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VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 49.
SEWARD,
ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2,1926.
PRIC^.TEN CENTS
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
UP IN THE AIR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2. (AP)—Recommenda
tions to man naval airplane squadrons with enlisted men
as an experiment, made by the Morrow board, will not be
put into effect until the department has time to consider
them more fully, it was learned yesterday. The proposal
to give temporary higher rank to naval aviators has caus
ed the personnel of the destroyer and submarine forces
to put forth a claim for similar recognition. The men re
gard their duty as equally hazardous and equally import
ant.
POLICE INQUIRY HUSHED
SAN DIEGO, Mar. 2. (AP).—The desire to wrest cer
tain warfare secrets from Lieutenant Green is considered
a promising clew in the investigation of his. mysterious
demise last year. Fleet authorities rigidly hushed the po
lice inquiry into his death because of the diplomatic an
gle. International intrigue that struck with the stealthy
hand of an assassin in an attempt to steal valuable war
plans of the United States may have caused the death of
of Lieutenant Green several months ago in San Diego.
It became known yesterday that shortly before his trag
ic end, he had devised plans to revolutionize several phas
es of marine warfare. In the latter part of last Novem
ber his body was found floating in San Diego bay, his wal
let missing. Police announced he had been murdered, and
further investigation by civil authorities was dropped at
the insistence of the board of inquiry that took over the
probe.
SHORT SKIRTS—LOWER STEPS
INDIANAPOLIS, Mar. 2. (AP).—Officials of the In
dianapolis Street Railway Co., have before them requests
from a delegation of club women for lower street car
steps. Short skirts were not given as the reason for the
request.
DISPUTE HIM IF YOU CAN
CHICAGO, Mar. 2. (AP)—.Professor Moulton of the
University of Chicago has fixed the date of the end of the
world, but there is no immediate cause for alarm. “You
can figure it out for yourself/’ he said, “like this. The
earth is two thousand million years old. The average
life of such a planet is a thousand times a million million
years, or 1,000,000,000,000,000 years, so it will go whirling
along in its orbit for another 500,000 times as long as it
has already gone.”
DEMOCRATS GETTING BUSY
TULSA, Okla., Mar. 2. (AP).—The Democrats will
make their old stand for downward revision of the tariff
the paramount issue in next fall’s congressional cam
paigns, according to a statement by Representative Old
field, chairman of the Democratic campaign committee
last night.
PRESSES BUTTON, OPENS CARNIVAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2. (AP).—Vice Presi
dent Dawes, by pressing a button in Washington, formal
ly opened the Elks’ carnival in Honolulu. A photograph
of the ceremony here was sent to Honolulu by radio for
publication in the newspapers a few hours after it had
taken place.
BRITISH RUM SCHOONER RELEASED
NEW YORK, Mar. 2. (AP).—Judge R. Holmes, in
the Federal court today held that the liquor treaty with
England was not self-executing, and that it needed an act
of Congress to make' it a crime to dispose of liquor be
yond the three-mile limit, but less than twelve miles from
shore. Under this decision, he ordered the release of the
British schooner Wanderer, captured with a large cargo
of liquor by a Coast Guard cutter last fall.
MEXICO DIVORCE MILL GRINDS
TUSCON, Ariz., Mar. 2. (AP).—The first bevy of di
vorce seekers to invade Sonora, Mexico, since its lenient
divorce law became effective, spent the night in Tuscon
and left yesterday for Hermos Alio, where “marital free
dom, while you wait” is promised them.
WILLING TO SPEND MILLION
PARIS, Mar. 2. (AP).—Senator Coty, owner of Fe
garo, has offered to contribute one hundred million francs
to the National subscription to form a sinking fund to
stabilize the franc.
ALEUTIAN BIRD
WARDEN IS DEAD
SEATTLE, Mar. 2.—Donald H. Stev
enson, for the past five years warden
in charge of the Aleutian Island bird
reserve, was buried at Arlington Na
tional Cemetery, according to a Wash
ing dispatch received by the Times.
He had been stationed at Unalaska,
and arrived in the capital early last
month to consult with Biological Sur
! very officials.
Mr. Stevenson was with the depart
ment in Yellowstone National Park
when he was made the first warden of
the bird reserve at the time its custo
dy was changed over from the Bu
reau of Fisheries. He had not been
to the States since coming to Alaska
five years.
SPLENDID TRIP
TO WESTWARD
BY THE WATSON
NUMEROUS PASSENGERS FROM
WESTWARD TOWNS FOR SE
WARD AND SOUTH
The best trip ever made to the
| westward by the Admiral Watson was
completed this morning upon the ves
! sel’s return to Seward, en route to
! Seattle. Clear, sunshiny weather mark
j ed the voyage with the sea as smooth
as a mill pond. With the exception of
| a slight frost haze off Cape Elizabeth
the days were beautiful.
