\ OLUME XIX, NUMBER 120
SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 20,1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
PUBLICITY FOR TAX
RETURNS OPPOSED
BY THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, May 20.—President
Coolidge today let it be known that
he regards as very undesirable some
of the amendments made to the tax
bill hv the Senate.
Amendments viewd by the presi
dent as particularly undesirable are
those relating to taxation ct corpo
rations and to publicity on income
tax returns. These amendments lit
regards as more undesirable than the
* substitution of the Simmons surtax
‘ rates for the Mellon rates votfd >es
1 rday by the Senate.
The position of the president on
the revenue measure was declared
at 'lie White House to be substan
tially unchanged namely, firm adhe
rence to the Mellon plan without
compromise of its essential provi
sions.
InQUity as to whether the Sena1 c
changes might lead the president it
veto the bill brought the reply that
Mr. Coolidge does not feel that an
announcement of executive action
should be made until a bhi is before
*him for consideration ir. its entirety,
Any announcement would be particu
larly inopportune at the present in
the president's belief because of the
possibility that the measure may yet
undergo considerable change, not
only in the Senate but in conference,
VIEWS ON FREEDOM
FILIPINOS EXPRESSED
WASHINGTON, May 20.-Diverg
ing views were presented in the
House today on Philippine indepem
ence. Immediate freedom was advo
cated by Mrs. Helena Hill Weed o<
Connecticut, representing several v
men’s societies who denounced whal
she termed American commercial im
perialism and military pressure in the
Islands.
AMBASSADOR HANIHARI
MAY RESIGN OFFICE
TOKIO, May 20.—Ambassador Han
ihara may be permitted to resign hb
Washington post soon, Foreign Minis
ter Matsui told newspaper men today
GERMAN BUILT ZEPPELIN
FLY TO STATES THIS SUMMER
LAKEHURST, May 20—The Ger
man-built Zeppelin, Senior 3, which
will fly from Friedrichhafen to Lake
hurst ,forty-five hundred miles this
summer, will have five hundred hoiS-3
power brakes permitting her to be
slewed down to put to a mas: when
running before a sir ng wind. Cap
tain Erick A. Lehman, who will comt
to the United States to arrange foi
delivery said the ship will carry ovei
forty-four tons of fuel to carry her tc
the States and will be driven at a
speed of eighty miles an hour.
SEND IN YOUR NAME
TO JOIN EXCURSION
Parties desiring to go on the Sew
ard Chamber of Commerce excursion
to Dillingham in July should turn ir
their names to J. P. Hannon, secre
tary as soon as possible, as only 3
limited number can go. The steam
ship company has cut the iare to hall
and under in order to give Seward an
opportunity to meet the residents ol
the many camps to the westward. A
fine time wall be had as the towns are
preparing to welcome visitors.
TRANSMISSION OF
PORTRAITS BY WIRE
NEW YORK, May 20.—The trans
mission of photographs from Cleve
land to New York City over ordinal*}
telephone lines was accomplished to
day.
AUTHORITY EXCEEDED IS CLAIM
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Senatoi
Shortridge, republican, when inform
ed of the Japanese exclusion agree
ment of the conferees declared that
the committee had exceeded its au
thority.
COLLECTOR DEAD
TACOMA, May 20.—G. C. Mudgett
38, a deputy collector of customs, ai
Vancouver, Wash., collapsed on i
^ £jCe floor here last night and diet
a few minutes later.
THE FIRST ONE OF THE SEASON
IM -ia
COPYRIGHT KEY STONE VIEW CO., NEW YORK
Babe Ruth, Sultan of the Swat, au
tographing the first ball pitched this
Season in Boston, Mass., in the open
ing game between the Yankees and the
| Red Sox.
CARELESS PERSONS
SPREADING DISEASE
WASHINGTON. May 20.—Respon
sibility for the spread of the foot
and mouth disease among cattle in
California was placed by Secretary
Wallace in a statement today on
thoughtless persons who travel from
infected farms to non-infected farms
The secretary said that if that was
stopped th joint efforts of the de-!
partment of agriculture and the au
thorities of California would stamp
out the disease in a very short time.
