VOLUME 20. NUMBER 11_SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1025 PRICE TEN CENTS
ORGANIZER FINED
FOR USING THE
MAILS DEFRAUD
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan, 13.—Walter Pat
terson of New York, was sentenced to
one month in jail, and George F. Rowe
of Seattle was fined $500 and given
five days in jail. Both pleaded guilty
to using the mail for fraud. The deal
is said to have netted the men almost
one million dollars. Rowe was one
of the organizers of the Tjosevig Ken
necott Copper Company of Alaska.
Had No Money to Hire Attorney
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.—President Geo.
Francis Rowe, who was fined $500
and sentenced to serve five days in
jail at New York for alleged mail
frauds, said he is innocent, but plead
ed guilty “under protest,” because he
could not afford $3500 which his law
yer asked to defend him.
He said, “the $400,000 mentioned in
the dispatches was raised by Mr. Rowe
in 1916 to develop the Tjosevig Ken
necott property in Alaska, and was
turned over to the Scandinavian Amer
ican bank. John Roberts and War
ren Gazzam, a former governor, used
the money for development of the
property.”
Rowe said he was discharged im
mediately following his raising the
money.
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MUSCLE SHOALS
. BE HANDLED BY
THEGOVERMENT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—The Sen
ate, by a vote of 40 to 39 adopted the
Norris substitute in the Muscle Shoals
bill, which would create a Federal
chemical corporation to have full
control of the property. Senator Un
derwood of Alabama, introduced a sub
stitute to the Norris plan providing
for private leasing of the property.
Jones Amendment Adopted
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The Sen
ate adopted the Jones’ substitute,
which would refer the Muscle Shoals
management to a commission. This
means the defeat of the Underwood
bill. Senator Norris immediately in
troduced another substitute.
KEYSTONE VIEW CO.. NEW YORK
SAYS THAT ALASKA IS READY
FOR EARLY STATEHOOD
Gov. Scott ardelle Bone, of Alas- i
ka, who claims that Alaska will be
ready for Statehood during the Cool- i
idge Administration. He says that :
all which is needed is a continued
material development and a large ■
immigration of white people to make 1
Alaska the 49th States of the Union. <
Under the care of Secretary Hoover, i
the Northern American province is 1
making rapid strides towards its <
goal. Gov. Bone left Seattle Satur- ]
day on the Alameda for the Capital, i
KEYSTONE VIEW C0-. NEW YORK
“SLEEPING WHITE LADY” AND “POPO” ARE AWAKE.
Latest reports from Cuernavaca, Morelos, say that Mount Iztaccihuatl, the snow capped “Sleeping White Lady”
and Popocatepetl, guardians of the Mexican Valley, have awakened, heavy rumblings and smoke being emitted
from the volcano mouths. “Popo” has been in a state of unrest for the past five years, but Iztaccihuatl has been
dormant for centuries. Photo shows the two mountains in the distance, Popocatepetl at left.
FRIEND OF DAVIS
MAY BE OUSTED
(By Associated Press)
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 13.—Ouster
proceedings are promised against
Bank Commissioner Peterson, a friend
of former governor Davis, whom A. L.
Oswald, a Kansas City lawyer, ac
cused of demanding $4,000 for the
parole of Walker Grundy, a banker
of Hutchinson, Kansas, convicted of
mismanagement of funds. Peterson
later agreed to' accept $2500.
GIRL FROZEN TO
DEATH ON PEAK
NEAR DENVER
(By Associated Press)
DENVER, Col., Jan. 13.—Miss Ag
nes Vaille, a graduate of Smith Uni
versity and assistant secretary to the
Denver chamber of commerce, was
found frozen to death last night near
the summit of Long’s Peak. Walter
Kiener, her companion, who came out
to seek help, had badly frozen hands
and feet, and is in the temporary hos
pital at the Timberline House.
Herbert Sortland, an employe of
Long’s Peak Inn, became lost while
with the rescue party and it is feared
he has perished in the raging blizzard
which is sweeping the mountain side.
The young couple left Denver to
climb the mountain Sunday, and were
caught in a -sudden blizzard.
It is repotred the Admiral Watson
and Alameda both left Ketchikan last
light. The Watson called at Hyder.
MAXFIELD URGES
IMPEACHMENT OF
SEATTLE MAYOR
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.—Charles L.
Maxfield, secretary of the University
¥oung Men’s Christian association, re
cently asked the city council to im
peach Mayor Edwin J. Brown be
cause of alleged vice conditions ex
sting in Seattle.
“I believe that you must share
vith other citizens deep humiliation
cecause of conditions that exist in
>ur city with regard to gambling,
obbery, bootlegging and graft,” Mr.
Maxfield said in his letter to the coun
cil and asked that body to remove
Mayor Brown and appoint another
nan in his place.
LANSING DECLARES
JAPAN UNLIKELY TO
MAKE WAR ON U. S.
(By Associated Press)
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. 13.—
Japan never will make war upon the
United States, in the opinion of Rob
ert Lansing, former secretary of
state, expressed here toda\“. “Japan
cannot afford to make war upon this
country,” he said. “She has no mon
ey and no one is going to lend her
any. Furthermore, she has no iron
and other raw materials necessary for
such a conflict:” The 'former mem
ber of the Wilson cabinet declared
Japan may take the Philippines from
the United States some time but that
if she does she cannot, hold them.
