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VOLUME XIV, NUMBER 147, SEWARD* ALASKA. SATURDAY* JANUARY 15, lf2L • TEN CENTS PER COPT
Seattle Patrolman
Shot By Bandits
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SEATTLE, Jan. 15— Patrolman V.
fr* L. Stevens was shot and killed yester
day in a running duel 'With bandits.
Before his death he fatally wounded
> one of the men and slightly wounded
the others. They were all captured.
The bandits wove discovered by Stev
*
ens with an alleged stolen car taken
from Ballard. The gang is believed to
be the one which has been operating
in the state for several months.
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PANAMA GOVERNMENT MAXES
FORCEABLE PROTEST AGAINST
SEIZURE OF LAND
PANAMA, Jan. 15— Accoiing to a
report received from officers in the
k United States army who recently took
possession of a small tract of land
east of Colon, the Government of Pa
namjt has made a forceable protest.
The land in question is part of the Pa
nama government’s tract and includes
a hill which is said to be particularly
adapted for the completions of works
for the defence of the east entrance to
the canal.
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JAPAN AGREES TO PAY
INDEMNITY FOR KILLING
OF LANGDON
* MANILLA, Jan. 15— Japan has
agreed to pay an indemnity for the
killing of Engineer Langdon by a^Jap
anese soldier in Vladivostok. It is un
derstood a board of American officers
h^> appointed to determine the
lvspon.ib! lity of the affair.
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JUDICIAL APPROPRIATIONS
PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— The
House yesterday passed the Executive
Judicial Appropriation Bill carrying
approximately $113,000,000. The bill
p was then sent to the Senate.
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New York Fears
Bomb Outrage
NEW YORK, Jan. 15— All public
buildings, churches, utility plants and
ho.ues of wealthy citizens are being
guarded today as a precautionary
measure against any possible radical
demonstrations. The police are retic
ent but it is intimated that the guard
^ has been established at the request of
the Federal authorities.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 15— A New
York private detective agency of re
putable standing has been warned by
• the Department of Justice to prepare
against threatened bombing demon
strations. The warnings are being
thoroughly investigated.
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ANOTHER MEXICAN REVOLT
BREWING IN MEXICO
EL PASO, Texas! Jan. 15— General
Francisco Mnrguia, commander of the
northern zone of Mexico under Car
fpnza has taken the field in opposi
* tion to President Obrcgon. An official
dispatch tells of a battle between the
government forces and Murgui’a/after
which the rebel was forced to flee
leaving eight of his men killed and a
number wounded. •
PARS, Jan 15— RaoulPerst who,
asked to form a new French cabinet
appeared before President MUleramf'
today and declared that Jie would en
deavor to form the cabinet but the dif
ficulties he had already encountered
were of the most discouraging nature
$100.00 PER PLATE PAID FOR
STEWED BREAD AND COCOA
BOSTON, Jan. 15— The starving
waifs of Europe were the invisible
guests at a dinner served here Thurs
dry night when more than one thous
and people dined on stewed bread am*
c ocoa and paid $100 per plate. It was
announced that the receipts from the
dinner had added $250,000 to the Euro*
1* an relief fund.
ARMED BANDIT^STAGES
BANK HOLD-UP
DENVER, Jan. 15— An armed
bandit, yesterday entered the State
Bank at Littleton near this place and
held up the cashier. He escaped with
.*2,000.00 in an automobile after over
ooking $60,000.00
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Police Conrts
Aid criminals
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 15—
Accusations that Police Judges
^ohn J. Sullivan and Morris Oppen
.eim arc part of a conupt system
of maladministration in the police
courts which has piotecled crira
iia s, and out of which have devel
oped lawlessness and the outrages
of the last month in San Francisco,
/ere made yesterday by the execu*
tive committee of the Civic League
.4. impxOvepment Clubs and Associa
tions.
The charges are contained in the
petition for the recall of the
judges , which is to be put into cir
culation for signatures tomorrow.
The statement of reasons for the
removal and recall of Judges Op
penheim and Sullivan declares as
follows:
The recall of said judges is de
manded on the ground that they are
unfit and improper persons to hold
judicial office.
