VOLUME XVIII
NUMBER 2^7
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SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1923
PRICE TEN CENTS
TO DRY UP AMERICA
ID STOP LEAKS 1
IDE VOLSTEAD ACT
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—A sweep
ing program of Federal and State co
operation designated to dry up the
United States and stop leakages in
the Volstead Act and Eighteenth
amendment was adopted last night by
President Coolidge’s Law and Order
jponference at the White House, at
tended by the governors of thirty-six
states and territories.
Governor Smith of New \ork and
Governor Ritchie of New Jersey de
clared that the law could not be en
forced, but President Coolidge told
his hearers that the machinery pro
vided by Congress and State legisla
tures must be used to the full extent
of its capacity to secure enforcement
of prohibition laws.
“It certainly is my own purpose and
intent so to use it,” he said.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 22.—Ger
many is on the point of falling back
ward into the arms of Russia, because
of the French policy on reparations
on the one hand and the growth of
Communism on the other was the in
terpretation placed upon late cable
dispatches from abroad, Lloyd George
said here today.
M
urn
BLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Colonel
Gibbs, Signal Corps, left today for
Seaule to confer there with cable offi
cials on plans for laying the new ca
ble from the Alaska to Seattle, the
first delivery of which is to be made
in London in March for shipment on
the I'. S. cableship Dellwood.
V%__
IS FIR 15 MILE FORTY
By night trains will be running
nearly as far as Mile 40 on this end
of the road, and were the bridge at
Placer river and along the Arm fixed
trains could probably creep through
to Anchorage. The roadbed is in bad
shape, however, owing to being so
saturated with water that it is soft,
^ and unless it dries out before cold
weather will bother more or less all
winter, as the frost will cause heaves
in the w'et ground.
Yesterday the crews repaired large
breaks at Mile 20.5 and Mile 23.5 and
a crew is also working near Hunter,
where some damage was done to the
grade by the river above Trail lake
overflowing the track.
Roadmaster George Colwell is a
very busy man these days, and de
spite lack of equipment and men, is
making good time toward the Arm.
Foremen Gus Maiithey and Jack
t Price are working parts of crews, the
f former on the bridge gang and the
latter on the roadbed, while the crews
of the crane and the local freight are
also kept busy hustling supplies and
materials to the front.
At Mile 26 the waters of Trail Lake
stood over the track and railroad
grade from tw'o to four feet and at
other points glacier streams were di
verted and cut through the roadbed.
HEADQUARTERS TO BOOM
M’ADOO SOON BE OPENED
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—National head
quarters to boom M’Adoo for presi
dential nominee will soon be opened
here.
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PAPER PULP PROJECT
PURRED FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, Oct. 22—Wm. G. Weigh,
supervisor of the Snoqualmie National
forest, announced today that Colorado
interests in connection with a propo
sal to develop Alaska pulp resources,
i have engineers working at Shrimp
j Bay, near Ketchikan, and California
i engineers are in Thomas Bay near
* Petersburg. He said: “These engi
i
neers are seeking sites near water
power and their report should be
ready within a few weeks and there
is every indication that both power
projects will materialize.
BODY OF III
FOlli 1 BEACH
; OLYMPIA, Oct. 22.—The partly
j charred body found on the beach in
: the harbor here yesterday, has been
identified as the remains of Miss Jo
I sephine, the twenty-year-old daughter
of H. C. Robey, an Everett business
; man. The girl has been missing the
: past two weeks, her disappearance
i fbllowing her heroic rescue of two
! swimmers at White Rock, B. C., which
i her parents declare had affected her
j mentally.
PINCHOT AGAIN PLAGES
1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Governor
Pinchot today again made an informal
I statement placing the responsibility of
1 enforcing the prohibition laws upon
1 the Federal government.
SEN
TOLEDO, O., Oct. 22.—Found guilty
of extortionate fees in securing com
raer congressman Benjamin F. Welly,
of Lima, Saturday afternoon was sen
pensation for disabled soldiers, ior
tenced to serve a year in the work
house and to pay a fine of $500, by
Federal Judge Paul Jones.
MORO FANATICS ARMED WITH
RIFLES ARE RUNNING AMUCK
MANILA, P. I., Oct. 22.—The gov
ernor of Cotabatti telegraphed the
Governor General today that 290 Mo
ros armed with rifles and brass can
non are running amuck in the moun
tain fastnesses of Cotabatti province.
SEAT TLE, Oct. 22.—Congressman
Curry of California, who arrived here
today to confer with the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce over the pro
posed fisheries regulations, said in an
address here last night that the best
cure for the alleged ills of Alaska is
that she be let alone, unhampered by
foolish restrictions.