He davocated a stronger navy.
BACHELORS MAY
PAY LESS TAXES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Federal
income tax exemptions on bachelors
have been increased from $100 to
$1250, under a bill introduced by Rep
resentative Boyle of New York.
GOVERNOR HART
HAD NO POWER
TO ALLOW FEES
(By Associated Press)
TACOMA, Jan. 13.—Judge Chapman
today rejected the petition of Forbes
B. Haskell, jr., special deputy state
bank commission, and Guy E. Kelly,
Thomas McMahon and Frank Oakley,
his three attorneys, for fees aggregat
ing $115,000 for closing up the affairs
of the defunct Scandinavian-American
bank, ruling that State Bank Super
visor Minshull only had power to fix
the remuneration for their services.
The petitioners alleged that Gov
ernor Hart had promised them this
compensation. Attorney General Dun
bar, when appealed to, also ruled the
governor was powerless to fix compen
sation in the case.
SUPPORT DIVIDED ON BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Sixteen
iemocrats supported the Jones substi- 1
tute including Dill, and 16 republicans
voted against it. Those supporting
the bill were Borah, Brookhart, Couz
cns, Johnson of California, LaFol
ette, McNary, Oddie, Pepper and
Shortridge. Stanfield did not vote.
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DAWES PLAN IS
PLEASING TO THE
ALLIED COUNCIL
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 13.—The allocation of
two and one-quarter per cent of the
receipts from Germany, und^r the
Dawes plan, beginning with the first
payment of American war damages,
was the first point settled by the in
terallied finance ministers. The ple
nary session set today adjourned un
til tomorrow" on account of negotia
tions needed to solve the remaining
problems.
The share received by the United
States will reduce the percentages of
the Allies, France ceding the larger
part, one and one-quarter per cent, ex
plaining that an extension of the pe
riod over which the Wadsworth agree
ment, now scrapped, would spread
out over occupation expenses, tak
ing about 50 per cent from the repa
rations payments. A further offset is
that after Belgium receives her prior
ity payments, in about tw-o years the
Belgian percentage will fall to four
and one-half per cent from eight.
America’s delegation used this argu
ment, resisting the demand of the al
lies to defer until next year the first
payment of American army occupation
costs.
American Claims Sustained
It was announced that the entire
war claims of the United States, both
for the cost of the occupation forces
and for damages sustained, roughly
speaking about $600,000,000, would be
paid at the rate of $25,000 a year from
the proceeds of the Dawes plan for
reparations, payments extending over
about 25 years.
The next plenary session will be
held tomorrow.
BODY OF SEABORG
FOUND IN WATER
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 13—The body of
Ernest Seaborg, State Fish Supervi
sor, whose automobile was found yes
;erday standing near the waterway,
vas found yesterday in about eight
feet of water. An abrasion over the
right eye indicated that he had slipped
m the edge of the decaying wharf,
struck his head on the piling, and
falling in the water drowned almost
immediately.
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CHANGE IN OFFICE
WILL NOT AFFECT
FOREIGN POLICY
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—It was
stated today at the White House that
the change in the office of secretary
of state, fror^^fharles Evan Hughes
to Frank Kellogg would not cause
any change in the nation’s foreign
policy and that the non-recognition of
Russia would be maintained while
conditions in that country remain as
they are. No changes in the cabinet
are expected except the departure of
Hughes, Gore and Davis having with
drawn their resignations at the re
quest of the President.
WOULD ABOLISH
PAROLE BOARDS
(By Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 13.—Senator Met
calf of Tacoma, introduced a bill in
the Washington legislature abolishing
the parole board. The bill would cre
ate a board of pardons, would limit
the power of the governor to pardon
parole, or commute sentences. The
board would consist of the governor
attorney general, secretary of state,
trial judge and prosecuting attorney
of the county in which the prisoner
was sentenced. In each case nobody
sentenced for life ot* for murder could
be pardoned until they served at least
ten years.
SHIPPING BOARD
EXPECTS MAKE
PROFIT ON SHIPS
(By Associated Press!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 13.—
Vice-Chairman Plummer of the Ship
ping Board told the House investigat
ing committee, that the expenses of
the government fleet could be reduced
$10,000,000 “by any competent ship
ping man.”
He explained that government ves
sels did not have to earn interest on
their investment, maintain a sinking
fund for depreciation, or similar items
and asserted that these equalled the
advantage of foreign owners over
American ships. He said American
vessels should make a profit if for
eign vessels do, and said that expe
rienced operators made a slight profit
with government vessels in many in
stances.
Shanghai Is Scene
of Battle Again
(By Associated Press)
MANILA, Jan. 13—Three United
States destroyers left for Shanghai as
the result of fighting there. Other
warships are under orders to pro
ceed in the event service is needed.
Pacific Coast League
Season Starts April 7
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Jan. 13.—
Directors of the Pacific Coast base
ball league, adopted that the games
of the coming season start on April
7.
Oakland will play at Sacramento,
Mount Vernon at Salt Lake, Seattle
at San Francisco and Portland at
Los Angeles.
At the end of the season a “little
world series” game, to be played
with the American Assocation has
been definitely adopted.
At the closng week of the Pacific
coast league, which terminates on
October 13, Portland will play at Se
attle, Salt Lake at Sacramento, Oak
land at San Francisco and Vernon at
Los Angeles.