VOL. IV. NO. $
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1924.
PRICW 25
2D QUAKE
IN JAPAN
Tokio, Yokohama and
[Outlying Districts
Badly * Shaken.
To kid, Jan.-’ 15.—Twenty-two
ere known to be dead, with prob
ably double that number killed
m Tokio-, Yokohama and out
lying districts, as the result of
today’s trembler, which was of
1 tweh’e minutes’ duration, with
an intensity*estimated at half of
that of laist September.
'• Osaka,—Fire is raging in the
>" suburbs of Tokio. One train was
• thrown into the river at Banyu
gawa and six trains overturned
■ between Gotemba and Tokio as a
result of the earthquake.
1 Washington.—The American
• «harge d’affaires at Tokio cabled
> today that Tokio and Yokohama
buffered a severe earthquake
shotfk thin • morning and that
newspapers estimated the num
ber of killed at "fifty. Frederick
B. 5:leclert:f, second secretary of
the-American embassy, is badly
' injured, _____
‘ Bombay.—An earthquake of
some intensity shook this eity
early today, throwing the pop»
latnon into a panic.
Operation of Govern
i ment Merchant Fleet
Washington.—President Coolidge to
day gave final approval to the shipping
board resolution replacing operation of
the government’s merchant fleet iD the
1 hands of the emergency fleet corpora
tion. ' The board, however, reserves
1 the pow^r of supervision over all ship
sales and all locations and selections of
trade routes, as well as power to dis
pense with the services of the fleet cor
!• poration. __
r Coolidge Determined
to Veto Bonus Bill
-Washington. — Congressmen calling
at the White House have been informed
that Coolidge is determined to veto the
<p»oposed soldiers’ bonus bill, although
he does not as yet see enough votes in
either branches of Congress to sustain
vthM) veto. _ _
Cruiser Tacoma Hits
Reef Near Vera Cruz
Galveston.—'The cruiser Tacoma is
aground on Bunquillas reef, 16 miles
froth Vera Cruz. The cruiser wire
lessed the American consul at Vera
Cruz lhatunless two strong tugs were
sent within two hours it might be too
late to the vessel off.
Rancher at Homer
Kills Baby and Self
Anchorage."—A'tnan by1 the name of
Neilsoo, owneT of a bigr stock farm at
Homer, Alaska, shoe and killed bis
nine-montbs-ola baby, last night. Neii
son“then himself in the mouth," dying
1 instantly.
DEM. NAT L
CONVENTION
N. Y. City Bids $205,000
and Lands the Big
Attraction,
Washington, .Tan. 1(5. — The
national democratic convention
will be held in New York on
June 24th, the national commit
tee of the party decided late this
afternoon, when the metropolis
bid $105,000. This sum will wipe
out the national committee’s back
indebtedness and give it a new
working fund of $25,000.
ISao SAra&oisce’-s bid Tor the
convention was a certified check
for $200,000.
McLean Tells About
That $100,000 Loan
He Made Sec. Fall
Palm Beach, Fla.—Edward McLean,
Washington newspaper publisher, who
Vesterday ask* postponement of his
examination by senator Walsh, of Mon
tana, regarding the 8100,000 loan Me-.
Lean made to former Secretary of In
terior Fall, who leased the Teapot
Dome naval oil reserve to the Sinclair
oil interests, todav told Walsh ttyat he
had loaned B’all 8100,000, but that the
checks for this amount were' subse
quently returned, uncashed. Fall, it
was explained, according to McLean,
had secured funds elsewhere.
Foreign Flashes
Quito, Ecuador.—Police todav ar
rested thirty-eight men, including the
members of the staff of The-Humanidad
newspaper, all of whom ate alleged qo
be in a plot to overthrow the republic.
London.—The parliamentarv labor
party has decided to bring up the ques
tion of confidence in the Bald win .gov
ernment for decision during the debate
in reply to the speech from the throne.
Tokio.—The wecjding of the crown
prince regent, Hirohuo, future em
peror*bf Japao, and Princess Nagako
Kuni, will^be solemnised -January 20, it
was officially announced today.
London.—in the mimic battle off
Portlaud, the warship Resolution
rammed the submarine L-24, causing
the latter to sink with all on board.