Geor. Schmidt, the popular propri
etor of the Seward Bakery, is a return
ing passenger on the ~ka, accom
panied by his bride.
TODAY’S FISH PRICES
Seattle, at noon 22 Inst., fresh hali
but 22 cents per pound.
JUNEAU, Oct. 22.Fresh halibut 13^
cents and 8% cents; sableflsh 4 cents.
COPVmOHT KEV1TONE VIEW 'CO. NEW YORK ’
THE ENGLISH DERBY WINNER DEFEATED SATURDAY BY GEV.
C. W. Jarvis (left) trainer of Papyrus, celebrated English Derby winner,
looking over his charge just before t he race Saturday, at Belmont Park, N.
Y. Papyrus was defeated six lengths by Gev, the American three-year-old.
for a purse of $100,000. The race was in the nature of an international one.
AMERICAN HORSE
WINS BIG MCE
8Y SIS! LE1IS
BELMONT PARK, Saturday, Octo
ber 20.—Zev, the great American rep
resentative in the $100,000 interna
tional horserace, defeated Papyrus,
the British champion, this afternoon,
in a mile and a half of heavy going.
Time 2:35. The American horse won
handily by six lengths.
A great crowd stood with bared
heads while the bands played the Na
tional anthems of England and Amer
ica, just prior to starting the race, at
3:45.
Admiral Grayson, owner of My Own,
declined to race his horse against
Zev, as proposed by Spaulding Jen
kins, president of the association. He
gave no reasons. Zev is said to be
suffering from a skin disease.
Odds just before the race fell to 2
to 1 against Pappyrus.
PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC
SHOWS EARNINGS FOR YEAR
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—The net in
come of the Pacific Gas and Electric
Company for the year ending July 31
was $16,684,157 as compared to
$14,324,728 last year.
BROKEN FOOTBALL GAME
PUYALLUP, Oct. 22.—Allan R.
Johnson, 16, had his neck broken and
died a half hour later in a football
scrimmage Saturday, the first game of
the season.
SUPREME COURT REVIEW
GRANTED IN POTHER CASE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 —The gov
ernment was granted a supreme court
review today of its case against Ro
land R. Pother, charged with the mur
der of Major Cronkhite at Camp Lew
is several years ago.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.—Christer H.
Krum, a noted lawyer of this city,
dropped dead in his apartments Sat
urday.
MOSES GETS EXCITED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Senator
Moses visiting the Whitehouse after
a swing through 12 states in the east
and middle west pronounced the Vol
stead act a “jackass statute;,” and ask
ed what congress would do about it
the forthcoming session.
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LLOYD 6EIRGE
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.—Lloyd George
in a speech replying to the attack
upon him by General George Dunmont
an attache of the French embassy in
Washington, in which the general ut
tered a fervent prayer that France
might be “protected against some of
its friends,” meaning England, said:
“France forgets already what England
did for her in the bitter days of 1914
1S. No such prayers were heard from
France in those days. Nine hundred
thousand British dead on the battle
fields of France tells a story of Bri
tain’s friendship.”
It was a rebuke in measured but
bitter tones, every word being care
fully picked before being' uttered.
TARIFF COMMISSION WILL GO
TO BOTTOM OF SUGAR RAISE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—It was an
nounced here today that the tariff
commission is determined to go to the
bottom of the x’ecent raise in the
prices of sugar and the effects of the
tariff on prices. January 15th is fixed
as the date for the hearing on sugar
prices.
SONOFGOVERNORBQNE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.—Scott
W. Bone, a son of Governor Scott C.
Bone of Alaska, and Miss Lora Cul
bertson, a school teacher at Omaha,
were married here Saturday.
REPUBLICAN PROGRESSIVES
MAP OUT WINTER PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Republi
can Progressives of the West, who
will hold the balance of power in the
new congress are mapping out a pro
gram both as to legislation and organ
ization of the House and Senate.
BERLIN, Oct. 22.—At the close of
the official day on exchange, one Uni
ted States dollar was quoted as worth
12,000,000,000 marks.
STANDARD SERVICE BRINGS
7,000 BARRELS REFINED OIL
The Standard Oil tanker Standard
Service, in port this week, brought
7,000 barrels of gasoline, distillate and
lubricating oils. The Omaney, Capt.
John Johnson, the Commonwealth,
the Senator, the Starr, and the Daley,
as well as a score of smaller vessels
took oil at the plant this week.
SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—Isaac Ham
burger, a former Federal officer of ihe
Third Division, with headquarters at
Valdez, who was shot Satuiday and
fatally wounded by Policeman S. K.
