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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 250.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
MOUNT M’KINLEY IS
VIEWED BY EXPEDITION
(Alaska Pathfinder.)
The highest mountain on the North
American continent has long been an
object of interest and attraction to
explorers and mountain climbers. The
first to be attracted to the mountain
according to reports, seems to have
bene George Vancouver, who in 1794,
was engaged in making a survey of
Knik Arm. No doubt thereafter many
men observed the mountain and were
f,.stinated by its magnificence, but it
wras not until 1896 that the mountain
was named. This honor fell to an
Alaskan, \Y. A. Dickey, who is still
a resident of the territory. Mr. Dick
ey described the mountain in a letter
to the New York Sun in 1907. Mr.
Dickey estimated the height of the
mountain 20,000 feet and gave it the
name of Mt. McKinley, after William
McKinley of Ohio, whose nomination
for the presidency wa sthe first news
received by the party after their so
journ in the wilderness.
The first ascent of the mountain
was attempted by a party of Alas
kans in 1903, headed by Judge Jas.
Wickersham, who at that time was
district judge and later delegate to
congress from Alaska. Judge Wicker
sham attacked the mountain by the
Peters glacier and was stopped by
the enormous ice incrusted cliffs of
'the North Peak. This pioneer effort
demonstrated the impossibility of as
cending the mountain from the north
face.
About the time that Judge Wicker
sham was leaving the north face of
the mountain an expedition under Dr.
Frederick A. Cook set out from Tyo
nek, on Cook Inlet, on the other side
of the range. Doctor Cook's party
reached the Peters glacier and at
tempted to climb along the route tak
en by Judge Wickersham, but was
turned back by the same obstacles.
Three years later Doctor Cook organ
ized a second expedition. He was ac
companied this time by Professor
wHersehel Parker and Mr. Belmore
Browne. The party failed to find an
approach to the mountain and re
turned.
Later in the year Dr. Cook return
ed with only one companion. The re
sults wrere given to the world in Dr.
Cook’s book, “At the Top of the Con
tinent.’ ’ Until the exposure of his
claim to have reached the North pole
it was generally accepted that he had
made the climb of Mount McKinley.
But it was otherwise in Alaska. The
men who knew the country best were
convinced that the ascent had never
been made. The -final proof of this
t hoax fell to the lot of a later expedi
tion of real Alaskans.
A number of “Doubting Thomas’s’’
organized in 1908 to prove that the
mountain had not been scaled by
making the ascent themselves. This
party is known as the Pioneer par
ty. They were sourdoughs and the
expedition wrns financed by sour
doughs. This party was under the
leadership of Thomas Lloyd and al
4|iiough they failed to reach the sum
mit, they were the first to discover
the only approach by w'hich the
mountain may be climbed. It is un
derstood that Lloyd failed to make
th efinal dash for the summit. This
honor ivas shared by William, Tay
lor. Disdaining the rope and cutting
no steps, with reliance solely upon
crampons, they scaled the North
Peak of the mountain and planted
a 14-foot flagstaff, where it was la
ter observed by the Stuck party in
their ascent. This is the fiist and
.^ast ascent of the North Peak, the
lower of the two peaks forming the
crest of the mountain.
Another attempt to scale the moun
tain was made by Professor Parker
and Belmore Browne in 1912. This
party, when within thiee 01 loui
thousand feet of the summit were
overwhelmed and driven down half
frozen. Their food supplies becoming
exhausted they were forced to re
turn to the base. It is well that
they were, for within a few days ai
.r they left the side of the moun
tain was shaken by a great earth
quake and they would no doubt per
ished in an avalanche on the snowey
slope of the mountain.
The honor of the first complete as
cent of the highest peak in North
America goes to a group of Alaskan
sourdoughs little skilled in the art
of mountain climbing, but trained by
jP-ars of experience with ice. snow
and cold on winter trails. This party
was headed by Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck of the Episcopal Church, Mr.
Harry P. Karstens, at present the su
perintendent of the Mount McKinley
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COOLIDGE UNVEILS LAFAYETTE MONUMENT IN BALTIMORE
Photo shows the new statue, by Andrew O’Connor, just after it had been unveiled and dedicated by Presi
dent Coolidge, in Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland. The President can be seen at the right, standing
! between his white-clad military and naval aides. The statue depicts the great Marquis at 19 years of age, when
he was first commissioned a Major General of the Conti- nental Army by act of Congress.
MINE OPERATOR FIRED
ON FROM AMBUSH
WEST VIRGINIAN PLANNING ON
REOPENING PROPERTY ON A
NON-UNION BASIS IS BADLY
WOUNDED.
