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APPEAL RULING ON OIL
LEASE TO COMMISSIOIO
JUNEAU:—Declining to
c accept as final reading of
Register Frank A. Boyle in
rejecting one or two applica
tions for oil leasing and pros
pecting by Patrick Murphy
Maurice D. Leehey, Seattle
and Alaska attorney has giv
en notice of an appeal from
Boyle’s action to the office
of Clay Tallman, commission
e;’ of the general land office
of the United States. This
i .j n.st of its kind
to come up from the local of
^ fie.* and it is said it will be
followed with considerable
interest by all persons inter
ested in Alaska oil districts.
* The record of the local of
fice shows that Patrick Mur
phy located two oil claims or
May 26, 1920, both on the
left bank of Eyak river with
in a few miles of the town of
Cordova and one and one
half miles from Eyak can
nery. Applications for both
oil leasing and prospecting
4 permits were filed by the lo
cator on November 11. One
application was approved by
Register Boyle, but the other
was rejected Boyle based
his rejection on department
al instructions contained in
a letter from the department
o» the interior in which it is
* stated that not more than
one permit shall be issued to
more than ..r e claim located
in the same structual area,”
making applicable to Alaska
Aaska Pioneer Dies
Yesterday at Seattle
SEATTLE, Jan 22— Will
iam N. Armstrong, pioneer
Alaska miner who operated
at Chichagoff on the Seward
peninsula and in other sec
tions of the Siberian Coast,
died yesterday after a short
illness.
SIDEWALK CLEANED
Under the able supervis
ion of Bob Guest, Seward’s
% combination fire and police
chief the sidewalks on the
main street have been clear
ed of snow. The pasageway
from the Fire station and
the turn in the main street
have been made passable by
chopping the huge drifts in
to blocks, loading them on
sleds and hauling them to
the dock where the frozen
loads have been dumped into
the bay. During the past two
weeks old Father Winter has
made up for the lack of snow
fall early in the season and
several feet, of snow has fall
en. The wind which has had
the velocity of a gale severe
times has drifted this snow
in places until the ppes are
more than ten feet high..
The street committee and
the Chief are watching the
sidewalks and the street
crossings and will when the
weather moderates and the
*' snow commences to thaw;
open up the gutters to insure*
the proper drainage of the
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I the rule that applies to the
states.
While it is not known just
how far Attorney Leehey is
; prepared to go with the case
; c is generally believed the
case will be carried as far a
is necessary to test the valid
tyof the present regulation
It is held by the applicant,
through his attorney thac
there is little foundation fo:
the interpretation given b^
the department
“The real purpose behin
3ur appeal from Registrai
iayle’s decision,” said Lee
hey, “is to secure an officir
.ieclaration from the depart
ment of the interior as to
i sst what is meant Jby geolo •
gical structure. The law says
that one man or company
may not have more than one
claim on the same geological
structure. This may mean
that only i ne claim may be
held in the entire Katalla
field, or it may refer to the
local geological groupings.
We wil contend that while
two claims filed by Mr. Mur
phy are adjoining, they are
not on the same geological
stiucture. We claim that the
claims are on opposite side's
of an anticline. The govern
ment has no right to pre
sume that the claims are on
the same geological struc
ture until after the najture
of the area has been deter
minde.
SCHWAB DENIES
6BAFI CHARGE
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NEW YORK, Jan. 22
Charles Schwab appeared at
one p. m. yesterday before
the Walsh committee and de
nied Colonel Abadies testi
mony given on Thursday to
the effect that Schwab’s per
onal expense during Octob
er, 19*8 amounting to $200,
000 had been charged to the
Shipping Board. Schwab de
clared that such a statement
was “maliciously, unqualifi
edly false,” and declared he
paid his own personal expen
ses the entire time he wa >
director of the Emergency
Fleet, not accepting even a
'.ollar a year.
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NATIVE WOMAN FOUND
DRAPED IN SILKS
Ketchikan:—A native wo
nan draped in silks and oth
3r rich materials was found
thi3 morning in the dry good
department of the J. Heck
man store.
