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VOLUME XIX. NUMBER 95.
SEWARD. ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 21,1924.
PRICE, TEN CENTS
CURRY SEEKS TO
EQUALIZE ALASKAN
REPRESENTATION
WASHINGTON, Apr. 21.—Congress
man Charles F. Curry of California
introduced a bill in congress March
21, amending the organic act by re
apportioning the representation of the
four judicial divisions in the Terri
tenia! house at Juneau.
The bill was referred to the com
mittee on territories and ordered to
be placed on the calendar.
The First and Third divisions un
der the bill will have greater repre
sentation it an the Second and Fourth
divisions on the basis of popu'ation.
Honduras Opposed to
Intervention by America
SAN SALVADOR, April 19—Hon
duras political circles are reported not
pleased with the mediation of Sumner
Welles ,sent by the President from
Santo Domingo to Honduras in an en
deavor to restore peace in that repub
lic. Mr. Welles has reached Teguci
galpa. They are opposed to any kind
* of American intervention as detriment
al to the national honor. Revolution
ary forces are reported victorious in
West Honduras.
MACHINE GUNS KEEP
AUTOS FROM ARIZONA
YUMA, Ariz., Apr. 21.—Two ma
chine guns were mounted on the
from the Governor to bar further
Colorado river today with orders
travel from California because of
the hoof and mouth epidemic.
Alaska Appropriations for
Coas tSurvey Slashed
, WASHINGTON, Apr. 21— The
House Committee on Appropriations
on Appropriations has cut the appro
priations lor Alaska cmu-t surveys
for 1925 to $64,000 which is less
than last year.
DAVIS Cl’P COMMITTEE
TICKS STARS FOR TEAMS
NEW YORK, April 21—The Davis
Cup committee of the United States
lawn tennis association picked four
men and four women stars to com
pose the American team for Olympic
competition. W. Tilden, Vincent Rich
ards, Watson M. Washburn and R.
Norris Williams compose the men’s
team.
SINCLAIR FILED MOTION
TO QUASH INDICTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apiil 21—
Harry F. Sinclair filed a motion to
quash the indictment charging him
with contempt of court, for refusing
to answer questions before the oil
committee which he declared had no
authority to compel him to answer.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WINS COAST BOAT RACES
* SEATTLE, April 21—At the annual
Pacific Coast championship boat race,
held yesterday on Lake Washington,
the University of Washington was an
easy victor over California winning by
eight and one-half lengths.
SAYS IGNORING SUGAR
PRODUCER IN INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
H. E. Miles, president of the fair tariff
league, made public a brief filed with
the tariff commission charging that,
the commission is “deliberately ignor- !
ing the domestic producer of sugar |
beets and sugar cane” as well as the
consumer in the pending investigation.
He contends that factory figures en
tirely are used and all elements bear
ing on the expense of production of
raw material are omitted.
ARMY TANKS PATROLLING
KENTUCKY MINING COMPANY
PINEVILLE, April 21—Two army
tanks are guarding the property of the
Liberty Coal and Coke company at
Bright Creek as a result of the week’s
< warfare between soldiers and persons
who would prevent the operation of
the mine. State troops are also on
guard.
A1 Peel returned from Mile 20 on
^ Saturday’s train.
‘DRINK IT BEFORE YOU
CROSS THE LINE" MAY
BE MOTTO RUM KILLERS
—
SEATTLE, April 21—“Drink it
before you cross the line,” is apt to
become the motto of Americans who
leave Canadian cities with a private
I bottle for home consumption tucked
' away in their automobile, following
the announcement that they will be
put into the class of rum runners.
In the past, if liquor was found
! in home-coming autos, a $5 fine
was imposed and the liquor taken.
Under the new regulations announ
ced by Customs Collector Millard
T. Hartson, seizure of the automo
bile may result.
The new rules require that all ar
ticles purchased in Canada that are
in the automobile, must be declared
and if liquor is declared the cus
tomary $5 fine will be imposed, but
however, if liquor is found that has
not been declared, the automobile
will be seized and held as used for
smuggling.