ELKINS Oct. 24.—Lee J. Sandridge
one of the best known coal operators
| in West Virginia and prominent in
i democratic political circles, was shot
i near Philippi today while en route to
| the Meridian mines to reopen the op
| erations on a non-union basis. Three
j men accompanying Mr. Sandridge also
j were wounded. The assailants fired
; from ambush along the road.
Sandridge and the three other vic
tims of the shooting are being brought
to an Elkin hospital. Reports from
, Philippi were that Sandridge’s condi
j tion was critical. .
Among those wounded was Brown
| Talbott, son of Dr. L. W. Talbott of
J Elkins. He was taking up his duties
| a storeman of Meridian mines.
HENRY FORD PAYS
NINETEEN MILLIONS
IN INCOME TAXES
DETROIT. Oct. 25.—Nineteen mil
lion dollars in income taxes were paid
by Henry Ford and family to the gov
ernment in 1924, according to figures
revealed here today by the internal
revenue collector’s office here. Ford
•paid personal taxes of $467,946; Ed
sel B. Ford, personal taxes $1,984,254.
FIVE KILLED IN TONG WAR
GUAYMAS, Sonora, Oct. 24.—Five
persons, including one Mexican police
man, are reported to have been kill
ed in Santa Ana as the result of a
Tong War.
COOLIDGE SPEAKS THRU
BROADCASTING STATIONS
SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—In the first
transmission of his voice from the
capital to Seattle, for distribution
through 22 broadcasting instruments
President Coolidge speaking at the
Washington United States Chamber
of Commerce, declared that taxes will
be further reduced next year, pro
vided Congress follows his policy of
drastic economy. The president ex
pressed the opinion that the economic
condition of the country is good.
CHINESE WOMEN MAY ENTER
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 24.—Chinese
women who are wives of citizens of
the United States may enter the
United States, according to a ruling
by Fedreal Judge J. A. Lowell.
HENRY RODEN
Independent Candidate for
Attorney General will address
the voters of Seward tomor
row evening at o’CIock at the
Odd Fellows Hall.
Everybody invited.
INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE j
IS THE THING THAT’S NEEDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.— !
Preservation of initiative and enter
prise is the primary thing which we !
have to do in our country, President j
Coolidge today, told the executive J
committee of the Business Men’s Re
publican association who called at
the White House.
SHENANDOAH TAKES HER TIME
j EL PASO, Oct. 23.—The Shenando
I ah when passing over this city this
i morning was making only twenty
i one miles an hour, according to dis
| patches coming from Fort Bliss field,
j the latter place being her next stop.
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SECRETARY HUGHES
DENIES CHARGES OF
SECRET COMMITMENTS
BALTIMORE, Oct. 24.—In a cam
paign speech answering the criticisms
made by J. W. Davis and Lafollette,
Secretary Hughes denied that “Secret
commitments” had been negotiated
abroad, and declared there had beer,
no trend toward a foreign policy based
or imperialism. He asserted that those
who attempted to belittle the results
of the recent arms conference only be
littled themselves. The greatest feat
the republican party has accomplish
ed in its history, asserted the Secre
tary, was the conference which limit
ed aimaments and made war more dif
ficult.
i CHINESE DIVISION
CONTROLS PEKING
PEKING, Oct. 24.—A brigade of
Fueng Yu Sang’s eleventh division
quietly and unexpectedly entered and
occupied Peking, the Chinese capital
last night, and completely controls all
communication. The gates of the
city were shut and no one is allowed
to leave or enter, except by permis
sion of the soldiery.
President T ao Kun Flees
TOKIO, Oct. 24.—President Tsao
Kun has fled from Peking, according
to dispatches to the Kusia news agen
cy from Tien Tsin, and his destina
tion is not known.
RUSS TRANSPORT HAS
AMERICAN PRISONERS
FROM WRANGELL ISLE.
PETROPAVLOVSK, Kamchatka, Oct.
24.—The Russian transport Red Oc
tober, arrived here today from Wran
gell island, having aboard Charles
Wells, of Uniontown, Pa., and twelve
Nome Eskimos, as prisoners. These
are survivors of the expedition which
Steffansson took to the island a
year ago when the American flag
was raised on the island.
The Soviet government last month
took the men off the island and rais
ed the Russian flag, claiming the
country for Russia.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Rowe will sail on
tomorrow’s boat for the states, hav
ing completed his trip over the ter
ritory in the interest of the missions.
LOEB AND LEOPOLD
ESCAPE FROM ROPE
SURPRISE TO BRITISH
“WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO DO IN
AMERICA TO GET A DEATH
SENTENCE?” ASKS ONE BRIT
ISH PAPER.