She had broken into all the
p^ckagf 3 she could and had
piled bolts of cloth about the
store.
The chief of police arrest
ed her .and removed her to
the federal jail. She is known
by the name of Pearl Loy a
woman with a bad repute
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BAKU, Jan. 22—The Bol
sheviki troop put down with
..uch bloodshed in Armenia
the uprising by the people
against the wheat requisi
tion order. The scene of the
massacre took place near
Aiexandropole.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22—Mo
tions for a new trial for Wil
liam Bross Lloyd the million
aire member oi the Commun
ist party and nineteen others
,iio Were convicted for vio
laung tne laws of Illinois
was overruled.
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WORLD NEWS GATHERED
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
FLOOD OF TOURISTS PUT IN APPLICATIONS
SEATTLE, Jan. 22—An unusual early flood of appli
..cions asking for information op Alaska tours are being
receiveu Dy me steamship offices here. Steamship official
otate the early requests idicate a record rush of tourist,
this year to Alaska. .*
The Alasha Steamship company will co-operate with
-he regular fleet of liners including the S. S. Alaska now
iunning.fi om Portland to San Francisco, to better accom
odate the aticipated heavy travel north. The Admiral line
is also preparing to add to the northern service during the
tourist season commencing the inauguration of the addei
vessels about the first of April. It is announced that the
two companies are now working on definite sailing sched
.lies.
BUYERS STRIKE WILL CONTINUE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22—Governor John Calkins
of the Federal Reserve Bank of the 12th district in an ad
.ress last night declared that %,.buyers strike would not
end until a sutiable relation nad been established between
the producers and the buyers. He said that the strike was
tremendously effective and was a big factor in the pre
sent curtailment of business and in making of low prices
in retail establishments. The general public is ready to buy
just as soon as prices are satisfactory.
FACING STORMY SEA STEAMER RESCUES CREW
" NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 22—Rescued by a miracle
;rom a watery grave wnen the ship was singing unoer
chem in mia-Auantic, the captain and crew of five men of
e British schooner Newton Lake arrived here today on
the steamer uoumemoutn. in a terrible sea the Bourne
mouth drifted alongside the sinking vessel and threw rope
mard and saved the men.
ALIEN PROPERTY RETURNED RECENTLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Approximately one hun
lred and seventeen million dollars worth of property that
was taken over by the Allied Property Custodian during
e war baR been returned t° the American born wives oi
German, Austrian anu other foreigners. The total value of
memy property seized was $543,000,000. This is exclusive
of seized ships which were interned.
MISSING BOND IS DISCOVERED SAf^ PLACE
NEW YORK, Jan. 22—The mystery of Jack Demp
sey’s missing bond which he was to forfeit if he sidestep^
ped the Carpentier match was solved yesterday when it
was found safely placed in Jack Kern’s safe. It had been
mislaid. Carpentier has already deposited his bond in the
bank of Paris.
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WOMAN CORRESPONDENT RELEASED
BALTIMORE, Jan. 22—Mrs. Margaret Harrison, a
newspaper correspondent of Baltimore who was impris
oned by the Bolsheviki in Moscow on the charge of being
a.spy was released yesterday according to a letter received
at this place. •
SINN FEINERS KILL EIGHT CONSTABLES
DUBLIN, Jan. 22—EigKt men including seven con
stables were killed yesterday in engagements with Sinn
?einers. It was officially anounced today that in the future
.all mbtor-cars carrying constables will carry Sinn Feiers
as hostages. . , '
COPPER MINES REDUCE WAGES 75 PER CENT
BUTTE, Jan. 22—A new seals of wages avenging 75
ants per day became effective yesterday in all the coppei
mines in this district,
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OIL PROSPECTORS ON
PUUTZ H AT KODIAK
Several passengers were
aboard the Joseph Pulitzer
<vhen she left Uyak, Kodiak
island, according to infor
mation received by Com
lander Austin of the U. S.,
Joast Guard Cutter Sqoho
rish whicn lext nore -^ur.
day morning for Chignik at
which place the Pulitzer is
jporled on the beach. It
vas not generally known
that there were passengers
n the Pulitzer until Com
mander Austin made public
the news. The repoit receiv
ed by him said there were
prospectors bound for the
oil fields near Katalla in
the Cold Bay region. This
place was the scene of a big
rush last spring. Dozens oi
people who wished to file on
in oil claim were obliged tc
pay exhorditant rates fo.
he fifty mile passage fron.