That they have temporized with
crime and criminals and by the
maladiministralion of criminal jus
dee in their couits have shielded
mnd protected and encouraged
m iminals in the commission 01
crimes.
That the present condition of
awl ess ness prevailing in this com
munity and the outrages that have
occurred are the results of the
corrupt system of which these two
judges have been a part, and whic!.
■nab.ed malefactors and criminals of
mil kinds to evade the just and legal
consequences of their wrong doing.
This etition is filed for the purpose
i effecting the removal and recall 01
Police Judges John .J. Sullivan and
Morris Oppeqheim, and electing theii
successors, and a special election for
Jiat purpose is hereby demanded.
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Registered Mail
Stolen from Office
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K MT. VERNON, HI Jan. 16— Foui
sacks of registered mail, containing
$80,000 for payrolls for the Franklin
county coal mines, ' disappeared this
rooming. The other contents of the
sacks axe unknown.
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MAN PRACTICES ON CAT .
.THEN SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF
y MUSKEGON, Jan. 16— After tak
ng- several practice shots at the fam
ily cat, living Morton forced his wife
to become a target for the bullet*
ifre*n hit revolver. He spent thirty
eunritaa firing abets into her body and
th«n committed suicide. His wife has
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Former Ft. Liscum Surgeon
~ Runs Amuck In Salt Lake
f
Dr. Royal F. Fetch Tolls Experiences
Dr. Royal F. Fitch, for the past two
years stationed at Fort Liscum near
Valdez and well known in this vicinity
passed through Salt Lake City recent
ly on his way to his old home in Chi
cago. The following is taken from the
Desert News and after reading it we
believe the doctor had> just one bottle
left of that famous brand of Valdes
brew and finished it shortly before
the leporter interviewed him. Here is
what he has to say of his sojourn in
Alaska:
The Eskimos in Alaska are rapidly
becoming a decadent race, according
to Dr. R. F. Fitch, of Valdes, who is a
guest at the Hotel Utah. Dr. Fitch has
been in Alaska for several years,
where he is interested in mining de
velopment. He came out of the North
land on the last boat, arriving in Seat
tle last month. Dr. ’Fitch plans to
spend the winter in Chicago, his for
mer home, and early next spring he
will return to Valdez. He plans an ex
pensive development work next sum
mer inside the Artie circle.
“Before the advent of the white
man, the Eskimo, dependent on fish
erman, hunter and trapper and he pro- j
vided well for his family.1' Dr. Fitch
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said. “However, the same conditions
now exist in Alaska at are visible in
whe Indian country throughout the
United States— the American Indian,
or the greater part of them, has be
come absolutely dependent on the
white man.
“No more do you see the attractive
Eskimo settlements which in years
gone by dotted the coast-line of Alas
ka. The villages are ill-kept and in
many instances have been abandoned.
The Eskimo tribes have disbanded, the
members gathering together in small
groups and camping near the towns
and white fishing settlements where
they are satisfied to gather the scraps
wich are cast away. The death rate
in to last few years has increased
alarmingly and the influenza epidemic
which struck Alaska during the last
months in 1918 and the early part oi
1919 exacted a great toll in Eskimo
lives.
Villages Wiped Out.
“With officials of the revenue cutter
service, we went from one village to
anoiher to aid in combating the spread
jf the disease and the sights we sav
were shocking. Entire villages were
completely wiped out. In several set
tlements we found not a living soul
and on all sides lay the bodies of men,
women and children. Hie Eskimo has
become shiftless and he is content to
lake what the white man leaves."
Dr. Fitch said in October be went
nto the Carabou country and witness
.he run of countless numbers ef/Cari
r ’ fc\
&
bou into the northern feeding lands.
Ordinarily, he said, each tribe of Es
i 'I
Idmos send hunters to bag sufficient
Caribou to provide the members of the
uibe with meat for the winter. The
doctor said there were but few natives
who begged game for their winter's
supply. He said that about January
the natives will send out appeals for
aid and that many will starve before
summer.