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MINING ENGINEER FOR
NUKA BAY IN CITY
\V. A. Brockway, a mining engi
i neer from Spokane, arrived on the
I Northwestern Saturday to expert the
Nuka Bay property, and will be in
active charge of the mill work on
the property which will start up
I July 15.
A. P. Lindquist and J. O. Davis
j arrived from Anchorage Saturday,
| and with Messrs. Andrews and Brock
i way will leave for Nuka Bay on the
May. C. H. Schultz, a mining man
i of Spokane, will also join the party.
It is reported that J. Paschell, an
engineer from Idaho, will have charge
! of the mining.
Mr. Lindquist recently suffered a
serious injury by being pawed in the
| head by a horse he was loading for
! Nuka bay, and lias been laid up at
! Anchorage for several weeks.
The machinery shipped on the
; Starr recently has been landed and
i is being hauled to the mine.
FATHER KILLS SON IN
ROW OVER PROPERTY
PE ELL, Wu., Apr. 21—As a re
suit of a row over property, \\. J.
; Shields, 78, shot and killed his son,
' Joseph P. Shields, 28.
British Flyer Reaches
Mediterranean in Flight
LONDON, Apr. 21—Major Stuart
MacLaren, the British around the
world flyer, has arrived at Ziza,
Egypt, from Cairo.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
FIGHT PROPOSALS TO
CUT RATES ON FOODS
OLYMPIA ,April 21—A renewed at
tack is being made by the express
! companies to prevent reduced rates on
I fod products ordered by the interstate
i commerce commission, from going into
effect, E. V. Kuykendall, director of
public works stated today.
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PINCHOT SAYS RECOMMENDED
IIENEY AS GOVT. AGENT
HARRISBURG, April 21—Pinchot |
made the statement that he recom
mended Heney to Couzens in the in
terest of prohibition enforcement. He
declared he has no personal interest or
animus in the investigation and was
not pressing for a general investiga
tion of the treasury department but
asserted that “it is high time that an
end was put to corruption and ineffi
ciency in the federal enforcement ser
vice.
MARYLAND LEADS IN PRACTICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
Complete examination by the naval de
partment of the battleship target prac
tice scores since July first, shows that
the Maryland leads with the Tennes
see, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Ari
zona and New Mexico, following in
that order . The scores include both
night and day firing from big guns
and Torpedoes.
Capt. J. H. Hughes, head of the
stores department of the Alaska Rail
road, returned to Anchorage this morn
ing after spending the week end in
Seward on business connected with his
department.
COOUDGE HAS 563
DELEGATES PLEDGED
' ASHCN*-.TON, Api. 2!—Mnnaaei
l'.u ; r annonnco'l this morning tlia:
Calvin Coulidgt has 50.°. delegates
pledged, o" mougli o cincn the rr
1 uhl'ean nominal ion.
MARIE CORELLI DEAD:
AUTHOR AND WRITER
STRATFORD-ON-AVON, Apr. 21—
Marin Correlli, noted authoress and
writer died here today.
205,735 FORD CARS
DELIVERED IN MARCH
DETROIT, Mich., April 7—Retail
deliveries of Ford cars and trucks in
the United States during the month of
March ,reached the record-breaking
I total of 205,735, it was announced by
| the Ford Motor company here Satur
! day.
Nothing in the history of the auto
! mobile industry compares with this re
j markable record.
A significant feature developed dur
jing the last ten days of the month,
when sales averaged 10,804 cars and
I trucks a day, indicating that spring
I buying had begun, and that under this
! enormous demand production of the
I company will be taxed to the limit in
! an endeavor to meet the heavy flood
! of orders.
MEXICAN OFFICIALS THINK
HUERTA IS NOW IN CUBA
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
The report that Adolf de La Huerta,
the revolutionary leader, had fled from
i Mexico, was repeated in today’s con
I sular dispatches from Progreso, and
| state department officials were inclin
ed to believe that the story was true.
The department’s dispatch from
Progreso said de La Huerta had gone
either to Cuba or Payo Obispo, near
the border line of Mexico or British
Honduras.
Eight sub-ministers and commis
! sioners of the de La Huerta movement
i were said to have left Mexico for New
Orleans.
