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VOLUME IX. NUMER 79.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
Little Excitement Yesterday
;■ When Citizens Go to Polls
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Tlie city election passed off quietly
yesterday, the only contest being for
councilman, and a sporadic attempt to
make a contest out of one or two of
tlte other offices.
The ballot was as follows:
For Mayor
L. V. Ray . 175
For Town Clerk
\Y. II. Whittlesey 179
For Town Treasurer
Sylvia Sexton 179
For Council men
,T. S. Badger
J, S. Holman .
H K. Ellsworth .
Ronald H, Tver
For City Attorney
A. E. Rucker
For School Clerk
Curtis R. M or ford
For School Treasure r
1”.Waugh ..
Ordinance No. 79
For .-.
Against .
Scattering Votes Cast
For Mayor—S. Lundblad, 6;H. L. i
Smith, 1; Tom King, 1. B. Malloy, 1.
For Councilmen—Pete the Greek, 1;
S. Lundblad, 1; Horton. 1; Malloy, 1;
For Clerk—Benson, 1.
For City Attorney—Whittlesy, 9:
Smith, 6; Ray, 4; Patterson, 1; D. W.
Brownell, 1.
For School Clerk—Viola Swot maim
40; M. Lanning, 1.
For School Treasurer—Miss Rat
mussen, 1.
Owing to its not receiving the re
quired percentage of the votes cast,
Ordinance No. 79 was defeated.
There was no candidate for city at
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torney, and A. E. Rucker was elected
by 22 votes.
The election was one of the quietest
in years, about half the total vote ot
the city being cast.
Will Hays Signs Up
for Another Four Years
NEW YORK, April 2—Will Hays,
motion picture director, today signed
a four year contract as director of mo
tion picture concerns at a salary of
$300,000 per annum.
Pittsburg Saloons Have
Had Abatement Notices
PITTSBURG, April 2—Proprietors
of practically every saloon and cafe
in Pittsburg, several hundred in num
ber, were served abatement notices yes
terday, ordering them to stop selling
liquor and to remove bars, fixtures,
swinging , doors and curtainsi under
penalty of being cited for contempt of
i court.
CONROY ELECTED
Joe Conroy was elected mayor of
Anchorage, defeating Art Shonbeck
by four votes.
The Women’s Clu bwill meet tomor
row afternoon at 2 o’clock under the
Bank of Seward.
SPECIAL COURT FOR
SHRINE CONVENTION
KANSAS CITY TO SWEAR IN BIG
CORPS OF SPECIAL POLICE
TO PRESERVE ORDER
KANSAS CITY, April 2—Throngs
of Shriners who will come June 3 for
their 1924 convention, will be handled
by a Shrine court, composed of ex
perienced policemen, who will be
sworn in by the municipal police de
partment as special police during the
convention.
Major Charles Edwards, a former
chief of police, is to be Shrine prevust
commander. He will be assisted by j
C. A. Vassar, another former Kansas
City police chief, and sccres of Shrin-:
ers from visiting temples will be mem
ebrs of the prevost guard.
The provist guard will mall among
the crowd—100,000 visitors are expect
ed Stnine officers say, and prevent all
trouble. If the occasion demands the
provost guardsmen will act as police-j
men in any disturbance involving the j
visitors. Besides police authority the
guard will have authority to take the
fez from any noble guilty of miscon
duct.
There will be no delay ir handling
cases, Major Edwards suid. A night
court will be held to dispose of cases
^ as they are brought to the attention
of the police.
BIRTH CONTROL LEAGUE HEAD
WEDS OIL MAGNATE
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, president of
the Birth Control League, whose mar
riage a year and a half ago, to J. Noah
H. Slee, 62, president of the Three-in
One Oil Co., has just been announced.
White House Becomes
World Tennis Capital
WASHINGTON, D .C., April 1—
The White House became for a while
today the world’s tennis capitol, with
President Coolidge making the first
draw for the international Davis cup
matches from the bowl of the trophy
itself, and the diplomatic representa
tives and the competing nations fol
lowing him in a most impressive cer
emony.
Players and figures of world im
portance in tennis affairs also gather
ed, including Dwight F. Davis, donor
of the cup and assistant secretary of
war, officials o'f the United States ten
nis association and former members of
the American Davis cup teams.
Besides the United States, defender
of the cup, the contenders include Eng
land, France, Spain, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, New Zealand, South Africa,
Argentina, India, Ireland, Switzerland,
Rumania, and Italy in the European
zone, Australia, Japan, Canada, Cuba,
Mexico and China in the American
zone and tentatively Austria and Hun
gary.
