VOLUME 20.
NUMBER 35
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925
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Antitoxin Relay Nearing End of Trip
SCOTTY CLARK AT
NULATO WITH
PACKAGESERUM
TEAMS ARE FAR AHEAD OF TIME
OF FIRST RELAY— MUSHERS j
OUT OF BLIZZARD AREA AND j
TEAMS MAKING GOOD TIME.
ANCHORAGE. Feb. 12.— Scotty
Clark arrived at Nulato with the pack
age of serum at S:45 o’clock last
night. The antitoxin left Nulato at
9:00 o’clock for Kaltag in a heavy
snow storm. It is reported the relays
are six hours and 50 minutes ahead
of the schedule made by the first se
rum relay on its arrival at Ruby.
Teams Increasing Speed
RUBY, Feb. 11.—The serum relay
teams are mushing out of the blizzard
area and have increased their speed
from six to eight miles an hour. They
reached Kaltag at six o’clock this
morning, traveling from Ruby to Kal
tag in 23 hours and 23 minutes. The
teams are due at Unalaklik tonight.
They are 8 hours and 41 minutes
ahead of the time made in the first
relay.
Quarantine Be Raised Sunday.
NOME. Wednesday, Feb. 11.—The
quarantine is expected to be raised
February 20, constituting a thirty day
quarantine. Several patients were
quarantined early in the epidemic and
have recovered and will be released
Saturday. On recommendation of Dr.
Welch, Governor Bone authorized
Chairman Summers of the Board of
Health to handle relays on this end.
Summers dispatched Ed Rohn with a
fast team down the coast to meet the
team from Unakaklik. Rohn perhaps
will make the round trip to Isaacs
Point, but shorter relays will be pro
vided if necessary.
Mushers Pass Whaleback
RUBY, Feb. 12.—The antitoxin re
lay team passed Whaleback, three
and a half hours from Unalakleet,
at 9:10 last night. The trail across
the Portage is heavy.
Negro Beaten to Death
By Jealous White Man
TACOMA, Feb. 12— Prescott Sun
day, a negro of the underworld, and
a well known local character, was
beaten to death in his automobile last
night. This is the third homicide in
the past five days. Dorothy Allen, a
white girl, was arrested for complicity
in the killing, and Bill Taylor, a white
man, is being sought by the police
who said that Taylor was jealous of
the attentions the negro bestowed on
the girl.
Property Owners Indorse
Gov’t Reclamation Project
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Feb. 12.—
Property owners in the Kittitas recla
mation district at a special election
held yesterday, approved by a vote of
755 to 76 the contract offered by the
Interior Department for the construc
tion of a nine million dollar reclama
tion service on the Kittitas highline
canal, a unit of the Yakima reclama
tion project.
Ocean Going Tug Nabbed
With 3,000 Cases Booze
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 12.—The
ocean-going tug Lorraine Rita of New
York, with a cargo of 3000 cases of
liquor and a crew of twelve, was cap
tured by the coast guard pa*' 1 last
night. This is one of the rgest
seizures of liquor in this section.
Fate Now in Hands of Higher Power
Wrangell Sends Out
Radio Set for Repairs
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Captain J. A.
Clark, cannery superintendent at Lake
Bay, southeastern Alaska, who arrived
here this week exhibited a spruce box
containing Wrangell’s .community ra
dio set. He said: “This set came to
be regarded in Wrangell somewhat the
same as the holy cow in India. Some
thing went wrong and there was no
high priest to find out what the trou
ble was. It was entrusted to me after
deep deliberation to bring to Seattle
for expert attention. Until I return
to Wrangell with it not a soul in that
town will enjoy a good night’s sleep.’
iOLYMPIA SENATE
SUSTAINS VETO
GOV. HARTLEY
LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES JOINT
RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN AND
WILL REMAIN IN SESSION FULL
SIXTY DAYS ALLOWED BY LAW
OLYMPIA. Wash. Feb. 12—The Sen
ate taday sustained Governor Hart
ley’s veto of the $400,000 appropriation
for seed wheat for Washington far
mers, by a vote of 27 to 15. Twenty
eight votes were necessary to pass the
bill over the veto. The House passed
a resolution adjourning until 10 a. m.
tomorrow.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 12—With
the organization seemingly disrupted,
both Houses met and adjourned to
1:30 this afternoon.
Will Remain-in Session.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 12.—The
legislature decided to remain in ses
sion “until the business before it is
attended to,” thus scrapping the joint
resolution adopted less than two
weeks ago calling an adjournment for
yesterday. Both houses are meeting
today, despite the fact that it is a na
tional holiday.