Department officials indicated that
j they saw no reason to doubt the ac
! curacy of the report despite the fact
that stories of Huerta’s flight from
; Mexico and of the final collapse of his
movement against Obregon have been
denied categorically by the agents of
the revolutionary leader in this coun
try.
The department has no confirmation
of the reports of red movements sup
ported by striking laborers, in the
Tampico oil district.
MARTIAL LAW BE ‘
PROCLAIMED IN GREECE
ATHENS, April 21—Newspapers
here announce that martial law will
be proclaimed Monday, probably for
the purpose of preserving law and or
der.
JAPANESE BALL PLAYERS
PLAY IN UNITED STATES
SEATTLE, April 21—Meiji Univer
sity baseball players and the Japanese
intercollegiate champions arrived here
last night for a series of games in the
United States.
JUDGE UNDECIDED WHETHER
PERMIT NESBIT INTERFERE
PHILADELPHIA, April 21—Judge
John Monoghan is undecided whether
to permit Nesbit to interfere with the
Thawr estate valued at about one mil
lion.
PRISON SENTENCES ARE
REDUCED BY COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—|
President Coolidge commuted today to
one month the prison sentences of one
year imposed upon Edward A. Rumley,
former publisher of the New York
Mail ,and S. Walter Kaufman and Nor
vin H. Lindheim, convicted for violat
ing the trading with the enemy act.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Baldersron ar
rived on Saturday’s special from An
chorage. Mrs. Balderston returned
this morning.
F. B. Johnson, an old timer of
Kodiak, who arrived on the Watson,
left today for Anchorage for dental
and medical treatment.
EXCLUSION AUTHORITY
MUST BE RECOGNIZED
WASHINGTON, Apr. 21.—The ex
elusion authority of congress must
he recognized with regard to immi
gration, Secretary Hughes formally
wrote the Italian government.
ADMIRAL WATSON SAILS
FOR SOUTHERN PORTS
The steamship Admiral Watson'ar
rived in port Saturday night sailing
-outh bound two hours later. Pas
| seagers arriving at Seward were J
; M. Collins and one steerage. Those
leaving for the south were:
For La touche—Eabe Smith, J. J
j Brown, Ben Zendame, Geo. Riley, W
| Oolieh.
| For Valdez—H. P. Sullivan, E. E
: Ritchie, D. B. Chace, E. E. Chamber
lin.
For Cordova—Miss Winaifred Gay
low, Mrs. A. F. McFadden, Thomas
Maher, W. T. Lopp, Ben Sassof, M
B. McMahon, Chas. Nelson, L. S. Cof
fin, John Wilson, H. B. Madland, A
| Giglof, Glen Carrington, C. M
' Sharpe.
For Juneau—M. C. Edwards, Haw
ley W. Sterling, John McKeon.
For Seattle—J. Holmgren, Waltei
Ester, John Bortica, E. J. Wester
laughter, B. J. Borrowrski, L. L
berg, Capt. W. P. Dingle, wife am
Knickerbocker, Winnifred Wilson, am
three steerage.
SEWARD SCHOOL TEAM
WINS RIFLE MATCH
The Seward School rifle team de
| t'eated the Sitka school rifle team it
j the competitive shoot held recently
The Seward team composed of Wil
lis Perry, Joe Estes and Willis Cor
son, making 268 points out of a pos
sible 300, and th eSitka team 267
The Seward'“ team has been chal
lenged by the Lakeview team, con
sisting of Andy Simons, Harry am
Buster Revelle, the shoot to be hel(
in the near future.
Winchester targets will be usee
and the disatnee is 50 feet offhand.
RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD
REFUSES WAGE BOOS!
HAVANA, April 21—An offer oj
ten per cent increase in wages ha;
been made by the United Railways ir
Havana and refused by a committet
representing the railroad brotherhood
j who announced they desire President
Zayas to appoint arbitrators.
The brotherhood has demanded in
J creases estimated as high as 40 pet
i cent.
A strike on the United Railways
with the possibility of a general rail
road strike here, have been threaten
ed by union leaders unless their de
mands are satisfied.
