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VOL. XIV, Number 32. ' • ~ SEWARD. ALASKA Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1921 to cent ra» cow
MURDERER SCHMIDTT
TO HANG ON APRIL 1
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Seattle, Feb. 2— John sch
mitt, the slayer of Policeman
O’Brien was sentence^ yes-'
terday to hang on April 1.
John Scmitt the murderer
of policeman O’Brien before
leaving for Walla Walla this
morning where he will be
' hanged on April 1, confessed
that he killed E. H. Schultz
during fight in Olympia in
1919, mating a total of. his
slayings four. He also con
fessed to more than thirty
robberies in Seattle, Port
land and Spokane during the
last three years.
Soviet Warns Allied
Ships From Black Sea
Constantinople, Feb. 2—
All vessels flying allied flags
which approach within twel
ve miles -of the Russian
Black sea coast will he fired
upon by land batteries and
be subject to attack by sub
marines, it is indicated in a
message received here from
Moscow
Plenty of Twins
Moxee City, Wash. Feb. 2
— Foui’ children within elev
en months came to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. William
Wayenberg here, with _ the
arrival of a second pair of
twins- All were doing well,
including a fifth child twen
ty-six months old. j
Mrs. Peete Now On Trial
Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 2—
Mrs. R. C. Peete who is char
ged with tiie murder of J. C.
Denton is now being tried at
, this place. The ohe outcome
of the trial is interesting hun
dreds of curious people who
are crowding the court room
daily.
Los Angeles-, Gail. James
Charles Denton, well-to-do
mining promoter disappear
ed June 2,1920 and on Sept.
23 following detectives
found his body under a pile
of dirt in a boarded in en
closure of : the basement of
his home here, near the cent
er of an exclusive. Mrs- R. C.
Peete, who rented the house
from Denton for a time, lat
er was arrested and charged
with the murder.
Denton had been married
twice. His first wife anc*
daughter, aged ,16 Jive ini
, Hioenix, Ariz. Denton’s sec-1
ond wife died early in 1920.
Soon after her death he ad
vertised his home for rent
an<J Mrs. Peete, leased the
place with the understand
ing that Denton should re
tain a room for his own use.
. She ,occupied the house until
August 9 when she sub-leas
ed it and moved to Denver.
Seige Salt for Drag
Alameda, CaL Feb. 2— Fif
teen hundred dollars worth t
of morphine was the seizure
police officers and represen
(ytatives of the starboard of
pharmacy ' belieVed, _ they
made here in ' arresting a
drug peddler suspect Analy
sis proved the seizure to be
a bag of table salt
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Utah Dairy Cattle '
Salt LaketJity.tltah, Feb.
2— Utah’siiundred thous
and dairy cattle earned ap
proximately $8,000,000 test
year, according to a state re
port on dairy piodpce.- \
Belgian Workers Vote
To Seize Factories
Brussels, Feb. 2— The meta1
workers of Chatelinca, four
miles east of Charleroi, are
reported to hryve occupation
and exploitation of the
foundaries in the district on
communistic principles.
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Record Crowds
Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 2—j
Travel during 1920 to Rain
er National Park broke all
previous records. A total of
i4,000 persons from outside
the state of Washington en
tered the park ' during the
year. Six thousand of these
were from East of the Miss
issippi river. When the 1921
tourist season opens there
will be available additional
hotel accommodations with
in the park.
DEBS MAKES
ACOSTIC 1
STATEMENT
Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 2—
Eugene Debs commenting to
day on the president’s refus-;
al to commute his sentence
said that he was not surpris
ed or disappointed. He de-i
dared that his only fear was
that “I might be indebted to
Woodrow Wilson for my lib
erty. My record whether
good or bad has at least been
consistent and that is the. on
ly way it could have bem
smirched.” He referred to
the president as-the most
pitiful man in history.
Well Known Pioner
Is Dead In Texas
D. W- Jones, a former-resi
dent of Seattle for many
year, died in Dallas, Tex., on
Tuesday, according to word
received by friends yester
day. Jones was 68 years old
and was bom in Scranton,
Pa. He was married here to
Miss Lillie Ajax. He joined
the Klondike rush and spent
many years in the Yukon ter
ritory and Alaska. He was a
member of the Moose lodge
.and of.the Yukon Order of
Pione'j’s. He is survived by
his widow and -three child
ren, Ruby, Pearl and Will
iam Jones. The funeral will
be held in Dallas.