The Admiral Watson, Captain Chas.
C. Graham, arrived in port this morn
ing at 4:30 o’clock and will depart for
the south tomorrow evening about an
hour after the arrival of the train from
the Interior, or at 9 p. m.
The reservations on the Watson in
cluded the following:
For Seward—Ben Delzelle, C. W.
Jones, Mrs. E. P. Werner, E. P. Wer
ner, Dora Werner, W. W. Batchellor,
Agnes Olesen, G. E. Burrell, Nick
Boskofsky and one steerage.
For Valdez—L. M. Carrigan, Sam
Shucklin and Mrs. H. O. Olsen and
daughter.
For Ketchikan—Daniel Dumphy.
For Seattle—Virgie Clark and F. J.
Klaner.
BUTLER THROWS
WRENCH IN BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2. (£>)—
President Coolidge served notice on
Chairman Butler of the House Naval
committee that he believes the $85,
000,000 for a five-year building pro
gram for the naval air service calls
for too large an aihount for peace-time
expenditure. Butler was summoned
to the White House and will go over
the provisions of the bill. It is indi
cated that Butler is determined to have
the House consider the proposal.
SEATTLE STORE WILL HANDLE
LICENSES ALASKA HUNTERS
SEATTLE, Mar. 1. (JP)—The Alaska
Game Commission appointed Piper &
Taft, Seatle sport goods store as the
first Washington agency for hunting
licenses.
Miss Vergie Clark, who has been
teaching school at Kodiak, is a pas
senger on the Watson, on her way to
the States for medical treatment. Miss
Clark has been in poor health for some
time and recently lost her voice.
Frank Hoseth, wireless operator on
the S.S. Yukon, which has been off the
Alaskan run the greater part of this
winter, is now radioman on one of the
new shipping board vessels, the Jep
tha, running to the East coast. He ex
pects to rejoin the Yukon upon his
next arrival at Seattle.
JOHNSON WINS
DOG DERBY
SASKATCHEWAN
PRINCE ALBERT, Mar. 2. (£>)—
Verner Johnson of Big River, won the
first heat in the Northern Saskatche
wan 160-mile dog derby yesterday,
| when he finished one second ahead of
Harry Olensky of The Pas.
They ran a forty mile course in 4
hours and 5 minutes.
Rox Moxley of The Pas was third
and finished thirty seconds behind
Olensky. The rest in the field were
! badly outdistanced.
CALIFORNIA HOOPSTERS
DEFEAT WEB-FOOT DUDES
OAKLAND, Mar. 1. (JP)—The Uni
versity of California won the Pacific
Coast conference basketball champion
ship by defeating the University of
Oregon by the score of 29 to 23.
SMITH, ROSSMAN
ARRIVE SPRINGS
NENANA, Mar. 2. (/P)—Captain Wil
kins’ advance party has abandoned one
of the snow motors at Tolovana. They
attempted yesterday to use the other
remaining motor to haul gasoline for
j the planes to Fish Lake. Dog teams
from Hot Springs are assisting in the
final effort to climb the Hot Springs
Hill which reported abandoned.
The party plans to go down the Tan
ana river to Fish Lake, which offers a
compromise in distance and affords
;an excellent landing fields for the
planes which be there soon to pick up
the gasoline and take it to Point Bar
row. It is expected the surplus gas
ioline and oil will be cached at some
point on the Tanana river. The mo
tors will return here soon.
I The advance party traveled seventy
i five miles from here in nineteen days.
| Mason the radio operator, returned
yesterday but Smith and Rossman will
proceed to Barrow with the dogs.
HOT SPRINGS, Mar. 2. Sandy
Smith and Earl Rossman arrived here
last night with a dog team and one
tractor loaded down with 2500 pounds
of freight which the local teamster
later has to haul to Tanana. This
motor turned back from Baker creek.
The balance of the party is at Tol
ovana where the other machine has
broken a casting.
Additional Alaska
Fishery Regulations
Salmon fishery—Regulation No. 1 is
amended to read as follows: In the
waters of Nelson Lagoon, and thence
along the coast to Cape Seniavin, in
cluding Herendeen Bay, Port Moller,
and waters open to fishing off the
mouths of Beai^ and Sandy Rivers, the
36-hour closed period for salmon fish
ing prescribed by Section 5 of the act
of June 6, 1924, is hereby extended to
include the periods from 6 o’clock post
meridian of Tuesday of each week to
6 o’clock antemeridian of Thursday of
each week and from 6 o’clock post-me
ridian of Saturday of each week, mak
ing a total weekly closed period in
these waters of 84 hours which shall
be effective thruout the entire salmon
fishing season of each year.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Werner, who
have been conducting a hotel at Ko
diak, accompanied by their daughter,
Dora, arrived in Seward this morning,
passengers on board the Admiral Wat
son. The family plan to leave for
Fairbanks on Thursday.