LONDON, Oct. 24.—The United
States completely baffles England,
and the English will never be able to
fathom American public affairs. The
wonder aroused by the Loeb-Leopold
murder case is fairly significant of
England’s amazement at American
methods.
No event in the United States in
recent times has attracted quite the
wide attention that the Loeb-Leopold
case attracted in England. English
newspapers printed colums and col
ums of this trial and carried articles
by criminologists and others striving
to explain it. The legal procedure
in the case also drew forth comment,
ar.d when the verdict came England
w'as shocked and baffled. Newspap
ers put out extra editions and scatter
ed bills all over the country announc
ing “Chicago Murder Verdict Surprise
to All!” Newspaper readers were
quick to voice their astonishment.
“What do they have to do in Ameri
ca to get the death sentence?” was
typical of the question the English
asked each other.
Under English law' Lceb and Leo
pold could not have escaped the gal
lowrs except by successfully establish
ing insanity. Here, where homicide
generally results in execution, the life
imprisonment of these two youths is
not conceivable. England is so baf
fled that many will still be puzzling
about it in all the clubs along Picca
dilly, w'hen Loeb and Leopold are old
men.
STEAMER CLIFTON SINKS
IN LAKE HURON STORM
PORT HURON, Mich., Oct. 24.—
“The Clifton sank 11 miles out of
Whitefish Bay, at 4 a. m. Monday. E.
D. G., Captain.”
This message scrawled on a piece
of paper was found in a bottle float
ing in the Saint Clair river yester
day by a boy. Capt. Emmett D. Galla
gher was in command of the steamer
Clifton, which went down in Lake Hu
ron, September 22, 1923, when twenty
eight persons lost their lives.
GOVERNMENT OPENS CASE
AGAINST OIL COMPANIES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24.—Govern
ment counsel today opened the cdfe
against the Pan-American Petroleum
Company, a Doheny organization, for
the cancellation of the oil leases held
by the company in the Elks Hill na
val reserve.
WALLACE’S OPERATION
MAV: PROVE FATAL;
BLOOD POISON SETS IN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
Secretary Wallace has suffered fur
ther complications from his recent
operation and his condition is consid
ered serious as toxemia has set in.
VIOLATORS ARE ALLOWED
TRIAL BY JURY, CLAIM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
The Supreme Court today decided on
two cases growing out of the railway
shopmen’s strike ,that persons charg
ed with violation of the injunction in
connection with strikes are entitled to
jury trial, before they are held guilty
of contempt. It was declared that
it couldn’t be doubted that the power
of the courts to punish contempt
should be regulated.
STATEMENT GIVEN SHOWS
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO
CAUSE DEMOCRAT PARTY
NO SINGLE CONTRIBUTION EX
CEEDED TWENTY-FIVE THOUS
AND DOLLARS—LARGE GIFT
TO M’ADOO.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Treasurer
Jones of the Democratic party gave
the New Y'ork Times a statement to
day showing contributions to the cam
paign in excess of one hundred dol
lars.
No gift exceeds twenty-five thous
and dollars which Jones Bernard M.
Baruch gave McAdoo. Baruch was
first reported as having given nothing
owing to his desire for secrecy.
Henry Morganthau gave twenty
one thousand dollars; John W. Davis
| gave five thousand; Clem Shaver ten
j thousand and George White of Mariet
| ta, Ohio, seventy-five thousand.
LARGE BANDS OF CARIBOU
SEEN IN YUKON TERRITORY
DAWSON, Y. T., Oct. 24.—For the
first time in thirty years large bands
of caribou are invading Yukon Terri
tory and thousands are on the trail
I between Braeburn and Takeena. The
! hunters of the district have engaged
every automobile at Whitehorse to
take them to the hunting grounds.
ASSISTANT LABOR SECRETARY
ARRIVES SEATTLE, BUSINESS
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SEATTE, Wn„ Oct. 24.—E. J. Hen
ning, assistant secretary of labor ar
rived today on business and political
trip.
THE LAFOLLETTE TICKET
MANUFACTURED ARTICLE
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—Martin W.
Littleton, prominent lawyer, in an ad
dress last night told the American
Defense Society that the candidacy
of LaFollette was manufactured in
June, 1921, by a combination of rev
olutionary forces which are pledged
to the overthrow of this government
in one way or another.
CHI HI LI TROOPS MEET
DOOM PARADE GROUNDS
LONDON, Oct. 24.—Five thousand
Chihili troops, (Chinese), were killed
when they were lured over to the
parade grounds where bombs were
being exploded, according to Mukden
dispatches to the Even News yester
day afternoon. The casualties took
place during the maneuver of 15,000
Manchurian troops.