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Prodigals have always ex
ceeded the supply of fatted
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Whaling Fleet? will
Not Go To North
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Victoria, Ffb. 2— Th3
vhaling fleets of the Consoli
dated Whaling Go. will not
be sent north this year be
cause of the low price of oil.
This announcement was
made yesterday by the com
pany. Other companys inter
ests in whaling are also plan
ning to suspend operations.
Enormous Halibut Catch
Prince Rupert, Feb. 2— The
January halibut catch sold
at this place was $740,000.
Boats that carried more
than 240,000 pounds called
at the port but owing to the
lack of refrigerator cars
were obliged to go to Seat
tle to dispose of their catch.
Planes To Rescue
Ice Bound Voyagers
Tqkio, Feb. 2— A warship
and several airplanes have
been dispatched to the relief
of the ice breaker Baikal,
which broke its moorings at
Ale^androvsk, Siberia, dur
ing a storm on January 9.
The,ship was driven out of
he harbor and is reported to
be frozen in the midst of an
immense floe.
Sixty persons, including
the crew and several pass
engers are believed to be fac
ing death from cold and star
vation on board the Baikai.
The, last radio message re
ceived from the ship stated
those on board had abandon
edhope.
STANDARD OIL EMPLOYEES
WILL ACCEPT REDUCTION
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New York, Feb. 2— The
employees of all the refiner
ies of the Standard Oil Co.,
of New Jersey have volun
of wages which is equivalent
to ten per cent. The reduc
tion will become effective on
the fifteenth of this month,
tarily accepted a reduction
Signs Tabooed
Portland, Ore, Feb. 2— V
shaped, or sandwich signs
for advertising purposes,
are banned from Portland’s
downtown sidewalks by or
der of the city council. Re
fusing application of the
Portland Young Men’s Chri
stian AssoAtion for use of
such signs in a campaign,
the council - declared . such
signs an inpediment to traf
fic.
Willard Fight Off j
Los Angeles Feb. 2— Jack
Dempsey has announced
that the fifteen round bout
with Jess Willard which was
scheduled to take place on
March 17 had been indefi
nitely postponed.
Youth Kidnapped in Tacoma
Tacoma, Feb- 2— Arthur
Rust, twenty year old son of
W. R. Rust one of the weal
thiest men in the North west
Ivas kidnapped yesterday at
the point of a gun and forc
ed to write a note to his
father for $25.1)00 ransom
money.
To Discuss Problems
Portland, Ore. Feb. 2—
Forestry problems of the Pa
sific Northwest and Alaska
will be discussed at a confer
ence of Oregon and Wash
;ngton forest supervisors
here February 14-21. Speak
ers include C. E. Rachford, i
grazing inspector of Wash
ington D. C., C. S. Champ-!
™an of Portland and E. T.
Alien
Bill Against Landlords
Albany, Feb.2-r- Assembly
man Roosevelt introduced a
bill yesterday which makes
it a misdemeanor for land
lords to discriminate again
st tenants having children
less than fourteen years of
age.
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Comparitfvely sneaking a.
miser’s soul is smaller thana
boarding house gas bill*
President Attends Theatre.
Washington, Feb. 2— Pres;
dent Wilson accompanied bj
his wife went to the theatre
last night for the first time
since he has been ill. The au
dience recognized him and
stood and chewed.- He re
sponded by bowing.
Kidnappers Confess
Los Angeles, Feb- 2— Ar
thur and Floyd Carr, cous
ins confessed today to the
kidnapping of Mrs. Wither
ell. They were sentenced t<
serve ten yeafs to life. Th<
judge recommended th®y be
given the maximum senten
ce.
Favor Johnson Resolution
Washington, Feb. 2—„Th<
Senate Foreign Relatione
Committee today reported
favorably on Senator John
son’s resolution to investi
gate American activities in
Siberia and-Santo Domingo.
Another Irish Ambush
Skibareen, Ireland. Feb- 2
—Four policemen were am
bushed fast night near Dro
moleague, County Cork. One
was killed and one seriously
wounded in the attack. The
others escaped.
The Gateway Flier left An
chorage this morning on
schedule time with approxi
mately forty passengers
bound for Seward. Among
the passengers are Mr. ana
Mrs' George L. Benning who
were married yesterday at
.Anchorage.
Mrs. Benning who will be
remembered.by her many
Seward friends as Miss Mil
dred Wilson returned recent
ly from the States. Prior to
her trip outside Mrs. Ben
ning was in thp auditing de
partment of the A*E- C. Mr.
