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VOLUME XIX. NO. 40
SEWARD, ALASKA, FJ DAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1924.
PRICE TEN CENTS
VANDERLIP TO APPEAR
BEFORE SEN. COMMITTEE
SOME TIME THIS MORN.
CHICAGO PUBLISHER TESTIFIES HE OBTAINED
TRACT LAND AT TEAPOT DOME FROM SECRE
TARY FALL FOR WHICH HE PAID NOTHING
AND SOLD AT HANDSOME PROFIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15—Frank Vanderlip will
appear before the Senate investigating committee some
time this morning.
John C. Shafer, publisher of the Chicago Evening
Post and other papers, testified today that he had obtain
ed some acreage from Sinclair, at Teapot Dome, through
arrangement by Secretary Fall, and that later he sold his
acreage for which he had not paid any money, at a good
profit.
McLean is Subpoenaed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—The Senate Committee in
vestigating Albert B. Fall issued subpoenaes this evening
for Edward B. McLean, the intimate friend of former
President Harding, Otto H. Jfahn, the New York banker,
Harry Payne Whitney, the latter an associate of Harry
Sinclair in man yenterprises.
John C. Shaffer further testified that in addition to
the $92,500 rake-off he got from the Standard Oil he also
hoped to obtain from Sinclair one-half share in 200 acres
of the Teapot Dome reserves.
As a result of the triangular understanding between
.Shaffer, Sinclair and Fall, Shaffer admitted that a year
before signing the Teapot Dome Lease Fall had told him
of negotiations with Sinclair and had promised that he,
Shaffer, would be taken care of.
The Standard Oil interests sold the holdings acquired
from Shaffer for a million dollars, Shaffer told the com
mittee.
McLean Arrives to Testify
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—Edward B. McLean arriv
ed today to testify before the Senate committee regarding
his relations with Albert B. Fall.
' F11S FOR RELIEF
OVER-SUB
BIT II. $. BANKERS
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 15.—Funds for
i!,e ten million dolU.r relief (orpora
f i \n was over-subsc-ribe-i today when
bankers of tbe nation, met with Secre
tary Hoover.
CARTER TELLS WHY HE
CLOSED KING TUT'S TOMB
LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 15.—It devel
ops that Howard Carter shut down
operations because the Egyptian gov
ernment refused to let him take fifty
♦ per cent of the immense treasure
found in King Tut-Ankh-Amen’s tomb.
RESOLUTION OF FAITH
IN PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
BISMARCK, s. I). Feb. 15.—The re
publican state convention passed a re
solution today declaring unbounded
faith in President Coolidge.
KETCHIKAN FISH PRICES
1 KETCHIKAN, Feb. 15.—Fresh hal
ibut. 15*4 cents.
NO DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT
The Odd Fellows dance for Satur
day night has heen called off owing to
the death of Brother Lauritsen.
IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL
ARRESTED FOR GRAFTING
* SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Albert White
government interpreter was arrested
todav charged with having filched
$27,000 from aliens in income tax re
bates which should have gone intc
\ the national treasury.
DRUGGIST BE CANDIDATE
FOR MAYOR OF CORDOV/
Edward V. Boyle, manager of tht
Cordova Drug company, has decidet
to enter the Cordova municipal elec
lion as a candidate for mayor.
HUGHES SAYS OIL LEASES
NOT COME BEFORE HIM
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.—A sug
gestion in the senate yesterday by
Senator Norris, republican, Nebraska,
that Secretary Hughes, a former mem
ber of the supreme court, should have;
called attention to the “plain illegal
ity” of the oil eases when they *tie
discussed by the cabinet was follow-,
eu today by the issuance ^f mis state
rxienl by Mr. Hughes:
‘ The questions ol the legality or
propriety ol the oil leases now under
discussion in congress were never
brought before the cabinet for its
disrussion. My opinion upon these
qu estions va never sougit or ex
creased, either in or out of the cab.
i net. If the oil ieases were ever re
I ferred to in cabinet meetings I do
not recall that they were, it was cer
i tainly only by way of general refer
1 ence and without requiring any re
sponsible action, which, of course, I
should not have been willing to take
without examination of the papers and
statutes. Having plenty of work in
! the department of state I had no oc
casion to consider these questions of
law and fact involved, and I have not
i been called upon to take any respon
! sibility in the matter.”
ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
| AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 15—The peti
tion being circulated for the abolition
of capital punishment in the state, has
secured 50,000 signatures with more
being added daily. It will be present
ed to the legislature soon. The pe
tition was caused by the execution of
five negroes on one scaffold.
ALASKA RAILROAD LEASES
PALATIAL RIVER STEAMER
—
The steamer Yukon, one of th<
largest and best river steamers op
erating in the far north, has beer
leased by the Alaska railroad fron
i the White Pass and Yukon rail
I road company and will augment th<
! river transportation system of the A1
! aska railroad next summer in handl
l ing what promises to be a record
breaking volume of tourist traffic.
» The reported leasing of the Yukoi
I could not be confirmed at Anchorag*
. headquarters, but It Is understood th<
deal Is practically completed.
AMERICAN HERO SITS FOR PORTRAIT
COPVAiGMT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YOB A
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill, selected by General Pershing as the outstand
ing American hero of the World War and tetired last month from the Am
I erican Army, is having his portrait painted in New York. His will be one
of the collection of heroes of the war which will be painted by Joseph Cum
mings Chase, famous artist, who lias been commissioned for this by the A.
E. F. When the painting is completed he leaves for his home at East
Thomas, Ky.
JUDGE CUSHMAN !
MAKES RULING IN
SEATTLE OASES
—
SEATTLE. Feb. 15.—Federal Judge'
Cushman this afternoon instructed
:i jury that it was not unlawful lor one
to have intoxicating liquor in one’s
private dwelling for the use of one's
family or one’s bona fide guests.
CALLS CHICAGO SCHOOL
PUPILS UNDERNOURISHED
OIL PROSECUIION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—President
Coolidge late today withdrew the
name of Strawn as special counsel in
the oil lease scandal, and at the same
time gave notice that he would insist
on the confirmation of Pomerene.
TACOMA PREACHER MAY HAVE
DROWNED WHILE FISHING
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Asserting that
between 35 and 40 percent of the j
children attending Chicagos public
schools are under nourished, a con
mittee from the Physicians’ Fellow
ship Club has taken steps by which
it hopes to bring about the adoption
of corrective measures for this con
; dition.
“Conditions in the schools have
reached a point which necessitates
immediate action,” Dr. Ritter, a
member of the club, explained. “The.
physical and mental develoumenc of
, many children is being seriously re
j tarded.
“Few parents know how to feed
their children or care for their health.
Education aioue will eradicate this
condition. Our plans will not con
flict with any action now being cou-i
templated by the Board of Educa-,
tion.”
CANDIDATES FROM FOURTH
HAVE FI NISH CL) FILINGS
Candidates from the Fourth divi
sion filing for office are as follows:
For Senator—Jso. M. Cunningham, I
Murray C. Smith, republicans; Harry
E. Pratt, democrat.
For Representative—Geo. C. Moody,
Daniel Bandman. H. H. Ross, E. M.
Keys, Forbes L. Baker, C. W. Joynt,
Fred B. Johnson, republicans. J. S.
Ryder, John H. Joslin, A. A. Nordale,
M. E. Miller, democrats.
NATIVE BROTHERHOOD BUYS
SCHOOL HOUSE TREADWELL
The Native Brotherhood at Haines,
recently purchased the old Treadwell
school house, 65x90 feet, for $400 cash
1 and will tear down the building and
! move it to the Lynn canal town. It
will be converted into a recreational
hall. The building when again erect
ed will have an athletic hall which
can be used for dances, dressing
rooms, and also will be equipped with
a pool table. There will be a number
t of smaller rooms on the second floor.
