MONDAY
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TERRIBLE AfXTDKNT DUE
TO SNOW STORM
IN WASHINGTON
Washington,Jan. 29—Ninety per
sona killed and over one hundred
severely injured, ia the awful toll
taken by the heavy snow storm
sweeping over the Capital yesterday
and today.
For the past thirty-six hours a
steady fall has been burying entire
"Washington under a mantle of deep,
soft snow.
Saturday night, weakened by the
tremendous weight of sniow, the roof
of the Knickerbocker Theatre caved
in at nine o’clock, without warning,
burying the audience of three hun
dred people In a mass of twisted
steel girders, concrete and snow.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is one
of the Capital’s moving picture pal
aces and was crowded at the time of
the accident, many prominent mem
bers of official Washington being in
the audience.
Included among those Injured are:
Former Congressman A. J. Bach
field of Pittsburg, Missippi and
daughter; Chauncey Brainard. cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle;
Gny 8. Aldrich of Salt Lake a bro
ther of Senator Smoot; R. H. Con
roy, former British army officer and
wife; Laveme Sproul, nephew of
Congressman Sproul of Chicago.
Among the most serious injured
are included Edward Shaughnecsy.
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral and wife.
HardM Eupwmwn Sympathy.
Washington, Jan. 29—President
Harding, in a statement touching
the Knickerbocker Theatre accident,
in part said, it is “a terrible tragedy
staged in the midst of a great storm
and has depressed ail of us, leaving
us wondering about the revolving
Senate to Investigate Theatre
Accident.
Washington. Jan. SO—Investiga
tion of the Knickerbocker Theatr •
accident by the Senate Committee
is a proposed resolution introduced
today by Senator Capper, a commit
tee member from the District of
Columbia.
Death Toll Increasing Alarmingly
Washington, Jan. 30—Early to
day the death roll caused by the col
lapse of the Knickerbocker Theatre
roof, Saturday night, had mounted
to one hundred thirteen. Deaths
were reported wholly from various
hospitals throughout the city where
one hundred and forty four of the
injured hare been taken
Most of the victifhs of the dis
aster who are near death are being
cared for in the city hospitals and
the death list is constantly mount
ing. Police officials and other res
cue workers who are searching for
bodies in the ruins of the theatre,
express the opinion that the death
list will exceed one hundred and
twenty Are.
A complete list of the dead and in
jured will not be obtained for some
days as a great number of the vic
tims have been tsiken to private resi
dences and are nnder the care of
family physicians. Entire Washing
ton 1 aovercast with gloom, and the
horror of the accident has stunned
the populace.
Death List Reaches 114
Washington, Jan. 30—With all |
of the bodies of the accident victims!
recovered the death list has swollen ]
to the appalling number of 114. This
list includes merely those bodies
found in the ruins of th^ theatre. |
CALIFORNIA SUFFERS
HEAVY SNOW FALL
San Francisco, Jan. 30—All day
Sunday a heavy snow storm prevail- j
ed throughout the city and two in
ches of snow fell at Oakland, Berk
ley and Los Angeles. For several
days a heavy rain storm swept over
the country and on Sunday turned
into snow and sleet.
SAMUEL S« THOMPSON
PASSES AWAY SUNDAY.
Samuel S.Thompson.a Pioneer of Al
aska and the unfortunate victim of
a gasoline explosion last week, died
Sunday morning in the Maynard
Ootumbus Hospital. Mr Thompson
never completely rallied from the ef
fects of the terrible burns sustained
and during his few lucid moments
won barely able to arrange his earth
ly affairs,passing away quietly
Samuel S.Thompson was 72 years
oHI and Is survived by several child
ren in the statee.
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 1
will meet this afternoon to make ar
rangements for the funeral.
EXPLORER SHACK ELTON DIES
IN SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS
Montevideo, Urug&y, Jan. 29th—
Ernest A. Shackelton, world re
nowned Antarctic explorer, died Jan
uary 5th. on board the steamship
Quest on which he was making an
other expedition into the Antarctic
regions. Death was due to Angina
Pectoris and the body was brought
here on a Norwegian steamer.
Shackelton’s remains will be tak
en to Europe tor interment, while
Professor Grorel and other members
of the party will continue the ex
pedition which was begun under
such discouraging circumstances.
