WASHINGTON, Pec. 30.—Cnairman
Julius Kahn, of California, of the
House Military Affairs committee is
a guest of Prescient Coolidge on a
week-end cruise o.> the May 1 lower.
CHIEF OF FRENCH STUFF
PUSSES AWAY SUNDAY
PARIS Dec. 30.—Chief of the Gen
eral Stall General Buat, who was with
General Petain through the tvorld war
died here Sunday.
KELLOGG ARRIVES IN ENGLAND
PLYMOUTH, Eng , Dec. 30.—Amer
ican Ambassador Kellogg arrived in
London today.
M
WASH V '■ ON. Dec. 33.—The Amor
lean peo.d * olii -l mor • a::d spent
more and s ve1 nr * lo 13zi that, in
1022, the Federal Reserve Board said
last night in an annual review of eco
nomic conditions.
LONDON, Dec. 30.—Sir Jerome
Howard will succeed Sir Geddes, who
resigned as ambassador to the United
States.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Oil promotion
adverisements which contain the!
name of Lieutenant Leonard Wood,]
Junior, are being scrutinized by the
postal authorities today.
GUN DEVELOPED THAT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Army ex
perts have developed a gun that hurls j
a 1500 pound armor piercing projec
tile 23 miles.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30—The bod-1
ies of thirty thousand American ;jol-j
diers having been buried in eight Eu |
ropean cemeteries, this government
•will spend a million dollars this year
"beautifying the resting places of the
heroes who gave their lives for their
country.
U. S. WILL SELL
tills TO 0BRE00N
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The gov
ernment has agreed to sel\a quantity
of war material to the Obregon gov
ernment of Mexico.
The Starr will sail north about
January 12.
KENAI LAKE SERVICE
THE GAS LAUNCH
KEN A I
Making regular trips twice a
week from Roosevelt to Coop
er’s Landing, lower Kenal, with
oassengers and freight. The
'taoitat of the moose, sheep,
ma near. Guides furnished for
nuntmg parties, and cabins for
'ounsts. Special trips made on
<-equest. Write to
LOUIS BELL, Master
Roosevelt, Alaska
MOST OF AMOUNT IS FROM SAL
MON, COD AND HALIBUT
FROM ALASKA WATERS
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—Clearings of
Seattle banks for the year just clos
ing aggregate two billions, and forty
five million dollars worth of fish was
handled through this port according to
figures received from the Pacific Can
ned Fish and Brokerage Association.
Eight million dollars .voit.i of Jap
anese silk was forwarded to New York
over the Northern Pacific railway to
night
SANTA MAKES CLEAN-UP
MOLINE, 111., Dec. 29.—Disguised as
Santa Claus, a bandit held up the Cox
jewelry store Christmas eve* and es
caped with $800 in money and $30,000
worth of diamonds.
AMERICA REMAINS THE
HOPE OF THE WORLD
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Israel Zang
will, a noted Jewish authority, de
clared that America remains the hope
while the world has not yet recov
ered from the intoxication of war.
BISMARCK, N.. D., Dec. 30.—The
Republican State convention at a
meeting last night commended Presi
dent Coolidge fox the presidency to the
republican voters of the State
HOLIDAY MARRIAGES
Roy A. Greenfield of Latouche and
Miss Mary McConnell, of Seward who
were united in marriage here Decem
ber 24, left for their home in La
touche. Mr Greenfield is a mill mao
in the employ of the Kennecott com.
pan vat latouche, and Miss M'lConntll
ies a Seward gi:i. the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Janies McConned
John Plisko and Lou Wilkinson have
been granted license to wed and will
be married at 10 o’clock tom 'rrow
morning t.y C--■> m‘. ir.ce.' Morford.
Daughter of Major General United in
Marriage to Oregon Solon
WASHINGTON, Dec 30.—Senator
McNary of Oregon and Miss Cornelia
W. Morton, daugther of Major Genera
Morton, were married in Chicago Sat
urday afternoon.
STEAMER STARR
REACHES SEATTLE
EARLY SATURDAY
SEATTLE. Dec. 30.—The disabled
Alaska mail" steamer Starr which ar
rived in port at 2:00 o’clock Saturday
morning will enter the Todd Dry dock
Wednesday for repairs. The Siarr is
reported have had an uneventful trip
from Ketchikan down.
JAPANESE CABINET RESIGNS
Attempted Assassination of Prince Re
gents Stirs Official Heads
TOKIO, Dec. 30—The Japanese
cabinet today resigned for the second
time in 48 hours as evidence of its
humiliation of the attempted assassi
nation cf the prince regent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—In a battle
between Federal forces led by Pro
hibition Agent Merrick, and United
States District Attorney Mosser, and
bootleggers on the south shore of
Long Island eleven shots were fired.
Eight rum runners were gathered in
by the authorities.
Attorney L V. Ray returned on
Saturday's train from a short business
trip to Anchorage.
KGE BtiLAbCU KILLED
Automobile Runs Over Neice of Fa
mous Playwright
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30..—Reyna
Belasco, aged 11 niece of David Be
lasco, the famous playwright, was run
over and killed by an auto todav.
