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VOLUME XIX
NUMBER 31
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1924
PRICE TEN CENTS
MINE IS OPENED;
FIRE CAUSED CLOSE
HECLA MINE OPENS WITH CREW
OF 450 MEN—DIVIDENDS
OVER MILLION
BURKE, Idaho, Feb. 5—The Hecla
mine, one of the world’s greatest lead
producers resumed operations Sunday.
It has been idle since July 1923 when
a fire destroyed the shaft. It opens
with a crew of four hundred and fifty
men. Despite the enforced idleness
the mine has paid dividends last year
amounting to one million one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars to stock
holders.
WARM WELCOME AWAITING
RETURN BULGARIAN KING
SOFIA, Feb. 5—Revival of a report
that King Ferdinand is to return to
Bulgaria, was said to be due to the
fact that former Premier ZankofF’s de
nial of the original rumor was garbled
in transmission, and what he really
vsaid was that Ferdinand can “return,
but only as a corpse and in that char
acter we are fully prepared to care
ior nun, out tne wonts only as a
corpse’’ were dropped from the mes
sage.
GOULD BATTLES IOR FORTUNE
PARIS, Feb. 2.—Frank J. Gould is
engaged in a desperate legal battle
to save his fortune of one billion six
hundred thousand francs from being
divided in the French courts with his
former wife, Edith Kelly Gould.
DEPUTY SHERIFF TO STAND
TRIAL MURDER RANCHMAN
SEATTLE, Feb. 5—A. M. Bailey,
former deputy sheriff w'as scheduled
to appear in the superior court today
charged with the murder of Joseph
Smith a Mercer Island rancher last
May. Adolph Boos also charged with
the murder will be a state witness
against Bailey.
YOUTHS RAID DISTILLERY
HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. 5—Three
youthful bandits estimated between
eighteen and twenty-five years of age
last night looted the Hammond distil
lery of liquor valued at one hundred
thousand dollars.
816 STUMER ALASKA
TAKES FEW PASSENGERS
The steamship Alaska which sailed
south Saturday night at ten o’clock,
carried but few passengers, showing
that the peak of the outgoing crowd
has been reached, the northbound ves
seis now carrying the larger crowds.
Passengers leaving Seward were: For
Latouche—John Moore, Gust Mavis,
S. Sakar, Frank Perry. For Juneau—
Mrs. Maude Larsson and children, Ben
C. Delzelle.
For Ketchikan—L. M. Carrigan ,J.
E. Fullerton, Geo. Hamilton.
For Seattle—Mrs. L. White, Mrs.
L. B. White, H. H. Malcolm, A. E.
Norstedt, Mrs. Nellie Don Carlos, E.
Jones, E. Hardin, Chris Totland, Jul- j
ius Eichorn, Robert Guest, Peter Jor- !
gensen, Ruth Linke, Max Hamilton,
Sam Beck, Mrs. Sarah May Bartholf,
Mrs. A. J. Wendler, W. R. Rathbun,
Wm. Arthur ,A. O. Adams, Sam Kam
dahl, Mrs. Joe Magill P. 0. Sundberg,
J. E. Chovin.
RATHER BE TRAFFIC COP
THAN HUNGRY LAWYER
SEATTLE, Feb. 5—John St. John,
newest member of the police force,
is a real honest-to-goodness educated
cop. He spent seven years at the Uni
versity of Washington and got a de
gree in law. He now prefers being a
traffic policeman, he says, because so
many lawyers are starving.
PLANS FOR LABOR TEMPLE
EVEEETT, Feb. 5—Plans for a
magnificent labor temple were being
prepared yesterday by a specially ap
pointed committee.
ATTEMPT FILIBUSTER GUNS
FROM U. S. INTO MEXICO
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 5—
Alleged attempts to filibuster mach
ine guns from the United States into
' Mexico for De La Huerta’s revolution
ary forces were thwarted here by ag
ents of the Department of Justice, it
i was announced yesterday afternoon.
RESUME RELATIONS GREECE
ATHENS, Feb. 5—The American
government announced yesterday that
they had refused diplomatic relations
with Greece.
The meeting held last night to in
vestigate the light and power rates
was attended by so large an audience
that it was necessary to adjourn to
i the court room after the council had
transacted its usual business. Attor
ney A. J. Dimond of Cordova repre
sented the light company and Attor
ney and Mayor L. V. Ray represented!
the city.
