
services were satisfactory would keep
him. The negro was also shot and is
in a serious condition in a local hos
pital \ band of armed and masked
men entered the hotel and opened fiie
on Birch and the negro.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—■‘Former [
Secretary of the Interior Fall, in a let
ter to the Senate Committee investi
gating the leasing of the naval oil re
serves to private interests writes. “Ij
never received any money by loan or
gift from Harry F Sinclair or E. L.
Doheny.”
Fall declared however, that he was
advanced $100,000 by Edward B. Mc-;
Clean, a Washington newspaper pub
lisher, to assist in buying a ranch in
Newr Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Senator
Jones, chairman of the Senate Com
merce Committee and author of the
Merchant Marine Act requested Pres
ident Coolidge this afternoon to im
mediately issue an executive order ap
plying coastwise law^s to the Philip
pineh.
In addition to recommendations ex
tending American coastwise shipping
laws to the Philippines, Chairman
Jones of the senate commerce com
mittee today further recommended to
President Coolidge the separation of
the fleet corporation from the ship
ping board compelling co-operation be
fween American rail and shipping,
and surveying needs for a permanent
merchant marine.
JAP1ESE PRINCE
REGENT FIRED JIT.
ESCAPES BULLETS
PRINCE HIROTO ON WAY TO AT
TEND DIET HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
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BULLETS STRIKE AUTOMOBILE
Affair Believed to Habe Been Insti
gated by Socialists—Three Are
Arrested by Gendarmes
TOKIO Dec. 27.—An unknown who
escaped in the confusion, took two
wild shots at Prince Regent Hirohito *
this morning, while the prince was on
his way to attend the session of the
Japanese diet.
In an official announcement this
afternoon regarding the attempted as
sassination, it was stated that one
bullet had struck the car in which the
prince regent was driving to the diet
to address parliament, but that the re
gent had not been injured. Viscount
Iriye, lord chamberlain, was slightly
injured by glass which the bullets
shattered..
Daisuke Naha, 24, declared to be a
Socialist, was arrested later, together
with two alleged accomplices, charged
with the shooting.
The wildest excitement prevailed in
Tokio for a few hours after the affair
the rumor going over the city like
a flame that the prince regent had
been killed. Immense crowds gather
ed before the diet building calling for
the prince, and it was necessary for
him to show himself several times be
fore his excited subjects would depart.
A general clean-up of known social
ists is under way this afternoon, sev
eral hundred having been arrested.
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WASHINGTON", Dec. 27.—Congress
is asked to appropriate a million dol
lars for a marine hospital for Seattle,
in a recommendation now before the
treasury department.
FID FROM IDE FORCE
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.— Policeman
Mon is S. Drown, was dismissed trom
the force this morning for conduct un
becoming an officer in having kid
naped his own son from his wife who
divorced him.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Win. E. Co
re*v> a multi-millionaire announces
that he intends to follow in the foot
steps of the late W'illiam Waldorf Aa
tor, and leave America for good. Mr.
Corey stated that capital was too se
riously harassed in the United States
ALAMEDA WILL RESUME RUN
SOME TIME IN FEBRUARY
SEATTLE, Dec. 28.—The steamer
Alameda will be laid up until Febru
ary to undergo extensive overhauling.
She will go on the southeastern Alas
ka run during the 1924 season.
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