VETERANS BUREAU ACT
WILL CORRECT ABUSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—
The New Veteran’s Bureau designed
to correct abuses developed under the
Forbes administration as disclosed by
the Senate investigating committee,
was reported favorably last night by
the Senate Finance committee.
COUNTRY SWEPT OFF FEET
BY NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
ATLANTIC CITY, April 2—Observ
ing that the country had been swept
off its feet by newspaper headlines,
Harry M. Daugherty, former attorney
general, announced today that he in
tended to resume his practice of law.
Mixed Marriages Turn
Out Unsatisfactory
LONDON, April 1—The increasing
numbers of marriages between Eng
lish girls and men of foreign nation
ality is viewed with some alarm by the
authorities.
These mixed marriages mostly take
place in registrar’s offices, but many
occur in churches. “We are still bound
by law' to marry them, ” said a regis
trar, “and all we can do is to point
out to the bride the seriousness of the
marriage and give her some idea of
the customs prevailing in the country
to which the man belongs. From my
experience not one in ten of these mar
riages turn out happily.”
U S. Frost Warning
Points Be Established
YAKIMA, Apr 2—Forty frost warn
ing points will be established in the
Yakima Valley by E. S. Ellison, gov
ernment specialist, here to take charge
of the work. Extremely open weather
for this season is bringing fruit buds
into blossom, writh consequent unusual
Sanger from frost
Fleet Cannery Vessels
Sail for the Northland
SEATTLE Apr. 2—Six cannery ves
sels with crews and supplies for the
canneries, sailed yesterday for Alaska.
The Victoria, with 200 aboard, headed
by R. J. Nicols, superintendent for the
Harris & Companys False Pass can
nery, led off, followed by the North
western Fisheries Company, J. D. Pet
ers; Libby, McNeill and Libby with the
motorship Libb Maine, for westward
t canneries.
The steamships Jefferson and Cordo
va left for southeastern and south
western Alaska canneries, and the
steamship Brookdale left for Dutch
Harbor and Alaska Peninsula points.
Yukon Has Delayed
Sailing Three Weeks
The steamship Yukon, flagship of
| the Alaska Steamship Company’s fleet
; has delayed sailing three weeks, hav
ing postponed her sailing to May 17,
i owing to delay in securing part of her
| fittings from the East.
General Ludendorff
Acquitted of Treason
MUNICH, Bavaria, Apr. 2—General
Ludendorff, one of the most prominent
of the generals in the army of the late
Kaiser, was acquitted today of the
j charge of treason for his part in the
unsuccessful revolt here in November,
byr Adolph Hitler.
Former Police Chief Poehner was
sentenced to serve five years in prison.
Prosecuting Attorney
Killed by Opponent
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ida., April 2—
Daniel McLaughlin, prosecuting attor
ney of Elmer county, died here today
from gunshot wounds received in a le
volver duel with Vein Taylor, former
prosecuting attorney and political rival
of McLaughlin. The deceased attor
ney was hit four times. Taylor escaped
injury. The slayer is held b'J the police.
Aged Petitioner Wants
Dan on Gambling and
Booze Sold on Streets
DENVER, April 2—Swept away in
a flood and missing since 1862, the
minute book of the Denver City Coun
cil, containing official minutes of the
I city for 1860 and 1861 has been dis
j covered by a bookdealer in New York
and returned to the city’s archives.
An excerpt of notes of a meeting of
the City Council on October 8, 1860,
I when Denver had a population of ap
proximately 2,000 contains a petition
which reads:
“To the Legislative Council of the
City of Denver:
“We, the merchants doing business
on Blake street, petition your honor
S able body to prohibit from the streets
and sidewalks, all gambling and sell
j ing of liquor.
MAN’S STORY IS D0UBTED
CLAIMS THAT UNNAMED MEXI
CAN KILLED WOMAN QUES
TIONED
PUEBLO, April 2—An unnamed
Mexican implicated in the confession
of Fred Panssen yesterday following
his arrest here in connection with the
finding of the body of Mrs. Bella Jan
sen ,his wife in a trunk at Ogden, last
month, remained today the only ap
parently unknown element in the trunk
murder.
Janssen, who calmly confessed thej
details of the murder to the police,
saying he had employed the Mexican
to kill his wife because he feared she
would kill him, paying the Mexican
$150 to do the work, was arrested in
a taxicab near here yesterday morn
ing.
In his confession Janssen said his
wife had been killed while she was
kneeling in prayer in their Denver
home. He denied an actual part in the
killing, but admitted making prepara
tions,- even to letting the Mexican in
to the house and pushing the trunk
into the room for the Mexican to use
in boxing up the body. Janssen declar
ed, however, that he did not see the
body and that he was not in the room
when his wife was slain.