“If we could get people to under
stand the importance of keeping away
from infected areas this disease would
be wiped out in short order. One of
the most serious cases in a large1
band of sheep was due to one per- j
son who insisted in riding over the
different ranges to see if the stock
there had the disease.”
MOST OF SAN FRANCISCO
COUNTY RELEASED FROM
QUARANTINE FOR PLAGUE
_
i SACRAMENTO, May 20—All San
; Francisco county with the exception of
•'Butchertown” and sections of Alame
da, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced,
Madera ,Kern and Los Angeles coun
ties, which have been classed a? “mod
ified areas” since April 30, today were
released from all foot anti mouth di
sease quarantine by action of the fed
eral and state governments.
JAPANESE STUDENTS
HOLD MASS MEETING
TOKTO, May 20.—Seven thousand !
! Japanese students held a mass meet- ■
1 ing and delivered inflammatory ad- 1
dresses on the passage of the Japa- j
nese exclusion measure by the United j
States congress.
SNOHOMISH MAN WRECKS
MOTORCYCLE; ENDS LIFE
SNOHOMISH, May 20—After de
molishing his new motorcycle by run
ning into a truck, Egidio Missi, aj
farmer who lives near here, hanged
himself late yesterday, according to
the police. He was returning to his
home after making a payment on the
machine. After the wreck, Missi ob
tained a rope and tied one end to his
neck and the other to a bridge and
jumped off .He was found dead shortly
| after.
FARMER LIGHTS FIRE
WITH KEROSENE-DEAD
SEATTLE, May 20—Harry Gast, a
Whidby Island farmer lighted a five
with coal oil, and four of his chil
dren perished as his house burned.
He poured the kerosene on hot coals
from a five gallon can.
3ISH0P OF PORTLAND DEAD
PORTLAND, Maine, May 19—The
Rt. Rev. Louis Sebastian Walsh, Ro
man Catholic Bishop of Portland,
died Saturday of cerebral hemor
rhage.
SLUMP IN BOOK SALES
NEW YORK, May 19.—Too many
fiction magazines have caused the
i slump in book sales according to S.
i L. Nye, president of the booksellers’
association.
REGULAR MEETING
OF COMMON COUNCIL
HELD LAST NIGHT
Regular meeting of the Common
Council ot the Town of Seward, May
1924.
Meeting called to order at 8 o’clock
by Mayor Ray. Present, Councilmen
Badger, Ellsworth, Hetman, McMul
len and Orlander; absent, Adelman.
• Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Communication from S. M. Graff
was read declining to accept the
franchise granted him by Ordinance
No. 79, referred to unfinished busi
ness.
T! e audit of the books 11 'IV>as-'
ur-r and Municipal Clerk for period
'mil 1" 1923 to ‘.rril 7. 1924, inclu
sive was submitted by A. L. Meyer,
auliioi ;rd was referred to .on itt
tee on finance.
Ordinance No. 84 was presented by
the Committee on Streets on regula
tion of vehicular traffic and laid over
to next meeting.
Two ordinances were submitted by
the City Attorney amending Ordi
nance No. 31. “Regulating Construc
tion of buildings,” read and laid over
to next meeting.
Report from Seward School Board
was presented and referred to Com
mittee on Schools.
The following bills were presented
and read:
Gateway Publishing Co.„..$74.00
Benson & Whittemore . 14.25
Standard Oil Co. 17.00
J. L. Graef . 8.40
L. Urbach . 33.00
Wm. H. Whittlesey . 72.00
Councilman Hofmau moved, second
ed by Councilman McMullen that the
bills be allowed as read and that
warrants be drawn to pay same. On
roll call all voted affirmatively.