TEN PER CENT TAX
ON RADIO AGREED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
A last minute attack on the re/enue
bill in an all-day session of the senate
finance committee today brought sev
eral changes in the taxes on radio sets
jewelry and estates ,and postponment
of a report of the measure to the sen
ate until next week.
The ten per cent radio tax was made
applicable to all sets and parts with
out exemption after the committee
earlier in the day had voted to in
crease from $15 to $50 the minimum
price of a set on which the tax would
be levied.
This and ten per cent tax on mah
jong sets costing more than $5 are the
only new taxes carried by the bill. The
taxes are levied on the manufacture.
The radio tax, Chah’man Smoot declar
ed, would not result in an increase in
the pi-ice of the sets and parts of con
sumers.
Just how the tax will be applied to
the parts cf sets, however, will be left
to the jurisdiction of the internal rev
enue bureau, as in case of the tax on
automobile parts, Mr. Smoot said. He
figured the tax would net about $10,
000,000 pointing out, however, that no
accurate estimates were available.
HUGHES SAYS COOLIDGE
IS IDEAL EXECUTIVE
NEW YORK, April 19—Hughes in
an address to New- York republicans,
said: “You will search in vain for a
more ideal executive than Coolidge,”
asserting that the American people
will keep him where he is.
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TEX RICKARD’S SILVER
VOICED OFFER CHANGES
LUIS’ MIND ABOUT RING
NEW YORK, April 21—Luis Fir
po has reconsidered his decision to
abandon the prize ring according to
a friend in this city who is in daily
touch with him by cable.
According to present plans, he
will leave for the United State on
April 25. Tex Rickard’s silver voice
raised in golden phraseology made
music that the avaricious Luis could
not listen to unmoved.
All the carefully laid plans for
a barnstorming tour, it appears
have been cast into the blue waters
of the River Plate. lie will jour
ney hitherto to wage two combats
in return for resounding sums and
the man behind the bank roll is Tex
Rickard.
Almost any respectable sum will
resound so far as Luis is concerned.
His automobile business is a frost
and just now he is involved in ne
gotiations looking toward its sale.
TOM KEATLEY PASSES
AWAY SATURDAY NIGHT
■ | Thomas Keatley, a well known
. | Sewardite, died suddenly Saturday
[ ! night of acute indigestion, following
[ a prolonged spell of illness, Mr.
Keatley had been in Alaska about 20
years, being in Dawson during the
gold rush. Deceased was born in
i Liverpool, England, about forty years
r S ago, and has an aged mother living
L j in Liverpool.
Mr. Keatley had been Seward for
! some time and had many friends
i ’ here. He will be interred in the lo
cal cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
During his residence in Seward Mr.
Keatley followed lougshoring.
SERVICE STATIONS MAY BE
FORCED OFF HIGHWAYS
1 OLYMPIA, April 21—Garages and
1 service stations, which encroach upon
the public highways may be declared a
nuisance and ordered to vacate, the su
preme court decided today, affirming
the decree of the Pierce county super
ior court against the Camp Lewis Ser
vice and Garage company.
The Camp Lewis company resisted
the order of James Allen, state high
; way engineer to get off the state high
i way, right-of-way but were not sup
i ported by the Pierce county superior
, court and brought the case to the su
, preme court.
SENORA HUERTA LEAVES
NEW ORLEANS April 21—Senora
Adolfo de La Huerta, wife of the Mex
j ican rebel leader ,left here on a South
j ern Pacific train for San Antonio, the
New Orleans Daily States announced
today. She was accompanied by her
I two sons.
HOUSE APPROVES FUNDS
FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
The house today agreed to appropri
ate $1,500,000 for operation of the
New Y'ork-San Francisco air mail ser
vice during the fiscal year beginning
July 1.
It also approved the additional ap
propriation of $1,250,000 for operation
of the air mail service by night flying.
STORM I DAMAGES HEAVY
PADUCAH, Ky., April 21—Damage
in last week’s wind storm in McCrack
en and Graves’ counties was estimated
; at $75,000 today. No loss of life was
: reported. Lamount, Grahamville and
| Maxon seems to have been hit hardest.