McAdoo’s Manager Denies
Ku Klux Klan Had Effect
on Election in Georgia
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2 —
David Ladd Rockwell, campaign mana
ger for William G. McAdoo say that
it was absurd to attribute the McAdoo
landslide in Georgia to the influence
of the Ku Klux Klan.
Mr. McAdoo’s victory was so over
whelming, he declared, that no single
element brought it about. As for the
Ku Klux Klan the position of Mr. Mc
Adoo was not in doubt .A heckler in
the crowd at Macon ,Ga., asked Mr.
McAdoo what his attitude was toward
the K. K. K.
There were cries of “put him out,”
but Mr. McAdoo insisted that nobody
should be put out of any of his meet
ings simply for asking a question. He
then proceeded to make answer: “I
stand four-square with respect to this
and every other order on the immut
able guarantee of liberty contained in
the first amendment of the constitu
tion of the United States, that is for
the freedom of religious worship, free
dom of speech, freedom of the press
and the right of peaceful assembly.”
He pointed out that the people of Am
erica were against intolerance. /His
answer was met with an outburst of
cheers ami applause.
Indictments Obtained by
Threats Is Charged
CHICAGO, April 2—John Thomp
I son, St. Louis and Chicago contractor
jointly indicted with Colonel Charles
R. Forbes, former veterans’ bureau di
5 rector, charged today in a sworn state
I ment in the federal court that the in
i dictments voted by the grand jury had
been obtained by ‘“subterfuge,” mis
j representation, false pretenses, duress
and threats.”
The statement was submitted in sup
port of a motion by Thompson’s coun
sel to quash the indictment against
him. An order was sought to re
i strain the use of books and papers be
longing to Thompson as evidence.
Portland Priest Held
For Reckless Driving
PORTLAND, April 2—The Rev. Fr.
Cassian Niebauer, pastor of St. Jos
eph’s Catholic church, was held under
$250 bail today on a charge of reckless
driving when he reported to the police
an incident which occurred yesterday
when an automobile he was driving
ran upon the curb of a downtown
street and hit Mrs. Jeannette Good
man, S3, mother of Jules Eckert Good
man .playwright.
Father Niebauer drove away after
the accident and explained his action
today to the police by saying that he
became frightened by the gathering
crowd. Mrs. Goodman was reported re
covering today from slight injuries.
FAKE LIQUOR IS COSTLY
FORMULA FOR SECRET PROCESS
SOLD FOR $1,000.
SEATTLE, April 2—Detailed work
ings of a huge international business
in the manufacture of fake liquor, with
headquarters in Seattle, main office in
Canada and local representative who
paid $1,000 each for district rights to
a secret formula for rectifying and
aging raw liquor by an electrical pro
cess, were uncovered yesterday by pro
hibition agents.
A purported written contract be
tween the Seattle representatives,
whose territory extends 100 miles
from this city and F. H. Malcolm, a
professional distiller and rectifier, of
Vancouver, B. C., were seized, together
with equipment for faking standard
brands of whiskey and gin.
The agents found several bottles of
“clairoid” which, according to the label
is a preparation for “extracting all
poisonous and deleterious matter from
all liquid substances.” An aluminum
plate, with attachments, which was
found, was used, according to the 1,000
formula, for carbonizing the impuri
ties in raw alcohol and giving the ef
fect of ten year’s aging in wood.
Several bottles of synthetic liquors
purporting to be and closely resemb
ling popular brands, were found in the
room of C. B. Porter, whose name was
signed to the contract. A feature of
the fake liquors, which closely imitate
the genuine, is that some of them are
put up in non-refillable bottles.
AUTHOR OF “ABIE’S IRISH ROSE
KtYtTON* VIEW CO.. NIW VO»K
Miss Anne Nichols, of New York
city, who is proud authoress of “Abie’s
Irish Rot e,’ ’one of the most popular
and successful of stage plays. There
are 7 road companies now out, all re
porting phenomenal successes, and the
I New York City success is now in its
' 90th week, a city record, and box of
fice receipts have gone above the mil
lion mark.
Spring Styles Show
Much Shorter Skirts
PARIS, April 1—Spring styles show
a tendency to shorten the skirts, in
some cases to as much as eighteen
I inches from the floor. Generally the
garments fall to a point four or five
inches above the ankles. Most of the
i models being taken back by Ameri
can buyers are a sort of compromise,
ten to twelve inched from the floor.
For day wear the- skrrt -remains uni
formly short less abbreviated than in
1920 but a departure from a year ago.
Some of the hosiery creations provide
startling effects, especially one design
called the “onion skin.” Buttons fea
ture the tailored suit, coat and dress.
In many cases the buttons are purely
; decorative.
