MONDAY
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FORT DA ITS WU.I. I’ROllAIII.V
UK site FOR MOORING MART
The Northwestern Alaska Cham
ber of Commerce is in receipt of a
-dispatch from their National Coun
cilor George I). Schofield which
states in part as follows:
1 have held a conference with
Navy officials. The Shenandoah is
seven hundred feet long will require
a one thousand foot radius over
level ground to swjng around the
ciast and approximately four thous
and feet, radius from the inast for
guy lines'and other purposes. Ft.
Davis will probably be the site for
the mast. The conference has
agreed to recommend to Secretary
Denby to send two experts over the
winter trail to arrive in Nome in j
April to select the site and make
preparations, and I have recommend
«d John A. Wilson as local engineer
to asaiat the exper tV I am askiug
the Navy to. grant me cable frank
ing privileges on this subject.
WILL ATTK.UPT TO TAKR
A FALL OUT OF FALL
Washington. Jan. 28—In the face j
oi new disclosures in the Senate t
oil inquiry. President Coolidge is I
preparing to initiate whatever civil |
or crimnal proceedings necessary to.
protect the public interests. The j
evidence already produced is regard j
ed as pointing toward criminal ao- f
tion and if the President la fully j
convinced that there has been fraud j
the Government will prosecute fully
Washington. Jan. 28th—Archie
Roosevelt who was recalled again
last Saturday to testify before the
Senate Committee investigating the j
Teapot Dome Oil lease, revealed ,
that Kent, the Assistant Secretary
•of the Navy under Theodore Roose- j
volt was formerly a director in the [
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corpora- j
tion in which he and his wife held
stock in the wife’s name. j
Washington. Jan. 28—The Senate1
Committee last Friday afternoon J
developed that Fall had also secur- i
•ed two hundred and fifty thousand I
loan from Sinclair. The evidence
thus far. points toward criminal ac-1
tion in the Teapot Dome lease in the j
opinion of President Coolldge.
While the House save out and it j
was made plain that steps will be j
takes) to cancel the leases of Teapot j
Dome to Sinclair and the Elk Hill i
Reserve in California to Doheny.!
who slipped Fall a hundred thous
and dollar loan.
Washington. Jan. 28--President
Coolidge plans to make a public
statement of the Government's in
tention as to criminal proceedings
as soon as the Departmental inves
tigations are concluded and former
Secretary Fall has testified.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 28 It was
charged in the State Senate last Fri
day in Oklahoma City that the Fed
eral Government sustained an an
nual loss of one million dollars thru
former Secretary Fall’s lease of the
Quapaw oil lands to the Eagle Pit
cher Land Company and an Inves
tigation was demanded.
Washington. Jan. 28—Former
Secretary of the Interior Fall ar
rived In Washington but had no
statement to make other than “I
am a sick man.” according to a dis
patch received from Washington.
Washington, Jan. 28—President
Coolidge last Saturday morning ask
ed the Interior Department to sub
mit to him expert advise as to the
wisdom of the policy under which
Sinclair and Doheny secured Leases
from Fall for oil reserves in Wyom
ing and California, this inquiry is
/'separate from Instructions to the
Department of Justice to prosecute
if evidence warrants
ALL RUSSIA IN MOURNING
FOR LENIN K
Moscow, Jan. 28—The newspapers
appearing for the first time since
the holidays are using heavy black
borders as mourning for* the late
Premier Lenlne, the Zinovieff says,
“the first aim of Russia should be
to consolidate the fundamental
Ideas of Lenlne and to effect unity
among the laboring classes and
peasants, second to consolidate party
unities with the non-party working
masses who tfiould know, though
Lenlne Is dead, the party he created
was not a squanderer of his inherlt
Moscow, Jan. 27—Funeral ser
vices which were being conducted
yesterday for Nicolas Lenlne was
the scene of thousands of mourners,
while thousands of Russians contin
ued to Invade the city in respect to
the dead Reader.
