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VOLUME XIX NUMBER 205
SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 924
PRICE TEN CENTS
FATE OF BOY MURDERERS NOW IN
HANDS JUDGE CAVERLY; MAY HANG
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CHICAGO, August 30.—The fate of Leopold and
Loeb, the boy murderers of young Franks, \Vas placed
in the hands of Judge Caverly today, when the judicial
hearing as to whether they should be hanged or given
life imprisonment, came to an end when States Attorney
Crowe ended his final argument and Judge Caverly took
the case under advisement. .
“The closing remarks of the State’s Attorney in this
case were a cowardly and dastardly attack on the integ^
ritv of this court and will be stricken from the records,”
said Judge Caverly, just before taking tlite case under
advisement. . ,
States Attorney Crowe, in an impassioned speech
demanding the death penalty, said that unless the Judge
were influenced by the weaitli of the accused boys par
ents he could do nothing else but bjing in a pnalty of
death by electrocution. , . , . . ...
Judge Caverly announced that Ins decision would be
given September 1.0, unless illness or death prevented.
CHICAGO, III., Aug. 30.—Threats
against Judge Caverly, whose court
is trying the Leopold and Loeb mur
der case, have become so numerous
that extra precautions will be taken
to safe-guard him on Septeber 10,
when sentence on the accused youths
will be passed.
The entire court building will be
closed against all those except im
mediate concerned with the case.
Threats came from both those whc
advocate life imprisonment and death
penalties.
Indians of Alaska
Came Here from
Asia, Say Scientists
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.—The
Indians of Alaska are of mixed ori
gin, according to Dr. MacMillan
Brown, chancellor of the University
of New Zealand, a writer and anthro
pologist, who arrived here after two
months in Alaska.
These Indians came to Alaska by
way of the Aleutian islands about
11 15,000 years ago, says Brown.
Sailors Held Pending
p Death of Young Girl
TACOMA, Aug. 30.—Two navy
sailors named Nichols anti Brown and
a girl named Ruby Hodges, are being
held by police here for investigation
in connection with the death of Min
nie Flim, whose limp body was car
ried into a taxi cab by the three, the
taxi driver taking them to the police
station instead of the address they
gave him.
Actress Squeals and
Husband is Arrested
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Two men
were arrested in connection with the
hundred thousand dollar diamond rob
bery of the Feldenheimer shop and
later confessed to the robbery. Po
lice announced when Mrs. Dorothy
Burns, a burlesque actress went flat
broke she squealed on them. Her hus
fc* band and Harry Chance, both twen
ty years old admitted their guilt.
Brazilian Rebels
Surrender Post
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 30.—The
surrender of Brazialian rebels, who
have been in revolt against the Gov
ernment for two months, in their
stronghold of Obidos on the Ama
zon river following a bombardment
by Federal warships which escorted
a troop transport up the river, is re
ported in advices received by the
newspaper La Nacion here.
SOME FAST SHIP? {
ROCKDALE, Maine, Aug. 30.—A
speed in excess of 21 an| 1-2 knots
per hours and approximately thirty
five thousand horsepower were de
evloped in the first trials by the Su
perdreadnaught West Virginia, ac
cording to official information gain
ed here.
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 30.—An
ammonia tank exploded yesterday in
the basement under a grocery store
here blowing up the building and
killing one child. Many were seri
ously injured.
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AMERICAN WHO KILLED
SELF IN PARIS HOTEL
IDENTIFIED BY LETTER
PARIS, Aug. 30.—The American
who ended his life yesterday in a
Paris hotel was identified today by
the American consulate as Sam
uel Burnham Chapin, 24, of Spring
field, Mass., where his mother, Mrs.
W. H. Chapin, lives.
Through the misreading of scrib
bled addresses on the back of an
envelop, he was erroneously identi
fied as S .H. Chapin, of San Fran
cisco. The young man, who had re
cently acted strangely, cut his
throat and wrist with a safety razor
blade.
War Department
Help in Defense Plan
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 30.—Gover
nor Charles Bryan declared that the
War department is proceeding with
a “militaristic program” for Defense
Day despite the President’s assur
ance that it was only a voluntary
celebration.
KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED
CUT HEART OUT AND EAT
MANILA, Aug. 30.—According to
a story printed in the Spanish news
paper, El Debate ,a wandering band
of negroes in the Zambales moun
tains kidnapped Atanacio Blanco, a
Christian Filipino ,torturing him for
a week and then killing him and eat
ing his heart and liver.
Sailor Arrested for
Breaking Girl's Neck
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TACOMA, Aug. 30.—C. W. Nich
ols, a sailor from the battleship Ari
zona, is charged with killing Winnie
Glen, 19, a result of a blow that
broke her neck. The girl’s birthday
was being celebrated at the time.
MONGOLIAN PHEASANTS
RELEASED IN OREGON
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Aug. 30.—
Eugene Simpson of the Oreegon state
game farm, arrived here the other
day with 528 Mongolian pheasants.
The birds were taken in charge by
local sportsmen and distributed in va
rious sections of the valley. It was
the largest number of pheasants ever
released in Eastern Oregon at one
time.
Earthquake Predicted
That Will Raze Tokio
I TOKYO, Aug. 30.—Ninzo Matsu
| mura, the nation’s leading siesmolo
| gist today predicted-ari earthquake
as great as that which recently rock
ed the cities of Tokio and Yokoha
ma. The scientist says the center of
the coming quake will be near Tokyo.
Many residents are moving from the
city? an anticipation of the temblor.
WILL STAY WITH SEATTLE.
SPOKANE, Aug. 30.—Ed “Lefty”
Brandt of Spokane, a pitcher, recent
ly prevented by the Seattle club
from accepting a Boston National
contract has agreed to report to Se
attle.
YESTERDAY’S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Aug. 28.—Fresh hali
but 13:65 and 6 cents.
Shipping Crippled
by Atlantic Storms
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Shipping
on the Atlantic coast paid a heavy
toll during the last few days, five
liners fought then* way through the
gale, the Aribic arrived with fifty in
jured, the Homeric had eight injure l
and .inch damage to her superstruc
ture. The Munardo . r d the Orizaba
made port badly sha'tered.
NEW ' « h, Aug 30.—The tank
er Elisha Walker. ;nr\ing from San
Pedro had receievd a message ■h.:.
the Captain of the ?tearner Wayft.
er was swept from t' e bridge and
lost in y^nlerday’s term off the At
lantic coast.
Alaska Has Big List;
Many Round Trippers
The steamship Alaska arrived last
night, several hours ahead of her
schedule, with a large freight cargo
and the following passengers:
For Seward—Stella B. Bauer. G.
Bisoffi, E. F. Bloom, Mi;s. Bloom,
Will Bonnett, A. Cachason ,Mrs. B. Y.
Colling, Mrs. F. D. Scottt, Mrs. J.
H. Sanford, B. Simson, Mrs. G. R.
Eichorn, Mrs. F. A. Hering and chil
dren; A. Hammer, Florence Hylan,
Mrs. F. A. Hammer, Geraldine Ham
mer, Pauline Kozil, Mrs. M. M. Lie
bold, John B. Lewis, Mrs. Lews, Emi
ly Ligg, Elmer Labelle, Mildred Mill
gard, W. R. E. Moore, Mrs. Moore and
child, Mss Josephine Martin, Ricco
j Neri, Nell Peterson, Mrs. R. J. Pe
terson, Mrs. John Palm, Chris Reg
hum, Margaret Richardson, Loren P.
Stewart, Mrs. Stewart and two chil
dren, B. Stjskal, J. J. Tichanwaltuer,
i L. F. Thayer, Hanley Weiser, Mrs.
| Hanley Weiser, Glow Williams.
For Kenai—Alice S. Flavell, Alice
! LaCourier.
| For Latouche—Mrs. O. E. Hood.
Thirty three round trippers are on
,board.
Loca. Passengers for Seward were: ;
I Herbert and Mrs. Messer, G. H. Huart
i A. W. Bass, J. Lachman, M. S. Lach
{man, John Chamberlain, Miss C. N.
