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VOLUME XVIII NUMBER 290
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1923
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SEATTLE, Nov. 2S—Samuel Wright
and Teruo Shonick, messengers for
the Bank of California, while riding in
a limousine were held up and robbed
ot $50,000 in cash and negotiable se
curities at 6:00 last night, at Second
avenue and South Jackson street. 1 lie
robbery was pulled off in a big traffic
jam, and was done so quickly that
spectators hardly had time to realize
a robbery hud taken place, before the
bandits whisked out of sight. Eight
men participated in the robbery. R.
H. Moulton, a policeman, convoying
the limousine, was bound and gagged
r and left in the machine. Three ar
rests were made today, but none of
the loot has been recovered. The
messengers were taking the mail con
signment from the bank to the sub
postoffice. The money was registered
to Vancouver, B. C., banks.
ri. C. Nunan, manager of the New
England Fisheries, and R. J. Davis,
engineer for the concern, will arrive
on the Admiral Watson this afternoon
to investigate Seward as a probable
site for an extension oi the company’3
business, in a telegram to the Sew
aid Chamber of Commune, 1 hey ask
ed the Chamber to have data ready
lor '.hem upon theii arrival, such as
available sites, light aui power, wa
ter. taxes, saimou, herring, etc. all
of which have been comqit el by Sec
rttary Hannon and are ready for t lie
gentlemen.
dhe New Company „s one oi :he
larg- St concerns in Am : >.a. and have
many branches. They enip’ '* a large
number ot men. and bke the Stand
ard Oii Company, their advent into a
town is for its great nett nn-e.:t.
As Seward is on the edge of tilt
giejifcsl halibut fishing banks in tin
>\cild, fishermen can bring three fare.
into tiiis port while taking cue 10 > th
ei s, ii should make a ^reat differeact
it. the cost of fishing. Herring am
sa men are also easily seen t ea Iron
H-.’.ibut Cove on the one side an
r-MV. mill Bay on the olhei.
\ meeting \s ill be held as soon as
M»-xsrs. Nunan and Davis a "..'re, ant
S* ward as a site for a halirmt sfotag*
plant will be discussed in Us eu'irety
JAWBONE OF TOOTHED WHALE
IS FOUND IN CALIFORNIA PITS
SANTA BARBARA, Nov. 27.—Di
J. P. Harrington, who is busy hen
digging out ancient bones, yesterda;
received a jawbone ot a toothed whah
which he says is so old it makes an
cient things look modern.
The toothed whale lived back in ge
ological times certainly millions o
years before the low browed man
whose skull was found a few day
ago, came into existence.
The jawbone was dug out of a clif
close to the ocean not far from thi
city. It was presented to Dr. Hairing
ton for the Smithsonian Institute. Di
Harrington plans a search to find th
remainder of the animal.
The section of bone is about fou
feet in length and contains man;
teeth between twelve and fifteen in
long. The whale is estimated to haw
been about thirty feet long.
AVALON, Catalina, Cat., Nov. 28
Harry A. Williams, Los Angeles sport
writer was elected president of tin
Pacific Coast league, replacing Wn.
H. McCarthy. Salt Lake, Oakland, Lo
Angeles and Portland voted for Wi!
liams while San Francisco and Sacra
mento supported McCarthy. The lar
ter refused to recognise Williams.
MASONS AND EASTERN STAR
GIVE ANNUAL DANCE TONIGH
Sew'ard Lodge No. 219, F. & A. M
and Seward Chapter No. 10, O. E. S
give their annual dance tonight at :
O. O. F. hall, the grand march start
ing at nine o’clock sharp. Cards wi
be a part of the amusement for thos
who do not dance. An effort will b
made to have Gov. Bone and Col. Lai
dis and party attend.
It is a strictly invitation affair, th
-cards being presented at the door.
JUNEAU, Nov. 28.—“Tiie iact tha
Alaska coal is at last reaching loca
markets," said Governor Scott C. Bone
before leaving for Seward on the Ad
miral Watson, "is most gratifying to
me, as it must be to all Alaskans, it
has long been an anomal> that, with
large deposits of excellent coal in
many parts of the Territory, Alaskan
communities have been compelled to
use the imported product. It was my
hope that coal from the Matanusa.a|
uuuid be pul on the markets ot
Southeastern Alaska last year, 'file
delay evidently has been unavoidable,
but now that native coal is available
it behooves the people to give it prei
erence. There is no doubt ot its
i quality.