? JORDAN TO SELL BUSINESS
J. J. Jordan, local tailor and reno
i vator of men’s and women’s clothing,
l is offering his business for sale in an
- interior paper. Mr. Jordan states
e that his reason for selling is ill
I- health. He has a going business and
[- a bargain for some enterprising man.
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The funeral services for L. H. Laur
itsen of Canyon Creek will be held in
the Odd Fellows Hall, lower floor, at
8 o’clock this evening. The public is
invited to attend..
TACOMA, Feb. 15.—A rowboat a-,
drift in the narrows here with a hat
and coat in it is the only clue to the
whereaboutts of the Rev. Arthur De
iaconbv that can be found. Dejacon
by was pastor of the Roosevelt
Heights Christian church and a teach
er in the Fife school. He was a post
graduate of the University of Wash
ington and a former teacher in the
Broadway High school is Seattle. Mrs.
Dejaconby declares that her husband
had no lnancial worries.
ESCAPED PRISONER NOT
YET BEEN RECAPTURED
RIDGEFIELD, Wn., Feb. 15.—“Scot
ty” Thompson, a Federal prisoner,
who escaped from his guards Sunday
by jumping from a moving train has
not been recaptured, and up to the
present time no trace has been found
of him. He was not handcuffed.
CHIROPRACTORS KILL GIRL
CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—The three chir
opractors, who were arrested for the
death of Elizabeth Fawcett, age 11,
who died with a broken spine, have
been released on bond pending trial.
It is alleged the men dislocated the
girl’s vertebrae by twisting and
kneading her spinal column.
MAIL HELD UP
Owing to extremely cold weather
encountered on the trail, the mail ar
rived in Nenana from McGrath two
days’ late last week.
TYONEK NATIVES PROSPER
i Supt. E. L. Everett, of the Tyonek
Indian reservation, who is visiting in
| Anchorage, states that the natives are
| trosperous this winter, and have had
a successful season in trapping.
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i U. S. HALTS SALE OF
SAVINGS CERTIFICATES
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15—
[Sale of Treasury savings certificates
by postmasters in seventeen Middle
Western and Western states has been
suspended by Postmaster General New
until further notice, with the approv
al of Secretary Mellon of the Treasury
in order to assist in the present finan
cial stress among the small banks of
those states.
Postmasters in North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas
Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
New Mexico, Idaho, Arizona and Mon
■ tana were ordered to discontinue th<
sale of certificates.
VANGUARD OF NAVY’S
DIRIGIBLE EXPEDITION
INTO ARCTIC ON WAY
SIX MEMBERS OF ARCTIC EXPEDITION TO LEAVE
ON STEAMER ALASKA FOR SEWARD—MAKE
TRIP OVER GOVT. RAILROAD TO INTERIOR—
ESTABLISH NAVAL BASE AT NOME.
SEATTLE, Feb. 15—The vanguard of the Navy’s dir
igible Arctic expedition, composed of Lieut. B. H. Wyatt
in command, Lieut. F. R. Hewes, civil engineer corps, and
senior inspector; A B. Jack, aviation chief; H. A. Ander
son, rigger; R W. Caster, machinist mate; Albert A. Fran
cis, quartermaster first class: arrived in Seattle today
from Washington, and will sail on the liner Alaska for
Seward.
Make Trip to Nome by Dog Sled
They will go over the government railway to Nenana,
thence by dogsled to Nome, and will carry equipment for
the establishment of an aeronautical station in the Arctic,
where weather conditions will be studied and reported in
preparation for operations of naval air craft over the Arc
tic during the coming summer.
The party plans to reach Nome the latter part of
March, and will there select a landing field for a 100 foot
mast to which the dirigible will be moored.
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STEAMER NEWS
The steamship Starr will arrive in1
port from the westward some time tc
tnoitow n:ght.
The stec mship Victor* i will read |
port about Z o'clock tomouow morn
ing.
The u ?chter Nebesna will reach
port tommrow.
OPERATION SUCCESSFUL
Mrs. Eli Dehon. of Fairbanks, who
passed thru Seward about three weeks
ago en route to Seattle for surgical
j treatment, underwent a successful op
eration in Providence hospital. Mrs.