I Bascom, J. D. Anderson, Sam Guyot,
; R. E. Robertson and family, Governor
| Scott C. Bone.
Sand JointFieM 1
Will be Inspected
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Inspection of!
! the Sand Point aviation field, which j
! has been offered to the government
j as a naval aviation base^ will be in- j
: spected by Secretary Wilbur tomor
row.
Wife of Aviator Dies
When Canoe Upsets
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Mrs. Thomas '
Reid, 28, wife of an aviator attached
to the battleship Tennesseet was
drowned in Lake Washington this
morning while canoeing with her hus
band.
OREGON GROWERS RID
OF ALL 1923 PRUNES
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 30.—The Ore
gon Growers’ Protective association
has cleaned out its 1923 crop of
prunes in a single sale involving ap
proximately 1,000,000 pounds, at the
highest price paid for 1923 Oregons,
according to announement made by
General Manager M. J. Newhouse.
The sale involves shipment of fif
teen cars packed in twenty-five
pound boxes ,of which ten cars of 35
45’s went at 714 cents, two cars of
30-40’s at 9 cents and three cars of
40’s at 7 cents a pound. The main
bulk of shipments are to Europe, al
though some of them are destined
for the New York market.
U. S. Warships Sail
for Port of Chefoo
SHANGHAI^ Aug. 30.—British and
United States warships are proceed
ing from here to Chefoo and Wipai
wai in connection with the seizure
by the Tu Chun of the Che Kiang
and Kinasso provinces of different
sections of the Peking and Nanking
railway.
SHIP DRIFTS WITH FLOES
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 30.—
The Hudson Bay company received a
essage yesterday from the Lady Kin
dersley which said all men aboard
were comfortable and the ship was
drifting with the ic&
Want Arraignment
to be Held Over
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Aug. 30.
—Answering the charge that his
action in arraigning Senator Wheel
er for Sept. 1 on an indictment from
the Department of Justice using it
as an adjunct to the Republican Na
tional comittee, U. S. District Attor
ney J.. S. Slattery said it would be
unnecessary for Wheeler to appear
on that date but to make the matter
clear he was willing to adjourn the
arraignment and trial until after
election.
Representative Nelson of Wiscon
sin, campaign manager for LaFol
’ette and Wheeler said the attempt to
have Wheeler's trial before election
when he is planning his campaign
was an attempt to prostitute the pro-!
cess of justice for political purpos-!
es. He pointed out that Wheeler had
been exonerated by the Senate in any
oil connection.
Storm Holds Flyers
In Greenland Harbor
ABOARD THE U. S. S. RICH
MOND, At Ice Tickle, Labrador,
Aug. 30.—The fringe of yesterday's
storm which has caused much dam
age to Atlantic shipping struck the
Labrador coast yesterday and caus
ed the postponement of the Army
round the world flyers jump from
Ivigtut to the Labrador coast until
Saturday when Army weather fore
casters predict good weather.
P. 0. Inspector Says
Framed by Politicians
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Wm. Fahy,
the postal inspector arrested here
for complicity in various postoffice
robberies, was transfered to the pail
at Woodstock. He charged that the
arrest was a frameup .admitting he
had met Murray whom he was in
strumental in having convicted. He
said Murray who was a Chicago poli
tician was anxious to have his dis
charged and the service was jealous
of his success and framed the arrest.
Ship Boxer Trying
Rescue Ice-Bound Men
SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—The Bureau of
Education’s ship, Boxer is making
every effort to aid the schooner Lady
Kindersley^ caught in the ice fifty
miles east of Point Barrow, accord
ing to a dispatch from Washington.
The Boxer for the past twenty days
has been within 30 miles of the dis
tressed schooner but has been held
back by intervening ice.
Sells City Water
Gets Blue Ticket
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30.—Fol
lowing the dynamiting of the city’s
aqueduct and the investigation, which
disclosed fifty mei\ did the dynamit
ing, three men were warned to leave
Bishop or suffer the consequences,
and conditions became such that the
men left the Owens Valley town sev
eral months ago.