JOHN ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
PAYS ENORMOUS SUM
TO GOV’T IN HIS TAXES
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—John Rocke
feller, Jr., today told newspaper re
porters that he paid the government
a greater amount in income taxes for
1923 than any other New Yorker.
Records of the internal revenue bu
reau at the customs house revealed
today that he had paid $7,435,169 in
come taxes for that year.
Other amounts paid by other weal
thy New Yorkers and Corporations,
were:
United States Steel Corporation,
$15,930,901.
John D. Rockefeller, $124,266.
Standard Oil Company of New
York, $3,370,150.
George ’F. Baker, banker, $660,371.
George F. Baker, Jr., $678,664.
Elbert H. Gary, $473,364.
Henry H. Rogers, banker and rail
road director, $373,827.
REPUBLICANS HAVE TWO
MILLION SLUSH FUND
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
Contributions from New York and
Chicago today have raised the Repub
lican campaign fund to two million
dollars.
FAMED FEUD LEADER
DIES WITH BOOTS ON
BLUEFIELD, W. Va„ Oct. 23.—An
derson, the son of the late Floyd Hat
field, leader in the Hatfleld-McCoy
feuds, was mysteriously shot and
killed here today.
Anderson Hatfield, known as “Dev
il’' Anse” was one of the leaders of
the historic feud between the Hat
field and McCoy families in the moun
tains ot West Virginia and Northern
Kentucky. Shot at from ambush
and in hand-to-hand combat scores
of times with the McCoys, he had
always predicted he would live to die
a natural death. His predictions did
not come true.
“Devil” Anse” had a reputtaion as
a crack shot, that was known thru
out the mountainous region of the
two states, and at the age of seven
ty he could shoot a squirrel out of the
tallest timber. He often turned the
trick for admirers, with the old rifle
that he carried ready for action at
all hours, and with which during the
early eighties, he would shoot on
sight any member of the McCoy fam
ily.
The celebrated feud of the Hat
field family with the McCoys was
started over some hogs, one of the
Hatfields winning a lawsuit that was
brought to determine their ownership.
Soon after that a brother of “Devil
Anse” was shot and wounded in
more than fifteen places bv one of
the McCoys. The feud then started
and dki not end until the few re
maining McCoys went over into Ken
tucky where they now reside.
“Devil Anse” had none of the at
tributes of the “bad man” in his
character. He always was recogniz
ed as a loyal friend of the many with
whom he was acquainted. Numbered
among those who, believed he had
been right by the position he took
during the feud days, were the late
Judge J. Jackson, known as the ‘‘Iron
Judge” who was appointed to the
Federal bench by President Lincoln,
and former Governor E. W. Wilson,
the former protecting Hatfield from
capture when he had been called in
to court, and the latter refusing to
honor a requisition of the governor
of Kentucky, for the arrest of “Devil
Anse” on a charge of killing some
particular member of the McCoy fam
ily.
Detectives, real and alleged, had
arranged for the capture of Hatfield,
spurred by a reward, after they had
seen to it that he was indicted on a
charge of whiskey selling, in 1888.
Judge Jackson was on the bench at
the time and was informed of the
danger that awaited the accused man.
Judge Jackson sent word to Hatfield
that if he would appear in court with
out an officer being sent for him, the
court would see that he had ample
protection until he returned to his
home in Logan county.
Hatfield appeared and was acquit
ted of the charge against him. Some
of the detectives pounced upon him
sono after he left the court room, but
Judge Jackson summoned all of them
before him, and threatened to send
them all to jail, directing special of
ficers to see that Hatfield was per
mitted to reach his home. After Hat
field was well on his way, Judge
Jackson told the detectives that if
they wanted their man, they would
have to get him, just like the Mc
Coys had been trying to do for a
number of years. They never went.
“Anse” Hatfield spent the last fif
teen years of his life quietly and
peaceably on a small farm he owned
in Logan county. He raised a good
many hogs and but seldom left his
community. Once he was prevailed
upon by some enterprising amuse
ment manager, to go on the vaude
ville stage. He made all preparation
to d oso but abandoned the idea when
an old indictment was produced,
which had been squashed on condi
tion that the old mountaineer agree to
remain at home the rest of his days.
Hatfield was born in Logan county,
West Virginia, but then in the do
main of the Old Domnion, in 1841,
a shor tdistance from the old cabin
in which he died.
LA FOLLETTE STILL LEADS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24.—Sena
tor Robert La Follette still leads in the
National straw vote being taken by
the Hearst papers.
BIRTHS FEW IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Oct. 24.—Last year’s
birthrate for England and Wales,
19.7 per thousand, is the lowest on
record except for the war years,
1917-1919.