136 MINERS DEAD
FROM EXPLOSION
LONDON, Feb. 12.—A dispatch from
Berlin said that it was officially stated
that 136 miners were dead from an
explosion of fire damp which blocked
the exits of the Stein mines at Fort
mund, Germany, last night. Seventy
one bodies have been recovered.
Opposition to Warren
Holds Up Appointment
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—
After Senator Cummings, chairman
of the Senate Judiciary Committee had
informed President Coolidge of the
opposition which had developed to the
appointment of Charles E. Warren of
Michigan as Attorney General, it was
announced that administration lead
ers would seek to prevent action this
session. Warren’s activities in the
sugar business in Michigan figured
largely in the opposition to his ap
pointment.
TRAIN OUT TODAY
Passengers on the Admiral Watson
were taken as far as the slide today,
the train leaving at 11 o’clock. They
were transferred at the slide to a train
waiting on the other side.
Sir Thomas Lipton, now 73, ex
pects to build a fifth Shamrock as a
challenger for the America’s cup.
ALASKA PLACERS
EXCESS 20 ACRES
BE PATENTED
PROVIDED THAT CLAIMS LIE BE
TWEEN AND ADJOINING PAT
ENTED CLAIMS ON ALL SIDES
AND IS OF A CERTAIN LENGTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12 —
The House passed the Senate bill to
permit placer mining claims in the
Territory of Alaska with an area in
excess of the twenty acres provided
for in law to be patented, provided
that the tract lies between and adjoin
ing patented claims on all sides, and
is not over 1320 feet long.
It is believed the bill will stimulate
placer mining in certain districts in
the Territory.
Herschel Parker May
Hare Been Kidnapped
And Taken to India
NEW YORK, Feb. 12—Mrs. Evelyn
Naeggele Parker, wife of the -well
known explorer, Herschel C. Parker,
who proved Dr. Cook a faker in the
ascent of Mt. McKin^gy, says her hus
band has been" missing since 1919,
and her counsel said that an uniden
tified woman had informed him over
the telephone that Swami Radedandan
had hypnotized Parker and taken him
to India to promote anti-British propa
ganda. Mrs. Parker is seeking a di
vorce.
BALANCE IN MARKS GREW
200,000 TIMES AS LIABILITY
BERLIN, Feb. 12.—Depositors in
German banks who carried accounts
in the days of paper marks find
those accounts a liability which would
frighten a man not accustomed to the
fantastic figures of inflation days.
An American who had a small pa
per mark account and thought he
had drawn it all out before the ren
tenmark was stabilized, recently re
ceived a letter from his bank, advis
ing him that since the various stip
ulations of the Dawes plan have
come into effect and the new Reichs
bank currency has been established
his account of 995,000 paper marks
has been converted into a reichs
mark account. The rate of conver
sion was 1,000,000,000 old marks for
one new mark. In other words, the
paper mark account became a small
fraction of a new pfennig. Against
this the bank charged outlays for
postage and expenses aggregating
300,000,000,000, leaving the depositor
more than 200,000,000,000 paper
marks in the debt of the bank for
having neglected to draw out his
.worthless balance.
However, the banks are not asking
the depositors to pay for the privi
lege of having allowed a balance to
remain in old marks. The letter
states: “Considering that this latter
amount represents only a fraction
of one new reichsmark, we prefer
for simplicity’s sake, to refrain from
asking you to cover this small item
and beg that you consider this ac
count closed.” •
The banks offer 6 per cent inter
est on accounts in reichsmarks, while
loans made to customers pay inter
est running as high as 2 per cent.
WORK IN NAVY YARDS HAS
BEEN STOPPED; MONEY SHORT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Owing to
a shortage of funds, work in the Navy
yards on the Pacific and Atlantic
coasts will be curtailed starting on
March first.
Sportsmen Send Hay
To Save Alaska Deer
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—In response to
an appeal from Alaska sportsmen, the
an appeal from the Petersburg Com
mercial Club, the Seattle Times has
started a campaign in the sports sec
tion of the paper, and yesterday had
offers of 50 tons of hay for the deer
starving on southeastern Alaskan isl
ands, twice what is needed. The Times
will send what is needed to the game
waredn at Petersburg, who it is re
ported, bought 20 tons of hay, ten of
which went north on the Admiral
Rogers yesterday.