Tne evening was taken up by tes-:
timony given by Mr. S. M. Graff and
Attorney Dimond, who went on the
stand. Mr. Graff stated that his in
vestment tor power only, noi inciuu-1
ing the telephone system, totaled;
about $183,000, accepting the figures
turned in by Walter Stuart, expert tor
the city, altho Mr. Graff declared the'
figures were hardly high enough. He j
testified there was a mortgage on all
his holdings of about $27,000. His;
gross earnings for the past two years j
were given as follows:
For 1922
Gross earnings .. $31 337.11
Gross expenses . 24,813.501
For 1923
Gross earnings ...$32,533.87
Gross expenses . . . . 27,978.95
Nothing was allowed in this report,
for depreciation, insurance or obso
lete machinery. At the figures given
by Mr. Stuart at least $18,000 he de-1
dared, should be written off for de
preciation, and insurance at 6 per cent
was too expensive to earn,-.
The plant represents $75,000 cash
received from extraneous resources,
$30 000 borrowed money, and twenty
years earnings which were put back
in the plant.
Mr. Graff testified that he had ap
proximately 239 consumers, the aver
age earnings from 58 of these being j
$2.50 per month; and from 38 of the;
58 less than $1.50 per month.
His counter proposal was to install
meters thruout the city for a light rate
of 15 cents and a power rate of 10
cents on all motors of over 1 h.p. He j
protested that the rates proposed by i
the new ordinance were confiscatory j
and that its enforcement would mean
financial ruin for the company.
The meeting was adjourned until
tonight at 8 o’clock at which time ev
idence will be offered in rebuttal by
the city.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—
The principal corporations engaged in
the manufacture of Radio equipment
and rendering Radio service were
charged in the Federal Trade commis
sion session, with creating and main
taining a monopoly in radio apparatus
and communication.
INTRODUCES IMMIGRATION BILL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.—Extension
of the present three per cent immi
gration law to the 1930 quota was
changed to one per cent of the 1890
census, which was proposed in a bill
introduced by Representative Cable,
of Ohio. The quota also applied to
Canada and Mexico.
SEND OUT RESCUE CREW
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 5.—Officials of
the United States Bureau of Mines in
this city said they had sent a mine
rescue crew to Shankstown, Pa., fol
lowing a report of disaster there. Ear
ly reports reaching the bureau from
other mine rescue crews said the
mine heading was filled with carbon
monoxide gas making life there im
possible.
THIS FREEDOM.'
Fay Compton and Clive Bi-ook i n ‘‘This Freedom,” a oicturization of
the novel by A. S. M. Hutchinson, au ,hor of “If Winter Comes.” The story
lea's with a woman who devotes he r life to a career. Her children, un
intentionally neglected, lose mother love, and in turn become wealthy waifs.
Tragedy stalks them all and the mother finally realizes the price.
ALASKA DELEGATE DECLARES
PACKING INTERESTS MONOP
OLIZING INTERESTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—
The policy of the department of com
merce toward the Alaskan fisheries
was sharply criticized yesterday by
Delegate Dan Sutherland, who declar
ed before the house merchant-marine
fisheries committee that it worked to
the advantage of the packing interests
and to the detriment of native fish
ermen.
Delegate Sutherland declared that
remedies were needed to further the
interests of the Alaskan fishermen.
The delegate advocated legislation
authorizing the president to establish
reserves in territorial waters for the
conservation of salmon. He declared
that the packing interests held a mon
opoly over Alaskan waters and indivi
duals were deprived of their entitled
rights.
Henry O'Malley of the bureau of
fisheries told the committee that if a
monopoly exists it has been built up
before the bureau assumed control 18
months ago.
SEPARATIST TROOPS STRIKE
FOR RAISE IN PAY
BERLIN, Feb. 5—Separists troops
in the government building at Speyer
the capital of the Palatinate mutinied
and struck for higher wages. They
were practically subdued by French
troops and locked in the cellar of the
building.
RECOMMEND ESTABLISHMENT
AIR BASE AT CAMP LEWIS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—
Admiral Gregory, chief of the bureau
if yards and docks recommended to
the house naval committee the estab
lishment of a lighter than air aviation
iase at Camp Lewis and a heavier
than air base at sand point.
JOHNSON erTY, HI., Feb. 5—Thir
ty-seven men are dead and six seri
ously injured as a result of a mysteri
ous explosion in the McClintock mine
near here. Over 250 men were at
work when the explosion occurred but
escaped, those being in two rooms off
the main entry being killed.