MABEL AT CHICAGO
’ CHICAGO, April 2—While Chicago
club women issued conflicting state
ments as to whether she had or had
not been invited to tell them her side
of the shooting of Courtland S. Dines,
Mabel Normand arrived from Los An
geles, characterized the club women
j who criticized her as “unkind and un
| fair,” and those who supported her as
| “perfect dears,” and departed for the
; East.
If Shoes are Shined
On Sunday Wearer Will
Be Haled Into Court
JERSEY CITY, Apr. 2—Names of
persons who get their shoes shined, or
buy ice cream, delicatessen food, news
papers, drinks or anything else here
on Sunday will be taken by the police
for violation of the Sunday blue laws,
according to orders issued by Chief of
Police Battersby yesterday. H. C.
Gilson, attorney for the Society for the
Prevention of Crime and the Promo
tion of Morals, when informed of the
new orders, said that the society would
take action “to end the farce.’ ’
California Is Panicky;
Hope for Rain Blasted,
and Drouth Is Serious
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1—With a
long succession of cloudless days as
the only answer to its somewhat pan
icky hopes for rain, California is fac
ing one of the most serious drought
situations in its history, according to
a statement today by G. H. Wilson, of
ficial government forecaster. Califor
nia has seen dryer winter seasons than
the present, but the demand on w^ater
reserves was not nearly so great as
it will be during the coming spring and
summer. The movement of cattle out
of Southern California to Northern
pasture, is already under way, while
the Northern part of the state itself
is on the ragged edge, according to
Wilson,
Jake Hamon Boasted
He Had “Put Over”
Nomination of Harding
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—Re
suming' its inquiry into the oil deal at
the Republican convention in 1920, the
committee was told today by R. Wil
son, former superintendent of public
instruction for Oklahoma, of a boast
by the late Jake Hamon, the oil opera
tor, and Republican National Commit
teeman that he had “put over” the
nomination of Warren G. Harding at
theconvention. Hamon .-aid he had giv
en Harry M. Daugherty $25,000 to be
used in the Harding campaign.
Xrupps Obtain Spanish
Plant to Manufacture
Locomotives and Ships
BARCELONA, April 2—Spain’s old
est engineering works, La Marquista
Terrestremy Maritima, together with
the well-known Cardena Dockyards,
have been acquired by Messrs Krupp,
the famous German engineering and
armaments firm.
The La Marquista Works was estab
lished in 1855 and is situated in Bar
celona alongside the port. The works
employs 900 men and has a capital of
approximately $5,000,000.
Unoer the new order, Krupp’s will
supply the technical staff and Spanish
banks will find the necessary capital
for the proposed extensions of the
works and the dockyards.
Krupp’s will place immediately large
orders for construction work which
cannot be undertaken in Germany un
der the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
They will also build steamers here for
the German-South American lines and
construct locomotives for the Spani.h
| railways.
Husband and Wife
Fight Pistol Duel
BALTIMORE, Apr 2—Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Albers of Baltimore fought a
pistol duel in the street while groups
of school children were passing. Al
bers was standing behind his automo
bile in front of his house when Mrs.
Albers fired at him from a window in
the house. Mrs. Albers fired four
shots and Albers returned the fire,
each without injury to the other? When
his wife had emptied her pistol Albers
jumped into his car in which two bul
lets had lodged, and drove away. The
duel began with a dispute in the house.
Mrs. Albers ran into another room and
got a pistol and Albers armed himself
and ran down the steps, making a stra
getic retreat. As he came into view
in the sti’eet below Mrs. Albers went
to a window on the second floor, open
ed it, and started shooting. It got to
be a pretty lively dispute. Now both,
are under arrest.
Navy Paymaster Runs
off With Big Payroll
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2—
The Navy department is looking for
an unnamed paymaster who is said to
be $100,000 short in his accounts ,and
who has been missing since last Feb
ruary.
Pope’s Health Not
Failing Says Dispatch
ROME, April 2—The statement by
a London newspaper that the pope’s
health was causing considerable uneas
iness and that he was reported suiter
ing from arterioscle osis, was receiv
ed With surprise.
His health is of the best and he is
daily undertaking ue v work. Yester
day he received numerous cardinals
and prelates in private audience and
later granted a public reception to
several hundred pilgrims. On Sunday
he delivered a long address to 400 mem
bers of the St. Invent society.
Reports of the ill-lm \lth of Pope
Pius wore refuted today by the pontiff
n an energetic statement.
“1 have got to die sooner or later,"
a well-known functionary quotes his
holiness as saying. “Whit passes my
'•ompr'lension is way people are so
anxi< uu to make it so dreadfully soon.
.mys'lL, say frankly that I know no
rrasen why it should be in the near
future. I have perhaps never felt bet
ter or more energetic than just now."