ANOTHER CASE
OF DIPHTHERIA
REPORTED NOME
FEARS EXPRESSED THAT CABIN
DWELLERS MAY BECOME AF
FECTED BY DISEASE GERMS—
HAMMON EMPLOYE TAKEN ILL
NOME, Feb. 12.—Dr. Welch reported
today that another bad case of dipthe
ria had appeared in the city. Bob
Wolfe, an unmarried man, who batch
ed in a cabin with Oscar Peterson,
both employes of the Hammon com
pany, had contracted the disease. Dr.
Welch expressed the fear that more
cases would appear among the cabin
dwellers, who had avoided reporting
lest they be quarantined.
CALIFORNIA SAVES
HISTORIC MISSION
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 12.—Mis
sion San Jose, a picturesque Calif
ornia landmark 30 miles south of
here, is to undergo its first renova
tion since it was erected by the
Spanish padres in 1791. The mis
sion contains historic records and an
ancient graveyard with monuments
bearing the names of some of the
men who opened the gates to west
ern civilization.
After the complete restoration of
Carmel Mission, in Monterey county,
in wdaich the famous padre, Junipera
Serra, is buried, San Juan Bautista
Mission in San Benito county, was
rehabilitated. The San Jose Mission
is next on the program.
There are 21 old Spanish missions
in California, separated from one
another by about 35 miles, a day’s
journey in the old times. The pre
servation committee is headed by
Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover and Joseph K. Knowland, an
Oakland publisher.
GIRDER CUTS DIRIGIBLE;
FREES $17,000 OF HELIUM
SCOTT FIELD, 111., Feb. 11.—Heli
um gas valued at $17,000 escaped,
with an explosion-like report here,
from the United States Army diri
gible TC-5 when the huge bag was
pierced by a steel girder on the
outside of the hangar from which
the ship had been removed prepara
tory to a flight to Springfield, 111.
No one was injured seriously, sev
eral of the ground crew receiving
scratches, it was reported.
To make her way through a
crowded New York subway, Mrs.
Mar£ Tilton beat people right and
left with her crutch until arrested.
She was fined $25.
Police required Mrs. J. G. Mowry
of St. Louis to pick up the pieces
of broken glass from a bottle thrown
from her car, after which she was
arrested and fined.
COLLINS NOT BE
RESCUED BEFORE
SHAFT DOWN FORTY-FIVE FEET
WITH TWENTY-THREE FEET
YET TO GO—APPARENTLY LIT
TLE CHANCE OF SAVING LIFE
CAVE CITY, Feb. 12—Governor
Field’s representative issued an official
statement at 9:00 o’clock this morn
ing saying: “The shaft is about 45
feet deep, and it will take until 9:00
o’clock Saturday night maximum time
to reach the maximum depth of sixty
eight feet, necessary to reach Collins
body. We have little hopes of get
ting him out alive.”
Fate In Hands of Higher Power.
CAVE CITY. Feb. 12—Workers who
reached the limestone honeycombed
section of the cave today admitted
that Collins fate is in higher hands.
While the failure of the emplify de
vices beginning yesterday left his con
dition open to guess, engineering skill
could not predict how close the shaft
was to his prison, because caveins
in the tunnel prevented exploration
up to the point where the body is
caught. The shaft is thirteen feet
from the mouth of the cave.
2,000 Gallons of Booze
Seized On Dairy Farm
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Federal agents
arrested Carl and Eldrich Spane, pro
prietors of a dairy ranch two miles
north of Auburn today, following the
seizure of 2,460 gallons of moonshine
stored in a barn on the ranch. The
authorities said it was one of the larg
est seizures of liquor ever made in
the State. The brothers said the li
quor did not belong to them, and that
they were paid for allowing it to be
stored on their premises.
Seattle Banker Flees
With Funds Concern
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Charges of
grand larceny were filed against
Frank S. Polet, a private investment
banker, who has been missing from
his place of business in Seattle since
Saturday. Joseph Belloni, receiver
for Polet, reports shortages of between
$35,000 and $75,000 entrusted to Polet
by 500 Italians for investment.
John W. Troy Hurries
To Bedside of Mother
SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—John W. Troy,
who has been visiting here, hurried
to Olympia today where his mother, a
Washington pioneer who lives with
her son, Preston T., has become criti
cally ill. Mrs. Troy has been ill for
some time.
BOTH SLIDES CLEARED
AWAY BY NOON TODAY
The two snow slides, one 300 feet
and the other 500 - feet in length,
were cleared away by noon today.
Both slides were this side of Tunnel.
A freight train left here this morning
at 11 o’clock carrying the passengers
from the Admiral Watson.
A freight train is due in Seward to
morrow, from the north. There will
be no passenger train before Satur
day night.
Senora Maria Perez y Moya, a widow
40 years of age, is the first woman to"
be chosen mayor of a town in Spain.