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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 192
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924
PRICE TEX CENTS
German and French Delegations Reach
Deadlock Over Ruhr Military Evacuation
LONDON, Aug. 15.—The deadlock between the
French and Germans on the question of a time limit for
the military evacuation of the Ruhr, is imperiling the
success of the international conference, it was indicatd
today after a hurried meeting of the French, Belgian
ai\d German premiers at Downing Street this morning
hah failed to produce any tangible results.
President in Conference
WASHINGTON, Auer. 15—The re-j
paration plan proposed by Charles G. j
Dawes for the settlement of the Eu
ropean controversy, is receiving the
att'fhtion of the president today, and
the chief executive declared his be
lief that the substance of the plan
ought to be adopted. Coolidge also
pledged financial support of Ameri
can citizens if the plan were adopted
and proper security given for Ger
man loans.
^Ufabilization of Europe, he said,
would result in improving our own
economic condition. He added that
when the reparations plan is in oper
ation “I shall deem it an appropri
ate time to approach the great pow
ers with a proposal for another con
ference for a further limitation of
armaments and for devising plans
for a codification of international law.
I trust that never again will the wo
men of this nation be called upon
to sacrifice their loved ones in the
terrible scourge of war.”
Tip Given Sheriff;
Two Bandits Killed
SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—One bandit
was shot and killed, and his compan
ion gunman was perhaps fatally
wounded late yesterday afternoon
when two bandits attempted to hold
up the Holt State Bank, at Holt,
Wash., in King county.
Sheriff Matt Starwich and seven
deputies were waiting in ambush
outside the bank .having received an
ad^'.nce tip that the hold-up was to
be attempted. Deputy Sheriff Vir
gil Murphy was wounded in the leg
in a duel between the bandits and
the posse.
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FORMER ALASKA DELEGATE
BRINGS BACK A BRIDE
Georgte B. Grigsby .former dele
gate to congress from Alaska and
who was a delegate "to the Demo
cratic national convention in New
York, and Miss Jessie Dillabough,
secretary to Congressman Bloom of
New York, were married in t he
metropolis just previous to the con
vening of the convention. Mrs. Grigs
by was formerly secretary to Con
gressman Pell, who is chairman of
the New Yoi-k State Democratic
central committee.
Mr. and Mrs. Grigsby will make
their home in Ketchikan, where the
groom is engaged in the practice of
law.
Mrs. Mona Glaze, accompanied by
her yong udaughter will arrive on
the steamship Yukon and, go on to
Anchoraeg for a visit with her par
ent, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robarts. Mr.
Glaze, passed away in Los Angeles
recently
TREED BY BEAR FOUR
HOURS; CUB AID ESCAPE
To be chased up a small tree by
an irate mother bear was a recent
experience of John W. Dudley, well
known Juneau man, who is employed
at Berners Bay by the Jualin-Alaska
Mines Co., says the Empire. He was
kept there for about four hours be
fore he made his escape to the camp.
Dudley, unarmed, went up to near
the top of the mountain the other
day to do some re-staking. While so
engaged he was surprised by a
charging black, bear of good size j
which forced him to climb the near- j
est tree. He said he had gotten
between the bear and one of its
two c\ibs which began howling. Im
mediately the mother charged him.
For four hours the bear kept watch
at the foot of the spruce. Finally
one of the cubs strayed away and
got into some kind of trouble and
set up a terrific bawl. Giving up
her intended victim with reluctance,
the old bear moved off to the res
cue. Dudley hopped out of the tree
ami headed for camp, hitting only the
high spots en route. To be on the
sa:'£ ^ide he has requisitioned a small
arsenal to be sent out to camp.
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Attorney General Stone
on Trail of Booze
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 15 —
A drive to put rum runners in prison
for long terms in the penitentiary,
was started by Attorney General B.
M. Stone of the United States this
afternoon, when he recommended to
United States attorneys at all coast
and border points to prosecute rum
runners under the tariff act of 1922,
instead of the Prohibition Law.