THIRTY monos KILLED
N CUSH WITH TROOPS
MANILA, Dec. 30.—Thirty Moros
were killed in a clash with sixty sol
diers of the Philippine constabulary
at Malundu.
01 CHINESE BIDITS
j PEKING, Dec. 30.—Followers of the
notorious bandit, Lao Yao Jen captur
ed an American missionary, Mrs. Ju
lia Killen, and wounded Professor and
Mrs Hoff in a raid upon tht town of
Tsao Yang, in Hupeh province.
HEM mi BEDELS
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 30-—A general
advance on Vera Cruz, rebel head
'quarters extending from Tepuacan to
Apizaco, has been ordered to begin to
day under the command of General
Eugenio Martinez. i
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—The Bureau of
Education school ship Boi.er sailed
Saturday ior a four months cruise in!
scuth^attern Alaska to bring to the;
Alaska Indians the knowledge and I
skill required for tlieir needs as d
coast and seafaring people The na-j
five boys will be given training in the j
care and use of engines, ujnames mo
! tors, ami pumps and the overhauling|
and repairing of marine gas engines,
belonging to the Tsimps^aus. H;»da'ns|
and Thliugets. Training on snip
board is also included with lesmusi
in speaking, writing and reading En
glish, arithmetic, geography, history. I
and personal hygiene.
PARIS, Dec. 30.—The belief is ex
pressed in official circles tonight that
the Dixmude was hit by lightning and
exploding, fell in the Mediterranean
Sea. Sicilian fishermen report seeing
the craft fall a flaming mass into the
sea, but feared to investigate.
Accompanied by Son Kermit Will Tour
Far East This Winter
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.—Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt and son, Captain
Kermit Roosevelt, sailed today for a
winter tour of the Far East.
ATHLETE KILLED AND
WHITE GIRL ASSAULTED
MIAMI, Ariz., Dec. 30.—Ted Groh,
all star athlete of the University of
Arizona was killed, and his compan
ion, Miss Maxine McNally is in a se
rious condition as the result of an at
tack by a negro or Mexican last even
ing. Grosh was first shot and killed
and the girl pulled out of the auto
and assaulted. Posses are scouring
the country for the murderer.
WITH LIGHT LISTING
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—The steamship
Northwestern which sailed Saturday
morning had a list of 64 passengers,
including the following: J. H. Bar
tholf, V. B. Bennett, James Hagan, W.
N. Blankenship, F C. Hall, M. Mur
ray and C. D. Bitning.
I
ACCEPT Din
(SOCIAL CIRCLES STIRRED OVER
SLIGHT TO PRESIDENT AND
MRS. COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.—Official
and social Washington are much stir
red over an incident at a state depart
ment dinner given by President and
Mrs. Coolidge involving the refusal of
Baroness de Cartier de Machienne,
'wife of the Belgian ambassador to ac
cept as her allotted dinner partner,
Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, German ambassa
dor.
When dinner was announced andj
Dr. Wiedfeldt attempted to enter the!
spacious dining room with the Baron
ess she cut him direct and marched
in alone
TO y. S. 8! ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Foreign
allies will pay the United State $183,
000.000 on their total war indebted
ness the coming year the treasury de
partment announced tonight.
BATTLING SIKI DEFEATED
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.— Dick
Taylor, a negro heavyweight, won tne
decision over Battling Siki, the Sene
galese, in a ten round bout here Sat_
urday night.
JAPANESE SLAIN BY WILD BOAR
HONOLULU, Dec. 30.—M. Umazo
overseer for the Hawaiian Irrgation
Co. was so severely injured by a wild
boar which attacked him that he died
on his way home An artery was sev
ered by the boar’s tusks.
ANDREW MILLS, FOX FARMER
DROWNS NEAR HOGAN ISLE
JUNEAU • Word was received in
this city of the drowning of Andrew
Mills at the Sholin fox farm on Hogen
Island near Chichagof. The body
has not been recovered.
Deceased was a brother of Alex
Mills a Juneau resident
PARIS Dec. 30.—Thousands were!
forced to evacuate their homes during
the night as the rising waters ol the|
river Seine inundated new districts in
Paris, Nana, Paris Nantarre, Stedis
and Isby. Especially constructed ma
chinery operated by naval saiiurs i
being used to relieve the situation.
Many thousands are camped in the
parks and on the highlands along the
river.
TOLL OF DECEMBER STORMS
REACHES A LARGE FIGURE
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—The terrific
storm that ushered In Christmas Day
to the North Pacific coast took a toll
of 13 lives in the state.
Two of the deaths were caused bv
live wires, the victims being Gustave
Quarnstorm at Aberdeen and Michael
Graznof in Seattle.
Victor Webb was drowned at sea
oft Newport Ore. His boat was dash
ed to pieces on the rocks.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter were seriously
injured near Hoquiam when a large
tree smashed down on their auto.