.Moscow, Jan. 28—The dynamiting
oi frozen ground has been started
for a temporury Mausoleum in the
Ked Square wherein Lenine's body
will be placed after the funeral.
The Mausoleum is to be deep and
cellared and especially built to pre
serve a uniform temperature, it will
be electrically lighted and by means
of a mirrored ceiling the casket will
bo visable at all times. The throngs
continued to view the remains late
Saturday.
AUltKK ON TAX KKDUCTIONH
Washington. Jan. 28—The House
Ways and Means Committee have
agreed on a tax reduction amount
ing to one huudred and three million
dollars annually affecting twenty in
dustries and several war tiihe nuis
ance taxes were repealed including
the tax on theatre admissions up to
fifty cents.
isRKvrriKH.
Mexico City. Jan. 2S—In fighting
vainly for Salina Cruz. Mexico, the
Rebel forces lost 150 killed and the
Federals 12 killed and thirty wound
Seattle. Jan. 2S Hong Gent, the
Chinese who was arrested in Seat
tle last August with opium in his
possession has been sentenced to
six years at McNeil Island.
Portland, Jan. 28—Peter Mulberg,
known as the “Count" has b>on
sentenced to thirteen years on Mc
Neil Island for counterfeiting.
Washington. Jan. 28—President
Coolidge will confer with represen
tatives of hanks, mortgage, loan,
insurance and railroad companies
on the Central and Northwest eco
Washington. Jan. 28 The bill
giving Mrs. Warren (1. Hard ins the
Mail Franking privilege has been
signed by President Coolidge.
Seattle. Jan. 28 Mrs. TIenrioud.
the wife of George F. Henriond.
passenger agent for the Alaska S
S. Company, was granted a divorce
and the custody of their daughter
on the ground of mental cruelty.
Tokyo: Jan. 28—In the sacred
precincts of the Imperial Palace and
in accordance with ancient customs,
the marriage ritual, antedating the
Christian era. Prince Regent lliro
hite was wedded last Saturday morn
lug to Princess Nagako. the eldest
daughter of Prince Kaunti.
Johnson City. III.. Jau. 28 Thirty
people were killed in an explosion
at the McLintock Coal Mine last
Saturday, according to a dispatch
Paris. Jan. 28—A treaty alliance
of friendship between France and
C/echo-Slovakia was signed in Paris
last Saturday.
Tokyo. Jan. 28—Storms of pro
test have bee-n aroused over the
proposal of the American Congress
to bar aliens as ineligible to citizen
ship in the new immigration law
which is under consideration, the
Foreign Minister admitted that the
condition of the two governments
were strained.
Mexico City, Jan. 28—Five thous
and Rebels have been attacking
Moreal. the capital of the State of
Michoacan for the last few days.
London. Jan. 28—Ramsay Mac
Donald. England's new Premier, will
attempt to reopen the Anglo-Ameri
can debt settlement negotiations in
an effort to obtain terms for Great
TUESDAY
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GOVERNMENT LOSES 62<*
SURPLUS WAR MATERIAI
Washington. Jan. 29—The Gov
ernment lost 62 per cent of all sur
plus war material sold from the time
rf the Armistice to January 1, 1924
the War Department announced Iasi
WELL KNOWN AMERICAN
KILLED BY MEXICAN REBELS
Tampico, Jan. 29—Charles Under
wood, a widely known American wai
shot and killed by Mexican Rebel)
recently near Tampico.
STEPS FOR ANNULMENT TEA 1*01
DOME LEASE BE TAKEN
Washington, Jan. 29-r-Both the Ex
ecutive and Legislative branches o
the Government bnve announce)
their intention of taking steps to
ward the annulment of the Neval oi
Oil. M-AS DAI. M UIH lil-'Ul ,
FOR < IM\KT OFFICIALS '
Washington. Jan. 29—'The House)
Naval Affairs Committee began in- j
vestigation to determine by what au-i
thority Denby turned over the Naval j
Oil Reserve in Wyoming to Fall, who
was the Secretary of the Interior at
the time of the transaction. The j
latter’s appearance before the -Sen- .