SON IS FLYING AROUND
GLOBE FOR U. S. ARMY
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 15—Sweden’s
greatest booster for the success of
the American round the world flight
is a little white-haired old lady in
Stockholm, who may be seen sitting
any day in an avalanch of newspa
per, with a pair of scissors in hei
hands, and a map of the projected
route on the table. Late editions oi
the dailies come to her home as soon
as they are off the press, and she
scans the cable columns for every
scrap of news of the airmen and ol
the progress of their undertaking. Ai
times her eyes grow big with appre
hension, but more often they sparkle
with vivid satisfaction. It is because
the high adventure is hers, too. She
is the mother of Lieut. Erik Nelson
U. S. A., the engineer officer of the
round the world flight.
“We expected Erik to become a
sea captain,” says the white haired
lady, “but we nevei dreamed that he
would take to the air.” Then she
tells how Erik in his ’teens went tc
sea for a number of years in Swed
ish and British ships, and how once
! in a storm off Cape Horn he diver
! overboard to rescue the mate, whe
had been swept into the sea.
; “If he comes back next Christmas,’
| said Mrs .Nelson, with the light oi
mother love in her eyes, “he wil
I see that I had my eye on him all the
I time he was flying around t he
j world.”
Lieut. Nelson went to the Unitee
States fifteen years ago.”
Will Instal Light
to Hold Memory
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—An elec
j trically illuminated gold star which
| will be kept burning forever as a tri
bute to the youth of New York whc
died overseas will be added to the
! lights of Broadway next Saturdaj
tomorrow night, the mayor’s office
announced. It will be mounted on a
staff 120 feet high, at • Madison
Square.
KETCHIKAN GIRL CHECK
PASSER, BAFFLING CASE
SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—Detectives
expressed the belief today that the
girl called Kathleeen Kline, who has
been passing worthless checks, is
the daughter of the Secretary of the
Elks Lodge at Ketchikan.
The Juvenile Court here refuses
to make known any other names the
girl signed to the checks with the
exception of the one passed on Dave
Himelhoch which was signed “Mrs.
Blades.”
lame ducks form flock
ON ISLAND TO WIN FOOD
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 15.—A
colony for lame ducks has been dis
covered in California.
According to announcement of the
state fish and game commission,
thousands of ducks ,crippled by hunt
ers, have congregated in the sloughs
of Victoria island, in the delta of the
San Joaquin river.
The cripples, able to fly had
fallen behind and gradually formed a
colony, where they obtain food by co
operative efforts.
An examination of the ducks at
the island failed to reveal one not
crippled ,according to the game com
mission.
Kid Mc^oy Goes
on Shooting Spree
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15.—Nor
man Selby, known through his long
ring career as “Kid McCoy,” yester
day afternoon shot and killed Mrs.
Theresa Morse, formerly the wife of
Albert Morse, a former millionaire
New York manufacturer, in an
apartment here in the exclusive res
idential section. According to the
police, the “Kid” went on a proper
shooting rampage and didn't stop un
til he shot another woman and two
men.
LOS ANGELES,* Aug. 15.—Others
shot by Norman Selby, otherwise
known as “Kid McCoy,” who, after
killing Mrs. Morse, as charged by the
| police and who had promised to be
I come his tenth bride, were Mrs. Anna
| Schapp Miller, her husband, Sam
Schapp, a New York broker and Will
iam C. Ross, a Cleveland millionaire
manufacturer.
After cross examination all sus
tained that Mrs. Moorse shot herself
in a room n the Nottingham Apart
ment, from which McCoy was seen
running away with and gun in his
hand. He also had the weapon upon
his person when arrested.
i Robert Fulkerson
Killed at Poorman
j Robert Fulkerson, a pioneer of the
i Pool-man district, near Ruby, wras in
| stantly killed July 29, by falling
down an 80-foot shaft.