L. C. Hall, an attorney, who haci
sold the city of Los Angeles the wa
ter right which was dynamited, re
turned to the city the first of the
week and last i.ight was seized by
eleven men who disarmed him taking
him in an auto to the outskirts of
the town, ordering him never to re
turn to th county. Fifty men wTere
present when he was seized.
Formal Signing of
London Peace Pact
LONDON, Aug. 30.—The formal
signing of the pact to make effective
the Dawes reparations plan, conclud
ed at the recent international con
ference, will take place in the For
eign office on Downing street today.
Transmit Colored
Photographs Now
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The Am
erican Telephone and Telegraph Co.
announced that colored photographs
have been placed in a sending ma
chine in Chicago and reproduced here
under an hour in the original tints.
They said the color was analyzed be
fore and synthesized after receiving.
DAN SUTHERLAND, ALASKA DELEGATE
TALKS ON FISHERIES RESERVATION
Dan Sutherland returning from the
Westward on the Admiral Evans re
ports an unusually pleasant trip, in
fact from Seattle to Anchorage and
the circuit of Kodiak Island sunshine
and calm weather prevailed all the
time. Tourists on the Evans were
entiiusiastic over Alaskan weather
conditions.
To the west of Seward a general
air of 'prosperity is noted which is
caused b> the unusual run of salmon
and the market is bare of last year’s
for Scotch cure herring. The qual
ity of herring now being taken in
Cook Inlet and at Kodiak and Afog
nak points is excellent and the so
called “red feed” which necessitates
the impounding of herring until they
are free from its effects is absent.
All the canneries have secured a
fair pack of red salmon and have
been able to fill ail their cans with
the other varieties.
The run of pink salmon in the Ko
diak section is said to be the largest
of many years past. Many of tre
canneiries were not prepared for this
unusual run. There seems to be a
very brisk demand for pink sa.mon
anil the market is ebre of last year’s
pack while on the ether hand the»c is
a considerable quantity of last year’s
red pack still on the market. The ex
planation of this mrrket condition is
that the chain stores throughout the
country have pressed the sales of
pink and chum salmon as a cheap
and wholesome food and consequent
ly less of the higher priced fish was
consumed. A continued demand foi
the pink and chum salmon should,
I believe, greatly increase the salmon
pack of Western Alaska where these
cheaper fish have not been packed to
any great extent in the past.
Mr. Sutheiland v as glad to rote
that the packers :n c! fishermen gave
general approval to the new fishery
laws and but little complaint was
heard regaining the regulations
which were compiled by the Bureau
of Fisher’es on the short notice giv
; en by the enac;.m?r,t of the la.v at
! the close of the recent session of
Congress ju.-t at the opening of the
fishing season. This law abrogated
all permits ihat had been issued dur
ing the winter and it must certain iy
discommode many of the cannerymen
who had made their labor contracts
and purchased their gear on the sup
position that the permit system
would continue far ’.he 192^ season.
Mr. Sutherland head rumor: of pro
test from the Bristol Bay sections
but from his own observation on the
Inlet and at Kohr.k Island, he was
convinced that the packers these
sections are well satisfied with the
regulations. The • ml ycomnlairs of
any great consequence was regard
ing the closing of the coast, secti n
of Kodiak Island f om Uyak village
to Cape Uyak. This section contains
only traveling fish and several fish
ermen who in the past have operat
ed gill nets along this coast in the
past cannot understand just why it
WOMAN, 82, FILES FOR
DIVORCE FROM SPOUSE,
72, ALLEGING CRUELTY
COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 30.—Mrs.
Virginia Warien, 82, today filed suit
for divorce against her husband,
Howard Warien, 72, to whom she has
been married for 54 years. Failure
to provide ,gross neglect and cruelty
are the grounds cited.
Victoria Arrives on
Way South from Nome
The steamship Victoria arrived in
| port yesterday afternoon southbound
from Nome. The following took pas
sage on her for Seattle: C. H.