STOCK MOVES UPWARD
REGARDLESS LIQUIDATION
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Stock re
sumed their upward movement despite
heavy liquidation in various sections
of the list. Selling pressure exerted
against the pan-American issues which
dropped about 2 and a half points each
also Studebaker, Chandler, U. S. In
dustrial Alcohol, U. S.. cost iron pipe
and Sinclaire oil which dropped a
point’or more each. Pennsylvania ad
vanced two points. 700,000 shares
sold.
SAYS WOULD DO SAME THING
AGAIN RESPECTING OIL
LEASES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 5—Af
ter a cabinet meeting Denby announc
ed he had no intention of resigning at
the present time, saying he “would
do the same thing again respecting
the oil leases.” He said he wanted
a record vote on the resolution of Sen
ator Robinson calling on Denby to re
sign. Coolidge has indicated that he
j divides the question into two questions
the major important one is whether
criminal liability and secondly wheth
er, the leases are legal and to the best
interests of the country.
WASHINGTON, D. C. ,Feb. 5—
Lenroot, chairman of the oil commit
tee disclosed in the Senate during de
bate that Archie Roosevelt testified
he revealed the nature of their state
ment to Coolidge and said that Roose
velt gave him and Walsh information
a day before the investigation. Len
root said the committee was unani
mous in the belief that the idea of ex
| changeing royalty in crude oil for
/vrt r» m not rt/i U’l F A rlmifOl
| inson who “is a strong, forceful and
aggressive type of officer.”
MABEL NOT BE REQUIRED
TAKE STAND ANY MORE
I _ |
! LOS ANGELES Feb 5—Mabel Nor- j
mand will not be required to take the j
! witness stand again, it was announced
| by the district attorney’s office, after
I Mabel retold her version of the shoot- |
| ing of Dines by her chauffeur Horace
Greer.
FAVOR NEW GOLF BALL
NEW YORK, Feb. 5—A golf ball
weighing approximately one pound
and fifty five ounces avoirdupois with
a diameter of one and sixty-five hun
dredths inches and having a shorter
carrying capacity than the present
ball used, will be recommended to the
United States Golf association by a
committee of experts, it was announc
ed after a week of tests in Georgia.
FIHPO AGREES TO FIGHT
WILLS IN MONTH JULY
NEW YORK, Feb. 5—Lewis Ray
mond, representative of a newly or
ganized New York syndicate announc
ed that Firpo has accepted an offer of
two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars for a fifteen round match with
Harry Wills in July. Wriils has already
agreed to the match.
TODAY'S FISH PRICES
KETCHIKAN, Alas., Feb. 5..^-Fresh
halibut 17 and 9 cents.
WHITES SIEZE OPPORTUNITY
TO PROCLAIM FREE STATE
TOKIO, Fob. 5—Advices reaching
here state that the Whites have siez
ed upon the death of Lenine to pro
claim a free state in the Amur pro
vince and interrupted railway service
to Vladiovstok and eastward to Jap
an. It was also reported that a revolu
tion has started in China.
GOVERNMENT LOSSES HEAVY
WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 5—
The Government lost sixty-two per
cent on all surplus war material sold
from the time of the armistice to Jan
uary 1, 1924.
BODY WILL LIE IN STATE IN THE
BETHLEHEM CHAPEL UNTIL
RESTING PLACE IS PICKED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Mrs. Wil
son and the former president’s imme
diate relatives have decided against
having a state funeral for the late
Woodrow Wilson. After funeral ser
vices the body will lie in Bethlehem
Chapel, until a final resting place can
be determined and which will be one
of four places, Arlington Cemetery,
Princeton, Staunton, Va., or Charles
ton. ^South Carolina, where his par
ents are buried. The home services
will be in charge of Rev. James H
Taylor, of the Central Presbyterian
church. At the National cathedral,
services will be in charge of Bishop
Freeman.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge,
and Wm. H. Taft and wife will attend
both the home and cathedral services
London Half Masts Flag
LONDON, Feb. 5.—All flags are
floating at half mast today in respect
to the late President Wilson.
ALASKA PACKERS DECLARES
DIVIDEND OF $2 A SHARE
In its 31st annual report the Alas
ka Packers Association shows divi
dends of $2 per share for 1923, and
one insurance income dividend of $2
per share.