“The possibility of coal production,
not only in the Matanuska field, but
elsewhere in the Territory, are real
and promising and the day should not
be far distant when Alaska coal shall
be exclusively handled and consumed
throughout Alaska.
“Ten years ago at Dutch Harbor I
witnessed the spectacle of a Norwe
gian vessel unloading Australian coal
for use by the American Navy. That
was an object lesson of short
sightedness on the part of the gov-,
: eminent in locking up and leaving un
developed Alaska's coal deposits and
shipping a foreign product across the
seas at heavy cost. It is reassuring
and a sign of the times that such
spectacles are of the best.
NEW PRESIDENT SEATTLE BANK
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—W. H. Parsons
was today elected president of the
Dexter Horton Bank, succeeding W.
R. Latimer, deceased.
Banking circles were shaken up to
day following gun squad raid by the
police at l:t)0 o’clock in the morning
on the vault of Hie Minueap •" 3 I’rust
Company, where a ianit rep tried
yeggs at work. When the police ar
rived at the bank they found four men
connected with the bank, playing
poker in the vault, surrounded by a
fortune in currency and securities.
The men were summarily discharg
ed by President Woodward, following
a general shake-up of the help.
BALTIMORE, Md„ Nov. 28.—Al
ready the mother of eight living chil-,
dren, Mrs. Lilly May Witting gave
’ birth tonight to quadruplets, one boy
5 and three girls, all of whom are living
and doing well.
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’ THANKSGIVING WHISKEY
CAPTURED BY OFFICERS
3 SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—One hundred
and twenty-five cases of whiskey tor
r the Thanksgiving trade fell into the
7 hands of she authorities at WooT
• mount Beacn, a suburb of the city to
day.
CANADIAN BOAT THELMA
LOSES MEN IN BLOW
The Canadian boat Tnetma was
swept last week by a heavy sea near
5 Cape Fairweather, the crew of five
men, and all gear being carried over-'
' board, two of the men drowning.
The accident occurred while the
crew of the men were cutting loose
the gear and boats that had been
washed overboard. A second wave
H swept the boat of all the crew save
the captain who seized a chain and;
.,! climbed back aboard.
The gasboat Venue lost her rudder
:. in the gale and the Norland lost a
- rudder shoe.
1
e E. M. Ball of the Fisheries Bureau,
e with headquarters at Juneau, has left
i- for the outside recently, and will be
in Washington all winter. During his
e absence the office will be looked after
by E. L. Hunter.
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HENRY FORD SMILINGLY GEC TO WORLD’S FAMOUS COMEDIAN
Henry Ford, unequalled producer of small autos shows Charlie Chap
in, unequalled produi <ir oi big uim comedies through the Ford plant.
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MOSCOW, Nov. 28.—Nicholas Bu
kharin, editor of the Pravda. and head ;
at the Central Soviet Committee, sail;
it is evident that American capital iS:
consolidated and growing stronger,
and that no chances for a revolution
exist for a long time.
SALMON EGGS SHIPPED
A million and a half humpback sal
mon eggs were recently shipped from
tht Ketchikan ita duy to the Oregon
s;ate hatchery lor ose in or.1 s n
st: earns.
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 25.—Luis
Firpo. the Argentine heavyweight, de
clared upon his arrival here that he
was only given a count of eight in the
Dempsey fight, and charged that jus
tice was denied him in the champion
ship bout in the United States.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—President
Coolidge does not yet consider the
time ripe for independence to be given
to the Filipinos, although he believes'
they are making satisfactory progress
in lessons on self government.
REINDEER QUEEN GOES TO
COPPER CENTER TO TEACH
Miss Ruth Reat, known as the
Reindeer Queen, has taken over an
Indian School at Copper Center and
will teach this winter. Miss Reat won
her title by bringing one of the first
herds of deer to the Broad Pass dis
trict.
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CORDOVA, Nov. 28—Forty-two of
the crew of the Shinkoku Maru arriv
ed here last night. Captain Salter
and seven others are still with the
ship and will remain with her until
it is decided what disposition will be;
made of the wreck by the board of un-;
derw'riters. But one man was drown-1
ed, a fireman, who left the vessel to i
carry a life line ashore.
SLAVERS WIFE PROSTRATED
OVER DUPLICITY HUSBAND'
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LODI, Calif., Nov. 28.—Mrs. Alexan-’
der Kells, wife of the famous mur-i
derer, has been confined to her bed
since she found out that her husband
is alive, and that it was not his body
found under the burning haystack on
the Kels farm. Mrs. Staples, her sis
ter said that since Mrs. Kels knows
everything a fight will be made to
have him declared insane.