Brown, Elmer Hanson, B. W. Gaither
and family, David Kuhn and wife,
James Apderson, Wm, Billings, Geo.
A. Powell, John Ulrickson, Magnus
Lande, J. S. Page, H. C. Copp, Ed
ward Purcelle, E. Van Gundy, Mrs. P.
Pederson, George E. Chandler and
wife, Lydia M. Buboltz, Elmer F.
Forsling, Jack J. Hamley, J. Galla
gher, W. Thompson, Wm. M. Sulzer,
Fred Daniels, Peter Starke.
LONDON, Aug. 30.—At the con
ference of Modern Churchmen at
Oxford, Dean Inge of St. Pauls said
the Heresy of today will be ortho
doxy of tomorow. The conference
was today devoting attention to Evo
lution as a possible doctrine for the
An gel i can church.
was closed to them and he was in
formed that representatives of the
Fisheries Bureau could not, when in
terrogated, offer explanation. The
closing of an area such as this in
which there are no salmon streams,
and which is located at some distance
from major streams seems to the
fishermen quite unnecessary for the
preservation of the general supply.
The escapement of red fish at Kar
luk, Alitak and other streams has
been greater than in recent past sea
sons and no criticism was heard of
the policy of extended closed sea
sons to permit escapement. In fact
there is not likely to be any criticism
or objection to regulations of fishery
that are made to apply to all per
sons engaged in the industry, said
Mr. Sutherland.
One is impressed with the great
possibilities of our Alaskan fisheries
by a visit to the Inlet and Seward
and one is warranted in believing
that by equitable regulations and
general encouragement of those who
engage in any brapch of the indus
try' a large permanent population
may be attracted to the Alaskan
coast. There is no good reason why
the fisheries of our coast should not
maintain a people similar to New
foundland. Norway or Scotland. Mr.
Sutherland has become much im
pressed with the necessity for a sys
tem of inspection of cured herring.
The herring shipped from Alaska
should carry a government certifi
cate of quality which would serve to
prevent the exploitation of the small
Alaskan shipper by unscrupulous
brokers in the States. Where the
quality of the herring is passed upon
by purchasers in Seattle the local
packer has but little chance to real
ize all that he should in the way of
returns while a government certifi
cate of quality would fully protect
him. There is a bill now before con
gress which provides for the inspec
tion of the salmon pack here in Al
aska and a provision for herring in
spection should be added to it.
The- interest that now seems to
be taken in sheep and cattle grazing
on the islands of the Inlet is some
, what encouraging, and if the expec
' tations of some of the investors in
the grazing industry are realized the
development of the insular section as
a dependable source of national meat
supply will come. It would seem that
i natural uses for these immense areas
of grass grown lands is the raising
of sheep and cattle. The men who
are developing the grazing business
in the vicinity of Kodiak and out at
Sanak are, Mr. Sutherland believes,
going about their little projects in
the proper manner, sort of feeling
I their way and experimenting before
attempting ripid increase of their
| herds. It is very reasonable to be
I lieve that upon their experience a
! great stock raising industry may be
built up and that in the future the
United States may look to Alaska for
its meat, as well as its fish supply.
Idaho Republicans
Renominate Borah,
Smith and French
j IDAHO FALLS, Aug. 30.—Senator
William E. Borah, of Boise Burton
L. French of Moscow, and Addison
T. Smith of Twin Falls, were all nom
j inated by acclamation today by the
; republicans of Idaho, in a state con
| vention held here.
Posses Search District
for Slayer of Sheriff
VALE, Nev., Aug. 30.—Four poss
es are combing Southern Malheur
and Harney counties seeking Fred
Yardlow of Elko, Nevada, who killed
Sheriff Goodman of Harney county
when he was arrested yesterday at
tempting to pass a worthless check.
Yardlow is mounted and armed and
believed headed for Owyhee breaks
in the barren country south of the
Nevada line.
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Ammunition Stores
Explode; Many Dead
ATHENS, Greece> Aug. 30.—Am- .
munition stores in the naval arsenal
here exploded today with terrific
force, killing hundreds of victims.