Councilman Hofman moved and
seconded by Councilman Ellsworth,
[hat a warrant be drawn for $2.00
in favor of the Alaska railroad^ an
nual rental for lease of the parking
strip. All voted yes.
The following resolution was voted
by Councilman Hofman:
Be [tv'mur'Mi. Thar the re-n
of office as Councilman of the
Town of Seward, Alaska, of
Stephen Adelman be declared
ended and the office vacant by
reason of the fact that said
Adelman has departed from the
Town of Seward, Alaska with the
intention of remaining absent
from the Territory of Alaska for
a period of more than ninety
days and has not been present
at any meeting of the Common
Council since the 14th day of
April, 1924.
It was moved said resolution be
passed and at roll call motion car
Nominations lo fill the vacancy on
the Common Council being in order
Councilman Ellsworth placed in nom
ination J. H. Flickinger; Councilman
Badger placed in nomination Elwyn
Swetman. On motion nominations
were ordered closed. The mayor re
quested Councilman McMullen to act
as teller. Five votes were cast, El
wyn Swetmann receiving two votes
and J. H. Flickinger three votes. A
second ballot was then had resulting
in four votes for J. H. Flickinger and
one vote for Elwyn Swetmann where
upon the Mayor declared J. H.
Flickinger duly elected to fill the
unexpired term of S. Adelman as
Councilman.
Chairman Ellsworth of the Com
mittee on Fire Protection and Water
Supply reported a broken main near
the garbage dump and that same had
been referred to superintendent of
water company.
Chairman Ellsworth from Commit
tee on Public Health reported need
to build crib for garbage dump.
Councilman Ellsworth moved, sec
onded by McMullen that the Commit
tee on Streets be allowed $100 to
crib in garbage dump.
On roll call motion carried,
the Clerk was instructed to notify
property owners in Block 9 to re
move certain outbuildings and con
nect with sewer in alley of said
block.
Chairman Hofman from Committee
on Glacier Stream reported the ne
cessity of certain work on glacier
stream. Councilman McMullen mov
ed, seconded by Councilman Ells
worth that the glacier stream com
mittee be allowed $250 for work on
said stream. On roll call all voted
yes.
Chairman McMullen of Civic Com
mittee reported that the filling in of
INTEREST LOST IN
SENATE OIL PROBE
BY FORMER AUDIENCE
COMMITTEE RESUMES SESSION
A1 NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH
NO SPECTATORS PRESENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20
In a committee room destitute of
spectators, the practical details of the
oil production on Teapot Dome and
Elk Kill were described last week by
the Senate Oil Committee, by H. Fos
ter Bain, director of the T$ureau of
Mines.
In recent weeks the crowds that once
packed the hearing room have dwin
dled steadily and today for the first
time the committee began its public
hearing with no one present except
members, witnesses and newspaper
men. It was the first meeting in the
week.
In order to show that there was oil
in Teapot Dome below the second wall
creek sand, Senator Walsh, the com
mittee prosecutor, asked Director
Bain about the drilling of a well to
the third wall creek sand. The wit
ness said this well wras producing
about eighty barrels a day.
Seven or eight oil wells have been
drilled under the Doheny lease on the
Elk Hill reserve, the director said, and
have produced about 1,500 barrels. A
great many of them, he said, wrere
offset v’ells. The actual average roy
alty by by Doheny w'as 28 per cent in
December, the witness testified, and is
now 26 per cent. He said that there
had been no new drilling under the
Doheny lease since the senate investi
gation began.
Exchange Favored
Director Bain declared the oil in
Teapot Dome is not suitable for naval
use, and could not be economically
prepared for such use. The natural
and right course, under the circum
stance he said was to exchange the
Teapot Dome oil for other oil which
was suitable for the navy.
COOLIDGE ILL AND
RETURNS TO HIS ROOM
WASHINGTON, May 20— President
Coolidge again cancelled his business
engagements and retired to his room
in the White House.