ate Committee has been postponed
until today on account of his illness j
which is now reported to be danger- j
ous. Daugherty and Denby, accord
ing to reports, will both resign from .
the Cabinet as a result of the Teapot j
Dome scandal. President Coollgge j
in this connection has ordered the j
employment of a Special Counsel to !
to prosecute and bring out the Fall j
j leases. |
Will, IX VKSTIGATE DECREASE j
OF GOLD AND SILVER
Seattle, Jan. 29 As a represents-1
five of the United States Senate, a ;
combi-nation has been created to dis- j
cover causes for the continuing de- ’
crease in the production of gold and
silver. Fletcher Hamilton will hold ;
•v hearing on February Fourth in Se- j
SPECIAL COl’NSEL DESIRED TO j
PROSECUTE IN OIL CASKS;
Washington. Jan. 29 -President |
Coolidge whs in communication by )
long distance telephone yesterday 1
with attorneys v.ith a view of en- j
gaging a special counsel to prose-,
< ute iu the oil lease cases. j
I MORE KEPl'RIJCAN SCANDAL
STARTED IN WASHINGTON j
| Washington. Jan. 29—Charging j
| that R. B. Creager the Republican .
! exercised political information with
j the Postmaster General and the At -'
! torney General to stifle an inquiry j
j into land frands in Texas, was made
yesterday in a resolution introduced ;
! by Senator Heflin.
'sixty perish from
COLD IN (iKKW'K
j Athens. Jan. 2i»— A great number
nf people were frozen to death dur
ing the cold spell which is sweeping
Greece. Last Sunday sixty perished
during the night at Salmoniki. ' ‘
FRANCIS .1. I»RK\Y
DEAD IN SEATTLE,
Seattle. Jan. 2!)—Francis J. Drew. 1
i prominent Seattle Business man is j
dead in his home town, according to
advices reaching here today
YOUNG IADY SUICIDE CLOSE
KRIKVI) MKLI/OX IBnillTKi:
Boston. Jan. 29 -Margaret Hard
ing. the daughter of former Gov
ernor Harding, who was found dead
in her bed. and who was a close,
friend of Miss Mellon’s the daughter
of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon,
has been pronounced a suicide by the
.IHHKIK JAMES DAYS
REENACTED IN MONTANA
Butte. Mont. Jan. 29—Ba-ndita |
held up the Missoula Postofflce yes- j
terday morning and secured thirty (
five thousand dollars in currency,
which wa-s consigned to a Missoula
UK FI) FOR PRESIDENT ON
DRMOCRA TIC TICKET
St. Louis, Jan. 29—Senator Reed
has announced his candidacy for the |
presidency on the Democratic ticket, j
SOliDIKRH SENT TO QUELL
RIOTS AT BIN’AL BAG AN
Manila. Jan. 28—A detachment of
constabulary soldiers have been
sent to quell riots at Binal Bngan.
the Sugar Central of the island.
The trouble started after Enrique
Echaus arrived with an option for
the purchase of the Sugar Central
from the Philippine National Bank,
ho took over the property and then
notified the American manager and
American experts that they were dis
charged.
MINISTERS WIFE
OBTAINS DIVORCE
San Francisco, Jan. 28—The wife
of Rev. James S. West, pastor of the
First Baptist Church departed for
Seattle last Friday night, culminat
ing eight years of unhappy married
life, taking her daughter Virginia,
age 16 with her. Mrs. West said.
SUN.WIND.DUST BONDERSj
' MCOHNtVDtO Cr SOLO IT CRVCCIStS <» OWICJA^S J
"It takes courage to take such a step '
but I could not endure living with
Doctor West any longer as his work
occupied all his time and thoughts."
SAYS DOHKN Y AND HIN't'UUl
SWIPED Qt’AKTCK III LI.ION |
Washington, Jan. 29 -Senator |
( :tpp.-r declared that while Secre- j
tar;. Denby did not seem to under- j
stand, it was apparent to the public J
that Doheny and Sinclair had swipe-1 j
a quarter of a billion barrels of o:l
from the Government.