FLU PREVAILING IN SEATTLE.
Seattle, Jan. 30—Eight thousand
Seattle school children are home
with the flue, which is spreading
rapidly throughout the city.
ENGLAND WILLING
TO TERMINATE EGYP
TIAN PROTECTORATE
London, Jan. 30—England is will
ing U> terminate her protectorate
over Egypt and agree to the estab
lishment of an Egyption Parliament.
Egypt will become a Sovereign State
and the basis upon which the Brit
ish Government will be willing to
make these concessions is announc
ed in a statement signed by the for
eign office and made public today.
WASHINGTON SOCIAL
FUNCTIONS POSTPONED
Washington, Jjan. 30—President
Harding today requested that all
social functions in the Capital be
postponed until the city recovers
from its grief over the Knickerboc
ker disaster.
SERVICE MAN FATALLY
STABBED IN HOTEL SEATTLE
Seattle, Jan. 29—Captain George
W. Trahey, dockmaster of the Puget
Sound Navy Yard, was fatally stab
bed Saturday night, in the lobby of
the hotel Seattle, by Major James
R. Deaver. a retired Marine. Tra
hey and Deaver had an altercation
over money matters and Deaver drew
a knife and attacked Trahey with
the result that Trahey is now in the
hospital.
Deaver has been in the limelight
before this affair occured. Two
years ago he was acquitted from the
charge of murdering S. C. Holt, a
grocer, from ambush in West Seat
tle; Deaver was Jealous of Holt and
accused him of being unduly intim
ate with his wife.
CARDINAL MERCIER PREDICTS
ITALIAN POPE.
Rome, Jan. 30—Cardinal Mercier.
Belgium Primate, today stated to
the press that Providence for five
centuries has ruled that the Supreme
PontifT should be an Italian. Cardi
nal Mercier predicts that the provi
dential rule will remain in force
and that there will be no change in
the Nationality of the new Pontiff
to be selected by the College of Car
dinals assembled.
TUESDAY
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KNICKERBOCKER ACCIDENT
INVESTIGATION BEGUN
Washington, Jan. 31—Investiga
tion of the cause of the Knickerboc
ker Theatre accident, was today be
gun by the Grand Jury of the Fed
eral Court of the District of Colum
bia. with the probability that Con
gress will also undertake an ex
haustive inquiry.
KNICKERBOCKER DEAD
BEING BURIED TODAY
Washington, Jan. 31—Burial of
the Knickerbocker dead began today
and sixty two injured still lie in the
various hospitals, scattered thruout
PATROLMEN BATTLE WITH
BARRICADED NEGRO
Boston, Jan. 31—Sixty patrolmen
armed with shot guns and rifles bat
tled an hour today against Renzy
Murray, a negro, barricaded in his
home in the south end of this city.
Murray shot and wounded two pa
trolmen, a negress and a negro and
then set fire to the bed in which an
infant lay before the battle was over,
finally surrendering without having
received an injury
I377.6M.000, BONUS BILL
PASSES HOUSE
Washington, Jan. 31—Late last
night the House passed the bill ap
propriating $377,000,000 for the
World War Veterans Bureau and
also appropriating $100,000,000 for
use of the Shipping Board
MAURICE 1>. LKEHY SERIOUSLY
ILL WITH FLU
Seattle, Jan. 31st—Maurice D.
Leehy, prominent Seattle attorney
and former counsel for the Alaska
Territorial Shipping Board, Is seri
ously ill here with influenza
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
RECORDED AT HARVARD
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 31—An
earthquake so violent that it threw
the recording needle of the Univers
ity seismograph off it* tracing arm
was recorded at Harvard at 7 a. m.
this morning.
CALIFORNIA STILL
BURIED UNDER SNOW
San Francisco, Jan. 31—Califor
nia still continues largely mantled In
snow today while the weather bur
eau predicts continued cold weather,
with further snow storms imminent.
FIFTY AUTOMOBILES STALLED
IN SNOW DRIFTS
Los Angeles, Jan. 31—Fifty auto
mobiles, late today, are stalled in
the heavy snow drifts on the State
Highway between Los Angeles and!
Bakersfield. The snow storm rag
ing over the state is. the heaviest in,
the history of California, and ordin
ary traffic is greatly hampered,while:
automobiles are practically out of'
commission.