The doctor said that the run oi
Caf ibou into the feeding country it
one of the greatest sights to be seen
He said by natural instinct the Cari
bou for miles around will gather intc
one great group and when all hav<.
av»emb.ed the .leaders will bellow*
mighty; rpars and start for the feed
ing country. He said it is impossibl.
to estimate the number of animals i.
the great herd but they run into thi
tens of thousands and it takes thei.
ree and four days to pass a t
point
Railroad WUI Be Boon.
The Valdes physician said the com
pletion of the government railroad
now being constructed in Alaska, wi..
prove to be the territory's greatest as
set, gnd will result in the development
of extensive resourcse which - hav*.
been left untouched on account of in
adequate transportation facilities. He
said when the main line of the road
.s completed, branch lines will Ik
1 added and these lines will extend intc
-he interior which is in need of trans
portation. The doctor said it is al
most impossible to get freight into the
interior on account of the famou.
Valdes, Fairbanks trail, which has
been the principal trail, which as
been the principal transportation ar
tery into the Interior, being wiped out
in various places by glaciers. He said
hat on account of the war the gov
ernment is unable to attend the trail
properly and that the country has suf
iered. The Guggenheims control a rail
road leading to some of their exten
sive mining properties but the freight
rates charged make it virtually pro
liibitive for persons to attempt to ship
freight over this line.
Dr. Fitch said the recent New
York AiUska airplane flight by aimy
aviators was the cause of great re
tiring throughout Alaska, as it means
he rapid carrying of mail in the fu
ture.
“Word from your loved ones and
friends on the outside is Jife* itself
when -one is in the great quiet of an
Alaskan winter.” Drh Fitch said, “and
wl eu the time comes that great planes
all journey from the States to Alaska
in r. few days with mail, then the in
► *nse silence of the Arctic will.be no
more.”
JAN WHO DRANK WOOD
ALCOHOL AWARDED
DAMAGES BY JURY
CHICAGO, Jan. 18— A Jury Ana
awarded Sam Greenberg a verdict of
^30,000 damages against the propriet
or of a sa’oon who sold him wood nl
:ohol which caused blindness after
I drinking. The award is said to be the
first of its kind ever awarded in t!
courts.
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Harry G. Baldaratba, cashier of thi
Bank of Seward wiU leave on the S.
S. Spokane on a business trip which
will take.him to Cordova and Seattle.
He will return early in February.
CROWN FORCES ACCUSED OF
MANY MURDERS ON
SINN FEIN BULLETINS
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DUBLIN, Jan. 15— The Sinn Fein
era are now sending ouThulIetins as
serting that from December 16, 162C
until Jan. 12, tilt Crown Forces hav
committed 97 murders and have at
tempted 42 others besides wounding
many. Seventy eight houses and shopr
have been burned aad'in no case hav<
the authorities inflicted any punish
nent on tiie soldiers.
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~ Joseph Bourke, government inspect
or and agmt for the suppression of
liquet among the natives wilhbe a
maaaemmen jMa fVa AA *
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$90,000 REALIZED FROM
BOXING BOUT LAST NIGHT
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16— The Amer
ican Committee for devastated France
announced today that they had real
ised $90,000 from a boxing bout last
night when Benny Leonard, light
weight champion, technically knocked
out Ritchie Mitchell at Milwaulkee in
the sixth round.
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N. P. EMPLOYEES AGREE TO
WORK ON FOUR DAY BASIS
ST. PAUL, Jan. 16— Rather than
have a tenth of their number thrown
out of work the Northern Pacific shop
force of the St Paul district declared
•hat they would all go on a four cIl
oasis rather than have one tenth of
•heir number thrown out of work.
..lore than two thousand men are af
fected by the recent order.
Harding Holding
riany Conferences
MARION, Jan. 16— President elect
raiding has held many conferences
.aring the past two weeks with wel.
mown men. A wide range of subjects
nave been discussed with legislation
.robitma predominating. Among the
many callers were Theodore Roose
.elt Jr. and Judge Johnson of the
PtrUipinea.
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MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 14— Nove‘
n northwest intercollegiate athletics
s a tennis tournament announced fo.
lay 20 and 21 in which women stu
lent* representing the University oi
Jaho here and Whitman college at
Valla Walla, Washington, will com
2te. A series of campus tournaments
/ill be held next Spring under the di
cction of Miss Watson for the pur
ose ot selecting the Idaho co-ed team.