Kodiak to Cold Bay. $100.
/as a very common charge
for passage on a small gai
boat The Snohomish has
>ment of wireless eauin
ment for the Kodiak station
md considerable mail. Post
master Root delivered sev
3ral sacks to the boat before
she left Captain Jennings of
the New England Fish Com
pany’s motorship Washing
ton gave Commander Austin
much needed information re
lative to the country and the
DEFEAT MUST
DOMISTS
LEHORN, Italy. Jan. 22
The Communist factions of
thV Italian Socialist party
were defeated yesterday in
their attempts to endorse
the Third International at
Moscow. They then bolted
the socialist convention. The
Communists later formed
the Italian Communist par
ty and advocated violence if
necessary to attain their end
FRISCO TONG MEMBERS
ARE UNDER ARREST i
SAN FRAN. Jan. 22—A
large number of members of
the Bing Kong and other all
important tongs in China
own have been arrested by
the police for violation of the
ultimatum against holding
secret meetings. It is thot
the action will check the in
cipient tong wars.
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The average man would
rather have beefsteak and
onions than this vamp stuff
any da yof the week”—but
the nice Lady I was talking
to had'flitted. For to a nice
lady there's only one thing
horrider than saying that
mating is the holiest advent*
ure in life, and that is to say
that it ISN’T.
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possible routes which could
be used to good advantage at
this time of the year. Capt
Jennings’ surmise that the
Pulitzer was disabled or on
the beach was correct. Ife
told Commander Austin that
on one of the trips of the Pul
itzer while he was in com
mand, nearly all the mem
bers of the crew were gassed
by the fumes from the en
gine one man so badly that
he had to be taken off the
ship and sent back south on
another boat. A'defect in the
engine might have caused
the present plight'of the Pul
itzer. The Snohomish will
pick up the crew and return
with them to Seward The
story of just what happened
/il! then become known. The
’nohomish should return to
Seward about the first of
February.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22
The Joseph Pulitzer is re
ported on the beach at Chig
nik and so badly damaged
that the mail cargo was
transferred to the supply
boat Ida which took the Car- .
go to Unalaska.
Post Master Root reports
that he delivered to the
Coast Guard Cutter Snoho
mish before she left yester
day for the Westward 130
sacks of second class mail
and 4 pouches of first class
mail for Kodiak and Chig
nik. The balance of the mail
for westward points will go
forward at a later date.
Word was received this
morning by Wayne Blue
agent for Dr. Smith of Port
land who handles the mail
contract to the Westward
that the schooner Walrus,
Captain Hoping in command
had sailed from Seattle on
January 19 for Seward. The
Walrus is reported to be a
staunch little vessel and her
captain a man who is thor
oughly familiar with navi
gation in coast wise waters.
The Walrus will load all
freight and mail for West
ward points upon her arrival
and will proceed along the
regular route. Much freight
a> d mail has piled up on the
dock owing to the delay of
the Fuiltzer and the people
o the Westward have been
obliged to get «along with
- hat they had on hand.
Much of the Christmas .
mail for Kodiak and Ghignik
will be delivered by the Sno
homish.
LEAGUE SECRETARY
CONDEMNS ENGLISH
WASHINGTON Jan. 22
Miss Louise Bennett, secre
tary of the Irish Wonsan's
International League read a
statement before the Com
mittee of 100 from Sir Hor
ace Plunkett's co-operative
movement-in which he says ,
England has destroyed the
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