The company packed 748,965 cases
of salmon and 426 barrels of salt sal
mon. $84,583.72 was written off the
company’s books as depreciation.
ROUND TRIP TICKETS TO
BE SOLD TO FAIRBANKS
On account of the Elk’s Ceremonial
to be held at Fairbanks, round trip
tickets will be sold from Seward at
one and one-third fare, final return
limit fixed at February 13th. This rat
ing will make the fare for the round
tnp $3(.40.
WOR NELSON
DEMIDS HOUSE
LOOK INTO MOTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5—
Senator Nelson of Wisconsin introduc
ed a resolution in the house demand
ing a sweeping investigation into the
air service. He declared that he was
informed that conditions continued
with the same practices and the same
persons who “wrote the blackest
pages in America’s war history in air
craft failures.”
GERMAN GOV’T ORDERED
BLAC KTOM EXPLOSION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—The Le
high Valley railroad before the mixed
claims commission aserted it has ob
tained evidence that the Black Tom
explosion in New Jersey, on July 30,
1916 was brought about on orders of
the German government. >
EX-PRESIDENT SUICIDES
LISBON, Feb. 5—Theophile Braga,
ex-president of Portugal was found in
his residence in a dying condition last
night, apafhntiiy suiciding.
I
POINCARE SAKS
WILL FOLLOW I
STEPS MUSSOLINI
RADICAL OPPOSITION TO NEW
TAX MEASURES FORCES
THIS STAND
PARIS, Fob. 5—Socialist and Royal
ists ana other radicals by their ma
neuvers against the new tax measures
' pioposed L»y Freni.er Poincaire ir: or
i tier to place France on a sound finan
j ciai basis has left tiie opinion during
| debates m the chamber oi' deputie.-. for
| the premier to pi,anl his stakes arm
I ly in the coming election.
1 Poincaire announced he intended to
do in I ranee tne same as Mussolini
did in Italy in defiance of parliament,
i tie mtin.aLea that the elections, if he
was in power, were for or against him
ne would act as Mussolini did.
SUPREME COURT REFUSES
TO REVIEW A. P. A. CASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—The Su
preme Court recused to review the
question of whether state workmen
compensation law applies to workmen
making repairs on a vessel out of com
mission and tied up for the winter, in
the case against the California Alaska
t acKers association.
ASKS SENATE INVESTIGATION
LEASING INDIAN LANDS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 5—The
Oklahoma state legislature has passed
a resolution seeking a United States
senate investigation into the leases of
1 Quapaw Indian land by Secretary Fall
Vo the Eagle Picher mining company.
ASKS POLICE PROTECTION
NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—News York’s
police department received a request
for police protection from Assembly
man Julius Berg who claimed to have
receiving threatening letters since his
introduction into the state senate of
a bill aimed against the Ku Klux Klan.
SNOW STORMS PARALYZE
TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST
CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—Telegraphic ser
vice and traffic has been paralyzed by
heavy snow storms. East of Chicago
great drifts are reported as far as Bu:
falo, while west and south, traffic is
paralyzed.
MPOBTSlfllf v
DEED 8! TITZKt
MOSCOW, Feb. 5.—Premier Rykov,
today denied the report that Trotzky
was leading a revolt against his ap
pointment by the executive commit
tee.
SENATOR LODGE PAYS TRIBUTE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—In the
; Senate Henry Cabot Lodge, his arch
I political foe, paid a high tribute to
' the memory of Woodrow Wilson.
WASHINGTON STATE MOURNS
OLYMPIA, Wn., Feb. 5.—Governor
Hart today issued a proclamation call
ing for 30 days’ state mourning.
HIPLESS GIRL AGAIN IN STYLE
PARIS, Feb. 5—The hipless girl
will again be in style, a woman not
built like a slat not being fashionable,
according to latest information from
Parisian dressmakers, who say that
styles will be extremely tight.
DECLARES HUSBAND HAS
MOVIE HFAROES BEAT
IN LENGTH OF KISSES
CHICAGO, Feb. 5—Mrs. Charlotte
Leland pictured the Rev. Dr. Carl D.
case a “kisser” not less skilled than
heroes of the film world, in her tes
timony against her husband, who is
seeking a divorce. She says the clergy
man repeatedly kissed her for a dura
tion of five minutes.
METEOR PLUNGES INTO SEA
DAYTON BEACH, Fla., Feb. 5—
A large meteor early this morning
plunged into the sea near the beach
%ere f* ;r-f - -h.