“California will surely not hang an
insane man/ she declared.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Offers of
jilt-turkeys for the Whitehouse table
vere declined today by President and
VIrs. Coolidge, who told the donors
hey preferred to buy their own.
EXPORTS FOR OCTOBER
More than $13,000,000 worth of can
led salmon and one million dollars
worth of copper ore were the princi
pal exports of Alaska for October
The total of all shipments from the
reriitory was $16,000,000, a record
lor any month this year and a millior
dollars in excess of exports for Octo
ber, 1922. Besides the canned salmor
other fish products amounted to hal
a million dollars.
The steamship Admiral Watson is
due about 5:30 o'clock this afternoon
She will go as far west as Kodiak.
MEDFORD, Ore., Nov. 28.—Dr. J. S
Pearce, who came to Jacksonville
Oregon, in 1857, leading a party o
prospectors from there to the gob
strike in Boise basin, Idaho, in 1862
and discovered gold on McClellai
creek, Mont., in 1864, is dead here a
the advanced age of 88.
REDD CROSS BUTTONS MADE
FROM HIDE OF WALRUl
Miss Ebba M. Djupe, while on a rt
cent trip to Nome, was presenter
with Red Cross buttons made by ns
tives on the Diomedes Island, froi
walrus hide. The natives had no Re
Cross buttons, so made their own, us
ing a center of walrus hide on whic
they fastened the red cross made o
strips colored red with native dyes
The button is edged with a whit
fringe of hair seal.
EVIDENTLY A MISTAKE
Strollers’ Weekly published at Jv
neau says that hunters are wantonl
destroying game in interior Alaska
carcasses of many caribou from whic
the heads were chopped off, being see:
along the line of the Alaska railroac
These animals were killed for mea^
and dragged up to the railway lint
passengers evidently believing the
were being wasted.
CONTRACT LET FOR NEW
BREAKWATER AT WRANGEL
The Wrangell Commercial Club ha
received word that the contract fo
the construction of the Wrange:
Breakwater has been let to the Sim
& Carlson Company of Spokane an
Seattle. The firm has until March
to begin work, but it is probable the
will begin work as soon as their bon
is approved.
An electric vulcanizer for dentist
has been perfected.
Gateway, $1.25 per mo. delivered.
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KILL REACH SEWARD TOW
General Manager Lee H. Landis, j
Major Jolin C. Gotwals, B. H. Barn-1
lollar, and other officers of the Alas-i
ka railroad will arrive in Seward this
afternoon to meet with Governor S. t
C. Bone as the newly organized rail- r
way board. This will be Col. Landis’s |
first real visit to Seward, as on the t
previous occasion he came over to t
meet Mrs. Landis, and his stay was r
brief. It is hoped that it will be j
agreeable and that it will be the first j
visit of many. Col. Landis has already
shown his efficiency in railroad man- ,
agement and will undoubtedly work ,
for the betterment of the road, regard- ;
less of the pleas of the various towns ;
of the district for patronage. Seward
has many advantages overlooked by
preceding officials, but will surely
benefit by the appointment of a prac
tical railroad man as manager.
BILL REMITTING PENALTIES
PASSED OVER WOOD’S VETO
MANILA, Nov. 27.—The bill remit
ting penalties on delinquent land tax
payers which was vetoed by Governor
General Wood, was unanimously pass
ed over his veto today by the Filipino
legislature. The bill goes to Wash
ington for Presidential consideration
MANY KILLED IN CHILE
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Nov. 27
Several were killed and more than 50
injured in an army ammunition fac
tory explosion.
ROYALTIES HOBNOBBING
ROME, Nov. 26.—The King and
queen of Spain are visiting King Vic
tor and Queen Helena of Italy.
SEATTLE, Nov. 2S —Patrick I.alio
is dead as a result of knife wounds
received last night, whs.! he attempt
ed to save his father from the attack
of San Feno, aged 50. The elder Lal
lo and Feno w-ere engaged in a drink
ing party and the quarrc. arose over
the merits of certain wines in certain
Italian districts.
GERMANY MAKING MONEY
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—Germany print
’ ed two million trillion marks in cur
rency during the week ending Octo
ber first.
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LONDON, Nov. 28.—Mrs. Eurico Ca
ruso ana Captain Ernesc Ingram, ot
London, were married today in the
Brompton rectory.