K. Fawcett, a member of the head
quarters staff, Alaska Railroad, was
a week-end visitor in Seward, return
ing yesterday to Anchorage.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2. (AP).—The Senate to
day confirmed the nomination of William D. Coppernoll, Sew
ard attorney, for United States district attorney, Third Divi
sion of Alaska. He succeeds Frank H. Foster of Cordova.
WADE WILL ARRIVE
ON COAST IN JUNE
SEATTLE, Mar. 2. (,/P)—Lieutenant
Leigh Wade, of World flying fame,
who is heading a North Pole expedi
tion sent word to the Chamber of
Commerce here that he would arrive
some time in June, at which time he
will sail for the North.
IF BROWN GETS IN
SEVERYNS CUTS
PROHI SQUADS
SEATTLE, Mar. 2. (/P)—Police Chief
Severyns announced today if Mayor
Brown is reelected he will abolish the
police dry squad, saying he would
move for a centralization of authority,
and that the work of liquor and nar
cotics enforcement retail will be di
rected by captains commanding three
headquarters shifts. The announce
ment followed the change by District
Attorney Revelle that §75,000 a month
was being paid by vice interests for
protection Lieut. George Comstock,
head of the dry officers will revert
to his former assignment as head
quarters lieutenant.
BIMBA GUILTY
OF SEDITION
BROCKTON, Mass., Mar. 2. (/P)—
| Anthony Bimba, Brooklyn editor was
acquitted of blasphemy, but convict
ed on sedition charges. The acquittal
was on a charge Adiich came under
a law which was 219 years old. He
was fined one hundred dollars.
The maximum penalty under the
state law is $1000 fine and three years
imprisonment.
CONSOLIDATION DISAPPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2. (£>)
—The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion disapproved of the Can Swerin
gen “Nickel Plate” Railroad consoli
dation.
NOW FOR ANOTHER ONE!
PARIS, Mar. 2. (£>)—'The House of
Deputies by a vote of 413 to 71 rati
fied the Locarno pact.
F. J. Klaner, who owns a fox farm
a short distance out of Kodiak, and
who has been visiting his island dur
ing the past month, is southbound on
the Admiral Watson, en route to his
home at Pittsberg, Kansas.
WELL KNOWN WOLF
LASALLE ST. DIES
IN ATLANTA PRISON
!
ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 2. (/P)— John.
Whitehouse Worthington, known as
j “the Wolf of LaSalle Street,” died at
; the Federal penitentiary following a
j stroke of paralysis. He was brought
j to the penitentiary here on October
110, to serve two years for using the
j mails to defraud.
After charges had been made
against him at Chicago, Worthington
fled to California, then to Mexico
where he remained for several years.
| He finally surrendered voluntarily.
FOX FILM MAN
LEAVES TANANA
TANANA, Mar. 2. (£>)—Merle La
Voy, Fox film photographer left by
dog team for Alatna, where he will
take a picture called “Frozen Justice.”
Frank Alexander, Indian dog driver,
accompanied him.
LaVoy plans to continue on to the
J Koyukuk river to Betties, then tc
Wiseman, following the winter mail
trail thru.
John Adams, Koyukuk mail carrier
is expected to return to Tanana Mar
8.
CONSTANCE AT
THE LIBERT\
Constance Talmadge’s latest Firs
National comedy, “Her Night of R<
mance,” is the funniest she ever mad<
Accept that statement as the belie
of Sidney Franklin, who directed i
The story was written by Hans Krai:
noted European screen writer, an
shows Constance in a love tangle wit
an English lord as a result of her e
forts to dodge fortune hunters. Rc
and Colman, a young British actor,
Constance’s leading man in this pi
ture, which will be shown at the Li
erty theater tonight.
The season on grouse and ptarn
gan closed February 28, but accordii
to a report circulating on the stre
this morning, a couple of hunters we
on Marathon after the birds. Loc
authorities endeavored to locate tl
hunters but were unsuccessful up
noon.
COUNTESS HEARING DENIED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar.2. (AP)—The new hea
ing for the Countess of Cathcart on an order for her e
elusion from the United States was denied by the Lab<
department.
PITCHER EDDIE PLANK DIES
GETTYSBURG, Penn., Mar. 2. (AP)—Eddie Plan
one of baseball’s greatest left-and pitchers died here
the age of 51. He was stricken Monday morning wi
paralysis and was only conscious at intervals until 1
death. He was in majors seventeen years and left a r<
ord of the greatest number of games pitched by a left-ha
der in his career. He won 320 games and lost 190. I
lifetime pitching record was 627.
TO SURVEY ALCOHOLIC TRAFFIC
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2. (AP).—The Hoi
Alcohilic Liquor Traffic committee voted unanimou:
to undertake inquiry into conditions under prohibit]
members and a thorough survey s expected on all aspe
of the prohibition situation.