According to U. S. Deputy Marshal
John C. Wood, Fulkerson and his as
sistant, Stanley Coffin, were repair
ing the cribbing near the top of the
shaft and were standing on a plat
! form which they had rigged up and
tied by cable. When about s.ix feet
i from the top of the shaft the two
men stepped on to the same side of
the platform, which tilted precipitat
ing Fulkerson, who landed on his
head at the bottom of the shaft. Cof
i fin hung on to the cable and pulled
i himself to the top.
Fulkerson’s only known relative is
a brother at Paul, Idaho. He has
been in Ruby the past twelve years.
HE i EG ATE DAN COMING
1 Del?: ate Dan A. Sutherland is a
pasenegr on the Admiral Evans en
! route to Seward. He will make a
! tour of the coast towns and go as
; far as Fairbanks looking after his
'; fences in the coming election.
Admiral Watson Sails
With Capacity Load
The Admiral Watson, which arriv
ed in port yesterday afternoon from
the westward sailed at six o’clock
with a capacity load of passengers
and freight. The vessel has on board
2,240 cases of salmon from Uganik
and every available inch of space in
cluding the deck was filled with bar
reled herring. The following was
j the through passenger list:
For Cordova—Richard B. Wakelin,
I Richard Hairie, Dorothy Tindall, Ju
lia Winkler, Will Clayson and wife,
F. M. eBans and 2 steerage.
For Valdez—Sam Shuklin.
For Juneau—Jack Tritt, Chas. Is
ham and wife, W. W. Batchellor.
For Seattle—Richard Porter, Mrs.
Thos. Porter, Mrs. Alice B. Wilson
and C. M. Gott.
WOULD BAN ANIMALS IN
ALL MOTION PICTURES
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15.—War
has been declared here on the use of
animals, trained or untrained in mo
tion pictures.
Mrs. Rosamond Rae Wright, vice
president of the American Animal
Defense League ,is here making plans
for the passage of laws forbidding
use of animals in pictures.
According to Mrs. Wright, many
animals are abused when errjployed
in movie scenes.
Recently, she said, a bulldog was
coated with honey, and then thous
ands of bees were thrown on its
back. They stung the do gin a thou
sand spots. Mrs. Wright asserts.
Motion picture directors deny the
charges of Mrs. Wright and her as
sociates
EVANOFF FINED HEAVILY
E. M. Evanoff of Anchorage was
fined $500 and given nine months in
jail for having two bottles of moon
shine in his possession when arrest
ed.
Abandoned Mine Be
Ammonia Plant
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 15.—Bart
L. Thane, now in San Francisco, au
thorizes the announcement thlt an
ammonia sulphate plant at Thane is
fully financed. Those interested are
owners of chemical plants which will
be used in manufacturing similar
products at Niagara Falls and Syra
cuse. A man by the name of Pape
is at the head of the new company
and Mr. Wells, manager. Thane and
Wells will arrive here in fall and sev
eral hundred men will be employed
before the end of the present year.
It is the intention of the company
to manufacture pulp and paper in
about two years. Thane will shortly
retire. The new company purchases
the town site, water\power, and the
wharf for cash. Mitsui and company
has contracted to handle the output
for ten years.
SEATTLE PHONE FIGHT
BEFORE DISTRICT COURqT
SEATTLE, Aug. 15.—Proceedings
by the city of Seattle to compel the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany to reduce rates to a scale de
clared to be carried by its franchise,
were sent by Superior court recent
ly to the United States district court
for Western Washington.
Judge King Dykeman said that
he was compelled to grant a motion
of the company, a foreign corpora
tion, for the transfer. But he sug
gested that the city might induce
the federal court to send the matter
back to the state tribunals.
SPIRIT PICTURES BUNK,
DECLARES PHOTOGRAPHER
PHILADELPPHIA, Aug. 15.—Eli
as Geldensky, local photographer,
who has just returned from the con
vention of the Ontario Society of
Photographers, declared ..today that
spirit photography is nothing but the
“bunk.”
He lectured at the meeting on the
subject of spirit pictures.
“I know something about this sort
of thing,” he declared. “My father
was a theosophist and a hypnotist.
I myself am a hypnotist and with my
father, practiced the art in Russia
many years. You may think that
has no bearing on spiritualism, but it
; has.