MRS. H. 8. ASQUITH
HERE FROM ENGLAND
New York, Jan. 31—Mrs. H. S.
Anquith. wife of the former Premier
of England, arrived here last night
from London. Mrs. Asquith comes
to America on literary and political
pursuits and will appear before the
prominent women’s clubs of the
(M)VEKNOK BONK BEFORE
DEPARTMENT INTERIOR
Washington, Jan. 31—Governor
Hone of Alaska arrived in Washing
ton yesterday. The Governor has
been almost continuously in con
ference. since his arrival, with Sec
retary Fall and the other officials of
the Department of the Interior.
Accompanied by Colonel Meers.
the Governor will, in a few days,
go before the House Committee on
Appropriations to justify his request
for liberal appropriations for Alaska
needs and purposes.
HEIRESS TO WED RUSSIAN
REFUGEE MECHANIC
Chicago, Jan. 31—Marion B.
Steephens. daughter of the late Nor
man B. Ream and the heiress to a
fortune of forty millions, today an
nounced her engagement to Alex
anderovitch Vansiataky, a Russian
refugee mechanic. Mrs. Steephans
states that after her wedding she
and her husband will live in his
rented Philadelphia factory cottage.
SEVENTH MEMBER OF A FAMILY
OF 11 GOV’T EMPIiOYEE
Washington, Jan. 30—Grant Kan
ston, sole survivor of eleven mem
bers of the Chicago family of Oscar
Kanston. and the seventh member
of the Kanston family to Hold a gov
ernment position, arrived here to
day and will assume his governmen
tal duties immediately.
NEW’ COMMANDANT FOR
WEST POINT ACADEMY
Washington, Jan. 31—Brigadier
General Fred W. Sladen has been
appointed commandant of West
Point Military Academy.
BONDED LIQUORS CANNOT
BE WITHDRAWN
Washington. Jan. 31—Intoxicat
ing liquors stored in the govern
ment bonded warehouses, cannot be
withdrawn by owners for their own
personal use, is the decision handed
down today by the Supreme Conrt
! of the United States. After reach
j ing this decision the Court took a
recess until February 27.
UNITED STATES NOT
TO FORTIFY GUAM.
PHILLIPINES
Washington. Jan. 31—Under a
naval treaty agreement reached to
day. the United States cannot in
crease the fortifications of Guam or
the Phillipines, but may do so in the
case of the Hawaiian Islands. This
agreement will be submitted to the
Plenary Session of the Arms Con
ference. which meets Wednesday.
AMERICAN BOAT MAKES PAST
TIME FROM JAPAN
Victoria, B. C. Jan. 30—The Am
erican Shipping Board liner Pine
Tree State arrived here today from
Yokomaraa, having made the trip
in the remarkably fast time of eight
days and nineteen hours.
WEDNESDAY
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NEW RADIO STATIONS AND
EQUIPMENT FOR ALASKA
Washington, Jan. 31—Colonel
Seaone, head of the Alaska Cable
and Delegate Sutherland are both
working toward the end of securing
new equipment for existing Radio
Stations in Alaska and to have a
number of new stations established.
New stations especially recommend
ed are to be those at Bethel, Beetles,
Ft. Egbert, Kantlshna and Point
Barrow. Colonel Seaone expressed
the hope that the Jones Bill for a
new cable arcosa the Pacific Ocean
to Yokohama via Alaska will carry.
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOWER
OREGON SUFFER EARTH
QUAKE SHOCK
San Francisco, Jan. 31—Most of
California, north of San Francisco
and the lower part of Oregon wore
early today given a severe shaking
by an earthquake, which seismo
graphs thruout the United States
recorded as violent. In San Fran
cisco dishes and windows rattled,
while at Redding buildings were
damaged Two shocks occurred,
one at three and the other at five
SENATOR KENYON APPOINTED
FEDERAL JUDGE 8th CIRCUIT
Washington. Jan. 31st—William
Squire Kenyon. Republican Senator
from Iowa, has been appointed Fed
eral Judge for the eighth Circuit.