Benning is well known in
Seward. At present he is
with the Supply division of
the A. E. C. They will make
their homaat Woodrow.
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PERSHING GIVES WARNING
AGAINST DISARMAMENT
Washington, Feb. 2— Gen
eral Pershing today warned
the House Navy Committee
against pacificism and un
prepardness. While he ex
pressed his approval of the
proposal for world disarma
ment, he declared that the
country should advance its
present navy program until
a definite agreement of dis
armament was readied be
tween the five great powers.
Soviet Labor Agents
Banned by Germans
London, Feb. 2— Russian
Bolshevik agents who have
.been egaged in enlisting Ger
man workers for emigi<don
to Russia have been ordered
to leave German, it is said in
a wireless dispatc-h from
Berlin. The Berlin govern
ment held that the work ol
these agents could not be tol
erated in view of economic
conditions in Russia.
Submarine L. 1 Damaged
Philadelphia, Feb. 2— The
submarine L. 1. collided to
day off the Deleware capet
with a pilot boat sustaining
damages which necessitates
beaching. There were no ca
ualities.
HARDING TO
DECIDE JAP
QUESTION
Washington, Feb. 2— State
Department officials have
ndicated that the solution
)f ■'.he problem growing out
>f the enactment of the Cali
fornia anti-Aiien land bi!
v.ill be left feu* the Harding
administration to solve.
They further stated that the
present negotiations be
tween the American and Jap
anese governments was d<-s
.gnated to effect . a settle
neiit of the question but
that it would require many
nonths longer to solve it
satisfactorily^ both sides.
Rustlers Malang Money,
Reno, Nev. Feb. 2— Cattle
rustlers are costing the Ns*
vada livestock industry a
half million dollars annually
according to Secretary Ver
non Metcalf of the Nevade
Livestock association.
The annual loss, Metcalf
laid, is placed at 15,000 cat
tle. Nevada herds at present
number approximately 300,
000 head. Small ' bands of
rustlers are responsible,* it
was stated.
Large Production
Portland, Ore. Feb. 2—
Completion of present con
tracts by shipyards in the
Portland district will swell
the district production to
approximately1,000,000 tons
of steel ships
Vessel Probably Lost
Atlantic City Feb. 2— Coast
guards ax* today seeking to
determine whether a vessel
was lost following a vivid
nimnlA at fin 6XD10810ZL
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Britain Needs War
Spirit, Is Claimed.
Colchester, Eng. Feb. 2—
Premier Lloyd George said
in a letter he sent the other
day to the mayor of Col
chester that he was afraid
Great Britain was faced
with a difficult economic
period and that “we shall
have to meet growing forei
gn competition and growing
jnemployment. That we
shall succeed in surmount
ng the difficulties I am sure
but only if the nation grap
ples with them in the same
spirit in which it grappled
vith the problems of the
war.”
J- H. Thomas, secretary of
she National Union of Rail
way Men, and a Labor mem
ber of parliament, wrote:
“Nothing is so fatal as the
doctrine of doing as little as
possible in order to find
vork for others. I think we
shall recover from our pre
sent difficulties if for six
months we have the spirit of
l914 again. Let us frankly
recognize that both the em
ployers and men are some
shing to each other and both
have to be together. I don’t
despair of file future. We
ire going to pull through.”
Dog Team Patrols
Dawson Y- T. Feb. 2—
Across far northern snow
trails three Royal Canadian
Mounted Police dog team
patrol trains are hurrying
;his month to a rendezvous
at Fort McPherson, which is
located on the frozen Mac*
Icenzie River near where
that stream flows into the
Arctic Ocean.
Two of the police trains are
from Herschel Island and
Rampart House, stations
naintained by the “moun
ties” at Canadian outposts.
|The othei* train is bound
lorth from Dawson with
nail and supplies for the
nen at Rampart and Her
chel. The three will meet at
j’ort McPherson and ex*
change postal packages and
advices.
The Dawson train, made
up of five police dog teams,
left here January 4 and ex
pected to be back about the
first week of March with
the first news of the winter
from the country bordering
the Arctic. The Dawson
teams will cover about 1,000
miles while on their trip.
Dawson; Y. T., Feb. 2—
Yukon Territory . had its .
first cold snap recently
when the thermometer drop
ped to sixty three degrees
below zero at Carmacks, mid
way between Dawson and
White Hone. At Dawson it
was forty decrees tyfcw*
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