Dehon was injured in an auto actf
j ent at Fairbanks last summer.
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WOULD GIVE FIRPO $200,000
TO MEET HARRY WILLS
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 15.—Luis
Firpo, the Argentine heavyweight, re
ceived a cablegram from Tev Rickard
recently, offering $200,000 for a fight
* between him and Harry Wills in July
i and proposing another fight between
j Firpo and Jack Dempsey in Septem
! ber.
Firpo said he would not decide
until the arrival of Hugh Gartland,
his New York representative, who
is on his way here, and who notified
Firpo that he had an offer of $250,
000 for a fight with Wils from New
ark, N. J., promoters.
Must Fight
BUENOR AIRES, Feb. 15.—The
South American Boxing Federation
passed a resolution yesterday declar
ing that Luis Angel Firpo must accept
within sixty days from December 8
last the challenge for the South Am
erican heavyweight championship
from the former Chilean heavyweight
Quintin Romero Rojas, now living in
France. It also ruled that the match
must take place within ninety days of
the same date, or Firpo will be de
prived of his title.
Drastic Rule.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The South
American Boxing Federation has tak
en a leaf out of the New York state
athletic commission’s book of fistic
, procedure in fixing a time limit for
Luis Firpo to defend his heavyweight
title against Romero Rojas, Chilean
challenger.
’ Its action in giving Firpo ninety
* days to meet his rival is even more
> drastic than the rule of the New York
■ solons who compel champions to de
i fend their title within six months af
ter the filing of the challenge.
MARRIED AT AGE OF
TEN, DIVORCED WHEN
THIRTEEN, IS RECORD
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.—Married at the
age of 10, a mother of two children at
the age of 12 and divorced at the age
of 13, is the record of Mrs. Florence
Albano Sarno, as revealed here today
when she made application for a li
cense to wed Vito Michele d’AUecan
dro.
Mrs. Sarno gave her age as 30 years
and the clerk went back on his rec
ords to prove that she was married
twenty years ago and had two child
ren 18 years ago and was divorced in
1906.
BRIDGE CLUB ENTERTAIN
Mrs. Alvah Eames entertained at
Bridge last night, five tables being in
play. Mrs. Richard McNally won the
lady’s prize and Mrs. Ralph Reed the
consolation. D. H. Tver won the gen
tleman's prize and Win. Erwin con
solation. Alter play a substantial
luncheon was enjoyed. Those present,
were: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed, Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Root, Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Hannon, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
McNally, Mr. and Mrs. George Sex
ton, Mrs. Wayne Blue, Mrs. O. A. Jo
hansen, Miss Sylvia Sexton, Mrs. H.
B. Selby, D. H. Tver, E. L. Sweek, W.
H. Whittlesey, Wm. Erwin. and the
host and hostess.
DAN CREEK MINING CO.
SEARCHING FOR PAY
(From McCarthy News)
Charley Range, winter manager of
the Dan Creek Mining Company is in
town on a short business trip. Com
menting on the creek, Mr. Range stat
ed that while the winter has been
drifting by, Martin Radovan has been
sinking along the rim in search of a
third bench channel that is supposed
to exist.
Radovan has been d>‘ng all the
thawing with wood firt^,- the pro
gress has necessarily been slow,
but spring will see the complelion of
the prospecting and will prove the ex
tent of the benches on one part of the
creek.
If the old channel is found to exist,
it will probably lie at the contact of
the greenstone and the soft shale that
forms the bedrock, upon which the
placer values are now found. In case
the channel is not to shallow, it is
expected that this is where the rich
est gravel will be found.
Miss Thelma Ellsworth will enter
j tain tonight in honor of Miss Beatrice
Baughman, who returned from Seat
I tie on a recent boat. The guests will
; dress to represent some celebrated
: movie star, and other novel features
will be inaugurated.
S. M. Newton, editor of the Prince
Rupert Empire, was re-elected mayor
of the Canadian city last week. This
is his fifth term. They must appre*
date editors in Canada.