YUKON HAS MUCH FREIGHT
The steamship Yukon has 1300 tons
of freight, 1100 tons of which will be
transhipped to the freighter Redon
do.
AIR MAIL WILL ACCEPT
LETTERS FOR ABROAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., AugT 15.—
Letters or articles sent as letters, de
stined for foreign lands, will be ac
cepted for transmission by the air
mail service operating between New
York and San Francisco, the postof
fice department announced.
To countries to which the United
States domestic letter rate applies,
special air mail service rates will be
sufficient, but to all other countries
the rate will be the airplane postage
plus the international letter rate of
5 cents for the first ounce or fraction
thereof and 3 cents for each addition
al ounce or fraction thereof, less the
domes tic rate of 2 cents an ounce or
fraction thereof.
Letters destined for countries to
which the United States 2-cent rate
does not apply will require 11 cents
for the first ounce and 0 cents for
each additional ounce from the first
zone; 10 and 17 cents from the sec
ond zone; and 27 and 24 cents for
the third zone.
NINE PROHIBITION AGENTS
GET AN EYE FULL
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Nine prohi
bition agents, avidly watching five
high-brow girls put on a special per
formance, were arrested last night
when police raided a flat at 4607
Prairie avenue. Much to their cha
grin they were locked up, charged
with being inmates of a disorderly
house.
It’s a rotten shame,’’ they pro
tested. “We were getting evidence
of booze and before we can make a
•pinch they come and spoil our raid.”
Mrs. Katherine Sellers and child
ren of Anchorage left qn the Admir
al Watson for the states, where the
children will be placed in school. Mr.
Sellers returned to Anchorage to
day.
Admiral Magruder Announces that
World Flight Will Be Continued
Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 15.—The American world
flyers will continue their flight, utilizing as their base
on rhe east coast of Greenland, the port of Anagsalik, in
which the presence of considerable was reported today.
Rear Admiral Magruder announced that the flight would
be continued today, after a conference with Flight Com
mander Smith, on the cruiser Richmond.
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MAKE TRIP FROM FLORIDA
IN INDIAN SIDE CAR
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A party of Floridians arrived in
Ketchikan recently who had made
the trip from Daytona, on the In
dian river, to Seattle in a side car.
The party reached their destination
without trouble and purchasing a
small boat, sailed for Ketchikan.
They vvilNtour Alaska. The trip ©n
the side car was over five thousand
miles.
Pioneer from Flat
on Way Outside
Frank Pires, who arrived in Sew
ard on Saturday’s train, left on the
Admiral Watson for the States, af
ter spending 27 years in the interior
without going Outside.
Mr. Pires first landed at Skagway,
later packing over Chilkoot Pass. He
went in to the Dawson stampede and
later to Fairbanks, finally setting at
Flat in the Iditarod .
Mr. Pires met several old friends
while in Seward, and thoroly enjoy
ed himself. He will visit a brother
in California this winter. He states
j that mining is booming in the Idita
; rod district and that the dredges will
; run for several months yet
Koyukuk Operator
Leaving for States
E .J. King, a Koyukuk operator,
arrived in Seward on Tuesday’s train
and sailed on the Admiral Watson to
spend the winter in the states. Mr.
King has been inside over twenty
years. He states that mining is good
in his district many men working. A
new strike was made this spring at
the mouth of the Porcupine.
Coolidge Outlines
Plans to Leaders
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 15.—
Ready to launch a nation-wide cam
paign, Republican leaders from every
section of the Nation are here today
to hear Calvin Coolidge outline his
views on progressive issues in a
speech tonight formally accepting
the Republican nomination for the
presidency.
World Flyers Busy
in Numerous Ports
RANGOON, India, Aug. 15.—Maj
or Zanni ,Argentine round the world
flyer, arrived here this afternon from
Calcutta.
Navigation Officer Sails.
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 15.—En
sign Evaristo Velo ,Argentine naval
aviator, is sailing from New York
aoday on his way to Tokio where he
will join the Argentine world flyer,
Major Zanni, on the latter’s arrival
there, and will act as navigation of
ficer when Zanni attempts his trans
pacific flight, from the Kuriles to
Attu island.