NEW YORK, May 20—A merger of
the lone scouts v’ith the boy scouts of
America brought the membership of
the body to six hundred and sixty
thousand members ,it was announced
from scout headquarters here.
the parking strip near the dock was
proceeding.
The Mayor suggested that mem
bers of the council should attend the
graduation exercises of the Seward
School when held.
Councilman Ellsworth moved, sec
onded by Councilman Badger, that
the communication from S. M. Graff
with reference to Ordinance No. 79
be placed on file. Carried.
Mr. J. H. Flickinger having ap
peared took his oath of office as a
member of the Common Council and
was conducted to his seat.
The Mayor appointed as members of
Standing Committee No. 10 on Law
Ordinances Councilmen McMullen,
Flickinger and Orlander.
The Committee on Public Schools
requested the Clerk to demand of the
Seward School Board compliance with
the requirements of the Territorial
law and request the presence of
Chairman Painter at the next meet
ing.
A resolution for “Second Avenue,
west side, north of Adams sireet, lo
cal improvement,” came up as unfin
ished business.
Councilman Ellsworth moved sec
onded by Councilman Badger that the
rules be suspended; that the first
reading of the resolution be consid
ered the second reading and that the
same be read for the third reading
by title only and be placed upon its
passage. Resolution was read and
placed on passage and on roll call
motion carried and resolution declar
ed adopted.
Councilman Orlander moved second
ed by Councilman McMullen that the
Committee on Streets be given the
sum of $50.00 for the purpose of re
pairs to the street and road from
Adams street north to Porcupine.
On roll call motion was carried all
voting yes.
The Clerk was instructed to notify
the Town officers to make report in
writing at the first regular meeting
each month.
On motion council adjourned.
MRS. NICHOLAS LONGWORTH
CORVR10MT UNDERWOOD 4 UNDERWOOD, N. V?
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth—the for
mer Alice Roosevelt—wife of the Rep
resentative from Ohio, who is Republi
can flood leader in the House. Mrs.
Longworth has come, herself, to hold
a strong place in politics and her res
idence in the Capital is a gathering
place for political leaders. Note the
resemblance to her famous father.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
NORTHBOUND TODAY
SEATTLE, May 20—'The Admiral
Evans left Seattle this morning with
one hundred pasengers aboard, includ
ing seven round trip passengers. Those
listed for Seward are Milton Hickok,
M. S. Gill and wife, L. A. Lund, N.
Selton, P. Doran, E. H. Knapp, F. E.
Carlson, A. Duquette, Mrs. E. F. Hic
kok, S. R. Hudson, William Bennett,
W. Hanson, J. W. Carroll, D. D. Mc
Kenzie, J. E. Black, N. Stewart, E. C.
Cornell.
BEAUTY PARLORS NEED NOT
HAVE LICENSE IF WOMEN
DON’T HAVE BEARDS CUT
PORTLAND, May 20.—The decision
that beauty parlors need not pay a
state barber license fee so long as wo
men who do not get shaved or have
beard trimmed in such establishments
was handed down by District Judge
Hawkins yesterday in the action brot
by Roy Neer, secretary of the barber’s
union to force Miss Hilda Jensen,
manager of 9 local beauty parlor, to
pay a state license fee.
ABSCONDER TRACED
AS FAR AS SPOKANE
OREGON CITY, Or., May 20 —
Grant B. Dimick, accused in a warrant
sworn to here of forgery, left Port
land Thursday night of last week on
an Oregon-Washington train and rode
as far as Spokane. The former coun
ty judge, lawyer and financier made
no effort to conceal his identity.
Sheriff Wilson points out that no
alarm was spread for Dimick U)jtil
Monday night. This gave him three
days to travel in perfect safety and
he could have reached any one of a
dozen cities in the states.
Check;! g notes and other papers in
Diini'-k - office today show M;a: he
got away with a large sum of money.
Sheriff Wilson said today that Wil
son had been carrying on an extensive
system of forgery for many years.