Short, who emptied his revolver at a
trio of shoplifters died today, a half
hour after the arrival of his wife from
Paradise, California, where Mr. Ham
burger’s family resided.
Short has been arrested and will be
tried for manslaughter.
BRITAIN, FINLAND
10 cues HAVE
RAIDS 0.5. DEBTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The U. S.
Debts Funding Commission issued a
statement that Britain, Finland and
Cuba have paid their debts to the
United States or effective settlement
arrangements have been made; and
that the other sixteen nations on the
debtor list owe the United States
I about $70,589,050, and only a few of
j them are giving promise of early set
tlement. France and Italy owe about
sixty million of this total.
SANKER PLEADS GUILTY;
DAYTON, O., Oct. 22.—Pleading
guilty of embezzling $104,547 from
the Miamisburg Banking Company of
which he was president, John J.
Schwartz was sentenced to 30 years
in the penitentiary. >
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22—John R.
Quinn, of California, was elected Na
tional Commander of the American
Legion on the eleventh ballot at the
closing session of the Fifth Annual
Convention of California. Quinn, who
was nominated as the “Educated
Cowboy,” won by a margin of five,
over James A. Drain, of the District
of Columbia.
INCREASE AWARDED TO ALL
U. S. RAILROAD EMPLOYES
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—United States
railroads tonight awarded increases of
from one to two cents an hour to ail
clerks, station forces, dock, ware
house and platform freight handlers
and similar employes of 65 railroads
WORLD SURVEY OF
If ORDER SEPT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—A worlc
survey of agriculture is being made
at the direction of Secretary Wallace
it was announced today, to keep the
farmers in America informed as to
foreign conditions and competition
and to indicate what opportunity ex
ists abroad for the sale of Americar
farm products.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS OCCUPIED
BY GERMAN INSURGENTS
AIX LA CHAPPELLE, Oct. 22.—
Insurgent Rhinelanders occuped pub
lic buildings in this city at 4 o’clock
this morning without opposition from
the Security police, and proclaimed
the Nation a republic.
Saturday Gateway, $3 per year.
PARIS, Oct. 22.—A dispatch to the
Journal from Aix la Chappelle this
morning says that headquarters of the
Separatists anonunce that Coblenz,
Mayence, Weisbad, Montjoit, Munich,
Engldach, Erdeletz, Wurzilen and the
entire Belgian zone in Germany are in
the hands of the Rhineland govern
ment.
Republic Is Proclaimed
DUSSELDORF, Oct. 22.—Rhineland
Separatists have successfully pro
claimed a republic in Aix la Chappelle
and are now planning to make their
regime effective throughout the entire
zone occupied by the French and Bel
gians. Joseph Mathes, head of he
Separatist Labor movement, set up
Central headquarters at Du’erin today.
Rhineland Forces Take Mayence
MAYENCE, Germany, Oct. 22.—The
Rhineland forces entered Mayence to
day with some resistance when they
attempted to occupy the city hall.
Success of Movement Doubted
PARIS, Oct. 22.—It is understood
that Premier Poincare doubts the
success of the Separatist movement in
the Rhineland and apprehends increas
ed difficulties for the Allies if it suc
ceeds. French official circles are wor
ried over the reports, believing that a
solidarity of German political parties
will make trouble in collecting repara
tions payments.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The old
steamship Burnside, now at Seattle,
has been withdrawn from the propos
ed auction of antiquated vessels to be
held at Seattle, October 23, and has
been transferred to the War Depart
ment for use as a eableship in con
nection with laying the Alaska cable
from Seattle to Seward next year.
PARIS, Oct. 22.—There is a grow
ing conviction in diplomatic and po
litical circles that the German govern
ment is maneuvering in an attempt to
hold off the agreement regarding the
payment of reparations until after
the French general election next
spring.
COOLIDGE TAKES UP PROBLEM
ENFORCEMENT DRY LAWS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—President
Coolidge this afternoon took up the
most troublesome problem confront
ing the administration at 'present, in
a meeting with the governors of the
States of the Union to discuss further
enforcement of prohibition laws.
THOMAS WILSON DEAD
Thomas Wilson, a well known old
timer of this section, died in Red
lands, California, June 5th, and was
buried in the Redlands cemetery by
the Knights of Pythias, of which or
ganization he was a member. Mr.
Wilson died of cancer of the liver,
after about a year’s illness.
THEDA BARA BACK TO MOVIES
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22.—Theda
Bara has returned to the movies after
an absence of six years from the
screen.
Albert Rosness, the well known Ke
nai-Seward mail carrier and contrac
tor is a returning passenger on the
Alameda.