Confirmation of Kenyon followed im
mediately by the Senate sitting in
open executive session and ie an
honor rarely paid a nominee. Sen
ator Kenyon has been Seantor from
lowa since 1911 at which time lie
entered the Senate to fill the vacan
cy caused by the death of Jonathan
P. Dolliver.
The appointment of Kenyon to a
Federal judgeship leaves the Agri
cultural Bloc without a leader in the
UNITED STATES ONLY POWER
TO REFUSE INVITATION
London. Feb. 1st—All of the
countries that were invited to at
tend the Genoa Economical Confer
ence have definately accepted exc *ot
the Government cr the United States
It 'a evident that the State Depart
ment intends to hold aloof from any
and all direct participation in for
eign affairs.
21400 FORMER SERVICE
MEN SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL DISORDERS
Washington, Feb. 1st—Director
Forbes of the Veterans Bureau today
told the President that three more
hospitals are needed and stated fur
ther that in the State of California
alone there are 3400 former service
men suffering from mental disorders
FOREIGN DEBT
REFUNDING BILL
PASSES SENATE
Washington. Jan. 31The bill re
funding eleven billion dollars of the
foreign debt Into secutities which
will mature in 26 years was passed
by the Senate tonight
FORMER CiOVERNOK OF
LOUISIANA WES
WITH PNEUMONIA
Seattle. Jan. 31—Stephen Ben
net Packard, former Governor of
Louisiana, died he*e today at his
Seattle home. Packard's death was
the result of an aggravated attack of
pneumonia
EARTH TEMPORARILY OFF ITS
BALANCE SAY SCIENTISTS
New York. Jan. 31—Professors
of Geology and Seismograph Obser
vers say that the earth whirling thru
space got off its center for a few
moments and shifted its poles or axis
to fit the new center of rotation
During the attempt to reach a new
adjustment, the bed of the Pacific
Ocean, a few' hundred miles off the
mouth of the Columbia river, slipped
a hundred feet or so causing the viol
ent earth vibrations which were re
corded thruout the country and re
sulted in the demoralization' of the
instruments in the various observa
tories today. .
NIECE OK PERSHING
DIRS IX SEATTLE
Seattle. Jan. 31—Mrs. Edwin A.
Craft, niece of General Pershing,
died here today with pneumonia,
following the birth of a daughter.
NEW GERMAN FOREIGN
MINISTER APPOINTED
Berlin, Jan. 31—Dr. Walter Ra
thenau ha.* been appointed German
Foreign Minister.
C’HINA-4APAN REACH
RAILWAY AGREEMENT
Washington, Jan. 31—Official an
nouncement was tonight made that
China and Japan have reached an
agreement with relation to the
Tsingtao Tsinanfu railway This
railway question was the very heart
of the Shantung problem and the
agreement reached will remove a
great stumbling block from the all
too rough Aims Conference road.
ARMS COMMITTEE RESOLU
TIONS OPENLY RATIFIED
Washington, Feb. 1—The Arms
Conference resumed its sessions to
Resolu.tioc* adopted by various
committees of the conference were
openly ratified at the meeting which j
was attended by Cabinet officers,;
Supreme Court Justices and many'
prominent members of Congress
The Arms Conference is holding
Its sessions in the Continental Mem-1
orial Hal! and the public has the!
privilege of attending the meetings.
LIMITATION TREATY
PRESENTED TO ARMS'
CONFERENCE !
Washington, D.C. Feb. 1—A Five
Power Naval Limitation Treaty, scal
ing down war ships and creating a
naval holiday was today presented
to the Plenary Sessions of the Arms
Conference Supporters of this im
portant treaty believe that it be
comes the basis providing for a
sounder world peace.
RAILROADS RETURNED IN i
BETTER CONDITION THAN ,
WHEN TAKEN BY GOV’T!
Washington. Feb. 1st—Former
Secretary of the Treasury. Wm Me
Adoo appeared before the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee today
and stated that the Railroads were
returned to their private owners in
a far better condition than when the
government commandeered them for
war purposes.
Senator LaFollette has repeatedly
made the same statement and this
confirmation by the former Secre
tary under the administration that
made the seizure throws further
light upon the excessive rate charges
that are being made against the
railroads
NEW YORK STATE PRISONER
ELECTED REPRESEN
TATIVE TO SOVIET
Moscow. Russia, Feb. 1st—James
Larkin, who is serving a prison sen
tence in the New York State Peni
tentiary. has been elected as one of
the Delegates to the Moscow Soviet
by the voters of a tailoring factory
here Larkin was convicted in the
Federal Court on a charge of crim
inal anarchy, and how he will be
able to act as a delegate is more
than the authorities can fathom. He
may serve by proxy.