I Meager reports from Lamount reveal
that it suffered the heaviest damage
| A number of houses were blown down,
several pei-sons narrowly escaped with
their lives and fire broke out in a gar
age when it was demolished by the
wind.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21— i
Lieut. 0. C. Wood, son of governor
general Wood of the Philippines and ;
who made a fortune recently in Wall i
Street, resigned from the army. j
Easter Sunday was observed in
Seward by the Masons attending ser
vices in a body, Rev. R. V. E. Dunlap
delivering the sermon, and at night i
the youngsters of the Sunday school \
gave a well rendered program.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT ,
The city council will meet tonight ,
in the rooms over the fire hall, the \
last regular meeting thin month. i
ARMY AIR CRUISERS
REACH DUTCH HARBOR
SATURDAY AT 5:00 P. M.
DUTCH HARBOR, Apr. 19.—The
army air cruisers Boston, Chicago
and New Orleans, which left
Chignik at 11 a. m. Saturday, ar
rived here at 5 o’clock in the
afternoon without incident. Lieut.
Nelson stated that the weather
was perfect for flying conditions,
and good time was made. The
planes flew low over Unga island
giving the residents a chance to
view the plar.es.
CHIGNIK, Apr. 21.—The coast
guard cutter Algonquin arrived here
today with a new motor for Major
P. L. Martin’s plane, Seattle. The
Algonquin also took spare parts .md
gasoline.
A heavy snowfall occurred here
yesterday. Snow also covers the isV
| ands at Dutch Harbor.
Radio stations will be established
at Atka and Attu, thus relieving the
patroi boats for sea patrol. A camp
| has been prepared at Attu for the
flyers who wait until the U. S. and
Japanese warships are lined up across
the strait between Attu and the Ku
riles islands.
McAdoo States Scandal
Is Strictly Republican
COUER D’ALENE Idaho, April 19
—McAdoo, in addressing a meeting in
this city, declared that the oil “scan'
dal is exclusively republican because it
is officials of the Harding-Coolidge ad
ministration and no other who have be
trayed their public trusts and any oth
er claim is a tiansparent device to di
vert attention from the real criminals.
The Teapot dome, California Naval Oil
lands wei-e preserved by the Wilson
administration.”
Captain Osmond Entertains
Army Flyers at Chignik
The army flyers were royally en
tertained at Chignik by Capt. and
Mrs. James Osmund. Capt. Osmund
is manager of the Columbia River
Packers cannery at Chignik, and has
been an Alaskan for a quarter of a
century.
Denies lie Threatened
U. S. With Consequences
WASHINGTON, Apr. 21—A format
denial that he intended to threaten
the United States when he told Sec
retary Hughes with grave conse
quences would follow the passage of
the Japanese exclusion act was made
today by Ambassador Harishara, in
a letter to Secretary Hughes.
IOWA DEMOCRATS WILL j
SUPPORT W. G. M’ADOO
DAVENPORT, April 21—Iowa’s
delegation to the democratic national
convention at New York will vote for
William G. McAdoo for the presiden
tial nomination as the result of the
partys’ state convention, in the opinion
of Clyde L. Herring, the new Iowa
national committeeman.
ADMINISTRATION DIVIDED
ON McNARY-HAUGEN BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21
Administration officials are at sixes
and sevens over the McNary-Haugen
bill, which provides for the purchase
)f the export wheat crop. The critics
are numerous ,the attack on the bill
extends all the way from cries of un
soundness to statement that it will
take an army greater than the prohibi
tion force to police its operations.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE IS
OPPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21—
Resident Coolidge is opposed to large
:ampaign contributions as a matter of
irinciple, according to announcements
‘rom the "White House yesterday.
USE STEEL-SHAFTED CLUBS
CHICAGO, April 21—The United
states Golf Association sanctioned the
ise of steel shafted golf clubs .
The launch B. F. M. left for a tow
>f 50,000 feet of logs at Fourth of
Filly creek. They will bo delivered
o the Resurrection Bay I,umber Co s
oill.