Manila.—Eighty members of the
Colorum, a religious society, have met
death recently, in clashes with the con
stabulary soldiers.
Copenhagen.—A message from Pe
trograd says 'the soviet government is
soon to acknowledge Russia’s,pre -war
debts.
Athens.—General Oangiis has signi
fied acceptance of Lhe Greek premier
ship, with Venizeles 'as foreign min
ister.
Berlin.—Captain Raold -AtmindseD,
explorer, is visiting Berliu, in connec
tion with his polar Might elans.
London.— Venizelos has accepted the
Greek premiership’, according do a-dis
natch from Athens last night
Telegraphic Ticks.!
<* -
San Francisco—When policemen en
tered his apartment to arrest him for
having run down with his-auto and
dangerously injured Heger Tilden, a
well known clubman, Georye A. Roth,
sales manager of a milling concern,
shot and killed himself.
Seattle.—Dr. Yu Ching Wen, pro
fpssor in the National University at
Peking, and bolder of the degree of
doctor of philosophy from Harvard, is
being held at the immigration station
for deportation, on account of having a
commuoicab'e disease.
Seattle.—The county commissioners
this afternoon voted -Prosecutor .Dung
las the sum of $2 JOG, which he said
would enable him to expose the full ex
tent of the rottenness in the Seattle
police department.
At'iamc., Ga.—Wi.liam Joseph Sim
ranee, fount!«Sr and emperor of the ku
klux klan, has-been banished from the
klaD because of his active opposition to
the regime headed by Dr. H. W. Evans,
imperial wizard.
Aurora, Ills.—Warren J. Lincoln,
lawyer and horticulturist, a distant rel
ative of Abraham Lincoln, confessed
today to the killing of his wife, after
she had shot and iUsci her brother,
Byron Shoup.
' Sari Francisco.—Four hundred and
seventy two University of California
students were dunked out of the Uni
versity of California at the close of the
recent semester, President Campbell
announced.
Seattle.—Professor M. A. Hamm, of
the geological department of the Uni
versity of Washington, declares the
camel an American beast that many
ages ago migrated to Asia via Bering
Straits.
Marion. O.—Soldiers are on gyard
where the body of Harding lies en
tombed, and have been given orders 10
shoot persons' causing disturbances
around the tomb of the late presideht
at night.
Miami. Fla.—William J. Bryan an
nounced today that he intends to sup
port Dr. A. A. Murphree. president of
the University of Florida, for the dem
ocratic nomination for president.
“New York —Promoter Tex Rickard
announced today that Jack Dempsev
and Tom Gibbons will probably tight a
return mat“h here in June.
Seattle.—Joe Alvin, Benjimin Acker
and William Jones, boys of 7 to 11.
were run down and kilted in auto acci
dents over the week end .
Seattle—Mark Reed, speaker of the
lower house, has been named as Cool
idge manager for the state of Wash
ington..
Seattle.—Robe-t M. Kyer, president
of the Seattle'Park Board and the Se-J
attle Automobilo Club, died at his
home here today, of dialrates.
New Orleans, h- A British cruiser has
arrived at Puerto, Mexico, south of
Vera Cruz, to give protection to Brit
isb interests. •
TvlerSburg, Pa.—James Mentzer and
Hteeiglit grandchildren perished last
nigfht'in the destruction of their home
by fire. _
Vancouver.—Rev. John Hogg, best
known Presbyterian minister in Can
ada, died here today in this 94th year
Seattle.—William ■ Pieroe Gorsuch,
head of the Dramatic Art University,
died suddenly today i
Daugherty and Denby
Scored by Arkan
sas Senator.
Washington, Jan. 18.—Senator
Caraway, of Arkansas, in a Sen
uso today, assailed Sec
•reoary of Navy Denby and As
sistant Secretary of Navy Roose
velt in connection with their ap
proval of Fall’s Teapot Dome
lease to the Sinclair oil inter
ests.
Attacking Attorney General
Daugherty, Caraway declared
that as long as Daugherty re
mains at Die helm of the Depart
ment of Just ce they may sell
the White House and be abso
lutelv immune from prosecution
in the federal courts.