IKMNK ENTOMBED
LAST SUNDAY ;
Moscow. Jan. 29-—The late Pre- j
mi'*r Lenine of Soviet Russia wa~ :
entombed last Sunday in the Red
Square. Orator Trotzsky was ab
sent on account of illness. Half a
million Rolsheviki passed the bier, i
with the thermometer registering j
thirty below.
Oil. St A NDAI. SICKNUvSS j
STRIKES SINCLAIR
Paris. Jan. 29 Harry F. Sinclair. |
the American oil magnate who sec- j
retly sailed from the Uuited Stat*^ a >
few days ago is reported to be ill in I
BREVITIES
Sun Francisco. Jan. 2S The first j
eighteen holes of golf between Sar- .
az-*n and Havers resulted in the j
former making a score of 7 4 and'
Atlanta. Jan. 25—Mrs. Ida Hughes!
tlie slayer of her mother-in-law. j
Mrs. C. H. Hughes, was sentenced
to be hung on March 4th. This is J
tie- third woman to b« sentenced to
hang in Georgia
Pittsburg. Jan. 28 William F. i
Sage who was arri»et«*d in Caiiforn a ,
recently has been found guilty of ;
the murder ot' James McNair at l’n-;
ion Station in Pittsburg. Pa., and
sentenced to twenty years in prison, j
Santiago, Jan. 29 The Cabinet
has resigned for the purpose of giv
ing the President a free hand in
choosing the Ministry.
Butte, Mont.. Jan. 29- Bruce Me-j
Xam >r. Secretary- of the Butte Cham- |
her of Commerce thas wired Tex
Rickard an offer of five hundred
thousand dollars rot the Dempsey- j
Gibbons tight to be held at Shelby. •
Montana the Fourth of next July. j
Douglas. Ariz... Jan. 29 Late tnes- :
sages report thirty hours of severe j
lighting resulting in Federal troops j
capturing Salira Cruz and compel’- j
ng part of the Rebel forces to em- i
bark on the Gunboat Progresso. j
which was in the harbor.
WEDNESDAY
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KKBKIi LKADKR KXJHCUTKD
1\ MR X ICO
Mexico City. Jan. 30—The Rebel
leader. Samuel Alva, who was im
prisoned in last Saturday’s battle at
Morelos whe-n General Almage rout
ed the Revolutionists, has been exe
f Uted at San Marcos. The Federal
troops have occupied Oriental, and
tighting has been reported at San
*100,000 FOR OIL
KRORBCTTIONH APPROPRIATKD
Washington. Jan. 30—The Hous.
WRKLEYS
and give your
stomach a lift.
Provides " the bit of
sweet** In beneficial
Helps to cleanse
tbe teeflt and . keep
“Wrigley’s is 5 cents
a package the
World Over ’
passed and sent to the Senate, a
resolution appropriating one hun
dred thousand dollars for the Presi
dent to use in the employment of a
Special Counsel to conduct the pros
ecutions in connection with the oil
leases. Wanton was the only oppos
er. Walsh declared from the Senate
floor that unless Denby's resignation
was handed to the President before
sundown that he would seek action
'o remove him from office. He de
clared that Denby had showed utter
unfitness for the office when he di
vested himself or me responsibility
for lb*- naval re-serves to be turned
over to an official to whom Congress
would never restore them.
OlUtKtatN PERSONALLY
LEADING AllMY
El Paso. Texas. Jan. 30 Presi
dent Obrexon is personally leading
an army of thirty thousand men in a
goat offensive against the Mexican
STRIKE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
i\ Kxca.wn
London. Jan. 30 The railroad
strike in England shows a<ld'*d im
provement as more men retarn to
ItKDlTK TAXES ON INCOMES
Washington. Jan 30 The House
Ways and Means Committee voted
to reduce the taxes earned on in
comes not exceeding $20,000 by a
quarter, and classed all incomes of
less than la.000 as earned for the
purpose of taxation.