JAPANESE FIELD MARSHAL
PASSES AWAY
Tokia, Feb. 1st—Field Marshal
Prince Aritomo Yainagate died in
Tokio today.
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TION AND PROSPECTING
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face disfigured
WITH PIMPLES
Red and Festered. Itched and
Burned. Cuticura Heals.
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t on my forehead and other part3
of my face. They got larger and
festered and itched and burned so
that 1 could not help but scratch them,
which caused them to become large,
sore eruptions. My faoe was disfig
ured badly while the trouble lasted.
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used Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and after using them for three weeks
I was completely healed." < Signed)
Miss Rose Hanzel, Ovando, Mont.
Clear the pores of impurities by
daily use of Cuticura Soap and occa
sional touches of Cuticura Ointment
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also Cuticura Talcum for perfuming.
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NOTICK OP FORFKITOIK
To Charles Spencer, F. A. Cross,
their heirs, successors. assigns,
and personal representatives.
Notice is hereby given that the uo
designed co-owners havt- caused the
annual expenditure required by law
of 1100.00 to be made upon each
of tho following named association
placer mining claims for the year
1920 and have also caused the ex
penditure required by law in record -
ing a declaration to hold the said
claims for each of the years 1917.
1918 and 1919, amounting to $4.60
for each of said claims, to wit. The
Elihu Association placer mining
claim located on the 1st day of Jan
uary. 1912, the notice of location
being of record at page 143, volume
22. Locations; the Ophir Portage
Association placer mining claim lo
cated on the 1st day of January,
1911, the notice of location being of
record at page 215, volume 21, Lo
cations; Rnd the Ophir Pay Associa
tion placer mining claim located on
the 1st day of January, 1911, the.
notice of location being of record at
page 216, volume 21, Locations.
All of said claims being on the
Niukluk River in the Council City
Recording District, Territory of AI
And a the said i^naries spencer,
hi.s heirs, .successors, assigns or per
sonal representatives does r.ot with
in 90 days next succeeding the publi
cation of this notice, cause to be
paid his proportionate share of the
said expenditure for each of said
years, that .11 his interest in the said
Elihu claim will become forfeited
to the undersigned; and if the said
Charles Spencer and F. A. Cross,
their heirs, successors, assigns or
personal representatives, do not
within 90 days next succeeding the
publication of this notice, cause to
be paid to the undersigned, their pro
portionate shares of said expendi
ture for each of the said years, that
all the interest of each of them in
the said Ophlr Portage and Ophir
Pay claims will become forfeited tc
the undersigned.
Payments made under terms of
this notice are required to he made
to E. H. Ffaffie at Council, Territory
of Alaska
E. H. PPAFFLE,
V V. DICKENSON.
L B ADAMS,
Co-Owner*.
Publish—Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb. 4.
11. 18. 25. March 4, 11, 18, 25.
April 1. S, 1922.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To W. A. Macomber, his assigns, suc
cessors, in interest and legal re
presentatives :
You are hereby given notice, that
the undersigned has expended In
labor and improvements during the
year 1920, the sum of One hundred
dollars on the Placer Claim No. 1
Bench, situated on the Left Limit of
Center Creek, in the Cape Nome Re
cording Precinct, Territory of Alas
ka, notice of location of which is re
corded in the records of the said Re
cording Precinct, said labor and im
provements having been done on said
claim for the purpose of holding the
same under the provisions of Section
2324 Revised Statutes of the United
States and supplemental legislation.
And you are hereby required te
contribute your proportionate share
of each expenditure, ns co-owner, to
the undersigned within ninety days
after final publication of this notice
or your interest in said claim will be
forfeited and become the property of
the undersigned your coowner as
provided in said section of the Revis
ed Statutes.
Dated Nome, Alaska, Dee. 3, 1921.
ANDY ANDERSON,
Co-Owner.
Publish Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, 81, 1921
and Jan. 7. 14, 21, 28; J*eb. 4, It,
18. 25, 1922.