Property damage in western Wash
ington reached several hundred thou
sand dollars
> WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—In a New
Year’s greeting issued yesterday by
the President he declares that the na
tion’s gratifying accomplishments in
1923 will be continued throughout the
coming year. This greeting was fol
lowed by one from Attorney General
Dougherty which said in part: “It is
my opinion that a good New Year res
olution for every American citizen to
keep is that they will respect and obey
the written, laws of this country in
their letter and spirit^and that he wil
keep constantly in mind that the law
and constitution are a guarantee of
his own peace and happiness and well
as a guarantee of the peace and happi
ness of his neighbor and nation.”
SEJM COUPLE.
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—Laura Hughes,
23, a saleswoman for the Sweet Si.
teen Company, and Henry C. Bart
ett, a University student, were killed
last night when their auto was hit by
a street car.
Donald E Murphy, cashier in a lo
cal bank, is the latest victim of fasi
driving. He died after being removed
to the general hospital in an uncon
scious condition. Murphy was found
lying in the street.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS CHAMPION
ELEVATED TO PEERAGE
COPYRIGHT KEYSTONE VIEW CO. NEW YORK
Lord Robert Cecil, brilliant English
man, upon whom King George has con
ferred a peerage.
REQUIEM MASS SUNG FOR
ALASKA PRIEST WHO FROZE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30.—Father
F. J Ruppert, Catholic priest at Nome
who was frozen to death on the trail
December 16, founded Loyola univer
sity here ten years ago. He was one
of the best known priests on the bay,
according to local reports. Three of
the largest Catholic churches in the
city have observed a solemn requiem
mass lor the victim of Arctic cold.
The priest went to Alaska as pastor
of St. Joseph’s church at Nome six
years ago.
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nth iitumii H
PilZZli 18 PflLICf FORGE
VIRGINIA, Minn., Jan. 2.—Patrick.
Nettlake fullblooded young Chippewa
Indian from the Nettlake reservation
at Orr, Minnesota, who has been lock
edup here—feathers and all—for al
leged inlraction of neary every rule
and regulation that surrounds his tribe
as well as for sending obscene matter
through the mails has given the psv
chiastrists something else to explain.
Asked by deputy U. S. Marshal Jas.
A. Pearce, before he was shown into
a cell, whether he was heap much bad
Indian as the mass of charges seem
ed to indicate, atrick said he couldn't
for the life of him tell.
“I always forget what I do in the
day time,” he averred solemnly, "in
the night time I remember”—but I
never do anything in the night time.”
ed to indicate, Patrick said he couldn’t
it.
DRIVER OF AUTO
TWIT KILLS GIRL
TAKEN I CUSTODY
NEVER STOPPED WHEN CAR HIT >
CRIPPLED CHILD—THOUGHT
HE “HIT PLANK”
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.—Ole Knudson
master mariner, owner and driver of
the car that ran down and killed lien*
Bradshaw, a crippled girl, Christmas
Day, divulged to the police today that
there were three in the car, all of
whom kept equally silent about th®
accident until hauled up for question
ing by the police. They were Knute
Rodal, Miss Selma Nelson, Rcdal’s
sweetheart, and John Rodal, a brother
to Knute.
Knudson stated when asked bv the
police why he did not stop and suc
cor his victim, that he thought he had
si luck a plank, and did not know until
next day that he had hit a pm^on.
SEATTLE, Jan. 2.—On being hand
ed a receipt in full for $36,000 cash,
lump alimony, paid into court this aft
ernoon, James Brewster, a cigar deal
er, stated that he had already paid
his wife $18,000 as a starter, and that (
he would give her more if she desired
it.
ICY BLASTS FROM ALASKA
SWEEPING PUGET SOUND
WASHINGTON, Jan 2.—Icy blasts
from Alaska today overspread the
Nortnwestern states and the northern
plateau regions and the western plains
it was stated. The Missouri valley
and interior western and Quit states
with zero temperatures as far south
as the Texas panhandle.
GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION 1
IN ALSKA HAS DECLINED *
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Although
gold and silver production in Alaska
has declined in value, its mineral
wealth was increased from $19 006,
305 in 1922 to 20,300,000 in 19^3, ac
cording to Alfred Brooks, chief Alas
kan geologist.
Alaska’s gold production was $6 -
150,000; silver $600,000; copper, $12,
500,000; coal, $600,000. The output of
other minerals dropped to $310,0O0.
The total value of all minerals pro
duced since 1880 is given as $518,
000,000. »
LONDON, Jan. 2.—The Earl of Jer
sey and Sir Ernest Pageant died to
day.
NE WYORK, Jan. 2.—The Dragon, 4
described as a sumptuously equipped
yacht, was seized by customs men off
Port Jefferson, Long Island, tonight
and a large quantity of liquor was con
fiscated, it was reported to officials
at the barge office here. The yacht
was said to be under Canadian regis
try, with a crew of six men.
Full details of the capture, as re
gards the amount of liquor on board,
or the ownership of the vessel, were
lacking. The customs men were cruls- «
ing in a small boat, it was said, when
they noticed several suspicious look
ing boats being lowered over the side
The customs men drew alongside,
boarded the yacht, and in their brief
report, said they found a large quanti_
ty of liquor.
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