I'NITKD MINK WORKKRK VOTK
(ONFinKNtK IN LKW1S
Indianapolis. Jan. ”0 -The United
Mino Workers of America repudi
ated the practice of striking on the
job and have upheld the sanctity ><f
confidence to President John L.
WOMAN AT AUK OF 103 MF*
Cedar Rapids. Jan. 30—Mistress j
.lane Roley. 102 years old. who is
declared to be the granddaughter of |
Kthan Allen, h cousin to Clara Bar
FORMKR ALASKAN FOCND DF,AT> '
battle. Jan. 30 -.Alfred Norridge.
65 years of ace. and a participant in
tbe early Alaskan sold stampedes,
was found dead in an abandoned
DKNBV ATTKNTW
RKGILAR MKKTIXG
Den by of the Navy attended the reg
ular m<*etlng or the Cabinet today.
FllANCK MARKS *|’GUKHTH>\
TO BRITAIN
Paris, Jan. 30- It is understood
that the French Government has for
mally suggested to Great Britain the
chief questions of the controversy be
tween the two nations concerning
the administration of the Bavarian
Palatinate to be submitted to a con
ference of Ambassadors. Great Brit
D.AN1K1H MARKS NTATKMKNT ON
Oil. RH8KRVKH
Raleigh. Jan. 30—Former Secre
tary of tbe Navy Daniels stated that
during his term of office that every
means was mllltantly used to pre
serve the oil reserves of the Navy,
and he consistently refused to con
sider any proposition which might
upset this policy. He said, "the leas
ing of the reserves by the present ad
ministration has overturned the pol
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Ointment and follow with hot sham
poo of Cntkura Soap.
ROBINSON MAKKS KKHOI.rnON
FOR M:\liv KKSIGNATlOJf
Washington. Jan. 30—Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, made a reso
lution that President Coolidge
should rail for the res--'nation of
Secretary Den by in connection with
the oil reserve- leases. The resolu
tion went over under the rules Tho
resolution also proposed for the
President to cal! for the resignation
of other officials ind officers in the
Navy Department whose relations
with the oil reserve leases indicate
recessed without any action on the
resolution Walsh submitted a reso
lution railing: for. the cHiioelhition of
the lea-*—. \rranp*‘ments will he
made to vote on the resolutions.
OH. STAN DAI. RKACHKS
OKI.AHOM I
Oklahoma City. Jan. 3b The Ok
lohnma Senate passed a resolution
seeking the rnited State- Senate to
investigate the lease of the Quapaw
Indian land.- by Secretary Kail in
1922 to the Eagle Pitcher Mining
Company.
( HAMIlKIt OF DKITT1KS
SI PPORT PIONt .WUH
Paris. Jan 30 The Chamber of
Deputies supported Pioncaire in his
demands for immediate considera
tion of a taxation program defeating
trtie motion to postpone the issue.
WHJi CONSIDER NAVY BASK
AT AJjA.HKBA
Washinctnn, Jan. 30 The House
Nava! Affairs Committee agreed to
lion of the construction of a Naval
Ruse at Alameda. California, which
bitterly opposed by those who be
lieve that adaquate facilities ar>- pro -
vbb-d at .Mare Island Navy Yard.
vATIONAI. RANKS CANNOT
RSTAfll.ISH RRA \ *
Washington. Jan. 3b The Super
ior Court has held that National
Ranks cannot establish branches.
t'MTKD STATKH WINS
FIRST HOTKHV MBKT
Chamonix. Jan. JO The Cuited
Staten easily won the first hookey
match in tho Olympic Winter Sports
SKS ATK COMMITTKK ORDER
FAVORABLE REPORTS ON
SHIPPING BOARS)
Washington. Jan. JO -The S»ma.te
favorable reports to he made on the
nomination of Tho-mpson Williams,
and Hill of South Dakota, to tho
Shipping Board.
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NO/WE. ALASKA
WE PAY
interest on Time Certificate*
of Deposit.
3% per annum
Ob 6 month deposit*.
4% per annum
On 12 month deposits.