CHEAP LIPSTICKS PERIL
TO HEALTH SAY DOCTORS!
LONDON, Ang. 15.—Danger in the;
constant use of the lipstick is seen;
by many English medical meif.
Recent cases of obscure dyspeptic j
trouble in girls have led to the belief
that lipsticking may be responsible.^
Doctors assert that the lip salves j
commonly used are harmless if pre-'
spared from pure ingredients , altho
constant use will give the user crack
ed lips and damage to the mucous
membrane. It is the cheaper varieties
that are doing the harm. Most cheap
lip salve is based on hard parafin and
aniline dye, and the doctors state
that the constant swallowing of
these products must eventually result
in injiry to the stomach.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug-. 15.—
The American round the world fly
ers will depart from Iceland to the
coast tomorrow is the weather con
ditions are favorable. Conditions
for the long flight today are not fa
vorable. American cruisers and de
stroyers have taken up their posi
tions ir. a line across the Danish
straits from Iceland to Greenland.
Lieut. Nelson said today that he
was getting impatient to be on Am
erican soil and while he would not
jeopardize the safety of himself and
companions by hasty action, would
take almost any chance to get to
Greenland. He believes the flight
from Greenland to the States will
not be precarious as weather condi
tilons along the Labrador coast have
been favorable for flying for sever
al weeks, while the Danish waters
have been foggy with low visibility.
The machines are tuned up and ready
and ihe first clear day will be taken
advantage of.
Vessels Will Patrol Route
According to the latest tentative
plans the flight along the bleak,
barren and desolate coast of Green
land will be guarded by vessels of
the United States navy lying off
shore during the passage of the
planes.
The distance between Iceland and
Ivigtut, Greenland, is 610 miles, and
owing to high mountains,,, it is neces
saary for the planes to fly down the
eastern coast of Greenland, around
Cape Farewell, and up the west coast
to Ivigtut. At Ivigtut the Danish gov
ernment has placed another vessel
to assist the Americans.
First Stop at Indian Harbor
From Ivigtut to Indian Harbor,
Labrador, the first stop to be made,
is 572 miles, across Davis Straits. The
cruiser Richmond and her consorts
will be joined by the cruiser Milwau
kee. The flight along the coasts of
Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova
Scotia to Boston ’will be guarded by
at least nine naval vessels.
The route from Iceland to Ivigtut
follows roughly the route taken by
Eric the Red on his voyage of dis
covery centuries ago when the conti
nent of Greenland was discovered
The voyage across Davis Straits from
Greenland to the coast of Labrador
should be attended by beautiful, clear
weather prevalent at this time of
year.
Cross Strait of Bellt Isle
After passing dowm the coast of
Labrador the flight will cross the
Strait of Belle Isle and skirt the
western shore of Newfoundland, thus
avoiding the fogs on the Grand
Banks.
Iceland and Greenland have been
the object of a pathfinding expedi
tion carried out last summer by the
same ofticer wrho is now acting as
advance officer for this portion of
the route, Lieut, larence E. Crum
line. This officer was a member of
the accessful Asaskan expedition in
1920 and is an alternate pilot fm the
present flight.
GRID STAR RIDES BIKE
TO CURE INJURED KNEE
ATHENS. Aug. 15—George Mor
ton, gridiron star of the University
of Georgia, has attracted wide inter
est among football coaches by his
unique method of “healing” an injur
ed knee.
Morton does it with a bicycle.
Just as his squad was looking
forward to him as the outstanding
star of next year George was thrown
from a horse here and suffered an
injured knee. Physicians expressed
doubt if he would recover sufficiently
to allow him to play football this
fall.
So George bought himself a bi
cycle and has been exercising ’er”
with it for several weeks. The re
sults, he said, are remarkable. The
there is little doubt now as to his
ability to play on the squad this sea
son.
“For a kee-builder, get a bicy
cle,” he said.