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J CALLAGHAN SAYS PRIESTS
CHURCHES OBJECTS
TO OUTRAGED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16— Lord
Mayor O’Callaghan of Cork while tes
tifying before the Committee which is
holding hearings oh Ireland declared
‘ hat the Catholic Churches, Convents,
.jarochal schools and priests were thv
bject of constant outrages on the part
of the Crown forces.
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iRAUL PERET ACCEPTS TASK |
OP FORMING NEW
FRENCH CABINET
PARTS, Jan. 15— President Miller
in! has asked Draoul Peret, presiden t
of the Chamber of Deputies to form" a
cabinet to succeed the Leygues cabi
nt Peret has accepted.
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Shinbone Grafted
On Soldiers Spine
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BILLINGS, Mont, Jan 15— James
Laughiin. former soldier, has been
[ischargc l fTom s local hospital iu
os left in* Minneapolis, Minn., after
cure teat i:> iionoumed by local sur
geons to fe* miraculous -
Laughiin was injured in 1H8 at
Jamp Dodge, Iowa, when army mules
ttached to a commissary wagon that
i was driving ran away.
For more than two yurs Laughlfr
7m a helplcm cripple Eight ixwres ‘
of vertebrae la Langhlfafe bade has
V.een repUced hy too
ml after months of V
aiion i* declared ^
ncr soldier oring oiouoonced strong'
M fit for worg. I
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Police Discover
Sinn Fein Plot
LONDON, Jan. 15— What the po
lice described as another Sinn Fein
plot to destroy life and property in
London was discovered today when
Patrick Kenney was arrested On the
charge of having participated in an
attempt to murder two policemen who
.nterfered while he was trying to ig
nite millions of gallons of oil.
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BANDITS SHOT AND KILLED.
THREE MAIL CLERKS WOUNDED
DALLAS, Texas. Jan., 15— One
bandit is dead and another fatally in
jured and three mail clerks dangerous
ly wounded as the result of a hold up
staged in the sub-postoffice last night
by six men. The bandits escaped in an
automobile which turned o/er on the
road near Fort Worth. Two of the men
were injured when the car overturned.
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,5,000,000 ASKED TO ENLARGE
IMMIGRATION STATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16— Secre
tary Houston has asked Congress to
.ppropriate $5,000,000 to enlarge the
^ais ls.and immigration station. $1,
»j0,000 each for the Seattle and San
r’rancisco stations.
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./HISKEY STOLEN FROM TRAIN
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Jan. 15
-Seven barrels of alcohol, valued
at $94,000, were stolen from a freight
.ar of a Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy train here last night, it was
learned on the train’s arrival from
Kansas City. '
Five of the barrels were recovered
near here. But two of them with
contents estimated to be worth $26,- .
870 are still missing.
One man, already under indict
ment for an alleged freight car
vheft, was arrested in connection
with the case.
fire Destroys
Goal Buildings
CLEARSFIELD, Pa. Jan. 16— Fires
/hich are believed to be of ineideniary
tature broke out in Madera this mora
ng in the bituminous coal region near
tere. By nine thirty thirteen buildings
had been destroyed at an estimated
mss of more than $100,000. The fires
.ire still burning.
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IRL FOOTBALLERS ARE
KISSED BY MEN FANS
PARIS, Jan., 14— That football for
yeomen will only be possible in France
1 men are excluded fiom the stands
3 the belief of members of Die French
i * *
nd English girl’s teams ithich con
ested an international championship
latch at Pershing Stadium.
According to the footballettes there
me tough scrimmages during ....
he game, but these were nothing to
compare with the scrum inunediatoly
after the* final referee’s whisDe had
OWn. *5 ,.
Ten thousand enthusiastic male
nvaded the filed and insisted os
kissing the members ef the teams. ?*
Six thousand kirns fat ten nrimtfc*
eras claimed as a record by t|he prat*
Dest English player.
Future matches may be played, but
only, Die English gills declare, if a:
foxes of poller is on hind to keep
male admirers out '
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to msara today on tne uafteway nm
fromAnehorcge where they have beta
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