Airplane for Nenana
McGrath Mail Flight
Is On Its Way North
Seattle.— Alaska’s first air marl
plan3, with which mails will be carried
twice a month between Nerana and
McGrath, was Sunday night placed
aboard the liner 'Tfetoria, which sailed
Monday for Seward. Aviator G. B
‘Eilson, now at Bait-banks, expects to
her*in the first flight from 'lemma in
February,
Couzens Challenges
Mellon, Joint Debate
Washington.—Secretary of Treasury
Mellon waschallengerl todav by Sen
ator James Couaens, ef Michigan. to
joint debate on the dp-easily of de
creasing income surtaxes from 60 per
cent to 25 tier cent and slopping! issu
ance of tax etnpt securities as a means
of diverting capital to productive en
terprises.
Washington Notes
WashingroD.—Butler, manager of
Coolidge’s presidential campaign, has
designated Marshall Hale ami Percy
V. Long, of San Francisco; Mark Lk
liiqua. of Oakland, and Ralph Arnold
and Frank Merriatn, of Los Angeles,
to handle OoolidgeV. California cam
paign- _
Washington.—President and Mrs,
Coolidge made a Su lay call on Arthur
K rooks, Degro valet fo presidents since
the Taft admtaistratior, vrho has been
confined to his home for several weeks
by illness,
Washington,—The War Department
announces the appointment of E Par
nielee Prentice, son-in law of John D,
tiockefeller, as major’of infantry in the
officers reserve corps
Washington. —The immediate arrest
of Forties, former director of the vet
erans’ bureau, is requested of Attorney
General Daugherty by Representative
Larson, of Georgia.
Washington.—The Senate farm bloc
fhursday revealed that it has under
jonsideratioo a move to unseat Cum
mins .as president pro ram of the Seu
tte •
Smith, S. C., Chairman
of Interstate Com
merce Committee.
Washington, Jan. 14.— The
deadlock in the Senate over a
chairman for the interstate com
merce committee, which will
handle important legislative
measures, ended late today it
the-election on the thirty-second
ballot of Senator Smith, demo
crat, of South Carolina. Tim
election of Smith was a defea
for the republican guard, which
stood from the first for the elec
tion of Cummings, of Iowa. L-s
i Toilette, leader of the farm bloc
; cast the deciding vote
Washington.—The interior Depart
meet, appropriation bill, as reported b!;
the appropriation ccncBr.iM.ee, proposes
i an appropriation of one million dollars
for maintenance and operation of the
.Alaska rail way, and two hundred anc.
twenty-tco million dollars for army
and navy pensions. The bill also pro
vides for the abolishment o, twenty
one iand offices, and consolidation o.
the otSces of register and receiver ' =
fourteen others.
Washington. — The Mouse re pc'<
Hearts, in conference last night, in *
structed ihe ways and mettns cotmnitr
lee 60 report a tan table before taking
action on the soldiers’ bonus. Under
instructions from the conference, the
} committee will report a revenue fail.
I containing changes io ta.. rates as well
a> administrative amendments on Feb
ruary 10. It will then he ddterminec
whether enactment of a bonus bii
•should be recommended
Washington.—Senator Rursuua intro
duced another soldiers3 bonus Dili to
day, while Senator Farris sponsored
one providing for a live billion dollars
government corporation to ocerate t he
railroads of ibe country.
Senator La Pollette introduced a bill
which would provide independence and
create a new national government to
the Philippines.
iu. S.-Made Airplanes
I Used Over Mex Rebs
.Mexico City.—Bombs dropped iooay
from American-made military planes
are-causing retreat of ilte rebels before
the federal troops in their uesa'ch to
tvards Vera Cruz.
Mexico City.— Both the De la Huerta
revolutionary forces tied the federal
troops suFered heavy casualties in the
fighting at Pachuca, according to in
formation received here.
Alleged Gay Parties
in N. Y. Vets Bureau
Washington. --Lent, manager of the
veterahsKbureau in New Fork, was re
lieved today b.V Director Hines, pend
ing investigation of the charges that
liquor parties wure'beid in the district
office here and that liquor was carrie.*
to dinners at the hotel in a veteran
bureau ambulance.