Mrs. Caruso was the widow of >he
celebrated Italian tenor.
COOLIDGE PUTS FINISHING
TOUCH ON MESSAGE CONGRFSS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2L —President
Coolidge today put the finishing touc i
on his message to congress and the
document was turned over to the
printer. The message is said to b*
shorter than the average of those sent
to congress.
CORDOVA WANTS TO JOIN
FIRST DIVISION IN NEW STATE
JUNEAU: Chairman R. E. Robert
son of the Divisional convention re
| cently received telegraphic advices
| from Cordova saying that the business
men of that town were unanimously
in favor of unting the Prince William
Sound and Copper River country with
Southeastern Alaska in the formation
of a separate Territory,
It was explpained that Cordova be
lieves she will be more benefited on
account of the promise of early state
hood.
NORTHWESTERN HITS MUD
On her recent trip north, while
making the turn in landing at Peters
burg, the Northwestern stuck in the
mud, but floated at high tide. Nc
damage was done.
181 JOHNSON
IN BIHEH SPEECH
FLAYS U. S. POLICIES
CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—A two-fisted,
ery denunciation of the administra—
on’s foreign policies with a merciless
aying of Secretary Hughes’ repara
ons proposal, were the outstanding
matures of the speech tonight by Hi
am Johnson, before the Cook County
Leal Estate Board, formally opening
is campaign tor the presidency.
Senator Johnson gave his approval
if the Soldier bonus, demanded imme
liate tax reduction, aid for farmers,
nd the enactment of a child labor law
nd a minimum wage law as constitu
ional amendments.
the Senator tore into Sec. Hughes’
atest effort lo get the United States,
is he charged, “into the cockpit of
Europe,” and deplored the lack of a
genuine American policy at Washing
ton.
“America has evils at home which
should be corrected,” shouted the Sen
ator. “Until we show we are able to
keep our own house clean, why should
be try to show our neighbor how to
keep house. A participation into Eu
ropean affairs at this time would mean
our entrance into another war. Let
Europe lay down the sword and take
up the sickle before she calls for help
The money spent in armaments and
armed invasions of territory would
enable them to purchase their own
necessities. I am bitterly opposed to
mixing into the European muddle at
any time, and much more so at the
present.”
In speaking of the soldier bonus
Senator Johnson deplored the lack of
faith kept with the returning veteran,
who found his job gone, himself out
of step with the business world, and
th entoney appropriated for his care
and support, stolen by grafting offi
cials.
ENGLAND BUILDING LONGEST
AND r AST EST -j'.J BiVl AR! N E
LONDON, Nov 27.—The submarine
X-J nearing completion in the C'hat
I < u lockyard >T.> be the longest and
swiftest submarine in the world.
The Seward Drug Company will be
closed Thanksgiving Day from 11:00
a. m. to 2.00 p. m. and from 5:00 to
7:30 p. m.
Senator E. E. Chamberlin was seri
ously injured Tuesday night, at Lis
home in the north end oi the city, by
a fall caused by stepping on an oar
in the upstairs of his home. Mr.
Chamberlin started for town for surgi
cal treatment and tainted by the wav
side, being found by passersby later.
Dr. Baughman was called and found
that the injured man had dislocated
his shoulder and was badly bruised.
Mr. Chamberlin is at his home rest
ing easily and will soon be out again.
PLENTY OF BANANAS BUT NO
STAMPS ON PITCAIRN ISLAND
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Inhabitants at
Pitcairn, one of the smallest and most
romantic islands of the South Pacific
ocean, have run out of postage stamps
and money.
A letter en route from Pitcairn to
an inland United States City arrived
in Seattle yesterday without postage.
It had been routed via New Zealand,
and on the envelope the New Zealand
postmaster had scrawled a note say
! ing he was franking the letter because
Pitcairn islands have no stamps nor
money to buy them with. The letter
was sent on to its destination.
A mere dot on the map of the Pa
cific ocean, Pitcairn was first colo
nized in 1780 by mutineers of the
British ship Bounty. The island is
four and one-fourth miles long. In
1905 its population was given as 115
| men and 96 women.
STEEN BE TAKEN BACK TO
PORTLAND STAND TRIAL
Walter J. Hamon, alias Steen, alias
J. Lewis, who was arrested in Juneau
last week on an alleged forgery
charge will be taken back to Portland
to stand trial. Steen cashed a num
ber of checks in Juneau drawn against
a Portland bank, and it is probable
that the issuers are losers.