He had two rubber stamps with which
to endorse bogus documents mak
ing it appear they had been filed in
the recorder’s office.
BATTLING SIKI IS
AGAIN IN HOSPITAL
OMAHA, May 19—Battling Siki, the
African battler from St. Louis Sene
gal, was rushed to the hospital here
today after he had been injured in an
auto accident. This is one of the most
serious of his recent escapades in this
country and Cuba where his eccentric
activities have resulted in many jail
sentences and hospital residences.
ACTION ON JAP QUESTION
BE LEFT PENDING
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20—
Pending the receipt of reports from
the state labor department on the im
migration bill and Japanese exclusion,
Coolidge will leave undetermined his
action on the measure.
ARMY AVIATORS REACH
MINATO, JAPAN, TODAY
Ml NATO, Japan, May 20.—The
three United States Army air
planes arrived here this morning
from Yeterofu Island on their way
around the world. The machines
are in good condition. Tomor
row they will hop off again.
Fren?h Aviator Off
HONG KONG, China, May 20.—
Doisy, the French aviator, attempt
ing a flight from Paris to Japan
hopped off at Canton this morning
for Shanghai.
SHANGHAI, May 30—Doisy, the
French aviator bound from Paris to
Tokio arrived here from Canton at 4
this afternoon but in landing complete
ly wrecked his machine.
WOODS GIVES REASONS
FOR WANTING TO QUIT
TOKIO, Japan, May 20.—Ambassador
Woods declared that he resigned, not
because of the Japanese exclusion
bill, but because he wished to enter
j private business. He sails for Se
! attle, June 6th.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20—
The resignation of Woods as ambassa
dor to Japan has been accepted by the
President.
EXTRA VESSEL PLACED
ON JAPAN-U. S. RUN
TOKYO, May 20.—The Nippon Yu
sen Kaisha has place*: extra vessels
on the run to the Uniteii States today
in order to accommodate the great
number of Japanese residents in the
Flowery Kingdom seeking to return
to the United States before the exclu
sion law becomes effective.
OREGON CARPENTER NAMED
HEAD OF SOCIALIST PARTY
NEW YORK, May 20—-Frank T.
Johns, thirty-five years old anti a car
penter of Portland, Oregon, was nomi
nated President of the Socialist part}
at their National Conevntion here. The
name Socialist Labor party was adopt
ed for the campaign. Verne L. Rey
nolds, thirty-eight of Baltimore was
elected Vice President. The convention
was attended by forty delegates from
fifteen states and resolutions were
passed condemning the corruption in
national affairs also sorrow for the
death of Lenine ,of Russia.
FARM BLOC PLANS
BLOCK ADJOURNMENT
WASHINGTON, May 20.—The farm
bloc bas perfected plans today to
| block adjournment of Congress June
! 7 unless farm relief legislation and
the disposition of Muscle Shoals are
taken up in the Senate.
CUTTER ALGONQUIN SEIZES
DUTCH HARBOR SEALER
WASHINGTON, May 20—The reve
nue cutter Algonquin reported the
seizure last week of the Dutch Har
bor Sealer Halley from Unalaska with
a full load of seal fur and one sea ot
ter pelt aboard. The officers and the
crew are held on a charge of violating
sealing law’s.
HARRY THAW FREED
AND GIVEN PROPERTY
PHILADELPHIA May 20.—Harry
Thaw, after 17 years in the jails and
asylums of this country w’as formally
freed unconditionally and his prop
erty restored to him.
SEATTLE MOTORISTS
SWINDLE THE STATE
SEATTLE, May 20.—Fifteen hun
dred Seattle motorists have swindled
the State of Washington out of thou
sands through fraudulent use of Cali
fornia licenses, Chief of Police Matt
Starwich announced in preparing to
prosecute.
LOS ANGELES May 20—The bank
ruptcy case of James J. Jeffries, for
mer champion heavyweight fighter,
was closed today. A petition to close
the case made by his lawyers wras
granted.